2021 World Series of Poker

Event #11: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j7
Prize
$243,981
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$1,346,625
Entries
57
Level Info
Level
60
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
16
Players Left
4

Szabo Pays Off Badziakouski

Level 39 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

On a flop of {a-Spades}{10-Hearts}{3-Spades}, Gabor Szabo led for 10,000 and Mikita Badziakouski called. The {6-Hearts} turn was checked by Szabo, who then called a bet worth 45,000 and bet the {2-Hearts} river for 15,000. Badziakouski raised to 125,000 and Szabo tank-called to get shown the {a-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for the nut flush by his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
1,400,000
160,000
160,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Gabor Szabo hu
Gabor Szabo
1,000,000
-160,000
-160,000

Tags: Mikita BadziakouskiGabor Szabo

Zack Battles Back

Level 39 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Daniel Zack
Daniel Zack

With 140,000 in the pot and {3-Hearts}{6-Spades}{4-Hearts}{2-Spades}{5-Clubs} on the board, Bin Weng bet 230,000.

Daniel Zack went into the tank for more than a minute before raising to 525,000.

"You have no idea how good you run," said Weng as he mucked his cards. "You have five-seven."

Zack turned over his {7-}{5-} to acknowledge the read and Weng showed {5-}{2-} for a flopped straight gone bad.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Zack us
Daniel Zack
1,300,000
200,000
200,000
Bin Weng us
Bin Weng
1,100,000
-290,000
-290,000
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Daniel ZackBin Weng

One for Badziakouski

Level 39 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Mikita Badziakouski
Mikita Badziakouski

With 30,000 in the middle and the board reading {j-Spades}{k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}, Gabor Szabo bet 8,000 and Mikita Badziakouski raised to 25,000.

Szabo called and the turn was the {8-Spades}. Badziakouski bet 80,000 and Szabo folded.

Player Chips Progress
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
1,240,000
-10,000
-10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Gabor Szabo hu
Gabor Szabo
1,160,000
10,000
10,000

Puustinen Gets Paid by Reason

Level 39 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

On the river of a board {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{j-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{2-Spades}, Henri Puustinen overbet for 165,000 and that sent Benjamin Reason deep into the tank. Eventually, he called and Puustinen rolled over the {q-Hearts}{j-Clubs} for a flopped full house to win the first bigger pot of the duel.

Player Chips Progress
Henri Puustinen fi
Henri Puustinen
1,450,000
200,000
200,000
Benjamin Reason us
Benjamin Reason
950,000
-200,000
-200,000

Tags: Benjamin ReasonHenri Puustinen

Level: 39

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 0

Jake Daniels Eliminated in Round of 8 ($36,280)

Level 38 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
Jake Daniels
Jake Daniels

A three-bet to 60,000 was in front of Jake Daniels and Jason Koon then four-bet to more than 160,000. Daniels piled it in and Koon called instantly to set up a flip after a mere 13 minutes of heads-up action.

Jake Daniels: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}
Jason Koon: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {9-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} for Daniels to miss and become the first casualty in the money. He collects $36,280 and Koon punched his ticket for the semi finals.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
2,400,000
889,000
889,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Jake Daniels us
Jake Daniels
Busted

Tags: Jake DanielsJason Koon

Koon Extends the Lead

Level 38 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
Jason Koon
Jason Koon

With 80,000 in the middle and the board reading {j-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{a-Clubs}, Jake Daniels bet 51,000 and Jason Koon called.

The river was the {a-Spades}, Koon checked, Daniels bet 155,000 and Koon called.

Daniels turned over {q-Clubs}{q-Spades}, but it was no good as Koon held {q-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} for a straight.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
1,511,000
271,000
271,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Jake Daniels us
Jake Daniels
889,000
-271,000
-271,000

Badziakouski Chips Up in Small Pot

Level 38 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante

On the {j-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{5-Hearts} flop, Gabor Szabo check-called a bet worth 16,000 by Mikita Badziakouski and they checked the {k-Clubs} on the turn. The {k-Clubs} river was bet for the minimum by Szabo and Badziakouski called to win the pot with {j-Clubs}{8-Hearts} versus {9-Diamonds}{8-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
1,250,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Gabor Szabo hu
Gabor Szabo
1,150,000
-50,000
-50,000

Tags: Gabor SzaboMikita Badziakouski

Daniels Bets the River

Level 38 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
Jake Daniels
Jake Daniels

Jason Koon raised to 15,000 and Jake Daniels called.

The flop was {2-Clubs}{a-Spades}{j-Spades}. Daniels checked and Koon bet 10,000. Daniels came along to see a turn {k-Diamonds}.

Both players checked the turn. The river was {9-Clubs} and Daniels bet 75,000 to get a fold from Koon.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
1,240,000
-25,000
-25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Jake Daniels us
Jake Daniels
1,160,000
25,000
25,000

Tags: Jake DanielsJason Koon