2021 World Series of Poker

Event #30: $1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 4
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
$610,347
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$4,699,200
Entries
3,520
Level Info
Level
39
Blinds
800,000 / 1,600,000
Ante
1,600,000
Players Info - Day 4
Entries
24
Players Left
1

Final Two Tables Seat Draw

Level 32 : 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
TableSeatPlayerChip CountBig Blinds
FT 11Rafael Reis13,600,00045
FT 12Santiago Plante10,775,00036
FT 13Johan Schumacher13,200,00044
FT 14Daniel Fortier3,025,00010
FT 15Matthew Burley3,700,00012
FT 16Michael Noori8,400,00028
FT 17Matthew Itkin2,800,0009
FT 18Jeffrey Vertes6,500,00022
FT 19Charlie Dawson10,100,00034
     
FT 21Ryan Leng18,000,00060
FT 22Dannah Kamp4,800,00016
FT 23Mordechai Hazan12,500,00042
FT 24Jaesh Balachandran21,700,00072
FT 25Brendan Shiller4,000,00013
FT 26Katsushi Yoshida5,800,00019
FT 27Anthony Ortega12,200,00041
FT 28Christopher Andler20,000,00067
FT 29Lee Markholt1,300,0004
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jaesh Balachandran sg
Jaesh Balachandran
21,700,000
1,185,000
1,185,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
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Christopher Andler
20,000,000
2,000,000
2,000,000
Profile photo of Ryan Leng us
Ryan Leng
18,000,000
1,500,000
1,500,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
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Rafael Reis
13,600,000
2,625,000
2,625,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Johan Schumacher
13,200,000
-1,800,000
-1,800,000
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Mordechai Hazan
12,500,000
500,000
500,000
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Anthony Ortega
12,200,000
-3,575,000
-3,575,000
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Santiago Plante
10,775,000
Profile photo of Charlie Dawson us
Charlie Dawson
10,100,000
3,450,000
3,450,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Michael Noori
8,400,000
550,000
550,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jeffrey Vertes ca
Jeffrey Vertes
6,500,000
-1,550,000
-1,550,000
Profile photo of Katsushi Yoshida us
Katsushi Yoshida
5,800,000
Profile photo of Dannah Kamp us
Dannah Kamp
4,800,000
-325,000
-325,000
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Profile photo of Brendan Shiller us
Brendan Shiller
4,000,000
525,000
525,000
Profile photo of Matthew Burley us
Matthew Burley
3,700,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Daniel Fortier us
Daniel Fortier
3,025,000
-3,675,000
-3,675,000
Profile photo of Matthew Itkin us
Matthew Itkin
2,800,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Lee Markholt us
Lee Markholt
1,300,000
-2,775,000
-2,775,000

Steven Sarmiento Eliminated in 19th Place ($21,768)

Level 32 : 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Steven Sarmiento
Steven Sarmiento

Steven Sarmiento had shoved from the cutoff for his last 2,300,000 and Katsushi Yoshida reshoved from the small blind for the big blind to fold.

Steven Sarmiento: {q-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Katsushi Yoshida: {k-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}

The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{7-Spades} for Yoshida to flop top pair and to eliminate Sarmiento in nineteenth place.

The 18 remaining players will now be redrawn for the final two tables with around 38 minutes left in the current level. The seat draw is to follow.

Player Chips Progress
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Katsushi Yoshida
5,800,000
725,000
725,000
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Steven Sarmiento
Busted

Giancarlo Santolin Eliminated in 20th Place ($21,768)

Level 32 : 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Giancarlo Santolin
Giancarlo Santolin

Giancarlo Santolin had shoved from the cutoff for 2,125,000, and Mordechai Hazan three-bet jammed for more in the small blind. Lee Markholt folded in the big blind.

Giancarlo Santolin: {k-Diamonds}{j-Spades}
Mordechai Hazan: {7-Spades}{7-Clubs}

The board ran out {2-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{9-Clubs} for Hazan, who flopped a set. Santolin was drawing dead on the turn, and bust in 20th place.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mordechai Hazan il
Mordechai Hazan
12,000,000
2,150,000
2,150,000
Profile photo of Giancarlo Santolin ca
Giancarlo Santolin
Busted

Tags: Giancarlo SantolinLee MarkholtMordechai Hazan

Jason Riesenberg Eliminated in 21st Place ($21,768)

Level 32 : 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Jason Riesenberg
Jason Riesenberg

Christopher Andler jammed from the small blind and Jason Riesenberg called for his remaining 3.5 million in the big blind.

