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2021 World Series of Poker

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2021 World Series of Poker
LocationRio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
DatesSeptember 30 – November 23
Champion
Germany Koray Aldemir
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The 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was the 52nd edition of the event. It took place from September 30 – November 23 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1]

A full schedule of 88 live events (plus 11 online events) was held after the 2020 WSOP was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on November 4, with the champion being determined on November 17.[2]

New events included a $1,000 Flip and Go No Limit Hold'em Tournament, where each player was automatically all-in on the first hand and the winners of the hand will proceed into the money and a traditional tournament structure. There was also a Poker Hall of Famers Bounty tournament. Each member of the Poker Hall of Fame was invited to play as a freeroll and had a bounty placed on them, with the buy-in for other players $1,979 in honor of the Hall of Fame opening in 1979.[3]

The WSOP also held another version of the World Series of Poker Online, which was first held in 2020, beginning on July 1.[4]

Event schedule

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Jason Koon won his first bracelet in Event #11
Yuval Bronshtein won his second bracelet in Event #12
Anthony Zinno won his third and fourth bracelets in Events #19 and #27
Phil Hellmuth won his 16th bracelet in Event #31
Michael Addamo won his third and fourth bracelet in Events #38 and #87
Josh Arieh won his third and fourth bracelets in Events #39 and #66
Farzad Bonyadi won his fourth bracelet in Event #49
Brian Rast won his fifth bracelet in Event #51
Shaun Deeb won his fifth bracelet in Event #53
Ben Yu won his fourth bracelet in Event #56
Daniel Cates won his first bracelet in Event #60
Brian Hastings won his fifth bracelet in Event #73
Benny Glaser won his fourth bracelet in Event #78
Ole Schemion won his first bracelet in Event #79
Adrián Mateos won his fourth bracelet in Event #82
Mikita Badziakouski won his first bracelet in Event #85

Source:[5]

Key: (bracelet number for 2021/bracelet number for career)

