2021 World Series of Poker Online

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2021 World Series of Poker Online
World Series of Poker logo.svg
LocationOnline (WSOP.com and GGPoker)
DatesJuly 1-September 12
Champion
Flag of Russia.svg Aleksei Vandyshev
  2020
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).

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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. [1]

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. [2]

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. [3]

The live portion of the WSOP began at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino on September 30. [4]

WSOP.com Schedule

Manig Loser won his first bracelet in Event #2 Manig Loser 2019.jpg
Manig Löser won his first bracelet in Event #2
Bryan Piccioli won his second bracelet in Event #12 Bryan Piccioli 2016.jpg
Bryan Piccioli won his second bracelet in Event #12
David Peters won his third bracelet in Event #25 David Peters 2018.jpg
David Peters won his third bracelet in Event #25
Chris Moorman won his second bracelet in Event #29 Chris Moorman 2019.jpg
Chris Moorman won his second bracelet in Event #29

Source: [5]

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

Nevada and New Jersey

#EventEntrantsWinnerPrizeRunner-up
1$500 No Limit Hold'em The Big 500 Kick-Off1,277 Flag of the United States.svg Jose Noboa (1/1)$105,161 Flag of the United States.svg Christopher Basile
2$600 No Limit Hold'em Monsterstack1,038 Flag of Germany.svg Manig Löser (1/1)$104,313 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Liedtke
3$500 No Limit Hold'em Turbo Deepstack950 Flag of the United States.svg Donnell Dais (1/1)$90,801 Flag of the United States.svg Mike Azzaro
4$500 No Limit Hold'em Super Turbo850 Flag of the United States.svg Jeffery Hoop (1/1)$73,861 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hohner
5$1,000 No Limit Hold'em 8-Max459 Flag of the United States.svg Jeremiah Williams (1/1)$139,600 Flag of the United States.svg Chung You
6$2,000 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack416 Flag of the United States.svg Tyler Denson (1/1)$175,700 Flag of the United States.svg Steven Kelly (0/1)
7$777 No Limit Hold'em Lucky 7s888 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Mercaldo (1/1)$123,574 Flag of the United States.svg James Anderson (0/1)
8$888 No Limit Hold'em Crazy Eights782 Flag of the United States.svg Carlos Welch (1/1)$124,369 Flag of the United States.svg Joon Kim (0/1)
9$400 No Limit Hold'em 6-Max1,217 Flag of the United States.svg Philip Beck (1/1)$81,534 Flag of the United States.svg Justin Wong
10$333 No Limit Hold'em1,517 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Leib (1/1)$81,645 Flag of the United States.svg Robert Aronowitz
11$400 No Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack1,417 Flag of the United States.svg Vijay Para (1/1)$86,210 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Felix Vandeput
12$500 No Limit Hold'em Turbo Deepstack959 Flag of the United States.svg Bryan Piccioli (1/2)$83,332 Flag of the United States.svg Dan Sindelar
13$1,000 No Limit Hold'em Freezeout561 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Leng (1/2)$108,654 Flag of the United States.svg Carmine Ciccone
14$500 No Limit Hold'em1,036 Flag of the United States.svg Gionni Demers (1/1)$90,023 Flag of the United States.svg David Williams (0/1)
15$5,300 No Limit Hold'em High Roller Freezeout188 Flag of the United States.svg Justin Saliba (1/1)$253,800 Flag of the United States.svg Jonathan Dokler (0/1)
16$600 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 6-Handed498 Flag of the United States.svg Allen Chang (1/2)$61,394 Flag of the United States.svg Edwin Roman
17$400 No Limit Hold'em 8-Max1,125 Flag of the United States.svg Justin Lapka (1/1)$75,371 Flag of the United States.svg Uke Dauti
18$1,000 No Limit Hold'em North American Open756 Flag of the United States.svg James Gilbert (1/1)$137,570 Flag of the United States.svg Landon Tice
19$888 Pot Limit Omaha Crazy Eights507 Flag of the United States.svg Martin Zamani (1/1)$92,598 Flag of the United States.svg Shawn Stroke
20$3,200 No Limit Hold'em High Roller312 Flag of the United States.svg Sang Lee (1/1)$241,768 Flag of the United States.svg Daniel Buzgon
21$600 Pot Limit Omaha 6-Handed551 Flag of the United States.svg Bradley Ruben (1/2)$69,148 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Holtz
22$600 No Limit Hold'em Knockout612 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Kennedy (1/1)$46,796 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Basile
23$500 No Limit Hold'em Turbo694 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hagerty (1/1)$67,207 Flag of the United States.svg Richard Liotta
24$400 No Limit Hold'em Monsterstack1,176 Flag of the United States.svg Byung Yoo (1/1)$77,475 Flag of the United States.svg Corey Paggeot
25$7,777 No Limit Hold'em Lucky 7s High Roller151 Flag of the United States.svg David Peters (1/3)$283,940 Flag of the United States.svg Charles Hook
26$500 No Limit Hold'em The Big 500 Encore1,118 Flag of the United States.svg Eric Van Auken (1/1)$93,627 Flag of the United States.svg Dominick Sarle
27$1,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship398 Flag of the United States.svg David Goldberg (1/1)$86,440 Flag of the United States.svg Todd Sladek
28$3,200 No Limit Hold'em High Roller Championship265 Flag of the United States.svg Daniel Lazrus (1/1)$205,347 Flag of the United States.svg Daniel Buzgon
29$800 No Limit Hold'em 8-Max Turbo Deepstack Championship623 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Chris Moorman (1/2)$102,406 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Hunt
30$600 No Limit Hold'em 6-Max Championship783 Flag of the United States.svg Mitchell Halverson (1/1)$84,057 Flag of the United States.svg Joshua Faris
31$500 No Limit Hold'em Summer Saver917 Flag of the United States.svg Brad Zusman (1/1)$79,683 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Ioli
32$1,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship821 Flag of the United States.svg Drew O'Connell (1/1)$146,893 Flag of the United States.svg Jason Rivkin
33$500 No Limit Hold'em Grand Finale2,024 Flag of the United States.svg Dan Sindelar (1/1)$159,100 Flag of the United States.svg Stanley Lee

