November 16, 2021
Will Shillibier
Final Table Profile Chase Bianchi
Seat:
6
Chip Count:
12,100,000 (8/9)
Big Blinds:
15
Age:
34
Hometown:
Columbia, Maryland, US
Twitter:
@Chase_Bianchi
Chase Bianchi’s Main Event Story
“My faith in Christ is so much more than this”
Chase Bianchi has come a long way since learning to play poker alongside his baseball teammates in Seattle. Bianchi’s amassed over $850,000 in career earnings — second only to Koray Aldemir at the Final Table — including a WSOP bracelet in 2016. He defeated a 2,242-player field to win Event #17: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em for $316,920.
This year he flew out especially for the Main Event, and is now just eight eliminations away from winning a second WSOP bracelet.
Step 1: retire from poker Step 2: final table the main
— Chase Bianchi (@Chase_Bianchi)
An intensely religious man of faith, Bianchi has two foster children with his wife, and told PokerNews that after an exhausting day playing down to the final table he can’t wait to relax and unwind with a good book.
But when asked what this meant to him, Bianchi was unequivocal in his response.
“My faith in Christ is so much more than this,” he told PokerNews. “[Final-tabling the Main Event] is a sack of crap compared to the treasure we have in Christ.”
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Chase Bianchi Key Hands
One of the key hands that propelled Bianchi to the final table took place on Day 7 in Level 32 (150,000/300,000/300,000).
Brazil’s Philipe Pizzari Pinto raised to 650,000 under the gun and Bianchi three-bet to 1.7 million from the hijack. Action folded back to Pinto and he called to see a flop of 
Pinto checked and Bianchi continued for 1.2 million, which the Brazilian called.
On the 
turn, Pinto led out for 2.5 million and Bianchi responded by raising all in. Pinto called off the 2.38 million he had behind and the hands were tabled.
Philipe Pizzari Pinto: 
Chase Bianchi: 
Bianchi was ahead with aces while Pinto was drawing to a heart flush. Unfortunately for him, the 
river was brick and Bianchi’s pocket rockets held to score the knockout.
How Chase Bianchi Got to the Final Table
Day
Chips
Rank
Day 1d
152,700
143/1,933
Day 2abd
282,800
203/1,440
Day 3
834,000
100/1,000
Day 4
1,544,000
103/292
Day 5
7,065,000
14/96
Day 6
20,765,000
4/36
Day 7
12,100,000
8/9
What to Watch For
As the last remaining bracelet-winner left in the field, Bianchi knows what it’s like to be at the business end of a WSOP tournament. In 2016, when he won his first bracelet, Bianchi defeated a final table that included Welsh Triple Crown winner Roberto Romanello, and will need to do it again with a player like Aldemir heading the field.
Fear the Beard: Family Man Chase Bianchi Seeks 2nd Bracelet in WSOP Main Event
Starting the final table eighth in chips, Bianchi has a buffer to Jareth East who is ninth in chips, but is less than two big blinds behind Hye Park. Expect Bianchi to set his sites first on reeling in Park, and then mounting an assault on the rest of the table.
2021 WSOP Main Event Final Table Seating
SEAT
PLAYER
CHIP COUNT
COUNTRY
BIG BLINDS
1
Jareth East
8,300,000
United Kingdom
10
2
Koray Aldemir
140,000,000
Austria
175
3
Jack Oliver
30,400,000
United Kingdom
38
4
Ozgur Secilmis
24,500,000
Turkey
31
5
George Holmes
83,700,000
United States
105
6
Chase Bianchi
12,100,000
United States
15
7
Joshua Remitio
40,000,000
United States
50
8
Alejandro Lococo
46,800,000
Argentina
59
9
Hye Park
13,500,000
United States
17
2021 WSOP Main Event Final Table Payout
POSITION
PRIZE
1
$8,000,000
2
$4,300,000
3
$3,000,000
4
$2,300,000
5
$1,800,000
6
$1,400,000
7
$1,225,000
8
$1,100,000
9
$1,000,000
2021 WSOP Main Event Final Table Player Stats
Player
First Cash
WSOP Cashes
Career Earnings
Biggest Cash
Koray Aldemir
2012
32
$12,344,110
$2,154,265
Chase Bianchi
2007
11
$872,718
$316,920
Jareth East
2011
24
$149,925
$557,648
George Holmes
2019
1
$50,855
$50,855
Alejandro Lococo
2016
3
$118,127
$36,772
Jack Oliver
2016
2
$117,414
$27,047
Hye Park
2012
27
$471,504
$165,715
Joshua Remitio
2018
0
$1,809
$650
Ozgur Secilmis
2013
6
$133,559
$41,645
Stats courtesy of WSOP.com and HendonMob.com.
