2021 WSOP Day 22: Arieh Positions Himself For Bracelet #3
Day 22 of the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) took place on October 21, and saw Michael Addamo secure the third bracelet of his illustrious career. Addamo won the $50,000 High Roller event and did so in style.
The $50,000 High Roller was the only event to crown its champion on Day 22, but another came close. Event #39: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha played down to five players, and Josh Arieh is in pole position to join Addamo in the three bracelet club.
The $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship whittled its field down to 16 while the $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em was left with only 135 grinders in the hunt for the bracelet.
Finally, the $1,500 Razz Day 1 saw the 311 starters reduced to 98 over the course of 15 levels.
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Arieh Leads $1,500 PLO As He Hunts For Third Bracelet
Josh Arieh has every chance of becoming a three-time WSOP champion because he leads the way with five remaining in Event #39: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha. It has been 16 years since Arieh last secures some poker gold, winning the $2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha at the 2005 WSOP. Now he is only four eliminations away from achieving glory in another PLO tournament.
Arieh (6,330,000) sits down with the chip lead but will be pushed all the way when play resumes. Tommy Le (5,300,000) is looking to add to his bracelet collection, while Frenchman Ivan Deyra (5,110,000) returns to the battlefield armed with a healthy stack.
Robert Blair (2,450,000) has a little more work to do but has reached this stage on merit, while Gabriel Andrade (1,400,000) is the shortest stack but is a talented player, plus PLO is a very swingy game, meaning anything can happen.
Play resumes at 4:00 p.m. on October 22 and PokerGO is streaming the action an hour later. Of course, PokerNews’ live reporting team will be on the ground through the final day’s proceedings.
Event #39: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Final Five Chip Counts
Place | Player | Country | Chips |
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1 | Josh Arieh | United States | 6,330,000 |
2 | Tommy Le | United States | 5,300,000 |
3 | Ivan Deyra | France | 5,110,000 |
4 | Robert Blair | United States | 2,450,000 |
5 | Gabriel Andrade | United States | 1,400,000 |
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Kevin Gerhart Leads the $10K H.O.R.S.E. After Day2
Just 16 players remain after day 2 of Event #40: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E., with Kevin Gerhart (1,075,000) taking the chip lead into Friday’s play.
Gerhart is one of only two players to finish the night over one million chips. He’s closely followed by runner-up of Event #2: $25,000 H.O.R.S.E., Benny Glaser (1,045,000).
Rounding out the top five biggest stacks to end day 2 are Christopher Vitch (945,000), David Benyamine (710,000), and Marco Johnson (665,000).
A pair of players that found their tournament lives deeply in danger at various points of the day, even near the money bubble, survived the day and actually bagged healthy stacks for Friday.
Eddie Blumenthal was left with just 3.5 big bets midway through the day after his pair of nines fell to Christopher Vitch’s flopped top pair of tens. He came back strong through the evening to take 620,000 chips into Day 3.
Jerry Wong was so short-stacked near the bubble that he actually late-registered Event #42: $1,500 Razz just in case. He then unregistered after making the money here, then running his stack up to a healthy 495,000.
Once that money bubble was burst by Chris Bell, seven players collected a min-cash of $16,218 or slightly better, including Scott Seiver in 22nd place, Nate Silver in 21st place, recent bracelet winner Dylan Linde in 19th place, and Day 1 chip leader Qinghai Pan in 18th place.
Among those from Day 2 that missed a trip to the payout window were the defending champion of this event, Greg Mueller, and a pair of former WSOP Player of the Years in Robert Campbell (2019) and Shaun Deeb (2018).
The final 16 return to the Amazon room Friday at 2:00 pm local time, when they’re scheduled to play down to five players.
Event #40: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship Top 10 Chip Counts
Place | Player | Country | Chips |
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1 | Kevin Gerhart | United States | 1,075,000 |
2 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 1,045,000 |
3 | Christopher Vitch | United States | 945,000 |
4 | David Benyamine | France | 710,000 |
5 | Marco Johnson | United States | 665,000 |
6 | Eddie Blumenthal | United States | 620,000 |
7 | Kevin Song | United States | 590,000 |
8 | Jerry Wong | United States | 495,000 |
9 | Bertrand Grospellier | France | 493,000 |
10 | Bryce Yockey | United States | 490,000 |
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Dominykas Mikolaitis Bags $2,500 Freezeout NLHE Day 1 Chip Lead
A field of 896 players bought into Event 41: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em on October 21 but only 135 of these starters had chips in front of them after 14.5 hours of intense poker action.
