2021 World Series of Poker

Event #35: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
$167,272
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Entries
2,930
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
132
Players Left
1

Level: 37

Blinds: 400,000/800,000

Ante: 800,000

Jonah Lopas Eliminated in 4th Place ($58,685)

Level 37 : 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
Jonah Lopas
Jonah Lopas

Jonah Lopas went all-in preflop and Anthony Koutsos called, covering him.

Jonah Lopas: {k-Spades}{3-Diamonds}
Anthony Koutsos: {a-Clubs}{j-Spades}

The board ran out {7-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} and Koutsos eliminated Lopas with a pair of aces.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Koutsos us
Anthony Koutsos
23,000,000
13,200,000
13,200,000
Jonah Lopas us
Jonah Lopas
Busted

Tags: Anthony Koutsos

Koutsos Pulls Ahead With Quads

Level 37 : 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

Anthony Koutsos defended his big blind against a 3,400,000 raise from Dongsheng Zhang in the small blind.

The flop came down {9-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{a-Clubs} which checked through to the {7-Hearts} turn. Zhang led the turn for 4,000,000 which after some time Koutsos called.

The river {9-Clubs} was checked by Zhang and bet at by Koutsos for 6,000,000. Zhang called and Koutsos showed {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds} for quad nines. Zhang mucked his hand and Koutsos pulled together a large lead.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Koutsos us
Anthony Koutsos
48,500,000
25,500,000
25,500,000
Dongsheng Zhang us
Dongsheng Zhang
1,500,000
-18,300,000
-18,300,000

Dongsheng Zhang Eliminated in 3rd Place ($77,600)

Level 37 : 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
Dongsheng Zhang
Dongsheng Zhang

Dongsheng Zhang shoved all-in preflop for about 1,500,000 and Anthony Koutsos called having him covered.

Dongsheng Zhang: {q-Spades}{9-Clubs}
Anthony Koutsos: {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

The board ran out {7-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{4-Spades} and Koutsos eliminated Zhang with ace high.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Koutsos us
Anthony Koutsos
24,700,000
-23,800,000
-23,800,000
Dongsheng Zhang us
Dongsheng Zhang
Busted

Tags: Anthony KoutsosDongsheng Zhang

A Rare River Pot

Level 37 : 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante

The flop was called and checked preflop.

The flop came down {6-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} and Charbel Kanterjian bet 1,100,000 which Anthony Koutsos called.

The turn of {10-Spades} checked through and the river {3-Spades} was bet at by Kanterjian for 5,500,000. Koutsos instantly released his hand giving Kanterjian the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Koutsos us
Anthony Koutsos
43,550,000
18,850,000
18,850,000
Charbel Kanterjian ca
Charbel Kanterjian
29,700,000
1,300,000
1,300,000

Level: 38

Blinds: 500,000/1,000,000

Ante: 1,000,000

Koutsos Doubles

Level 38 : 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
Anthony Koutsos
Anthony Koutsos

After lots of smaller pots going Charbel Kanterjian's way, Anthony Koutsos was down to about 22,000,000.

Kanterjian raised to 2,800,000 and Koutsos called and they took a flop.

{5-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{8-Spades} and the action was checked through. The turn {j-Spades} and Koutsos bet 5,000,000 which after some thinking, Kanterjian called.

The river brought the {10-Spades} and Koutsos bet 4,000,000. Kanterjian raised all-in and Koutsos called.

Charbel Kanterjian:{10-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}
Anthony Koutsos: {9-Hearts}{7-Spades}

Kanterjian had rivered three of a kind, but it was no good against Koutsos' turned straight. Koutsos took the pot and regained the chip lead.

Player Chips Progress
Anthony Koutsos us
Anthony Koutsos
45,000,000
1,450,000
1,450,000
Charbel Kanterjian ca
Charbel Kanterjian
28,250,000
-1,450,000
-1,450,000

Level: 39

Blinds: 600,000/12,000,000

Ante: 12,000,000