2021 WSOP Day 15: Zinno On Course For Fourth Bracelet
The 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) continued on October 14 with another six events at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. The 15th day of the series saw two more champions crowned, and four more events draw closer to awarding their respective bracelets.
Lara Eisenberg won her first bracelet in the $1,000 Ladies Championship while Czech grinder Dalibor Dula locked in the largest score of his career, and his first bracelet, in the $1,000 Freezeout event.
Let us take a look at the current state of affairs in the four in-play tournaments.
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Anthony Zinno Leads Star-Studded H.O.R.S.E. Final 18
Anthony Zinno holds a huge chip lead going into Day 3 of Event #27: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. Zinno won his third WSOP bracelet last week when he took down the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship, now it looks like Zinno will bag bracelet number four.
Zinno leads the final 18 courtesy of his monster-sized 2,565,000 chips. His stack has more than a million extra chips than his closest rival, Kao Saechao, who is on 1,395,000.
While all eyes are on Zinno and his colossal stack, there are four other bracelet winners in the field; those players have won ten bracelets between them.
Randy Ohel (1,040,000), Max Pescatori (850,000), former Main Event champion Joe McKeehen (835,000), and Ari Engel (300,000) are all vying to add to their poker jewelry collection.
Event #27: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Zinno | 2,565,000 |
| 2 | Kao Saechao | 1,395,000 |
| 3 | Curtis Phelps | 1,355,000 |
| 4 | Darren Kennedy | 1,330,000 |
| 5 | Paul Holder | 1,160,000 |
| 6 | Randy Ohel | 1,040,000 |
| 7 | Michael Rosenberg | 930,000 |
| 8 | Christopher Adams | 920,000 |
| 9 | Max Pescatori | 850,000 |
| 10 | Joe McKeehen | 835,000 |
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Eric Tsai Leads the $5,000 6-Max Final Table
Event #25: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em has reached its final table, and it is Eric Tsai who finds himself in the envious position of chip leader with 8,040,000 chips.
Tsai is a relative unknown, which could work in his favor. This is his first WSOP and he’s already racked up a brace of cashes; most of Tsai’s results stem from events in his home country of Taiwan.
Winning a bracelet on his first Vegas trip would be an epic story, but Tsai’s five final table opponents will do everything in their power to stop that from happening.
Scott Ball (7,820,000) and Jonathan Jaffe (6,170,000) are Tsai closest opponents in relation to stack sizes, but do not write off Bin Weng (3,980,000), Galen Hall (2,245,000), or John Racener (1,950,000), the latter two having already won bracelets during their illustrious careers.
Event #25: $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Tsai | 8,040,000 |
| 1 | Scott Ball | 7,820,000 |
| 1 | Jonathan Jaffe | 6,170,000 |
| 1 | Bin Weng | 3,980,000 |
| 1 | Galen Hall | 2,245,000 |
| 1 | John Racener | 1,950,000 |
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Ryan Gibson Holds Big Chip Lead in the $1K PLO Event
Pot-Limit Omaha is a game that naturally creates plenty of action, so it was unsurprising to see the 1,069-strong Day 1 field of Event #28: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed whittled down to ony 59 hopefuls over the course of 14 hours.
Ryan Gibson was the man with the biggest stack when the dust settled. Gibson had the welcomed problem of trying to fit 1,940,000 chips into his overnight chip bag, which was full to bursting.
Only two other players ended their Day 1 battle with seven-figure stacks. Alexander Yen (1,314,000) and Jonathan Therme (1,033,000) being those players.
Event #28: $1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Gibson | 1,940,000 |
| 2 | Alexander Yen | 1,314,000 |
| 3 | Jonathan Therme | 1,033,000 |
| 4 | Dylan Weisman | 937,000 |
| 5 | Michael Perrone | 750,000 |
| 6 | Casey Carroll | 680,000 |
| 7 | Craig Chait | 664,000 |
| 8 | Tegnear Butler | 553,000 |
| 9 | Gabe Ramos | 550,000 |
| 10 | Youness Barakat | 539,000 |
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Jason Koon Bags Big in the $10,000 Short Deck Event
Event #29: $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold’em drew in 59 entrants and only 19 of them progressed to Day 2. Seven of those 19 have already secured some poker gold over the years, including GGPoker ambassador Jason Koon, who bagged up 235,400 chips, enough for seventh place at the restart.
Koon won the $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship earlier in the series, ending his long wait for a bracelet. Koon now has a legitimate chance of winning two bracelets at the same series.
Ye Shen (361,400) and Young Ko (340,000) are the frontrunners when play resumes on October 15, and they are being hunted down by such luminaries as Dan Shak (320,500), Chance Kornuth (262,000), Stephen Chidwick (119,500), and six-time WSOP champion Daniel Negreanu (95,000).
Day 2 is shaping up to be an epic battle of the greatest poker minds.
Event #29: $10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold’em Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ye Shen | 361,400 |
| 2 | Young Ko | 340,000 |
| 3 | Chad Campbell | 326,300 |
| 4 | Dan Shak | 320,500 |
| 5 | Chance Kornuth | 262,000 |
| 6 | Moshe Gabay | 251,100 |
| 7 | Jason Koon | 235,400 |
| 8 | Thomas Kysar | 231,000 |
| 9 | Joao Vieira | 199,100 |
| 10 | Daniel Zack | 125,800 |
Can Koon win his second bracelet of the series? Find out here.
In this Series
- 1 2021 WSOP Day 1: Series Underway With Star-Studded $25k H.O.R.S.E.
