$3,500 NLH Championship Day 2 | 2021 Wynn Fall Classic

11-01-2021 14:51 UTC-7

Wongwichit Doubles through Zufic

Chad Holloway

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Ivan Zufic raised to 20,000 under the gun and cleared the field to Phachara Wongwichit, who three-bet jammed for 263,000 from the small blind. Zufic seemed suspicious and thought long and hard before spiking in a call.

Phachara Wongwichit:
Ivan Zufic:

Zufic had a kicker problem and it didn't get resolved as the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Phachara Wongwichit	460,000 302,000	302,000

Ivan Zufic	240,000 -140,000	-140,000

Tags: Ivan Zufic Phachara Wongwichit

11-01-2021 14:53 UTC-7

Ingles Massacred

Chad Holloway

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Jared Ingles moved all in for 123,000 from middle position and action folded to Hassan El-Hakim, who called from the big blind.

Jared Ingles:
Hassan El-Hakim:

El-Hakim had the superior ace and flopped the joint when it came down . Ingles was looking for either running spades or a queen to chop, but neither happened as the bricked the turn followed by the on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hassan El-Hakim	500,000 88,000	88,000
Jared Ingles	Busted

Tags: Hassan El-Hakim Jared Ingles

11-01-2021 14:55 UTC-7

Hand-for-Hand Play Begins

Chad Holloway

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

With the clock reading 191 players remaining, the tournament staff has opted to begin hand-for-hand play. Just the top 188 finishers will get paid a minimum of $7,860, which means a few more need to leave empty-handed before the money is made. Stay tuned to learn what happens!

11-01-2021 15:01 UTC-7

No Longer in the Tournament...

Chad Holloway

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin O'Donnell	Busted
Bob Bounahra	Busted
Nacim Amakrane	Busted
Ioannis Patsourakis	Busted
Carlos Saturno	Busted
Ray Qartomy	Busted
Leonardo Herrmann	Busted
Sean Ragozzini	Busted
Kenneth O'Donnell	Busted

11-01-2021 15:02 UTC-7

Min Rivers Lucky Ace to Drop Opponent as Money Bubble Looms

Anthony Thompson

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The hijack player raised to 20,000 and Jason Min three-bet to 54,000 from the cutoff.

Action folded back around to the initial raiser who four-bet to 100,000 and Min called bringing about the flop.

Min jammed after his opponent continued for 60,000 and the hijack player called off their 200,000 stack.

Opponent:
Jason Min:

Min flopped top pair but was still trailing his opponents pocket kings and the that paired the board on the turn didn't change a thing.

Min was left needing an ace or queen and luckily for him, the dealer dropped the on the river as he eliminated his opponent from the tournament a few spots off from the money bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Min	850,000 348,000	348,000

Tags: Jason Min

11-01-2021 15:12 UTC-7

PokerNews Podcast: Doyle Brunson Returns, Ivey Reveals if He’ll Be at WSOP

Lyle Bateman

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

On the latest episode of the PokerNews Podcast, Jeff Platt and Chad Holloway come to you from the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP)!

They highlight Doyle Brunson's much-bantered return to the WSOP since his last event in 2018, and also offer an audio clip from Phil Ivey discussing whether or not he'll be at the WSOP this year. Chad then talks about partying with Ivey at the launch party for his NFT while Jeff offers a 2021 WSOP Player of the Year update.

Toss in bracelet winner interviews with Shaun Deeb, Brian Rast, Darrin Wright, Farzad Bonyadi, Nicholas Julia, and Gershon Distenfeld, and it's a must-listen episode of the PokerNews Podcast. Speaking of Distenfeld, find out how and why he donated all his $204,000 in winnings to charity.

Click here to listen to the new PN Podcast!

11-01-2021 15:17 UTC-7

Trio Bust in Same Hand to Burst Money Bubble

Chad Holloway

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

During hand-for-hand play, whenever there was an all-in and a call, action was paused at the table. In just the second hand of hand-for-hand play, there were four all-ins situations at four different tables, with just one resulting in a double-up.

At the far end of the room, there was all-in action preflop between Andrew Kagan from the small blind and Taus Lilius from the button with Kagan's stack at risk.

Andrew Kagan:
Taus Lilius:

Kagan was ahead with his made hand of jacks until the flop fell pairing the king of Lilius. The turn left Kagan needing the case jack to stay alive but the completed the board on the river and ended his tournament.

At another table, Robert McLaughlin was all in for 60,000 with the and way ahead of Naor Slobodskoy's . However, the board ran out for the brutal river beat to send McLaughlin out the door.

Finally, Ran Ilani was all in and racing for his tournament life against Phachara Wongwichit.

Ran Ilani:
Phachara Wongwichit:

Ilani was looking to improve to stay alive, but that proved easier said than done as the board ran out .

Just like that three players hit the rail to burst the money bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phachara Wongwichit	850,000 390,000	390,000

Naor Slobodskoy	750,000 71,000	71,000
Taus Lilius	565,000 -25,000	-25,000
Andrew Kagan	Busted
Robert McLaughlin	Busted
Ran Ilani	Busted

Tags: Andrew Kagan Ran Ilani Robert McLaughlin Taus Lilius

11-01-2021 15:36 UTC-7

Harwood Sends One Packing With Cowboys

Anthony Thompson

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action folded to the cutoff player who raised all in for roughly 30,000 and Loni Harwood called from the button.

Opponent:
Loni Harwood:

Harwood was ahead with her made hand and it stayed that way after the flop paired her opponents ten.

The turn did give Harwood a pretty good sweat as it gave her opponent straight and flush draws, but the completed the board on the river and ended their tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Loni Harwood	430,000 125,000	125,000

Tags: Loni Harwood

11-01-2021 15:43 UTC-7

Sitepu Sends Cheong to the Rail

Chad Holloway

Level 18 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Joseph Cheong got his last 70,000 all in preflop from the hijack and Sandhy Sitepu isolated by jamming all in over the top for around 140,000 from the cutoff. The button and blinds all got out of the way and the hands were turned up.

Sandhy Sitepu:
Joseph Cheong:

Cheong was looking to hold to stay alive, but that proved easier said than done as the flop paired Sitepu. Neither the turn nor river helped Cheong and he was eliminated in 171st place for $7,860.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sandhy Sitepu	215,000 75,000	75,000
Joseph Cheong	Busted

Tags: Joseph Cheong Sandhy Sitepu

Level: 19

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 12,000