Event #47: $5,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed Day 1 | 2021 World Series of Poker

Event #47: $5,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed

Day 1 Completed

10-25-2021 01:46 UTC-8

Daniel Negreanu Advances with a Big Stack as Jamie Sequeira Bags Day 1 Chip Lead in the $5,000 Freezeout

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

After 15 levels of play, the Day 1 action of Event #47: $5,000 Freezeout (8-handed) concluded with only 82 players out of the 421 entries in total managing to find a bag to tag.

All those entries created a total prize pool of $1,941,863, guaranteeing the winner to walk away with $426,694 for first place and the coveted gold WSOP bracelet while 64 players total will be in the money on Monday for at least $8,000.

Jamie Sequeira takes the overnight chip lead with a huge bag of 1,070,000 in chips. The Canadian player counts $48,316 total live earnings in WSOP events and will continue to battle for the first gold bracelet of his career. Trailing in second place is Benjamin Chalot with 733,000, who cashed in three events so far in the series. Closing the podium for today is Daniel Rezaei with 702,000 who is looking for the 17th WSOP cash of his career.

Also in the top chip counts is no one else than Daniel Negreanu with 722,000. After two final tables recently in Event #36: Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship and in Event #32: H.O.R.S.E, Negreanu will try to add a seventh gold bracelet to his collection.

Event #47 Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

RANK	PLAYER	Country	CHIP COUNT	Big Blinds
1	Jamie Sequeira	Canada	1,070,000	134
2	Benjamin Chalot	France	733,000	92
3	Daniel Rezaei	Austria	702,000	88
4	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	617,000	77
5	Daniel Lazrus	United States	597,000	75
6	Ivan Galinec	Croatia	561,000	70
7	Joni Jouhkimainen	Finland	559,000	70
8	Johan Martinet	Mexico	450,000	56
9	Jongwook Lee	South Korea	430,000	54
10	Tony Miles	United States	429,000	54

Several other big names and bracelet owners are also advancing to Day 2. Joni Jouhkimainen (559,000), Alexandre Reard (395,000), 2019 Main Event runner-up Dario Sammartino (379,000), Jeremy Wien (272,00), Diogo Veiga (168,000), Joao Simao (133,000), Pete Chen (95,000) and Johan Guilbert (103,000) are just a few of the many well known players in the poker world that have made it through to Day 2. Romain Lewis (55,000) and Ben Heath (49,000) also found a bag at the end of the day but as short stacks.

Some of those players unfortunate to bust out here on Day 1 included Main Event Champions Joe Hachem and Phil Hellmuth, as well as four-time bracelet winners Michael Gathy and Anthony Zinno, three-time WSOP champion Chance Kornuth, Gediminas Uselis, Julien Martini, Maria Ho, Pierre Calamusa, Sylvain Loosli, Manig Loeser, Dan Shak, Joseph Cheong, James Chen, Faraz Jaka, and Darren Elias just to name a few.

David Benyamine and Calvin Anderson, who joined the field right before the end of the late registration, didn’t last long and joined them in the rail.

Day 2 will restart at 2 p.m local time, Monday, Oct. 25, and the battle will continue until the final five players are reached. Level 16 will feature a small blind of 4,000, a big blind of 8,000, and a big blind ante of 2,000. There will be a 15-minute break every two levels and players will also enjoy a 60-minute dinner break after Level 24 at approximately 8:30 p.m.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to bring you all the updates from the “Shuffle up and deal” until the final moments of the night, so make sure to keep coming back!

Tags: Alexandre Reard Anthony Zinno Ben Heath Benjamin Chalot Chance Kornuth Dan Shak Daniel Negreanu Daniel Rezaei Dario Sammartino Darren Elias David Benyamine Diogo Veiga Faraz Jaka Gediminas Uselis James Chen Jamie Sequeira Jeremy Wien Joao Simao Joe Hachem Johan Guilbert Joni Jouhkimainen Julien Martini Manig Loeser Maria Ho Michael Gathy Pete Chen Phil Hellmuth Pierre Calamusa Romain Lewis Sylvain Loosli

10-25-2021 01:45 UTC-8

Day 2 Seat Draw

Jaxon

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

ROOM	TABLE	SEAT	Player	Country	Chips	Big Blinds
Amazon	505	1	Ping Liu	United States	278,000	35
Amazon	505	2	Petar Kalev	United States	234,000	29
Amazon	505	3	Salim Admon	United States	237,000	30
Amazon	505	4	Johan Guilbert	France	103,000	13
Amazon	505	5	Christopher Basile	United States	393,000	49
Amazon	505	6	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	617,000	77
Amazon	505	7	Bjorn Kozenkai	United States	153,000	19
Amazon	505	8	Benjamin Heath	United Kingdom	49,000	6

