WSOP 2021 Day 11+12 Digest

We unfortunately could not be in front of the computer yesterday so let’s summarize the last two days!

#Buy-inEventPlayerPrize
15$1,500Event #15: 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em🇺🇸 Bradley Jansen$313,403
16$10,000Event #16: Limit Hold’em Championship🇺🇸 John Monnette$245,680

Event #15: 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em

Bradley Jansen claimed his first gold bracelet in the $1,500 event. The self proclaimed semi-pro declared in the end: “When we got heads-up I just ran like the sun and I make a bunch of big hands. (Malod) played great. I don’t think there was anything he could have done to change the outcome”. The player doubled his lifetime earnings with this win.

Bradley Jansen with the satisfied look

Event #16: Limit Hold’em Championship

Eleven hours of final table was needed to end this championship with John Monnette gettings all the chips. The player now enters the small club of 4 bracelets holders. John Monnette other bracelets were in 8-Game Mix, Seven Card Stud and 2-7 Lowball Draw.

Streaming legend Jason Somerville could not get his hands on the trophy and ended up at the 5th place for $58,697.

John Monnette collecting bracelets since 2011

Event #18: Mixed Triple Draw Lowball  (Limit)

In the $2,500 event 🇺🇸 Vladimir Peck is currently chip leading and battling heads-up 🇺🇸 Venkata Tayi to try to take the win and the $134,390 prize. Top online earner Joao Vieira ended with the bronze medal and $57,558.

Still playing

The $1,500 event #17: MILLIONAIRE MAKER No-Limit Hold’em is well underway with its 2,568 entries. 170 players remain, including Faraz Jaka (7th) and Vanessa Kade (11th) will try to get the $1,000,000 top prize.

Another final table for Phil Helmuth in the $10k Event #19: Seven Card Stud Championship will take place today. Phil is currently second in chips behind Anthony Zinno. Stephen Chidwick will also join the table with the shortest stack.

Here are some notable finishes for events #15 and #16:

PlayerPlaceEarnings#Event
🇺🇸 John Racener6th$44,26316$10,000 Event #16: Limit Hold’em Championship
🇺🇸 Brian Rast11th$18,50616$10,000 Event #16: Limit Hold’em Championship
🇫🇷 Romain Lewis61st$4,07515$1,500 Event #15: 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
🇵🇹 Joao Vieira96th$3,37315$1,500 Event #15: 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em
🇨🇦 Vanessa Kade162nd$2,62715$1,500 Event #15: 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em

Let’s see how all these players will advance tomorrow!

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WSOP 2021 Day 10 Digest

We ended the day by distributing two bracelets:

#Buy-inEventPlayerPrize
13$3,000Event #13: Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em🇺🇸 Harvey Mathews$371,914
14$1,500Event #14: Seven Card Stud🇺🇸 Rafael Lebron$82,262

Event #13: Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em

Harvey Mathews defeated a high level field of 720 players to take home $371,914 and his first bracelet. Mathews humbly declared afterwards: “I just ran absolutely insane, probably the most insane I’ve run in my entire life.”

Michael Gathy was close to make history by getting to the top of the NL Hold’em bracelets rankings but ended up at the 3rd place for $164,083.

Harvey Mathews hit the six outer on the river.

Event #14: Seven Card Stud

A second bracelet for Rafael Lebron in the $1,500 event, which said “I was hoping (to win a second bracelet). Didn’t expect it so soon though”. He won his first in 2016 in a $3,000 NL Hold’em event for $169,337.

The WSOP super reg Shaun Deeb was close again from the very top but succumbed at the 5th place for $18,475.

Rafael Lebron playing Stud

Elsewhere in the Rio

The $10k Event #16: Limit Hold’em Championship is star filled and currently lead by John Racener closely followed by Jason Somerville. 78 players took the start of the event.

A few stats to end day 10!

