Event #88: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Dia 1 | 2021 World Series of Poker

2021-11-22 16:22 UTC-7

Israelashvili Cracks Kings To Double

Nível 6 : 400/800, 800 ante

Roland Israelashvili raised to 1,600 under the gun and Chance Kornuth called in the hijack. In the cutoff, another player three-bet to 10,000, which folded the action back to Israelashvili who instantly four-bet to 27,000. Kornuth folded and action went back around to the cutoff who five-bet all-in for 44,700 effective and Israelashvili went into the tank. After about a minute he told his opponent "show me ace-king," as he put the rest of his stack in the pot.

Roland Israelashvili:
Cutoff:

The flop did nothing for Israelashvili but the turn gave him a set of threes, pulling ahead of the kings and staying ahead of the kings on the river, giving Israelashvili the pot.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Roland Israelashvili	93,000 43,000	43,000

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2021-11-22 14:35 UTC-7

Park Makes The Call

Nível 3 : 200/400, 400 ante

A player under the gun raised to 1,000 and Sejin Park called from the big blind to a flop of .

Park check-called a 1,000 bet to the turn of . Under the gun didn't slow down and bet 2,800, Park called again to the river .

Under the gun fired out 6,200 bet and Park went deep into the tank before flicking in the call with to take it down with a pair of jacks.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Sejin Park	72,000 -4,000	-4,000

2021-11-22 13:47 UTC-7

Park Takes One Early

Nível 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

Action was picked up on the river between Sejin Park in early position and an opponent on the button, with 7,900 in the center and a board reading .

Park bet 7,000 on the river which his opponent responded to by raising to 21,000 which was snap-called by Park. His opponent tabled for an ace-high flush, but it was no good against the of Park who had rivered sixes full of fours, which gave him a larger pot earlier in the tournament.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Sejin Park	76,000

Tags: Sejin Park

2021-11-22 11:40 UTC-7

Day 1 of Event #88: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Begins at 12 p.m. Noon

Welcome to Day 1 of Event #88: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em, the final event of the entire 52nd World Series of Poker at The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. After this 88th event, the series will return in the summer.

This prestigious event last year boasted a field of 608 players to create a prize pool of $2,870,200 that saw first place end up with $606,526. It was Carl Shaw that bested Tony Dunst heads up that saw him collect his first bracelet as well as the hefty prize.

This event boasts a buy-in of $5,000 with a starting stack of 50,000 in chips and blind levels that last 30-minutes long, starting out with 100/100 and a 100 big blind ante. Every four levels there will be a 20-minute break with the exception of level 12 with a 75-minute dinner break. After that dinner break, there is a closing of entry around 7:55.

The play will resume and they will play a total of 22 levels for the whole day. Being the final event of the whole series, this will draw out all of the players that are chasing the player of the year final standings, that currently sits with Josh Arieh in first place and Phil Hellmuth in second place.

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