2021 World Series of Poker

Event #21: $1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Day: 2
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
akq73
Prize
$170,269
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$855,735
Entries
641
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 2
Players Left
27

A Little Bit For Everyone (Except Zeidman)

Level 17

Omaha 8 or Better

Split pots usually aren't the most entertaining of hands, but this hand was a big exception.

A huge four-way pot developed on table 456 involving John Monnette, Cory Zeidman and two other players, with everyone getting a piece of it by the end except for Zeidman.

Three bets each went in preflop, then again on the flop of {k-Clubs}{4-Spades}{6-Clubs}.

The turn {8-Hearts} was checked through, then on the river {k-Spades}, the player in the big blind moved all in, an early position player, Monnette, and Zeidman called, and then the fun began.

John Monnette: {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{3-Clubs}
Big Blind player: {a-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}
Early position player: {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}{5-Spades}{3-Clubs}

The trio each got one-third of the low, while Monnette and the big blind split up the high half, with Zeidman left out in the cold.

Player Chips Progress
John Monnette us
John Monnette
WSOP 5X Winner
137,000 33,500
Cory Zeidman us
Cory Zeidman
WSOP 1X Winner
103,000 -31,500

Level: 17

Pot-Limit Blinds: 1,500/2,500 Ante: 2,500
Limit Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Limits: 5,000/10,000

Engel Gets Quartered

Level 16

Big O

Ari Engel has taken an early hit to his stack at the hands of Jeremy Harkin.

On a river board of {k-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{j-Hearts}, Harkin moved all-in and Engel called.

Jeremy Harkin: {a-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{9-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}
Ari Engel: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{2-Spades}

Each player had the nut low with their ace-deuce, but Harkin also took the high half of the pot with a flush.

Player Chips Progress
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
WSOP 2X Winner
188,000 -42,000
Jeremy Harkin us
Jeremy Harkin
WSOP 1X Winner
130,000 81,500

Level: 16

Pot-Limit Blinds: 1,000/1,500 Ante: 1,500
Limit Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Limits: 4,000/8,000

Tune Up Your Mental Game With Jared Tendler

Jared Tendler
Jared Tendler

Jared Tendler has been coaching elite poker players for over a dozen years, with those players going on to win WSOP Gold Bracelets, prestigious tournaments and stacks of cash. Tendler has now released his own video training course titled Mental Game Tune Up for Tournament Poker and it is sure to get you on track to improve your results and your psyche when playing either online or live.

The course walks players through the checks they need to get through for them be at their best and play optimum poker. Tendler has gone to the effort of breaking down the course into easy to digest modules, the content is simple to follow yet compact and powerful allowing you to be best prepared ahead of the 2021 World Series of Poker and future poker festivals.

PokerNews readers can get $50 off the course using the code: PokerNews when purchasing Mental Game Tune Up for Tournament Poker.

Read the full review here

Abrams Tops Pack Ahead of Day 2 in Event #21: $1,500 Mixed Omaha

Scott Abrams
Scott Abrams

Scott Abrams heads the field of 199 hopefuls returning for Day 2 of Event #21: $1,500 Mixed Omaha, with 96 of those making the money. A successful Omaha and mixed game player with 28 WSOP cashes to his name, Abrams will take 275,000 chips into Monday’s play.

Plenty of notables successfully navigated their way through the field of 641 runners, including the champion of Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Ari Engel, who enters the day among the chip leaders with 230,000.

Some of the other mixed game stars and bracelet winners still in the field include 2019 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better champ Derek McMaster (162,500), six-time bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu, (147,000), two-time $50,000 Poker Players Championship winner Brian Rast (147,000), six-time bracelet winner Ted Forrest (128,000), Event #16: $10,000 Limit Hold’em champion John Monnette (103,500), and runner-up in the 2019 edition of this event, Yueqi Zhu (54,000).

The defending champion however will not be among those competing for the gold bracelet and the $170,269 top prize, as Anatolii Zyrin fell midway through Day 1.

Action resumes with level 16 at 2:00 pm local time in the Amazon room. Ten 60-minute levels will be played with a 60-minute dinner break after level 21.

Stay tuned to PokerNews for all the action from this and every World Series of Poker event from the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.