Event #41: $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em | 2021 World Series of Poker

10-23-2021 10:45 UTC-7

Eight Players Return For The Final Day of Event #41: $2,500 Freezeout

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The final eight players of Event #41: $2,500 Freezeout will return today Friday, Oct. 23 at 12 p.m. in the Amazon room to resume Day 3. The event drew a total of 896 entries to create a $1,993,600 prize pool. The remaining players are guaranteed at least $37,820. Play will resume until a World Series of Poker champion is crowned. The winner will take home $364,589 along with the highly desired gold bracelet.

After two days of play, Carlos Chang (8,140,000) leads the final eight with Brady Osterman (7,690,000) trailing closely behind. Arthur Conan (4,800,000) ended Day 1 second in chips and was able to cruise his way to the final table. WSOP bracelet winner Sung Joo Hyun (1,815,000) is on the hunt for his second title. Sergi Reixach (1,190,000), Quang Ngo (4,300,000), Adrien Delmas (1,400,000) and Gerald Cunniff (2,000,000) round out the final table which represents a lot of skill and experience.

Play with resume at the start of Level 28 with 50,000/100,000 blinds and 100,000 big blind ante with each level lasting 60-minutes. The players will have a 15-minute break every two levels. A dinner break will be determined later in the day based on the length of play.

Day 3 will most definitely be an epic battle so stay tuned to PokerNews for all the live updates of the action.

Final Eight of Event #42: $2,500 Freezout No-Limit Hold'em

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Sergi Reixach	Spain	1,190,000
2	Arthur Conan	France	4,800,000
3	Quang Ngo	United States	4,300,000
4	Brady Osterman	United States	7,690,000
5	Sung Joo Hyun	South Korea	1,815,000
6	Carlos Chang	Taiwan	8,140,000
7	Adrien Delmas	France	1,400,000
8	Gerald Cunniff	United States	2,000,000

Remaining Payouts

Rank	Payout (USD)
1	$364,589
2	$225,333
3	$161,731
4	$117,650
5	$86,757
6	$64,864
7	$49,179
8	$37,820

Tags: Arthur Conan Brady Osterman Carlos Chang Quang Ngo Sergi Reixach Sung Joo Hyun

10-23-2021 12:30 UTC-7

Quads for Osterman

Shirley Ang

Level 28 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante

Quang Ngo raised to 200,000 from the cutoff and Brady Osterman called on the button with Carlos Chang doing the same from the big blind.

The flop came , Chang checked and Ngo continued with a bet of 300,000. Osterman made the call but Chang folded.

The turn was the and Ngo opted to slow down and check. Osterman fired a bet of 625,000 over the line for Ngo to come along.

The river completed the board with the and Ngo checked for the final time. Osterman took a bit of time and then barreled a bet of 1,500,000 over the line. Ngo cut out calling chips and took a second before putting them over the line. Osterman flipped over the for quads and the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brady Osterman	11,115,000 3,050,000	3,050,000
Quang Ngo	2,570,000 -2,580,000	-2,580,000

Tags: Brady Osterman Carlos Chang Quang Ngo

10-23-2021 13:08 UTC-7

Delmas Doubles

tucsonmonster

Level 29 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

The action folded to Carlos Chang on the button and he slid a stack of brown chips amounting to 2,000,000 to apply pressure to the short stacks in the blinds. Adrien Delmas called off his stack putting his tournament life at risk. Gerald Cunniff folded from the big blind.

Adrien Delmas:
Carlos Chang:

Delmas flopped a set and turned a full house to double up when the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlos Chang	6,900,000 -300,000	-300,000

Adrien Delmas	1,500,000 700,000	700,000

Tags: Adrien Delmas Carlos Chang Gerald Cunniff

10-23-2021 13:39 UTC-7

Quang Ngo Eliminated in 8th Place ($37,820)

Shirley Ang

Level 29 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Arthur Conan raised to 330,000 from the small blind and Quang Ngo three-bet jammed for around 2,000,000 from the big blind for Conan to snap-call with the bigger stack.