- 2 2021 WSOP Day 2: Hellmuth In The Hunt For 16th Bracelet
- 3 2021 WSOP Day 3: Drinan On Course For His Second Bracelet
- 4 2021 WSOP Day 4: Cornell In Pole Position For First Bracelet
- 5 2021 WSOP Day 5: Negreanu, Matusow, Seidel, and Hellmuth Advance in the $10K LO8 Championship
- 6 2021 WSOP Day 6: Phil Hellmuth Chasing 16th Bracelet Deep in the $10K LO8 Championship
- 7 2021 WSOP Day 7: Hellmuth Four Players Away From Bracelet #16
- 8 2021 WSOP Day 8: Deeb Looking For Bracelet #5
- 9 2021 WSOP Day 9: FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver Headlines $10K Limit Final Table; Racener Leads
- 10 2021 WSOP Day 10: Brian Yoon Hunting for Fourth Bracelet
- 11 2021 WSOP Day 11: Hellmuth In The Hunt Again; Reaches Another Final Table
- 12 2021 WSOP Day 12: Negreanu Hunting for Seventh Bracelet
- 13 2021 WSOP Day 13: Five Left in Milly Maker; Marle Cordeiro Among Last 17 in Ladies Event
- 14 2021 WSOP Day 14: Vanessa Kade Racks Up Fifth Cash of the Series
- 15 2021 WSOP Day 15: Zinno On Course For Fourth Bracelet
- 16 2021 WSOP Day 16: Kornuth Reaches Back-to-Back $10K Short Deck Finals
- 17 2021 WSOP Day 17: Phil Hellmuth Hunting for 16th Bracelet with 10 Remaining in $1,500 NL 2-7 Lowball
- 18 2021 WSOP Day 18: Elezra in the Mix For His Fifth Bracelet
- 19 2021 WSOP Day 19: David “Bakes” Baker Hunting for Third Bracelet at $1,500 Triple Draw Final Table
- 20 2021 WSOP Day 20: Friedman After a Three-Peat as Negreanu and Hellmuth Advance to Final 10 in $10K Dealer's Choice
- 21 2021 WSOP Day 21: Addamo Flying High In Yet Another High Roller
- 22 2021 WSOP Day 22: Arieh Positions Himself For Bracelet #3
- 23 2021 WSOP Day 23: Gerhart, Johnson, and Shack-Harris Seeking Third Bracelets with Five Remaining in $10K H.O.R.S.E.
- 24 2021 WSOP Day 24: JC Tran Flying High in the $10K PLO
- 25 2021 WSOP Day 25: Elezra and Matusow Hunting for Fifth Bracelets in the $10K PLO Championship
- 26 2021 WSOP Day 26: Soverel Leads the Charge in the NL 2-7 Single Draw Championship
- 27 2021 WSOP Day 27: Glaser Leads Final 8 $10K NL 2-7 Championship as Negreanu Alive Hunting for Seventh Bracelet
- 28 2021 WSOP Day 28: Stars Turn Out For $25K PLO High Roller; Deeb Flying High
- 29 2021 WSOP Day 29: Lamb Registers Late In $25K PLO and Bags Lead
- 30 2021 WSOP Day 30: Ka Kwan Lau On Course For $25K PLO Bracelet
- 31 2021 WSOP Day 31: Kolev Leads the $10K 6-Handed NLHE Championship
- 32 WSOP 2021 Day 32: Yockey Bags $50k Poker Players Championship Day 1 Chip Lead
- 33 2021 WSOP Day 33: Volpe and Cates Lead Final 35 of the $50K Poker Players Championship
- 34 2021 WSOP Day 34: Ryan Leng Leads Final 10 in the $50K PPC
- 35 2021 WSOP Day 35: Eli Elezra Leads Final 5 in the $50K Poker Players Championship
- 36 2021 WSOP Day 36: Main Event Underway, Brunson Up to Old Tricks
- 37 2021 WSOP Day 37: Three Bracelet-Winners Crowned as Main Event Continues
- 38 2021 WSOP Day 38: Aleksandr Shevlyakov Bags Overall Chip Lead on Day 1c of the Main Event
- 39 2021 WSOP Day 39: Main Event Breaks Through 4,500 Entrants; Ajayi Tops Counts
- 40 2021 WSOP Day 40: Joe Hachem Back in Form on Day 1e of the Main Event
- 41 2021 WSOP Day 41: Rameez Shahid Leads Main Event as Phil Hellmuth Makes Grand Entrance
- 42 2021 WSOP Day 42: Main Event Whittled to 2,362 Players
- 43 2021 WSOP Day 43: Jessica Cai Leads After Main Event Bubble Bursts
- 44 2021 WSOP Day 44: Ramon Colillas Bags Day 4 Chip Lead in WSOP Main Event
- 45 2021 WSOP Day 45: Aldemir Claims Main Event Chip Lead After Day 5
- 46 2021 WSOP Day 46: Park Leads the Final 36 in the Main Event
- 47 2021 WSOP Day 47: Yuval Bronshtein Leads Final Four in $10K Stud Hi-Lo Championship in Hunt for Third Bracelet
- 48 2021 WSOP Day 48: Lisandro Leads Hellmuth After $10,000 Razz Championship Day 1
- 49 2021 WSOP Day 49: Hellmuth Hunting for Bracelet #17 as Dzivielevski Leads Final 14 in $10K Razz Championship
- 50 2021 WSOP Day 50: Benny Glaser Hunting for 4th Bracelet with Heads-Up Lead in $10K Razz Championship
- 51 2021 WSOP Day 51: Glaser, Schemion, Cowen and Wheeler Pick Up Bracelets; Mateos Chip Leads in $250K SHR
- 52 2021 WSOP Day 52: Jason Koon Leads $50K High Roller
- 53 2021 WSOP Day 53: Holz In Front In The $100K High Roller
- 54 2021 WSOP Day 54: Michael Addamo Leads Final Five in $100K High Roller
