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2021 World Series of Poker

Event #51: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
Jours 2
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Résultats
Gagnant
Main Gagnante
k10
Prix
$474,102
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$2,661,990
Entrants
997
Info Niveau
Niveau
34
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Info Joueurs - Jour 2
Entrants
41
Joueurs Survivants
1

Event #51: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em

Jour 2 terminé

Brian Rast Wins Fifth Bracelet Event #51: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em ($474,102)

Niveau 34 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Brian Rast
Brian Rast

Only a few dozen players returned for their chance at World Series of Poker gold and the top prize of $474,102 on Day 2 of Event #51: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em. By day’s end, it was Brian Rast who conquered the field and claimed victory for his fifth WSOP gold bracelet at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.

Rast has more than $22 million in tournament earnings and has claimed two WSOP Poker Player's Championships. Yet the win today wasn’t an afterthought for the five-time bracelet winner Rast, who rekindled his competitive spirit with this trip to the WSOP.

“Honestly, it’s mixed emotions, the biggest one is relief,” said Rast. “Things have been changing in my life. Since COVID, it’s the least I’ve played poker since I started. So coming back to this WSOP it’s like, I really haven’t played much for almost a year and a half. This was like a challenge. This WSOP is more like playing for the competitive spirit of it and it was cool because I’ve played poker for a lot of money and this is a decent chunk for only putting up $3k. But that said, The thing that really got me fired up about this is the competitiveness of doing it.”

Rast, 39, said he does think about his legacy in poker and all of his accomplishments.

“I turn 40 in a couple weeks and it was on my mind to make the Poker Hall of Fame. I think I have a pretty good claim. I’ve played the biggest cash games in the world for over a decade and I’ve done a lot in tournaments as well. I just don’t think there are too many people. I wanted to come back here this year to the WSOP and show myself that I can still play great poker and be around and enjoy it and hopefully add more.”

There wasn’t a huge rowdy rail on the final table today, but Rast was particularly grateful to have his wife in attendance to see the victory.

“My rail was small but it was the most important because it was my wife,” he said. “My wife doesn’t actually come out for much poker stuff. So it’s like, she never comes and sweats the cash games or anything. But if I make a final table, and she’s in town, she comes. So it’s like OK, the pressure is on. The wife doesn’t make it easy, we have to really perform here to get some attention from the missus. Like it’s funny, the hardest person to like earn her respect in that sense, is my wife.”

It took four hours of play to whittle the field down to the unofficial final table of seven. Some of the notables to fall before that point were John Racener (16th - $24,160), Christian Harder (22nd - $19,187), two-time bracelet winner Georgios Sotiropoulos (24th - $19,187), and one-time winner Manig Loeser (33rd - $12,826).

Matas Cimbolas fell just short of the official six-handed final table. He found himself short-stacked and all in with jack-nine suited against the ace-eight of Nick Yunis. Cimbolas could not improve and he exited in seventh ($53,946).

As the field started to dwindle and Rast continued to grow his stack, he said that he really started zoning on making victory a reality.

“When we were a little bit out, I started to build up a chip lead and I was like Ok, I’m going for the win. There were some spots where I was shoving and I really don’t think it was a bad play. I was trying to put max pressure on people and I mean I had a good run of cards too and it worked out.”

2021 WSOP Event #51 Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryPrize
1Brian RastUnited States$474,102
2John GallaherUnited States$293,009
3Tuan PhanUnited States$210,913
4Nick YunisChile$141,478
5Jun ObaraJapan$100,827
6Francisco BenitezUruguay$73,107

Final Table Action

All eyes were on Brian Rast. The four-time bracelet winner entered with a commanding chip lead of one-third of the chips in play. First to go was Francisco Benitez. Short on chips, Benitez jammed with ace-queen and Rast called with seven-six suited. Rast connected with a pair of sevens and Benitez exited in sixth ($73,107).

Next to go was Jun Obara. The day one chip leader shoved the flop with a flush draw but ran into the flopped pair of jacks of Yunis. Obara could not improve and had to settle for fifth ($100,827). Yunis followed him out the door in fourth ($141,478) when his ace-five suited was in preflop against the ace-four of Rast. Rast paired his four and action moved to three-handed.

Tuan Phan finished in third ($210,913) after he was down under five big blinds. Phan shoved queen-jack from the small blind and Rast called with five-four from the big blind. Rast made a straight on the river and heads up play began.

Rast entered heads up play with a 5-1 chip advantage against John Gallaher and things would end quickly as he ran his queen-ten right into the king-ten of Rast. Rast held and Gallaher had to settle for second ($293,009).

Rast joins some rare air as a five-time WSOP bracelet winner. Rast is also the second player ever to win five bracelets or more without ever finishing runner-up in a WSOP event. Daniel Alaei is the only other one, who also has five. A few others on that list include Stu Ungar, Scotty Nguyen, Michael Mizrachi, and Jason Mercier. Congratulations to Brian for winning Event #41: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em.

