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A busy day the felt in the Rio Hotel & Casino saw five events reach decisive moments as players battled for the bracelet on Day 30 of the 2021 World Series of Poker. With the Seniors Event field playing Day 2, PLO High Rollers reaching the final five and two new events creating a Day 1 buzz in the Amazon Room, we’ve got all the action from the felt.
In Event #53, the $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha has reached the final five players, and four-time WSOP bracelet holder Shaun Deeb is amongst the hopefuls looking to lock up the gold in tomorrow’s finale in the Thunderdome live on PokerGO. You’ll be able to find that live-streamed final right here, but Day 3 saw plenty of action as the final five were reached.
With 25 players starting the day, it took some time to reach the eight-handed final table, with players such as Jerry Wong, Bryce Yockey and Joao Vieira all leaving the action well before the final table bubble. The player who burst that was Tommy Le, who was trying to win this event on the back of claiming his second $10,000 PLO Championship title which he won the other day.
With eight players remaining, there was still time for three to bust and miss out on the final day, with Charles Sinn (eighth for $121,816) going first. He was followed to the rail by the overnight chip leader Ben Lamb as he cashed for $156,387 in seventh place, before Frenchman David Benyamine missed out in his attempt to add a second bracelet to his resume, cashing for $205,655.
| WSOP 2021 Event #53 $25,000 Pot Limit Omaha High Roller | |||
| Position | Player | Country | Chips |
| 1st | Ka Kwan Lau | Hong Kong | 10,750,000 |
| 2nd | John Beauprez | U.S.A. | 8,725,000 |
| 3rd | Maxx Coleman | U.S.A. | 5,730,000 |
| 4th | Shaun Deeb | U.S.A. | 3,640,000 |
| 5th | Veselin Karakitukov | Bulgaria | 2,745,000 |
In Event #52, the $1,000-entry Seniors Event, Eli Elezra made the top 10 chipcounts after Day 2 as the action saw 1,107 players whittled down to just 148 survivors to Day 3.
Elezra will come into the next day seventh in chips after piling up a haul of 1.5 million chips, but he’s a way behind the chips leader, who after Day 2, has the chip lead with 2.7 million chips, a short distance ahead of Canadian player April Facey on just over 2.3 million.
Elsewhere, there were Day 3 seats for players such as Barry Greenstein (810,000), Adrian Moreno (530,000) and Allen Kessler (325,000), while others such as Jack McClelland, Dan Heimiller, John Cernuto, Steve Zolotow and David Pham all lose their stacks.
| WSOP 2021 Event #52 $1,000 Seniors Event | |||
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
| 1st | David Kluchman | U.S.A. | 2,745,000 |
| 2nd | April Facey | Canada | 2,330,000 |
| 3rd | Marc Walter | U.S.A. | 1,675,000 |
| 4th | Robert Sun | U.S.A. | 1,615,000 |
| 5th | Clyde Reed | U.S.A. | 1,600,000 |
| 6th | David Slaughter | U.S.A. | 1,545,000 |
| 7th | Eli Elezra | Israel | 1,515,000 |
| 8th | Sean Moore | U.S.A. | 1,445,000 |
| 9th | Dennis McKelvey | U.S.A. | 1,415,000 |
| 10th | Chris Wa | U.S.A. | 1,390,000 |
In Event #54, the Nine-Game Mix event, which cost $2,500 to take part in, reached Day 3 as Day 2 saw the field trimmed from 136 players to just 17. Still involved are players such as Mike Matusow (559,000) and Kenny Hsiung (822,000), while Nicholas Julia is the chip leader with 2.1 million chips, more than double his nearest competitor Robert McLaughlin with just over a million.
| WSOP 2021 Event #54 $2,500 Nine-Game Mix 6-Max | |||
| Position | Player | Country | Chips |
| 1st | Nicholas Julia | U.S.A. | 2,150,000 |
| 2nd | Robert McLaughlin | U.S.A. | 1,013,000 |
| 3rd | Aditya Prasetyo | U.S.A. | 829,000 |
| 4th | Kenny Hsiung | U.S.A. | 822,000 |
| 5th | Kristan Lord | U.S.A. | 820,000 |
| 6th | Justin Liberto | U.S.A. | 715,000 |
| 7th | James Woods | U.S.A. | 649,000 |
| 8th | Matt Vengrin | U.S.A. | 635,000 |
| 9th | Marco Johnson | U.S.A. | 603,000 |
| 10th | Mike Matusow | U.S.A. | 559,000 |
The $400-entry Colossus kicked off in style, with 4,217 entries reduced to just 632 survivors, including our own Jeff Platt, who bagged up a massive stack of 582,000 chips after finishing fourth in the $1,000-entry Double Stack tournament earlier in the week.
| WSOP 2021 Event #55 $400 Colossus | |||
| Position | Player | Country | Chips |
| 1st | Hiep Tran | U.S.A. | 1,308,000 |
| 2nd | Hogyun Kang | South Korea | 1,297,000 |
| 3rd | Vincas Tamasauskas | Lithuania | 1,241,000 |
| 4th | Martin Ryan | U.S.A. | 1,178,000 |
| 5th | Charbel Kanterjian | Canada | 1,118,000 |
| 6th | Lucas Tabarin | Brazil | 1,116,000 |
| 7th | Joseph Malebranche | U.S.A. | 1,098,000 |
| 8th | Erikas Laugzemys | Lithuania | 1,048,000 |
| 9th | Michael Marder | U.S.A. | 1,018,000 |
| 10th | Ivan Barnes | U.S.A. | 900,000 |
Event #56, the $10,000 No Limit Hold’em Six Max tournament saw Day 1 players take to the felt, with 306 entries yielding just 113 hopefuls reach Day 2.
Top of the leaderboard at the close of play was Indian player Abhinav Iyer, who bagged up 483,500 and sits just ahead of Kenny Hallaert from Belgium on 468,000. Other big names in the top 10 include Matt Berkey (394,000), Ian Steinman (360,500) and Arian Stolt who closed out the top 10 with 288,500.
Elsewhere, Asi Moshe (346,000), JJ Liu (236,000), Adrian Mateos (232,000), Justin Bonomo (175,500), Darren Elias (114,000), Tommy Le (109,000), Stephen Chidwick (102,500) and Maria Ho (59,500) all made the cut while Players to bust on Day 1 included Daniel Negreanu, Ali Imsirovic, Joseph Cheong, Ryan Leng, Hossein Ensan and Damian Salas.
| WSOP 2021 Event #56 $10,000 NLHE Six-Max | |||
| Position | Player | Country | Chips |
| 1 | Abhinav Iyer | India | 483,500 |
| 2 | Kenny Hallaert | Belgium | 468,000 |
| 3 | Matt Berkey | U.S.A. | 394,000 |
| 4 | Ian Steinman | U.S.A. | 360,500 |
| 5 | Roland Rokita | Austria | 358,500 |
| 6 | Jimmy D’Ambrosio | U.S.A. | 340,000 |
| 7 | Giuseppe Iadisernia | Venezuela | 340,000 |
| 8 | Jeff Frerichs | U.S.A. | 324,000 |
| 9 | Nikita Kuznetcov | Russia | 300,000 |
| 10 | Arian Stolt | U.S.A. | 288,500 |
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