Sean Perry Wins Event #2 of 2021 Poker Masters for $206,400
The 2021 Poker Masters continued on Thursday and Event #2: $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em came to a conclusion. The tournament drew 86 entries for an $860,000 prize pool. Winning the lion’s share of $206,400 was Sean Perry. Perry defeated Jeremy Ausmus in heads-up play.
If you’d like to relive all of the action from the final table, you can find the replay on PokerGO.com.
“I’m so ecstatic,” Perry said after posing for winner photos, a smile from ear to ear across his face. “I came here thinking I would be so honored to win the Poker Masters and now I’m in prime contention after cashing the first event and winning the second event. I just won in a star-studded field against people I grew up watching play, my idols. These guys are phenomenal. I’m so honored and so happy.”
Perry did indeed put himself in prime contention in the race for the Poker Masters Purple Jacket. He’s atop the leaderboard with 239 points following his eighth-place finish in Event #1 and victory in Event #2.
“It would mean the world to me,” Perry said about the idea of winning the overall Poker Masters title and the coveted Purple Jacket. “I want to win Player of the Year for PokerGO, which would be so awesome, but winning the Poker Masters – oh, man. I’d look so good wearing that Purple Jacket going clubbing and I’d wear it to every final table. It’d be so nice.”
| 2021 Poker Masters Event #2 Results | |||||
| Place | Name | Country | Points | Prize | |
| 1st | Sean Perry | United States | 206 | $206,400 | |
| 2nd | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | 146 | $146,200 | |
| 3rd | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 103 | $103,200 | |
| 4th | Jake Schindler | United States | 86 | $86,000 | |
| 5th | Sam Soverel | United States | 69 | $68,800 | |
| 6th | John Riordan | United States | 52 | $51,600 | |
| 7th | James Romero | United States | 43 | $43,000 | |
| 8th | Jason Koon | United States | 34 | $34,400 | |
| 9th | Erik Seidel | United States | 34 | $34,400 | |
| 10th | Lou Garza | United States | 26 | $25,800 | |
| 11th | Metin Aksoy | United States | 26 | $25,800 | |
| 12th | Jonathan Jaffe | United States | 17 | $17,200 | |
| 13th | Jim Collopy | United States | 17 | $17,200 | |
The final day of play saw six players return to action at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. Sean Perry was the chip leader, and it was quite a star-studded final group. The first player to bust was John Riordan and he was eliminated by Jake Schindler in sixth place. Riordan picked up $49,200 in prize money.
The next player eliminated was Sam Soverel. After Daniel Negreanu doubled through Soverel, Soverel was left short stacked. Soverel did find a double up through Perry but was later eliminated by Perry. On his elimination, Soverel reraised all in over the top of Perry’s raise. Perry had min-raised to 160,000 on the button and Soverel reraised all in from the small blind for 360,000. Play folded back to Perry and he called with the [9d8d]. Soverel had pocket fives. Perry flopped two pair and held from there, with Soverel finishing fifth for $68,800.
Jake Schindler then busted in fourth place, taking home $86,000 in prize money. He was followed out the door by Negreanu, who placed third for $103,200. On Negreanu’s elimination hand, he was all in with the [KcTc] against the pocket sixes of Perry. With a dead small blind, Perry had opened to 225,000 from under the gun. Negreanu reraised all in from the button for 1.43 million. After Ausmus folded from the big blind, Perry made the call. Negreanu flopped a flush draw, turned an additional straight draw, but still couldn’t come from behind to win the hand. He finished in third place for $103,200.
Heads-up play began with Perry in the lead – his 7.425 million to Ausmus’ 3.35 million. Ausmus had narrowed the gap a little bit but then he ran a big bluff that Perry picked off.
With the blinds at 50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 big blind ante, Ausmus raised to 200,000 on the button with the [QhJh]. Perry reraised to 825,000 with the [KdJc] and Ausmus made the call. The flop was [Ac9h2c] and Perry led with a bet of 400,000. Ausmus made the call. The turn was the [Kh] and Perry checked. Ausmus fired 800,000 and Ausmus called. The river was the [6d] and Perry checked. Ausmus moved all in for 2.13 million on a bluff. Perry had about 4.5 million behind and went into the tank. He eventually made the call with second pair and Ausmus was eliminated. Ausmus picked up $146,200 for the runner-up finish.
