2021 World Series of Poker

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]

2021 World Series of Poker
LocationRio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
DatesSeptember 30-November 23
Champion
Koray Aldemir

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 be 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
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 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 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 2,342 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

Player of the Year

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

Standings (showing top 22 only)[6]
Rank Name Points Bracelets
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
11 Jake Schwartz 2,861.97 0
12 Anthony Zinno 2,780.75 2
13 João Vieira 2,757.69 0
14 Kevin Gerhart 2,726.99 2
15 Ari Engel 2,664.10 1
16 Uri Reichenstein 2,663.87 0
17 Ren Lin 2,632.88 0
18 Tommy Le 2,618.21 1
19 Georgios Sotiropoulos 2,614.69 1
20 Cole Ferraro 2,606.61 1
21 Jason Koon 2,603.10 1
22 Michael Addamo 2,440.58 2

Main Event
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
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

Final Table
Name Number of chips
(percentage of total)		 WSOP
Bracelets		 WSOP
Cashes*		 WSOP
Earnings*
Koray Aldemir140,000,000 (35.1%)030$3,040,322
George Holmes83,700,000 (21.0%)01$50,855
Alejandro Lococo46,800,000 (11.7%)01$3,654
Joshua Remitio40,000,000 (10.0%)00$0
Jack Oliver30,400,000 (7.6%)02$7,523
Özgür Seçilmiş24,500,000 (6.1%)06$19,460
Henry Park13,500,000 (3.4%)022$240,280
Chase Bianchi12,100,000 (3.0%)15$334,932
Jareth East8,300,000 (2.1%)024$132,503

*Career statistics prior to the Main Event

Final Table results
Place Name Prize
1stKoray Aldemir$8,000,000
2ndGeorge Holmes$4,300,000
3rdJack Oliver$3,000,000
4thJoshua Remitio$2,300,000
5thÖzgür Seçilmiş$1,800,000
6thHenry Park$1,400,000
7thAlejandro Lococo$1,225,000
8thJareth East$1,100,000
9thChase Bianchi$1,000,000

References
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  3. Fast, Erik (June 15, 2021). "2021 World Series of Poker Schedule Announced". CardPlayer.com. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
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