Mikita Badziakouski Wins Event #10: $25,000 NL Hold’em at the 2021 Poker Masters for $342,000
The 10th event of the 2021 Poker Masters has its winner. Topping the 38-entrant field was Mikita Badziakouski, defeating Seth Davies in heads-up play and winning $342,000.
“It feels good, but you know, it’s just about luck,” Badziakouski said. “We had 38 entries and I had my chances and that’s how it happened.”
Badziakouski was playing his first event of the 2021 Poker Masters, coming to Las Vegas for the tail end of this series and leading into the Super High Roller Bowl that is coming up September 27-29, 2021.
“I believe it’s not really influencing the situation, or at least it should not be,” Badziakouski said when asked about how this win may serve as some momentum heading into the Super High Roller Bowl. “As a professional, I just need to come and try to perform my best no matter the results from the previous events.”
Being a professional poker player, Badziakouski has undoubtedly been on both sides of variance. There are times when he’s lost due to variance or others when he has benefitted from it, such as a few key pots at this final table. Good or bad, variance has a way of playing with one’s emotions, but Badziakouski said it’s important to stay grounded.
“It’s very easy to lose yourself in sorts about previous hands, which is not necessary and probably not the best choice,” he said. “I’m glad I managed to notice when I’m out of sorts about previous hands and actually try to get my focus back to what is going on. Maybe that’s helped a little, but at the most, it’s just about luck.”
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| 2021 Poker Masters Event #10 Results | |||||
| Place | Name | Country | Points | Prize | |
| 1st | Mikita Badziakouski | United States | 205 | $342,000 | |
| 2nd | Seth Davies | United States | 137 | $228,000 | |
| 3rd | Daniel Negreanu | United States | 91 | $152,000 | |
| 4th | Ali Imsirovic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 63 | $104,500 | |
| 5th | Jason Koon | United States | 46 | $76,000 | |
| 6th | Chris Brewer | United States | 29 | $47,500 | |
Five players returned for Day 2, and it was Jason Koon busting first on the day. It was Koon’s second cash of the 2021 Poker Masters and his fifth-place finish was worth $76,000.
Next to go was PokerGO Tour presented by Guaranteed Rate leaderboard frontrunner Ali Imsirovic. Imsirovic was second in chips to Badziakouski with four players left and the two of them clashed in a big pot. Imsirovic picked up pocket kings on the button and raised to 75,000 with the linds at 15,000/25,000 with a 25,000 big blind ante. From the big blind, Badziakouski reraised to 275,000. Imsirovic then four-bet to 475,000. Badziakouski moved all in for Imsirovic called off his stack for 1.265 million. Imsirovic had the [KsKh] to Badziakouski’s [AdKd]. The board ran out [QdQsTsJs4c] and Imsirovic was eliminated in fourth place for $104,500.
Daniel Negreanu needed a second-place finish or better to move to the top of the 2021 Poker Masters leaderboard. He didn’t get it, though, as he was eliminated in third place for $152,000. On his final hand, Negreanu was all in with pocket sixes against the pocket aces for Badziakouski. Negreanu found no help and was eliminated.
To begin heads-up play, Davies had the chip lead by a little more than 1 million, with his 2.885 million in chips up against Badziakouski’s 1.865 million.
After working his way to more than 3 million in chips, Davies had Badziakouski all in and on the ropes with one card to come. The two got the money in preflop with Badziakouski holding the [Jc9c] to Davies’ [Ac6h]. Davies faded the flop and turn, but a nine on the river gave Badziakouski a key double up and the chip lead.
The two later got all in again, this time with Badziakouski holding the [QhTs] to Davies’ [Js4h]. The flop and turn was [Jc8h6c7h] before once again a nine hit the river ([9s) to win it for Badziakouski. This time, the win meant Badziakouski had won the tournament, with Davies finishing second for $228,000.
You can see the top 10 of the 2021 Poker Masters leaderboard below.
| 2021 Poker Masters Leaderboard | |||||
| Rank | Name | Points | Wins | Cashes | Earnings |
| 1st | Lou Garza | 0 | 4 | 376 | $550,200 |
| 2nd | Daniel Negreanu | 372 | 1 | 3 | $433,400 |
| 3rd | Brock Wilson | 358 | 1 | 3 | $414,300 |
| 4th | Chris Brewer | 349 | 1 | 4 | $538,300 |
| 5th | Sean Perry | 280 | 1 | 3 | $280,000 |
| 6th | Stephen Chidwick | 271 | 1 | 3 | $296,100 |
| 7th | Dylan DeStefano | 260 | 0 | 3 | $260,800 |
| 8th | Jeremy Ausmus | 219 | 0 | 3 | $253,200 |
| 9th | Miles Rampel | 219 | 0 | 1 | $365,500 |
| 10th | Matthew Wantman | 216 | 0 | 3 | $250,700 |
In the top 10 of the PokerGO Tour presented by Guaranteed Rate leaderboard, frontrunner Ali Imsirovic padded his lead some with his fourth-place finish in this event. He’s now on 3,095 points and a healthy 794 points against Sean Perry in second place. Imsirovic also became the first player with more than $4 million in earnings on the PokerGO Tour presented by Guaranteed Rate this year.
