2021 World Series of Poker

Event #11: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j7
Prize
$243,981
Event Info
Buy-in
$25,000
Prize Pool
$1,346,625
Entries
57
Level Info
Level
60
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
16
Players Left
4

Szabo Pays Off Badziakouski

Level 39 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

On a flop of {a-Spades}{10-Hearts}{3-Spades}, Gabor Szabo led for 10,000 and Mikita Badziakouski called. The {6-Hearts} turn was checked by Szabo, who then called a bet worth 45,000 and bet the {2-Hearts} river for 15,000. Badziakouski raised to 125,000 and Szabo tank-called to get shown the {a-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for the nut flush by his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
WSOP 1X Winner
1,400,000 160,000
Gabor Szabo hu
Gabor Szabo
1,000,000 -160,000

Tags: Mikita BadziakouskiGabor Szabo

Zack Battles Back

Level 39 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Daniel Zack
Daniel Zack

With 140,000 in the pot and {3-Hearts}{6-Spades}{4-Hearts}{2-Spades}{5-Clubs} on the board, Bin Weng bet 230,000.

Daniel Zack went into the tank for more than a minute before raising to 525,000.

"You have no idea how good you run," said Weng as he mucked his cards. "You have five-seven."

Zack turned over his {7-}{5-} to acknowledge the read and Weng showed {5-}{2-} for a flopped straight gone bad.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Zack us
Daniel Zack
1,300,000 200,000
Bin Weng us
Bin Weng
1,100,000 -290,000

Tags: Daniel ZackBin Weng

One for Badziakouski

Level 39 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Mikita Badziakouski
Mikita Badziakouski

With 30,000 in the middle and the board reading {j-Spades}{k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}, Gabor Szabo bet 8,000 and Mikita Badziakouski raised to 25,000.

Szabo called and the turn was the {8-Spades}. Badziakouski bet 80,000 and Szabo folded.

Player Chips Progress
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
WSOP 1X Winner
1,240,000 -10,000
Gabor Szabo hu
Gabor Szabo
1,160,000 10,000

Puustinen Gets Paid by Reason

Level 39 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

On the river of a board {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{j-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{2-Spades}, Henri Puustinen overbet for 165,000 and that sent Benjamin Reason deep into the tank. Eventually, he called and Puustinen rolled over the {q-Hearts}{j-Clubs} for a flopped full house to win the first bigger pot of the duel.

Player Chips Progress
Henri Puustinen fi
Henri Puustinen
1,450,000 200,000
Benjamin Reason us
Benjamin Reason
950,000 -200,000

Tags: Benjamin ReasonHenri Puustinen

Level: 39

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 0

Jake Daniels Eliminated in Round of 8 ($36,280)

Level 38 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
Jake Daniels
Jake Daniels

A three-bet to 60,000 was in front of Jake Daniels and Jason Koon then four-bet to more than 160,000. Daniels piled it in and Koon called instantly to set up a flip after a mere 13 minutes of heads-up action.

Jake Daniels: {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}
Jason Koon: {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {9-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} for Daniels to miss and become the first casualty in the money. He collects $36,280 and Koon punched his ticket for the semi finals.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
2,400,000 889,000
Jake Daniels us
Jake Daniels
Busted

Tags: Jake DanielsJason Koon

Koon Extends the Lead

Level 38 : 3,000/6,000, 0 ante
Jason Koon
Jason Koon

With 80,000 in the middle and the board reading {j-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{a-Clubs}, Jake Daniels bet 51,000 and Jason Koon called.

The river was the {a-Spades}, Koon checked, Daniels bet 155,000 and Koon called.

Daniels turned over {q-Clubs}{q-Spades}, but it was no good as Koon held {q-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} for a straight.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
1,511,000 271,000
Jake Daniels us
Jake Daniels
889,000 -271,000