Joe Cada raised preflop to 500,000 and Leo Soma reraised to 2,350,000. Cada then moved all in for around 4,000,000 and Soma snap called.
Joe Cada:
Leo Soma:
With one of his outs in his opponents hand and an ace in the window of the flop, it wasn't looking too promising for Cada's kings. The board ran out to give Soma top pair with aces, busting Cada out of the tournament in seventh place.
Leo Soma opened to 600,000 from the cutoff. He received a single caller, Ivan Zhechev, in the big blind. The two went heads up to the flop.
On the flop, Soma continued for 300,000. Zhechev called.
Soma fired again, now for 1,400,000 on the turn. Zhechev again found the call.
On the river, Soma fired his biggest barrel yet, to the tune of 4,000,000. Zhechev considered his decision a bit. A call here would be for all his chips. He eventually found the call, seemingly more out of frustration than an expectation to take the pot.
Ivan Zhechev:
Leo Soma:
While Zhechev had connected with the flop, he had not done so as well as Soma, whose flopped set was good enough to take down the big pot.
Zhechev was eliminated in 6th place and will take home a cash of $81,188.
Maximiliano Gallardo raised to 825,000 from the cutoff. Action folded to Derek Sudell, the big blind. After a moment or two, he moved all in with the effective stack of just under 6,000,000. Gallardo made the call.
Derek Sudell:
Maximiliano Gallardo:
Sudell needed some help, but was drawing live. Not only did no help come on the flop for Sudell, but Gallardo now had a flush draw to go along with his overpair, limiting Sudell's outs even further. When the hit on the turn, giving Gallardo a set, Sudell tapped the table to say good game to his opponents, as he prepared to leave. The river completed the board, cementing the pot for Gallardo.
Derek Sudell was sent to the rail in 5th place. He'll take home a cash of $109,083.
Action folded around to current chip leader Leo Soma who moved all in. The lone person left to act was Daniel Wellborn, who started the day with the chip lead. Wellborn made the quick call.
Daniel Wellborn:
Leo Soma:
Wellborn was ahead for now, but that would not last long, as the flop gave Soma a pair and removed any chance of a flush for Wellborn. Soma's fan club erupted upon seeing the . Wellborn failed to hit on any outs as the board finished . Chants of "ALLEZ OLUX" and singing began pouring in from the rail as the board completed and Soma sent yet another opponent to the rail.
Daniel Wellborn was eliminated in 4th place. He will take home a cash of $148,171.
With action on Leo Soma in the small blind, he raised to 1,500,000 and got called by Maximiliano in the big blind. The flop came down and both players checked.
On the turn there was an , Soma bet 2,000,000 and Gallardo called.
A came down on the river and Soma moved all in. Maximiliano went into the tank for about five minutes before finally deciding to call. Cards went up and Soma showed for a straight to the ten and Maximiliano had , for a pair of sixes which sent him to the rails.
4000$ de gains, 4 dernières lignes online sur les WSOP 2021, Leo Soma sévit sur les tables virtuelles sous le pseudonyme d'Olux... le Français s'est fait un nom et un prénom lors du Jour 3 de l'Event WSOP #14 à 1500$ disputé en 6-Max. Le Français a remporté le 33e bracelet tricolore, il est devenu le 29e Français à entrer dans la légende WSOP !
Ils étaient 2 393 au départ et encore 159 à l'entame du Jour 2, Leo Soma avait 80 blindes pour commencer le Day 3 qui s'est déroulé à Las Vegas dans la nuit de jeudi à vendredi avec 16 joueurs en lice. Assuré d'un gain de 27 858$, le tricolore a mis deux heures à trouver le bon rythme avant de dérouler pour avoir 27 des 60 millions de jetons en circulation à 6 left.
Quatre de ses adversaires avaient alors encore un bloc de 20 blindes mais admirez l'enchaînement pour aspirer ses adversaires depuis les demi-finales. Déjà bien en place en début de partie, Leo Soma a donc conservé le tempo en éliminant Tianyi Mu (14e). Juste après que Joe Cada ait mis un badbeat à Mustapha Kanit (13e), le Français a poursuivi son travail de sape en terminant Corey Dodd (12e). Il a enchaîné avec un strike sur Ronit Chamani (11e - 35,785$) et le plus marocain des Espagnols, Javier Tsunamy (10e - 35,785$)!
Si Maximiliano Gallardo va ensuite se charger de Derek Sudell après le dinner break, Leo Soma va éliminer ses trois derniers adversaires pour terminer le travail. Le Français a éliminé 9 de ses 15 adversaires présents au Day 3. Exit le chipleader du début de journée Daniel Wellborn (4e) en faisant tapis avec alors que Thomas Schultz va lui doubler pour s'offrir un sursis et le head's up.
Résigné, il va partir à tapis au tournant avec un tirage couleur, payé par le Français avec la Top paire du flop, une paire pour entrer dans la légende après une brique river. Le rail tricolore pouvait exulter définitivement !