New Champs Highlight Halfway Point of US WSOP 2021 Online
The 2021 World Series of Poker hit the halfway point a few days ago. Technically, the first of five WSOP iterations crossed that mark. The action kicked off on July 1 with the WSOP Online bracelet events aimed at players in the United States. It has been playing out on WSOP.com with a shared player pool for those located in Nevada and New Jersey.
The full five sections of WSOP 2021 are:
–US online at WSOP.com (Nevada/New Jersey): July 1 – August 1
–International online at GGPoker: August 1 – September 12
–US online at WSOP.com (Pennsylvania): August 6-16
–WSOP live in Las Vegas: September 30 – November 23
–WSOP Europe live in Czech Republic: November 14 – December 8
At the halfway mark of the first of five parts, it’s a good time to take a look at the numbers and winners of the action thus far.
Premiere Week Results
The first set of eight tournaments comprised Premiere Week.
Event 1: $500 buy-in NLHE Big 500 Kick-Off = 1,277 entries, $574,650 prize pool
–Jose “deposit” Noboa won for $105,161
Event 2: $600 buy-in NLHE Monster Stack = 1,038 entries, $560,520 prize pool
–Manig “Ohio77” Loeser won for $104,313
Event 3: $500 buy-in NLHE Deepstack Turbo = 950 entries, $427,500 prize pool
–Donnell “Spreezy52” Dais won for $90,801
Event 4: $500 buy-in NLHE Super Turbo = 850 entries, $382,500 prize pool
–Jeffery “Steelvikes7” Hoop won for $73,861
Event 5: $1K buy-in NLHE 8-Max = 707 entries, $648,700 prize pool
–Jeremiah “freestyler” Williams won for $139,600
Event 6: $2K buy-in NLHE Deepstack = 416 entries, $769,600 prize pool
–Tyler “ShipTheShip” Denson won for $175,700
Event 7 on July 7: $777 buy-in NLHE Lucky 7s = 888 entries, $621,600 prize pool
–Michael “stiltwalk” Mercaldo won for $123,574
Event 8 on July 8: $888 buy-in NLHE Crazy Eights = 782 entries, $625,600 prize pool
–Carlos “CarlosWelch” Welch won for $124,369
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Micro Madness Results
The next three tournaments offered some of the lowest buy-ins of the series.
Event 9 on July 9: $400 buy-in NLHE 6-Max = 1,217 entries, $438,120 prize pool
–Philip “wingsuiter” Beck won for $81,534
Event 10 on July 10: $333 buy-in NLHE = 1,517 entries, $455,100 prize pool
–Michael “njnj17” Leib won for $81,645
Event 11 on July 11: $400 buy-in NLHE Ultra Deepstack = 1,417 entries, $510,120 prize pool
–Vijay “Eclypzed” Para won for $86,210
PLO Week Results
This oddly-named week offered three Pot Limit Omaha tournament amidst a sea of No Limit Hold’em events. However, it does contain all three of the non-championship PLO events, so that’s something. And one of them still hadn’t finished at the time of publishing this halfway-mark article.
Event 12 on July 12: $500 buy-in NLHE Deepstack Turbo = 959 entries, $431,550 prize pool
–Bryan “Pellepelle” Piccioli won for $83,332
Event 13 on July 13: $1K buy-in NLHE Freezeout = 561 entries, $504,900 prize pool
–Ryan “Adopt_aDogg0” Leng won for $108,654
Event 14 on July 14: $500 buy-in NLHE = 1,036 entries, $466,200 prize pool
–Gionni “COLDWARKID” won for $90,023
Event 15 on July 15: $5,300 buy-in NLHE High Roller Freezeout = 188 entries, $940K prize pool
–Justin “Jsaliba2” Saliba won for $253,800
Event 16 on July 16: $600 buy-in PLO 6-Handed = 498 entries, $268,920 prize pool
–Allen “Acnyc718” Chang won for $61,394
Event 17 on July 17: $400 buy-in NLHE 8-Max = 1,125 entries, $405K prize pool
–Justin “LappyPoker” Lapka won for $75,371
Event 18 on July 18: $1K buy-in NLHE North American Open = 756 entries, $692K prize pool
–James “Danfriel” Gilbert won for $137,570
Event 19 on July 19: $888 buy-in PLO Crazy Eights = 507 entries, $405,600 prize pool
–Martin “bathroomline” Zamani won for $92,598
The action continues with 14 more tournaments to wrap this series.
The 2021 Online Bracelet Series is HERE 😍 🚨 With buy-ins starting at $333 (lowest buy-in yet) and DAILY satellite events starting as lows as $1, this is your shot to become a WSOP legend and win a Gold Bracelet.
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