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Kornuth and Weisman Get Gold on Day 17 of WSOP

Written by Jennifer Newell
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Jennifer Newell

When Chance Kornuth says he’s been playing well lately, he is not lying. In June, he won the Mid-States Poker Tour event at the Venetian in Las Vegas for $412,068. In early July, he won a Wynn Summer Classic tournament for $353,891. He final tabled a World Series of Poker Online event later in July, finishing fourth for $23,652.

Call it rungood. Call it a hot streak. Or just call it playing skilled poker. Kornuth just wants to keep doing it.

Meanwhile, PLO instructor Dylan Weisman captured his first bracelet in…you guessed it…PLO. His rail seemed almost as excited.

It was a fun day at the WSOP on Saturday, but today will be a big one, with a stacked 2-7 Lowball Draw final table that brings Hellmuth back into the spotlight but Rep Porter in the driver’s seat.

Event 28: $1K PLO

Dylan Weisman walked into the Rio on Day 3 of the PLO event with a dominating chip lead. And he took that all the way to the winner’s circle in about two hours on Saturday. The PLO specialist proudly posed with his first career bracelet and said he would be giving it to his dad, who always supported his son’s poker interests. He told PokerNews:

“It’s my bar mitzvah all over again!”

Event 28: Day 3 of 3 $1K buy-in PLO 8-Handed (1RE)
Total entries: 422
Total prize pool: $951,410
Players paid: 161
Minimum payout: $1,603
Final table results: 1st place:  Dylan Weisman (USA) $166,461
2nd place: Craig Chait (USA) $102,884
3rd place: Alexander Yen (USA) $74,239
4th place: Tim Van Loo (Germany) $54,230
5th place: Ran Niv (Israel) $40,109
6th place: Chase Fujita (USA) $30,040
7th place: Manan Bhandari (USA) $22,787
8th place: Youness Barakat (Italy) $17,510

 

Event 29: $10K Short Deck NLHE

The final six players took their seats in front of the PokerGO cameras to play for a bracelet on Saturday evening. Chance Kornuth and Chad Campbell were the biggest stacks, and they took it all the way to heads-up play, where Kornuth prevailed to capture his third WSOP bracelet. He told PokerGO News:

“It feels great. You know, there’s also the fact that last WSOP, I got fourth place in this. It felt really good to get a little bit of redemption. … I really do plan on putting in a full schedule. I’m playing some of my best poker for the last six months, and I really want to continue to do so and see what else I can accomplish.”

Event 29: Day 3 of 3 $10K buy-in Short Deck NLHE (1RE)
Total entries: 66
Total prize pool: $615,450
Players paid: 10
Minimum payout: $17,311
Final table results: 1st place:  Chance Kornuth (USA) $194,670
2nd place: Chad Campbell (USA) $120,316
3rd place: Dan Shak (USA) $82,678
4th place: Moshe Gabay (Israel) $58,601
5th place: Joao Vieira (Portugal) $42,885
6th place: Thomas Kysar (USA) $32,437

 

Event 30: $1,500 Monster Stack NLHE

The number don’t exactly add up in this one. Official reports on Day 1A had 2,356 entries on the board and another 1,972 on Day 1B. That adds up to 4,328, though the official tally is said to be 3,520. We’ll see if any corrections come through on Sunday. Either way, this year’s Monster Stack seems to be little more than half of the 2019 field. That’s more of a dip than in most of the 2021 WSOP events. However, more people can get away to play in the summer months than in the fall when kids are in school, vacations are over, and life gets in the way.

Everyone does seem to agree on the number of returning players, though, and all 1,219 of them will return to play for the cash on Sunday.

Event 30: Day 1B of 5 $1,500 buy-in NLHE Monster Stack Freezeout
Total entries: 3,520? (Day 1A = 2,356 / Day 1B = 1,972)
Registration still open? no
Total prize pool: $3,126,570
Players paid: 528
Minimum payout: $2,404
Winner payout: $610,347
Chip leader: Rajaee Wazwaz
Players remaining: 1,219 (Day 1A = 518 / Day 1B = 701)
Restart: 10am Sunday

 

Event 31: $1,500 NL 2-7 Lowball Draw

The second day of this event brought 41 players into the money. Players like Ali Imsirovic and Ismael Bojang exited late in the day, and Rok Gostika was the last to go before the final 10 packed up for the night. The final day is stacked, with Rep Porter in the chip lead going for his fourth WSOP bracelet, Phil Hellmuth going for his 16th, and short-stacked Ryan Riess seeking some company for his 2013 Main Event jewelry.

Event 31: Day 2 of 3 $1,500 buy-in No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw (1RE)
Total entries: 272
Registration still open? no
Total prize pool: $363,120
Players paid: 41
Minimum payout: $2,445
Winner payout: $84,851
Chip leader: Rep Porter Rep Porter = 1,129K chips
Players remaining: 10 Phil Hellmuth = 1,016K chips
Restart: 2pm Sunday Kenji Faris = 840K chips
Dario Sammartino = 800K chips
Jason Papastavrou = 666K chips
Jason Lipiner = 663K chips
Kevin Gerhart = 581K chips
Chris Vitch = 447K chips
Jake Schwartz = 398K chips
Ryan Riess = 266K chips

 

Event 32: $3K HORSE

With 282 entries, this event only slightly missed the 2019 total of 301 for this event. Day 2 is going to be a chore to whittle the remaining competitors down from 154 into the 43 money spots. But they will do it to get as close to a final table as possible.

Event 32: Day 1 of 3 $3K buy-in HORSE
Total entries: 282
Registration still open? no
Total prize pool: $752,940
Players paid: 43
Minimum payout: $4,817
Winner payout: $173,823
Chip leader: Vincas Tamasauskas
Players remaining: 151
Restart: 2pm Sunday

 

Highlight of the Day

As mentioned yesterday, there are numerous competing tournament series happening around Las Vegas at the same time as the WSOP. There have been some exciting wins by well-known players in those events, too.

Earlier this week, Americas Cardroom pro Drew “BetOnDrew” Gonzalez took down the Thundering Threes tournament at the Orleans for $46K.

And over at the Venetian, Ethan “Rampage Poker” Yau won the latest Mid-States Poker Tour (MSPT) Main Event for more than $230K.

 

 

 

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