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Wednesday, October 27, 2021 12:38 PM Local Time
Small Pot For Boivin
Thomas Boivin raised from early position to 60,000. The action folded to Jonathan Betancur who defended his big blind.
The action checked through on a flop that read .
The turn card brought the . Betancur took the betting lead and tossed out a bet of 75,000 to which Boivin called.
The completed the board. Betancur slowed down and checked. Boivin was pushing out a bet of 200,000 but Betancur folded before the chips were in the pot.
Thomas Boivin | 2,125,000 | 0 |
Jonathan Betancur | 1,700,000 | 0 |
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 12:35 PM Local Time
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Wednesday, October 27, 2021 12:26 PM Local Time
Craig Trost Eliminated in 10th Place ($16,197)
Craig Trost opened to 70,000 from early position and Gershon Distenfeld three-bet to 230,000 from middle position. Action folded back to Trost who four-bet to 750,000. Distenfeld then jammed in his stack of about 2,000,000.
Trost joked, "Well, I hope it's not a cold deck." He put in the call while appearing to expect the worst.
Craig Trost:
Gershon Distenfeld:
It was a classic cooler to start the day. The board ran out to send Trost to the rail and give Distenfeld an early double.
Gershon Distenfeld | 4,000,000 | 2,030,000 |
Craig Trost | 0 | -1,965,000 |
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 12:15 PM Local Time
Garza Gets Early Chips From Schumacher
Johan Schumacher opened to 60,000 in the cutoff and Ap Garza defended the big blind.
Garza check-called for 50,000 on the flop.
The turn saw Garza check-call a 175,000 bet, and both players checked the river.
Garza turned over to take the pot while Schumacher mucked.
Ap Garza | 2,300,000 | 325,000 |
Johan Schumacher | 1,700,000 | -280,000 |
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 12:01 PM Local Time
Shuffle Up And Deal
The final round of Event #48 $1,500 Shootout has officially begun!
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 10:28 AM Local Time
The Final Round of Event #48: $1,500 Shootout
Welcome to the final day of Event #48: $1,500 Shootout.
On Day 1 there was a total of 800 entrants dispersed over 80 ten-handed tables for Round 1. There were many recognizable players in the field to kick things off such as Tony Dunst, Jeff Gross, Adrian Mateos, Kelly Minkin, James Woods, Cary Katz, and many more.
The total prize pool is $1,068,000 making the first-place prize $204,063 paired with the coveted World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
Only 80 players defeated their respective tables to advance to Day 2. A handful of WSOP champions advanced to Round 2 including Jared Jaffee, Taylor Paur, Brian Yoon, Joseph Cheong, and Ron McMillen. There were ten eight-handed tables to start the day, but only ten players would advance the final round.
The players advancing to the final round are two-time WSOP bracelet winner Ari Engel (1,965,000), Orson Young (1,975,000), AP Garza (1,975,000), David Tran (1,970,000), Jonathan Betancur (1,970,000), Sohale Kalili (1,970,000), Gershon Distenfeld (1,970,0000), Craig Trost (1,965,000),Thomas Boivin (1,965,000), and Johan Schumacher (1,980,000) making this his second final table of the 2021 WSOP.
All remaining players have had relatively successful tournament poker careers with the exception of Jonathan Betancur with this being his first WSOP event ever.
Day 3 will resume today October 27 at 12 p.m. local time. Each player will begin the day with roughly the same starting stack having just over 60 big blinds. Play will pick up at 15,000/30,000 blinds with a 30,000 big blind ante. The levels will last 40-minutes with a 15-minute break every three levels. They will play down to a winner.
Final Table Seat Draw and Chip Counts
Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
1 | Sohale Khalili | United States | 1,970,000 |
2 | Thomas Boivin | Belgium | 1,964,000 |
3 | Ap Garza | United States | 1,975,000 |
4 | Orson Young | United States | 1,975,000 |
5 | Craig Trost | United States | 1,965,000 |
6 | Hiep Tran | United States | 1,970,000 |
7 | Ari Engel | United States | 1,965,000 |
8 | Gershon Distenfeld | United States | 1,970,000 |
9 | Johan Schumacher | Belgium | 1,980,000 |
10 | Jonathan Betancur | United States | 1,970,000 |
Today's final table will undoubtedly be an epic battle so stay tuned for more coverage of this event and the entire 2021 World Series of Poker from the PokerNews live reporting team.