Event #71: $1,500 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 3 Completed
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #71: $1,500 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2021 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,148,100
Entries
860
Level
31
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Left
1
Mourad Amokrane Dominates the Final Table On His Way to Winning Event #71: $1,500 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha
Level 31
: 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
The later stages of a World Series of Poker event are usually filled with high drama and suspense. Mourad Amokrane of France ensured there wouldn’t be any today on his way to winning Event #71: $1,500 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha.
Amokrane eliminated Matt Mamiya on the first hand of heads-up play to cap off one of the most dominant final table performances in recent memory. He earned $132,844 and his first WSOP gold bracelet for outlasting the field of 860 players.
“I have no words. I look at all the poker shows on TV. I know all the famous players and getting a WSOP bracelet is something unbelievable for me. I don’t realize it,” he said.
"It's just a beautiful feeling. My wife is calling from France right now. She was not sleeping all night to follow the updates."
Amokrane is an optician, selling eyeglasses in the suburbs of Paris. He only arrived in Las Vegas a few days before the tournament as the European travel ban was lifted. His first goal was to try to win a seat in the Main Event. Failing to do that, he jumped right into the Omaha event, his favorite game.
“I’m not a professional player. I have a daily job and going to Vegas is my way to relax and enjoy my hobby,” he said.
Day 3 Action
He proceeded to put on a show. Amokrane was the chip leader after Day 1 and came into Day 3 second in chips out of 15 remaining. After eliminating both Ryan Terpstra and Ronald Larsen on the same hand, hitting quads on the river to crack Larsen’s full house, he took a massive chip lead into the ten-handed unofficial final table.
Amokrane’s seemingly magical run to the bracelet, though, wouldn’t be without adversity. He doubled up Kao Chieng Saechao and Dustin Nelson to start the final table. After holding a stack of 7,800,000, he dropped below 1,000,000.
He began his comeback by doubling up through Saechao, spiking a straight on the river holding 
on a board of 
. He then finished off the talkative Saechao in eighth place with a pair of aces.
Jeff Gross and Paulo Villena would fall next as Amokrane took firm control of the final table. He held more than half the chips with five players remaining. He eliminated Nelson in fifth place with a pair of aces and Matthew Mlsna in fourth with a set of kings.
During three-handed play, Amokrane had a chip lead of 18,100,000 while Mamiya and Matthew Humphrey had 3,400,000 combined. Amokrane rivered a straight on the river to knock out Humphrey in third and took a 60-1 chip lead over Mamiya into heads-up.
It wouldn’t take long. On the first hand, Mamiya went all in for 350,000 and Amokrane called with 
. Mamiya made a pair of eights on the turn with the board showing 
, but the 
on the river gave Amokrane another straight, the knockout, and the bracelet.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mourad Amokrane | France | $132,844 |
| 2 | Matt Mamiya | United States | $82,100 |
| 3 | Matthew Humphrey | United States | $58,733 |
| 4 | Matthew Mlsna | United States | $42,604 |
| 5 | Dustin Nelson | United States | $31,344 |
| 6 | Paulo Villena | Spain | $23,392 |
| 7 | Jeff Gross | United States | $17,712 |
| 8 | Kao Chieng Saechao | United States | $13,610 |
| 9 | Nikolay Yosifov | Bulgaria | $10,616 |
“I was really ready for this final day,” he said. “I had some difficult moments at the beginning of the final table. I lost a lot of chips, but I had really good reads all day and my state of mind was just serenity. I was just waiting for the good spots and I was patient. I just followed all my reads and all went well.”
Amokrane is the third Frenchman to win a bracelet at the 2021 WSOP, joining Alexandre Reard and Jean-Luc Adam. He had never cashed in a WSOP event before and estimates he picked up around 40 bounties during the tournament.
He also has the bracelet and ensured “La Marseillaise” will once again play in the Brasilia Room when Amokrane takes his spot of honor following a victory well deserved.
