| Competition: | 2021 World Series of Poker Online |
| Location: | Online (WSOP.com and GGPoker) |
| Dates: | July 1-September 12 |
| Champion: |  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.[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]
Source: [5]
Key: (bracelet number for 2021/bracelet number for career)
| Event | Entrants | Winner | Prize | Runner-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500 No Limit Hold'em The Big 500 Kick-Off | 1,277 |  Jose Noboa (1/1) | $105,161 | Christopher Basile | |
| 2 | $600 No Limit Hold'em Monsterstack | 1,038 | Manig Löser (1/1) | $104,313 | Mark Liedtke | |
| 3 | $500 No Limit Hold'em Turbo Deepstack | 950 | Donnell Dais (1/1) | $90,801 | Mike Azzaro | |
| 4 | $500 No Limit Hold'em Super Turbo | 850 | Jeffery Hoop (1/1) | $73,861 | Ryan Hohner | |
| 5 | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em 8-Max | 459 | Jeremiah Williams (1/1) | $139,600 | Chung You | |
| 6 | $2,000 No Limit Hold'em Deepstack | 416 | Tyler Denson (1/1) | $175,700 | Steven Kelly (0/1) | |
| 7 | $777 No Limit Hold'em Lucky 7s | 888 | Michael Mercaldo (1/1) | $123,574 | James Anderson (0/1) | |
| 8 | $888 No Limit Hold'em Crazy Eights | 782 | Carlos Welch (1/1) | $124,369 | Joon Kim (0/1) | |
| 9 | $400 No Limit Hold'em 6-Max | 1,217 | Philip Beck (1/1) | $81,534 | Justin Wong | |
| 10 | $333 No Limit Hold'em | 1,517 | Michael Leib (1/1) | $81,645 | Robert Aronowitz | |
| 11 | $400 No Limit Hold'em Ultra Deepstack | 1,417 | Vijay Para (1/1) | $86,210 |  Felix Vandeput | |
| 12 | $500 No Limit Hold'em Turbo Deepstack | 959 | Bryan Piccioli (1/2) | $83,332 | Dan Sindelar | |
| 13 | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em Freezeout | 561 | Ryan Leng (1/2) | $108,654 | Carmine Ciccone | |
| 14 | $500 No Limit Hold'em | 1,036 | Gionni Demers (1/1) | $90,023 | David Williams (0/1) | |
| 15 | $5,300 No Limit Hold'em High Roller Freezeout | 188 | Justin Saliba (1/1) | $253,800 | Jonathan Dokler (0/1) | |
| 16 | $600 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 6-Handed | 498 | Allen Chang (1/2) | $61,394 | Edwin Roman | |
| 17 | $400 No Limit Hold'em 8-Max | 1,125 | Justin Lapka (1/1) | $75,371 | Uke Dauti | |
| 18 | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em North American Open | 756 | James Gilbert (1/1) | $137,570 | Landon Tice | |
| 19 | $888 Pot Limit Omaha Crazy Eights | 507 | Martin Zamani (1/1) | $92,598 | Shawn Stroke | |
| 20 | $3,200 No Limit Hold'em High Roller | 312 | Sang Lee (1/1) | $241,768 | Daniel Buzgon | |
| 21 | $600 Pot Limit Omaha 6-Handed | 551 | Bradley Ruben (1/2) | $69,148 | Michael Holtz | |
| 22 | $600 No Limit Hold'em Knockout | 612 | Anthony Kennedy (1/1) | $46,796 | Ryan Basile | |
| 23 | $500 No Limit Hold'em Turbo | 694 | Ryan Hagerty (1/1) | $67,207 | Richard Liotta | |
| 24 | $400 No Limit Hold'em Monsterstack | 1,176 | Byung Yoo (1/1) | $77,475 | Corey Paggeot | |
| 25 | $7,777 No Limit Hold'em Lucky 7s High Roller | 151 | David Peters (1/3) | $283,940 | Charles Hook | |
