Competition: | 2021 World Series of Poker |
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Dates: | September 30 – November 23 |
Champion: | Koray Aldemir |
Prev: | 2020 |
Next: | 2022 |
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]
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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 | ||
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1 | $500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em | 419 | James Barnett (1/1) | $39,013 | Jack Behrens | Results | |
2 | $25,000 H.O.R.S.E. | 78 | Jesse Klein (1/1) | $552,182 | Benny Glaser (0/3) | Results | |
3 | $1,000 Covid-19 Relief No Limit Hold'em Charity Event | 260 | Jeremy Ausmus (1/2) | $48,687 | Jesse Lonis | Results | |
4 | $500 The Reunion No Limit Hold'em | 12,973 | Long Ma (1/1) | $514,604 | Giuliano Lentini | Results | |
5 | $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better | 607 | Connor Drinan (1/2) | $163,252 | Travis Pearson | Results | |
6 | $25,000 High Roller No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed | 135 | Tyler Cornell (1/1) | $833,289 | Michael Liang | Results | |
7 | $1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Handed | 307 | Jaswinder Lally (1/1) | $97,915 | Andrew "AJ" Kelsall (0/1) | Results | |
o1 | WSOP.com $5,300 No-Limit Hold'em Freezeout | 156 | Martin Zamani (2/2) | $210,600 | Ankush Mandavia | ||
o2 | WSOP.com $500 No-Limit Hold'em BIG 500 | 742 | Mark Herm (2/2) | $89,356 | Steven Rivero | ||
8 | $600 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack | 4,527 | Zhi Wu (1/1) | $281,604 | Ari Mezrich | Results | |
9 | $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship | 134 | Ari Engel (1/2) | $317,076 | Zachary Milchman | Results | |
10 | $1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold'em | 1,640 | Michael Perrone (1/1) | $152,173 | Pierre Calamusa | Results | |
11 | $25,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Championship | 57 | Jason Koon (1/1) | $243,981 | Gabor Szabo | Results | |
12 | $1,500 Limit Hold'em | 422 | Yuval Bronshtein (1/2) | $124,374 | Kevin Erickson | Results | |
13 | $3,000 Freezeout No Limit Hold'em | 720 | Harvey Matthews (1/1) | $371,914 | Gabriel Andrade | Results | |
14 | $1,500 Seven Card Stud | 261 | Rafael Lebron (1/2) | $82,262 | David Williams (0/1) | Results | |
15 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed | 1,450 | Bradley Jansen (1/1) | $313,403 | Jeremy Malod | Results | |
16 | $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship | 92 | John Monnette (1/4) | $245,680 | Nate Silver | Results | |
17 | $1,500 Millionaire Maker No Limit Hold'em | 5,326 | Daniel Lazrus (2/2) | $1,000,000 | Darryl Ronconi | Results | |
18 | $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball | 253 | Vladimir Peck (1/1) | $134,390 | Venkata Tayi | Results | |
19 | $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship | 62 | Anthony Zinno (1/3) | $182,872 | James Chen (0/1) | Results | |
20 | $1,000 Flip & Go No Limit Hold'em | 1,240 | Dejuante "DJ" Alexander (1/1) | $180,665 | Jason Beck | Results | |
21 | $1,500 Mixed Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better | 641 | Dylan Linde (1/1) | $170,269 | Hernan Salazar | Results | |
o3 | WSOP.com $400 No-Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack | 1,023 | Pete Chen (1/1) | $82,560 | Tzur Levy | ||
22 | $10,000/$1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship | 644 | Lara Eisenberg (1/1) | $115,694 | Debora Brooke | Results | |
23 | $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed | 484 | Ryan Leng (2/3) | $137,969 | Connor Drinan (1/2) | Results | |
