The action folded around to Karolis Sereika in the cutoff and he jammed his entire stack into the middle. The button and small blind quickly folded and Norden looked down at his cards and put out a chip to call.
Alexander Norden:
Karolis Sereika:
The dealer spread a flop of , giving Sereika a gutshot straight draw as well as a flush draw to go along with his overcard. The turn was the , completing Sereika's straight and the river was just a formality as the landed. Norden was slightly covered by Sereika and he was eliminated in 8th Place for $21,986.
Karolis Sereika raised from middle position and Romuaid Pycior called to see a flop. Pycior checked the board showing only to see Sereika announce all in putting Pycior to the test. Pycior called, and the players revealed their hands.
Romuaid Pycior:
Karolis Sereika:
Pycior was in the lead with top pair, but the turn put Sereika in front. The river changed nothing, and Sereika's rail cheered as Pycior was eliminated in seventh place.
After raising in early position to 800,000 and taking down the blinds Karolis Sereika tabled .
The next hand Sereika raised under the gun to 800,000 and the action folded around to Alec Gould on the button and he jammed for his last 1,525,000. The blinds quickly folded and Sereika made the call.
Alec Gould:
Karolis Sereika:
Gould was looking for an ace but unfortunately the flop was no help when it came . The turn gave a little extra life as it came , giving him a pair of jacks but the river was the . Gould was eliminated in 6th Place for $37,114.
Pedro Padilha raised under the gun to 800,000 and Steve Buell three-bet jammed for his remaining stack of roughly 4,300,000. Karolis Sereika was next to act and announced he was all in as well, covering the table. Padilha folded and both hands were tabled.
Steve Buell:
Karolis Sereika:
The flop of , gave Sereika quad nines and Buell's hope was gone as the board competed with the on the turn and the on the river. Buell was eliminated in fifth place for $49,033.
The action folded around to Karolis Sereika in the small blind and he jammed all-in. Pierre Calamusa snap-called in the big blind and both hands were tabled.
Pierre Calamusa:
Karaolis Sereika:
The dealer fanned a flop of , giving Sereika a flush draw to go along with his two live cards. The turn was the , pairing Calamusa's ace but the river was the completing Sereika's flush to earn the pot. Calamusa was eliminated in fourth place for $65,494.
Pedro Padilha folded on the button, Karolis Sereika shoved all-in from the small blind and Lorenzo Adams made the call in the big blind for his remaining stack of 7,200,000.
Lorenzo Adams:
Karolis Sereika:
Adams was ahead with his ace-high until the dealer spread a flop of , giving Sereika a pair of nines. The turn and the river were no help for Adams as he was eliminated in third place for $88,435.
Karolis Sereika was crowned the winner of Event #37: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Super Turbo at the 2021 World Series of Poker to win his first bracelet. The Lithuanian professional player defeated a 1441-player field including the formidable Brazilian Pedro Padilha in heads-up play to win the $195,310 top-prize and some bounties worth $500 each.
The Lithuanian grinder had a big rail behind him all night and could be heard throughout the Amazon room in every hand he was involved. His previous best finish was second in a $1,100 No-Limit Hold’em event in 2018 in which he cashed $159,969. Sereika has cashed for $302,858 lifetime with this being his biggest to date at $195,310.
“This is the first live Lithuanian WSOP bracelet so that means a lot to me and all Lithuanian players, I’m very happy and very excited. Just so many emotions, I really wanted it with all my heart.”
Sereika becomes the first Lithuanian live player to earn a WSOP bracelet, and perhaps as impressive, he eliminated all but one player from the final table. Three other Lithuanian players in Vincas Tamasauskas, Gediminas Uselis, and Vladas Burneikis have all won WSOP Online bracelets at GGPoker.
Final Result Event #37: $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty NLHE
Position
Winner
Country
Prize (in USD)
1
Karolis Sereika
Lithuania
$195,310
2
Pedro Padilha
Brazil
$120,700
3
Lorenzo Adams
United States
$88,435
4
Pierre Calamusa
France
$65,494
5
Steve Buell
United States
$49,033
6
Alec Gould
United States
$37,114
7
Romuald Pycior
United States
$28,406
8
Alexander Norden
Sweden
$21,986
9
Wing Yam
United States
$17,211
A lot of familiar faces gave it a shot to win a bracelet in one day but most of them didn't make it. Qui Nguyen, Greg Raymer, Kenny Hallaert, David “Chino” Rheem, and Maurice Hawkins all gave it a shot but failed to make the money in this event. Plenty of others did make the money as there were a total of 217 players that ended up winning a piece of the $1,923,735 prize pool.
Some of the fortunate players include Jason Stockfish (19th - $6,025), Jeonggyu Cho (47th - $4,307), Jesse Yaginuma (47th - $3,710), Bertrand Grospellier (54th - $3,710), and Joe Serock (136st - $1,876).
Final Table Action
Wing Yam was ousted in ninth place when he lost a flip with ace-seven suited against the fours held by Alec Gould.
Eliminated in eighth place Alexander Norden after making the call with the better hand pocket Jacks but unfortunately for him, Sereika ran good at the right time and hit a wheel on the turn with his ace-five of clubs and eliminated Norden.
Sereika put on quite the display as after eliminating Norden he sent Lorenzo Adams, Pierre Calamusa, Steve Buell, Gould, and Romuald Pycior to the rail to leave him heads-up with Padilha.
It wasn't smooth sailing for Sereika heads-up despite eliminating a slew of players and holding a 3:1 chip advantage against Padilha. Padilha battled back and took 3:1 chip advantage himself before he doubled Sereika twice to put the Lithuanian back in control
Soon after, Padilha found himself short of a bracelet and had to settle for the runner-up prize of $120,700 plus bounties after he unsuccessfully jammed king-eight suited into ace-nine.