WSOP Day 20 Review: Four Bracelets Won, Negreanu and Hellmuth both Progress to Dealer’s Choice Final Day

The latest action at the 2021 World Series of Poker saw a busy day at the felt produce four bracelet winners, an end to the massive Monster Stack event and both Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu battle for supremacy in the $10,000-entry Dealer’s Choice.

Noori Claims First Bracelet After Epic Comeback Win Against Leng

Michael Noori overcame Ryan Leng heads-up in a comeback victory for the ages as the $1,500-entry Monster Stack Event #30 concluded live on PokerGO.

With a dramatic conclusion to the event and almost a million dollars won by Noori and Leng, the action played down from ten to one in style as the Thunderdome was host to one of the most exciting final tables of the Autumn so far.

WSOP 2021 Event #30 $1,500 Monster Stack
Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Michael Noori	U.S.A.	$610,437
2nd	Ryan Leng	U.S.A.	$377,220
3rd	Rafael Reis	Brazil	$288,101
4th	Christopher Andler	Sweden	$221,289
5th	Charlie Dawson	U.S.A.	$170,943
6th	Mordechai Hazan	Israel	$132,812
7th	Daniel Fortier	U.S.A.	$103,784
8th	Johan Schumacher	Belgium	$81,573
9th	Anthony Ortega	U.S.A.	$64,490
10th	Jaesh Balachandran	Singapore	$51,286

Baker Bags Third Bracelet After Dominant Performance

David ‘Bakes’ Baker won Event #34, the $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw event as he roared down the home straight to win his third WSOP bracelet and the top prize of $87,837.

It was Peter Lynn who led the final six players as they kicked off the final table, but after the eliminations of Mark Fraser (6th for $13,423), Marc Booth (5th for $18,488) and Kristijonas Andrulis (4th for $25,971), Baker took control of proceedings.

After Baker busted Stephen Deutsch in third for $37,194, he went into the heads-up battle against Lynn with a crucial advantage, holding more than six times his adversary’s stack. Baker closed out the win to claim another major title and his first bracelet victory in nine years, along with the $87,837 top prize.

WSOP 2021 Event #34 $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw
Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	David ‘Bakes’ Baker	U.S.A.	$87,837
2nd	Peter Lynn	U.S.A.	$54,286
3rd	Stephen Deutsch	U.S.A.	$37,194
4th	Kristijonas Andrulis	Lithuania	$25,971
5th	Marc Booth	U.S.A.	$18,488
6th	Mark Fraser	U.S.A.	$13,423

Anthony Koutsis won an epic three-hour heads-up to claim victory in the $500 Freezeout event as the real estate agent banked a career-high score of over $167,000 after beating Charbel Kanterjian to the gold.

On what was a fast-paced final day, both Kanterjian and Koutsos had top two stacks heading into the final table, and they were on a collision course to their eventual clash. Dongsheng Zhang made a break for the line halfway through the final table, but was eventually ousted by Koutsos.

The final duel saw both men hold the lead, but with big blinds rising and the stacks getting shallower, Koutsos won with pocket queens in the final hand to claim a memorable win.

WSOP 2021 Event #35 $500 Freezeout NLHE
Place	Player	Country	Prize
1st	Anthony Koutsos	U.S.A.	$167,272
2nd	Charbel Kanterjian	Canada	$103,402
3rd	Dongsheng Zhang	U.S.A.	$77,600
4th	Jonah Lopas	U.S.A.	$58,685
5th	Sundiata DeVore	U.S.A.	$44,725
6th	Jacob Rich	U.S.A.	$34,353
7th	Ronald Ibbetson	U.S.A.	$26,595
8th	John Moss	U.S.A.	$20,753

In the $50,000-entry High Roller, Australian powerhouse and star of 2021 Michael Addamo took a commanding chip lead into the second day of WSOP Event #38.

With 72 entries across Day 1, players such as Jason Koon, Sam Soverel, Sergio Aido, Nick Petrangelo, Matas Cimbolas, Sam Grafton, David Peters, Vanessa Kade, Paul Newey, Daniel Zack, Dylan Linde, Adrian Mateos and Ben Heath all busted, but plenty of others made the Day 2 seat draw.

It was Michael Addamo who bagged the chip lead with 5,150,000 chips by the end of play, with his closest challenger Erik Seidel (3,730,000) some way back. Addamo and Seidel are miles clear of the rest of the field, however, with Gal Yifrach (1,405,000) third in chips, with others in the top 10 including Dan Smith (1,085,000), Mustapha Kanit (1,060,000) and Bin Weng (975,000) all banking chips overnight.

WSOP 2021 Event #38 $50,000 High Roller
Position	Player	Country	Chips
1st	Michael Addamo	Australia	5,150,000
2nd	Erik Seidel	U.S.A.	3,730,000
3rd	Gal Yifrach	U.S.A.	1,405,000
4th	Dan Smith	U.S.A.	1,085,000
5th	Mustapha Kanit	Italy	1,060,000
6th	Chris Hunichen	U.S.A.	995,000
7th	Bin Weng	U.S.A.	975,000
8th	Johan Guilbert	France	940,000
9th	David Coleman	U.S.A.	640,000
10th	Leonard Maue	Germany	625,000

Adam Friedman is shooting to win the $10,000 Dealer’s Choice Championship in back-to-back style and will retain his title if he can see off nine opponents on tomorrow’s final day second in chips.

Jake Schwartz is the chip leader with 1,380,000, but Friedman (1,329,000) is close to the lead and miles clear of the others, with Daniel Negreanu (457,000), Phil Hellmuth (424,000) and Mike Matusow (410,000) not only together on the leaderboard but in the seat draw for their table on the final day, with Schwartz and Friedman neighbours at the other table.

WSOP 2021 Event #36 $10,000 Dealer’s Choice
Position	Player	Chips
1	Jake Schwartz	1,380,000
2	Adam Friedman	1,329,000
3	Mike Gorodinsky	465,000
4	Daniel Negreanu	457,000
5	Phil Hellmuth	424,000
6	Mike Matusow	410,000
7	Matt Glantz	343,000
8	Andrew Kelsall	324,000
9	Carol Fuchs	260,000
10	Joao Vieira	182,000

Finally, Event #37 concluded on the same day it began as Karolis Sereika sealed a memorable victory after beating Pedro Pedilha to the title for the $195,310 top prize.

WSOP 2021 Event #37 $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty
Place	Player	Prize
1st	Karolis Sereika	$195,310
2nd	Pedro Pedilha	$120,700
3rd	Lorenzo Adams	$88,435
4th	Pierre Calamusa	$65,494
5th	Steve Buell	$49,033
6th	Alec Gould	$37,114
7th	Romuald Pycior	$28,406
8th	Alexander Norden	$21,986
9th	Wing Yam	$17,211
10th	Rupesh Pattni	$13,628

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