Nobody bagged up more chips than Lithuania’s Dominykas Mikolaitis (1,000,000) thanks in part to a huge pot toward the end of the night when his pocket jacks held against an ill-timed move from an opponent holding only queen-eight.
Frenchman Artur Conan (787,000) is second in chips when Day 2 resumes at 12:00 p.m. on October 22. Others to look out for include Alan Sternberg (500,000), Sergei Reixach (489,000), Ran Koller (459,000), Andre Akkari (381,500), Ali Imsirovic (337,000), and serial casher Roland Israelashvili (235,000).
Each of the returning players is guaranteed $4.009 for their efforts, but there is $364,589 and a gold bracelet awaiting the champion, so nobody will want to receive the small of those sums.
Event #41: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em Top 10 Chip Counts
Place | Player | Country | Chips |
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1 | Dominykas Mikolaitis | Lithuania | 1,000,000 |
2 | Artur Conan | France | 787,000 |
3 | Christophe Basile | United States | 766,000 |
4 | Julian Millard-Feral | United States | 742,000 |
5 | Vicent Bosca Ramon | Spain | 711,000 |
6 | Onur Unsal | Cyprus | 643,000 |
7 | Kenneth Begnoche | United States | 552,000 |
8 | Kasparas Klezys | Lithuania | 537,000 |
9 | Conrad Simpson | United States | 508,000 |
10 | Alan Sternberg | United States | 500,000 |
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Ariel Shefer Finished Day 1 of the $1,500 Razz As the Chip Leader
Only 98 of the 311 starters remain in Event #42: $1,500 Razz, and Ariel Shefer has more chips than any of them. Shefer finished Day 1 of this star-studded event with 234,000 chips, placing him at the top of the overnight chip counts.
Shefer may be the man to catch right now but there are some incredible players in the chasing pack.
David "ODB" Baker (205,000) finished second in this event in 2017 and is going all out to make amends for that bridesmaid finish. Then you have Anthony Zinno (103,000) who has already snagged two bracelets this series. Zinno busted 16-time WSOP bracelet winner Phil Hellmuth towards the end of play, sending Hellmuth into one of his trademark rants.
Further down the chip counts, you find such luminaries as Yuri Dzivielevski (88,500), reigning Player of the Year Robert Campbell (83,500), former Main Event champion Ryan Riess (83,000), Poker Hall of Fame nominee Ted Forrest (66,000), and Yuval Bronshtein (60,000).
Play continues at 2:00 p.m. on October 22 and will see the money bubble burst – the top 47 finishers receive prize money – before efforts are made to reach the final table. As always, PokerNews will be on hand to bring you the best of the action.
Event #42: $1,500 Razz Top 10 Chip Counts
Place | Player | Country | Chips |
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1 | Ariel Shefer | United Kingdom | 254,000 |
2 | Todd Dakake | United States | 231,500 |
3 | David "ODB" Baker | United States | 205,000 |
4 | Steven Cage | United States | 197,000 |
5 | Frank Kassela | United States | 181,000 |
6 | Amnon Filippi | United States | 177,000 |
7 | Peter Lynn | United States | 175,000 |
8 | Alex Livingston | Canada | 173,500 |
9 | Michael Frejka | United States | 165,000 |
10 | Bryan Micon | United States | 150,500 |
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In this Series
- 1 2021 WSOP Day 1: Series Underway With Star-Studded $25k H.O.R.S.E.
- 2 2021 WSOP Day 2: Hellmuth In The Hunt For 16th Bracelet
- 3 2021 WSOP Day 3: Drinan On Course For His Second Bracelet
- 4 2021 WSOP Day 4: Cornell In Pole Position For First Bracelet
- 5 2021 WSOP Day 5: Negreanu, Matusow, Seidel, and Hellmuth Advance in the $10K LO8 Championship
- 6 2021 WSOP Day 6: Phil Hellmuth Chasing 16th Bracelet Deep in the $10K LO8 Championship
- 7 2021 WSOP Day 7: Hellmuth Four Players Away From Bracelet #16
- 8 2021 WSOP Day 8: Deeb Looking For Bracelet #5
- 9 2021 WSOP Day 9: FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver Headlines $10K Limit Final Table; Racener Leads
- 10 2021 WSOP Day 10: Brian Yoon Hunting for Fourth Bracelet
- 11 2021 WSOP Day 11: Hellmuth In The Hunt Again; Reaches Another Final Table
- 12 2021 WSOP Day 12: Negreanu Hunting for Seventh Bracelet
- 13 2021 WSOP Day 13: Five Left in Milly Maker; Marle Cordeiro Among Last 17 in Ladies Event
- 14 2021 WSOP Day 14: Vanessa Kade Racks Up Fifth Cash of the Series
- 15 2021 WSOP Day 15: Zinno On Course For Fourth Bracelet
- 16 2021 WSOP Day 16: Kornuth Reaches Back-to-Back $10K Short Deck Finals
- 17 2021 WSOP Day 17: Phil Hellmuth Hunting for 16th Bracelet with 10 Remaining in $1,500 NL 2-7 Lowball
- 18 2021 WSOP Day 18: Elezra in the Mix For His Fifth Bracelet
- 19 2021 WSOP Day 19: David “Bakes” Baker Hunting for Third Bracelet at $1,500 Triple Draw Final Table
- 20 2021 WSOP Day 20: Friedman After a Three-Peat as Negreanu and Hellmuth Advance to Final 10 in $10K Dealer's Choice
- 21 2021 WSOP Day 21: Addamo Flying High In Yet Another High Roller
- 22 2021 WSOP Day 22: Arieh Positions Himself For Bracelet #3
- 23 2021 WSOP Day 23: Gerhart, Johnson, and Shack-Harris Seeking Third Bracelets with Five Remaining in $10K H.O.R.S.E.
