November 12, 2021
Will Shillibier
All eyes were once again on the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event today as play resumed on Day 3, and only concluded once all remaining 1,000 players are in the money — even if that did end up being half-past one in the morning!
The unfortunate bubble boy was Kevin Campbell, who got it in good with pocket aces only to suffer a bad beat at the worst possible time. Read more about the bubble hand here! At the end of play it was Jessica Cai who was the chip leader, ahead of Phachara Wongwichitand Joshua Paige Remitio
Meanwhile, three other events were on the agenda, including Day 1 of the popular $1,500 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha, as well as Day 2s in both the $1,111 Little One for One Drop and $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better.
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Moneymaker Bags Big on 2021 WSOP Main Event Day 3
The 2021 World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event has concluded on Day 3 by bursting the money bubble, sending all 1,000 survivors home with a guaranteed min-cash of $15,000. No portion of the $62,011,250 prize pool has been awarded yet in the pinnacle live poker event of the year at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, as all survivors bagged and tagged their chips for the night.
Jessica Cai claimed the Day 3 chip lead with a stack of 1,796,000 with Natural8 ambassador Phachara Wongwichit (1,773,000) hot on her heels. Several other contestants bagged up more than 1.5 million in chips such as Joshua Paige Remitio (1,671,000), Ehsan Amiri (1,574,000), Stephen Song (1,557,000), Neel Choksi (1,552,000), and Andreas Kniep (1,509,000).
The early spotlight on Day 3 belonged to the 2003 WSOP Main Event champion Chris Moneymaker, who was among the first players to run up a seven-figure stack. Moneymaker spent the last levels of the night on the feature table and advanced with one of the biggest stacks in the room as he bagged up 1,432,000.
2021 WSOP Main Event End of Day 3 Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jessica Cai | United States | 1,796,000 | 225 |
| 2 | Phachara Wongwichit | Thailand | 1,773,000 | 222 |
| 3 | Joshua Paige Remitio | United States | 1,671,000 | 209 |
| 4 | Ehsan Amiri | Australia | 1,574,000 | 197 |
| 5 | Roman Valerstein | United States | 1,560,000 | 195 |
| 6 | Neel Choksi | United States | 1,552,000 | 194 |
| 7 | Stephen Song | United States | 1,551,000 | 194 |
| 8 | Dragana Lim | United States | 1,539,000 | 192 |
| 9 | Jordan Jayne | United States | 1,525,000 | 191 |
| 10 | Andreas Kniep | Germany | 1,509,000 | 189 |
All players that bagged and tagged their chips will return at noon local time and play one hour and 50 minutes of level 16 along with another four levels of two hours each. The blinds will resume at 4,000 / 8,000 with a big blind ante of 8,000 and the field will be reduced significantly en route to determine the new World Champion in the days to come. Stay tuned for more exclusive updates from the live poker event of the year as the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor from start to finish.
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GGPoker Qualifier Alache Second in Chips Ahead of $1,111 Little One for One Drop Day 32
Day 2 of Event #75: $1,111 Little One for One Drop is complete. By the end of late registration, a total of 3,797 entries made it into the field, and the money bubble burst on the eighteenth level of the day, with 570 players getting paid with first place taking home $396,445 and the WSOP bracelet.
All of those players guaranteed themselves at least a min-cash of $1,779, and by the end of the night the field narrowed down to 229 players. Those survivors will come back Friday, November 12th for the Day 3 restart, which commences at 2:00 p.m.
Matthew Solitro was the end of day chip leader, and is the only player over two million in chips. GGPoker Qualifier Oscar Alache was the Day 1c chip leader, and today is second in chips with 1,980,000.
Event #68: $1,111 Little One for One Drop Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mathew Solitro | United States | 2,300,000 |
| 2 | Oscar Alache | Chile | 1,980,000 |
| 3 | David Jackson | United States | 1,935,000 |
| 4 | Jan Wagner | Germany | 1,720,000 |
| 5 | Idris Ambraisse | France | 1,605,000 |
| 6 | Lingkun Lu | United States | 1,590,000 |
| 7 | Chris Vickrey | United States | 1,565,000 |
| 8 | Edward Pak | United States | 1,475,000 |
| 9 | Masaki Nakamura | Japan | 1,450,000 |
| 10 | David Singontiko | United States | 1,450,000 |
Notable players still remaining in the field include Main Event winner Hossein Ensan (345,000) , Joseph Cheong (510,000), Ori Hasson (1,235,000), and Sorel Mizzi (1,280,000).
