Asi Moshe was out of position in a heads-up pot against Tarun Gulati on a board of with around 600,000 in the pot.
Moshe led out with a river bet of 500,000 and Gulati moved all-in with Moshe covered. Moshe had about 500,000 behind and took a few minutes before calling off.
Gulati tabled for the nut flush, while Moshe held for two pair and was sent to the rail in 10th place.
Louison Vincent raised to 350,000 under the gun and action folded around to Ori Hasson in the big blind. Hasson asked to see his stack before going all in with the covering stack and Vincent called off the 200,000 that he had behind.
Ori Hasson:
Louison Vincent:
The board ran out and Vincent could not find his king or jack to stay alive and he was eliminated in ninth place.
Renmei Liu of Canada leads a final table of eight players at the end of Day 2 in the 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #75 $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em at the 2021 World Series of Poker. Liu bagged a stack of 7,100,000, sitting well ahead of Nicholas Hubers (5,600,000), Kaue De Souza (4,540,0000) and Chad Himmelspach (3,910,000).
The freezeout event attracted 1,191 players and generated a total prize pool of $1,589,985, of which $270,877 will go to the first-place finisher, along with the coveted gold bracelet.
Liu, who also ended Day 1 as chip leader, is after his first bracelet and third WSOP cash. The Canadian has just $2,390 in lifetime WSOP earnings and already has a minimum cash of $22,986 locked up. Hubers and De Souza, who respectively finished the day second and third and chips, are both also looking for their first bracelets.
Event #75 $1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em Final Table
RANK
PLAYER
COUNTRY
CHIPS/PAYOUT
BIG BLINDS
1
Renmei Liu
Canada
7,100,000
71
2
Nicholas Hubers
United States
5,600,000
56
3
Kaue De Souza
Brazil
4,540,000
45
4
Chad Himmelspach
United States
4,000,000
40
5
Tarun Gulati
United States
3,080,000
31
6
Ori Hasson
Israel
3,020,000
30
7
Stefan Reiser
Germany
1,985,000
20
8
Seth Evans
United States
925,000
9
9
Louison Vincent
France
$22,986
0
Israeli grinder Asi Moshe was after his fifth WSOP bracelet but hit the rail in 10th place when his two pair was no good against the nut flush of Tarun Gulati. Other well-knowns who didn’t survive the day include David "The Dragon" Pham, Mike Watson, Joao Vieira and Tom Koral.
Day 3 kicks off on Wednesday, Nov. 17 at noon Pacific Time and will play down to a winner. Blinds will begin at 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante paid by the big blind.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team will be back tomorrow to bring you updates of the Day 3 action.