Amazon	506	1	Mathew Moore	United States	336,000	42
Amazon	506	2	Dario Sammartino	Italy	379,000	47
Amazon	506	3	Daniel Rezaei	Austria	702000	88
Amazon	506	4	Johan Martinet	Mexico	450,000	56
Amazon	506	5	Kris Lee Steinbach	Canada	177,000	22
Amazon	506	6	Arthur Conan	France	101,000	13
Amazon	506	7	Jose Ignacio Barbero	Argentina	388,000	49

Amazon	507	1	Adam Weik	United States	306,000	38
Amazon	507	2	Jerry Wong	United States	410,000	51
Amazon	507	3	Kevin Rabichow	United States	123,000	15
Amazon	507	4	Nicholas Davidson	United States	183,000	23
Amazon	507	5	Benjamin Chalot	France	733000	92
Amazon	507	6	Darren Grant	Canada	343,000	43
Amazon	507	8	Luigi Curcio	United States	92,000	12

Amazon	508	1	Alexandros Theologis	Greece	151,000	19
Amazon	508	2	Eric Blair	United States	366,000	46
Amazon	508	3	Jehu Bordier Licona	United States	363,000	45
Amazon	508	4	Jeremy Wien	United States	272,000	34
Amazon	508	6	Patrick Kennedy	United Kingdom	180,000	23
Amazon	508	7	Tony Miles	United States	429,000	54
Amazon	508	8	Paul Vogel	United States	106,000	13
Amazon	509	8	Qing Liu	United States	165,000	21

Amazon	512	1	James Romero	United States	275,000	34
Amazon	512	2	Justin Garcia	United States	101,000	13
Amazon	512	3	Mike Sowers	United States	137,000	17
Amazon	512	4	Noah Bronstein	United States	214,000	27
Amazon	512	5	Raul Manzanares	United Kingdom	292,000	37
Amazon	512	6	Paul Kuzmich	United States	375,000	47
Amazon	512	7	Amir Mirrasouli	United States	234,000	29
Amazon	512	8	Raul Martinez	United Kingdom	98,000	12

Amazon	513	1	Jongwook Lee	South Korea	430,000	54
Amazon	513	2	Vlad Darie	Romania	145,000	18
Amazon	513	3	Ankush Mandavia	United States	331,000	41
Amazon	513	4	Ryan Pedigo	United States	105,000	13
Amazon	513	5	Ziao Guo	United States	64,000	8
Amazon	513	6	Justin Lapka	United States	81,000	10
Amazon	513	7	Ivan Galinec	Croatia	561,000	70

Amazon	514	1	Joni Jouhkimainen	Finland	559,000	70
Amazon	514	2	Taus Lilius	Denmark	375,000	47
Amazon	514	3	David Lewis	United States	353,000	44
Amazon	514	4	Barry Hutter	United States	137,000	17
Amazon	514	5	Jaime Alvarez	United States	185,000	23
Amazon	514	6	Pete Chen	Taiwan	95,000	12
Amazon	514	7	Ran Ilani	Israel	169,000	21
Amazon	514	8	Houston Howie	United States	355,000	44

Amazon	519	1	Jean Guillette	Canada	1	0
Amazon	519	2	Dimitar Danchev	Bulgaria	232,000	29
Amazon	519	3	Joao Simao	Brazil	133,000	17
Amazon	519	4	Shaun Deeb	United States	287,000	36
Amazon	519	5	Ian O'Hara	United States	278,000	35
Amazon	519	6	Patrick Howard	United States	316,000	40
Amazon	519	7	Ren Lin	United States	248,000	31

Amazon	520	1	Diogo Veiga	Portugal	168,000	21
Amazon	520	2	Rok Gostisa	Slovenia	301,000	38
Amazon	520	3	Derek Wolters	United States	57,000	7
Amazon	520	4	Romain Lewis	France	55,000	7
Amazon	520	5	Andrew Kelsall	United States	136,000	17
Amazon	520	6	Conrad Simpson	United States	127,000	16
Amazon	520	7	Dylan Destefano	United States	273,000	34
Amazon	520	8	Jamie Sequeira	Canada	1,070,000	134

