Event #40: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship
Day 2 Completed
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #40: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2021 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,389,425
Entries
149
Level
26
Limits
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0
Entries
81
Players Left
16
Level 17
Just 16 players remain after day 2 of Event #40: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E., with Kevin Gerhart (1,075,000) taking the chip lead into Friday’s play.
Gerhart is one of only two players to finish the night over one million chips. He’s closely followed by runner-up of Event #2: $25,000 H.O.R.S.E., Benny Glaser (1,045,000).
Rounding out the top five biggest stacks to end day 2 are Christopher Vitch (945,000), David Benyamine (710,000), and Marco Johnson (665,000).
A pair of players that found their tournament lives deeply in danger at various points of the day, even near the money bubble, survived the day and actually bagged healthy stacks for Friday.
Eddie Blumenthal was left with just 3.5 big bets midway through the day after his pair of nines fell to Christopher Vitch’s flopped top pair of tens. He came back strong through the evening to take 620,000 chips into Day 3.
Jerry Wong was so short-stacked near the bubble that he actually late-registered Event #42: $1,500 Razz just in case. He then unregistered after making the money here, then running his stack up to a healthy 495,000.
Once that money bubble was burst by Chris Bell, seven players collected a min-cash of $16,218 or slightly better, including Scott Seiver in 22nd place, Nate Silver in 21st place, recent bracelet winner Dylan Linde in 19th place, and Day 1 chip leader Qinghai Pan in 18th place.
Among those from Day 2 that missed a trip to the payout window were the defending champion of this event, Greg Mueller, and a pair of former WSOP Player of the Years in Robert Campbell (2019) and Shaun Deeb (2018).
The final 16 return to the Amazon room Friday at 2:00 pm local time, when they’re scheduled to play down to five players.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for continued coverage of this, and every World Series of Poker Event live from the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino.
Level 17
Kevin Gerhart takes home the Day 2 chip lead as one of two players over one million.
A full recap is to follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,075,000
-100,000
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-100,000 |
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1,045,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
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945,000
395,000
|
395,000 |
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710,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
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665,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
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|
620,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
590,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
|
||
|
495,000
275,000
|
275,000 |
|
|
||
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493,000
-117,000
|
-117,000 |
|
||
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490,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
|
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460,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
||
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415,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
330,000
-340,000
|
-340,000 |
|
|
||
|
315,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
|
|
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180,000
-520,000
|
-520,000 |
|
|
||
|
115,000
-521,000
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-521,000 |
|
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Level 17
The players are bagging up for the end of the night.
Chip counts and a full recap to come.
Level 17
With two tables of eight players left, each table has a strong contender for end of night chip leader.
Kevin Gerhart is leading everyone with 1,175,000 at table 430, while Benny Glaser has 1,030,000 in front of him at table 439.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,175,000
395,000
|
395,000 |
|
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1,030,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
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Level 17
| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 430 | 1 | Christopher Vitch |
| 430 | 2 | Eddie Blumenthal |
| 430 | 3 | Jerry Wong |
| 430 | 4 | Bryce Yockey |
| 430 | 5 | Michael Trivett |
| 430 | 6 | Eric Rodawig |
| 430 | 7 | Kevin Gerhart |
| 430 | 8 | Bertrand Grospellier |
| 430 | 1 | David Benyamine |
| 430 | 2 | Brandon Shack-Harris |
| 430 | 3 | Marco Johnson |
| 430 | 4 | Jake Schwartz |
| 430 | 5 | Max Pescatori |
| 430 | 6 | Randy Ohel |
| 430 | 7 | Kevin Song |
| 430 | 8 | Benny Glaser |
Level 17
Stud Hi-Lo
Christopher Vitch: 
/ 
/ 
Gary Benson: 
/ 
/ 
Jerry Wong: 
/ 
/ 
Bryce Yockey had the bring-in with the 
and Jerry Wong completed. Christopher Vitch called and the short-stacked Gary Benson raised it. Yockey folded, both Wong and Vitch called, and it was off to fourth street.
Benson had the lead with ace-king showing and bet 15,000, leaving himself just 4,000 back. Both his opponents called and then Benson bet the last of his chips on fifth.
Wong called and then called when Vitch completed to 30,000. Vitch then check-called bets on both sixth and seventh with a straight while Wong showed a low.
Benson was drawing live to a diamond flush on seventh and he squeezed out the last card.
"It's red," he said hopefully before turning it over to reveal it was the wrong suit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Level 17
Limit Hold'em
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, who was recently nominated for the Poker Hall of Fame for the first time, raised from the hijack only to have Qinghai Pan three-bet all in from the cutoff. The button and blinds all folded and Grospellier called.
Qinghai Pan: 
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier: 
Pan got it in good and held through both the 
flop and 
turn, but disaster struck when the 
spiked on the river to give ElkY a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Level 17
Stud
Mike Gorodinsky: 
/ 
Benny Glaser: 
/ 
Mike Gorodinsky got his short stack in with deuces in the whole only to see he was dominated by the queens of Benny Glaser. Ther former failed to improve upon his down ducks while Glaser made trip queens to score the knockout.
Meanwhile, recent WSOP bracelet winner Dylan Linde was eliminated at the same time in a hand of Stud one table over. Linde finished in 19th place for $17,738.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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950,000
327,000
|
327,000 |
|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Level 17
Razz
Nate Silver got the last of his chips in on third street in a three-way pot with Kevin Gerhart and Benny Glaser.
Side pot action was checked on fourth street between Glaser and Gerhart, but once Gerhart bet fifth street, Glaser folded to create the final heads-up confrontation.
Nate Silver: /
/
Kevin Gerhart: /
/
Benny Glaser: / - folded
Silver was in rough shape on fifth street as Gerhart had already made 
with the six and four in the hole.
Silver couldn't improve and he was eliminated in 21st place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
780,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
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Busted | |