High stakes event ($10,000+ buy-in).
No points awarded towards Player of the Year.
Online event.
# Event Entrants Winner Prize Runner-up Results
1 $500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em 419 United States James Barnett (1/1) $39,013 United States Jack Behrens Results
2 $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. 78 United States Jesse Klein (1/1) $552,182 United Kingdom Benny Glaser (0/3) Results
3 $1,000 Covid-19 Relief No Limit Hold'em Charity Event 260 United States Jeremy Ausmus (1/2) $48,687 United States Jesse Lonis Results
4 $500 The Reunion No Limit Hold'em 12,973 United States Long Ma (1/1) $514,604 United States Giuliano Lentini Results
5 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better 607 United States Connor Drinan (1/2) $163,252 United States Travis Pearson Results
6 $25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed 135 United States Tyler Cornell (1/1) $833,289 United States Michael Liang Results
7 $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed 307 Canada Jaswinder Lally (1/1) $97,915 United States Andrew "AJ" Kelsall (0/1) Results
o1 WSOP.com $5,300 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout 156 United States Martin Zamani (2/2) $210,600 United States Ankush Mandavia
o2 WSOP.com $500 No-Limit Hold'em BIG 500 742 United States Mark Herm (2/2) $89,356 United States Steven Rivero
8 $600 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack 4,527 United States Zhi Wu (1/1) $281,604 United States Ari Mezrich Results
9 $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship 134 Canada Ari Engel (1/2) $317,076 United States Zachary Milchman Results
10 $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold'em 1,640 United States Michael Perrone (1/1) $152,173 France Pierre Calamusa Results
11 $25,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Championship 57 United States Jason Koon (1/1) $243,981 Hungary Gabor Szabo Results
12 $1,500 Limit Hold'em 422 Israel Yuval Bronshtein (1/2) $124,374 United States Kevin Erickson Results
13 $3,000 Freezeout No Limit Hold'em 720 United States Harvey Matthews (1/1) $371,914 United States Gabriel Andrade Results
14 $1,500 Seven Card Stud 261 United States Rafael Lebron (1/2) $82,262 United States David Williams (0/1) Results
15 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed 1,450 United States Bradley Jansen (1/1) $313,403 France Jeremy Malod Results
16 $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship 92 United States John Monnette (1/4) $245,680 United States Nate Silver Results
17 $1,500 Millionaire Maker No Limit Hold'em 5,326 United States Daniel Lazrus (2/2) $1,000,000 United States Darryl Ronconi Results
18 $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball 253 United States Vladimir Peck (1/1) $134,390 United States Venkata Tayi Results
19 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship 62 United States Anthony Zinno (1/3) $182,872 Taiwan James Chen (0/1) Results
20 $1,000 Flip & Go No Limit Hold'em 1,240 United States Dejuante "DJ" Alexander (1/1) $180,665 United States Jason Beck Results
21 $1,500 Mixed Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better 641 United States Dylan Linde (1/1) $170,269 United States Hernan Salazar Results
o3 WSOP.com $400 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack 1,023 Taiwan Pete Chen (1/1) $82,560 France Tzur Levy
22 $10,000/$1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship 644 United States Lara Eisenberg (1/1) $115,694 United States Debora Brooke Results
23 $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed 484 United States Ryan Leng (2/3) $137,969 United States Connor Drinan (1/2) Results
24 $600 Pot Limit Omaha Deepstack 1,572 United States Michael Prendergast (1/1) $127,348 United States Jeffrey Barnes Results
25 $5,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed 578 United States Scott Ball (1/1) $562,667 United States Galen Hall (0/1) Results
26 $1,000 Freezeout No Limit Hold'em 1,358 Czech Republic Dalibor Dula (1/1) $199,227 United States Cole Ferraro Results
27 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. 594 United States Anthony Zinno (2/4) $160,636 United States Randy Ohel (0/1) Results
28 $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed 1,069 United States Dylan Weisman (1/1) $166,461 United States Craig Chait Results
29 $10,000 Short Deck No Limit Hold'em 66 United States Chance Kornuth (1/3) $194,670 United States Chad Campbell Results
30 $1,500 Monster Stack No Limit Hold'em 3,520 United States Michael Noori (1/1) $610,347 United States Ryan Leng (2/3) Results
31 $1,500 No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw 272 United States Phil Hellmuth (1/16) $84,951 United States Jake Schwartz Results
32 $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. 282 United States Jim Collopy (1/2) $173,823 United States Ahmed Mohamed Results
33 $800 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack 2,778 Israel Ran Koller (1/1) $269,478 Israel Ran Ilani Results
34 $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw 285 United States David "Bakes" Baker (1/3) $87,837 United States Peter Lynn Results
o4 WSOP.com $888 PLO Crazy 8's 295 United States Ryan Stoker (1/1) $95,338 United States Tony Sinishtaj
35 $500 Freezeout No Limit Hold'em 2,931 United States Anthony Koutsos (1/1) $167,272 Canada Charbel Kanterjian Results
36 $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship 93 United States Adam Friedman (1/4) $248,350 United States Phil Hellmuth (1/16) Results
37 $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold'em 1,441 Lithuania Karolis Sereika (1/1) $195,310 Brazil Pedro Padilha Results
38 $50,000 High Roller No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed 81 Australia Michael Addamo (1/3) $1,132,968 United States Justin Bonomo (0/3) Results
39 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed 821 United States Josh Arieh (1/3) $204,766 United States Tommy Le (0/1) Results
40 $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship 149 United States Kevin Gerhart (1/3) $361,124 United States Marco Johnson (0/2) Results
41 $2,500 Freezeout No Limit Hold'em 896 Taiwan Carlos Chang (1/1) $364,589 United States Brady Osterman Results
42 $1,500 Razz 311 United States Bradley Ruben (2/3) $99,188 United States Charles Sinn Results
43 $1,000 Double Stack No Limit Hold'em 3,991 United States Anthony Denove (1/1) $446,983 Canada David Guay Results
44 $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed 162 United States Ryan Hansen (1/1) $109,692 Japan Kosei Ichinose Results
45 $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship 344 United States Tommy Le (1/2) $746,477 United States Jordan Spurlin Results
