2021 WSOP Day 21: Addamo Flying High In Yet Another High Roller
What an incredible day of poker Day 21 of the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was. We witnessed history being made as Adam Friedman denied Phil Hellmuth his 17th WSOP bracelet by winning the $10,000 Dealer's Choice event for the third consecutive year!
Elsewhere, the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship kicked off in style, the $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha field was more than decimated, while Australian sensation Michael Addamo forged what looks to be an almost uncatchable lead in the star-studded $50,000 High Roller.
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Addamo Looks Set For His Third WSOP Bracelet
Michael Addamo crushes high roller tournaments for fun online, and is now doing the same in the live poker arena. Addamo won the $300,000 Super High Roller Bowl less than a month ago, a result that banked him $3,402,000, and now he looks set to reel in his third WSOP bracelet.
Addamo goes into the Day 3 of Event #38: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller with more than twice as many chips as any of his opponents. The super-talented Australian has 11,475,000 chips in his arsenal, with Justin Bonomo in second place courtesy of his 4,975,000 stack.
Only five players remain in contention for the title and the second seven-figure score of the 2021 WSOP. Each is guaranteed $266,031.
Nine-time bracelet winner Erik Seidel (4,335,000) occupies third-place at the restart, with Gal Yifrach (3,160,000) and Chris Hunichen (405,000) making up the final five. It will take a minor miracle for Hunichen to lock up this event's bracelet because he only has four big blinds in his stack.
Event #38: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Final Table Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Addamo | Australia | 11,475,000 |
| 2 | Justin Bonomo | United States | 4,975,000 |
| 3 | Erik Seidel | United States | 4,335,000 |
| 4 | Gal Yifrach | United States | 3,160,000 |
| 5 | Chris Hunichen | United States | 405,000 |
| 6 | Bin Weng | United States | $202,236 |
| 7 | Sam Soverel | United States | $157,666 |
| 8 | Mustapha Kanit | Italy | $126,141 |
| 9 | Leonard Maue | Germany | $103,635 |
Find out if Addamo gets the job done by following our live updates
Arieh Bags a Million Chip Stack in the $1,500 PLO
Two-time bracelet winner Josh Arieh was the only player to bag one million chips in Event #39: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha. In fact, Arieh bagged up exactly 1,000,000 at the close of play.
PLO action tends to be fast and furious, and this was the case on this event's Day 1. Some 821 players bought in before late registration closed, but only 58 of those needed an overnght chip bag when the curtain came down after 14 long hours of grinding.
Arieh has done his chances of winning his third bracelet �� and his second in PLO �� no harm at all by finishing Day 1 in pole position. In form Ryan Leng (847,000) is right up there among the leaders, while such luminaries as Craig Varnell (566,000), former PLO Championship winner Jan-Peter Jachtmann (405,000), Ari Engel (394,000), and Ben Yu (128,000) are still in the hunt and will have a major say in where this tournament's bracelet ends up.
Event 39: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh Arieh | United States | 1,000,000 |
| 2 | Robert Blair | United States | 852,000 |
| 3 | Ryan Leng | United States | 847,000 |
| 4 | Fred Goldberg | United States | 653,000 |
| 5 | Gabriel Andrade | Ecuador | 645,000 |
| 6 | Ivan Deyra | France | 635,000 |
| 7 | Dien Le | United States | 627,000 |
| 8 | Craig Varnell | United States | 566,000 |
| 9 | Nitesh Rawtani | United States | 563,000 |
| 10 | Zachary Bergevin | United States | 512,000 |
Don't miss a single pot-bet or bad beat in the $1,500 PLO event
Pan Rides Off With $10K H.O.R.S.E Day 1 Chip Lead
Qinghai Pan is the man to catch after the first scheduled day of Event #40: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship. Pan finished the first day with 373,000 chips, more than any of the other 70 surviving players.
Pan eliminated Daniel Negreanu on his way to claiming the overnight chip lead in this stacked event. The $10K H.O.R.S.E. is known for attracting poker's superstars, and this edition was no different.
Scott Seiver (261,000) returns to the fray in second place while bracelet winners Randy Ohel (219,500), David Benyamine (219,000), Marco Johnson (218,000), and Jesse Klein (199,500) are in the top ten.
Further down the chip counts you find $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. runner-up Benny Glaser (184,500, reigning WSOP Player of the Year Robert Campbell (181,500), and a whole host of other WSOP champions.
Do not be surprised to see Adam Friedman and Phil Hellmuth buy in late because late registration remains open until the start of Day 2. Of course, Friedman and Hellmuth missed out on Day 1 due to battling for the $10,000 Dealer's Choice bracelet.
Event 40: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship Top 10 Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qinghai Pan | United States | 373,000 |
| 2 | Scott Seiver | United States | 261,000 |
| 3 | Andrew Yeh | United States | 229,500 |
| 4 | Randy Ohel | United States | 219,500 |
| 5 | David Benyamine | France | 219,000 |
| 6 | Marco Johnson | United States | 218,000 |
| 7 | Jerry Wong | United States | 217,500 |
| 8 | Brett Richey | United States | 215,500 |
| 9 | Jesse Klein | United States | 199,500 |
| 10 | Nate Silver | United States | 197,000 |
Don't miss any of the $10K HORSE action
In this Series
- 1 2021 WSOP Day 1: Series Underway With Star-Studded $25k H.O.R.S.E.
