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2021 World Series of Poker Online

{{short description|Series of online poker tournaments}}

{{Infobox sports competition event

| competition = 2021 World Series of Poker Online

| image = 135px

| pixels =

| location = Online (WSOP.com and GGPoker)

| dates = July 1-September 12

| champion = {{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksei Vandyshev

| prev = 2020

| next = 2022

}}

The 2021 World Series of Poker Online was the second annual series of online poker tournaments organized by the World Series of Poker (WSOP).

There were WSOP bracelet events held across two online sites, WSOP.com and GGPoker. The WSOP.com schedule began on July 1 for players located in New Jersey and Nevada and featured 33 events.{{cite web|last=Nuwwarah|first=Mo|title=WSOP Online Bracelet Schedule: 33 Bracelets in 32 Days, Starting July 1|url=https://www.pokernews.com/news/2021/04/wsop-online-bracelet-schedule-2021-38985.htm|publisher=PokerNews.com|date=April 14, 2021|accessdate=April 14, 2021}}

In July, to mark the opening of WSOP.com to players in Pennsylvania, the WSOP announced an additional series of eight bracelet events that will run from August 8-15.{{cite web|last=Holloway|first=Chad|title=WSOP Offering Bracelet Events to Pennsylvania Players August 8-15|url=https://www.pokernews.com/news/2021/07/wsop-online-pennsylvania-bracelet-events-39504.htm|publisher=PokerNews.com|date=July 15, 2021|accessdate=July 16, 2021}}

The GGPoker portion of the schedule, for players outside the United States, ran from August 1-September 12. There were also 33 bracelet events, culminating in the $5,000 Main Event with a $20 million guaranteed prize pool.{{cite web|last=Pitt|first=Matthew|title=GGPoker Announces Full 33-Bracelet WSOP Online 2021 Schedule|url=https://www.pokernews.com/news/2021/07/ggpoker-33-bracelet-wsop-online-2021-schedule-39500.htm|publisher=PokerNews.com|date=July 20, 2021|accessdate=July 20, 2021}}

The live portion of the WSOP began at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino on September 30.{{cite web|last=Holloway|first=Chad|title=Live WSOP at Rio Sept. 30-Nov. 23; Online & Europe Versions Also Return|url=https://www.pokernews.com/news/2021/04/live-world-series-of-poker-at-rio-sept-30-nov-23-38904.htm|publisher=PokerNews.com|date=April 1, 2021|accessdate=April 1, 2021}}

WSOP.com Schedule

File:Manig Löser 2019.jpg

File:Bryan Piccioli 2016.jpg won his second bracelet in Event #12]]

File:David Peters 2018.jpg won his third bracelet in Event #25]]

File:Chris Moorman 2019.jpg won his second bracelet in Event #29]]

Source: {{cite web|last=Ryder|first=Chelsea|title=WSOP.COM ANNOUNCES WSOP ONLINE 2021 DOMESTIC SCHEDULE|url=https://www.wsop.com/news/2021/Apr/12419/WSOPCOM-ANNOUNCES-WSOP-ONLINE-2021-DOMESTIC-SCHEDULE.html|publisher=WSOP.com|date=April 14, 2021|accessdate=April 14, 2021}}

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

=Nevada and New Jersey=

class="wikitable sortable"

! bgcolor="#FFEBAD" | #

! bgcolor="#FFEBAD" | Event

! bgcolor="#FFEBAD" | Entrants

! bgcolor="#FFEBAD" | Winner

! bgcolor="#FFEBAD" | Prize

! bgcolor="#FFEBAD" | Runner-up

1

|$500 No Limit Hold'em The Big 500 Kick-Off

|1,277

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jose Noboa (1/1)

|$105,161

|{{flagicon|USA}} Christopher Basile

2

|$600 No Limit Hold'em Monsterstack

|1,038

|{{flagicon|GER}} Manig Löser (1/1)

|$104,313

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mark Liedtke

3

|$500 No Limit Hold'em Turbo Deepstack

|950

|{{flagicon|USA}} Donnell Dais (1/1)

|$90,801

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mike Azzaro

4

|$500 No Limit Hold'em Super Turbo

|850

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jeffery Hoop (1/1)

|$73,861

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Hohner

5

|$1,000 No Limit Hold'em 8-Max

|459

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jeremiah Williams (1/1)

|$139,600

|{{flagicon|USA}} Chung You

6

|$2,000 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack

|416

|{{flagicon|USA}} Tyler Denson (1/1)

|$175,700

|{{flagicon|USA}} Steven Kelly (0/1)

