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
Location	Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates	September 30 – November 23
Champion
Koray Aldemir
← 2020 2022 →

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	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

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	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

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. The total number of entries in the Main Event were 6,650, the fewest since 2012, excluding the 2020 Main Event, which was impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]

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*
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

*Career statistics prior to the Main Event

Final Table results

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