2021 World Series of Poker

Event #35: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
$167,272
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Entries
2,930
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
132
Players Left
1

Deeb Left on Fumes, Then Busts

Level 28 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Shaun Deeb
Shaun Deeb

Shaun Deeb called the pre-flop all in of Gilad Grinberg but found himself dominated holding {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts} against {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}.

Grinberg paired his king on a board of {9-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} and doubled up, leaving Deeb with around 100,000.

Deeb moved all in the next hand and Scott Ruegsegger re-shoved. Ronald Ibbitsen called both players.

Shaun Deeb: {q-Hearts}{4-Spades}
Scott Ruegsesser: {a-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}
Ronald Ibbetsen: {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}

Deeb got some hope when he paired his four on a flop of {j-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{2-Spades}, but it quickly disappeared when Ibbetsen made a set on the {9-Clubs} turn. The {9-Diamonds} river gave Ibbitsen quads and knocked out both Deeb and Ruegsegger.

Player Chips Progress
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Ronald Ibbetsen
3,600,000
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Shaun Deeb
Busted
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
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Scott Ruegsegger
Busted

Tags: Ronald IbbitsenScott RuegseggerShaun Deeb

Java Busts To DeVore

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Sundiata DeVore
Sundiata DeVore

Nipun Java went all in for about 1,500,000 chips on the button and Sundiata DeVore called from the big blind.

Sundiata DeVore: {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}
Nipun Java: {6-Hearts}{6-Spades}

The flop came {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{10-Hearts} and Java was drawing thin, then dead on the {5-Hearts} turn. The river came a {5-Spades} and Java was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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Sundiata DeVore
3,100,000
3,100,000
3,100,000
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Nipun Java
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

Deeb Doubles on the River

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Shaun Deeb
Shaun Deeb

Shaun Deeb shoved for his last 610,000 from the cutoff and Kostantinos Gennaios re-shoved from the button. The blinds got out of the way, leaving the two heads-up to the flop.

Shaun Deeb: {a-Diamonds}{7-Spades}
Kostantinos Gennaios: {5-Spades}{5-Diamonds}

Gennaios stayed ahead through the turn on a board of {2-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{6-Clubs}, but Deeb spiked the {a-Spades} on the river to double up.

Player Chips Progress
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Shaun Deeb
1,250,000
385,000
385,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
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Kostantinos Gennaios
1,000,000
440,000
440,000

Tags: Kostantinos GennaiosShaun Deeb

England Eliminated

Level 25 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Kyna England
Kyna England

Kyna England went all-in for 260,000 in middle position and Ke Chen, with the covering stack, went all-in two seats over. Action folded around and the cards were on their backs.

Kyna England: {k-Clubs}{10-Hearts}
Ke Chen: {a-Hearts}{j-Spades}

The runout came {3-Spades}{9-Spades}{9-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} which gave no improvement to the king-ten, and England was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
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Ke Chen
930,000
215,000
215,000
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Kyna England
Busted

Dhaliwal Can't Beat Kings

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

Action picked up with cards on their back and Paul Dhaliwal was all in and at risk against James Dietz.

Paul Dhaliwal: {j-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
James Dietz: {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}

The board ran out as no improvement for Dhaliwal and James Dietz pushed his stack to over 1 million chips.

Player Chips Progress
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James Dietz
1,500,000
700,000
700,000
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Bob Dhaliwal
Busted

Shaun Deeb Still in the Hunt on Day 2 of $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em

Shaun Deeb
Shaun Deeb

The 2,930 players who entered Event #35: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em got whittled down over the course of 11 hours to just 132 who will start Day 2 with their dream of winning the WSOP gold bracelet still alive.

Leading the way is Ukrainian pro Denys Chufarin. Chufarin was one of the first to crack one million chips and takes 1,500,000 into Day 2. Close behind him is Nipun Java (1,295,000), a two-time bracelet winner and No. 2 on India’s all-time money list with more than $2.7 million in live earnings.

Shaun Deeb steadily accumulated chips for most of the first day and begins Day 2 with an above-average stack of 865,000. Daniel Buzgon (645,000), Kyna England (585,000), as well as bracelet winners Mike Takayama (410,000) and Joey Weissman (260,000), are also still in the mix.

The schedule calls for the final 132 to play down to a winner tonight, so expect the action will be fast. Blinds begin in Level 23 at 15,000-30,000, with a 30,000 big blind ante, meaning the average stack is less than 20 big blinds.

Play resumes at 12 p.m. PST. Levels are 30 minutes long, with a 15-minute break every four levels.

PokerNews will be on hand to provide all the live updates until a new WSOP champion is crowned by the end of the night.

Tags: Daniel BuzgonDenys ChufarinJoey WeissmanKyna EnglandMike TakayamaNipun JavaShaun Deeb