46 $800 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack 2,053 United States Chad Norton (1/1) $214,830 United States Steve Lemma Results
47 $5,000 Freezeout No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed 421 France Alexandre Reard (1/1) $428,694 United States Daniel Strelitz (0/1) Results
o5 WSOP.com $1,000 Online Bracelet Championship 854 Japan Kazuki Ikeuchi (1/1) $152,797 United States Dennis Wilber
48 $1,500 Shootout No Limit Hold'em 800 United States Gershon Distenfeld (1/1) $204,063 Belgium Johan Schumacher Results
49 $10,000 No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship 122 Iran Farzad Bonyadi (1/4) $297,051 Germany Johannes Becker (0/1) Results
50 $600 Mixed No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha Deepstack 1,569 United States Darrin Wright (1/1) $127,219 United States Victor Paredes Results
51 $3,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed 997 United States Brian Rast (1/5) $474,102 United States John Gallaher Results
52 $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em Championship 5,404 United States Robert McMillan (1/1) $561,060 United States Robert Davis Results
53 $25,000 High Roller Pot Limit Omaha 212 United States Shaun Deeb (1/5) $1,251,860 Hong Kong Ka Kwan Lau Results
54 $2,500 Nine Game Mix 6-Handed 319 United States Nicholas Julia (1/1) $168,608 United States Kristan Lord Results
55 $400 Colossus No Limit Hold'em 9,399 Russia Anatolii Zyrin (1/2) $314,705 United States Michael Lee Results
56 $10,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship 329 United States Ben Yu (1/4) $721,453 Russia Nikita Kuznetsov Results
57 $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship 80 United States Brian Yoon (1/4) $240,341 United States Danny Wong Results
58 $1,000 Super Seniors No Limit Hold'em 1,893 France Jean-Luc Adam (1/1) $255,623 United States Eugene Solomon Results
59 $1,000 Tag Team No Limit Hold'em 641 United States Mike Ruter (1/1)
United States Sam Dighlawi (1/1)
$56,683
$56,683
Israel Tomer Wolf
Israel David Lander
Results
60 $50,000 Poker Players Championship 63 United States Daniel Cates (1/1) $954,020 United States Ryan Leng (2/3) Results
o6 WSOP.com $666 Online Bracelet 1,029 United States John Ripnick (1/1) $114,898 Canada Matthew Gillingham
61 $600 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack Championship 3,916 United States Cole Ferraro (1/1) $252,491 United States Sami Rustim Results
62 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better 725 United States Kevin Gerhart (2/4) $186,789 United States Dustin Dirksen Results
63 $500 Salute to Warriors No Limit Hold'em 1,738 United States Eric Zhang (1/1) $102,465 United States Guy Hadas Results
64 $5,000 Mixed No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha 579 Finland Eelis Parssinen (1/1) $545,616 United States Noah Bronstein Results
65 $1,000 Mini Main Event No Limit Hold'em 3,823 Greece Georgios Sotiropoulos (2/3) $432,575 Japan Wataru Miyashita Results
66 $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship 194 United States Josh Arieh (2/4) $484,791 United States Danny Chang Results
o7 WSOP.com $3,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller 8 Max 434 United States Jacob Neff (1/1) $318,889 United States Chad Eveslage
67 $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event 6,650 Germany Koray Aldemir (1/1) $8,000,000 United States George Holmes Results
68 $1,111 Little One for One Drop No Limit Hold'em 3,797 United States Scott Ball (2/2) $396,445 United States Michael Shanahan Results
69 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better 372 United States Jermaine Reid (1/1) $113,459 United States Peder Berge Results
70 $888 Crazy Eights No Limit Hold'em 5,252 United States David Moses (1/1) $888,888 South Korea Sejin Park (0/1) Results
71 $1,500 Bounty Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed 860 France Mourad Amokrane (1/1) $132,844 United States Matt Mamiya Results
72 $1,500 Mixed No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha 846 Japan Motoyoshi Okamura (1/1) $209,716 Brazil Rafael Mota Results
73 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship 144 United States Brian Hastings (1/5) $352,958 United States Ian O'Hara Results
74 $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Event 212 Russia Denis Strebkov (1/2) $117,898 United States Jerry Wong Results
o8 WSOP.com $7,777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em High Roller 183 Latvia Aleksejs Ponakovs (1/1) $432,491 Canada Jaroslaw Jaskiewicz
o9 WSOP.com $777 Lucky 7's No Limit Hold'em 732 Bulgaria Yuliyan Kolev (1/1) $146,163 United States Tim Reilly
75 $1,500 Freezeout No Limit Hold'em 1,191 United States Chad Himmelspach (1/1) $270,877 Germany Stefan Reiser Results
76 $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold'em 307 France Romain Lewis (1/1) $463,885 India Aditya Agarwal Results
77 $1,500 Fifty Stack No Limit Hold'em 1,501 Brazil Paulo Joanello (1/1) $321,917 United States Toby Price Results
78 $10,000 Razz Championship 109 United Kingdom Benny Glaser (1/4) $274,693 United States Everett Carlton Results
79 $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No Limit Hold'em 468 Germany Ole Schemion (1/1) $172,499 Canada Benjamin Underwood Results
80 $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha 6-Handed 496 United Kingdom Robert Cowen (1/1) $280,916 United Kingdom Robert Emmerson Results
81 $800 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack 1,921 United States Jason Wheeler (1/1) $204,274 Colombia Julian Velasquez Results
82 $250,000 Super High Roller No Limit Hold'em 33 Spain Adrián Mateos (1/4) $3,265,362 United Kingdom Ben Heath (0/1) Results
83 $1,500 The Closer No Limit Hold'em 1,903 Spain Leo Margets (1/1) $376,850 Bulgaria Alex Kulev Results
84 $50,000 High Roller Pot Limit Omaha 85 United States Jeremy Ausmus (2/3) $1,188,918 United States Phil Hellmuth (1/16) Results
85 $50,000 High Roller No Limit Hold'em 113 Belarus Mikita Badziakouski (1/1) $1,462,043 United States Ren Lin Results
86 $1,000 Super Turbo No Limit Hold'em 1,025 United States Michael McCauley (1/1) $161,384 United Kingdom Andrew Wilson Results
87 $100,000 High Roller No Limit Hold'em 64 Australia Michael Addamo (2/4) $1,958,569 United States Kevin Rabichow Results
o10 WSOP.com $1,000 Mini Main Event (PA only) 171 United States David Eldridge (1/1) $41,553 United States Zachary Weatherford
o11 WSOP.com $1,000 Mini Main Event 774 United States Daniel Turner (1/1) $142,663 United States Dylan DeStefano
88 $5,000 No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed 531 Bulgaria Boris Kolev (1/1) $511,184 Israel Uri Reichenstein Results