The remaining 229 players come back Friday, November 12th at 2:00 p.m. in section yellow in the Pavilion room to play a full day, with 10 one-hour levels on the schedule with a 60-minute dinner break approximately at 7:30 p.m.
Racener Leads Final 13 in $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Ten levels of play on Day 2 of Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better reduced what was a field of 141 players to just 13 still with a chance to win the World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
Leading the way are two players familiar with WSOP glory. Bracelet winner John Racener takes the chip lead into Day 3 after bagging 1,220,000 to end the night. Right behind him is four-time winner John Monnette (1,165,000), who is looking for his second bracelet in 2021.
Remaining Players in Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Racener | United States | 1,220,000 |
| 2 | John Monnette | United States | 1,165,000 |
| 3 | Esther Taylor | United States | 1,100,000 |
| 4 | John Hoang | United States | 1,065,000 |
| 5 | Peder Berge | United States | 962,000 |
| 6 | Carol Fuchs | United States | 940,000 |
| 7 | Jermaine Reid | United States | 725,000 |
| 8 | Joseph Ranciato | United States | 705,000 |
| 9 | Perry Friedman | United States | 540,000 |
| 10 | Espen Sandvik | Norway | 255,000 |
| 11 | Joseph Kupresanin | United States | 240,000 |
| 12 | Richard Bremer | United States | 225,000 |
| 13 | Glenn Cozen | United States | 155,000 |
Mourad Amokrane Tops Day 1 Of Event #71: $1,500 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha
Today saw the start of Event #71: $1,500 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. The tournament drew 860 entries, generating a prize pool of $718,100. A min-cash is worth $1,512, for 129 players getting in the money, with the winner of the event taking home a prestigious WSOP gold bracelet and the $132,844 first prize.
Play began with players busting quickly as bounty hunters claimed heads from a frantic start to a frenetic finish, with the tournament clock reading just 94 players at the end of the day.
When the dust settled, it was French Mourad Amokrane that bagged the chip lead with a massive stack of 1,066,00,000, being the first player to reach the 1 million chip-mark after busting a few players in the last 20 minutes of the night. Amokrane, who travelled from Europe only a few days ago, is cashing the first WSOP event of his career in Las Vegas.
Event #71: $1,500 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha Top 10 Chip Counts
| RANK | PLAYER | COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mourad Amokrane | France | 1,066,000 |
| 2 | Jaime Lewin | United States | 712,000 |
| 3 | Nikolay Yosifov | Bulgaria | 674,000 |
| 4 | Felix Borden | United States | 650,000 |
| 5 | Miltiadis Kyriakides | Austria | 578,000 |
| 6 | Kirk Dillon | Canada | 492,000 |
| 7 | Paulo Villena | Spain | 483,000 |
| 8 | Ryan Coon | United States | 468,000 |
| 9 | Blake Napierala | United States | 461,000 |
| 10 | Manuel Ruivo | Portugal | 448,000 |
Day 2 will have a 3 p.m restart with action picking up on level 15 where blinds will be 3,000/ 5,000. Blind levels will be 60-minutes long and players will receive a 15-minute break after every two levels along with a 60-minute dinner break at the end of level 21.
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Just 1,000 players remain in the 2021 WSOP Main Event after a Day 3 in which the bubble burst! The remaining players have all locked up $15,000, with play resuming at 12 p.m. on Friday, November 12
- 1 2021 WSOP Day 1: Series Underway With Star-Studded $25k H.O.R.S.E.
