2021 WSOP Day 33: Volpe and Cates Lead Final 35 of the $50K Poker Players Championship
Day 33 of the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) featured another full day of poker action at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in sunny Las Vegas with Nov. 1 featuring seven bracelet events.
Anatolii Zyrin was one of the stars of the day after defeating a massive field of 9,399 entries in the $400 Colossus to win his second gold bracelet along with the hefty $314,705 top prize.
Meanwhile, Brian Yoon won his fourth gold bracelet in Event #57: $10,000 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship for $839,350.
Five events are still in play highlighted by Paul Volpe holding the chip lead with 35 players remaining in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship with Dan Cates closest on his tail.
Read on to learn about what took place on Day 33 of the 2021 WSOP.
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David Slaughter Leads Final 65 Players in the WSOP $1K Super Seniors
Day 2 of Event #58: $1000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold’em of the 2021 World Series of Poker has come to an end. A total of 65 super seniors bagged and tagged at the end of the night out of the total of 490 entries that started the event this morning with only 283 making the money with the minimum cash being worth $1,605.
Leading the field at the end of Day 2 is David Slaughter (1,835,000) with Randall Bolick (1,755,000), and Bill Stabler (1,725,000) being not too far behind. Slaughter finished 97th place for $5,191 in the WSOP Seniors Event less than a week ago, while Stabler finished runner-up for $409,456 in the WSOP Seniors Event back in 2018.
WSOP Super Seniors Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
RANK | PLAYER | Country | CHIP COUNT | Big Blinds |
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1 | David Slaughter | United States | 1,835,000 | 92 |
2 | Randall Bolick | United States | 1,755,000 | 88 |
3 | Bill Stabler | United States | 1,725,000 | 86 |
4 | Reginald Powell | United States | 1,565,000 | 78 |
5 | Andrew Bodewin | United States | 1,355,000 | 68 |
6 | Jean-Luc Adam | France | 1,140,000 | 57 |
7 | Robert Chow | United States | 1,100,000 | 55 |
8 | David Smith | United States | 1,080,000 | 54 |
9 | Steve Miller | United States | 1,025,000 | 51 |
10 | Joseph Neiman | United States | 975,000 | 49 |
The legendary three-time bracelet winner Sammy Farha busted in 66th place for $3,678, hedge fund manager Dan Shak in 97th for $2,583, and bracelet winner James Hess in 218th for $1,756. Hall of Famer Barry Greenstein started the day as one of the short stacks and was not able to spin it up into the money.
Players will return for Day 3 on Tuesday, Nov. 2 at 10 a.m local time in the Amazon room to compete for a top prize of $255,623 and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet. The event will start at Level 21 with blinds of 10,000/20,000 with a big blind ante of 20,000.
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Team Newman Leads Final 10 in Event #59: $1,000 Tag Team
Day 2 has wrapped up in Event #59: $1,000 Tag Team with 10 teams remaining and Team Newman bagging the chip lead. Michael Newman and Robert Ormont will head into the third and final day of the tournament with a stack of 2,960,000, in front of duos Tomer Wolf and David Landell (1,900,000) and Mike Ruter and Samy Dighlawi (1,700,000).
Other teams that survived Day 2 include Team Erdwurm, Team Babbitt, and the father-daughter duo of Amanda Botfeld and David Botfeld.
Unofficial Final Table Seat Draw
SEAT | TEAM | CHIPS | |
1 | Zachary Erdwurm - Steven Jones | 850,000 | |
2 | Michael Newman - Robert Ormont | 2,960,000 | |
3 | Alfie Adam - Vidur Sethi | 1,315,000 | |
4 | Tomer Wolf - David Landell | 1,900,000 | |
5 | Amanda Botfeld - David Botfeld | 790,000 | |
6 | Holly Babbitt - Michael Babbitt | 1,345,000 | |
7 | Benjamin Miner - Dmitriy Uskach | 1,065,000 | |
8 | Mike Ruter - Samy Dighlawi | 1,700,000 | |
9 | Mike Lutz - Matt Krebs | 430,000 | |
10 | Scott Johnston - Bob Fisher | 455,000 |
The duo of Jeff Platt and Brent Hanks made it deep in the day and were eliminated in 27th place when they ran pocket kings into the pocket aces of Team Wolf. Melanie Weisner and Xuan Liu of Team Weisner made it to the final two tables but were sent home in 18th place when their king-queen couldn’t fare against the ace-ten of Team Erdwurm.
