Samuel Vousden Wins His First WSOP Gold Bracelet
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Finland’s Samuel Vousden navigated over 2,000 entrants, including a tough Day 2 field, to win his first WSOP bracelet GGPoker in Event #16: $1,050 WSOP GGMasters HR Freezeout NLH in the 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online. The $2 million guaranteed event attracted 2,240 entries, who created a $2,240,000 prize pool. It was Vousden who claimed the top prize of $274,519.
Australia’s Joshua McCully ran his stack up in the final hour of Day 1 and was the chip leader going into Day 2 before ending the day early in a cooler against Alexander "0_really" Zubov. Other early Day 2 exits included Pablo Silva, Miltiades Kontes, Faraz "Pokerguy21" Jaka, and Mor "Yosemite Sam" Leybovich.
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Event #16: $1,050 WSOP GGMasters HR Freezeout NLH Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Vousden | Finland | $274,519 |
| 2 | Qibing "degenkaliu" Wang | Finland | $205,859 |
| 3 | Zac "Pyschedelic" Duce | Australia | $154,372 |
| 4 | Bernardo Granato | Brazil | $115,762 |
| 5 | Nicolo "Do-WhatYou-lov3" Bartolone | Austria | $86,810 |
| 6 | Sergei Denisov | Russia | $65,098 |
| 7 | EFong Alexander Joseph "AMATERA5!" de Guzman | Canada | $48,817 |
| 8 | Alexander "0_really" Zubov | Russia | $36,607 |
| 9 | Rushik "PFMT" Gandhi | Brazil | $27,452 |
Vousden's Final Table Rally
Vousden found himself near the top of the leaderboard for the first part of Day 2 until a run-in with the aces of Zubov dealt the eventual winner a temporary setback. As the final table began, Vousden was eighth in chips and treading water. The first sign of a turn around came when he pressured Zubov to fold a big pot on the river. Shortly after, Vousden found a double with pocket kings against Bernardo Granato and chipped up almost immediately with a set of sixes against Nicolo "Do-WhatYou-lov3" Bartolone.
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Vousden soon busted Zubov in eighth place with pocket jacks before taking a big pot from Sergei Denisov that started to build a cushion on the chip lead. The champion-elect quickly ousted Denisov in sixth before eliminating Bartolone with three flopped jacks in fifth place, and Granato in fourth with ace-king.
With three players left, Vousden kept the pressure on with pre-flop raises before Qibing "degenkaliu" Wang took control of the chip lead on a double up with ace-king. Wang eliminated Zac "Pyschedelic" Duce in third and entered heads up play with a small lead over Vousden. After scooping back-to-back pots to open up an advantage, Vousden finally put Wang away with a flush to win his first WSOP gold bracelet.
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