Hellmuth Final Tables Another at Day 11 of WSOP 2021
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.
| Event 19: Day 2 of 3 | $10K buy-in | Seven-Card Stud Championship |
| Total entries: | 62 | |
| Registration still open? | no | |
| Total prize pool: | $578,150 | |
| Players paid: | 10 | |
| Minimum payout: | $16,262 | |
| Winner payout: | $182,872 | |
| Chip leader: | Phil Hellmuth | Phil Hellmuth = 751K chips |
| Players remaining: | 7 | Anthony Zinno = 730K chips |
| Restart: | 3pm Monday | James Chen = 660K chips |
| Jose Paz-Gutierrez = 586K chips | ||
| Jason Gola = 542K chips | ||
| Stephen Chidwick = 266K chips | ||
| Jack McClelland = 185K chips |
Watch me at @WSOP Seven Card Stud Final Table in about 13 hours (Monday, 4 PM PST) as I go for WSOP Bracelet number 16. It’s LIVE (on one hour delay), only on @PokerGo App #POSITIVITY #QuestFor16 pic.twitter.com/8Rt3frUP4V
— phil_hellmuth (@phil_hellmuth) October 11, 2021
Event 20: $1K NLHE Flip & Go
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.
Up early to sweat the @WSOP @GGPoker Flip & Go Event. Lots of excitement. Some bad beats taking place. 8 players start. 3 cards each. Flop dealt then each player discards 1. Turn & River put out and whoever has best hand advances!
PokerNews has more -> https://t.co/rf6Mz4L7j8 pic.twitter.com/vmWiKMZIlL
— Chad Holloway (@ChadAHolloway) October 10, 2021