24 | $600 Pot Limit Omaha Deepstack | 1,572 | Michael Prendergast (1/1) | $127,348 | Jeffrey Barnes | Results | |
25 | $5,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed | 578 | Scott Ball (1/1) | $562,667 | Galen Hall (0/1) | Results | |
26 | $1,000 Freezeout No Limit Hold'em | 1,358 | Dalibor Dula (1/1) | $199,227 | Cole Ferraro | Results | |
27 | $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. | 594 | Anthony Zinno (2/4) | $160,636 | Randy Ohel (0/1) | Results | |
28 | $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed | 1,069 | Dylan Weisman (1/1) | $166,461 | Craig Chait | Results | |
29 | $10,000 Short Deck No Limit Hold'em | 66 | Chance Kornuth (1/3) | $194,670 | Chad Campbell | Results | |
30 | $1,500 Monster Stack No Limit Hold'em | 3,520 | Michael Noori (1/1) | $610,347 | Ryan Leng (2/3) | Results | |
31 | $1,500 No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw | 272 | Phil Hellmuth (1/16) | $84,951 | Jake Schwartz | Results | |
32 | $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. | 282 | Jim Collopy (1/2) | $173,823 | Ahmed Mohamed | Results | |
33 | $800 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack | 2,778 | Ran Koller (1/1) | $269,478 | Ran Ilani | Results | |
34 | $1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw | 285 | David "Bakes" Baker (1/3) | $87,837 | Peter Lynn | Results | |
o4 | WSOP.com $888 PLO Crazy 8's | 295 | Ryan Stoker (1/1) | $95,338 | Tony Sinishtaj | ||
35 | $500 Freezeout No Limit Hold'em | 2,931 | Anthony Koutsos (1/1) | $167,272 | Charbel Kanterjian | Results | |
36 | $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship | 93 | Adam Friedman (1/4) | $248,350 | Phil Hellmuth (1/16) | Results | |
37 | $1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold'em | 1,441 | Karolis Sereika (1/1) | $195,310 | Pedro Padilha | Results | |
38 | $50,000 High Roller No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed | 81 | Michael Addamo (1/3) | $1,132,968 | Justin Bonomo (0/3) | Results | |
39 | $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed | 821 | Josh Arieh (1/3) | $204,766 | Tommy Le (0/1) | Results | |
40 | $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship | 149 | Kevin Gerhart (1/3) | $361,124 | Marco Johnson (0/2) | Results | |
41 | $2,500 Freezeout No Limit Hold'em | 896 | Carlos Chang (1/1) | $364,589 | Brady Osterman | Results | |
42 | $1,500 Razz | 311 | Bradley Ruben (2/3) | $99,188 | Charles Sinn | Results | |
43 | $1,000 Double Stack No Limit Hold'em | 3,991 | Anthony Denove (1/1) | $446,983 | David Guay | Results | |
44 | $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed | 162 | Ryan Hansen (1/1) | $109,692 | Kosei Ichinose | Results | |
45 | $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship | 344 | Tommy Le (1/2) | $746,477 | Jordan Spurlin | Results | |
46 | $800 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack | 2,053 | Chad Norton (1/1) | $214,830 | Steve Lemma | Results | |
47 | $5,000 Freezeout No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed | 421 | Alexandre Reard (1/1) | $428,694 | Daniel Strelitz (0/1) | Results | |
o5 | WSOP.com $1,000 Online Bracelet Championship | 854 | Kazuki Ikeuchi (1/1) | $152,797 | Dennis Wilber | ||
48 | $1,500 Shootout No Limit Hold'em | 800 | Gershon Distenfeld (1/1) | $204,063 | Johan Schumacher | Results | |
49 | $10,000 No Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship | 122 | Farzad Bonyadi (1/4) | $297,051 | Johannes Becker (0/1) | Results | |
