Monday, October 25, 2021 11:54 PM Local Time
Wang Leads Final 17; Dokler, Park, and Platt Close Behind
Day 3 of Event #43: $1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold'em has concluded and after ten hour-long levels of play, the start of day field of 149 was whittled down to just 17 players, who are playing for the $446,983 first-place prize and a WSOP bracelet.
Leading the way by a large margin is bracelet winner Michael Wang, who bagged up 24,300,000 chips, nearly double that of second place. Wang spent the majority of the day nursing a short stack, but after some timely doubles and a clash with bigger stack Edwin Lee, Wang found himself well ahead of everyone else in the chip counts. The American pro's biggest lifetime cash was his bracelet win in 2015 in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em for $466,120, and he will be looking to add a second piece of poker jewelry to his collection.
Wang is not the only bracelet winner left in the field. Bagging 13,325,000 chips was South Korean bracelet winner Sejin Park. Park is now enjoying his fifth cash of this year's World Series Of Poker. Park's bracelet came in 2019 when he took down the $400 No-Limit Hold'em-Colossus, beating a field of 13,109 entrants to win his career-best score of $451,272; he now sits in the top three chip stacks going into Day 4.
Jonathan Dokler is the other bracelet winner still in the field. Dokler took down the $500 Kick-Off 2020 WSOP Online for his first WSOP bracelet, and like the two players above, will be searching for his second. Dokler bagged 12,875,000 chips and is another player who battled on the short stack for a good portion of the day. Patience paid off as he is now one of the top five stacks.
Not all bracelet winners were so fortunate during the day. Martin Jacobson (145th - $3,124) and Tuan Le (140th - $3,557) departed from the tournament quite early. Other notable players fell by the wayside as the day progressed such as Jeremy Pekarek (132nd - $3,557), Rafaelle Sorrentino (89th - $4,716), Niall Farrell (88th - $4,716), Antoine Saout (57th - $7,600), and Ralph Massey (23rd - $15,856).
Second in chips to start the day Sylvain Naets was coolered when his pocket kings ran into pocket aces and his tournament ended in 97th place for $4,081.
The other start-of-the-day chip leader was PokerGO commentator Jeff Platt who was more fortunate and able to find a bag for 8,075,000 chips at the end of the day. While most know Platt for his role in PokerGO, Platt has amassed over $300K in lifetime earnings, including 14 WSOP cashes. Platt spent most of the day steadily building his chip stack and never really dipped out of the top five in chip counts. Platt comes back with 26 big blinds and will be going for his first WSOP bracelet.
Final Two Tables Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|
| Table 414 | 1 | Matthew Raffoul | 6,900,000 |
| Table 414 | 2 | -empty | |
| Table 414 | 3 | Gary Floyd | 2,750,000 |
| Table 414 | 4 | Dustin Goff | 7,350,000 |
| Table 414 | 5 | Sejin Park | 13,325,000 |
| Table 414 | 6 | Jeff Platt | 8,075,000 |
| Table 414 | 7 | Alex Kulev | 9,550,000 |
| Table 414 | 8 | Anthony Denove | 8,475,000 |
| Table 414 | 9 | Kenneth Inouye | 7,475,000 |
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| Table 421 | 1 | Timothy Little | 11,475,000 |
| Table 421 | 2 | Alexander Farahi | 10,725,000 |
| Table 421 | 3 | David Guay | 3,800,000 |
| Table 421 | 4 | Joshua Harrison | 14,725,000 |
| Table 421 | 5 | Steven Stolzenfeld | 6,900,000 |
| Table 421 | 6 | Jonathan Dokler | 12,875,000 |
| Table 421 | 7 | Yin Wu | 4,600,000 |
| Table 421 | 8 | Michael Wang | 24,300,000 |
| Table 414 | 9 | Frank Lagodich | 6,300,000 |
Play is set to begin at 12 P.M. tomorrow, Tuesday, October 26th at The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino with blinds coming back at 150,000/300,000 with a 300,000 big blind ante. The intention is to play as many 60-minute levels as necessary to get down to five players. Then, the final five players will play out the final table on Wednesday, October 27th.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the updates on all of the World Series Of Poker Events.
