2021 World Series of Poker

Event #3: $1,000 Covid-19 Relief No-Limit Hold'em Charity Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
$48,681
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$231,400
Entries
266
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 2
Entries
5
Players Left
1

Event #3: $1,000 Covid-19 Relief No-Limit Hold'em Charity Event

Day 2 Completed

Jeremy Ausmus Wins Event #3: $1,000 Covid-19 Charity Relief Event for $48,681

Level 28 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Jeremy Ausmus
Jeremy Ausmus

Jeremy Ausmus almost didn't play in the $1,000 Covid-19 No-Limit Hold'em Charity event. The longtime poker player and commentator braved the long registration lines at the Rio Convention Center Thursday, making it into the tournament shortly before the end of late registration.

Less than 24 hours later, that decision led to WSOP glory. Ausmus took down series Event #3 Friday afternoon, taking home a $48,681 payday.

The win earned Ausmus his second career WSOP bracelet and brought his lifetime tournament earnings to over the $8.7 million mark.

Event #3: $1,000 Covid-19 Charity Relief Event Final Table Results

PlaceNamePrize
1Jeremy Ausmus$48,681
2Jesse Lonis$30,086
3Mitchell Halverson$20,960
4Asher Conniff$14,919
5Steve Gross$10,854

Event #3 played with a turbo structure throughout, with 20-minute levels. Day 2 resumed with five players at the final table, and Ausmus claimed the bracelet in less than two hours of play on Friday.

"They're fun," Ausmus said of turbo WSOP events. "They're much lower pressure for everyone. There's less skill; I like to have a few of them in the mix."

"You can just finish a tournament in a couple of days. It's not the truest mark of the skilled players; you need deeper stacks for that. But everyone has fun just getting in there and gambling."

Despite the fast format, Friday's final table included plenty of tough competition. Runner-up Jesse Lonis (2nd - $30,086) came up one spot short of his second career WSOP bracelet.

Lonis held the chip lead going into heads-up play against Ausmus. Ausmus managed a double-up just a few hands into heads up play, and finished the deal in an all-in preflop hand against his fellow WSOP champion.

The final hand saw Ausmus pick up ace-nine suited against Lonis' king-nine suited, and the ace-high held through the runout.

"The tournament in general, for being a $1k at the World Series, was reg-heavy as we say," Ausmus said. "Lots of regulars, and I knew everyone at the final table."

Other top-five finishers included Mitchell Halverson (3rd - $20,960), Asher Conniff (4th - $14,919), and Steve Gross (5th - $10,854).

Ausmus is now a two-time WSOP champion, with his previous bracelet win coming at the 2013 WSOP Europe in Pot-Limit Omaha.

Tags: Asher ConniffJeremy AusmusJesse LonisMitchell HalversonSteve Gross

Mitchell Halverson Eliminated in 3rd Place ($20,960)

Level 28 : 50,000/100,000, 100,000 ante
Mitchell Halverson
Mitchell Halverson

Jesse Lonis and Mitchell Halverson got all of the chips in from the blinds. Halverson, in the big blind, was at risk going to the showdown.

Mitchell Halverson: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}
Jesse Lonis: {3-Spades}{3-Hearts}

Board: {5-Spades}{8-Clubs}{9-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{2-Spades}

The {3-Diamonds} on the turn left Halverson drawing thin, and the river clinched his exit in third place.

Player Chips Progress
Jesse Lonis us
Jesse Lonis
3,900,000
-100,000
-100,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Jeremy Ausmus us
Jeremy Ausmus
1,300,000
-45,000
-45,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Run It Once
Mitchell Halverson us
Mitchell Halverson
Busted

Level: 28

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 100,000

Halverson Doubles Through Lonis

Level 27 : 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante

Mitchell Halverson opened to 400,000 from the button, Jesse Lonis shoved from the big blind, and Halverson called off for 500,000 total.

Mitchell Halverson: {k-Clubs}{j-Hearts}
Jesse Lonis: {6-Clubs}{6-Hearts}

Board: {k-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{k-Spades}{5-Spades}

Halverson found trip kings on the runout, and he's over a million chips after the double.

Player Chips Progress
Jesse Lonis us
Jesse Lonis
1,900,000
-200,000
-200,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Mitchell Halverson us
Mitchell Halverson
1,200,000
815,000
815,000

Tags: Mitchell Halverson

Level: 27

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 80,000