Event #66: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Day 3 Completed
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #66: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2021 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,939,600
Entries
210
Level
29
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Players Left
1
Level 29
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Josh Arieh has claimed victory in Event #66: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship after overcoming a field of 208 entries. Arieh grabbed hold of his fourth World Series of Poker bracelet and $484,791 after defeating Danny Chang heads-up.
After the last hand was dealt 10 hours into Day 3, Arieh was able to turn to his wife and poker friends on his rail with a huge grin on his face and his arms raised in the air.
"Having Rachel here was amazing,” Arieh told PokerNews. “She wasn't able to be here for the first one and we really wanted to get a winner's photo together."
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Josh Arieh | United States | $484,791 |
| 2nd | Danny Chang | United States | $299,627 |
| 3rd | Anatolii Zyrin | Russia | $207,369 |
| 4th | Dan Colpoys | United States | $146,817 |
| 5th | Jeff Gross | United States | $106,391 |
| 6th | Adam Owen | United Kingdom | $78,955 |
| 7th | Aaron Kupin | United States | $60,040 |
| 8th | Matt Woodward | United States | $46,813 |
Arieh couldn't have been any happier after falling just short of the $50,000 Poker Player's Championship final table and coming back to win this just 48 hours later.
“It was really motivating having that play out right there. I really wanted that," as he pointed to the Main Stage, "because of the year before when I came in second, but this is a hell of a consolation prize."
In the past two weeks, Arieh has claimed three six-figure scores at the WSOP including two bracelet wins, and he credits a lot of that to his personal life. "I'm at a better place, my personal life is as good as it's ever been. I'm willing to accept whatever happens and I just feel good."
While Arieh is widely considered one of the best pot-limit Omaha players and his results can confirm that, the hi-lo 8 or better variant isn't necessarily something that Arieh felt very comfortable with. "I noticed a lot of mistakes that I made, but I also noticed a lot of gameplay mistakes that they made. There was a point where they were letting me see flops when I shouldn't see flops, they were gambling when they shouldn't have been gambling. Just my experience in pot-limit really helped me figure out what I should be doing."
Final Day Action
Only 12 players came back for Day 3 where they quickly found out that they would be playing to a winner today instead of just five players. There were a few short stacks to kick things off and most of them were unable to survive. Tim Seidensticker, Jason Riesenberg, Alan Sternberg, and John Esposito all hit the rail in just over an hour to bring the field down to just eight players and a final table.
Matt Woodward came into the day as a top-three stack but a rough cooler didn't go his way against Chang, which led to Woodward exiting the tournament in eighth place. Seven-handed play continued for over 2.5 hours with Arieh and Chang clashing in a couple of monster pots while the others just saw their stacks dwindling to the blinds.
Eventually, Aaron Kupin was left with a difficult call for all of his chips and the cards didn't fall his way as he was eliminated in seventh place. The short stacks continued to stay alive with double-ups, triple-ups, and chops which frustrated some others looking for those crucial pay jumps. Adam Owen was one of those short stacks but he happened to be the first to fall when Chang made a full house on him.
Jeff Gross, the king of short-stack grinding, was down to three big blinds at one point but that was nothing unusual for him. Gross hung in there with some timely double-ups and survived past the dinner break. However, with just a couple of big blinds left, Gross ran into Anatolii Zyrin's pocket aces which he could not overcome, bowing out in fifth place.
Dan Colpoys was next on the chopping block when he ran into a red-hot Chang after the dinner break. Chang flopped a set of eights and Colpoys couldn't make a low hand to get half the pot. Chang took a huge lead heading into three-handed play with over 75% of the chips sitting in front of him. However, multiple double-ups from Zyrin and Arieh brought the stacks back to even.
After the last break of the night, Arieh came in as the short stack but would find a huge double up from Zyrin to take the chip lead. Just moments later, Arieh would go on to eliminate Zyrin and take the chip leads into heads-up play with Chang.
The two players would not back down from each other as they dealt heavy blow after heavy blow to each other but it would be Arieh who would have the last say. In the last hand of the night, the tables turned multiple times as the cards hit the felt. Arieh was in the lead on the flop, Chang found a chop on the turn, but Arieh made a wheel on the river to scoop the pot and claim the title.