7

|$777 No Limit Hold'em Lucky 7s

|888

|{{flagicon|USA}} Michael Mercaldo (1/1)

|$123,574

|{{flagicon|USA}} James Anderson (0/1)

8

|$888 No Limit Hold'em Crazy Eights

|782

|{{flagicon|USA}} Carlos Welch (1/1)

|$124,369

|{{flagicon|USA}} Joon Kim (0/1)

9

|$400 No Limit Hold'em 6-Max

|1,217

|{{flagicon|USA}} Philip Beck (1/1)

|$81,534

|{{flagicon|USA}} Justin Wong

10

|$333 No Limit Hold'em

|1,517

|{{flagicon|USA}} Michael Leib (1/1)

|$81,645

|{{flagicon|USA}} Robert Aronowitz

11

|$400 No Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack

|1,417

|{{flagicon|USA}} Vijay Para (1/1)

|$86,210

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Felix Vandeput

12

|$500 No Limit Hold'em Turbo Deepstack

|959

|{{flagicon|USA}} Bryan Piccioli (1/2)

|$83,332

|{{flagicon|USA}} Dan Sindelar

13

|$1,000 No Limit Hold'em Freezeout

|561

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Leng (1/2)

|$108,654

|{{flagicon|USA}} Carmine Ciccone

14

|$500 No Limit Hold'em

|1,036

|{{flagicon|USA}} Gionni Demers (1/1)

|$90,023

|{{flagicon|USA}} David Williams (0/1)

15

|$5,300 No Limit Hold'em High Roller Freezeout

|188

|{{flagicon|USA}} Justin Saliba (1/1)

|$253,800

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jonathan Dokler (0/1)

16

|$600 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 6-Handed

|498

|{{flagicon|USA}} Allen Chang (1/2)

|$61,394

|{{flagicon|USA}} Edwin Roman

17

|$400 No Limit Hold'em 8-Max

|1,125

|{{flagicon|USA}} Justin Lapka (1/1)

|$75,371

|{{flagicon|USA}} Uke Dauti

18

|$1,000 No Limit Hold'em North American Open

|756

|{{flagicon|USA}} James Gilbert (1/1)

|$137,570

|{{flagicon|USA}} Landon Tice

19

|$888 Pot Limit Omaha Crazy Eights

|507

|{{flagicon|USA}} Martin Zamani (1/1)

|$92,598

|{{flagicon|USA}} Shawn Stroke

20

|$3,200 No Limit Hold'em High Roller

|312

|{{flagicon|USA}} Sang Lee (1/1)

|$241,768

|{{flagicon|USA}} Daniel Buzgon

21

|$600 Pot Limit Omaha 6-Handed

|551

|{{flagicon|USA}} Bradley Ruben (1/2)

|$69,148

|{{flagicon|USA}} Michael Holtz

22

|$600 No Limit Hold'em Knockout

|612

|{{flagicon|UK}} Anthony Kennedy (1/1)

|$46,796

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Basile

23

|$500 No Limit Hold'em Turbo

|694

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ryan Hagerty (1/1)

|$67,207

|{{flagicon|USA}} Richard Liotta

24

|$400 No Limit Hold'em Monsterstack

|1,176

|{{flagicon|USA}} Byung Yoo (1/1)

|$77,475

|{{flagicon|USA}} Corey Paggeot

25

|$7,777 No Limit Hold'em Lucky 7s High Roller

|151

|{{flagicon|USA}} David Peters (1/3)

|$283,940

|{{flagicon|USA}} Charles Hook

26

|$500 No Limit Hold'em The Big 500 Encore

|1,118

|{{flagicon|USA}} Eric Van Auken (1/1)