Other partnerships that didn’t make it through the day include Mike Watson and Sarah Goddard, Asi Moshe and Uri Yochelman, and Stephen Song and Brock Wilson.
Day 3 will commence on Tuesday, Oct. 2 at 2 p.m. Pacific Time and will play down to a winning team. Each member of the winning team will earn $56,683 and a WSOP bracelet.
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Paul Volpe Bags Day 2 Chip Lead in Event #60: $50K Poker Players Championship
Day 2 of the $50,000 Poker Players Championship has been played to its conclusion with Paul Volpe emerging as the new chip leader after another six levels of play. Volpe, who holds three gold bracelets, was the only player to bag over a million chips (1,092,000).
Play began on Day 2 with 44 players (up from the 39 players that bagged from Day 1) and increased periodically throughout the day until reaching a total of 63 by the time late registration ended. Among the new entries were Jesse Klein (656,000), Alex Livingston (872,000), Chris Brewer (715,000), Nick Schulman (723,000), Cary Katz (197,000) and Dan “Jungleman” Cates (944,000) – who made his 2021 WSOP debut and will be looking to improve on his sixth-place finish in the 2019 Poker Players Championship.
Notably absent was the defending champion Phil Hui, who has yet to make an appearance at the series this year.
$50K Poker Players Championship Day 2 Top 10 Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
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1 | Paul Volpe | United States | 1,092,000 |
2 | Dan Cates | United States | 944,000 |
3 | Adam Friedman | United States | 913,000 |
4 | Alex Livingston | Canada | 872,000 |
5 | Chris Vitch | United States | 849,000 |
6 | George Alexander | United States | 820,000 |
7 | Brian Rast | United States | 790,000 |
8 | Yuval Bronshtein | Israel | 775,000 |
9 | Chad Campbell | United States | 764,000 |
10 | Nick Schulman | United States | 723,000 |
Other players who managed to bag into Day 3 include Day 1 chip leader Bryce Yockey (510,000), Eli Elezra (700,000), Anthony Zinno (415,000), and Daniel Negreanu, who managed to run his 77,000 in chips at the beginning of Day 2 up to 655,000 by the day’s end.
By the end of the day, just 35 players remained. Some players who were less fortunate include Frank Kassela, George Wolff, Benny Glaser, Shaun Deeb, and previous PPC champions Michael Mizrachi and Freddy Deeb – all of whom were eliminated over the course Day 2.
Phil Hellmuth, who entered late into Day 2, was also unable to survive after being eliminated by a turned gutshot of George Alexander and failing to improve with a set.
The 63 entries generated a $3,016,125 total prize pool. Ten spots will pay, with the eventual winner taking home $954,020 in addition to a WSOP gold bracelet and the right to have their name engraved in the Chip Reese Memorial Trophy.
Event #60: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Payouts
Place | Prize (USD) | |
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1 | $954,020 | |
2 | $589,628 | |
3 | $404,243 | |
4 | $286,983 | |
5 | $211,235 | |
6 | $161,422 | |
7 | $128,256 | |
8 | $106,120 | |
9 | $91,595 | |
10 | $82,623 |
The remaining field will return Tuesday at 2 p.m. local time to play another six levels. As with past days, levels will last 100 minutes each and players will get 15-minute breaks after each level. Players will go on an hour-long dinner break after Level 16 at around 9:20 p.m.
