2021 World Series of Poker

Event #84: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller
Day: 1
12
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♦8♥5♥2♥
Prize
$1,188,918
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Prize Pool
$4,069,375
Entries
85
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
300,000 / 600,000
Ante
600,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
85
Players Left
34

Laszlo Bujtas Leads After Day 1 of Event #84: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller; Arieh, Hellmuth Battle for POY

Calum Grant
Calum Grant
Level 15 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Laszlo Bujtas
Laszlo Bujtas

With just four events remaining on the World Series of Poker schedule, the race for Player of the Year might just be decided tomorrow on Day 2 of Event #84: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha High Roller.

Josh Arieh completed a miraculous comeback, falling down to 14,000 chips at one point on Day 1 before finishing the night with 1,355,000. Arieh, already with two bracelets in the 2021 WSOP, leads the POY race by nearly 600 points.

The man who’s his closest chaser, though, also bagged chips on Day 1. Phil Hellmuth was, as usual, a late entrant into the field and finished the day near the bottom of the chip counts with 365,000. A win in this event will not only earn the champion $1,188,918 and the WSOP bracelet, but it will also be worth more than 1,000 POY points, more than enough for Arieh either to clinch the title or Hellmuth to close the gap.

At the end of 15 levels, just 33 players out of a starting field of 85 survived to play Day 2 tomorrow at 2 p.m. PST. Play was supposed to last through Level 17, but the decision was made to shorten the day by two levels, one that didn’t sit well with some of the players.

Laszlo Bujtas of Hungary finished Day 1 as the chip leader, bagging 1,980,000. Bujtas has nine career WSOP cashes and two final tables. His largest cash was a big one; Bujtas finished runner-up in the 2018 WSOP Europe Main Event for $789,227.

Right behind Bujtas is Ben Lamb, who busted a player near the end of the night to finish with 1,750,000. Arieh, Jared Bleznick (1,270,000), and Daniel Negreanu round out the unofficial top-five. Negreanu's first entry into this tournament lasted him less than a level, but his second bullet went much better as he finished with 1,250,000. Scott Seiver (1,070,000) and Dan Cates (1,045,000) also bagged more than one million chips.

Further down the leaderboard, Chance Kornuth (625,000), Shaun Deeb (520,000), Dan Smith (505,000), and Anthony Zinno (420,000) will have some catching up to do on Day 2 if they want to contend for the bracelet.

Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountyChip Count
1Laszlo BujtasHungary1,980,000
2Ben LambUnited States1,755,000
3Alexander PetersenDenmark1,355,000
4Josh AriehUnited States1,355,000
5Jared BleznickUnited States1,270,000
6Alex AleksandrovskiUnited States1,130,000
7Daniel NegreanuCanada1,125,000
8Jeremy AusmusUnited States1,125,000
9Scott SeiverUnited States1,070,000
10Dan CatesUnited States1,045,000

Over the course of 10 hours of play, Brian Rast, Felipe Ramos, Jake Schindler, and Robert Mizrachi all saw their $50,000 buy-in disappear as they hit the rail.

Day 2 is scheduled to play down to a winner. There are still 33 players left chasing the top prize and the bracelet, and PokerNews will be along the entire way as they work their way to the final table and the crowning of a new WSOP champion.

Day Seat Draw

ROOMTABLESEATPLAYERCOUNTRYCHIP COUNT
Amazon4052Adam HendrixUnited States375,000
Amazon4053Daniel CatesUnited States1,045,000
Amazon4054Daniel NegreanuCanada1,125,000
Amazon4055Noah SchwartzUnited States365,000
Amazon4056Gavin CochraneUnited Kingdom1,000,000
Amazon4057Jared BleznickUnited States1,270,000
Amazon4058Matthew WantmanUnited States685,000
      
Amazon4061Dan SmithUnited States505,000
Amazon4062Ole SchemionGermany400,000
Amazon4063Laszlo BujtasHungary1,980,000
Amazon4064Scott SeiverUnited States1,070,000
Amazon4065Chance KornuthUnited States625,000
Amazon4068Michael SongUnited States180,000
      
Amazon4121Henrik HecklenDenmark425,000
Amazon4122Sterling SavillUnited States370,000
Amazon4123Shaun DeebUnited States320,000
Amazon4124George WolffUnited States715,000
Amazon4125Cliff JosephyUnited States405,000
Amazon4126Matt VengrinUnited States550,000
      
Amazon4127Alex AleksandrovskiUnited States1,130,000
Amazon4132Charles SinnUnited States840,000
Amazon4134Anthony ZinnoUnited States420,000
Amazon4135Ben LambUnited States1,755,000
Amazon4136Phil HellmuthUnited States365,000
Amazon4137Ap GarzaUnited States510,000
Amazon4138Veselin KarakitukovBulgaria590,000
      
Amazon4141Jeremy AusmusUnited States1,125,000
Amazon4142Kyle BowkerUnited States320,000
Amazon4143Alexander PetersenDenmark1,355,000
Amazon4144Frank CrivelloUnited States650,000
Amazon4145Jonas KronwitterGermany640,000
Amazon4147John BeauprezUnited States275,000
Amazon4148Josh AriehUnited States1,355,000

Tags: Ben LambChance KornuthDan CatesDaniel NegreanuJosh AriehLaszlo BujtasPhil HellmuthScott Seiver