| 26 | $500 No Limit Hold'em The Big 500 Encore | 1,118 | Eric Van Auken (1/1) | $93,627 | Dominick Sarle | |
| 27 | $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship | 398 | David Goldberg (1/1) | $86,440 | Todd Sladek | |
| 28 | $3,200 No Limit Hold'em High Roller Championship | 265 | Daniel Lazrus (1/1) | $205,347 | Daniel Buzgon | |
| 29 | $800 No Limit Hold'em 8-Max Turbo Deepstack Championship | 623 | Chris Moorman (1/2) | $102,406 | Matthew Hunt | |
| 30 | $600 No Limit Hold'em 6-Max Championship | 783 | Mitchell Halverson (1/1) | $84,057 | Joshua Faris | |
| 31 | $500 No Limit Hold'em Summer Saver | 917 | Brad Zusman (1/1) | $79,683 | Mark Ioli | |
| 32 | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship | 821 | Drew O'Connell (1/1) | $146,893 | Jason Rivkin | |
| 33 | $500 No Limit Hold'em Grand Finale | 2,024 | Dan Sindelar (1/1) | $159,100 | Stanley Lee |
| Event | Entrants | Winner | Prize | Runner-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500 No Limit Hold'em Keystone Kick Off | 500 | Mark Herm (1/1) | $48,420 | Meredith Minger | |
| 2 | $500 No Limit Hold'em PKO | 327 | T.J. Carney (1/1) | $27,593 | Frederick Ferrell | |
| 3 | $3,200 No Limit Hold'em High Roller | 86 | Shankar Pillai (1/3) | $66,641 | Brandon Hall | |
| 4 | $400 No Limit Hold'em 6-Max | 421 | Dean Morrow (1/1) | $35,480 | Michael McNeil | |
| 5 | $777 No Limit Hold'em Lucky 7s | 226 | Nicholas Lein (1/1) | $40,325 | Ben Gazzola | |
| 6 | $400 No Limit Hold'em PKO | 319 | Thong Do (1/1) | $22,214 | Shawn Stroke | |
| 7 | $600 No Limit Hold'em Monster Stack | 288 | Michael Lavin (1/1) | $39,642 | Matthew Boulden | |
| 8 | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em PA Championship | 311 | Andrew Porter (1/1) | $65,525 | Mukul Pahuja |
Source:[6]
Key: (bracelet number for 2021/bracelet number for career)
| Event | Entrants | Winner | Prize | Runner-up | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50 The Return No Limit Hold'em | 30,810 |  Bartłomiej Świeboda (1/1) | $161,111 | Cuong Trinh | |
| 2 | $1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event | 1,584 |  João Simão (1/1) | $206,075 |  Espen Sandvik (0/1) | |
| 3 | $2,500 Limit Hold'em Championship | 180 |  Nicolò Molinelli (1/2) | $88,461 | Renan Bruschi | |
| 4 | $800 Double Chance No Limit Hold'em | 1,643 | Thiago Macedo (1/1) | $161,637 |  Andreas Nasman | |
| 5 | $315 Bounty Deepstack No Limit Hold'em | 2,989 | Kacper Pyzara (1/1) | $79,785 | Evgeny Kochubey | |
| 6 | $200 Flip & Go No Limit Hold'em | 6,368 | Georgios Sotiropoulos (1/2) | $117,022 | Yen-Liang Yao | |
| 7 | $1,500 Millionaire Maker No Limit Hold'em | 5,437 | Eduardo Pires (1/1) | $1,384,013 |  Lukas Hafner | |
| 8 | $5,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship | 479 | Daniel Smiljkovic (1/1) | $423,426 |  Xuming Qi | |
| 9 | $525 Superstack Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold'em | 2,229 | Lucio Lima (1/1) | $91,205 |  Anson Tsang (0/2) | |