Matt Mamiya Eliminated in 2nd Place ($82,100)
Level 31
: 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
On the first hand of heads-up play, Matt Mamiya moved all in for 350,000 and Mourad Amokrane called.
Matt Mamiya: 
Mourad Amokrane:
Mamiya held the lead with a pair of eights through the turn on a board of , but the on the river improved Amokrane to a straight and won him the WSOP bracelet.
Stay tuned for a full recap of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,500,000 | 350,000 |
|
Busted |
Matthew Humphrey Eliminated in 3rd Place ($58,733)
Level 31
: 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Mourad Amokrane raised to 700,000 and Matthew Humphrey defended his big blind. The flop came 
and Humphrey got his last 1,200,000 in the middle.
Matthew Humphrey: 
Mourad Amokrane: 
Humphrey was ahead with top two pair as the fell on the turn. The on the river improved Amokrane to a straight and sent Humphrey to the rail in third place.
Amokrane and Matt Mamiya are now preparing for the start of heads-up play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
21,150,000 | 3,020,000 |
|
|
350,000 | -580,000 |
|
Busted |
Humphrey Grabs Some Chips to Amokrane
Level 31
: 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Matthew Humphrey called on the button and Mourad Amokrane raised it to 700,000 after a fold from Matt Mamiya. Humphrey decided to call.
The flop fell 
and Amokrane check-folded after Humphrey announced pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
18,130,000 | 330,000 |
|
|
2,400,000 | 1,200,000 |
|
|
930,000 | -970,000 |
Matthew Mlsna Eliminated in 4th Place ($42,604)
Level 31
: 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Mourad Amokrane raised to 570,000 from the button and Matthew Mlsna defended. The flop came 
, Mlsna potted, Amokrane raised, and Mlsna called all in for around 1,500,000.
Matthew Mlsna: 
Mourad Amokrane: 
Amokrane had flopped a set of kings, while Mlsna was chasing a straight. The 
turn and river improved Amokrane to a full house as Mlsna was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
17,800,000 | 2,370,000 |
|
Busted |
Triple Up for Mamiya
Level 31
: 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Matt Mamiya open-shoved for his last 540,000 and it was called by Mourad Amokrane on the button and Matthew Mlsna in the big blind. The flop revealed 
and Amokrane sent 600,000 in the middle. Mlsna took a minute and let it go.
Matt Mamiya:
Mourad Amokrane: 
Mamiya had a set of sevens and the rest of the board didn't change anything with the 
and the 
to give him the triple up. Mlsna said to the table he would have hit the straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
15,430,000 | 230,000 |
|
|
3,550,000 | -1,400,000 |
|
|
1,900,000 | 700,000 |
Humphrey Finds Another Much-Needed Double
Level 31
: 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Matthew Humphrey had fallen to 300,000 and got them in the middle after Mourad Amokrane raised preflop.
Matthew Humphrey: 
Mourad Amokrane: 
Humphrey made a pair of aces on the flop and Amokrane didn't improve beyond a pair of nines as the board ran out .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
15,200,000 | 1,800,000 |
|
|
1,200,000 | 300,000 |
Small Double Up for Humphrey
Level 31
: 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
All the chips went in the middle preflop between Matthew Humphrey, who was all in for a remaining stack around 400,000, and Mourad Amokrane, who had made the call in the big blind:
Matthew Humphrey: 
Mourad Amokrane:
The board brought 
and Humphrey got the double up with a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,400,000 | -100,000 |
|
|
900,000 | -150,000 |
Mlsna Gets No Takers
Level 31
: 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Matt Mamiya limped in from under the gun before Mourad Amokrane raised to 480,000. Matthew Mlsna called in the big blind, as did Mamiya.
All three players checked the 
flop. The turn came the and Mlsna led out for 450,000. Mamiya quickly folded, as did Amokrane as Mlsna showed two tens for the flopped set.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,500,000 | -300,000 |
|
|
4,950,000 | 850,000 |
|
|
1,200,000 | -1,350,000 |