Jason Riesenberg: {5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}
Christopher Andler: {k-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}

The players were flipping and Andler found improvement on the {10-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{6-Diamonds} flop. The {k-Clubs} turn and {9-Hearts} river confirmed Riesenberg's elimination.

Player Chips Progress
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Christopher Andler
18,000,000
4,500,000
4,500,000
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Jason Riesenberg
Busted

Antonio Matic Eliminated in 22nd Place ($21,768)

Level 32 : 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Antonio Matic
Antonio Matic

Antonio Matic got his remaining stack of about six million chips in preflop and was at risk against Johan Schumacher.

Antonio Matic: {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}
Johan Schumacher: {a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}

Matic ran into aces and fell behind further on the {a-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{4-Spades} flop. The {k-Diamonds} turn gave him hope with a flush draw, but the board completed with the {6-Spades} to eliminate him.

Player Chips Progress
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Johan Schumacher
15,000,000
5,375,000
5,375,000
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Antonio Matic
Busted

Raul Martinez Eliminated in 23rd Place ($21,768)

Level 32 : 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Raul Martinez
Raul Martinez

Jaesh Balachandran raised to 600,000 from the hijack, and Raul Martinez three-bet jammed from the cutoff for 2,450,000. The action folded back to Balachandran, who made the call.

Raul Martinez: {5-Spades}{5-Clubs}
Jaesh Balachandran: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}

The flop came {5-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} for both players to hit a set, but Balachandran was still ahead with the higher one.

The turn was the {9-Diamonds}, which did not help Martinez, and neither did the {k-Clubs} on the river, which sent Martinez out in 23rd place.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jaesh Balachandran sg
Jaesh Balachandran
20,515,000
2,915,000
2,915,000
Day 3 Chip Leader
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Raul Martinez
Busted

Tags: Jaesh BalachandranRaul Martinez

Ivan Deyra Eliminated in 24th Place ($21,768)

Level 32 : 150,000/300,000, 300,000 ante
Ivan Derya
Ivan Derya

In the day's first hand, Ivan Deyra jammed in his 4,725,000 stack from middle position, and Christopher Andler called in the hijack.

Ivan Deyra: {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}
Christopher Andler: {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}

Deyra needed to improve, but the board ran out {j-Clubs}{9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{3-Spades}{10-Spades} to knock him out as the first elimination of the day.

Player Chips Progress
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Christopher Andler
13,500,000
5,200,000
5,200,000
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Ivan Deyra
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Level: 32

Blinds: 150,000/300,000

Ante: 300,000

Twenty-Four Players Return to Event #30: $1,500 Monster Stack With Eyes on Gold Bracelet

Ryan Leng
Ryan Leng

Only 24 players remain in Event #30: $1,500 Monster Stack as Day 4 will begin shortly. This event saw 3,520 total players enter the event and only one will take home the coveted gold bracelet and $610,347 first-place prize.

Action will resume at 11 a.m. local time, and play may continue until a winner is determined. The remaining players have already locked up $21,768, but are looking toward the final table.

Jaesh Balachandran bagged the top stack going into Day 4 with 17,600,000 chips. Three-time bracelet winner Ryan Leng (16,500,000), who recently won his third bracelet in Event #23:$1,500 Eight Game Mix Six-Handed, continues his quest for another one as he bagged the top stack at the end of Day 2 and the second-biggest stack at the end of Day 3.

Anthony Ortega (15,775,000), Santiago Plante (10,775,000), and Brazil’s Rafael Reis (10,975,000) will also be looking to claim the top prize, along with PokerNews’ Dannah Kamp (5,125,000), who is the last woman standing in this event.

Day 4 begins at 11 a.m. local time in the Amazon Room of the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. The tournament will resume at Level 32 with blinds at 150,000/300,000/300,000.

PokerGO continues its excellentWSOP coverage with a stream of this event. The final six or seven players will play under the watchful PokerGO cameras, giving viewers worldwide a glimpse of what it is like to play for poker's most prestigious prize: a WSOP bracelet.

Stay tuned for coverage of this event and the entire 2021 World Series of Poker from the PokerNews live reporting team.

Tags: Anthony OrtegaDannah KampJaesh BalachandranRafael ReisRyan LengSantiago Plante