50 | $600 Mixed No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha Deepstack | 1,569 | Darrin Wright (1/1) | $127,219 | Victor Paredes | Results | |
51 | $3,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed | 997 | Brian Rast (1/5) | $474,102 | John Gallaher | Results | |
52 | $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em Championship | 5,404 | Robert McMillan (1/1) | $561,060 | Robert Davis | Results | |
53 | $25,000 High Roller Pot Limit Omaha | 212 | Shaun Deeb (1/5) | $1,251,860 | Ka Kwan Lau | Results | |
54 | $2,500 Nine Game Mix 6-Handed | 319 | Nicholas Julia (1/1) | $168,608 | Kristan Lord | Results | |
55 | $400 Colossus No Limit Hold'em | 9,399 | Anatolii Zyrin (1/2) | $314,705 | Michael Lee | Results | |
56 | $10,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship | 329 | Ben Yu (1/4) | $721,453 | Nikita Kuznetsov | Results | |
57 | $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship | 80 | Brian Yoon (1/4) | $240,341 | Danny Wong | Results | |
58 | $1,000 Super Seniors No Limit Hold'em | 1,893 | Jean-Luc Adam (1/1) | $255,623 | Eugene Solomon | Results | |
59 | $1,000 Tag Team No Limit Hold'em | 641 | Mike Ruter (1/1) Sam Dighlawi (1/1) | $56,683 $56,683 | Tomer Wolf David Lander | Results | |
60 | $50,000 Poker Players Championship | 63 | Daniel Cates (1/1) | $954,020 | Ryan Leng (2/3) | Results | |
o6 | WSOP.com $666 Online Bracelet | 1,029 | John Ripnick (1/1) | $114,898 | Matthew Gillingham | ||
61 | $600 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack Championship | 3,916 | Cole Ferraro (1/1) | $252,491 | Sami Rustim | Results | |
62 | $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better | 725 | Kevin Gerhart (2/4) | $186,789 | Dustin Dirksen | Results | |
63 | $500 Salute to Warriors No Limit Hold'em | 1,738 | Eric Zhang (1/1) | $102,465 | Guy Hadas | Results | |
64 | $5,000 Mixed No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha | 579 | Eelis Parssinen (1/1) | $545,616 | Noah Bronstein | Results | |
65 | $1,000 Mini Main Event No Limit Hold'em | 3,823 | Georgios Sotiropoulos (2/3) | $432,575 | Wataru Miyashita | Results | |
66 | $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship | 194 | Josh Arieh (2/4) | $484,791 | Danny Chang | Results | |
o7 | WSOP.com $3,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller 8 Max | 434 | Jacob Neff (1/1) | $318,889 | Chad Eveslage | ||
67 | $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event | 6,650 | Koray Aldemir (1/1) | $8,000,000 | George Holmes | Results | |
68 | $1,111 Little One for One Drop No Limit Hold'em | 3,797 | Scott Ball (2/2) | $396,445 | Michael Shanahan | Results | |
69 | $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better | 372 | Jermaine Reid (1/1) | $113,459 | Peder Berge | Results | |
70 | $888 Crazy Eights No Limit Hold'em | 5,252 | David Moses (1/1) | $888,888 | Sejin Park (0/1) | Results | |
71 | $1,500 Bounty Pot Limit Omaha 8-Handed | 860 | Mourad Amokrane (1/1) | $132,844 | Matt Mamiya | Results | |
72 | $1,500 Mixed No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha | 846 | Motoyoshi Okamura (1/1) | $209,716 | Rafael Mota | Results | |
73 | $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship | 144 | Brian Hastings (1/5) | $352,958 | Ian O'Hara | Results | |
74 | $2,500 Mixed Big Bet Event | 212 | Denis Strebkov (1/2) | $117,898 | Jerry Wong | Results | |
o8 | WSOP.com $7,777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold'em High Roller | 183 | Aleksejs Ponakovs (1/1) | $432,491 | Jaroslaw Jaskiewicz | ||
o9 | WSOP.com $777 Lucky 7's No Limit Hold'em | 732 | Yuliyan Kolev (1/1) | $146,163 | Tim Reilly | ||