Thanks to his runner-up finish, Davies moved into eighth place with 1,323 points and knocked Clayton Maguire out of the top 10.
| PokerGO Tour presented by Guaranteed Rate Leaderboard | |||||
| Rank | Name | Points | Wins | Cashes | Earnings |
| 1st | Ali Imsirovic | 3,095 | 10 | 24 | $4,080,960 |
| 2nd | Sean Perry | 2,301 | 6 | 21 | $3,170,698 |
| 3rd | Sam Soverel | 1,773 | 3 | 19 | $2,573,451 |
| 4th | Chris Brewer | 1,714 | 3 | 21 | $2,602,320 |
| 5th | Sean Winter | 1,711 | 2 | 17 | $2,794,570 |
| 6th | Cary Katz | 1,656 | 2 | 20 | $2,751,730 |
| 7th | David Peters | 1,540 | 3 | 10 | $3,074,470 |
| 8th | Seth Davies | 1,323 | 1 | 10 | $2,146,600 |
| 9th | Jake Schindler | 1,284 | 2 | 14 | $1,857,108 |
| 10th | Andrew Moreno | 1,200 | 1 | 1 | $1,460,105 |
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Watch the Event #10 Final Table on PokerGO.com at 4 p.m. ET
The final table of Event #10: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em of the 2021 Poker Masters is set and will be airing on PokerGO.com at 4 p.m. ET.
Watch the Event #10 final table on PokerGO.com here!
Mikita Badziakouski finished Day 1 as the chip leader with 1,630,000 in chips ahead of Ali Imsirovic, Daniel Negreanu, Jason Koon, and Seth Davies. The final five players have locked up $76,000 in prize money, but sights are set on the $342,000 first-place prize and title of Event #10 champion.
| Event #10 Final Table | |||
| Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 1,630,000 |
| 2 | Seth Davies | United States | 600,000 |
| 3 | Jason Koon | United States | 735,000 |
| 4 | Ali Imsirovic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,040,000 |
| 5 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 745,000 |
When play resumes there is 22:00 remaining in level 12 and the button is in seat 3
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Mikita Badziakouski Leads The Final Table of Event #10: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Playing in his first live high roller on American soil in over a year due to Covid-19, Mikita Badziakouski finds himself with the chip lead as Event #10: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em is down to a stacked final table of five. Joining Badziakouski are Ali Imsirovic, Jason Koon, Seth Davies, and Daniel Negreanu.
Badziakouski, Imsirovic, and Negreanu battled for the chip lead back and forth over the last two levels of the day, but it would be Badziakouski solidifying himself as the chip leader when he eliminated Chris Brewer in sixth place to send the final five home for the evening.
Badziakouski opened from the button to 40,000, and Brewer moved all-in from the big blind for 320,000 total. Badziakouski called and tabled [AhJd] well ahead of the [Ad7h] of Brewer. The board ran out jack-high, and Brewer was eliminated, taking home $47,500.
While Badziakouski had a healthy chip stack for much of the day, Imsirovic was down to his last 6,000 in chips late in level four after doubling up Brewer. Imsirovic then took that 6,000, eventually running it all the way up to nearly 1.8 million when he eliminated Jake Daniels in ninth place.
Imsirovic would then lose a chunk of his stack to Badziakouski several hands later, putting the two nearly dead even in chips. With the board reading [Jh4h5s9c6d] and approximately 200,000 in the middle, Imsirovic moved all-in for 462,000 effective, over two times the pot. Badziakouski used a time extension, called tabling [AsAc] for a pair of aces, Imsirovic tabled [Th8d] for a busted straight draw, doubling up Badziakouski.
Negreanu came into the final table seventh in chips, and he, too, would find a double through Imsirovic to get into the mix for the chip lead. Negreanu opened to 40,000 from under the gun, and action folded to Imsirovic in the big blind, and he called. The flop landed [7h4s2h], and Imsirovic led for 25,000. Negreanu raised to 150,000, and imsirovic called.
The turn [Ks] hit the felt, and Imsirovic checked. Negreanu went all-in for 270,000, and Imsirovic called. Imsirovic table [7s6s] for a pair and a flush draw, and Negreanu tabled [KdJc] for a pair of kings. The river [5c] completed the board, and Negreanu doubled to 925,000.
Twenty minutes later, Negreanu would send the field into the money when eliminated Bill Klein to burst the money bubble. Klein was down to his last 70,000 holding king-ten against Negreanu’s ace-nine. The board ran out [Js8s7c6d6h]. Klein missed his straight draw and, in turn, just missed the money.
