WSOP Main Event Grows and Little One for One Drop Begins
After several days of a single bracelet tournament playing out at the Rio in Las Vegas, the World Series of Poker action now consists of two tournaments.
The 2021 WSOP Main Event rolled forward on Monday with another starting flight, as the Little One for One Drop began the first of its starting days. Tuesday will do the same but with the added restart of three Main Event flights, as those players are ready for their Day 2. It’s going to be confusing for those unfamiliar with the juggling act, but the WSOP staff should have it organized and ready to go.
Let’s break down what happened on Monday with some handy little charts and a few Main Event highlights.
Event 67: $10K WSOP Main Event
The first of two bonus flights of the Main, also known as Day 1E, delivered a smaller crowd than many had hoped. Nearly 800 new players joined the Main Event on Monday, many of them non-Americans as the US border reopened to all. However, that would have cut it close for players to fly in on Monday and go directly to the Rio to play a long day of poker. Many of them likely took a day to settle in and will play on Day 1F. That number and a few late registrations on Wednesday will provide the final post-pandemic Main Event tally.
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— Muskan Sethi (@muskaansethi) November 8, 2021
Back to Day 1E, nearly 600 of the players made it through the night to bag their chips. They will restart on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Aleksandr Shevlyakov of Day 1C remains the chipleader for the entire Main Event thus far.
Today is when the complicated part starts. As mentioned, this will be Day 1F for all new players entering the Main. Those who make it through will play again on Wednesday. It will be the only flight without a day off before Day 2.
Today will also bring back survivors of Day 1A, 1B, and 1D, who will now play Day 2A, 2B, and 2D. Those who make it through this second day of play will return on Thursday for the first day that all Day 2 survivors will unite, also known as Day 3. They will stay that way going forward. Got it? (If not, just wait until Thursday and it’ll start to make more sense.)
| Event 67: Day 1E | $10K buy-in | NLHE World Championship (Main Event) |
| Starting stack: 60K | ||
| Levels: 120 minutes | ||
| Total entries (so far): | 5,315 | (523 + 845 + 600 + 2550 + 797) |
| Registration still open? | yes | |
| Total prize pool: | TBD | |
| Players paid: | TBD | |
| Minimum payout: | TBD | |
| Winner payout: | TBD | |
| Overall chip leader: | Aleksandr Shevlyakov (Russia) | |
| Total players remaining: | 3,917 | (348 + 611 + 433 + 1933 + 592) |
| Day 1A/B/D restart: | 11am Tues (Nov 9) | Top ten 1E chip counts: |
| Day 1C/1E/1F restart: | 11am Wed (Nov 10) | David Gerassi (USA) 316,100 |
| Day 1F start: | 11am Tuesday | Kenn Pluard (USA) 307,600 |
| Conrad De Armas (USA) 302,800 | ||
| James Mendoza (USA) 255,900 | ||
| Greg Pohler (USA) 248,500 | ||
| Victor Ramdin (USA) 228,300 | ||
| Yiming Cao (USA) 228,000 | ||
| Ryan Delgros (USA) 223,400 | ||
| Craig Chait (USA) 222,400 | ||
| Jordan Jayne (USA) 219,200 |
Event 68: $1,111 NLHE Little One for One Drop
The Little One for One Drop is a fun tournament. It not only offers unlimited reentries, it has a charity component. Players can buy in for the standard $1K and receive a starting stack of 20K chips. However, they can add $111 to that price – all of which goes to One Drop – for an additional 20K chips. The One Drop organization that benefits from the donations works to make sure that everyone around the world has safe, clean water, as well as sanitation and hygiene. To date, it has improved the living conditions of more than 2.3M people.
Back to the poker, Monday was the first of three starting days for this event and brought in nearly 500 entries. There are two more starting flights this week, as well as late registration into Day 2.
| Event 68: Day 1 of 5 | $1K buy-in | Little One for One Drop NLHE (RE) |
| Total entries: | 490 | |
| Registration still open? | yes | |
| Total prize pool: | TBD | |
| Players paid: | TBD | |
| Minimum payout: | TBD | |
| Winner payout: | TBD | |
| Chip leader: | Mukul Pahuja | |
| Players remaining: | 143 | |
| Day 1B start: | 3pm Tuesday |
Day 1E Main Event Highlights
As reported by PokerNews, Andy Talbot’s passion for poker brought him to the Rio for the Main Event. His journey to the tournament was more difficult than for most, though, because of his serious battle with ALS. His symptoms began in early 2020, but doctors didn’t hand him the official diagnosis until June of this year. He played the Main Event despite physical discomfort, but he did it with friends like Matt Savage and Lon McEachern on his rail.
Talbot made it through Day 1D on Sunday with 76,300 chips, but Monday was a different kind of special day for him because he got married.
Andy Talbot, a long-time poker fan battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), entered Day 1d of the 2021 #WSOP Main Event. He's got a lot of support including from @SavagePoker & @lonmceachern.@jonpokerwriter has the story for PokerNews -> https://t.co/lMyFyM6EK9 pic.twitter.com/yfyFe1mb23
— Chad Holloway (@ChadAHolloway) November 8, 2021
A fun story from Day 1E was this father/son duo, both men playing the Main Event for the first time. It appears they’ve had fun thus far at the WSOP but maintain a level of competition to motivate each other.
Finally, no matter what flight they play, Main players do feel good when they bag chips and can play another day. They all don’t celebrate like this, but most of them want to.
We get really pumped when we bag… pic.twitter.com/QQgA7mJrl1
— Angela Jordison (@Angelajordison) November 8, 2021
