Day 2 of Event #79: $1,979 Poker Hall Of Fame Bounty Begins at 12:00 p.m. local time
Welcome to Day 2 of Event #79: $1,979 Poker Hall Of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold’em of the 2021 World Series of Poker at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Day 2 is scheduled to kick off on Thursday, November 18th at 12:00 p.m. local time.
Event #79: $1,979 Poker Hall Of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold’em gathered 469 entrants to build a prize pool of $801,931 with a first-place prize of $172,499 with only 63 making it through Day 2. All remaining players are guaranteed a minimum cash of at least $3,377. The top ten chip counts are as follows.
| RANK | PLAYER | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marc Rivera | Philippines | 721,000 | 72 |
| 2 | Jerry Wong | United States | 700,000 | 70 |
| 3 | Payam Karami | United States | 630,000 | 63 |
| 4 | Eder Murata | Brazil | 560,000 | 56 |
| 5 | Laurent Polito | France | 486,000 | 49 |
| 6 | Phil Scaletta | United States | 462,000 | 46 |
| 7 | Abhinav Iyer | India | 442,000 | 44 |
| 8 | Sonia Shashikhina | Russia | 425,000 | 43 |
| 9 | Michael Acevedo | Costa Rica | 419,000 | 42 |
| 10 | Christian Pham | Vietnam | 402,000 | 40 |
A few notable players who bagged are Sonia Shashikhina (425,000), Maria Lampropulos (383,000), Ole Schemion (333,000), Dylan Wilkerson (240,000), Kevin Rabichow (132,000), and bracelet winner Joao Vieira (75,000).
There was eleven Hall of Famer bounties that were in play yesterday that included the likes of Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Eli Elezra, Barry Greenstein,Scotty Nguyen, Barbara Enright, Linda Johnson, Tom McEvoy, Jack McClelland, Phil Hellmuth, and Lyle Berman as well as one additional bounty for actor Vince Vaughn who took his seat in the tournament as well. All of them were eliminated and unable to bag Day 2.
Players will return to Level 18 with blinds at 5,000/10,000 and a 10,000 big blind ante. There will be a 15-minute break every 2 Levels with a 60-minute dinner break after Level 26 (~6:30 p.m.). Play will continue until there are five players remaining. Stay tuned for more coverage of this event and the entire 2021 World Series of Poker from the PokerNews Live Reporting Team.
with about 160,000 in the middle, and Marvin Karlins having gone all-in against Thomas Boivin for 135,000. Boivin was in the tank for some time before he tossed in one chip to call. "Good call," said Karlins as the hands were tabled. 
which gave Karlins a rivered pair of aces for the whole pot. Boivin was left with two big blinds behind and he was out shortly afterwards.
Michael Gathy moved all-in and was snap-called by Timothy Flank.
held by Flank that dominated the 
held by Gathy.
river card and Gathy snatched the hand and survived his all-in.
held by Dursel that was at-risk and behind the 
held by Doddapaneni.
and things ended as they began with Doddapaneni in the lead, which eliminated Dursel from the tournament.
which gave Wong a flopped set of nines to eliminate both of his opponents. Wong sits as the chip leader with 1,600,000.
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held by Gathy.
brought no help to Pham and the bracelet winner saw his run come to an end in 22nd place.