Quang Ngo:
Arthur Conan:

The board ran out for Conan to hold and eliminate Ngo in eighth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arthur Conan	5,355,000 1,830,000	1,830,000
Quang Ngo	Busted

Tags: Arthur Conan Quang Ngo

10-23-2021 13:54 UTC-7

Cunniff Not Going Anywhere

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Level 29 : 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante

Carlos Chang raised to 240,000 from under the gun. The action folded to Gerald Cunniff who shoved all-in for 1,485,000 from middle position. Chang made the call when all the other players folded.

Gerald Cunniff:
Carlos Chang:

The board ran out . Cunniff had thought he was beaten when the jack fell on the river. He didn't see that he had turned a flush to scoop the pot and double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carlos Chang	5,200,000 -1,780,000	-1,780,000

Gerald Cunniff	3,300,000 1,085,000	1,085,000

Tags: Carlos Chang Gerald Cunniff

10-23-2021 15:11 UTC-7

Reixach Scores Big Double Through Osterman

Shirley Ang

Level 30 : 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante

Sung Joo Hyun raised to 325,000 from under the gun and Sergi Reixach made the call from the button. Brady Osterman three-bet shoved from the big blind with the biggest stack at the table after glancing at his opponents' stacks. Hyun looked at his cards once more before pushing them over the line for the muck but Reixach made the call for the 3,010,000 he had behind.

Sergi Reixach:
Brady Osterman:

The flop came for Reixach to stay ahead but the turn was the for Osterman to pick up the open-ended straight draw to bust Reixach.

Luckily for the Spaniard, the river completed the board with the for him to secure the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brady Osterman	9,610,000 -2,940,000	-2,940,000
Sergi Reixach	6,585,000 2,885,000	2,885,000
Sung Joo Hyun	1,800,000 185,000	185,000

Tags: Brady Osterman Sergi Reixach Sung Joo Hyun

10-23-2021 15:27 UTC-7

Gerald Cunniff Eliminated in 7th Place ($49,179)

Shirley Ang

Level 31 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Gerald Cunniff shoved from the small blind for 2,885,000. Sergi Reixach in the big blind counted out his own stack before making the call.

Gerald Cunniff:
Sergi Reixach:

The board ran out for Reixach to hold with the pocket pair to bust Cunniff in seventh place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergi Reixach	6,230,000 2,860,000	2,860,000
Gerald Cunniff	Busted

Tags: Gerald Cunniff Sergi Reixach

10-23-2021 15:36 UTC-7

Sung Joo Hyun Eliminated In 6th Place ($64,864)

tucsonmonster

Level 31 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Arthur Conan moved all-in on the button. The action folded to Sung Joo Hyun in the big blind and he went into the tank before calling off his stack putting his tournament life at risk.

Sung Joo Hyun:
Arthur Conan:

Conan out flopped Sung when the board came . Sung could not improve and was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Arthur Conan	5,120,000 1,055,000	1,055,000
Sung Joo Hyun	Busted

Tags: Arthur Conan Sung Joo Hyun

10-23-2021 15:48 UTC-7

Delmas Takes the Chip Lead

Shirley Ang

Level 31 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Brady Osterman raised to 400,000 from the cutoff and Adrien Delmas and Sergi Reixach in the blinds made the call.

The flop came , Delmas checked but Reixach bet 300,000. Osterman made the call but Delmas raised it up to 1,300,000. Reixach and Osterman both called.

The turn was the and Delmas checked again. This time, Reixach bet 1,300,000 for Osterman to fold but for Delmas to call.

The completed the board. Delmas quickly checked but Reixach needed some more time to do the same. Delmas tabled the for the full house and Reixach cheered before pushing his own cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrien Delmas	11,085,000 4,355,000	4,355,000
Brady Osterman	6,390,000 -2,590,000	-2,590,000
Sergi Reixach	3,550,000 -2,680,000	-2,680,000

Tags: Adrien Delmas Brady Osterman Sergi Reixach

10-23-2021 15:56 UTC-7

Arthur Conan Eliminated in 5th Place ($86,757)

Shirley Ang

Level 31 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Adrien Delmas raised to 400,000 from under the gun and Arthur Conan three-bet to 2,325,000 from the button, keeping 1,995,000 behind. The blinds quickly folded but Delmas tanked for a while before shoving with the bigger stack. Conan called for the rest.

Arthur Conan:
Adrien Delmas: