The 2021 WSOP continued on Sunday starring Phil Hellmuth. He made yet another final table. This is not a repeat post. He will – again – play for his 16th gold bracelet today.
That same final table will feature none other than Poker Hall of Famer Jack McClelland, not to mention names like Anthony Zinno and Stephen Chidwick. It will be the one to watch today.
In other news, the Millionaire Maker still whittled down its field but found 170 left at the end of the night. There was a lot of action on Sunday in just five events, so let’s get to it.
Event 17: $1,500 NLHE Millionaire Maker
From a starting field of 5,326 entries, just a fraction of those remains in the tournament. In-the-money play often moves quickly, but when there’s a $1M prize on the line for the winner, every play requires a little more care. They will try to play down to a final table today.
Event 17: Day 2 of 5
$1,500 buy-in
NLHE Millionaire Maker (1RE/flight)
Total entries:
5,326
Registration still open?
no
Total prize pool:
$6,990,060
Players paid:
799
Minimum payout:
$2,400
Winner payout:
$1,000,000
Chip leader:
Daryl Ronconi
Players remaining:
170
Day 1B start:
12pm Monday
Event 18: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball
Sunday was supposed to be the final day of this tournament. It started with just a dozen players, though two-time bracelet winner Mike Gorodinsky busted his short stack rather quickly. That day’s chip leader, Jason Daly, exited in ninth place, and Australia’s Gary Benson followed in eighth. Three-time bracelet winner Brian Yoon eventually accepted fifth place, and Joao Vieira busted in third, just short of winning his second piece of WSOP gold.
The final two competitors played for several hours, exchanging the chip lead and both determined to win. Ultimately, they called it for the night and will play more today.
Event 18: Day 3 of 4
$2,500 buy-in
Mixed Triple Draw Lowball (1RE)
Total entries:
253
Total prize pool:
$562,925
Players paid:
38
Minimum payout:
$4,097
Winner payout:
$134,390
Players remaining:
2
Venkata Tayi = 5,575,000 chips
Restart:
12pm Monday
Vladimir Peck = 3,275,000 chips
Event 19: $10K Seven-Card Stud Championship
As is customary for Phil Hellmuth, he was one of the late registrants in this event. He got in just before the start of Day 2, along with others like Stephen Chidwick, Nick Schulman, and Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier.
The day progressed as Ben Yu busted on the money bubble. Dan Zack was the first player to cash, followed by George Alexander, and Scott Bohlman. Play continued for some time but finally stopped with seven players remaining. And the chip leader was none other than Hellmuth. He will try for his 16th bracelet today.
This was a very different event. It took a fast-play form of poker from WSOP partner GGPoker and became a bracelet event.
It started with two flights. Essentially, players bought in for $1K, and when a table filled, it would start playing. Each player received three cards, after which the dealer put out a community flop. Each player discarded a card of their choice. They all turned their remaining hole cards up, and the dealer finished the hand. The one player with the best hand won the table and moved on.
Unlimited reentries enabled players with big bankrolls to try over and over until they made it through their first tables. For example, Negreanu bought in nine times, and David Williams did it 19 times.
All surviving players from the day’s earlier flights gathered to play regular poker from that point forward. There were 155 players who returned to play at 7pm on Sunday, all guaranteed at least $2K but playing for more. They whittled the field down before play finally stopped at 23.
Event 20: Day 1 of 2
$K buy-in
NLHE Flip & Go (1RE/flight)
Total entries:
1232
Registration still open?
no
Total prize pool:
$1,103,600
Players paid:
155
Minimum payout:
$2,000
Winner payout:
$180,665
Chip leader:
Huy Lam
Players remaining:
23
Restart:
1pm Monday
Event 21: $1,500 Mixed Omaha
This event offered all of the Omaha a player could want. Hundreds of players wanted it, and nearly 200 players survived to play another day of Omaha.
Event 21: Day 1 of 3
$1,500 buy-in
Mixed Omaha (1RE)
Total entries:
641
Registration still open?
no
Total prize pool:
$855,735
Players paid:
96
Minimum payout:
$2,423
Winner payout:
$170,269
Chip leader:
Scott Abrams
Players remaining:
199
Restart:
2pm Monday
Event OB3: $400 NLHE Ultra Deepstack
The third online WSOP bracelet event of this series was available – as per the law – only to players in Nevada and New Jersey. It offered more than just the usual deep starting stacks and drew more than a thousand entries into it. In the end, a Taiwanese player currently in Las Vegas won it.
Online OB Event 3
$400 buy-in
NLHE Ultra Deepstack (2x RE)
Total entries:
1023
Total prize pool:
$488,520
Players paid:
248
Minimum payout:
$489
Final table results:
1st place:
Pete Chen (Taiwan) $82,559
2nd place:
"Selvastar7" (Mexico) $50,903
3rd place:
Todd "Google_Man" Rodenborn (USA) $36,639
4th place:
"Meliano34" (USA) $26,624
5th place:
"Exclusive25" (USA) $19,589
6th place:
"stuckonluck7" (USA) $14,557
7th place:
Robert "420ish" Thomas (USA) $10,942
8th place:
Amit "rocketsbaby" Makhija (USA) $8,304
9th place:
"fisherman702" (USA) $6,399
Highlight of the Day
Despite the luck component in the Flip & Go tournament, players had fun with it. This was one of the tables caught by PokerNews’ Chad Holloway, wherein Courtney (partner of Greg Goes All In) won the table. The team of content creators accepted a GGPoker sponsorship earlier this year, and they traveled to Vegas to create that content but also to play some poker.
Greg’s excitement at Courtney winning her table was contagious.
https://twitter.com/ChadAHolloway/status/1447249907803312132?s=20
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