Hand #5: Jack Oliver raised to 1,600,000 from the cutoff and George Holmes called in the small blind. Chase Bianchi three-bet jammed for 9,700,000 from the big blind. Oliver four-bet shoved for more for Holmes to snap-fold.
Chase Bianchi:
Jack Oliver:
The flop came to keep Oliver ahead.
The turn was the to not help Bianchi and the river completed the board with the to send Bianchi out in ninth place for $1,000,000.
Hand #1: Joshua Remitio raised to 1,600,000 from the hijack and he got no action from the other players.
Hand #2: Chase Bianchi raised to 1,600,000 from the middle position and the action folded to Jack Oliver in the big blind who three-bet to 4,100,000 for Bianchi to fold.
Hand #3: Alejandro Lococo raised to 1,600,000 from the late position and got no callers.
Hand #4: Jareth East raised to 1,600,000 from the hijack and Koray Aldemir three-bet to 3,800,000 from the cutoff. The action folded back to East who opted to fold.
The cards are officially in the air with all nine finalists in their seats. Some one hour and 19 minutes remain at the current blinds and the hand-for-hand coverage will commence shortly.
Out of a field of 6,650 entries, only nine players representing five different countries remain in contention in the Event #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event Championship at the 2021 World Series of Poker.
An unusual 2021 edition of the November Nine will battle throughout the next two days to determine the 2021 WSOP World Champion and have all locked up a seven-figure payday. The first part of the final table will get underway at 4 p.m. and the final table that will be streamed on the PokerGO platform with cards-up coverage and commentary on a 60-minute delay.
Leading the final nine into the first part of the elusive showdown in Las Vegas is Germany's Koray Aldemir, who holds a commanding lead over the rest of the final tablists. The Vienna resident is the only player with a nine-figure stack and returns with 140 million in chips. His nearest follower, George Holmes, has 83.7 million chips as his disposal and there is another large gap to the middle of the pack.
PokerStars ambassador Alejandro Lococo, better known in South America under his stage alias of "Papo MC" as a rapper in Argentina, sits in third place with 46.8 million, closely followed by Joshua Remitio (40 million).
The UK's Jack Oliver (34 million) and Turkey's Ozgur Secilmis (24.5 million) are also among the middling stacks while the trio at the bottom of the leaderboard consists of Hye Park (13.5 million), Chase Bianchi (14.1 million) and Jareth East (8.3 million).
2021 Main Event Final Table Seat Draw
Seat
Player
Chip Count
Country
Big Blinds
1
Jareth East
8,300,000
United Kingdom
10
2
Koray Aldemir
140,000,000
Germany
175
3
Jack Oliver
34,000,000
United Kingdom
43
4
Ozgur Secilmis
24,500,000
Turkey
31
5
George Holmes
83,700,000
United States
106
6
Chase Bianchi
14,100,000
United States
18
7
Joshua Remitio
40,000,000
United States
50
8
Alejandro Lococo
46,800,000
Argentina
59
9
Hye Park
13,500,000
United States
17
The 2021 WSOP Main Event Final Table
With such a lop-sided chip distribution and small pay jumps leading to a very top heavy payout, this will certainly create some interesting table dynamics for the first of two days for this final table showdown. Day 8 of the 2021 Main Event only represents the first step in crowning a new champion as the tournament will officially conclude one day later on Wednesday, November 17.
Final Table Payouts
The biggest slice of the $62,011,250 prize pool will be distributed in the next two days. All nine finalists have locked up at least $1,000,000 for their efforts and a top prize of $8,000,000 awaits for the eventual champion.
Place
Prize
1
$8,000,000
2
$4,300,000
3
$3,000,000
4
$2,300,000
5
$1,800,000
6
$1,400,000
7
$1,225,000
8
$1,100,000
9
$1,000,000
The action will resume in level 36 with blinds at 400,000/800,000 and a big blind ante of 800,000. Once there are four players remaining, the hopefuls will bag and tag for the night before playing down to a winner on Wednesday, November 17.
Stay tuned for the conclusion of the pinnacle poker event of the year right here on PokerNews with live hand-for-hand coverage from the final table of the 2021 WSOP Main Event.
to keep Oliver ahead.
to not help Bianchi and the river completed the board with the 
to send Bianchi out in ninth place for $1,000,000.
