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2021 World Series of Poker

Event #35: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em
Dias: 2
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Resultado Final
Vencedor
Mão Vencedora
qq
Prémio
$167,272
Event Info
Buy-in
$500
Entradas
2,930
Informações sobre o nível
Nível
41
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
2,000,000
Informações sobre o torneio - Dia 2
Entradas
132
Jogadores em jogo
1

Anthony Koutsos Wins First Bracelet In Event #35: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em ($167,272)

Nível 41 : 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante
Anthony Koutsos
Anthony Koutsos

After a back and forth battle heads up, it was real-estate agent Anthony Koutsos besting Charbel Kanterjian heads up in the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #35: $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em for his first World Series of Poker Bracelet and $167,272.

The heads-up match lasted three hours long and involved quite a lot of back and forth between the two players. “I feel strangely level,” said Koutsos. “Heads up felt pretty fun, all the back and forth it felt like a home game.”

With Koutsos biggest live score prior being just over $5,000, the San Francisco native said “the money doesn’t mean much, it was more about the competition and the drive to win.”

Though he had played poker for about nine years, this was his first venture down to the World Series of Poker, and only his third time playing a bracelet event. When asked if he was going to play the rest of the series, he said he had plans to leave later this week and was not going to stick around for any other events.

A total of 2,930 entrants had entered into the tournament with 440 players paid out from the prize pool of $1,231,000 and a total of two full days of tournament play.

Final Table Payouts

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Anthony KoutsosUnited States$167,272
2Charbel KanterjianCanada$103,402
3Dongsheng ZhangUnited States$77,600
4Jonah LopasUnited States$58,685
5Sundiata DeVoreUnited States$44,725
6Jacob RichUnited States$34,353
7Ronald IbbetsonUnited States$26,595
8John MossUnited States$20,753
9Fausto ValdezUnited States$16,324

Final Day Recap

Eliminations at the beginning of day 2 were fast and furious with half of the 132 surviving players, busting before the first break and the final table was reached before the dinner break. Big names saw themselves going out quickly such as Kyna England (73rd-$2,011) and Shaun Deeb (42nd-$3,825). The start of day chip leader Denys Chufarin (11th-$12,944) bubbled the unofficial final table when his ace-queen couldn’t improve against the kings of Ronald Ibbetson.

Final Table Recap

The final 10 saw their first elimination rather quickly with the big slick held by Gilad Grinberg colliding with the pocket tens held by Jacob Rich failing to improve, seeing his run end in 10th place for $12,944.

Afterward, it was Fausto Valdez who lost a flip with jack-ten suited versus the pocket sevens of Charbel Kanterjian. Valdez flopped a straight draw, but could not find any improvement against the flopped set of sevens. Valdez was eliminated in ninth place for $16,324.

John Moss was next to go in eighth place for $20,753 when Jonas Lopas rivered broadway against Moss’ two pair.

Ibbetson doubled up Sundiata DeVore to lose most of his chips and then lost the remainder when his ten nine off-suit could not catch up to the ace-jack of Dongsheng Zhang, seeing his run come to an end in seventh place for $26,595.

Rich had also lost a big hand to Dongsheng Zhang and got the remainder of his chips in ahead with an ace-three off-suit against Kanterjian’s king-nine suited, but a king on the flop spelled the end of Rich’s run in sixth place for $34,353.

DeVore came into the final table with the second shortest stack and found himself laddering up a couple of places before running his pocket eights into the pocket tens of Zhang and finding no improvement, ending his run in fifth place for $44,725.

Lopas lost a big pot against Zhang with five players left and was unable to win his last all-in with king-three offsuit versus Koutsos’ ace-jack. Jonah shook hands with the table and ended his run in fourth place for $58,685.

Despite knocking out three players, the next player eliminated ended up being Zhang who after losing a big pot to Anthony Koutsos with quads, could not find improvement when his queen-nine ran into Koutsos’ ace-queen. Zhang ended his run in third place for $77,600.

Anthony Koutsos
Anthony Koutsos and Charbel Kanterjian

Heads-Up Action

Heads up play started with Koutsos in the lead, but the ball quickly shifted to Kanterjian taking the lead. The chip lead switched many times throughout the three-hour-long affair, with both sides seemingly one river card away from their bracelet.

The most notable of which was when Kanterjian had Koutsos all-in and at risk with pocket jacks versus Koutsos’ ace-six. The flop and turn only gave Koutsos a pair of sixes, and it wasn’t until the river six that Koutsos pulled ahead. A few more instances of this went on, shifting back and forth between the two players.

In the end, it all got in when Kanterjian put his remaining 8,300,000 in chips in with eight-six against Koutsos’ pocket queens. Kanterjian was unable to find any improvement and shook his opponent's hand as his run ended in second place for $103,403.

Congratulations to Anthony Koutsos for his victory in Event #35 $500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em!

Stay tuned to PokerNews.com for updates on all of the events at the 52nd World Series of Poker at The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.

This concludes our coverage of Event #35. Check out our 2021 WSOP hub here for all info on previous winners and upcoming events.

Charbel Kanterjian Eliminated in 2nd Place ($103,403)

Nível 41 : 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante
Charbel Kanterjian
Charbel Kanterjian

Charbel Kanterjian shoved all-in preflop and Anthony Koutsos called covering him.

Charbel Kanterjian: {8-Hearts}{6-Clubs}
Anthony Koutsos: {q-Clubs}{q-Spades}

The board ran out {6-Spades}{3-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{k-Spades} and Koutsos eliminated Kanterjian with two pair queens and threes.

