Event #64: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 2 Completed
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #64: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2021 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$2,670,638
Entries
579
Level
36
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
800,000
Entries
47
Players Left
1
Level 36
: 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
To most people who follow the high stakes online scene he’s “EEE27.” Today at the final table of Event #64: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha he was Eelis Parssinen, the newest World Series of Poker bracelet winner.
The Finnish pro was already among the best online cash game players in the world. He now has his breakthrough win on the live tournament scene, but he doesn’t plan to change anything because he has a gold bracelet around his wrist.
“I don’t play these live tournaments too often. I wouldn’t consider myself as a live player,” Parssinen said. “I like to play live, but, I mean, this is my fifth WSOP tournament ever and there is so much luck involved.”
Parssinen needed all the luck he could get just to arrive at the final table. With around 40 players left, he lost a big pot that knocked him down to one big blind. He texted his friends in a group chat that he was out of the tournament. He managed to build that stack up to 2,800,000 at the start of the final table, in the middle of the pack among the nine players remaining.
He was far from alone. Outlasting a starting field of 579, at the final table were three fellow Scandinavians and his closest friends: Niklas Astedt, Samuli Sipila, and Joni Jouhkimainen.
Event #64: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eelis Parssinen | Finland | $545,616 |
| 2 | Noah Bronstein | United States | $337,216 |
| 3 | Ezra Abu Gazal | United States | $239,321 |
| 4 | David Prociak | United States | $172,332 |
| 5 | Joni Jouhkimainen | Finland | $125,940 |
| 6 | Kyle Arora | United States | $93,425 |
| 7 | Niklas Astedt | Sweden | $70,367 |
| 8 | Vikranth Anga | India | $53,824 |
Final Table Action
Parssinen doubled up through Jouhkimainen at the start of the final table by making quad queens. As Sipila fell in ninth place and Astedt in seventh, Parssinen doubled up again to get near the chip lead.
The fast structure left little room for maneuvering, and the remaining five players traded chips pre-flop before Jouhkimainen was knocked out in fifth place by Ezra Abu Gazal, who became Parssinen’s nemesis at the final table. Parssinen complained that Abu Gazal’s rail was leaning in too close and asked to change seats. Tensions rose as the bracelet was tantalizingly near for all those left.
With three players remaining, Parssinen picked up pocket aces in a PLO hand to double through Noah Bronstein and into the chip lead. He finally got the better of Abu Gazal, winning a flip with fives against queen-ten to send Abu Gazal home in third place and leave Parssinen heads-up against Bronstein with a 2.5:1 chip advantage.
Heads-up play wouldn’t last long. Parssinen and Bronstein saw a flop of 
and got all the chips in the middle. Parssinen had flopped a set of sixes with 
, while Bronstein was drawing to a straight with 
. Bronstein picked up a flush draw on the 
turn but bricked the 
river, making Parssinen a WSOP bracelet winner and $545,616 richer.
To Parssinen, it could’ve easily been one of his friends to lift the bracelet. Luck was just on his side. “It’s insane. There were like 600 people who started the first day. It’s like a dream come true to play with these guys, my closest friends,” he said.
“To be honest those players who I played with are the world’s best in this format. They are really good in No-Limit and really good in PLO. I think they deserve it. Still, there is so much luck involved.”
Parssinen doesn’t plan to stick around for the Main Event but might return later in the series to play some of the last events. He, Jouhkimainen, Sipila, and the rest of his Scandinavian rail are already planning to go golfing tomorrow.
That wraps up the PokerNews live reporting teams coverage of Event #64: $5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha. Head over to the WSOP live reporting portal to check out coverage of other events.
Level 36
: 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
Pot-Limit Omaha
Noah Bronstein potted to 3,400,000 and Eelis Parssinen called from the big blind. The flop came the . Bronstein bet, Parssinen raised all in, and Bronstein quickly called.
Noah Bronstein: 
Eelis Parssinen:
Bronstein was drawing to a four to complete a straight against Parssinen's flopped set of sixes. He picked up a flush draw on the turn.
"Slowly," both players asked the dealer. The dealer turned over the , and Parssinen became a WSOP champion.
Stay tuned for a full recap of today's action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,000,000
6,800,000
|
6,800,000 |
|
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Busted | |
Level 36
: 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
No-Limit Hold'em
Eelis Parssinen called on the button and Noah Bronstein checked his option.
The flop came 
and Bronstein check-folded after Perssinen bet 800,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
22,200,000
1,600,000
|
1,600,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
6,800,000
-1,600,000
|
-1,600,000 |
Level 36
: 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,600,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
8,400,000
-3,500,000
|
-3,500,000 |
Level 36
: 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
No-Limit Hold'em
Ezra Abu Gazal shoved for 3,500,000 from the button, Eelis Parssinen re-shoved from the small blind, and Noah Bronstein got out of the way.
Ezra Abu Gazal: 
Eelis Parssinen:
Parssinen came out in front of the coin flip when the board came 
, knocking out Abu Gazal in third place and silencing his rowdy rail.
Parssinen and Bronstein are now preparing for the start of heads-up play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,600,000
8,900,000
|
8,900,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 36
: 400,000/800,000, 800,000 ante
Pot-Limit Omaha
Eelis Parssinen raised to 2,100,000 on the button and Noah Bronstein shoved in the small blind for 5,600,000. Parssinen called and they revealed their cards:
Noah Bronstein: 
Eelis Parssinen: 
The board brought 
and Bronstein hit two pair for the double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
11,900,000
5,400,000
|
5,400,000 |
|
|
11,700,000
-4,800,000
|
-4,800,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
7,400,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |
Level: 36
Blinds: 400,000/800,000
Ante: 800,000
Level 35
: 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Pot-Limit Omaha
Eelis Parssinen potted to 2,100,000, Noah Bronstein re-potted, and Parssinen called all in for 7,625,000.
Eelis Parssinen: 
Noah Bronstein: 
Bronstein paired his five on the 
flop, but Parssinen made two pair on the turn to take a commanding lead. The river came the and Parssinen doubled up into the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,500,000
11,100,000
|
11,100,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
6,500,000
-6,900,000
|
-6,900,000 |
Level 35
: 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
No-Limit Holdem
Noah Bronstein completed his small blind and Ezra Abu Gazal checked to see a flop . Bronstein bet 600,000 and it was enough to win the pot right away.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,400,000
1,950,000
|
1,950,000 |
|
|
8,400,000
-900,000
|
-900,000 |
|
|
5,400,000
-900,000
|
-900,000 |
|
|
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