- 2 2021 WSOP Day 2: Hellmuth In The Hunt For 16th Bracelet
- 3 2021 WSOP Day 3: Drinan On Course For His Second Bracelet
- 4 2021 WSOP Day 4: Cornell In Pole Position For First Bracelet
- 5 2021 WSOP Day 5: Negreanu, Matusow, Seidel, and Hellmuth Advance in the $10K LO8 Championship
- 6 2021 WSOP Day 6: Phil Hellmuth Chasing 16th Bracelet Deep in the $10K LO8 Championship
- 7 2021 WSOP Day 7: Hellmuth Four Players Away From Bracelet #16
- 8 2021 WSOP Day 8: Deeb Looking For Bracelet #5
- 9 2021 WSOP Day 9: FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver Headlines $10K Limit Final Table; Racener Leads
- 10 2021 WSOP Day 10: Brian Yoon Hunting for Fourth Bracelet
- 11 2021 WSOP Day 11: Hellmuth In The Hunt Again; Reaches Another Final Table
- 12 2021 WSOP Day 12: Negreanu Hunting for Seventh Bracelet
- 13 2021 WSOP Day 13: Five Left in Milly Maker; Marle Cordeiro Among Last 17 in Ladies Event
- 14 2021 WSOP Day 14: Vanessa Kade Racks Up Fifth Cash of the Series
- 15 2021 WSOP Day 15: Zinno On Course For Fourth Bracelet
- 16 2021 WSOP Day 16: Kornuth Reaches Back-to-Back $10K Short Deck Finals
- 17 2021 WSOP Day 17: Phil Hellmuth Hunting for 16th Bracelet with 10 Remaining in $1,500 NL 2-7 Lowball
- 18 2021 WSOP Day 18: Elezra in the Mix For His Fifth Bracelet
- 19 2021 WSOP Day 19: David ��Bakes�� Baker Hunting for Third Bracelet at $1,500 Triple Draw Final Table
- 20 2021 WSOP Day 20: Friedman After a Three-Peat as Negreanu and Hellmuth Advance to Final 10 in $10K Dealer's Choice
- 21 2021 WSOP Day 21: Addamo Flying High In Yet Another High Roller
- 22 2021 WSOP Day 22: Arieh Positions Himself For Bracelet #3
- 23 2021 WSOP Day 23: Gerhart, Johnson, and Shack-Harris Seeking Third Bracelets with Five Remaining in $10K H.O.R.S.E.
- 24 2021 WSOP Day 24: JC Tran Flying High in the $10K PLO
- 25 2021 WSOP Day 25: Elezra and Matusow Hunting for Fifth Bracelets in the $10K PLO Championship
- 26 2021 WSOP Day 26: Soverel Leads the Charge in the NL 2-7 Single Draw Championship
- 27 2021 WSOP Day 27: Glaser Leads Final 8 $10K NL 2-7 Championship as Negreanu Alive Hunting for Seventh Bracelet
- 28 2021 WSOP Day 28: Stars Turn Out For $25K PLO High Roller; Deeb Flying High
- 29 2021 WSOP Day 29: Lamb Registers Late In $25K PLO and Bags Lead
- 30 2021 WSOP Day 30: Ka Kwan Lau On Course For $25K PLO Bracelet
- 31 2021 WSOP Day 31: Kolev Leads the $10K 6-Handed NLHE Championship
- 32 WSOP 2021 Day 32: Yockey Bags $50k Poker Players Championship Day 1 Chip Lead
- 33 2021 WSOP Day 33: Volpe and Cates Lead Final 35 of the $50K Poker Players Championship
- 34 2021 WSOP Day 34: Ryan Leng Leads Final 10 in the $50K PPC
- 35 2021 WSOP Day 35: Eli Elezra Leads Final 5 in the $50K Poker Players Championship
- 36 2021 WSOP Day 36: Main Event Underway, Brunson Up to Old Tricks
- 37 2021 WSOP Day 37: Three Bracelet-Winners Crowned as Main Event Continues
- 38 2021 WSOP Day 38: Aleksandr Shevlyakov Bags Overall Chip Lead on Day 1c of the Main Event
- 39 2021 WSOP Day 39: Main Event Breaks Through 4,500 Entrants; Ajayi Tops Counts
- 40 2021 WSOP Day 40: Joe Hachem Back in Form on Day 1e of the Main Event
- 41 2021 WSOP Day 41: Rameez Shahid Leads Main Event as Phil Hellmuth Makes Grand Entrance
- 42 2021 WSOP Day 42: Main Event Whittled to 2,362 Players
- 43 2021 WSOP Day 43: Jessica Cai Leads After Main Event Bubble Bursts
- 44 2021 WSOP Day 44: Ramon Colillas Bags Day 4 Chip Lead in WSOP Main Event
- 45 2021 WSOP Day 45: Aldemir Claims Main Event Chip Lead After Day 5
- 46 2021 WSOP Day 46: Park Leads the Final 36 in the Main Event
- 47 2021 WSOP Day 47: Yuval Bronshtein Leads Final Four in $10K Stud Hi-Lo Championship in Hunt for Third Bracelet
- 48 2021 WSOP Day 48: Lisandro Leads Hellmuth After $10,000 Razz Championship Day 1
- 49 2021 WSOP Day 49: Hellmuth Hunting for Bracelet #17 as Dzivielevski Leads Final 14 in $10K Razz Championship
- 50 2021 WSOP Day 50: Benny Glaser Hunting for 4th Bracelet with Heads-Up Lead in $10K Razz Championship
- 51 2021 WSOP Day 51: Glaser, Schemion, Cowen and Wheeler Pick Up Bracelets; Mateos Chip Leads in $250K SHR
- 52 2021 WSOP Day 52: Jason Koon Leads $50K High Roller
- 53 2021 WSOP Day 53: Holz In Front In The $100K High Roller
- 54 2021 WSOP Day 54: Michael Addamo Leads Final Five in $100K High Roller