|$93,627

|{{flagicon|USA}} Dominick Sarle

27

|$1,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship

|398

|{{flagicon|USA}} David Goldberg (1/1)

|$86,440

|{{flagicon|USA}} Todd Sladek

28

|$3,200 No Limit Hold'em High Roller Championship

|265

|{{flagicon|USA}} Daniel Lazrus (1/1)

|$205,347

|{{flagicon|USA}} Daniel Buzgon

29

|$800 No Limit Hold'em 8-Max Turbo Deepstack Championship

|623

|{{flagicon|UK}} Chris Moorman (1/2)

|$102,406

|{{flagicon|UK}} Matthew Hunt

30

|$600 No Limit Hold'em 6-Max Championship

|783

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mitchell Halverson (1/1)

|$84,057

|{{flagicon|USA}} Joshua Faris

31

|$500 No Limit Hold'em Summer Saver

|917

|{{flagicon|USA}} Brad Zusman (1/1)

|$79,683

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mark Ioli

32

|$1,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship

|821

|{{flagicon|USA}} Drew O'Connell (1/1)

|$146,893

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jason Rivkin

33

|$500 No Limit Hold'em Grand Finale

|2,024

|{{flagicon|USA}} Dan Sindelar (1/1)

|$159,100

|{{flagicon|USA}} Stanley Lee

=Pennsylvania=

File:Shankar Pillai 2020.jpg won his third bracelet in Event #3]]

class="wikitable sortable"

! bgcolor="#FFEBAD" | #

! bgcolor="#FFEBAD" | Event

! bgcolor="#FFEBAD" | Entrants

! bgcolor="#FFEBAD" | Winner

! bgcolor="#FFEBAD" | Prize

! bgcolor="#FFEBAD" | Runner-up

1

|$500 No Limit Hold'em Keystone Kick Off

|500

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mark Herm (1/1)

|$48,420

|{{flagicon|USA}} Meredith Minger

2

|$500 No Limit Hold'em PKO

|327

|{{flagicon|USA}} T.J. Carney (1/1)

|$27,593

|{{flagicon|USA}} Frederick Ferrell

3

|$3,200 No Limit Hold'em High Roller

|86

|{{flagicon|USA}} Shankar Pillai (1/3)

|$66,641

|{{flagicon|USA}} Brandon Hall

4

|$400 No Limit Hold'em 6-Max

|421

|{{flagicon|USA}} Dean Morrow (1/1)

|$35,480

|{{flagicon|USA}} Michael McNeil

5

|$777 No Limit Hold'em Lucky 7s

|226

|{{flagicon|USA}} Nicholas Lein (1/1)

|$40,325

|{{flagicon|USA}} Ben Gazzola

6

|$400 No Limit Hold'em PKO

|319

|{{flagicon|USA}} Thong Do (1/1)

|$22,214

|{{flagicon|USA}} Shawn Stroke

7

|$600 No Limit Hold'em Monster Stack

|288

|{{flagicon|USA}} Michael Lavin (1/1)

|$39,642

|{{flagicon|USA}} Matthew Boulden

8

|$1,000 No Limit Hold'em PA Championship

|311

|{{flagicon|USA}} Andrew Porter (1/1)

|$65,525

|{{flagicon|USA}} Mukul Pahuja

GGPoker Schedule

File:Erik Seidel 2018.jpg won Event #11 for his ninth bracelet]]

File:Dominik Pańka 2018.jpg champ Dominik Panka won his first bracelet in Event #28]]

Source:{{cite web|title=GGPoker WSOP schedule|url=https://en.ggpoker.com/tournaments/wsop-online-2021/|publisher=GGPoker|accessdate=July 20, 2021}}

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

class="wikitable sortable"

! bgcolor="#FFEBAD" | #

! bgcolor="#FFEBAD" | Event

! bgcolor="#FFEBAD" | Entrants

! bgcolor="#FFEBAD" | Winner

! bgcolor="#FFEBAD" | Prize

! bgcolor="#FFEBAD" | Runner-up

1

|$50 The Return No Limit Hold'em

|30,810

|{{flagicon|POL}} Bartłomiej Świeboda (1/1)

|$161,111

|{{flagicon|VIE}} Cuong Trinh

2

|$1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event

|1,584

|{{flagicon|BRA}} João Simão (1/1)

|$206,075

|{{flagicon|NOR}} Espen Sandvik (0/1)

