2021 World Series of Poker

Event #3: $1,000 Covid-19 Relief No-Limit Hold'em Charity Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
$48,681
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$231,400
Entries
266
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
266
Players Left
5

Massoud Eskandari Eliminated in 11th Place ($3,130)

Level 23 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Massoud Eskandari moved all in preflop and was called by Steve Gross.

Gross had the {j-}{j-} and Eskandaro {10-}{9-}.

The flop was the {q-}{10-}{8-} and the rest of the board did not help Eskandari as it was swept away by the dealer. He was eliminated in 11th place and received $3,130 for his deep run.

Player Chips Progress
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Steve Gross
750,000
520,000
520,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Massoud Eskandari
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Level: 24

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 40,000

Kevin Wang Eliminated in 10th Place ($3,130), John Yocca Eliminated in 9th Place ($3,825)

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
John Yocca
John Yocca

John Yocca shoved preflop, Kevin Wang called with his shorter stack. Jesse Lonis had the largest stack and called both all ins.

Kevin Wang: {a-Hearts}{8-Hearts}
John Yocca: {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}
Jesse Lonis: {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}

The board ran out {q-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{5-Spades} and the double-elimination was confirmed with the kings.

Player Chips Progress
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Jesse Lonis
1,550,000
740,000
740,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Kevin Wang
Busted
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John Yocca
Busted

Lonis Three-Bets Flop

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The flop came the {j-Spades}{3-Hearts}{6-Clubs}. Jesse Lonis bet 90,000 overt to Liran Betito who raised to 220,000.

Lonis thought a few moments before announcing a three-bet to 475,000. Betito folded after about 15 seconds as he conceded the pot to the big stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Jesse Lonis
2,100,000
550,000
550,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Liran Betito
650,000
-700,000
-700,000

Level: 25

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

Liran Betito Eliminated in 6th Place ($8,076)

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Liran Betito
Liran Betito

Jeremy Ausmus shoved all-in preflop and was called by Liran Betito.

Liran Betito: {a-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}
Jeremy Ausmus: {8-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}

The flop came {6-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} to pair up both players. The turn brought a flush for both as the {j-Diamonds} rolled off, rendering the {j-Hearts} river moot.

Ausmus had Betito by one pip to send him packing in sixth and end the night.

Player Chips Progress
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Jeremy Ausmus
1,345,000
560,000
560,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Run It Once
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Liran Betito
Busted

Three Bracelet Winners Among Final Five in Event #3: $1,000 Covid-19 Relief No-Limit Hold'em Charity Event

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Jesse Lonis
Jesse Lonis

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

SeatPlayerChip Count
1Jesse Lonis2,285,000
2Asher Conniff755,000
3Mitchell Halverson385,000
4Steve Gross485,000
5Jeremy Ausmus1,345,000

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.

Jeremy Ausmus
Bracelet winner and former WSOP Main Event final tablist Jeremy Ausmus is looking for his second gold.

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