Tags: Brian RastChristian HarderDaniel AlaeiFrancisco BenitezGeorgios SotiropoulosJason MercierJohn GallaherJohn RacenerJun ObaraManig LoeserMatas CimbolasMichael MizrachiNick YunisScotty NguyenTuan Phan

John Gallaher Eliminated in 2nd Place ($293,009)

Niveau 34 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
John Gallaher
John Gallaher

John Gallaher limped on the button and Brian Rast announced all-in and Gallaher wasted no time calling.

John Gallaher: {q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}
Brian Rast: {k-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

The flop came {j-Spades}{j-Clubs}{6-Hearts} and the {10-Spades} came on the turn, giving Gallaher some potential chop outs but the {3-Diamonds} on the river meant Rast's king-kicker was going to play and Gallaher was eliminated in second place for $239,009.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
39,880,000 6,000,000
John Gallaher us
John Gallaher
Eliminé

Tags: John GallaherBrian Rast

Tuan Phan Eliminated in 3rd Place ($210,913)

Niveau 34 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante
Tuan Phan
Tuan Phan

Brian Rast raised all in from the small blind and Tuan Phan snapped-off his 2,000,000 stack.

Tuan Phan: {q-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}
Brian Rast: {5-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}

Phan was ahead and liked that a jack appeared in the window on the {6-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} flop but it also gave Rast a gutshot straight draw.

The turn came the {5-Hearts}, pairing Rast and putting Phan in the sweatsuit some more.

Phan needed to dodge any seven, five or four on the river to stay alive, but the {7-Clubs} came crashing down and ended his tournament in third place for $210,913.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
33,880,000 4,880,000
John Gallaher us
John Gallaher
6,000,000 -950,000
Tuan Phan us
Tuan Phan
Eliminé

Tags: Brian RastTuan Phan

Gallaher Finds Another Double

Niveau 34 : 250,000/500,000, 500,000 ante

Brian Rast shipped all the chips in the middle on the button and John Gallaher called in the big blind.

John Gallaher: {a-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}
Brian Rast: {k-Diamonds}{4-Spades}

The dealer spread a board of {6-Hearts}{2-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{q-Clubs} for Ghaller's ace-high to scoop the pot.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
29,000,000 -2,180,000
John Gallaher us
John Gallaher
6,950,000 2,950,000
Tuan Phan us
Tuan Phan
2,000,000 -2,700,000

Tags: John GallaherBrian Rast

Niveau: 34

Blinds: 250,000/500,000

Ante: 500,000

Nick Yunis Eliminated in 4th Place ($141,478)

Niveau 33 : 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Nick Yunis
Nick Yunis

Brian Rast open-jammed under the gun and action folded to Nick Yunis who looked down at his cards and called off his 6,100,000 stack from the big blind.

Nick Yunis: {a-Hearts}{5-Hearts}
Brian Rast: {a-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}

Yunis liked what he saw until the {7-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{10-Spades} flop hit the felt pairing Rast's four.

The {3-Hearts} turn gave Yunis some more outs with two gutshot straight draws and a flush draw, but the {8-Clubs} completed the board and ended his tournament in fourth place for $141,478.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
31,180,000 14,180,000
Tuan Phan us
Tuan Phan
4,700,000 -1,400,000
John Gallaher us
John Gallaher
4,000,000 1,100,000
Nick Yunis cl
Nick Yunis
Eliminé

Tags: Brian RastNick Yunis

Jun Obara Eliminated in 5th Place ($100,827)

Niveau 33 : 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Jun Obara
Jun Obara

Jun Obara raised the cutoff to 800,000 and Nick Yunis defended the big blind.

On the {j-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{6-Spades} flop, Yunis checked to Obara who jammed all-in. Yunis shrugged as he called off his 3,450,000.

Nick Yunis: {j-Clubs}{9-Hearts}
Jun Obara: {7-Spades}{5-Spades}

Obara flopped a flush draw but couldn't get there when the board competed with the {q-Hearts} on the turn and the {k-Diamonds} on the river. Obara was left with only 100,000 in chips and busted two hands later in fifth place.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Nick Yunis cl
Nick Yunis
8,800,000 800,000
Jun Obara jp
Jun Obara
Eliminé

Tags: Nick YunisJun Obara

Francisco Benitez Eliminated in 6th Place ($73,107)

Niveau 33 : 200,000/400,000, 400,000 ante
Francisco Benitez
Francisco Benitez

Francisco Benitez open-jammed under the gun for 2,600,000 and action folded to Brain Rast who called from the big blind.

Francisco Benitez: {a-Spades}{q-Spades}
Brian Rast: {7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}

Benitez was ahead but a seven appeared in the window on the {5-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{7-Clubs} flop, pairing Rast.

The {3-Hearts} turn was no help to Benitez as he needed an ace or queen to stay alive, but the {k-Spades} completed the board on the river and ended his tournament in sixth place for $73,107.

Joueur Jetons Progression
Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
17,000,000 3,300,000
Francisco Benitez uy
Francisco Benitez
Eliminé

Tags: Francisco BenitezBrian Rast

Niveau: 33

Blinds: 200,000/400,000

Ante: 400,000