Arieh talked a little bit about what it meant to him to have four WSOP bracelets to his name now. "I really want my kids to say that their dad is a Hall of Fame poker player and I knew that I had to do a lot more than I have already done. Hopefully, this run 25 years into my poker career will give me a chance."
That wraps up the coverage for this event but stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the live updates throughout the Main Event over the next couple of weeks.
Level 29
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Danny Chang moved all-in preflop and was called by Josh Arieh.
The hands were tabled and it was the 
held by Chang versus the 
held by Arieh.
The dealer spread the flop of 
and Arieh jumped ahead with a pair of sixes plus straight and low outs.
The turn card was the 
and Arieh improved to a six-high straight.
The river card was the 
and that completed the scoop for Arieh with a wheel low to go along with his straight, and Chang was eliminated form the tournament in 2nd place and took home $299,627 in cash.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
12,480,000
3,480,000
|
3,480,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level 29
: 80,000/160,000, 160,000 ante
Josh Arieh raised to 320,000 on the button and Danny Chang called from the big blind. The flop came 
and Chang led out for 400,000. Arieh called and the landed on the turn.
Chang led out with another bet of 1,000,000 and Arieh raised to 2,500,000. Chang thought for a brief moment but decided to lay his hand down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,000,000
1,705,000
|
1,705,000 |
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3,600,000
-1,705,000
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-1,705,000 |
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Level: 29
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 160,000
Level 28
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Josh Arieh opened to 375,000 on the button and Anatolii Zyrin called from the big blind. The dealer fanned the flop of 
and Zyrin pushed all in for 440,000. Arieh snap-called and the cards were tabled.
Anatolii Zyrin: 
Josh Arieh: 
Arieh flopped a straight which left Zyrin drawing to runner-runner outs. The 
locked it up and the 
on the river was insignificant.
The final two players are taking a 15-minute break now with just one minute remaining in the level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,295,000
1,555,000
|
1,555,000 |
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5,305,000
405,000
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405,000 |
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Busted | |
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Level 28
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Josh Arieh moved all-in preflop and was called by Anatolii Zyrin.
The hands were tabled and it was the 
held by Arieh versus the 
held by Zyrin.
The dealer spread the flop of 
and Arieh's aces were best.
The turn card was the 
and that added a flush draw for Arieh.
The river card 
sealed the deal and secured the double up for Arieh.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,740,000
3,465,000
|
3,465,000 |
|
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1,200,000
-4,225,000
|
-4,225,000 |
|
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Level 28
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Danny Chang raised to 250,000 on the button and Josh Arieh defended from the big blind. The flop came and both players checked to the on the turn.
Arieh led out with a bet of 600,000 and Chang called to see the on the river. Arieh checked this time and Chang threw in a bet of 500,000. Arieh snap-called and Chang rolled over for trip fours.
"That's phenomenal," Arieh muttered as he flashed 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,425,000
-2,125,000
|
-2,125,000 |
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4,900,000
2,600,000
|
2,600,000 |
|
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2,275,000
-715,000
|
-715,000 |
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Level 28
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Danny Chang led out 1,400,000 chips on a completed board of 
and was raised all-in by Anatolii Zyrin.
After a brief moment, Chang called and was shown the bad news as Zyrin tabled 
for a nut flush and nut low which three-quartered the 
for a nut low held by Chang.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,550,000
2,250,000
|
2,250,000 |
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2,300,000
-2,700,000
|
-2,700,000 |
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Level 28
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Danny Chang raised to 300,000 on the button and Josh Arieh called from the big blind. The flop came and Arieh led out with a bet which was quickly followed by an all-in from Chang. Arieh called off his stack of 885,000 and the cards were on their backs.
Josh Arieh:
Danny Chang: 
Chang was in the lead and had a flush draw but Arieh had a wrap. The on the turn also gave Arieh the best low draw. The hit the river and Arieh made a straight to score a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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5,000,000
-570,000
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-570,000 |
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2,990,000
1,640,000
|
1,640,000 |
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