Pennsylvania

Shankar Pillai won his third bracelet in Event #3 Shankar Pillai 2020.jpg
Shankar Pillai won his third bracelet in Event #3
#EventEntrantsWinnerPrizeRunner-up
1$500 No Limit Hold'em Keystone Kick Off500 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Herm (1/1)$48,420 Flag of the United States.svg Meredith Minger
2$500 No Limit Hold'em PKO327 Flag of the United States.svg T.J. Carney (1/1)$27,593 Flag of the United States.svg Frederick Ferrell
3$3,200 No Limit Hold'em High Roller86 Flag of the United States.svg Shankar Pillai (1/3)$66,641 Flag of the United States.svg Brandon Hall
4$400 No Limit Hold'em 6-Max421 Flag of the United States.svg Dean Morrow (1/1)$35,480 Flag of the United States.svg Michael McNeil
5$777 No Limit Hold'em Lucky 7s226 Flag of the United States.svg Nicholas Lein (1/1)$40,325 Flag of the United States.svg Ben Gazzola
6$400 No Limit Hold'em PKO319 Flag of the United States.svg Thong Do (1/1)$22,214 Flag of the United States.svg Shawn Stroke
7$600 No Limit Hold'em Monster Stack288 Flag of the United States.svg Michael Lavin (1/1)$39,642 Flag of the United States.svg Matthew Boulden
8$1,000 No Limit Hold'em PA Championship311 Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Porter (1/1)$65,525 Flag of the United States.svg Mukul Pahuja

GGPoker Schedule

Hall of Famer Erik Seidel won Event #11 for his ninth bracelet Erik Seidel 2018.jpg
Hall of Famer Erik Seidel won Event #11 for his ninth bracelet
Former PCA champ Dominik Panka won his first bracelet in Event #28 Dominik Panka 2018.jpg
Former PCA champ Dominik Panka won his first bracelet in Event #28

Source: [6]

