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

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

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

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

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

Other notable high finishes

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

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