Garza Crosses 800K Mark
Ap Garza has chipped beyond the 800K mark on the quest for his first WSOP gold bracelet.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Ap Garza |
820,000
202,000
|
202,000 |
|
Ap Garza has chipped beyond the 800K mark on the quest for his first WSOP gold bracelet.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Ap Garza |
820,000
202,000
|
202,000 |
|
With on the board, David Levy and Hernan Salazar were standing over one of the biggest pots of the day. Levy was all-in and Salazar had called.
Levy showed and Salazar had . When the dust settled Salazar took the high pot with the nut flush against the second nuts, and the two players split the low pot with their ace-two.
Salazar is now well about the 1 million mark after eliminating Yonatan Smith just prior to this hand.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Hernan Salazar | 1,770,000 | |
David Levy |
341,000
-323,000
|
-323,000 |
Pot-Limit Omaha 8 or Better
Just before the break, Daniel Negreanu took down a large pot from Dana Kellstrom.
On a turn board of , Kellstrom checked to Negreanu from the big blind, and Negreanu bet the size of the pot (165,000) from under the gun.
Kellstrom gave it some thought, then folded and showed for aces with a low draw. Negreanu showed for aces with a flush draw and the same low draw.
With the win, Negreanu is now back among the bigger stacks in the room with 700,000.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Daniel Negreanu |
700,000
545,000
|
545,000 |
Dana Kellstrom |
222,000
-103,000
|
-103,000 |
Damjan Radanov is making moves late in Day 2. Radanov is seeking his first WSOP gold bracelet. His previous best finish at the WSOP was his run to second place in the 2019 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Bounty event.
Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
---|---|---|
Damjan Radanov |
660,000
580,000
|
580,000 |
Scott Abrams of Henderson, Nevada is the chip leader once again after bagging the top stack of Day 1 in Event #21: $1,500 Mixed Omaha. A field of 27 players will return on Tuesday at 2 p.m. to compete for a WSOP gold bracelet and the top prize of $170,269. The 641 entries generated an $855,735 prize pool.
Abrams is joined by Jordan Spurlin, Hernan Salazar, and Ryan Roeder at the top of the leaderboard, each with over 1 million chips. Abrams is looking for his first gold bracelet at the 2021 World Series of Poker after seven career top-ten finishes in mixed game varieties.
Place | Name | Country | Chip Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Scott Abrams | United States | 1,675,000 |
2 | Jordan Spurlin | United States | 1,370,000 |
3 | Hernan Salazar | United States | 1,230,000 |
4 | Ryan Roeder | United States | 1,005,000 |
5 | Charles Coultas | United States | 985,000 |
6 | Kosei Ichinose | Japan | 890,000 |
7 | Damjan Radanov | United States | 850,000 |
8 | Robert Redman | United States | 840,000 |
9 | Garrett Garvin | United States | 730,000 |
10 | Michael Kim | Australia | 710,000 |
Other notables returning for Day 3 include Daniel Negreanu (535,000), Dylan Linde (470,000), Patrick Tardif (410,000), Ari Engel (305,000), and PJ Cha (200,000). Linde is a mixed games specialist on the hunt for his first WSOP gold bracelet and Engel will try to win his second WSOP title of the 2021 WSOP after taking down Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo just last week.
Negreanu had a rollercoaster Day 2 with several chip swings coming late in the evening. After building up his stack over the course of the day, Negreanu was on the wrong end of a four-way pot that brought him near the brink of elimination, but he soon found his way back again and ended the day with a stack that is just below average. Negreanu will return tomorrow to hunt for his seventh gold bracelet after already cashing three times at the 2021 WSOP.
The winner will receive $170,269 and all remaining players are guaranteed at least $5,627.
Place | Prize | ||||||
1 | $170,269 | ||||||
2 | $105,235 | ||||||
3 | $71,651 | ||||||
4 | $49,733 | ||||||
5 | $35,204 | ||||||
6 | $25,424 | ||||||
7 | $18,740 | ||||||
8-9 | $14,104 | ||||||
10-11 | $10,844 | ||||||
12-14 | $8,521 | ||||||
15-21 | $6,846 | ||||||
22-28 | $5,627 |
Day 3 will restart on Tuesday, October 12 at 2 p.m., and the 27 players will return and play until there is a winner. Blinds will begin in Level 26 with pot-limit blinds at 10,000/20,000/20,000 with limits at 20,000/40,000. Levels will once again be 60 minutes on Day 3 with a 15-minute break every two levels and a dinner break to be determined.
That's it for Day 2 coverage of Event #21: $1,500 Mixed Omaha live from the 2021 WSOP. Be sure to keep it with the PokerNews live reporting team for updates on all the action as it happens.