Amazon	521	1	Craig Mason	United States	170,000	21
Amazon	521	2	Chad Eveslage	United States	155,000	19
Amazon	521	3	Scott Seiver	United States	89,000	11
Amazon	521	4	Daniel Lazrus	United States	597,000	75
Amazon	521	5	Giuliano Lentini	United States	145,000	18
Amazon	521	6	Andres Gonzalez	Spain	232,000	29
Amazon	521	7	Huy Lam	United States	294,000	37
Amazon	521	8	Jake Schwartz	United States	232,000	29

Amazon	522	1	Alan Sternberg	United States	193,000	24
Amazon	522	2	Ivan Zufic	Croatia	299,000	37
Amazon	522	3	Alexandre Reard	France	395,000	49
Amazon	522	4	Daniel Strelitz	United States	193,000	24
Amazon	522	7	Ilyas Muradi	United States	352,000	44
Amazon	522	8	Julian Milliard-Feral	France	250,000	31

10-25-2021 01:07 UTC-8

End of Day 1 Chip Counts (full)

Jaxon

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamie Sequeira	1,070,000 120,000	120,000

Benjamin Chalot	733,000
Daniel Rezaei	702,000
Daniel Negreanu	617,000

Daniel Lazrus	597,000

Ivan Galinec	561,000 561,000	561,000
Joni Jouhkimainen	559,000 79,000	79,000

Johan Martinet	450,000 145,000	145,000
Jongwook Lee	430,000 430,000	430,000
Tony Miles	429,000 273,000	273,000
Jerry Wong	410,000 410,000	410,000

Alexandre Reard	395,000 35,000	35,000

Christopher Basile	393,000 393,000	393,000
Nacho Barbero	388,000 -17,000	-17,000

Dario Sammartino	379,000 -16,000	-16,000

Paul Kuzmich	375,000 375,000	375,000
Taus Lilius	375,000 375,000	375,000
Eric Blair	366,000 366,000	366,000
Jehu Bordier Licona	363,000 363,000	363,000
Houston Howie	355,000 355,000	355,000
David Lewis	353,000 353,000	353,000
Ilyas Muradi	352,000 352,000	352,000
Darren Grant	343,000 343,000	343,000
Mathew Moore	336,000 336,000	336,000
Ankush Mandavia	331,000 -9,000	-9,000

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10-25-2021 01:02 UTC-8

End of the Day

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The remaining players are now bagging their chips, and action will resume at 2 p.m tomorrow in the Amazon room. A full recap of the day's action will be posted shortly, complete with the chip counts.

10-25-2021 00:49 UTC-8

More Counts and Bustouts

NicholasBaltz

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	600,000 120,000	120,000

Shaun Deeb	395,000 65,000	65,000

Dario Sammartino	395,000 137,000	137,000

Scott Seiver	230,000

Ben Heath	75,000 -125,000	-125,000

Ryan Riess	73,000 18,000	18,000

Nitesh Rawtani	Busted
Josh Arieh	Busted

Tom Gity	Busted
Frank Funaro	Busted

10-25-2021 00:48 UTC-8

Jouhkimainen Forces a Fold

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

On a head's up pot, the flop showed when Joni Jouhkimainen check-raised to 32,000 a bet worth 8,000 from his opponent. The latter made the call.

A came on the turn and Jouhkimainen sent a bet for 57,000, called once more. The hit the river and time Jouhkimainen tossed a pile of 5,000 chips in the middle. It was enough for his opponent who let it go.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joni Jouhkimainen	480,000 110,000	110,000

10-25-2021 00:45 UTC-8

Prize Pool and Payouts Announced

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Tournament officials have announced the official payouts. With 421 entries, 64 players will receive a minimum cash of $8,000.

The winner will take home $428,694 and a gold WSOP bracelet.

10-25-2021 00:43 UTC-8

Cowboys for Mandavia

Connor Richards

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

A short-stacked opponent went all-in for around 30,000 and Ankush Mandavia called in late position.

Opponent:
Ankush Mandavia:

The flop came out and the gave Mandavia's opponent flush and straight outs. But the river came the safe and Mandavia sent the opponent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ankush Mandavia	340,000 293,000	293,000

Tags: Ankush Mandavia

10-25-2021 00:38 UTC-8

Vogel Hits on the River

Gaelle Jaudon

Level 15 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

The flop showed on a three-way pot when Ankush Mandavia bet 10,000 after a check from Paul Vogel and the third player. Vogel fired a raise of 100,000 and the third player decided to move all-in. Mandavia mucked his cards and Vogel quickly called.

Paul Vogel:
His opponent:

Vogel had two pairs but a on the turn gave the flush to his opponent. However, the hit teh river, bringing a full house to Vogel as well as the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Vogel	270,000