Monday, October 25, 2021 10:58 PM Local Time
End-of-Day Full Counts
| Michael Wang | 24,300,000 | 4,550,000  |
| Joshua Harrison | 14,725,000 | -2,075,000  |
| Sejin Park | 13,325,000 | -4,675,000 |
| Jonathan Dokler | 12,875,000 | -2,225,000 |
| Timothy Little | 11,475,000 | 2,375,000 |
| Alexander Farahi | 10,725,000 | -3,450,000 |
| Alex Kulev | 9,550,000 | 3,150,000 |
| Anthony Denove | 8,475,000 | 2,575,000 |
| Jeff Platt | 8,075,000 | 1,575,000 |
| Kenneth Inouye | 7,475,000 | -5,525,000 |
| Dustin Goff | 7,350,000 | -50,000 |
| Matthew Raffoul | 6,900,000 | 1,875,000 |
| Steven Stolzenfeld | 6,900,000 | 1,800,000 |
| Frank Lagodich | 6,300,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Yin Wu | 4,600,000 | -800,000 |
| David Guay | 3,800,000 | -2,000,000 |
| Gary Floyd | 2,750,000 | -350,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 10:46 PM Local Time
Play Has Ended
The play has ended for the night. Full chip count and recap to follow.
Monday, October 25, 2021 10:15 PM Local Time
Park Chips Up
The action picked up on a flop of . Gary Floyd bet 300,000 and Sejin Park called.
The turn was the , Floyd bet 1.2 million and Park called.
The river was the both players checked and turned over their holdings.
Gary Floyd:
Sejin Park:
Park chips up with a pair of queens, ace kicker.
| Sejin Park | 18,000,000 | 1,700,000 |
| Gary Floyd | 3,100,000 | -3,200,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 10:01 PM Local Time
Bryan Walden Eliminated in 18th Place ($19,391)
The action was picked up preflop when Matthew Raffoul raised to 600,000 and Bryan Walden went all-in for his remaining 4.525 million in chips.
Sejin Park then four-bet all in putting both players at risk and action was on Raffoul who folded. It was heads-up with Walden at risk.
Bryan Walden:
Sejin Park:
Walden needed help on the board to stay alive, but it ran out which was no help and Walden who was eliminated.
| Sejin Park | 16,300,000 | 0 |
| Matthew Raffoul | 5,025,000 | 0 |
| Bryan Walden | 0 | 0 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 9:53 PM Local Time
Final Two Table Redraw And Chip Counts
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|
| Table 414 | 1 | Matthew Raffoul | 6,200,000 |
| Table 414 | 2 | Bryan Walden | 4,600,000 |
| Table 414 | 3 | Gary Floyd | 6,300,000 |
| Table 414 | 4 | Dustin Goff | 7,400,000 |
| Table 414 | 5 | Sejin Park | 9,100,000 |
| Table 414 | 6 | Jeff Platt | 6,500,000 |
| Table 414 | 7 | Alex Kulev | 6,400,000 |
| Table 414 | 8 | Anthony Denove | 5,900,000 |
| Table 414 | 9 | Kenneth Inouye | 13,000,000 |
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| | | | |
| Table 421 | 1 | Timothy Little | 9,100,000 |
| Table 421 | 2 | Alexander Farahi | 14,175,000 |
| Table 421 | 3 | David Guay | 5,800,000 |
| Table 421 | 4 | Joshua Harrison | 16,800,000 |
| Table 421 | 5 | Steven Stolzenfeld | 5,100,000 |
| Table 421 | 6 | Jonathan Dokler | 15,100,000 |
| Table 421 | 7 | Yin Wu | 5,400,000 |
| Table 421 | 8 | Michael Wang | 19,750,000 |
| Table 414 | 9 | Frank Lagodich | 4,800,000 |
| Michael Wang | 19,750,000 | 2,250,000 |
| Joshua Harrison | 16,800,000 | 900,000 |
| Jonathan Dokler | 15,100,000 | 5,100,000 |
| Alexander Farahi | 14,175,000 | 595,000 |