With two events to go the race for the 2021 Poker Master crown and the purple jacket is coming down to the wire. Brewer currently sits with 349 points after his sixth-place finish, good for third in the overall standings just nine points behind second-place Brock Wilson and 27 points behind Lou Garza.
Garza became the first person ever to finish in the top three in back-to-back-to-back Poker Master events, finishing third, in Event #7 and #8, and second in Event #9 to take the lead for the purple jack but Negreanu can overtake the budding star with a second-place or better finish in Event #10. Negreanu currently sits in fourth place with 281 points and will be looking for his second Poker Masters trophy after finishing third in Event #3 and taking home the win in Event #5.
The 38-entrant field in Event #10 created a prize pool of $950,000 with the winner taking home $342,000 and the remaining five players are all guaranteed at least $76,000.
| Event #10 Final Table | |||
| Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 1,630,000 |
| 2 | Seth Davies | United States | 600,000 |
| 3 | Jason Koon | United States | 735,000 |
| 4 | Ali Imsirovic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,040,000 |
| 5 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 745,000 |
When play resumes there is 22:00 remaining in level 12 and the button is in seat 3
The final five players will return to the PokerGO Studio on Friday, September 17, at 12 p.m. PT with the final table airing on PokerGO.com at 1 p.m. PT.
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End of Day Chip Counts
The play has been suspended for the evening, and the final five players return to the PokerGO Studio on September 17 at 12 p.m. PT with the final table stream airing on PokerGO.com at 1 p.m. PT.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Mikita Badziakouski | 1,630,000 | - |
| Ali Imsirovic | 1,040,000 |
-60,000  |
| Daniel Negreanu | 745,000 |
-330,000 |
| Jason Koon | 735,000 |
-95,000 |
| Seth Davies | 600,000 |
50,000  |
Chris Brewer Eliminated in 6th Place ($47,500)
Action folded to Mikita Badziakouski on the button, and he opened to 40,000. Chris Brewer was in the big blind, and he moved all-in for 320,000. Badziakouski called.
Badziakouski: [AhJd]
Brewer: [Ad7h]
The board ran out [Td4c5sJhTc], and Badziakouski turned a pair of jacks to eliminate Brewer in sixth place for ($47,500)
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Mikita Badziakouski | 1,630,000 |
360,000 |
| Chris Brewer | Busted |
-430,000 |
Jason Koon Doubles Through Ali Imsirovic
Ali Imsirovic opened to 40,000 from under the gun, and action folded to Jason Koon in the small blind, and he moved all-in for 395,000 total. Imsirovic called.
Imsirovic: [AhQc]
Koon: [9s9h]
The board ran out [3sKc4h2h9d], and Koon rivered a set to double.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Imsirovic | 1,100,000 |
-30,000 |
| Jason Koon | 830,000 |
490,000 |
Bill Klein Eliminated by Daniel Negreanu to Burst The Money Bubble
Action folded to Bill Klein, and he moved all-in from late position for his last 70,000. Daniel Negreanu was next to act and called.
Klein: [KhTd]
Negreanu: [Ac9d]
The board ran out [Js8s7c6d6h], and Negreanu’s ace-high held to eliminate Klein and Burst the Event: #10 money bubble.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Mikita Badziakouski | 1,270,000 |
45,000 |
| Ali Imsirovic | 1,130,000 |
240,000 |
| Daniel Negreanu | 1,075,000 |
150,000 |
| Seth Davies | 550,000 |
-60,000 |
| Chris Brewer | 430,000 |
-154,000 |
| Jason Koon | 340,000 |
-266,000 |
| Bill Klein | Busted |
-195,000 |
Daniel Negreanu Doubles Through Ali Imsirovic
Daniel Negreanu opened to 40,000 from under the gun plus one and action folded to Ali Imsirovic in the big blind, and he called.
The flop fell [7h2h4s], and Imsirovic led for 25,000. Negreanu raised to 150,000, and Imsirovic used a time extension and called.
The dealer burned ad turned the [Ks], Imsirovic checked, Negreanu moved all-in for 270,000, and Imsirovic called.
Imsirovic: [7s6s]
Negreanu: [KdJc]
The river [5c] completed the board, and Negreanu turned a pair of kings to double.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Negreanu | 925,000 |
340,000 |
| Ali Imsirovic | 890,000 |
-320,000 |
Cary Katz Eliminated by Seth Davies in 8th Place
Cary Katz open-shoved for his last 175,000 from under the gun and action folded to Seth Davies in the big blind, he called.
Katz: [Qh9h]
Davies: [AcAd]
The board ran out [9s4h3cAh7c], and Davies turned a set to eliminate Katz in eighth place.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Seth Davies | 610,000 |
82,000 |
| Cary Katz | Busted |
-189,000 |
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