- 2 2021 WSOP Day 2: Hellmuth In The Hunt For 16th Bracelet
- 3 2021 WSOP Day 3: Drinan On Course For His Second Bracelet
- 4 2021 WSOP Day 4: Cornell In Pole Position For First Bracelet
- 5 2021 WSOP Day 5: Negreanu, Matusow, Seidel, and Hellmuth Advance in the $10K LO8 Championship
- 6 2021 WSOP Day 6: Phil Hellmuth Chasing 16th Bracelet Deep in the $10K LO8 Championship
- 7 2021 WSOP Day 7: Hellmuth Four Players Away From Bracelet #16
- 8 2021 WSOP Day 8: Deeb Looking For Bracelet #5
- 9 2021 WSOP Day 9: FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver Headlines $10K Limit Final Table; Racener Leads
- 10 2021 WSOP Day 10: Brian Yoon Hunting for Fourth Bracelet
- 11 2021 WSOP Day 11: Hellmuth In The Hunt Again; Reaches Another Final Table
- 12 2021 WSOP Day 12: Negreanu Hunting for Seventh Bracelet
- 13 2021 WSOP Day 13: Five Left in Milly Maker; Marle Cordeiro Among Last 17 in Ladies Event
- 14 2021 WSOP Day 14: Vanessa Kade Racks Up Fifth Cash of the Series
- 15 2021 WSOP Day 15: Zinno On Course For Fourth Bracelet
- 16 2021 WSOP Day 16: Kornuth Reaches Back-to-Back $10K Short Deck Finals
- 17 2021 WSOP Day 17: Phil Hellmuth Hunting for 16th Bracelet with 10 Remaining in $1,500 NL 2-7 Lowball
- 18 2021 WSOP Day 18: Elezra in the Mix For His Fifth Bracelet
- 19 2021 WSOP Day 19: David “Bakes” Baker Hunting for Third Bracelet at $1,500 Triple Draw Final Table
- 20 2021 WSOP Day 20: Friedman After a Three-Peat as Negreanu and Hellmuth Advance to Final 10 in $10K Dealer’s Choice
- 21 2021 WSOP Day 21: Addamo Flying High In Yet Another High Roller
- 22 2021 WSOP Day 22: Arieh Positions Himself For Bracelet #3
- 23 2021 WSOP Day 23: Gerhart, Johnson, and Shack-Harris Seeking Third Bracelets with Five Remaining in $10K H.O.R.S.E.
- 24 2021 WSOP Day 24: JC Tran Flying High in the $10K PLO
- 25 2021 WSOP Day 25: Elezra and Matusow Hunting for Fifth Bracelets in the $10K PLO Championship
- 26 2021 WSOP Day 26: Soverel Leads the Charge in the NL 2-7 Single Draw Championship
- 27 2021 WSOP Day 27: Glaser Leads Final 8 $10K NL 2-7 Championship as Negreanu Alive Hunting for Seventh Bracelet
- 28 2021 WSOP Day 28: Stars Turn Out For $25K PLO High Roller; Deeb Flying High
- 29 2021 WSOP Day 29: Lamb Registers Late In $25K PLO and Bags Lead
- 30 2021 WSOP Day 30: Ka Kwan Lau On Course For $25K PLO Bracelet
- 31 2021 WSOP Day 31: Kolev Leads the $10K 6-Handed NLHE Championship
- 32 WSOP 2021 Day 32: Yockey Bags $50k Poker Players Championship Day 1 Chip Lead
- 33 2021 WSOP Day 33: Volpe and Cates Lead Final 35 of the $50K Poker Players Championship
- 34 2021 WSOP Day 34: Ryan Leng Leads Final 10 in the $50K PPC
- 35 2021 WSOP Day 35: Eli Elezra Leads Final 5 in the $50K Poker Players Championship
- 36 2021 WSOP Day 36: Main Event Underway, Brunson Up to Old Tricks
- 37 2021 WSOP Day 37: Three Bracelet-Winners Crowned as Main Event Continues
- 38 2021 WSOP Day 38: Aleksandr Shevlyakov Bags Overall Chip Lead on Day 1c of the Main Event
- 39 2021 WSOP Day 39: Main Event Breaks Through 4,500 Entrants; Ajayi Tops Counts
- 40 2021 WSOP Day 40: Joe Hachem Back in Form on Day 1e of the Main Event
- 41 2021 WSOP Day 41: Rameez Shahid Leads Main Event as Phil Hellmuth Makes Grand Entrance
- 42 2021 WSOP Day 42: Main Event Whittled to 2,362 Players
- 43 2021 WSOP Day 43: Jessica Cai Leads After Main Event Bubble Bursts