Player of the Year

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Final standings as of November 23 (note: does not include events from the 2021 WSOP Online series or the 2021 WSOP Europe series):

Standings[6]
Rank Name Points Bracelets
1 United States Josh Arieh 4,194.59 2
2 United States Phil Hellmuth 3,720.01 1
3 Canada Daniel Negreanu 3,531.03 0
4 United States Ben Yu 3,345.92 1
5 United States Jeremy Ausmus 3,272.57 2
6 United States Shaun Deeb 3,119.45 1
7 United States Ryan Leng 3,042.21 1
8 United States Dylan Linde 2,976.62 1
9 Germany Koray Aldemir 2,911.73 1
10 United States Scott Ball 2,907.94 2

Main Event

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Main Event champion Koray Aldemir
Doyle Brunson made his first appearance at the Main Event since 2013

The $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on November 4.

Performance of past champions

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Name Championship
Year(s)
Day of
Elimination
Doyle Brunson 1976, 1977 2ABD
Tom McEvoy 1983 2ABD
Johnny Chan 1987, 1988 1B
Phil Hellmuth 1989 3
Scotty Nguyen 1998 2CEF
Chris Moneymaker 2003 5 (260th)*
Greg Raymer 2004 1D
Joe Hachem 2005 3
Jerry Yang 2007 3
Ryan Riess 2013 2ABD
Martin Jacobson 2014 4 (844th)*
Joe McKeehen 2015 1D
Qui Nguyen 2016 5 (241st)*
Scott Blumstein 2017 3
Hossein Ensan 2019 2CEF
Damian Salas 2020 1A

*- Denotes player who finished in the money

Other notable high finishes

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NB: This list is restricted to top 100 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place Name Prize
45th Nick Petrangelo $163,900
89th Stephen Chidwick $68,900

Final Table

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Name Number of chips
(percentage of total)
WSOP
Bracelets
WSOP
Cashes*
WSOP
Earnings*
Germany Koray Aldemir 140,000,000 (35.1%) 0 30 $3,040,322
United States George Holmes 83,700,000 (21.0%) 0 1 $50,855
Argentina Alejandro Lococo 46,800,000 (11.7%) 0 1 $3,654
United States Joshua Remitio 40,000,000 (10.0%) 0 0 $0
United Kingdom Jack Oliver 30,400,000 (7.6%) 0 2 $7,523
Turkey Özgür Seçilmiş 24,500,000 (6.1%) 0 6 $19,460
United States Henry Park 13,500,000 (3.4%) 0 22 $240,280
United States Chase Bianchi 12,100,000 (3.0%) 1 5 $334,932
United Kingdom Jareth East 8,300,000 (2.1%) 0 24 $132,503

*Career statistics prior to the Main Event

Final Table results

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Place Name Prize
1st Koray Aldemir $8,000,000
2nd George Holmes $4,300,000
3rd Jack Oliver $3,000,000
4th Joshua Remitio $2,300,000
5th Özgür Seçilmiş $1,800,000
6th Henry Park $1,400,000
7th Alejandro Lococo $1,225,000
8th Jareth East $1,100,000
9th Chase Bianchi $1,000,000

References

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  1. ^ Ryder, Chelsea (April 1, 2021). "WORLD SERIES OF POKER ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR 2021". WSOP.com. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  2. ^ Barnes, Jim (April 1, 2021). "World Series of Poker announces tentative dates for fall". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  3. ^ Fast, Erik (June 15, 2021). "2021 World Series of Poker Schedule Announced". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  4. ^ Holloway, Chad (April 1, 2021). "Live WSOP at Rio Sept. 30-Nov. 23; Online & Europe Versions Also Return". PokerNews.com. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  5. ^ "2021 World Series of Poker schedule" (PDF). WSOP.com. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
  6. ^ "WSOP Player of the Year standings". WSOP.com.
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