Event #43: $1000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold'em Day 1b Begins At 10 a.m.
Welcome to Day 1b of Event #43: $1000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold’em of the 2021 World Series of Poker. Day 1b starts today at 10 a.m. local time inside the beautiful Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in sunny Las Vegas, NV.
Yesterday, Day 1a attracted 1,937 entrants with only 506 players progressing to Day 2 on Sunday, October 24th at 10 a.m. local time. Alexander Farahi bagged 742,5000 and it remains to be seen if he will remain the overall chip leader after Day 1b is finished.
In 2019 Joseph Cheong beat a field of 6,214 players, winning his first WSOP gold bracelet and a top prize of $687,782.
All players that enter this flight will receive a starting stack of 40,000 in tournament chips and will play 60-minute blind levels starting at 100-200-200 with one re-entry allowed. Late registration will remain open until the end of level 8 (~8:15 PM). There will be a 20-minute break after every 2 levels with a 75-minute dinner break after level 8 (~7:00 PM). All players that are remaining after level 11 will bag their chips for Day 2 restart on Sunday, October 24th at 10 a.m local time and combine with those players who bagged Day 1a.
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, the big blind bet 1,400 and action was on David Moses on the button. 
for quad kings.
before he mucked the hand.
and both blinds checked to Kiletto who bet 2,500 and only the big blind called. 
and it was checked through. The river was the 
and the big blind bet 6,000.
for the queen-high to scoop the pot.
and Reichenstein's opponent check-called for 2,500. The 
turn brought the same action, this time for a bet worth 8,500. 
for the flush.
and the action was on the big blind with two well-known players behind.
