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Hand #82: Hye Park limped in from the small blind and Koray Aldemir raised to 3,800,000 in the big blind. Park limp-shoved all in for 20,600,000 and Aldemir snap-called it off.
Hye Park: 
Koray Aldemir: 
The crowd roared as Aldemir found himself in a position to knock yet another player out and add to his massive piles. The flop came down 
and the German rail yelled for the appropriate Broadway cards to swing Aldemir into the lead.
That happened exactly when the 
hit the felt on the turn, pairing Aldemir up and giving Park just the two remaining sevens to save his Main Event.
The dealer burned and turned the 
on the river for Park made his way to the exit to collect the sixth place prize of $1,400,000. Aldemir now has over 60% of the chips in play and five times the stack of his nearest challenger.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
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252,400,000
22,400,000
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22,400,000 |
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53,100,000
1,200,000
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1,200,000 |
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40,700,000
-3,000,000
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-3,000,000 |
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35,900,000 | |
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17,200,000
2,400,000
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2,400,000 |
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Eliminado | |
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Hand #83: Joshua Remitio raised to 2,400,000 on the button and Jack Oliver came along out of the big blind. The flop fell 
and both players checked to the 
turn. Oliver now led for 1,200,000 and received a call, which led them to the 
on the river. Oliver bet once more, making it 2,000,000 to go. Remetio called after 59 seconds and Oliver tabled the 
as the winning hand.
Hand #84: Koray Aldemir opened to 2,400,000 on the button and Ozgur Secilmis defended the big blind for the 
flop to appear. The check of Secilmis was followed by a bet worth 1,300,000 by Aldemir and that won the pot.
Hand #85: Aldemir raised it up to 2,400,000 in the cutoff and George Holmes three-bet to 6,400,000 from the big blind. Aldemir briefly eyeballed the stack of his opponent and sent the cards into the muck.
Hand #86: From the under-the-gun position, Aldemir made it 2,400,000 to go and Holmes called out of the small blind this time. The 
flop was checked by Holmes and Aldemir continued for 2,900,000. Holmes then check-raised to 8,000,000 and Aldemir called after 48 seconds.
On the 
turn, Holmes took one minute and 23 seconds before making it 13,000,000 to go. Aldemir took just over a minute and called to see the on the river. Holmes jammed for 32,700,000 and Aldemir folded near instantly.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
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230,200,000
-22,200,000
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-22,200,000 |
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81,900,000
28,800,000
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28,800,000 |
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41,500,000
5,600,000
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5,600,000 |
|
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32,700,000
-8,000,000
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-8,000,000 |
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13,000,000
-4,200,000
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-4,200,000 |
Hand #101: Ozgur Secilmis opened the action with a raise to 3,200,000 on the button and collected the blinds and big blind ante.
Hand #102: Secilmis made it 2,400,000 to go in the cutoff and Joshua Remitio jammed for 16,100,000 in the small blind, which Secilmis snap-called.
Joshua Remitio: 
Ozgur Secilmis: 
The 
flop vaulted Remitio in the lead with trips tens as his rail in the Thunderdome went nuts. Nothing changed with the turn and the river let the Mothership almost explode. Remitio doubled and Secilmis was sent back to the bottom of the leaderboard, albeit by a smaller margin that before.
Hand #103: Koray Aldemir made it 3,500,000 to go in the small blind and found no resistance.
Hand #104: Aldemir raised big on the button and both shorter stacks behind in the blinds opted to fold.
Hand #105: For the third hand in a row, Aldemir raised and made it 2,400,000 to go. Once more, no opponent called as Aldemir chipped up further.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
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242,300,000
6,000,000
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6,000,000 |
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68,200,000
-3,000,000
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-3,000,000 |
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34,600,000
16,100,000
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16,100,000 |
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32,500,000
-3,000,000
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-3,000,000 |
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21,700,000
-16,100,000
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-16,100,000 |
Chase Bianchi is all smiles as he exits the 2021 Main Event final table in 9th place. Does his thrilling run make him hungry for more live poker or will he retreat back into poker retirement?
