Day 2 of Event #48: $1,500 Shootout played down to the final ten players from 80 at the start of the day. Each remaining player beat seven other opponents at their table to advance to the final round. Those returning are guaranteed a cash prize of $16,197 for 10th place but only one of them will win the World Series of Poker gold bracelet and the $204,063 first-place prize.
The players advancing to the final round are two-time WSOP bracelet winner Ari Engel (1,965,000), Orson Young (1,975,000), AP Garza (1,975,000), David Tran (1,970,000), Jonathan Betancur (1,970,000), Sohale Kalili (1,970,000), Gershon Distenfeld (1,970,0000), Craig Trost (1,965,000), Thomas Boivin (1,965,000), and Johan Schumacher (1,980,000) making this his second final table of the 2021 WSOP.
The first player to win their table and make it through to the final day was Thomas Boivin beating Wayne Harmon and the last was Johan Schumacher beating Renan Bruschi almost 5 hours later.
Day 3 will resume tomorrow October 27 at 12 p.m. local time. Play will pick up at 15,000/30,000 blinds with a 30,000 big blind ante. The levels will last 40-minutes with a 15-minute break every three levels. They will play down to a winner.
Final Table Seat Draw and Chip Counts
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sohale Khalili | United States | 1,970,000 |
| 2 | Thomas Boivin | Belgium | 1,964,000 |
| 3 | Ap Garza | United States | 1,975,000 |
| 4 | Orson Young | United States | 1,975,000 |
| 5 | Craig Trost | United States | 1,965,000 |
| 6 | Hiep Tran | United States | 1,970,000 |
| 7 | Ari Engel | United States | 1,965,000 |
| 8 | Gershon Distenfeld | United States | 1,970,000 |
| 9 | Johan Schumacher | Belgium | 1,980,000 |
| 10 | Jonathan Betancur | United States | 1,970,000 |
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flop. On the turn, the 
hit the felt to put Schumacher ahead with Broadway, as he gave a silent fist pump. Bruschi was looking for a chop, but the 
completed the board to leave him as the short stack, and leave him muttering presumably unhappy phrases in Portuguese. 
. Betancur checked and Pollard continued for 50,000 to which Betancur called.
was the turn card. Pollard threw out a bet of 125,000 when it was checked to him. Betancur then three-bet min-raised to 250,000 which induced a four-bet shove from Pollard. Betancur snap-called having Pollard barely covered. 
completed the board. Betancur flopped trip threes to advance to the final round.
and Kalisek check-raised a 27,000 bet up to 100,000. Distenfeld called. 
came on the turn and Kalisek jammed. Distenfeld snap-called, which caused his opponent to utter a single word: "S--t".
completed the board to give Distenfeld the lead at his table and send Kalisek home.
on the turn to change everything. The 
, Sam Grafton bet 23,000 from middle position. Johan Schumacher called in the hijack and so did Joseph Cheong in the big blind.
completed the board. Grafton got his last 10,000 in and Schumacher called.
pairing the board. Engel led with a bet of 45,000 and Bedir called.
