Event #32: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.
Day 3 Completed
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #32: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 3
2021 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$752,940
Entries
282
Level
28
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Entries
20
Players Left
1
Level 28
The 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) crowned a new gold bracelet winner at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino on Monday in Event #32: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E., a tournament that drew 282 entries and offered up a $752,940 prize pool.
After a long day of play, it was 32-year-old poker pro Jim Collopy, AKA “Mr. Big Queso”, coming out on top to claim a $172,823 top prize and the second gold bracelet of his career. Collopy previously won the 2013 WSOP Asia-Pacific (APAC) Event #2: A$1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha for A$69,662 ($72,903).
It was also a bit of mixed-game redemption for Collopy, who back in 2014 finished runner-up in Event #27: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. for $142,533.
“Great, way better than getting second place,” Collopy said after the win. When asked if it was a bit of redemption from his previous H.O.R.S.E. runner-up finish he smiled and replied, “Yeah, I’d say so, for sure.”
“It always feels cool to win on a big stage, so I’d say that’s what makes it most different,” Collopy said comparing his second bracelet to the first. As for the competition, Collopy let slip a little bit of his strategy: “I definitely wanted a few players out of the way, and that definitely was incorporated into my strategy.”
Collopy recently finished graduate school at the University of California San Diego this summer with a Masters of Advanced Studies in International Political Economy.
“I wanted to see if I still had it, and that was rewarding to me, to see if I still had it,” Collopy said of pursuing his education. The poker pro is currently based in Denver, Colorado but splits his time between there and Las Vegas.
2021 WSOP Event #32 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Collopy | United States | $172,823 |
| 2 | Ahmed Mohamed | United States | $107,428 |
| 3 | Paramjit Gill | United States | $74,346 |
| 4 | Eli Elezra | United States | $53,986 |
| 5 | Maria Ho | United States | $39,423 |
| 6 | Michael Trivett | United States | $29,436 |
| 7 | Qinghai Pan | United States | $22,462 |
| 8 | Daniel Negreanu | Canada | $17,526 |
Day 3 Action
At the start of Day 3, 20 hopefuls returned to action but within five hours they were whittled down to the final seven. Among those to cash were Everett Carlton (19th - $7,208), Poker Hall of Famer Barbara Enright (16th - $8,200), Brandon Shack-Harris (14th - $8,200), David Williams (9th - $13,989), and GGPoker Ambassador Daniel Negreanu (8th - $17,526).
At the PokerGO live-streamed final table, the short-stacked Qinghai Pan was the first to go when his simple pair of fives was outdrawn by Collopy, who made a pair of sevens in a hand of Stud Hi-Lo.
Collopy then dispatched WSOP Circuit Planet Hollywood champ Michael Trivett in sixth place in Omaha Hi-Lo when the former made aces and sixes and bested the deuces and fives of the latter.
Maria Ho was the next to go after dwindling to the short stack and getting it in early in a hand of razz. She was drawing to a live six on seventh street against the made eight of Paramjit Gill, but unfortunately for her, she paired up to fall in fifth place.
Four-time bracelet winner Eli Elezra, who began the day as chip leader, went cold down the stretch and got the last of his chips in holding two pair on the turn in a hand of limit hold’em. Collopy was drawing to a spade flush and hit it when the dreaded ace of spades peeled off on the river to send Elezra out the door in fourth place.
Not long after, Gill got his chips in on an all-spade flop with both a pair of fours and straight flush draw. He was drawing slim though as Collopy had flopped the flush with the straight flush blocked. The turn left Gill drawing dead and Collopy entered heads-up play with a 4:1 chip lead over Ahmed Mohamed.
Collopy proceeded to win two big Omaha hi-lo hands to leave Mohamed with crumbs before finishing him off in a hand of razz.
“I probably enjoyed the Omaha mixes the most in any game, bar none. I think I just enjoy it more. I think it’s the dynamic. I do prefer Big O or pot-limit Omaha hi-lo,” said Collopy, who will continue to compete at the 2021 WSOP.
“I expect to be playing events until the end of the Main Event,” he concluded.
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Level 28
Razz
Jim Collopy completed and Ahmed Mohamed called to see fourth street. After bets on the next three streets from Collopy, Mohamed was all in on seventh street for his final 175,000 chips.
Ahmed Mohamed: 
/ 
Jim Collopy: 
/ 
Collopy revealed the best hand at showdown, eliminating Mohamed as the runner-up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,300,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 28
Omaha Hi-Lo
Jim Collopy raised to 240,000 and Ahmed Mohamed called to see a flop of 
. The latter check-called a bet and then did the same on the turn. When the 
completed the board on the river, Mohamed checked and then folded to a bet from Collopy.
On the next hand, Mohamed limped and then called when Collopy raised. Collopy led out for 120,000 on the 
flop and called when Mohamed raised.
On the 
turn, Collopy checked, Mohamed bet 240,000, and Collopy check-raised to 480,000. Mohamed called and then called a bet of 240,000 on the 
river.
Collopy rolled over the 
for a flush with the nut low and it was good as Mohamed mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,600,000
1,800,000
|
1,800,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
685,000
-1,815,000
|
-1,815,000 |
Level 28
Omaha Hi-Lo
Ahmed Mohamed raised preflop and called Jim Collopy's three-bet to see a flop of 
. Mohamed called a bet by Collopy before both players checked the 
turn and the river. Collopy showed 
to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,800,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,500,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Level 28
The final two players are on a short break before heads-up play begins.
Level 28
Limit Hold'em
Paramjit Gill raised on the button for most of his remaining chips, and was called by both Ahmed Mohamed and Jim Collopy. After the flop of 
, both blinds checked and Gill committed his final 30,000 chips. Collopy called after Mohamed got out of the way, and Gill was at risk.
Paramjit Gill:
Jim Collopy:
Collopy turned over a flopped flush and the turn and river were no help to Gill, who headed to the payout table with a third place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
8,600,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,600,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level 28
Limit Hold'em
Eli Elezra called from under the gun, and Jim Collopy checked in the big blind to see a flop. Elezra bet the 
flop and called a raise from Collopy. After the turn, Collopy bet and Elezra was called when he raised all in.
Eli Elezra: 
Jim Collopy: 
Elezra needed to avoid a spade on the river, but the gave Collopy a flush. Elezra's run came to an end in fourth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,900,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,300,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
|
|
1,100,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 28
Stud
Ahmed Mohamed completed, only to see Jim Collopy raise and Eli Elezra call. Mohamed called to see fourth street, where he raised Collopy's bet and Elezra folded.
Ahmed Mohamed: 
/ 
Jim Collopy: / 
- fold on fifth street
Eli Elezra: / - fold on fourth street
Mohamed continued betting on fifth street and saw Collopy fold to climb into second in the chip count.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,400,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,400,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
|
|
1,500,000
-700,000
|
-700,000 |
|
|
965,000
-835,000
|
-835,000 |
|
|
||
Level: 28
Limit Blinds: 60000/120000
Stud Blinds: 30000/120000 Ante: 30000
Limits: 120000/240000