Event #7: $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed | 2021 World Series of Poker

10-05-2021 17:02 UTC-7

Lally Leads at First Break

Mike Patrick

Level 27 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

The final six players have taken their first 15-minute break of the day, with Jaswinder Lally holding the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaswinder Lally	3,225,000 825,000	825,000

Ray Henson	2,275,000 -1,725,000	-1,725,000

Christopher Lindner	1,150,000 -500,000	-500,000
Adam Kipnis	610,000 -40,000	-40,000
Ian O'Hara	220,000
Andrew Kelsall	190,000 -290,000	-290,000

Tags: Jaswinder Lally

10-05-2021 16:37 UTC-7

Nathan Gamble Eliminated in 7th Place ($9,768)

Chad Holloway

Level 27 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

Seven Card Stud

A monster hand of Stud went down that saw Ian O'Hara send over all but 240,000 of his chips to Jaswinder Lally. The former had made a flush and barely bested the flush of O'Hara.

In the next hand, Lally brought it in with the showing and the short-stacked Nathan Gamble completed. Christopher Linder raised it, Lally folded, and Gamble got it in for 135,000 total. Linder called and the hands were tabled.

Nathan Gamble: / /
Christopher Linder: / /

Gamble got it in with jacks only to run into Linder's kings. Linder improved to two pair on seventh while Gamble failed to get there. With that, "surfbum" saw his quest for a third gold bracelet come up short in seventh place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jaswinder Lally	2,400,000 -450,000	-450,000

Christopher Lindner	1,650,000 150,000	150,000
Ian O'Hara	240,000 -1,020,000	-1,020,000
Nathan Gamble	Busted

Tags: Nathan Gamble Christopher Lindner

10-05-2021 16:00 UTC-7

Naoya Kihara Eliminated in 8th Place ($7,307)

Mike Patrick

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante

Seven Card Stud 8 or Better

Naoya Kihara got his last 100,000 chips in on fourth street during a four-way family pot.

Christopher Lindner bowed out of the action on fifth street, leaving Ray Henson and Jaswinder Lally against Kihara.

Once their boards were completed, Henson and Lally split the pot and Kihara mucked, falling short of making back-to-back final tables in the event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ray Henson	4,000,000 2,635,000	2,635,000

Jaswinder Lally	710,000 60,000	60,000

Naoya Kihara	Busted

Tags: Christopher Lindner Jaswinder Lally Naoya Kihara Ray Henson

10-05-2021 15:35 UTC-7

Jeremy Heartberg Eliminated in 9th Place

Mike Patrick

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante

Seven Card Stud Eight or Better

Jeremy Heartberg got the last of his chips in on sixth street versus Christopher Lindner. According to his tablemates, the runout came down:

Jeremy Heartberg: //
Christopher Lindner: //

Heartberg made a better two pair on seventh street, but Lindner filled up, eliminated his opponent and pushing his stack toward two million chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Christopher Lindner	1,900,000 640,000	640,000
Jeremy Heartberg	Busted

10-05-2021 15:29 UTC-7

Adam Friedman Eliminated in 10th Place ($5,612)

Mike Patrick

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante

No Limit 2-7 Single Draw

Adam Friedman bet his last 105,000 chips from the button and was called by Naoya Kihara in the big blind.

Friedman drew one card while Kihara patted.

Adam Friedman: /
Naoya Kihara:

Friedman squeezed another and was eliminated in 10th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Naoya Kihara	655,000 25,000	25,000

Adam Friedman	Busted

Tags: Adam Friedman Naoya Kihara

10-05-2021 15:05 UTC-7

Craig Chait Eliminated in 11th Place ($5,612)

Mike Patrick

Level 26 : 40,000/80,000, 0 ante

5 Card Draw

Naoya Kihara eliminated Craig Chait in a Five Card Draw cooler as Chait moved all-in over Kihara's raise and was quickly called.

Craig Chait: /
Naoya Kihara:

Each player drew three cards and Kihara added the to eliminate Chait.

Player	Chips	Progress
Naoya Kihara	630,000 230,000	230,000

Craig Chait	Busted

10-05-2021 13:16 UTC-7

Henson Heads the Last 11 Into Day 3 of Event #7: 1,500 Dealers Choice

Mike Patrick

After two already incredible days of mixed game action at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Event #7: $1,500 Dealers Choice reaches its crescendo Tuesday as the final 11 players battle for the gold bracelet.

Along with Day 2 Chip leader Ray Henson (1,365,000) striving for his first WSOP bracelet, the field has several great stories developing.

Naoya Kihara (400,000) is on the verge of back-to-back final tables in this event after finishing fourth in this event in 2019. He’ll be looking to better that result, but comes into the day with one of the shorter stacks in the room.

Day 1 chip leader Nathan Gamble’s (480,000) journey into Day 3 was on cruise control until a bumpy last level dropped him down in the chip counts. Can he rebound and claim his third WSOP bracelet?

2018 and 2019 champion in the $10,000 championship version of this event, Adam Friedman (330,000) will be looking to tempt fate, as his offer to bust in 16th for the privilege of eliminating Norman Chad has already been surpassed. Will the poker Gods allow him to run up his short stack and make a charge at another mixed game bracelet?

Play resumes at 3:00 pm local time in the Amazon room, and PokerNews will have all the action leading to a winner claiming the bracelet and the $97,915 first prize.

Tags: Adam Friedman Naoya Kihara Nathan Gamble Norman Chad Ray Henson