Jogador Fichas Oscilação
Profile photo of Anthony Koutsos us
Anthony Koutsos
73,250,000
22,250,000
22,250,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Charbel Kanterjian ca
Charbel Kanterjian
Eliminado

Koutsos Finds Another Double

Nível 41 : 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante
Anthony Koutsos
Anthony Koutsos

Charbel Kanterjian had pulled ahead thanks to a variety of small raised pots. He held a roughly 2:1 chip lead.

Anthony Koutsos went all in preflop and Charbel Kanterjian called.

Anthony Koutsos: {q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Charbel Kanterjian: {a-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}

The board ran out {10-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} and Koutsos found another double.

Jogador Fichas Oscilação
Profile photo of Anthony Koutsos us
Anthony Koutsos
51,000,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Charbel Kanterjian ca
Charbel Kanterjian
22,250,000

Kanterjian Straightens Out To Double

Nível 41 : 1,000,000/2,000,000, 2,000,000 ante
Charbel Kanterjian
Charbel Kanterjian

Anthony Koutsos went all-in preflop and Charbel Kanterjian called.

Charbel Kanterjian: {6-Clubs}{5-Clubs}
Anthony Koutsos: {k-Hearts}{q-Spades}

The flop of {q-Clubs}{2-Spades}{j-Spades} it seemed all but over for Kanterjian, but the turn {4-Clubs} brought straight draw and flush draw outs. The river of {3-Spades} made him a straight and Kanterjian's rail erupted in cheers as he stayed alive in the tournament.

Jogador Fichas Oscilação
Profile photo of Anthony Koutsos us
Anthony Koutsos
51,000,000
-17,250,000
-17,250,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Charbel Kanterjian ca
Charbel Kanterjian
22,250,000
17,250,000
17,250,000

Koutsos Doubles

Nível 38 : 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante
Anthony Koutsos
Anthony Koutsos

After lots of smaller pots going Charbel Kanterjian's way, Anthony Koutsos was down to about 22,000,000.

Kanterjian raised to 2,800,000 and Koutsos called and they took a flop.

{5-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{8-Spades} and the action was checked through. The turn {j-Spades} and Koutsos bet 5,000,000 which after some thinking, Kanterjian called.

The river brought the {10-Spades} and Koutsos bet 4,000,000. Kanterjian raised all-in and Koutsos called.

Charbel Kanterjian:{10-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}
Anthony Koutsos: {9-Hearts}{7-Spades}

Kanterjian had rivered three of a kind, but it was no good against Koutsos' turned straight. Koutsos took the pot and regained the chip lead.

Jogador Fichas Oscilação
Profile photo of Anthony Koutsos us
Anthony Koutsos
45,000,000
1,450,000
1,450,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Charbel Kanterjian ca
Charbel Kanterjian
28,250,000
-1,450,000
-1,450,000

Dongsheng Zhang Eliminated in 3rd Place ($77,600)

Nível 37 : 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
Dongsheng Zhang
Dongsheng Zhang

Dongsheng Zhang shoved all-in preflop for about 1,500,000 and Anthony Koutsos called having him covered.

Dongsheng Zhang: {q-Spades}{9-Clubs}
Anthony Koutsos: {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}

The board ran out {7-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{4-Spades} and Koutsos eliminated Zhang with ace high.

Jogador Fichas Oscilação
Profile photo of Anthony Koutsos us
Anthony Koutsos
24,700,000
-23,800,000
-23,800,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dongsheng Zhang us
Dongsheng Zhang
Eliminado

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Sundiata DeVore Eliminated In 5th Place ($44,725)

Nível 36 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Sundiata Devore
Sundiata Devore

Sundiata DeVore went all-in under the gun and from the small blind Dongsheng Zhang called, the big blind fold.

Sundiata DeVore: {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}
Dongsheng Zhang: {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}

The runout came out {2-Spades}{5-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} and no improvement for DeVore meant he was eliminated in 5th place.

Jogador Fichas Oscilação
Profile photo of Dongsheng Zhang us
Dongsheng Zhang
19,800,000
8,800,000
8,800,000
Profile photo of Sundiata DeVore us
Sundiata DeVore
Eliminado

Jacob Rich Eliminated In 6th Place ($34,353)

Nível 36 : 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Jacob Rich
Jacob Rich

Jacob Rich was all-in in the big blind for his last 1,000,000 in chips. Charbel Kanterjian raised from early position and Rich went all in.

Jacob Rich: {a-Clubs}{3-Spades}
Charbel Kanterjian: {k-Spades}{9-Spades}

The board ran out {j-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{j-Spades} and Kanterjian's kings and jacks were good enough to win the pot and eliminate Rich in 6th place.

Jogador Fichas Oscilação
Profile photo of Charbel Kanterjian ca
Charbel Kanterjian
28,400,000
4,800,000
4,800,000
Profile photo of Jacob Rich us
Jacob Rich
Eliminado

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Ronald Ibbetson Eliminated In 7th Place ($26,595)

Nível 35 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Ronald Ibbetson
Ronald Ibbetson

Dongsheng Zhang went all-in under the-gun for 5,575,000 and in the big blind, Ronald Ibbetson called for less.

Dongsheng Zhang: {a-Spades}{j-Hearts}
Ronald Ibbetson: {9-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{j-Spades}{3-Hearts}{5-Spades} and Zhang took the pot with his pair of jacks, leaving Ibbetson with no chips and out of the tournament in 7th place.

Jogador Fichas Oscilação
Profile photo of Dongsheng Zhang us
Dongsheng Zhang
7,900,000
2,200,000
2,200,000
Profile photo of Ronald Ibbetson us
Ronald Ibbetson
Eliminado

Tags: Ronald IbbetsonDongsheng Zhang