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Robert Hankins Leads The Field Into Day 2 of Event #61: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 of Event #61: $600 Deepstack Championship No-Limit Hold'em has come to a conclusion. There were a total of 3,916 entrants generating a prize pool of $1,997,160. The winner will take home the first-place prize of $252,491 paired with the coveted 2021 World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
They were 588 players to make the money but only 448 players advanced to Day 2 and are guaranteed a payout of $1,051.
Among the players leading the field into Day 2 is ten-time World Series of Poker Circuit ring winner Robert Hankins who bagged a whopping 868,000 from a starting stack of 30,000. Hankins recently won his tenth WSOP ring in August of this year at Harrah’s Cherokee for the first-place prize of $132,241. He has now put himself in a position to capture his first WSOP bracelet which would add to his already impressive list of accomplishments in the tournament poker world.
Samuel Taylor (838,000), Justin Arnwine (779,000), Nana Senachika (646,000), Cole Ferraro (625,000) and two-time WSOP bracelet winner Mark Seif (550,000) follow close behind.
Event #61 Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
RANK | PLAYER | CITY / STATE / COUNTRY | CHIP COUNT | Big Blinds |
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1 | Robert Hankins | United States | 868,000 | 87 |
2 | Samuel Taylor | United States | 838,000 | 84 |
3 | Radoslav Stoyanov | Bulgaria | 830,000 | 83 |
4 | Dhaval Mudgal | India | 786,000 | 79 |
5 | Justin Arnwine | United States | 779,000 | 78 |
6 | Kc Vaughan | United States | 743,000 | 74 |
7 | Matas Budginas | United States | 719,000 | 72 |
8 | Ping Liu | United States | 702,000 | 70 |
9 | Nissar Quraishi | United States | 687,000 | 69 |
10 | Alan Ferraro | Italy | 686,000 | 69 |
Day 2 will restart at 12 p.m. local time on Nov. 2 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. The 448 remaining players will be starting at Level 18 with 5,000/10,000 blinds and a 10,000 big blind ante. They will play 10 levels with a duration of 60-minutes. There will be 15-minute breaks every two levels and a 60-min dinner break after Level 23 (≈ 6:30 p.m.).
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Tsugunari Toma Bags a Massive Stack on Day 1 of the $1,500 PLO8
After a solid fifteen levels of play, Day 1 of Event #62: Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better is completed. There were 725 total entries for this event with 113 players headed to Day 2.
Leading the field into Day 2 is Japan's top live poker tournament earner Tsugunari Toma (1,076,000 chips) who bagged an astonishing million-plus chip stack. To put this into perspective, Toma bagged nearly triple that of his nearest competition in Steve Chanthabouasy, who bagged a healthy stack of 393,000.
From the middle to the end of the day, Toma was on cruise control. He found himself on the better end of almost every spot and used his tournament experience to bag up an impressive stack.
Event #62 Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts
RANK | PLAYER | Country | CHIP COUNT | Big Blinds |
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1 | Tsugunari Toma | Japan | 1,076,000 | 179 |
2 | Steve Chanthabouasy | United States | 393,000 | 66 |
3 | Paul Holder | United States | 380,000 | 63 |
4 | Maury Barrett | United States | 373,000 | 62 |
5 | Michael Trivett | United States | 342,000 | 57 |
6 | Raymond Henson | United States | 339,000 | 57 |
7 | Sean Remz | United States | 333,000 | 56 |
8 | Nathan Gamble | United States | 328,000 | 55 |
9 | Andrew Yeh | United States | 318,000 | 53 |
10 | Dustin Dirksen | United States | 314,000 | 52 |
Others who bagged up healthy stacks at the end of the night include Mike Matusow (228,000 chips), Paul Holder (380,000 chips), and Nathan Gamble (328,000). Gamble added to his stack near the end of the night, which resulted in David Williams hitting the rail before the closing bell.
The players will return Tuesday at 2 p.m. local (PST) time and play 10 levels of 60 minutes each, with a 15-minute break after every two levels, and a 60-minute dinner break at the end of Level 21 (~8:30 p.m. local (PST) time).
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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