Kennedy Wins $600 KO As Negreanu Finishes Third

Daniel Negreanu came agonizingly close to winning his seventh World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet this week when he finished third in Event #22: $600 NLH Knockout. Negreanu ultimately fell in third place, leaving Anthony “lastbullet” Kennedy to bank some poker gold.

Some 612 players bought into this tournament, which was a freezeout with no re-entries. The likes of Ryan “Adopt_aDoggo” Leng, Ryan “BitC0in” Riess, and Jason “justanenigma” Wheeler were among the starters. Wheeler busted in 10th place to set the final table.

All eyes were on Negreanu as he mounted a charge for his seventh WSOP bracelet.

A short-stacked Jonathan “shvszn” Bolton busted at the hands of Michael “PIEROGI” Ziemba to reduce the player count by one. Jeff “NedrudRelyt” Madsen followed suit, his 9d-9s being no match for Negreanu’s Td-Th.

Ziemba fell in seventh after losing to Paul “rungood27” Scaturro. All the chips went into the middle on the 7h-6s-Ah flop. Ziemba held As-Kc for top pair, but Scaturro held 7s-7d for a set.

Kennedy claimed his first scalp of the final table, that of Matthew “BraceletHUNT” Hunt. Hunt open-shoved for 17.5 big blinds from the button with Qh-Jh. Kennedy looked him up with Ad-Td, and won when the five community cards ran 5s-6h-Ac-4h-3c.

Negreanu sent Ryan “hagzzz021” Hagerty home in fifth place for $9,958, the last four-figure prize of the evening. Negreanu called Hagerty’s 10 big blind shove with Ac-Jh, and found himself against Kh-9h. Jacks on the turn and river won the hand for Negreanu, and sent the recent bracelet winner Hagerty to the showers.

Kennedy Takes Control

Kennedy was in the envious position of chip leader going into four-handed play. Those four became three when Scaturro’s Jd-Tc failed to get there against the ace-king of Ryan “badbeatbill Basile.

Heads-up was set when negreanu fell in third. The last of Negreanu’s chips went in on the turn of the 4s-Qc-4c-2s-Kh board. The six-time bracelet winner held Qs-9h, but Kennedy turned over the dominating Ac-Qh.

That hand gave Kennedy a 7,776,127 to 4,463,873 chip lead over Basile. It did not take him long to hold all the chips in play.

Kennedy min-raised to 400,000 and was called. He made a continuation-bet of 400,000 on the Jd-3h-5d flop, only for Basile the shove for 2,773,873. Kennedy called, and showed 7d-4d; Basile flipped over 6d-4h. The Qd turn completed Kennedy’s flush, rendering the Qs river inconsequential. Game over for Basile, and $46,796 plus a gold bracelet for Kennedy.

2021 WSOP Event #22: $600 NLH Knockout Final Table Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Anthony “Lastbullet” Kennedy	$46,796
2	Ryan “badbeatbill” Basile	$28,708
3	Daniel “DNegs” Negreanu	$19,851
4	Paul “rungood27” Scaturro	$13,964
5	Ryan “hagzzz021” Hagerty	$9,958
6	Matthew “BraceletHUNT” Hunt	$7,266
7	Michael “PIEROGI” Ziemba	$5,354
8	Jeff “NedrudRelyt” Madsen	$4,032
9	Johnathan “shvszn” Bolton	$3,084

2021 WSOP Online Bracelet Winners (Event 13-24)

Date	Event	Entries	Re-entries	Total entries	Prize pool	Champion	Prize
13-Jul	Event #13: $1,000 NLH Freezeout	561	0	561	$504,900	Ryan “Adopt_aDoggo” Leng	$108,654
14-Jul	Event #14: $500 No-Limit Holdem	673	363	1,036	$466,200	Gionni “COLDWARKID” Demers	$90,023
15-Jul	Event #15: $5,300 No-Limit Hold’em High Roller Freezeout	188	0	188	$940,000	Justin “Jsaliba2” Saliba	253,800
16-Jul	Event #16: $600 PLO8 6-Handed	293	295	498	$268,920	Allen “Acnyc718” Chang	$61,394
17-Jul	Event #17: $400 NLH 8-Max	747	378	1,125	$405,000	Justin “LappyPoker” Lapka	$75,371
18-Jul	Event #18: $1,000 NLH North American Open	524	232	756	$692,000	James “Danfriel” Gilbert	$137,570
19-Jul	Event #19: $888 PLO Crazy Eights 8-Handed	285	222	507	$405,600	Martin “bathroomline” Zamani	$92,598
20-Jul	Event #20: $3,200 NLH High Roller	221	91	312	$948,480	Sang “youngkoi” Lee	$241,768
21-Jul	Event #21: $600 PLO 6-handed	281	270	551	$297,540	Bradley “drstrange7” Ruben	$69,148
22-Jul	Event #22: $600 NLH Knockout	612	0	612	$342,720	Anthony “Lastbullet” Kennedy	$46,796
23-Jul	Event #23: $500 NLH Turbo	457	237	694	$312,300	Ryan “hagzzz021” Hagerty	$67,207
24-Jul	Event #24: $400 NLH Monster Stack	826	350	1,176	$423,360	Byung “bhy101” Yoo	$77,475

Matthew Pitt

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