2021 World Series of Poker

Event #73: 10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
926431010
Prize
$352,958
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,342,800
Entries
144
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
11
Players Left
4

Level: 23

Ante: 15000
Bring-in: 20000
Completion: 60000
Limits: 60000-120000

Bronshtein Straightens Out Hastings

Level 22

Brian Hastings: {x-}{x-}/{a-Clubs}{4-Spades}{3-Clubs}{2-Spades}/{x-}
Yuval Bronshtein: {x-}{x-}/{5-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{j-Clubs}/{x-}

Yuval Bronshtein completed and Brian Hastings raised. Bronshtein re-raised and Hastings called.

Both players checked on fourth street, Hastings bet on fifth, Bronshtein raised and Hastings called.

Both players checked again on sixth and Hastings called a bet from Bronshtein on the end.

Bronshtein revealed {a-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for a straight and a low and Hastings mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
Day 3 Chip Leader
WSOP 2X Winner
3,000,000 100,000
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
WSOP 6X Winner
1,200,000 -635,000

Tags: Brian HastingsYuval Bronshtein

Bronshtein and Seiver Chop Up Johnson

Level 22

Marco Johnson: {x-}{x-}/{k-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}/{x-}
Yuval Bronshtein: {a-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}/{6-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{j-Spades}{10-Clubs}/{4-Spades}
Scott Seiver: {a-Diamonds}{3-Spades}/{3-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}/{2-Spades}

Scott Seiver led out on fifth street and was called by Johnson and Bronshtein.

Sixth street saw the same action.

Seventh street Seiver slowed down and checked as did Johson. This prompted Bronshtein to fire out one big bet, and both Seiver and Johnson called.

After all of the fireworks had subsided, it was the aces and treys held by Seiver that took down the high half, while the low was earned by the eight-six low held by Bronshtein, and the two chopped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
Day 3 Chip Leader
WSOP 2X Winner
2,900,000 600,000
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
WSOP 4X Winner
2,075,000 675,000
Marco Johnson us
Marco Johnson
Day 2 Chip Leader
WSOP 2X Winner
425,000 -875,000

Tags: Marco JohnsonScott SeiverYuval Bronshtein

Seiver Takes From O'Hara

Level 22

Ian O'Hara: {x-}{x-}/{2-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{j-Spades}{5-Spades}/{x-}
Scott Seiver: {x-}{x-}/{6-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{q-Diamonds}/{x-}

Catching up on fourth street, Ian O'Hara called bets from Seiver on fourth and fifth streets and then Seiver called a bet from O'Hara on sixth street.

Both players checked on the end and Seiver tabled {8-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{6-Clubs} for a pair of sixes. It was good and O'Hara mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Ian O'Hara us
Ian O'Hara
1,700,000 100,000
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
WSOP 4X Winner
1,400,000 250,000

Tags: Ian O'HaraScott Seiver

Hastings Wins One Against Seiver

Level 22
Brian Hastings
Brian Hastings

Brian Hastings: {x-}{x-}/{3-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{7-Clubs}/{x-}
Scott Seiver: {x-}{x-}/{5-Spades}{8-Hearts}{9-Spades}{k-Diamonds}/{x-}

Brian Hastings led out the betting on both fifth street and sixth street and Seiver called each time.

On seventh street, Hastings pushed one big bet into the middle, which sent Seiver deep into the tank. Eventually, he opted to fold, and Hastings was awarded the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
WSOP 6X Winner
1,835,000 -40,000
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
WSOP 4X Winner
1,150,000 50,000

Tags: Brian HastingsScott Seiver

Australian Sean Ragozzini Looks to Follow in Joe Hachem’s Footsteps in WSOP Main Event

Level 22
Sean Ragozzini
Sean Ragozzini

In 2005, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) relocated to the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. That year, Australia’s Joe Hachem topped a 5,619-entry field to win the $10,000 Main Event for $7.5 million, which sparked a poker boom in his home country.

Now, 16 years later in what’s rumored to be the WSOP’s last year at the Rio, 35-year-old Sean Ragozzini is seeking to follow in his fellow countryman’s footstep.

"I just learned with friends. I think it was after Moneymaker, especially in Australia after Hachem won it,” Ragozzini told PokerNews. “A lot of guys my age, I guess I was 18 or 19 at the time, got involved and started playing home games. I kind of had a knack for the strategy part of it. I enjoyed it and it was fun taking money off my friends.”

Ragozzini, who has dual citizenship in the United Kingdom, qualified for the 2021 WSOP Main Event online at GGPoker via a $1,000 satellite. With just two tables remaining in the tournament, Ragozzini is guaranteed a nice six-figure score with a good shot at millions.

Heater Continues

“Not a real job, just play a lot of poker,” Ragozzini told PokerNews when asked what he does. “I play a bit of both live and online.”

According to The Hendon Mob, Ragozzini had $576,448 in lifetime earnings before the 2021 WSOP. Back in May, he won the WPTDeepStacks Gold Coast A$5,000 Challenge for $108,790, and just a few days later he won the A$3,000 Quartetly Poker Championship Gold Coast for $53,769, which he chopped with his good friend Vincent Huang. Those scores came two years after he took down the 2019 Star Sydney Champs A$20,000 High Roller for a previous career-best $153,826.

“I’ve probably taken it more serious the last few years, have had some good results, can’t complain,” Ragozzini said when asked about his recent success.

If Ragozzini continues to make a run for the bracelet, he’ll be cheered on by both family and friends.

“I’ve got a few friends, about five or six guys, who are playing a lot as well. We kind of came together, it’s been good,” said Ragozzini, who said he is single but has half a dozen nieces and nephews.

Only time will tell if cheers of “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi, Oi, Oi!” ring throughout the Main Event once again, and if Australian victories can bookend the Rio era of the World Series of Poker.

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Hastings Keeps Bringing the Hammer

Level 22
Brian Hastings
Brian Hastings

Brian Hastings: {j-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}/{5-Spades}{5-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{j-Spades}/{2-Diamonds}
Scott Seiver: {x-}{x-}/{8-Spades}{5-Clubs}{6-Spades}{10-Hearts}/{x-}

Brian Hastings checked and called the bets by Seiver on fifth and sixth streets.

On seventh street, however, Seiver fired once more and was raised by Hastings. After Seiver tanked for a while, he decided to call.

Next, Hastings announced and tabled a full house, fives full of jacks, which prompted Seiver to muck, and the former was awarded the entire pot.

With that hand, Hastings continues to thrive and has climbed back up from the short stack to almost 2 million chips.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
WSOP 6X Winner
1,875,000 745,000
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
WSOP 4X Winner
1,140,000 -875,000

Tags: Brian HastingsScott Seiver