You can see the top 10 of the 2021 Poker Masters leaderboard below.
| 2021 Poker Masters Leaderboard | |||||
| Rank | Name | Points | Wins | Cashes | Earnings |
| 1st | Sean Perry | 239 | 1 | 2 | $239,200 |
| 2nd | Shannon Shorr | 205 | 1 | 1 | $205,000 |
| 3rd | David Peters | 148 | 0 | 1 | $147,600 |
| 4th | Jeremy Ausmus | 146 | 0 | 1 | $146,200 |
| 5th | Daniel Negreanu | 103 | 0 | 1 | $103,200 |
| 6th | John Riordan | 101 | 0 | 2 | $100,800 |
| 7th | Dylan DeStefano | 98 | 0 | 1 | $98,400 |
| 8th | Jake Schindler | 86 | 0 | 1 | $86,000 |
| 9th | Jonathan Jaffe | 83 | 0 | 2 | $82,800 |
| 10th | Brock Wilson | 82 | 0 | 1 | $82,000 |
Perry’s performance also helped him narrow the gap with Ali Imsirovic on the PokerGO Tour presented by Guaranteed Rate leaderboard. Perry improved to 2,260 points and is now fewer than 800 points behind Imsirovic, who is in first place with 3,032 points. Schindler jumped up into the top 10 thanks to his result in this event and is now eighth with 1,209 points.
| PokerGO Tour presented by Guaranteed Rate Leaderboard | |||||
| Rank | Name | Points | Wins | Cashes | Earnings |
| 1st | Ali Imsirovic | 3,032 | 10 | 24 | $3,976,460 |
| 2nd | Sean Perry | 2,260 | 6 | 20 | $3,129,898 |
| 3rd | Sam Soverel | 1,715 | 3 | 18 | $2,515,051 |
| 4th | Cary Katz | 1,630 | 2 | 19 | $2,725,330 |
| 5th | Sean Winter | 1,614 | 2 | 16 | $2,633,320 |
| 6th | David Peters | 1,540 | 3 | 10 | $3,074,470 |
| 7th | Chris Brewer | 1,365 | 2 | 17 | $2,064,020 |
| 8th | Jake Schindler | 1,209 | 2 | 12 | $1,782,108 |
| 9th | Andrew Moreno | 1,200 | 1 | 1 | $1,460,105 |
| 10th | Clayton Maguire | 1,200 | 0 | 1 | $1,443,757 |
Watch the Event #2 Final Table on PokerGO.com at 4 p.m. ET
The final table of Event #2: $10,000 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 #2 final table on PokerGO.com here!
Sean Perry finished Day 1 as the chip leader 3,565,000 in chips ahead of Jeremy Ausmus, Jake Schindler, Sam Soverel, John Riordan, and Daniel Negreanu. The final six players are guaranteed $51,600 in prize money, but everyone is eyeing the Event #2 title and $206,400 first-place prize.
| Event #2 Final Table | |||
| Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 | Sean Perry | United States | 3,565,000 |
| 2 | Sam Soverel | United States | 1,510,000 |
| 3 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 710,000 |
| 4 | John Riordan | United States | 885,000 |
| 5 | Jake Schindler | United States | 2,200,000 |
| 6 | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | 1,900,000 |
When play resumes there is 14:20 remaining in level 16 and the button is in seat 5
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Sean Perry Leads the Final Table of Event #2 $10,000 No-Limit Hold’Em
After just missing the Event #1 final table Sean Perry road a late wave of momentum to end the night with over a one million chip lead over Jake Schindler in Event #2 $10,000 No-Limit Hold’Em. Perry started the unofficial final table of nine with just over one million in chips but went on a mini heater over the last two levels of the day to end with 3.565 million in chips. Joining Perry and Schindler in the final six are John Riordan, Daniel Negreanu, Jeremy Ausmus, and Sam Soverel.
Perry started his run by eliminating Jason Koon in eighth place when Koon shoved his last 250,000 into the middle, holding ace-ten against Perry’s pocket kings. The board ran out jack-high, and Perry moved to almost 1.5 million in chips. From there, Perry would use a steady diet of raises and re-raises to inch over two million in chips setting up the final hand of the evening.
Fresh off doubling up Negreau a few hands before James Romero would limp under the gun with just under a million chips, action would fold to Ausmus in the small blind, and he called. Perry was in the big blind and raised to 250,000. Romero called, and Ausmus folded.
The flop fell [Js5c2s], and Perry continued for 220,000, Romero called. The turn [4c] hit the felt, and Perry moved all-in, Romero called. Romero held [AcAh], but Perry held [5h5s] for the flopped set. The river [Jd] hit the felt giving Perry a full house and sending Romero to the rail in seventh place for $43,000.
