Event #71: $1,500 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 1 Completed
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #71: $1,500 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1
2021 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,148,100
Entries
860
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Entries
860
Players Left
94
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
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.
| 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 |
Jaime Lewin looks to be close to the top as he bagged 712,000 chips and he is followed closely by Nikolay Yosifov (674,000). Other players who bagged big stacks at the end of the night include Miltiadis Kyriakides (578,00), two-time bracelet winner Calvin Anderson (525,000), Paulo Villena (483,000) and Craig Mason (352,00).
Many notables players navigated their way through the Day 1 field and advanced to Day 2, such as Alex Rocha (240,000), who eliminated Nohad Teliani with a straight on the river to burst the bubble, but also Dash Dudley (183,100), Felipe Ramos (144,000), Diogo Veiga (119,000), Dario Sammartino (111,000) and tree-time bracelet winner Davidi Kitai (70,000).
While Day 2 will see many notable faces return some were less fortunate, those players include bracelet winners Brandon Shack-Harris, Asi Moshe, Leif Force, Nicholas Seiken, Eric Froehlich, Yuval Bronshtein, Ryan Hughes, Ian Steinman and Daniel Negreanu.
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.
Tune in here tomorrow as the PokerNews Live Reporting Team will provide coverage throughout the rest of the entire tournament.
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,066,000
421,000
|
421,000 |
|
||
|
712,000
92,000
|
92,000 |
|
674,000
674,000
|
674,000 |
|
650,000
650,000
|
650,000 |
|
578,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
|
492,000
492,000
|
492,000 |
|
483,000
483,000
|
483,000 |
|
468,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
461,000
461,000
|
461,000 |
|
448,000
-92,000
|
-92,000 |
|
442,000
442,000
|
442,000 |
|
436,000
436,000
|
436,000 |
|
432,000
432,000
|
432,000 |
|
|
432,000
432,000
|
432,000 |
|
419,000
-46,000
|
-46,000 |
|
387,000
387,000
|
387,000 |
|
368,000
368,000
|
368,000 |
|
366,000
366,000
|
366,000 |
|
356,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
352,000
352,000
|
352,000 |
|
|
351,000
49,000
|
49,000 |
|
345,000
345,000
|
345,000 |
|
||
|
326,000
326,000
|
326,000 |
|
|
315,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
|
|
303,000
303,000
|
303,000 |
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
All the chips went in the middle preflop between Anna Antimony, at risk for her last 40,000, the player in the big blind for a small stack and Ryan Coon who had them both covered.
Anna Antimony: 
Big blind: 
Ryan Coon: 
The board 
improved Coon's hand into a full house to bust his two opponents and add two bounties to his collection.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
430,000
158,000
|
158,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
The tournament director has instructed the dealers to deal five more hands before the night ends.
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
Mourad Amokrane raised to 12,000 and it folded to Manuel Ruivo who called in the big blind.
The flop brought 
and Ruivo check-called Amokrane's continuation for 14,000. The same action happened on the 
turn, this time for 22,000.
On the 
, both players checked. Ruivo showed 
for the full house and Amokrane mucked his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
645,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
540,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
Level 14
: 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
In a heads-up situation, the board read 
when a player checked and Dylan Weisman bet 42,000 on the button. His opponent thought about his move for some time and ended up raising it to 165,000. Weisman quickly folded his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
|
||
Level: 14
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Level 13
: 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Nohad Teliani raised to 6,000 and it was called by Alex Rocha, a player in late position and Dario Sammartino in the big blind.
The flop came 
and it checked to Teliani who moved all in for her last 20,000. Only Rocah made the call and the cards were tabled:
Nohad Teliani: 
Alex Rocha: 
Teliani had a pair of tens but Rocha had many outs for the flush and the straight. The rest of the board fell the 
and the 
, giving the flush to Rocha to bust Teliani at the bubble.
All the remaining players are now guaranteed at least $1,512 for their efforts today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
225,000 | |
|
135,000
71,000
|
71,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |