WSOP Day 20 Review: Four Bracelets Won, Negreanu and Hellmuth both Progress to Dealer’s Choice Final Day

The latest action at the 2021 World Series of Poker saw a busy day at the felt produce four bracelet winners, an end to the massive Monster Stack event and both Phil Hellmuth and Daniel Negreanu battle for supremacy in the $10,000-entry Dealer’s Choice.

Noori Claims First Bracelet After Epic Comeback Win Against Leng

Michael Noori overcame Ryan Leng heads-up in a comeback victory for the ages as the $1,500-entry Monster Stack Event #30 concluded live on PokerGO.

With a dramatic conclusion to the event and almost a million dollars won by Noori and Leng, the action played down from ten to one in style as the Thunderdome was host to one of the most exciting final tables of the Autumn so far.

Baker Bags Third Bracelet After Dominant Performance

David ‘Bakes’ Baker won Event #34, the $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw event as he roared down the home straight to win his third WSOP bracelet and the top prize of $87,837.

It was Peter Lynn who led the final six players as they kicked off the final table, but after the eliminations of Mark Fraser (6th for $13,423), Marc Booth (5th for $18,488) and Kristijonas Andrulis (4th for $25,971), Baker took control of proceedings.

After Baker busted Stephen Deutsch in third for $37,194, he went into the heads-up battle against Lynn with a crucial advantage, holding more than six times his adversary’s stack. Baker closed out the win to claim another major title and his first bracelet victory in nine years, along with the $87,837 top prize.

Anthony Koutsis won an epic three-hour heads-up to claim victory in the $500 Freezeout event as the real estate agent banked a career-high score of over $167,000 after beating Charbel Kanterjian to the gold.

On what was a fast-paced final day, both Kanterjian and Koutsos had top two stacks heading into the final table, and they were on a collision course to their eventual clash. Dongsheng Zhang made a break for the line halfway through the final table, but was eventually ousted by Koutsos.

The final duel saw both men hold the lead, but with big blinds rising and the stacks getting shallower, Koutsos won with pocket queens in the final hand to claim a memorable win.

In the $50,000-entry High Roller, Australian powerhouse and star of 2021 Michael Addamo took a commanding chip lead into the second day of WSOP Event #38.

With 72 entries across Day 1, players such as Jason Koon, Sam Soverel, Sergio Aido, Nick Petrangelo, Matas Cimbolas, Sam Grafton, David Peters, Vanessa Kade, Paul Newey, Daniel Zack, Dylan Linde, Adrian Mateos and Ben Heath all busted, but plenty of others made the Day 2 seat draw.

It was Michael Addamo who bagged the chip lead with 5,150,000 chips by the end of play, with his closest challenger Erik Seidel (3,730,000) some way back. Addamo and Seidel are miles clear of the rest of the field, however, with Gal Yifrach (1,405,000) third in chips, with others in the top 10 including Dan Smith (1,085,000), Mustapha Kanit (1,060,000) and Bin Weng (975,000) all banking chips overnight.

Adam Friedman is shooting to win the $10,000 Dealer’s Choice Championship in back-to-back style and will retain his title if he can see off nine opponents on tomorrow’s final day second in chips.

Jake Schwartz is the chip leader with 1,380,000, but Friedman (1,329,000) is close to the lead and miles clear of the others, with Daniel Negreanu (457,000), Phil Hellmuth (424,000) and Mike Matusow (410,000) not only together on the leaderboard but in the seat draw for their table on the final day, with Schwartz and Friedman neighbours at the other table.

Finally, Event #37 concluded on the same day it began as Karolis Sereika sealed a memorable victory after beating Pedro Pedilha to the title for the $195,310 top prize.

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