| Kenneth Inouye | 13,000,000 | 2,000,000 |
| Timothy Little | 9,100,000 | -200,000 |
| Sejin Park | 9,100,000 | -1,600,000 |
| Dustin Goff | 7,400,000 | 2,100,000 |
| Jeff Platt | 6,500,000 | -4,800,000 |
| Alex Kulev | 6,400,000 | 1,400,000 |
| Gary Floyd | 6,300,000 | 420,000 |
| Matthew Raffoul | 6,200,000 | -900,000 |
| Anthony Denove | 5,900,000 | -2,700,000 |
| David Guay | 5,800,000 | 1,700,000 |
| Yin Wu | 5,400,000 | 1,400,000 |
| Steven Stolzenfeld | 5,100,000 | -800,000 |
| Frank Lagodich | 4,800,000 | 600,000 |
| Bryan Walden | 4,600,000 | -900,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 9:34 PM Local Time
Pedro Neves Eliminated in 19th Place ($15,856)
Action picked up on the flop reading to which Jonathan Dokler bet in position 250,000 and Pedro Neves raised to 700,000. Dokler asked for a count and called.
The turn of the was checked through to the river and Neves went all-in for 2,000,000 which Dokler snap called.
Pedro Neves:
Jonathan Dokler:
Dokler had made three queens to crack the pair of kings that Neves had and with Neves' elimination in 19th place, the players are on a [/I]two table redraw.
| Jonathan Dokler | 15,100,000 | 5,100,000 |
| Pedro Neves | 0 | -6,300,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 9:30 PM Local Time
Harrison with a Big Chip Change
The action picked up preflop when Joshua Harrison raised to 1 million and Alex Kulev re-raised to 2.9 million.
Harrison made the call and the flop was . Harrison checked and Kulev continued this time with a bet of 2.2 million.
Harrison made the call and the turn was the in which both players got the rest of the chips in the pot putting Harrison at risk.
Joshua Harrison:
Alex Kulev:
The river was no help to Kulev and the aces of Harrison double him up.
| Joshua Harrison | 15,900,000 | 6,500,000 |
| Alex Kulev | 5,000,000 | -6,400,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 9:19 PM Local Time
Austin Peck Eliminated in 20th Place ($15,856)
The action picked up with both players' hole cards face up on a board reading .
Austin Peck:
Kenneth Inouye:
Inouye eliminated Peck with ace high, queen kicker.
| Kenneth Inouye | 11,000,000 | 5,500,000 |
| Austin Peck | 0 | -3,200,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 9:19 PM Local Time
Level 31 started
Level: 31
Blinds: 125,000/250,000
Ante: 250,000
Monday, October 25, 2021 9:13 PM Local Time
Edwin Lee Eliminated in 21st Place ($15,856)
Edwin Lee went all-in for 2,260,000 in the hijack and action folded to Bryan Walden in the small blind, who went all in for slightly more. Remaining action folded and the cards were on their backs.
Edwin Lee:
Bryan Walden:
The board ran out and with neither player containing a heart in their hand, Walden's queens and threes were good enough to eliminate Lee from the tournament in 21st place.
| Bryan Walden | 5,500,000 | 2,100,000 |
| Edwin Lee | 0 | -800,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 9:07 PM Local Time
Wang Takes Over the Chip Lead
The action was picked up on the turn with the board showing .
Edwin Lee bet 200,000 and Michael wang raised it to 2 million.
Lee quickly made the call to the river which was the and Lee checked.
Wang bet 5 million and after briefly thinking about it Lee called for most of his stack.
