Three Bracelet Winners Among Final Five in Event #3: $1,000 Covid-19 Relief No-Limit Hold'em Charity Event
The $1000 Covid Relief No-Limit Hold'em Charity Event #3 drew 266 players, paying the top 38 places. With one hundred dollars from every buy-in benefitting frontline health workers, $25,000 was raised in total on top of the $231,400 prize pool.
After 9 hours of play, Jesse Lonis ended the day as the chip leader with 2,285,000 chips. Jeremy Ausmus sits in second with 1,395,000, while Asher Conniff (755,000), Steve Gross (485,000), and Mitchell Halverson (385,000) round out the final five.
2021 WSOP Event #3 Final Five Players
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
| 1 | Jesse Lonis | 2,285,000 |
| 2 | Asher Conniff | 755,000 |
| 3 | Mitchell Halverson | 385,000 |
| 4 | Steve Gross | 485,000 |
| 5 | Jeremy Ausmus | 1,345,000 |
The tournament drew big names such as Ryan Reiss, Matt Stout, and Jeff Platt, but all of them left the tournamnet area empty-handed.
The final table was reached in rapid fashion as the rate of eliminations came in at a breakneck pace, taking the field down from three tables to the final table in little more than an hour. Ian Steinman (18th Place) and Pete Chen (17th Place) were two of the notables to hit the rail during this stretch of play.
A double elimination that took out Kevin Wang and John Yocca in one fell swoop to set the final table, a hand which gave Lonis a huge boon to his stack to enter the final table with.
Eugene Tourevski next went out in eighth place, Craig Mason fell in seventh place and one time big stack Litan Betito was the final victim of the night, succumbing in sixth place to end the proceedings with five remaining.
The final five return on Friday at 4 p.m. PST to play down to the winner. Make sure to tune back in to PokerNews as the first bracelet winner of the series will be crowned.