Here our big names most cashes list:

NameCashesTotal Earnings
🇺🇸 Shaun Deeb5$30,118
🇺🇸 Jason Koon3$362,815
🇺🇸 Phil Hellmuth3$180,652
🇺🇸 Daniel Zack3$92,270
🇺🇸 Ryan Riess3$8,584

That’s day 10 for you. Thanks for reading and see you tomorrow!

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WSOP 2021 Day 9 Digest

Three bracelets have been distributed yesterday:

#Buy-inEventPlayerPrize
9$10,000Event #9: Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship🇺🇸 Ari Engel$317,076
11$25,000Event #11: Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship🇺🇸 Jason Koon$243,981
12$1,500Event #12: Limit Hold’em🇮🇱 Yuval Bronshtein$124,374

Event #9: Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship

The canadian pro Ari Engel won his second bracelet in the $10k championship, making his total live earnings up to more than $7M. His first bracelet was won in a $2,500 No Limit Hold’em event in 2019.

Phil Helmuth started day 3 with 6th stack but couldn’t do better than grabbing the 5th place for $80,894.

The now classic masked bracelet winner photo

Event #11: Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship

After 50 cashes at the WSOP, top pro Jason Koon finally took down his first bracelet in this specialist event. Jason won 6 straight heads-up to get the trophy and the $243,981. Koon declared before the final: “I don’t vlog, I don’t stream, I just play the game”, and apparently this was enough!

Jason Koon with the lucky J7

Event #12: Limit Hold’em

Israel’s Yuval Bronshtein just won his second bracelet by beating a 422 players field. Bronshtein is well versed in all variants of the game as he won a 2-7 Lowball Draw event and unfortunately bubbled the $25k H.O.R.S.E event a few days ago.

Yuval “guaranteed rate” Bronshtein

Other events

Most big names have fallen in the $3,000 event #13: Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em except Michael Gathy and his four NL Hold’em bracelets. He can make history tomorrow by joining Phil Hellmuth and Doyle Brunson as the only players with five No-Limit Hold’em bracelets.

In the $1,500 Event #14: Seven Card Stud the final six are set and Shaun Deeb is currently second in chips. Shaun is looking for a 5th bracelet, his last being a $10k NL Hold’em in 2018.

Now let’s have a look at the notable cash of these events:

PlayerPlaceEarnings#Event
🇺🇸 Daniel Zack4th$89,78711$25,000 Event #11: Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship
🇺🇸 Phil Hellmuth5th$80,8949$10,000 Event #9: Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
🇺🇸 Robert Mizrachi7th$47,9879$10,000 Event #9: Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
🇺🇸 Paul Volpe14th$18,7509$10,000 Event #9: Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
🇺🇸 Brian Rast15th$18,7509$10,000 Event #9: Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
🇺🇸 Ryan Laplante21st$16,0009$10,000 Event #9: Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
🇺🇸 Anthony Zinno38th$3,00712$1,500 Event #12: Limit Hold’em
🇺🇸 Joe McKeehen45th$3,00712$1,500 Event #12: Limit Hold’em

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WSOP 2021 Day 8 Digest

We’re now at 14 started events in this year’s World Series of Poker and one bracelet has been awarded yesterday.

#Buy-inEventPlayerPrize
8$600Event #8: No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack🇺🇸 Zhi Wu$281,406

Event #8: No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack

The $600 event attracted 4,527 players on Monday to end yesterday with the victory of Zhi Wu for $281,406. The win more than triples the player’s live earnings.

Zhi Wu with his black aces and his first bracelet

Still running

The $10k Event #9: Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship still counts Phil Hellmuth hoping to win a 16th bracelet but the player is now short stacked with 6 players remaining. The players will battle for $317,076.

The $25k Event #11: Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship has reached the semi-finals. Jason Koon and Daniel Zack will respectively face Henri Puustinen and Gabor Szabo to try to win the $243,981 prize.