Hand #113: Ozgur Secilmis went all in for 17,500,000 from under the gun. Koray Aldemir asked for a count before reshoving all in from the small blind to put Secilmis at risk.
Ozgur Secilmis: 
Koray Aldemir: 
Secilmis picked up a boatload of outs on the 
flop, adding the jacks and hearts to his kings as ways to win. The on the turn took some of those outs away, and those that were still live didn't pop up on the river as the 
was dealt instead.
The Turk saw a fantastic Main Event come to an end in 5th place, netting him a payday of $1,800,000. Aldemir now has 70% of all the chips in play with four players remaining.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
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277,200,000
17,500,000
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17,500,000 |
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67,600,000
3,000,000
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3,000,000 |
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27,400,000
-600,000
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-600,000 |
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21,000,000
-8,500,000
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-8,500,000 |
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Eliminado | |
Hand #124: Jack Oliver pushed all-in for the last 20,500,000 and Joshua Remitio pushed from the small blind for 27,200,000, which Koray Aldemir called out of the big blind.
Jack Oliver:
Joshua Remitio: 
Koray Aldemir: 
The flop gave Oliver a pair and open-ender while Aldemir remained in the lead. On the 
turn, Oliver picked up the flush draw on top and he got there with the 
river. Aldemir was denied the double knockout as Oliver tripled up and Remitio won the small side pot.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
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265,400,000
-28,800,000
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-28,800,000 |
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63,100,000
42,600,000
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42,600,000 |
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57,400,000 | |
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13,400,000
-13,800,000
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-13,800,000 |
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Hand #125: Joshua Remitio went all in for 13,400,000 on the button and Jack Oliver called in the big blind.
Joshua Remitio:
Jack Oliver: 
Both players nailed a pair on the flop, which kept Oliver in the lead. Neither the 
turn nor river changed that and Remitio, loudly cheered on by his wild rail, left the stage in fourth place.
After the hand, players directly bagged and tagged for the night.
| Jogador | Fichas | Progresso |
|---|---|---|
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264,600,000
-800,000
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-800,000 |
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77,300,000
14,200,000
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14,200,000 |
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57,400,000 | |
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Eliminado | |
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After nearly seven hours of play, a final table of nine in the 2021 WSOP Main Event has been whittled down to its last three hopefuls in search of becoming poker's next world champion and $8,000,000 richer.
Koray Aldemir, who came in hot as the overwhelming chip leader and odds-on favorite, kept his distance from the pack and ended a fantastic day with 264,600,000 in chips.
Only two people are standing between Aldemir and poker's most coveted title: UK's Jack Oliver will return second in chips with 77,300,000 after a late-night surge vaulted him up the leaderboard, while the last remaining American, Atlanta, Georgia's George Holmes, rounds out the final three with 57,400,000 in chips, still a cushiony 36 big blinds to work with in the current level.
For Joshua Remitio (4th - $2,300,000), Ozgur Secilmis (5th - $1,800,000), Hye Park (6th - $1,400,000), Alejandro Lococo (7th - $1,225,000), Jareth East (8th - $1,100,000), and Chase Bianchi (9th - $1,000,000), their dream of winning the Main Event came to an end on Day 8.
| Seat | Player | Chip Count | Country | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Koray Aldemir | 264,600,000 | Austria | 165 |
| 2 | Jack Oliver | 77,300,000 | United Kingdom | 48 |
| 3 | George Holmes | 57,400,000 | United States | 36 |
| Place | Winner | Country | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $8,000,000 | ||
| 2 | $4,300,000 | ||
| 3 | $3,000,000 | ||
| 4 | Joshua Remitio | United States | $2,300,000 |
| 5 | Ozgur Secilmis | Turkey | $1,800,000 |
| 6 | Hye Park | United States | $1,400,000 |
| 7 | Alejandro Lococo | Argentina | $1,225,000 |
| 8 | Jareth East | United Kingdom | $1,100,000 |
| 9 | Chase Bianchi | United States | $1,000,000 |
While play was originally scheduled to be hard-stopped with four players remaining, a late-night decision by the staff saw play briefly continue. Shortly after that decision, a big three-way all in at the end of the night nearly resulted in a double knockout and almost left the field with just two for the final day. Holding pocket queens, Aldemir over-called after Oliver originally shoved and Remitio three-bet jammed.
