Event #7: $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed
Day 3 Completed
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #7: $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2021 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$409,845
Entries
307
Level
30
Limits
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
0
Players Left
1
Level 30
: 100,000/200,000, 0 ante
The 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #7: $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed attracted 307 entries, which generated a $409,845 prize pool. After three days of play, it was Jaswinder "Jesse" Lally coming out on top to win $97,915 and Canada’s first gold bracelet of the series.
“I was so excited to make the final table first of all, but now that my dream has come true, it’s just an amazing feeling,” the 58-year-old from Vancouver said. “I learned a lot playing all these games. Some of these games I’ve never played like Badacey or Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo Regular.”
Lally, who was down to just 900 in chips on Day 1 of the tournament before turning things around, first learned to play poker in the early 1990s beginning with Stud and then hold’em after Chris Moneymaker’s game-changing win in the 2003 WSOP Main Event.
While he’s played poker for more than 25 years, Lally doesn’t get to play as much as he might like. That’s because he spends a lot of time with his business within the liquor store industry and family time with his wife of 37 years and his two children, a 25-year-old daughter and 18-year-old son who is learning to drive right now.
“I do get away for 10 days to play,” said Lally, who usually plays cash games in Vancouver when time permits. At the final table, Lally eliminated all but one of his opponents thanks in no small part to early success in the Stud variants.
“I haven’t played for maybe 15-20 years, but I like Stud now,” he said with a smile. When asked if he had any plans for the money, he replied: “Pay some bills. Enjoy it. Come back here. It was my dream to win one, so this was it.”
2021 WSOP Event #7 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | County | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jesse Lally | Canada | $97,915 |
| 2 | Andrew “AJ” Kelsall | United States | $60,514 |
| 3 | Ray Henson | United States | $40,062 |
| 4 | Ian O’Hara | United States | $27,147 |
| 5 | Adam Kipnis | United States | $18,839 |
| 6 | Christopher Lindner | United States | $13,396 |
Day 3 Action
The day began with 11 players returning to action and it didn’t take long for the field to play down to the final table. Among those to fall early were Craig Chait (11th - $5,612), Adam Friedman (10th - $5,612), Jeremy Heartberg (9th - $7,307), Naoya Kihara (8th - $7,307), and Nathan Gamble (7th - $9,768).
Others to cash the tournament from Day 2 were Phil Hellmuth (18th - $4,429), Eli Elezra (20th - $3,593), Norman Chad (21st - $3,593), and Andrew Donabedian (32nd - $2,812).
At the final table, Christopher Lindner was the first to fall in a round of Seven Card Stud 8 or Better when his two pair went down in flames to Lally’s rolled-up deuces, which improved to a full boat.
Lally would later be called the “Stud master” by Ian O’Hara after notching the next two eliminations in near succession. First, Adam Kipnis was eliminated in a hand of Stud when his nines in the hole quickly fell behind Lally’s fives full of kings on fifth street. Not long after, O’Hara followed him out the door, never overcoming Lally’s pocket aces in a hand of Stud (the latter actually improved to a diamond flush on seventh).
Reigning WSOP Global Casino Champ Andrew “AJ” Kelsall then dispatched Houston’s Ray Henson in third place after drawing one to a nine-eight in no-limit 2-7 single draw, which bested a pat jack-ten.
Lally took a near 6:1 chip lead into heads-up play against Kelsall and closed it out in a hand of pot-limit Omaha. Kelsall got the last of his chips in on the turn holding two pair and a flush draw against Lally’s nut straight. The river was a brick and Kelsall was denied a second bracelet, though he received $60,514 in prize money to ease the pain (not a bad result given he was the extreme short stack with seven players remaining).
Congratulations to Jesse Lally, winner of the 2021 WSOP Event #7: $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed!
Level 30
: 100,000/200,000, 0 ante
Pot Limit Omaha
Andrew Kelsall raised the button to 150,000 and Jaswinder Lally called.
On a flop of 
, Lally check-called a bet of 250,000.
The turn brought the 
, where Lally bet the pot and Kelsall called off for his tournament life.
Andrew Kelsall: 
Jaswinder Lally: 
Kelsall had two pair with a flush draw, but Lally had tuned the nut straight.
The river 
changed nothing, eliminating Kelsall in second place and crowing Lally the champion of Event #7: $1,500 Dealers Choice.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,675,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
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Level 30
: 100,000/200,000, 0 ante
Stud
Jaswinder Lally has been doing quite well in the Stud variants today, so it was no surprise to see him return to the game when it was his choice.
In one hand, Andrew Kelsall brought it in then called when Lally completed. Kelsall then check-called a bet on fourth and then on fifth raised to 200,000 after Lally had bet.
Lally called and then check-called a bet of 200,000 on sixth. Both players checked seventh and the hands were tabled.
Jaswinder Lally: 
/ 
Andrew Kelsall: 
/ 
Kelsall showed two pair sixes and deuces but it was no good as Lally rolled over queens and tens to extend his chip.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,175,000
775,000
|
775,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
500,000
-600,000
|
-600,000 |
|
|
||
Level 30
: 100,000/200,000, 0 ante
Razz
Jaswinder Lally and Andrew Kelsall started heads-up play with a friendly series of Razz pots.
A few pots quickly ended but one large one put Lally even more firmly in the driver's seat.
After exchanging bets and calls on third through fifth streets, Lally took command of the betting lead on sixth and seventh.
Andrew Kelsall: 
/
/
Jaswinder Lally: /
/
Kelsall took about a minute before finally calling Lally's bet on seventh street.
Lally showed 
for a seven-low, which was good enough to take the pot and leave Kelsall at just over a million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,400,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,100,000
-610,000
|
-610,000 |
|
|
||
Level 30
: 100,000/200,000, 0 ante
No Limit 2-7 Single Draw
Andrew Kelsall raised enough from the small blind to put Ray Henson all-in in the big blind and Henson called.
Kelsall drew one and Henson patted.
Ray Henson: 
Andrew Kelsall: 
/
Kelsall squeezed his new card and revealed a to make a nine and eliminate Henson in third place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,710,000
425,000
|
425,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
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Level: 30
Limit Flop / Draw: 50000/100000
Stud Games: 20000 ante, 30000 bring-in, 100000 completion
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 30000/50000/50000-big blind ante/ 80000-ante
Level 29
: 80,000/160,000, 0 ante
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Level 29
: 80,000/160,000, 0 ante
Players have taken their second break of the day, with Jaswinder Lally continuing to hold a significant chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,950,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,285,000
935,000
|
935,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
425,000
-775,000
|
-775,000 |
|
|
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Level 29
: 80,000/160,000, 0 ante
Badeucey
Jaswinder Lally has taken a commanding chip lead after a big hand of Badeucey.
Before the first draw, Ray Henson raised on the button and Lally called in the small blind. Both players drew two cards.
Lally check-called a bet from Henson, and they each drew two again.
Lally check-called another bet, and this time each player drew one card.
After the final draw, Lally led into Henson, who called.
Lally turned over 
for an eight low, and a six badugi. Henson mucked his cards.
With the critical pot, Lally now has 80 percent of the chips in play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,000,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,200,000
-900,000
|
-900,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
350,000
-240,000
|
-240,000 |
|
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