2021 World Series of Poker
Another two hours have gone and Main Event players are on a second 25-minute break of the day.
There are over 700 entries so far and here are some highlights from Level 2 of Day 1e:
-2021 Main Event Ends Abruptly for Negreanu
- Early Exit for Leng Against Hunichen
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turn, Joao Teixeira checked out of the small blind and Rory Brown bet 1,500 in the big blind. Krista Farrell min-raised to 3,000 and earned two calls. On the
river, Teixeira bet 5,000 and Brown quickly folded. Farrell tanked for two minutes and let go as well.
Rex Smith limped from under the gun. The action folded to Scott Blumstein in the cutoff who raised it up to 1,300. It folded back around to Smith and he four-bet to 3,800.
Blumstein opted to just call going to a flop that read ![]()
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. Smith lead with a bet of 5,500 and Blumstein quickly called.
The action checked through the
turn.
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came on the river pairing the board. Smith checked and thought that he saw Blumstein check so he tabled his hand which was the ![]()
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Smith turned his hand back over when he realized that Blumstein had not acted.
Blumstein was tickled by what had happened and said, "I check" as he tabled pocket aces.
Smith took down the pot with trip kings having saved Blumstien from committing more chips to the pot by acting out of turn.
With around 5,000 in the pot and ![]()
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on the board, Scott Seiver bet 4,000 from early position. His opponent went into the tank for a brief time before finally folding.
Seiver is hanging onto a healthy stack as the end of Level 2 nears.
A big pot had already developed by the river between Benya Zeevi and a player in the blinds. The board read ![]()
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and Zeevi's opponent bet 10,000.
Zeevi then raised all in, easily covering his opponent's remaining 30,000. His opponent tanked for several minutes, playing with his chips while Zeevi sat with his head resting in his hand.
His opponent eventually splashed in the chips to call and showed ![]()
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for quads to send his opponent home.
According to the table, Zeevi had limped pre-flop before calling a raise from his opponent. It was also the second time he's made quads on the river so far today.
"God bless you. I hope you win the tournament," a tablemate said.