2021 World Series of Poker

The field has already decreased to around 120 contenders in the second level of the day. Among the latest casualties were Taylor Paur, Bryce Yockey, Veselin Karakitukov, and Koray Aldemir.

Taylor Paur raised from under the gun and was only looked up by Bradley Ruben as the duo got it in after the flop with Paur at risk for a mere 13,500.

Taylor Paur:
Bradley Ruben:

The turn and river brought no change and Paur doubled his short stack.

After registering to begin Day two, Esther Taylor three-bet her last 19,500 over a preflop raise from Mike Gorodinsky. Gorodinsky called, and both players turned their hands up.

Esther Taylor:
Mike Gorodinsky:

Taylor never caught up on the runout, bringing an early end to her day.

Artem Maksimov was already all-in and awaiting his fate and Jarod Minghini then isolated. The cards were exposed on the turn as Maksimov tabled while Minghini flipped over the for a pair of kings and flush draw.

The river gave Maksimov a straight and he doubled.

Toby Lewis raised from early position, and Robert Campbell defended in the big blind. Lewis then bet the flop of and Campbell called, before both players checked the turn. Campbell then led with a bet of 25,000 on the river, getting a fold from Lewis and taking down the pot.

Nino Ullmann raised it up to 10,000 and was called by Nader Younes in the big blind. On a flop of , Younes check-called the shove of Ullmann for the last 17,500.

Nino Ullmann:
Nader Younes:

The turn improved Younes to a flush and the river was a formality.

Also no longer in contention are Matthew Wantman and Mark Birdsall.

Stephen Chidwick min-raised to 5,000 off his less than 20,000 chip stack. He got a call from Brandon Shack-Harris in the big blind.

On the flop of , Shack-Harris bet enough to put Chidwick all-in, and he called.

Stephen Chidwick:
Brandon Shack-Harris:

Chidwick's top set held versus Shack-Harris' straight draws and the man who sits seventh on the all-time tournament money list boosted his stack closer to its starting point.

Chris Sandrock hasn't been shying away from action at his tough table.

After dropping a couple of small pots, he got into a potentially big one against Lithuanian star Dominykas Karmazinas.

On a turn board reading , Karmazinas bet 25,000 and Sandrock raised Karmazinas all-in for his last 80,000.

After some deliberation, Karmazinas folded to preserve his stack.