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

#EventEntrantsWinnerPrizeRunner-up
1$50 The Return No Limit Hold'em30,810 Flag of Poland.svg Bartłomiej Świeboda (1/1)$161,111 Flag of Vietnam.svg Cuong Trinh
2$1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event1,584 Flag of Brazil.svg João Simão (1/1)$206,075 Flag of Norway.svg Espen Sandvik (0/1)
3$2,500 Limit Hold'em Championship180 Flag of Italy.svg Nicolò Molinelli (1/2)$88,461 Flag of Brazil.svg Renan Bruschi
4$800 Double Chance No Limit Hold'em1,643 Flag of Brazil.svg Thiago Macedo (1/1)$161,637 Flag of Finland.svg Andreas Nasman
5$315 Bounty Deepstack No Limit Hold'em2,989 Flag of Poland.svg Kacper Pyzara (1/1)$79,785 Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Kochubey
6$200 Flip & Go No Limit Hold'em6,368 Flag of Greece.svg Georgios Sotiropoulos (1/2)$117,022 Flag of the Republic of China.svg Yen-Liang Yao
7$1,500 Millionaire Maker No Limit Hold'em5,437 Flag of Brazil.svg Eduardo Pires (1/1)$1,384,013 Flag of Austria.svg Lukas Hafner
8$5,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship479 Flag of Germany.svg Daniel Smiljkovic (1/1)$423,426 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xuming Qi
9$525 Superstack Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold'em2,229 Flag of Brazil.svg Lucio Lima (1/1)$91,205 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Anson Tsang (0/2)
10$400 Double Chance Pot Limit Omaha975 Flag of Hungary.svg Roland Czika (1/1)$55,369 Flag of Singapore.svg Lei Yang
11$10,000 Super Million$ High Roller624 Flag of the United States.svg Erik Seidel (1/9)$977,842 Flag of Uruguay.svg Francisco Benítez
12$1,000 Double Stack No Limit Hold'em5,894 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hinojas Jerome (1/1)$635,576 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Ramos
13$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship267 Flag of Lithuania.svg Vincas Tamasauskas (1/1)$268,926 Flag of Hungary.svg Ben Lakatos
14$500 The Big 5002,639 Flag of Brazil.svg Renan Bruschi (1/1)$150,327 Flag of Russia.svg Alex Bilokur (0/1)
15$10,000 Heads-Up No Limit Hold'em Championship161 Flag of France.svg Arthur Conan (1/1)$466,167 Flag of Latvia.svg Aleksejs Ponakovs
16$1,050 WSOP GGMasters High Roller2,240 Flag of Finland.svg Samuel Vousden (1/1)$274,519 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qibing Wang
17$400 Plossus4,576 Flag of Israel.svg Gabi Livshitz (1/1)$152,165 Flag of Russia.svg Yuri Suvorov
18$5,000 Short Deck Championship144 Flag of Russia.svg Radmir Sadirov (1/1)$169,111 Flag of Portugal.svg João Vieira (0/1)
19$840 6-Handed Bounty No Limit Hold'em2,053 Flag of Ukraine.svg Andrii Derzhypilskyi (1/1)$154,322 Flag of Brazil.svg Luciano Hollanda
20$1,500 Monster Stack No Limit Hold'em1,080 Flag of Brazil.svg Eduardo Rodrigues (1/1)$212,815 Flag of Italy.svg Dario Sammartino
21$25,000 Super High Roller Championship255 Flag of Greece.svg Alexandros Theologis (1/1)$1,212,033 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kahle Burns (0/2)
22$400 Colossus10,903 Flag of Italy.svg Armando D'Avanzo (1/1)$409,007 Flag of Japan.svg Kosuke Tajima
23$600 Deepstack Championship No Limit Hold'em2,820 Flag of Portugal.svg Nuno Capucho (1/1)$190,274 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Karolina Norvaisaite
24$1,050 Bounty Pot Limit Omaha896 Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Yurasov (1/2)$92,711 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ami Barer
25$777 Lucky Sevens No Limit Hold'em2,014 Flag of the United States.svg David Jackson (1/1)$194,178 Flag of Romania.svg Dumitru Pora
26$888 Crazy Eights No Limit Hold'em2,350 Flag of Romania.svg Alexandru Papazian (1/2)$241,128 Flag of Israel.svg Tal Noach
27$5,000 Main Event Online Championship4,092 Flag of Russia.svg Aleksei Vandyshev (1/1)$2,543,073 Flag of Brazil.svg Edson Tsutsumi
28$2,100 Bounty No Limit Hold'em Championship1,064 Flag of Poland.svg Dominik Panka (1/1)$185,229 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fengdian Wang
29$1,500 Fifty Stack No Limit Hold'em1,308 Flag of Ukraine.svg Vlad Martynenko (1/1)$250,198 Flag of the United States.svg Faraz Jaka
30$525 WSOP Beat the Pros1,594 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jase Regina (1/1)$75,342 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Stefan Atanasov
31¥815 WSOP Zodiac Autumn Festival7,036 Flag of Hong Kong.svg Henry Luo (1/1)$87,404 Flag of Argentina.svg Martin Pochat
32$210 WSOP Bounty Double Million$14,162 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ruslan Rishko (1/1)$194,096 Flag of Slovenia.svg Ales Lekse
33$500 The Closer7,103 Flag of France.svg Arnaud Enselme (1/1)$360,223 Flag of Japan.svg 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.

Joe Serock finished in 5th place Joe Serock 2012.jpg
Joe Serock finished in 5th place
Final table
NameNumber of chips
(percentage of total)
WSOP
Bracelets
WSOP
Cashes*
WSOP
Earnings*
Flag of Brazil.svg Edson Tsutsumi60,403,591 (24.8%)03$8,567
Flag of Russia.svg Aleksei Vandyshev54,232,812 (22.2%)01$2,889
Flag of the United States.svg Joe Serock 45,567,634 (18.7%)060$942,761
Flag of Norway.svg Espen Jørstad 19,575,928 (8.0%)015$120,048
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Christine Do15,918,120 (6.5%)024$117,772
Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Kuznetsov13,454,800 (5.5%)07$75,393
Flag of Poland.svg Dawid Smolka13,154,945 (5.4%)05$35,051
Flag of Brazil.svg Renan Meneguetti12,581,552 (5.2%)03$8,491
Flag of Greece.svg Dimitrios Farmakoulis9,067,144 (3.7%)010$38,196

*Career statistics prior to the Main Event

Final table results
PlaceNamePrize
1stAleksei Vandyshev$2,543,073
2ndEdson Tsutsumi$1,907,035
3rdNikita Kuznetsov$1,430,074
4thChristine Do$1,072,405
5th Joe Serock $804,191
6th Espen Jørstad $603,058
7thRenan Meneguetti$452,229
8thDawid Smolka$339,124
9thDimitrios Farmakoulis$254,308

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