3

|$2,500 Limit Hold'em Championship

|180

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Nicolò Molinelli (1/2)

|$88,461

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Renan Bruschi

4

|$800 Double Chance No Limit Hold'em

|1,643

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Thiago Macedo (1/1)

|$161,637

|{{flagicon|FIN}} Andreas Nasman

5

|$315 Bounty Deepstack No Limit Hold'em

|2,989

|{{flagicon|POL}} Kacper Pyzara (1/1)

|$79,785

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Evgeny Kochubey

6

|$200 Flip & Go No Limit Hold'em

|6,368

|{{flagicon|GRE}} Georgios Sotiropoulos (1/2)

|$117,022

|{{flagicon|TAI}} Yen-Liang Yao

7

|$1,500 Millionaire Maker No Limit Hold'em

|5,437

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Eduardo Pires (1/1)

|$1,384,013

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Lukas Hafner

8

|$5,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship

|479

|{{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Smiljkovic (1/1)

|$423,426

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Xuming Qi

9

|$525 Superstack Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold'em

|2,229

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Lucio Lima (1/1)

|$91,205

|{{flagicon|HKG}} Anson Tsang (0/2)

10

|$400 Double Chance Pot Limit Omaha

|975

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Roland Czika (1/1)

|$55,369

|{{flagicon|SIN}} Lei Yang

11

|$10,000 Super Million$ High Roller

|624

|{{flagicon|USA}} Erik Seidel (1/9)

|$977,842

|{{flagicon|URY}} Francisco Benítez

12

|$1,000 Double Stack No Limit Hold'em

|5,894

|{{flagicon|HKG}} Hinojas Jerome (1/1)

|$635,576

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Felipe Ramos

13

|$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship

|267

|{{flagicon|LIT}} Vincas Tamasauskas (1/1)

|$268,926

|{{flagicon|HUN}} Ben Lakatos

14

|$500 The Big 500

|2,639

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Renan Bruschi (1/1)

|$150,327

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Alex Bilokur (0/1)

15

|$10,000 Heads-Up No Limit Hold'em Championship

|161

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Arthur Conan (1/1)

|$466,167

|{{flagicon|LAT}} Aleksejs Ponakovs

16

|$1,050 WSOP GGMasters High Roller

|2,240

|{{flagicon|FIN}} Samuel Vousden (1/1)

|$274,519

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Qibing Wang

17

|$400 Plossus

|4,576

|{{flagicon|ISR}} Gabi Livshitz (1/1)

|$152,165

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Yuri Suvorov

18

|$5,000 Short Deck Championship

|144

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Radmir Sadirov (1/1)

|$169,111

|{{flagicon|POR}} João Vieira (0/1)

19

|$840 6-Handed Bounty No Limit Hold'em

|2,053

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Andrii Derzhypilskyi (1/1)

|$154,322

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Luciano Hollanda

20

|$1,500 Monster Stack No Limit Hold'em

|1,080

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Eduardo Rodrigues (1/1)

|$212,815

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Dario Sammartino

21

|$25,000 Super High Roller Championship

|255

|{{flagicon|GRE}} Alexandros Theologis (1/1)

|$1,212,033

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Kahle Burns (0/2)

22

|$400 Colossus

|10,903

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Armando D'Avanzo (1/1)

|$409,007

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Kosuke Tajima

23

|$600 Deepstack Championship No Limit Hold'em

|2,820

|{{flagicon|POR}} Nuno Capucho (1/1)

|$190,274

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Karolina Norvaisaite

24

|$1,050 Bounty Pot Limit Omaha

|896

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Dmitry Yurasov (1/2)

|$92,711

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Ami Barer

25

|$777 Lucky Sevens No Limit Hold'em

|2,014

|{{flagicon|USA}} David Jackson (1/1)