Wang flpped over for the full house and Lee mucked as Wang takes the chip lead.
| Michael Wang | 17,500,000 | 8,200,000 |
| Edwin Lee | 800,000 | -8,100,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 9:01 PM Local Time
Walden Makes A Royal
Edwin Lee raised to 400,000 from the cutoff and in the big blind Bryan Walden went all-in for 1,500,000 and Edwin Lee called.
Bryan Walden:
Edwin Lee:
The flop of meant that Walden had pulled way ahead, but it was the turn of that gave him a royal flush guaranteeing him the entire pot. He pumped his fist in the air as the pot was pushed towards him.
| Edwin Lee | 8,900,000 | -1,200,000 |
| Bryan Walden | 3,400,000 | 300,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 8:58 PM Local Time
Josue Aguirre Eliminated in 22nd Place ($15,856)
Josue Aguirre went all-in for 1,600,000 in early position and in the small blind, Michael Wang called.
Jose Aguirre:
Michael Wang:
The board ran out and Wang scooped the pot as Aguirre was eliminated in 22nd place.
| Michael Wang | 9,300,000 | 1,700,000 |
| Josue Aguirre | 0 | -5,100,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 8:57 PM Local Time
Ralph Massey Eliminated in 23rd Place ($15,856)
The action picked up with both players' hole cards face up on a board reading .
Ralph Massey:
Steven Stolzenfeld:
Stolzenfeld knocked Massey out of the tournament with a pair of kings.
| Steven Stolzenfeld | 5,900,000 | 760,000 |
| Ralph Massey | 0 | -2,800,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 8:48 PM Local Time
Kenny Nguyen Eliminated in 24th Place ($15,856)
The action picked up when Kenny Nguyen went all-in and Alex Kulev called to put Nguyen at risk.
Kenny Nguyen:
Alex Kulev:
The board ran out and with that Nguyen is eliminated.
| Alex Kulev | 11,400,000 | 5,100,000 |
| Kenny Nguyen | 0 | -1,690,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 8:47 PM Local Time
Michael Holtz Eliminated in 25th Place ($15,856)
Michael Holtz raised 1,300,000 of his stack leaving 75,000 behind on the button. Edwin Lee called in the small blind and the big blind folded.
The flop came down and Lee put Stoltz all-in for the remainder of his chips.
Michael Holtz:
Edwin Lee:
The turn and river came a and Holtz was eliminated in 25th place.
| Edwin Lee | 10,100,000 | 5,500,000 |
| Michael Holtz | 0 | -4,540,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 8:43 PM Local Time
Daniel Dayan Eliminated in 26th Place ($15,856)
Daniel Dayan went all-in for 2,600,000 from the cutoff and on the button Anthony Devone called. Action folded around and the cards were turned on their backs.
Daniel Dayan:
Anthony Devone:
The board ran out and Dayan was eliminated in 26th place.
| Anthony Denove | 8,600,000 | 1,145,000 |
| Daniel Dayan | 0 | -1,920,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 8:40 PM Local Time
Eduardo Amaral Eliminated In 27th Place ($15,856)
The action picked up on the turn with the board reading .
Eduardo Amaral went all-in and Kenneth Inouye called, covering him.
Eduardo Amaral:
Kenneth Inouye:
The river was the and Inouye knocked Amarel out with a pair of jacks.
| Kenneth Inouye | 5,500,000 | -1,100,000 |
| Eduardo Amaral | 0 | -4,200,000 |
Monday, October 25, 2021 8:35 PM Local Time
Raffoul Catches Lee Bluffing
The action was picked up on the turn of and the pot was already over 1.8 million in chips.
The turn was checked by both players to see the river of and action was on Edwin Lee.
Lee bet 1.3 million and action was on Matthew Raffoul who tanked for a long time.
Raffoul finally made the call and Lee mucked his hand, Raffoul also folded and said "I don't need to show" as he scooped the pot.
| Matthew Raffoul | 7,100,000 | 1,400,000 |
| Edwin Lee | 4,600,000 | -4,400,000 |