2021 World Series of Poker
As only 13 players remain they have reached their final 15-minute break of the night.
Pot-LImit Omaha
Aleksei Shaburo raised to 105,000 in the hijack, and Leonid Yanovski jammed in the big blind. Shaburo had a little over 100,000 behind and called it off.
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Shaburo ran into pocket aces with his kings and couldn't catch up on the ![]()
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run out, eliminating him in 14th place.
No Limit Holdem
Elia Ahmadian raised to 65,000 preflop, and Rafael Mota defended the big blind.
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and Mota check-called a bet of 55,000.
The turn was a
and Mota checked once more to Ahmadian, who bet 250,000, and Mota responded by going all-in for Ahmadian's remaining stack. Ahmadian went into the tank for about four minutes and tried talking to Mota. "You have ace-ten? It really feels like ace-ten," he said, contemplating what to do with his tournament life. He stood up and tossed ![]()
into the muck, which Mota responded to by flipping over a
. "Nice hand," Ahmadian said as Mota scooped in the pot.
Pot-Limit Omaha
Nohad Teliani raised under-the-gun to 80,000 and from the small blind, Leonid Yanovski three-bet to 200,000. The action went back around to Teliani, who went all-in for 290,000 and Yanovski snap-called.
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, and Teliani hit a set on the flop to crack aces and get a full double up.
Pot-Limit Omaha
Quang Ngo raised the whole pot for 105,000 in early position and the action folded around to Mark Johnson as he put in his entire stack of about 260,000. Ngo had 180,000 total and instantly called.
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, giving Ngo a wrap while Johnson flopped a pair of nines. The
hit the turn for Johnson to improve to trips and the river was the
, filling Johnson up. Ngo was eliminated in 15th place for $8,368.
No-Limit Hold'em
Leonid Yanovski raised in middle position and Christian Harder three-bet all-in for 120,000. The action folded back around to Yanovski and he quickly called.
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, to improve Yanovski to a set of queens and the
on the turn meant Harder was eliminated from the tournament as the
completed the board.
Level: 23
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000

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| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table 498 | 1 | Nohad Teliani | 350,000 |
| Table 498 | 2 | Aleksei Shaburo | 510,000 |
| Table 498 | 3 | Nick Yunis | 2,810,000 |
| Table 498 | 4 | Jerry Wong | 965,000 |
| Table 498 | 5 | Marc Lange | 1,050,000 |
| Table 498 | 6 | Leonid Yanovski | 1,135,000 |
| Table 498 | 7 | Mike Takayama | 3,050,000 |
| Table 498 | 8 | Christian Harder | 125,000 |
| Table 505 | 1 | Tim Grau | 1,555,000 |
| Table 505 | 2 | Motoyoshi Okamura | 2,175,000 |
| Table 505 | 3 | Rafael Mota | 4,650,000 |
| Table 505 | 4 | Mark Johnson | 315,000 |
| Table 505 | 5 | Dmitry Shunikov | 505,000 |
| Table 505 | 6 | Jordan Spurlin | 945,000 |
| Table 505 | 7 | Quang Ngo | 445,000 |
| Table 505 | 8 | Elia Ahmadian | 730,000 |