2021 World Series of Poker

Event #52: $1,000 Seniors Championship
Day: 1a
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Event Info
2021 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q9
Prize
$561,060
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$4,809,560
Entries
5,404
Level Info
Level
38
Blinds
500,000 / 1,000,000
Ante
1,000,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
2,432
Players Left
486
Players Left 1 / 5,404
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Defending Champion Mash Over 80K in Chips

Level 6 : 300/600, 600 ante
Howard Mash
Howard Mash

The action was picked up when Howard Mash raised to 1,200 from under the gun and three players called.

The flop came {5-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds} and Mash continued this time with a bet of 3,700 and only one player behind made the call.

The turn was the {k-Spades} and Mash bet 7,000 and his opponent quickly mucked the hand.

Mash turned over {6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} for the straight flush draw and said "big hand there." The defending champion in this event now has over 80,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Howard Mash
82,000
30,000
30,000
Defending Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Howard Mash

Level: 6

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 600

Josephy Over 100K in Chips

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante
Cliff Josephy
Cliff Josephy

The action was picked up preflop when a player in the cutoff raised to 1,300 and it folded to Cliff Josephy.

Josephy re-raised to 5,400 and the four-bet again this time to 11,300.

Josephy tanked briefly before he went all-in to put his opponent at risk and the cutoff made the call.

Cutoff player: {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}
Cliff Josephy: {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}

The board ran out {6-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{9-Clubs} giving Josephy a very nice pot with the full house and eliminating a player from the field.

Player Chips Progress
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Cliff Josephy
125,000
75,000
75,000
WSOP 2X Winner

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Mader Chips Up and Eliminates His Opponent

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

The action was discovered on a completed board {9-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{9-Clubs} with Phil Mader having fired off a big enough river bet to put his opponent all-in.

After a few minutes, the opponent opted to call and was shown the bad news when Mader tabled {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for a ten-high straight. His opponent showed {a-Spades}{q-Spades} for top pair aces and was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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Phil Mader
85,000
85,000
85,000

Kessler Wins without a Showdown

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante
Allen Kessler
Allen Kessler

The action was picked up on the turn with the board showing {q-Spades}{6-Clubs}{6-Spades}{7-Clubs} and the pot of over 7,000 already.

Allen Kessler checked to a player behind him who also checked to the river of {a-Diamonds}.

Kessler bet 4,000 and his opponent quickly folded. Kessler then said "I had a six, I was hoping you had an ace"

Player Chips Progress
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Allen Kessler
33,000
12,000
12,000

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Chip Counts From Around Pavilion Room

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
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Rigo Vangarelli
130,000
5,000
5,000
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Neil Ho
80,000
9,000
9,000
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JJ Liu
75,000
75,000
75,000
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Vasyl Zabrodskyy
51,000
40,800
40,800
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Mark Kroon
50,000
10,000
10,000
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Dan Heimiller
43,000
17,500
17,500
WSOP 3X Winner
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Greg Raymer
41,000
16,500
16,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
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Paul Sokoloff
35,000
11,000
11,000
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Barry Greenstein
26,000
7,600
7,600
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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John Esposito
21,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Dan Shak
20,000
20,000
20,000
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Rep Porter
16,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 3X Winner
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Young Phan
10,000
500
500
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Allyn Shulman
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Eli Elezra Eliminated

Level 5 : 300/500, 500 ante

Eli Elezra's short day in this event has come to an end.

According to his former tablemates, Elezra put all his chips in on a flop of {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{x-} holding the {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} and got called by his opponent, Jim Johnson with {a-Diamonds}{a-}.

The board ran out with two blanks giving no help to Elezra, and boosting Johnson's stack to one of the biggest in the room.

Player Chips Progress
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Jim Johnson
85,000
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Eli Elezra
Busted
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Eli Elezra

Level: 5

Blinds: 300/500

Ante: 500

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