Event #2: $25,000 H.O.R.S.E.
Day 3 Started
Event #2: $25,000 H.O.R.S.E.
Day 3 Started
The opening weekend of the 2021 World Series of Poker is here and the final day of Event #2: $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. brings a star-studded final table of decorated champions and established pros looking for their first taste of WSOP gold. The final nine players outlasted a field of 78 entries and they will compete this afternoon on the main stage in the Amazon room at Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino for the lion’s share of a $1,842,750 prize pool with a top prize of $552,182.
England’s mixed-game specialist Benny Glaser leads a Day 3 lineup that includes three other WSOP champions and Chad Eveslage, a Florida-based pro looking to add his first WSOP gold bracelet to an already impressive set of tournament wins in 2021.
The final nine players bring a combined 22 WSOP gold bracelets worth of experience to Day 3 and most of them belong to the 15-time champion Phil Hellmuth, but three-time winners Glaser and Ben Yu look to spoil Hellmuth’s plans for #16 and France’s David Benyamine wants to add his name to the list of players that have won two WSOP events.
England’s Philip Sternheimer is joined by Eveslage, Matt Glantz, DJ Buckley, and Jesse Klein in the quest for their first WSOP victory. Eveslage looks to add to a red-hot 2021 that includes wins at the WPT Venetian in July and the $25,000 high roller in April at the WPT Seminole Hard Rock.
Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds | Big Bets |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Matt Glantz | United States | 410,000 | 8 | 4 |
2 | Ben Yu | United States | 830,000 | 17 | 8 |
3 | David Benyamine | France | 1,680,000 | 34 | 17 |
4 | Phil Hellmuth | United States | 1,640,000 | 33 | 16 |
5 | Chad Eveslage | United States | 1,695,000 | 34 | 17 |
6 | DJ Buckley | United States | 160,000 | 3 | 2 |
7 | Benny Glaser | United Kingdom | 2,590,000 | 52 | 26 |
8 | Jesse Klein | United States | 1,800,000 | 36 | 18 |
9 | Philip Sternheimer | United Kingdom | 865,000 | 17 | 9 |
Other cashing players from Day 2 included Cary Katz (12th - $42,162), Roland Israelashvili (11th - $46,002), and the six-time WSOP champion Daniel Negreanu, who was knocked out along with Israelashvili in a double-elimination in the last hand of Day 2.
Day 3 will continue in Level 21 with blinds at 25,000/50,000 and big bets are double that amount. Blinds and antes will increase every 60 minutes until there is a winner.
Be sure to keep it here all day long as the PokerNews live reporting team brings you all the action live as it happens from the third day of the WSOP.
Level: 21
Limit Flop: 25,000/50,000 (Limits 50,000/100,000)
Stud Games 10,000 ante - bring-in 20,000 completion 50,000 (Limits 50,000/100,000)
Razz
Philip Sternheimer: / /
Matt Glantz: / / - fold
Philip Sternheimer came along on the button and called bets from Matt Glantz on third, fourth, fifth, and sixth before putting in a big bet after Glantz's river check, which forced a fold on the final street.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Philip Sternheimer | 1,175,000 | 310,000 |
Matt Glantz | 60,000 | -350,000 |
Razz
Matt Glantz: / /
Phil Hellmuth: / /
Matt Glantz completed and Phil Hellmuth raised, Glantz got it in and Hellmuth called on third street.
Hellmuth had Glantz pipped from the get go and while the momentum briefly changed, Hellmuth made a ten-five already while Glantz paired up and was left drawing dead on sixth street.
After their previous tangles on Day 2, Hellmuth claimed the remainder of Glantz's stack and sent him to the rail in 9th place for $52,211.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Phil Hellmuth
|
1,775,000 | 135,000 |
Matt Glantz | Busted |
Razz
DJ Buckley: / /
Ben Yu: / /
Ben Yu completed with an ace and then called the all-in of table short stack DJ Buckley. Yu cemented his lead despite pairing up his six and then made a seventy-six with the trey as the final card.
Buckley peeled more paint and bowed out in 8th place for $61,549.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ben Yu
|
1,000,000 | 170,000 |
DJ Buckley | Busted |
Razz
Jesse Klein: / /
Philip Sternheimer: / /
Jesse Klein bet all the streets until sixth and Philip Sternheimer called it down. On seventh, Klein check-called and won the pot with a nine as Sternheimer briefly showed his cards and then mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jesse Klein
|
2,200,000 | 400,000 |
Philip Sternheimer | 900,000 | -275,000 |
Seven Card Stud
Chad Eveslage: /
Benny Glaser: /
Chad Eveslage completed and Benny Glaser raised behind. Eveslage came along and both players checked third street. Glaser bet fourth and fifth street to earn calls from his opponent. Eveslage then bet on sixth street and Glaser made the fold after a short tank.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Benny Glaser
|
2,600,000 | 10,000 |
Chad Eveslage
|
2,150,000 | 455,000 |
Seven Card Stud
Chad Eveslage: / /
Benny Glaser: / /
On fifth street, Chad Eveslage check-raised with his ace and Benny Glaser called. Eveslage bet sixth to earn a call and both checked seventh. The of Eveslage for a pair of aces won the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Chad Eveslage
|
2,450,000 | 300,000 |
Benny Glaser
|
2,150,000 | -450,000 |
Stud Hi-Lo
Phil Hellmuth: / fold
Jesse Klein: /
Phil Hellmuth completed with an ace and Jesse Klein defended as the bring-in. "Wow, I thought I can sneak one through," Hellmuth said. He then bet fourth and fifth street to get called by Klein before checking sixth when Klein had a four-card low showing. Klein bet and Hellmuth snap-folded.
"Wow that's an insane start, what the f##k was that," Hellmuth exclaimed calmly in table chat without any outburst.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jesse Klein
|
2,400,000 | 200,000 |
Phil Hellmuth
|
1,350,000 | -425,000 |