2021 World Series of Poker

Event #69: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better
Day: 1
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Event Info
2021 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10865432
Prize
$113,459
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$496,620
Entries
372
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
372
Players Left
141
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Level: 10

Ante: 200
Low Card: 300
Completion: 1000
Limits: 1000-2000

Kassela Eliminated by Player He Should Have Eliminated

Level 10
Frank Kassela
Frank Kassela

Just before the last break, Frank Kassela was busted from the tournament by Z Stein, who made a wheel to beat Kassela's nines and fours.

Stein alerted PokerNews to the bustout, not because of the significance of this hand, but because of one the duo played earlier in the tournament.

Stein said that Kassela had misread his hand in the earlier pot thinking he had just ace high, when in fact he had a winning flush versus Stein's aces-up. Kassela checked seventh street, leaving Stein with under one big bet, which he would have claimed had he bet and been called, which Stein said he would have.

Instead, Stein survived with 900 chips and ran it up to the point where he had Kassela covered in their most recent encounter as Stein eliminated the man whose mistake kept him alive in the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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Z Stein
19,800
19,800
19,800
Profile photo of Frank Kassela us
Frank Kassela
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

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Updated Chip Counts

Level 10
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Carol Fuchs us
Carol Fuchs
69,000
37,000
37,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ryan Leng us
Ryan Leng
60,000
24,000
24,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Eric Rodawig us
Eric Rodawig
58,000
23,000
23,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Gina Hecht us
Gina Hecht
52,100
30,100
30,100
Profile photo of Esther Taylor us
Esther Taylor
50,000
$25K Fantasy
Profile photo of Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
36,700
12,700
12,700
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Derek McMaster us
Derek McMaster
35,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Qinghai Pan us
Qinghai Pan
33,100
1,900
1,900
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Donnie Peters us
Donnie Peters
33,000
2,900
2,900
Profile photo of Nathan Gamble us
Nathan Gamble
32,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Katherine Fleck us
Katherine Fleck
31,000
Profile photo of Brandon Shack-Harris us
Brandon Shack-Harris
28,500
13,500
13,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Matt Vengrin us
Matt Vengrin
19,000
5,000
5,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jon Turner us
Jon Turner
18,000
10,000
10,000
$25K Fantasy
Profile photo of John Cernuto us
John Cernuto
18,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Joao Vieira pt
Joao Vieira
15,000
2,500
2,500
WSOP 4X Winner
Winamax
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Scott Abrams
13,000
19,500
19,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mark Fraser us
Mark Fraser
13,000
5,300
5,300

Level: 11

Ante: 300
Low Card: 300
Completion: 1200
Limits: 1200-2400

Chip Leaders and Short Stacks and Bears, Oh My!

Level 11
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ruslan Rogozhyn ua
Ruslan Rogozhyn
104,000
104,000
104,000
Profile photo of Schuyler Thornton us
Schuyler Thornton
101,000
101,000
101,000
Profile photo of Michael Trivett us
Michael Trivett
95,000
75,000
75,000
StakeKings
Profile photo of Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
93,000
60,000
60,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Perry Friedman us
Perry Friedman
90,000
66,000
66,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Eric Rodawig us
Eric Rodawig
80,000
22,000
22,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jason Brown us
Jason Brown
80,000
80,000
80,000
Profile photo of Calen McNeil ca
Calen McNeil
76,000
26,000
26,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of James Woods us
James Woods
73,000
3,500
3,500
Profile photo of Esther Taylor us
Esther Taylor
59,000
9,000
9,000
$25K Fantasy
Profile photo of Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
39,000
14,000
14,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 8X Winner
Profile photo of Benny Glaser gb
Benny Glaser
13,100
11,900
11,900
WSOP 8X Winner
Profile photo of Brandon Shack-Harris us
Brandon Shack-Harris
4,000
24,500
24,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Ron Ware us
Ron Ware
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Level: 12

Ante: 300
Low Card: 500
Completion: 1500
Limits: 1500-3000

Pan and Hastings Chop Up and Eliminate Opponent

Level 12

A wild sequence of betting led to Brian Hastings all-in, Qinghai Pan potentially short, and another opponent also all-in.

Betting was capped on third street, then again on fourth street, leading to the player in seat two being all-in.

On fifth street, betting was again capped, leading to Hastings being all-in with Pan very short.

At that point, their boards read:

Seat two: {x-}{x-}/{7-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{2-Spades}
Brian Hastings: {x-}{x-}/{6-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}
Qinghai Pan: {x-}{x-}/{3-Hearts}{4-Spades}{a-Clubs}

Once the hands were revealed and their boards completed,

Seat two: {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{q-Spades}{j-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{2-Spades}
Brian Hastings: {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{2-Hearts}
Qinghai Pan: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{4-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}

Seat two's buried kings couldn't improve to beat Pan's two pair of aces and threes for high, while Hastings made a seven-low to take the low half of the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Qinghai Pan us
Qinghai Pan
39,000
5,900
5,900
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
31,000
10,800
10,800
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 6X Winner
Run It Once

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