- 24 2021 WSOP Day 24: JC Tran Flying High in the $10K PLO
- 25 2021 WSOP Day 25: Elezra and Matusow Hunting for Fifth Bracelets in the $10K PLO Championship
- 26 2021 WSOP Day 26: Soverel Leads the Charge in the NL 2-7 Single Draw Championship
- 27 2021 WSOP Day 27: Glaser Leads Final 8 $10K NL 2-7 Championship as Negreanu Alive Hunting for Seventh Bracelet
- 28 2021 WSOP Day 28: Stars Turn Out For $25K PLO High Roller; Deeb Flying High
- 29 2021 WSOP Day 29: Lamb Registers Late In $25K PLO and Bags Lead
- 30 2021 WSOP Day 30: Ka Kwan Lau On Course For $25K PLO Bracelet
- 31 2021 WSOP Day 31: Kolev Leads the $10K 6-Handed NLHE Championship
- 32 WSOP 2021 Day 32: Yockey Bags $50k Poker Players Championship Day 1 Chip Lead
- 33 2021 WSOP Day 33: Volpe and Cates Lead Final 35 of the $50K Poker Players Championship
- 34 2021 WSOP Day 34: Ryan Leng Leads Final 10 in the $50K PPC
- 35 2021 WSOP Day 35: Eli Elezra Leads Final 5 in the $50K Poker Players Championship
- 36 2021 WSOP Day 36: Main Event Underway, Brunson Up to Old Tricks
- 37 2021 WSOP Day 37: Three Bracelet-Winners Crowned as Main Event Continues
- 38 2021 WSOP Day 38: Aleksandr Shevlyakov Bags Overall Chip Lead on Day 1c of the Main Event
- 39 2021 WSOP Day 39: Main Event Breaks Through 4,500 Entrants; Ajayi Tops Counts
- 40 2021 WSOP Day 40: Joe Hachem Back in Form on Day 1e of the Main Event
- 41 2021 WSOP Day 41: Rameez Shahid Leads Main Event as Phil Hellmuth Makes Grand Entrance
- 42 2021 WSOP Day 42: Main Event Whittled to 2,362 Players
- 43 2021 WSOP Day 43: Jessica Cai Leads After Main Event Bubble Bursts
- 44 2021 WSOP Day 44: Ramon Colillas Bags Day 4 Chip Lead in WSOP Main Event
- 45 2021 WSOP Day 45: Aldemir Claims Main Event Chip Lead After Day 5
- 46 2021 WSOP Day 46: Park Leads the Final 36 in the Main Event
- 47 2021 WSOP Day 47: Yuval Bronshtein Leads Final Four in $10K Stud Hi-Lo Championship in Hunt for Third Bracelet
- 48 2021 WSOP Day 48: Lisandro Leads Hellmuth After $10,000 Razz Championship Day 1
- 49 2021 WSOP Day 49: Hellmuth Hunting for Bracelet #17 as Dzivielevski Leads Final 14 in $10K Razz Championship
- 50 2021 WSOP Day 50: Benny Glaser Hunting for 4th Bracelet with Heads-Up Lead in $10K Razz Championship
- 51 2021 WSOP Day 51: Glaser, Schemion, Cowen and Wheeler Pick Up Bracelets; Mateos Chip Leads in $250K SHR
- 52 2021 WSOP Day 52: Jason Koon Leads $50K High Roller
- 53 2021 WSOP Day 53: Holz In Front In The $100K High Roller
- 54 2021 WSOP Day 54: Michael Addamo Leads Final Five in $100K High Roller