Event #11: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Dia 3 Começado
Event #11: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Dia 3 Começado
At 4 p.m. local time, four players out of 57 entries are slated to return to play down to a winner here at the 2021 World Series of Poker. The Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino is once again the stage for the semi-finals of Event #11: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship.
Freshly minted GGPoker Ambassador Jason Koon is in the race to win his first-ever WSOP bracelet. The American will be battling Henri Puustinen in his heads-up match while Dan Zack faces Gabor Szabo.
Zack is the only player who already knows what it feels like to be awarded a WSOP bracelet and will be looking to add another one to his collection. All remaining players have already secured at least $89,787 but the first-place prize of $243,981 is the cash they're aiming for while the runner-up will need to be satisfied with $150,790.
Road to the Semi-Finals
Winners | Jason Koon | Henri Puustinen | Dan Zack | Gabor Szabo |
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Round of 64 | Chris Brewer | Rok Gostisa | Mustapha Kanit | Bye |
Round of 32 | Nicolai Morris | Ali Imsirovic | Nick Petrangelo | Johan Guilbert |
Round of 16 | Johannes Becker | Cary Katz | Jimmy D'Ambrosio | David Peters |
Round of 8 | Jake Daniels | Benjamin Reason | Bin Weng | Mikita Badziakouski |
During the semi-finals, all players start with 2.4 million in chips. The first level of the day features a small blind of 6,000, a big blind of 12,000, which gives them 200 big blinds at the start of the day. All levels last 20 minutes each and play should resume at 4 p.m. on the outer feature tables in the Amazon room. PokerGO will be streaming the final of this event if a winner has been crowned in Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Championship before the final two players have been determined.
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Nível: 46
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 0
The cards are in the air for the final four players as the semi finals have officially commenced.
Henri Puustinen raised to 30,000 from the button and Jason Koon made the call.
The flop came , Koon check-called the 20,000 continuation-bet of Puustinen.
The turn was the and Koon checked again. This time, Puustinen decided to bet 75,000 and Koon called again.
The river completed the board with the and Koon checked for the last time. Puustinen took his time and then bet 375,000. Koon glanced at his cards again before making the call. Puustinen first showed the and then the for trips but Koon held the for the flush and the first pot of the heads-up match.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Jason Koon |
2,930,000
530,000
|
530,000 |
|
||
Henri Puustinen |
1,870,000
-530,000
|
-530,000 |
Dan Zack raised to 30,000 and Gabor Szabo came along to the flop, which both players checked. Szabo check-called for 60,000 on the turn and 125,000 on the river. Zack tabled and Szabo chopped with the .
All other remaining pots were small and mostly ended on the flop. Szabo's standard open raise appears to be 26,000 while all other three players typically make it 30,000 to go with the open raise.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Daniel Zack |
2,450,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
||
Gabor Szabo |
2,350,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
Jason Koon raised to 30,000 and Henri Puustinen called. On a flop of , both players checked and Puustinen bet the turn for 60,000, which Koon called. Puustinen also bet the river for 270,000 and Koon called to chop with versus .
Two hands later, Koon raised for the same amount on the button and Puustinen defended. The flop fell and Puustinen this time check-called for 70,000. On the turn, Puustinen check-called for another 250,000 and Koon checked behind the river. This time, it was Puustinen with the flush as he earned the pot with the .
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Jason Koon |
2,600,000
-330,000
|
-330,000 |
|
||
Henri Puustinen |
2,200,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
Dan Zack raised to 30,000 from the button and Gabor Szabo defended.
The flop came for Szabo to check. Zack bet 18,000 for Szabo to raise it up to 50,000 which Zack called after some careful consideration.
The turn was the and Szabo fired a chip of 100,000 over the line and Zack called again.
The river completed the board with the and both players checked. Szabo tabled the for the missed flush draw for Zack to pick up the pot with the for the flopped two pair.
"What are you guys doing over there?" Jason Koon asked the duo. "Playing small ones while we have 300-big blind pots?"
Both Szabo and Zack smiled.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Daniel Zack |
2,560,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
||
Gabor Szabo |
2,240,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
Nível: 47
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 0
Gabor Szabo made it 36,000 to go and Dan Zack called to see the flop, on which he check-called for 36,000. The turn was checked and Zack bet the river for 42,000, Szabo gave it some consideration and called to get shown the by Zack as the winning hand.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Daniel Zack |
2,780,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
||
Gabor Szabo |
2,020,000
-220,000
|
-220,000 |