|$194,178

|{{flagicon|ROM}} Dumitru Pora

26

|$888 Crazy Eights No Limit Hold'em

|2,350

|{{flagicon|ROM}} Alexandru Papazian (1/2)

|$241,128

|{{flagicon|ISR}} Tal Noach

27

|$5,000 Main Event Online Championship

|4,092

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksei Vandyshev (1/1)

|$2,543,073

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Edson Tsutsumi

28

|$2,100 Bounty No Limit Hold'em Championship

|1,064

|{{flagicon|POL}} Dominik Panka (1/1)

|$185,229

|{{flagicon|CHN}} Fengdian Wang

29

|$1,500 Fifty Stack No Limit Hold'em

|1,308

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Vlad Martynenko (1/1)

|$250,198

|{{flagicon|USA}} Faraz Jaka

30

|$525 WSOP Beat the Pros

|1,594

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Jase Regina (1/1)

|$75,342

|{{flagicon|BUL}} Stefan Atanasov

31

|¥815 WSOP Zodiac Autumn Festival

|7,036

|{{flagicon|HK}} Henry Luo (1/1)

|$87,404

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Martin Pochat

32

|$210 WSOP Bounty Double Million$

|14,162

|{{flagicon|CAN}} Ruslan Rishko (1/1)

|$194,096

|{{flagicon|SLO}} Ales Lekse

33

|$500 The Closer

|7,103

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Arnaud Enselme (1/1)

|$360,223

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Kazuki Ikeuchi

=Main Event=

The $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on August 22 with the first of 27 starting flights. Players were able to re-enter a maximum of three times. Day 1 survivors returned on September 5 to play down to the final table.

The Main Event attracted 4,092 players, falling $563,000 short of the $20 million guaranteed prize pool. The final table was played on September 11, with the champion earning $2,543,073.

File:Joe Serock 2012.jpg

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Final table

Name

!Number of chips
(percentage of total)

!WSOP
Bracelets

!WSOP
Cashes*

!WSOP
Earnings*

{{flagicon|BRA}} Edson Tsutsumi

|60,403,591 (24.8%)

|0

|3

|$8,567

{{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksei Vandyshev

|54,232,812 (22.2%)

|0

|1

|$2,889

{{flagicon|USA}} Joe Serock

|45,567,634 (18.7%)

|0

|60

|$942,761

{{flagicon|NOR}} Espen Jørstad

|19,575,928 (8.0%)

|0

|15

|$120,048

{{flagicon|CAN}} Christine Do

|15,918,120 (6.5%)

|0

|24

|$117,772

{{flagicon|RUS}} Nikita Kuznetsov

|13,454,800 (5.5%)

|0

|7

|$75,393

{{flagicon|POL}} Dawid Smolka

|13,154,945 (5.4%)

|0

|5

|$35,051

{{flagicon|BRA}} Renan Meneguetti

|12,581,552 (5.2%)

|0

|3

|$8,491

{{flagicon|GRE}} Dimitrios Farmakoulis

|9,067,144 (3.7%)

|0

|10

|$38,196

*Career statistics prior to the Main Event

class="wikitable"

|+ Final table results

width="50" | Place

!width="150"| Name

!width="125"| Prize

align=center|1st

|align=center|Aleksei Vandyshev

|align=center|$2,543,073

align=center|2nd

|align=center|Edson Tsutsumi

|align=center|$1,907,035

align=center|3rd

|align=center|Nikita Kuznetsov

|align=center|$1,430,074

align=center|4th

|align=center|Christine Do

|align=center|$1,072,405

align=center|5th

|align=center|Joe Serock

|align=center|$804,191

align=center|6th

|align=center|Espen Jørstad

|align=center|$603,058

align=center|7th

|align=center|Renan Meneguetti

|align=center|$452,229

align=center|8th

|align=center|Dawid Smolka

|align=center|$339,124

align=center|9th

|align=center|Dimitrios Farmakoulis

|align=center|$254,308

References

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External links

  • [https://www.wsop.com/2021/online/ Official site]
  • [https://www.contents.ggnetwork-contents.com/wsop-2021-online/ GGPoker]{{Dead link|date=February 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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