Event #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship Day 7 | 2021 World Series of Poker

11-15-2021 22:56 UTC-7

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
Main Feature	1	Ozgur Secilmis	Turkey	14,050,000	28
Main Feature	2	Demosthenes Kiriopoulos	Canada	15,050,000	30
Main Feature	3	Jareth East	United Kingdom	9,975,000	20
Main Feature	4	Hye Park	United States	10,400,000	21
Main Feature	5	Arkadi Onikoul	United States	46,500,000	93
Main Feature	6	Koray Aldemir	Austria	67,900,000	136
Main Feature	7	Ramon Colillas	Spain	11,800,000	24
Main Feature	8	Chance Kornuth	United States	16,550,000	33
Main Feature	9	Mitchell Halverson	United States	5,750,000	12

Feature A	1	Vasu Amarapu	United States	8,575,000	17
Feature A	2	Jack Oliver	United Kingdom	21,675,000	43
Feature A	3	George Holmes	United States	32,850,000	66
Feature A	4	Chase Bianchi	United States	34,700,000	69
Feature A	5	Joshua Remitio	United States	43,925,000	88
Feature A	6	Sean Ragozzini	Australia	23,600,000	47
Feature A	7	Nicolas Vayssieres	France	2,925,000	6
Feature A	8	Andreas Kniep	Germany	15,350,000	31
Feature A	9	Alejandro Lococo	Argentina	17,850,000	36

Down to Two Tables

Adam Lamers

Level 34 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

With just 18 players remaining in the Main Event, the players will now redraw to the final two tables. They will be taking a 20-minute break once they move their chips around.

11-15-2021 22:41 UTC-7

Fear the Beard: Family Man Chase Bianchi Seeks 2nd Bracelet in WSOP Main Event

Chad Holloway

Level 34 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

On the Day 7 dinner break of the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, just 20 players remained from the 6,650-entry field. Each was guaranteed $241,800 in prize money, but each was aiming to claim the $8 million top prize and to etch their name in poker history.

Among the contenders was a trio of gold bracelet winners – Chance Kornuth, Mitchell Halverson, and Chase Bianchi. Of those, Bianchi found himself in the best position sitting fourth in chips with 28.7 million.

The 34-year-old married family man – he and his wife have two foster children aged five and seventeen months – previously won the 2016 WSOP Event #17: $1,000 NLH for $316,920, which comprises a big chunk of his $872,718 in lifetime earnings according to The Hendon Mob.

Main Event His Only Tournament

Bianchi currently lives just north of Boston but made the trip in Vegas to play just one tournament, this year’s $10,000 Main Event. No matter where he finishes, it will mark his first cash since December 2019.

Like many others, Bianchi is a product of the “Moneymaker Boom” when he learned to play with baseball teammates in the Seattle area.

“The junior varsity team,” Bianchi told PokerNews with a smile. “We’d get together and the moms would joke that I had a summer job because I’d always beat [the players] in their $5 and $10 buy-in poker games. This was the Chris Moneymaker era, like 2004.”

From there, Bianchi honed his game online. He still dabbles at the virtual felt, even doing some Twitch live streaming in the past, but nowadays he plays primarily live cash games when he can. His poker playing is limited these days after he got into software development.

For more on Bianchi, follow him on Twitter @Chase_Bianchi.

Tags: Chase Bianchi

11-15-2021 22:37 UTC-7

Jung Woo Eliminated in 19th Place ($241,800)

Matt Hansen

Level 34 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Jung Woo open-shoved for 9,000,000 and Koray Aldemir three-bet to 14,600,000. The rest of the table got out of the way and Woo was at risk.

Jung Woo:
Koray Aldemir:

The board ran out and the flopped jack was enough to spell the end of Woo's Main Event journey as he hit the rail in nineteenth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koray Aldemir	67,900,000	12,200,000
Jung Woo	Busted

Tags: Jung Woo Koray Aldemir

11-15-2021 22:37 UTC-7

Nut Flush for Bianchi

Shirley Ang

Level 34 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Chase Bianchi raised to 1,500,000 from the button and Vasu Amarapu defended his big blind.

The flop came , Amarapu check-called the 2,200,000 continuation-bet of Bianchi.

The turn was the and they both checked to the on the river. Amarapu checked and Bianchi fired a bet of 3,500,000 out. Amarapu called but mucked as Bianchi tabled the for the nut flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chase Bianchi	34,700,000	6,700,000
George Holmes	32,800,000
Alejandro Lococo	17,900,000	1,000,000
Chance Kornuth	16,600,000
Vasu Amarapu	8,600,000	-7,700,000
Nicolas Vayssieres	2,900,000	-1,300,000

Tags: Vasu Amarapu Chase Bianchi

11-15-2021 22:35 UTC-7

Ragozzini Gets Thin Value

Adam Lamers

Level 34 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Jareth East raised to 1,000,000 on the button and Sean Ragozzini defended from the big blind. The flop came and Ragozzini check-called a bet of 550,000 from East.

The turn brought the and both players checked to the on the river. Ragozzini led out with a small bet of 550,000 and East went into the tank for a minute before making the call. Ragozzini turned over for a pair of tens and East mucked his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Ragozzini	22,500,000	4,700,000
Jareth East	7,750,000	-2,050,000

Tags: Jareth East Sean Ragozzini

11-15-2021 22:33 UTC-7

Lewis Spencer Eliminated in 20th Place ($241,800)

Shirley Ang

Level 34 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Vasu Amarapu raised to 1,000,000 from under the gun and Lewis Spencer three-bet jammed for 4,650,0000 from the hijack. The action folded back to Amarapu who made the call.

Lewis Spencer:
Vasu Amarapu:

The flop came for Amarapu to hit top pair.

The turn was the for Amarapu to improve to trips and the river completed the board with the for Amarapu to hold and eliminate Spencer in twentieth place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vasu Amarapu	16,300,000	5,900,000
Lewis Spencer	Busted

Tags: Lewis Spencer Vasu Amarapu

11-15-2021 22:28 UTC-7

Holmes Finds Two Pair to Take from Lococo

Shirley Ang

Level 34 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

George Holmes completed his small blind and Alejandro Lococo opted to check in the big blind.

The flop came , Holmes bet 500,000 and Lococo called.

They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. Holmes bet 2,300,000 for Lococo to raise it up to 8,000,000 after a minute of thinking it through. Now it was Holmes' turn to consider his options. He called to see Lococo table the to show his own for two pair and the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Holmes	32,800,000	8,000,000
Chase Bianchi	28,000,000	1,700,000
Alejandro Lococo	16,900,000	-9,500,000
Chance Kornuth	16,600,000	-1,200,000
Vasu Amarapu	10,400,000	-300,000
Lewis Spencer	4,700,000	-1,200,000
Nicolas Vayssieres	4,200,000	1,300,000

Tags: Alejandro Lococo George Holmes

11-15-2021 22:26 UTC-7

Halverson and East Get Shoves Through

Adam Lamers

Level 34 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Mitchell Halverson and Jareth East are the short stacks on Feature #2 and have been tanking the longest ever since the dinner break in order to reach the next pay jump.

Luckily for both of them, they each picked up a pot recently. Halverson raised to 5,500,000 in the cutoff, leaving himself with just 500,000 behind. Demosthenes Kiriopoulos thought about it on the button but elected to fold, as did the blinds.

On the next hand, Andreas Kniep raised to 1,000,000 on the button and East pushed all in from the small blind. Kniep slid him the 1,000,000 chip and mucked his cards.