Oliver held the jack-nine of diamonds, while Remitio brought ace-jack to the table. Oliver ultimately rivered a backdoor flush for a massive triple up and spun it up even further by delivering the knockout blow to Remitio shortly after. The end result is three-handed play tomorrow with plenty of pepper left in every player's stack.
The explosive end proved a fitting conclusion of a night full of thrills and frills that kicked off in high gear right off the bat. Just five hands in, Bianchi was forced to tap out after running his king-queen straight into Oliver's Big Slick. In the subsequent hand, East saw his Main Event run come to a screeching halt after his ace-jack failed to improve against Holmes' queens.
Left with just seven after a mere six hands, Aldemir grabbed the reigns and started controlling the pace of play from his lofty spot. In the first 60 hands, despite plenty of action to enjoy for the live crowd and audience of home, the final table order wasn't changed all that much. However, hand #61 changed everything. It's one of those hands that will no doubt be remembered in poker history for years to come.
Holding pocket tens, Lococo, second in chips at the time, called a three-bet from Aldemir, who held pocket nines. The jack-jack-nine flop gave Aldemir a boat and the German fired all streets, including a pot-sized shove on the river. Lococo made a very daring call with pocket tens in rather rapid fashion, but received the bad news that forced the popular rapper off the stage in seventh place.
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"I decided to three-bet, I can't call with nines," Aldemir said afterwards. "When it came jack-jack-nine, that's just great and I was going for value basically and hope that he has something, a jack or that he doesn't believe me and calls me down."
That's exactly what ended up happening, and with an even bigger lead, it was smooth sailing for Aldemir from there on onwards.
"I hit a lot of hands again and raised a lot, they couldn't do much about it," he said.
With Lococo out of the way, Aldemir turned it up a notch and started opening every other hand. Twenty hands after Lococo's bust, Aldemir took care of Park in a blind-on-blind confrontation with ace-queen versus pocket sevens. On Hand #113 of the night, he also sent Secilmis home after the latter's shove with king-five suited got picked off by Aldemir's nines.
Four-handed play started with Aldemir sporting a four-to-one lead to his nearest challenger Holmes, and if it wasn't for the aforementioned escape by Oliver with the jack-nine, it would've been just Aldemir vs. Holmes on the final day. Holmes, the home game hero and the proverbial David to high roller Aldemir's Goliath, kept his stack afloat throughout the day and will be back on the final day.
"I feel awesome. I just want to go get some sleep so I can start off fresh tomorrow and be in good spirits," he said directly after bagging. Holmes, who may not have the poker resume of his fellow two adversaries, had a plan coming into the day. "Just kind of survive. See if we can get to three or four handed. That’s all it was about," he explained.
"Tomorrow is going to be a little bit different from today. They’re good, they’re aggressive. That’s the secret sauce," he added.
Aldemir could become the third German within ten years to win the WSOP Main Event in Las Vegas and the reality of that hasn't fully sunk in yet. He was supported by a boisterous rail, which he was part of back in 2019 when Hossein Ensan won and he praised the support by the fellow German poker players.
Aldemir, Oliver, and Holmes will be back in the air at 2 p.m. local time in the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino to contest for poker's most coveted prize. There's 1:45:04 left in level 39 with blinds at 800,000/1,600,000 and a big blind ante of 1,600,000.
Make sure to check back to PokerNews on Wednesday at 2 p.m. local time as the Main Event winner gets decided!
