Event #83: $1,500 The Closer | 2021 World Series of Poker

11-21-2021 14:01 UTC-8

Tice Eliminated by Underwood

Connor Richards

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Benjamin Underwood opened in late position and a very short-stacked Landon Tice moved all-in from the big blind with just a single blind.

Landon Tice:
Benjamin Underwood:

"At least make it fair," Tice said before the flop of came out to give his opponent a set. "That's not fair. Am I just drawing dead?"

The board finished out to give Underwood a full house and the young up-and-coming poker star hit the rail.

"F*** you, poker," Tice said as he walked away.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Underwood	2,600,000 -100,000	-100,000
Landon Tice	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Underwood Landon Tice

11-21-2021 13:47 UTC-8

Weisner Doubles Through Ihlamur

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Connor Richards

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Melanie Weisner moved all-in for around 500,000 and Osman Ihlamur re-shoved a bigger stack to get the hand heads-up.

Melanie Weisner:
Osman Ihlamur:

Weisner's hand held up as the board ran out and she let out a yell of joy when she improved to a flush to double up.

"YES!"

Player	Chips	Progress
Osman Ihlamur	2,000,000 235,000	235,000

Melanie Weisner	1,100,000 820,000	820,000

Tags: Melanie Weisner Osman Ihlamur

11-21-2021 13:46 UTC-8

Recent Eliminations

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Brandon Bloom

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Marshall White	Busted
Ryan Snyder	Busted
Steven Steinmetz	Busted
David Lappin	Busted

Kartik Ved	Busted

James Morgan (CAN)	Busted
Minkyun Kim	Busted
Brett Apter	Busted

Mitchell Halverson	Busted
Hugo Nazar	Busted
Bin Liu	Busted
Rainer Kempe	Busted
Z Stein	Busted
Michael Rodrigues	Busted

11-21-2021 13:40 UTC-8

Ciklamini Doubles With Two Pair

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Connor Richards

Level 26 : 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Patrik Ciklamini in the small blind was all-in for 240,000 against a late position player who had him covered.

Patrik Ciklamini:
Late Position:

The flop came to give Ciklamini two pair but to also give his opponent a straight draw. Ciklamini's hand held up as the board ran out and he doubled up.

As Ciklamini stacked his chips, he made conversation with table mate Landon Tice, who he said looks different in person than on social media.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrik Ciklamini	500,000 -70,000	-70,000

Tags: Landon Tice Patrik Ciklamini

Level: 26

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 60,000

11-21-2021 13:31 UTC-8

Neves Flips and Busts Battenfield

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Brandon Bloom

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

Pedro Neves jammed in the cutoff and Christopher Battenfield called off his 430,000 stack in the small blind.

Christopher Battenfield:
Pedro Neves:

The two were flipping and Battenfield found no help on the runout to send the pot to Neves.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pedro Neves	1,000,000 315,000	315,000

Christopher Battenfield	Busted

11-21-2021 13:30 UTC-8

Kulev Chips Up

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Connor Richards

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

Alex Kulev in the big blind saw a flop against the player in the cutoff.

Kulev led out with a bet of 70,000 on the flop and his opponent called. Kulev sized up to 130,000 on the turn and his opponent laid it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Kulev	3,100,000 415,000	415,000

11-21-2021 13:18 UTC-8

Underwood Rockets Up

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Brandon Bloom

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

Benjamin Underwood got his 1.3 million stack in preflop in early position against Kartik Ved in the big blind.

Benjamin Underwood:
Kartik Ved:

Underwood was in great shape and held as the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Underwood	2,700,000 2,195,000	2,195,000
Kartik Ved	100,000 -735,000	-735,000

Level: 25

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

11-21-2021 12:58 UTC-8

Konstas Eliminated by Borenstein

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Connor Richards

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

Ioannis Angelou Konstas was out of position in a heads-up pot against Jonathan Borenstein.

Konstas bet out on the flop of and Borenstein raised to 175,000. Konstas responded in turn by raising all-in for 705,000 and Borenstein got a count before calling.