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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WSOP 2021 Day 6 Digest

The first of many WSOP high roller ended last night:

#Buy-inEventPlayerPrize
6$25,000Event #6: High Roller No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed🇺🇸 Tyler Cornell$833,289

Event #6: High Roller No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed

Tyler Cornell doubled his total live earnings by winning his first bracelet and the $833,289 prize. Despite claiming “I feel like I only got control of the table in the last hour” after the win, the player well managed his chip lead during the whole final table.

Tyler Cornell

Adrian Mateos managed to climb two spots since the tournament resumed on day 3 to finish 3rd:

NameTotal Earnings
🇺🇸 Tyler Cornell$833,289
🇺🇸 Michael Liang$515,014
🇪🇸 Adrian Mateos$381,870
🇺🇸 Jonathan Jaffe$286,202
🇮🇹 Mustapha Kanit$216,842
Event #8 counted 135 entries

Other events in progress

The massive $500 event #4: The Reunion No-Limit Hold’em and its 12,973 entries enters its final stage as 9 players remain. Poker pro Ryan Laplante closely missed this golden $513,604 opportunity and ended up at the 19th place for $18,117.

In the $1,500 event #7: Dealers Choice 6-Handed only 14 remain, and unfortunately many big names did not make the cut in the latest stage, including legendary WSOP commentator Norman Chad (21st), Eli Elezra (20th) and Phil Hellmuth (18th).

Norman Chad

More events are currently underway including the $10k event #9: Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship where David Benyamine currently leads. Jason Somerville’s fans will also be happy to hear that Jason has entered the tournament.

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WSOP 2021 Day 5 Digest

Here is the main result of day 5:

#Buy-inEventPlayerPrize
5$1,500Event #5: Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better🇺🇸 Connor Drinan$163,252

Event #5: Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better

Connor Drinan started and ended day 3 with the most chips to beat a field of 607 and grab his second WSOP bracelet. Drinan claimed in the end: “This win is dedicated to Mike Fasco for the expensive O/8 lessons“. His first bracelet was the huge online $10K WSOP Super MILLION$ where he took $1,4M.

Robert Mizrachi fell short from winning a 5th bracelet, but he defended his day 2 stack pretty well to finish at the 3rd place for $71,602.

Robert Mizrachi, 3rd

Other events

The $25K event #6: High Roller No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed ended with 5 players only with Tyler Cornell currently sitting with the biggest stack. He’ll face tonight Mustapha Kanit (4th) and Adrian Mateos (5th) to take the big $833K top spot.

Losing in the money were day 2 chip leader Jake Daniels (14th), but also Jason Koon (9th) and Paul Newey (7th).

In $1,500 event #7: Dealers Choice 6-Handed, half of the field is gone with 307 entries. The tournament is full of specialists as fan favorites Daniel Negreanu and Phil Hellmuth currently sits in the top 10.

See you tomorrow for the outcome of these events!

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