The 86-entrant field in Event #2 created a prize pool of $860,000 with the remaining six players guaranteed at least $51,600, but all eyes are on the first-place prize of $206,400.
Erik Seidel would fall in 9th place for $34,400 when he ran his last 500,000 into the middle holding ace-jack against the ace-king of Schindler. Ap Louis Garza and Metin Aksoy finished in 10th and 11th place respectively for $25,800 after being eliminated in back-to-back hands to send us to the final table.
High Roller regulars Jonathan Jaffe and Jim Collopy secured their second cash of the series after finishing in 12th and 13th place respectively taking home $17,400.
| Event #2 Final Table | |||
| Seat | Name | Country | Chip Count |
| 1 | Sean Perry | United States | 3,565,000 |
| 2 | Sam Soverel | United States | 1,510,000 |
| 3 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | 710,000 |
| 4 | John Riordan | United States | 885,000 |
| 5 | Jake Schindler | United States | 2,200,000 |
| 6 | Jeremy Ausmus | United States | 1,900,000 |
When play resumes there is 14:20 remaining in level 16 and the button is in seat 5
The final six players will return to the PokerGO Studio on Thursday, September 9, at 12:00 p.m. PT with the final table airing on PokerGO.com at 1:00 p.m. PT.
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James Romero Eliminated in 7th Place ($43,000)
James Romero limped from early position and action folded to Jeremy Ausmus in the small blind, and he called.
Sean Perry was in the big blind, and he raised to 250,000. Romero called, and Ausmus folded.
The flop fell [5c2sJs], and Perry continued for 220,000. Romero called.
The dealer burned and turned the [4c], and Perry moved all-in. Romero called.
Romero: [AcAh]
Perry: [5h5s]
The river [Jd] completed the board, giving Perry a full house to Eliminate Romero in seventh place for $43,000.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Perry | 3,565,000 |
1,165,000  |
| James Romero | Busted |
-960,000  |
Sean Perry vs. Sam Soverel
Sean Perry opened to 100,000, and Sam Soverel was next to act.
“I’m so done with you,” Soverel said as he counted out a raise to 250,000.
Action folded back to Perry, who moved all-in having Soverel covered. Soverel mucked the [Ks] face-up, and Perry collected the pot.
“You know I only open premiums,” Perry said as he mucked [JhJc] face up. “I shoulda called. We were flipping. I had king/queen.” Soverel replied.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Perry | 2,400,000 |
915,000 |
| Sam Soverel | 1,510,000 |
310,000 |
Daniel Negreanu Doubles Through James Romero
Action folded to James Romero in the small blind, and he moved all-in having Daniel Negreanu covered. Negreanu called.
Negreanu: [Kc4h]
Romero: [QcJh]
The board ran out [8s7d6h2h9s], and Negreanu’s king-high held to double.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| James Romero | 960,000 |
-365,000 |
| Daniel Negreanu | 850,000 |
90,000 |
Jason Koon Eliminated in 8th Place ($34,400)
Jason Koon was all-in for his last 250,000, and Sean Perry had called.
Perry: [KsKd]
Koon: [AsTs]
The board ran out [Jd8c3d3s5h], and Perry’s kings held to eliminate Koon in eighth place for $34,400
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Perry | 1,485,000 |
25,000 |
| Jason Koon | Busted |
-600,000 |
Jake Schindler vs. Daniel Negreanu
Action folded to Daniel Negreanu in late position, and he opened to 90,000. Action folded to Jake Schindler in the small blind, and he three-bet to 285,000. Negreanu called.
The flop fell [9d8s6c], and Schindler used all of his shot clock before announcing all-in, having Negreanu covered.
Negreanu mucked, and Schindler moves closer to two million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Jake Schindler | 1,900,000 |
350,000 |
| Daniel Negreanu | 760,000 |
-240,000 |
Sean Perry Makes It “So Easy”
Action folded to Sean Perry in late position, and he opened to 80,000. Action folded to John Riordan in the big blind, and he called.
The flop fell [KhTc2c], and Riordan checked. Perry continued for 115,000, and Riordan called.
The dealer burned and turned the [Ac] and Riordan checked. Perry slid out a bet, and Riordan folded.
“It’s so easy!” Perry said as he collected the pot.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Perry | 1,460,000 |
460,000 |
| John Riordan | 1,250,000 |
-325,000 |
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