Phil Hellmuth: / /
Christopher Lindner: / /
Nathan Gamble: / /
Phil Hellmuth was at risk on third street and it was Christopher Lindner who bet on all streets, picking up calls from Nathan Gamble. Lindner showed a nine-five perfect and Gamble mucked. Hellmuth was not drawing dead but only exposed the to finish in 18th place for $4,429.
Ian O'Hara picked off a huge river bluff by Allan Le on a board of . O'Hara bet 80,000 on the river and was raised all-in for 325,000. O'Hara called with for a set of sixes, while Le showed for a failed bluff.
However, on a subsequent hand, Le doubled back up with aces and has rebuilt his stack to 300,000.
Kevin Gerhart put his last 40,000 into the pot blind in the big blind versus Andrew Kelsall's small blind raise.
Kelsall showed , while Gerhart opted to squeeze his cards individually after the board of was spread. The only card that gave Gerhart any help was a five, which was far from enough, and he was eliminated in 16th place.
Down to the last 125,000, Joshua Rhodes moved all-in from under the gun. Adam Friedman called in the big blind and Rhodes ended up with . Friedman made for trips fives and that sent Rhodes to the payout desk in 15th place for $4,429.
Mark Liedtke had just one bet remaining on the final draw, where he took one, while Ian O'Hara drew two.
Liedtke put in the last of his chips but was stunned by O'Hara's perfect final draw, as he revealed , which scooped him the pot and sent Liedtke to the rail.
Gina Hecht was down to her final pink 5,000 chip on the final hand of the night, and flicked it in during a hand of Stud.
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Christopher Lindner: //
Hecht was drawing live on fifth street with flush and straight draws despite Lindner's three aces, but when Lindner filled up on seventh street, it sealed Hecht's fate in the tournament and sent her home in 12th place.
The second mixed game contest of the 2021 World Series of Poker is one step closer to crowning a winner. Out of a field of 307 entries in Event #7: $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed, only 11 contenders remain in the mix for poker's most sought-after prize at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
Ray Henson was second in chips after Day 1 and retained his prime position after bagging up 1,365,000, edging past Ian O'Hara (1,310,000) and Christopher Lindner (1,260,000). Among the finalists, a quartet already knows what it feels like to pose for the winner shots and that includes Andrew Kelsall, Nathan Gamble, Naoya Kihara, and Adam Friedman.
Seat Draw for Day 3 in Event #7: $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed
Table
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Feature 1
1
Craig Chait
United States
235,000
Feature 1
2
Christopher Lindner
United States
1,260,000
Feature 1
3
Naoya Kihara
Japan
400,000
Feature 1
4
Ray Henson
United States
1,365,000
Feature 1
5
Jeremy Heartberg
United States
405,000
Seven Card Stud
2 Hands
Feature 2
1
Adam Kipnis
United States
175,000
Feature 2
2
Ian O'Hara
United States
1,310,000
Feature 2
3
Andrew Kelsall
United States
835,000
Feature 2
4
Nathan Gamble
United States
480,000
Feature 2
5
Jaswinder Lally
Canada
880,000
Feature 2
6
Adam Friedman
United States
330,000
Button Seat 1
No-Limit Hold'em
5 Hands
The top 47 finishers earned a portion of the $409,845 prize pool and Day 2 saw 90 players return to their seats in the Amazon Orange section. Big names such as Daniel Negreanu, Ted Forrest, Adam Owen, Benny Glaser, Brian Rast, and Dylan Linde were all eliminated prior to the money bubble. The last player to leave without anything to show for their efforts was David Matsumoto, who came up short in a Badeucey hand against Carlos Andino.
Notables in the money prior to the final three tables included Event #2: $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. finalist Chad Eveslage, Ryan Hughes, Nicholas Seiken, Mike Wattel, Norman Chad, Eli Elezra, and Kosei Ichinose. Chad was eliminated by Friedman, who had previously prayed to the poker gods to bust the WSOP commentator and even offered to finish in 16th place if it were to come true.
The bid of Phil Hellmuth to have a shot at the record-extending 16th bracelet ended in 18th place and it was his second deep run in as many events. Kevin Gerhart and Allen Le were among the late casualties and Gina Hecht was eliminated in the final hand of the night.
Day 3 is scheduled to resume at 3 p.m. local time on Tuesday, October 5, on the two outer feature tables in the Amazon Room. The PokerNews live reporting team will be back then to provide all the key hands until a winner has been determined.