The $3,000 Event #13: Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em has attracted loads of top pros, notably Maria Konnikova (9th), Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier (18th), Sam Grafton (20th) and many more. From the original 720 entries, 111 players are still in contention.

Do you recognize him?

Some stats

After 11 closed events, here is the list of players with the most cashes:

NameCashesTotal Earnings
🇺🇸 Shaun Deeb4$11,643
🇺🇸 Joshua Faris4$8,628
🇺🇸 Mike Shin4$6,839
🇺🇸 Tyler Burke4$4,982

We’ll come back tomorrow with more results and more stats! If you want some specific stats on these WSOP hit us up!

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WSOP 2021 Day 7 Digest

Lots of action today at the WSOP!

#Buy-inEventPlayerPrize
4$500Event #4: The Reunion No-Limit Hold’em🇺🇸 Long Ma$514,604
7$1,500Event #7: Dealers Choice 6-Handed🇨🇦 Jaswinder Lally$97,915
1$5,300Online Event #1: WSOP.com No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout🇺🇸 Martin “Bathroomline” Zamani$210,600
2$500Online Event #2: WSOP.com No-Limit Hold’em BIG 500NJ_AcesmarkA$89,356
10$1,000Event #10: Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (freezeout)🇺🇸 Michael Perrone$152,173

Event #4: The Reunion No-Limit Hold’em

The 35 years old Long Ma outlasted a little field of 12,973 players to take home his first bracelet. This win is the american second cash at the WSOP, his first being a $1,751 prize in 2017, what an outburst!

Long Ma with nearly 700M chips

Event #7: Dealers Choice 6-Handed

The $1,500 tournament crowned Jaswinder Lally for $97,915. The 58 years old declared after the win: “I learned a lot playing all these games. Some of these games I’ve never played like Badacey or Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo Regular.”, showing it’s still possible to win bracelets even in shark filled event!

Jaswinder Lally

Online Event #1: WSOP.com No-Limit Hold’em Freezeout

Martin “Bathroomline” Zamani won his second bracelet on WSOP.com (NV/NJ). Martin Zamani is no stranger to poker as he has more than $2.5M of live earnings, his largest score being a win in the $25k PCA High Roller in 2019 for $895,110. He notably defeated Jason Koon, finishing at the 6th place for $39k.

Martin Zamani in a live setting

Event #10: Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (freezeout)

Michael Perrone took home the bracelet for $152,173 by defeating french pro Pierre Calamusa in this $1,000 buy-in event. The tournament counted 1,640 players for a total prizepool of $1,459,600.

Online Event #2: WSOP.com No-Limit Hold’em BIG 500

The online event ended when “nj_acesmarka” bested the 742 players field to cash $89,356. Close to the top were David “vincevegas” ODB Baker (14th, $3,985) and former main event champion Ryan “BitC0in” Riess (11th, $5,042).

Still running

In the $10k event #9: Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship, 17 players remains, counting Phil Hellmuth (8th), Paul Volpe (10th), Robert Mizrachi (12th) and Brian Rast (15th).

The $25k Event #11: Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship now has 16 players still in contention for the coveted bracelet, featuring Jason Koon, Mikita Badziakouski, Dan Zack and David Peters.

Here are some big names cashes in the closed events:

PlayerPlaceEarnings#Event
🇺🇸 Phil Hellmuth18th$4,4297$1,500 Event #7: Dealers Choice 6-Handed
🇺🇸 Ryan Laplante19th$18,1174$500 Event #4: The Reunion No-Limit Hold’em
🇺🇸 Shaun Deeb59th$2,50510$1,000 Event #10: Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold’em (freezeout)
🇺🇸 Joseph Cheong150th$3,8504$500 Event #4: The Reunion No-Limit Hold’em
🇺🇸 Barry Greenstein200th$3,3504$500 Event #4: The Reunion No-Limit Hold’em

That’s it for this loaded day! See you tomorrow!

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