75 | $1,500 Freezeout No Limit Hold'em | 1,191 | Chad Himmelspach (1/1) | $270,877 | Stefan Reiser | Results | |
76 | $10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold'em | 307 | Romain Lewis (1/1) | $463,885 | Aditya Agarwal | Results | |
77 | $1,500 Fifty Stack No Limit Hold'em | 1,501 | Paulo Joanello (1/1) | $321,917 | Toby Price | Results | |
78 | $10,000 Razz Championship | 109 | Benny Glaser (1/4) | $274,693 | Everett Carlton | Results | |
79 | $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No Limit Hold'em | 468 | Ole Schemion (1/1) | $172,499 | Benjamin Underwood | Results | |
80 | $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha 6-Handed | 496 | Robert Cowen (1/1) | $280,916 | Robert Emmerson | Results | |
81 | $800 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack | 1,921 | Jason Wheeler (1/1) | $204,274 | Julian Velasquez | Results | |
82 | $250,000 Super High Roller No Limit Hold'em | 33 | Adrián Mateos (1/4) | $3,265,362 | Ben Heath (0/1) | Results | |
83 | $1,500 The Closer No Limit Hold'em | 1,903 | Leo Margets (1/1) | $376,850 | Alex Kulev | Results | |
84 | $50,000 High Roller Pot Limit Omaha | 85 | Jeremy Ausmus (2/3) | $1,188,918 | Phil Hellmuth (1/16) | Results | |
85 | $50,000 High Roller No Limit Hold'em | 113 | Mikita Badziakouski (1/1) | $1,462,043 | Ren Lin | Results | |
86 | $1,000 Super Turbo No Limit Hold'em | 1,025 | Michael McCauley (1/1) | $161,384 | Andrew Wilson | Results | |
87 | $100,000 High Roller No Limit Hold'em | 64 | Michael Addamo (2/4) | $1,958,569 | Kevin Rabichow | Results | |
o10 | WSOP.com $1,000 Mini Main Event (PA only) | 171 | David Eldridge (1/1) | $41,553 | Zachary Weatherford | ||
o11 | WSOP.com $1,000 Mini Main Event | 774 | Daniel Turner (1/1) | $142,663 | Dylan DeStefano | ||
88 | $5,000 No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed | 531 | Boris Kolev (1/1) | $511,184 | Uri Reichenstein | Results |
Final standings as of November 23 (note: does not include events from the 2021 WSOP Online series or the 2021 WSOP Europe series):
Rank | Name | Points | Bracelets |
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1 | Josh Arieh | 4,194.59 | 2 |
2 | Phil Hellmuth | 3,720.01 | 1 |
3 | Daniel Negreanu | 3,531.03 | 0 |
4 | Ben Yu | 3,345.92 | 1 |
5 | Jeremy Ausmus | 3,272.57 | 2 |
6 | Shaun Deeb | 3,119.45 | 1 |
7 | Ryan Leng | 3,042.21 | 1 |
8 | Dylan Linde | 2,976.62 | 1 |
9 | Koray Aldemir | 2,911.73 | 1 |
10 | Scott Ball | 2,907.94 | 2 |
The $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on November 4.
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 | data-sort-value="6" | 5 (241st)* |
Scott Blumstein | 2017 | 3 | |
Hossein Ensan | 2019 | 2CEF | |
Damian Salas | 2020 | 1A |
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 |
Name | Number of chips (percentage of total) | WSOP Bracelets | WSOP Cashes* | WSOP Earnings* | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Koray Aldemir | 140,000,000 (35.1%) | 0 | 30 | $3,040,322 | |
George Holmes | 83,700,000 (21.0%) | 0 | 1 | $50,855 | |
Alejandro Lococo | 46,800,000 (11.7%) | 0 | 1 | $3,654 | |
Joshua Remitio | 40,000,000 (10.0%) | 0 | 0 | $0 | |
Jack Oliver | 30,400,000 (7.6%) | 0 | 2 | $7,523 | |
Özgür Seçilmiş | 24,500,000 (6.1%) | 0 | 6 | $19,460 | |
Henry Park | 13,500,000 (3.4%) | 0 | 22 | $240,280 | |
Chase Bianchi | 12,100,000 (3.0%) | 1 | 5 | $334,932 | |
Jareth East | 8,300,000 (2.1%) | 0 | 24 | $132,503 |
Place | Name | Prize | |
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1st | $8,000,000 | ||
2nd | $4,300,000 | ||
3rd | $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 |