| 10 | $400 Double Chance Pot Limit Omaha | 975 |  Roland Czika (1/1) | $55,369 | Lei Yang | |
| 11 | $10,000 Super Million$ High Roller | 624 | Erik Seidel (1/9) | $977,842 |  Francisco Benítez | |
| 12 | $1,000 Double Stack No Limit Hold'em | 5,894 | Hinojas Jerome (1/1) | $635,576 | Felipe Ramos | |
| 13 | $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship | 267 | Vincas Tamasauskas (1/1) | $268,926 | Ben Lakatos | |
| 14 | $500 The Big 500 | 2,639 | Renan Bruschi (1/1) | $150,327 | Alex Bilokur (0/1) | |
| 15 | $10,000 Heads-Up No Limit Hold'em Championship | 161 |  Arthur Conan (1/1) | $466,167 | Aleksejs Ponakovs | |
| 16 | $1,050 WSOP GGMasters High Roller | 2,240 | Samuel Vousden (1/1) | $274,519 | Qibing Wang | |
| 17 | $400 Plossus | 4,576 |  Gabi Livshitz (1/1) | $152,165 | Yuri Suvorov | |
| 18 | $5,000 Short Deck Championship | 144 | Radmir Sadirov (1/1) | $169,111 | João Vieira (0/1) | |
| 19 | $840 6-Handed Bounty No Limit Hold'em | 2,053 |  Andrii Derzhypilskyi (1/1) | $154,322 | Luciano Hollanda | |
| 20 | $1,500 Monster Stack No Limit Hold'em | 1,080 | Eduardo Rodrigues (1/1) | $212,815 | Dario Sammartino | |
| 21 | $25,000 Super High Roller Championship | 255 | Alexandros Theologis (1/1) | $1,212,033 |  Kahle Burns (0/2) | |
| 22 | $400 Colossus | 10,903 | Armando D'Avanzo (1/1) | $409,007 |  Kosuke Tajima | |
| 23 | $600 Deepstack Championship No Limit Hold'em | 2,820 | Nuno Capucho (1/1) | $190,274 |  Karolina Norvaisaite | |
| 24 | $1,050 Bounty Pot Limit Omaha | 896 | Dmitry Yurasov (1/2) | $92,711 |  Ami Barer | |
| 25 | $777 Lucky Sevens No Limit Hold'em | 2,014 | David Jackson (1/1) | $194,178 | Dumitru Pora | |
| 26 | $888 Crazy Eights No Limit Hold'em | 2,350 | Alexandru Papazian (1/2) | $241,128 | Tal Noach | |
| 27 | $5,000 Main Event Online Championship | 4,092 | Aleksei Vandyshev (1/1) | $2,543,073 | Edson Tsutsumi | |
| 28 | $2,100 Bounty No Limit Hold'em Championship | 1,064 | Dominik Panka (1/1) | $185,229 | Fengdian Wang | |
| 29 | $1,500 Fifty Stack No Limit Hold'em | 1,308 | Vlad Martynenko (1/1) | $250,198 | Faraz Jaka | |
| 30 | $525 WSOP Beat the Pros | 1,594 | Jase Regina (1/1) | $75,342 | Stefan Atanasov | |
| 31 | ¥815 WSOP Zodiac Autumn Festival | 7,036 | Henry Luo (1/1) | $87,404 |  Martin Pochat | |
| 32 | $210 WSOP Bounty Double Million$ | 14,162 | Ruslan Rishko (1/1) | $194,096 | Ales Lekse | |
| 33 | $500 The Closer | 7,103 | Arnaud Enselme (1/1) | $360,223 | Kazuki Ikeuchi |
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.
| Name | Number of chips (percentage of total) | WSOP Bracelets | WSOP Cashes* | WSOP Earnings* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edson Tsutsumi | 60,403,591 (24.8%) | 0 | 3 | $8,567 | |
| Aleksei Vandyshev | 54,232,812 (22.2%) | 0 | 1 | $2,889 | |
| Joe Serock | 45,567,634 (18.7%) | 0 | 60 | $942,761 | |
| Espen Jørstad | 19,575,928 (8.0%) | 0 | 15 | $120,048 | |
| Christine Do | 15,918,120 (6.5%) | 0 | 24 | $117,772 | |
| Nikita Kuznetsov | 13,454,800 (5.5%) | 0 | 7 | $75,393 | |
| Dawid Smolka | 13,154,945 (5.4%) | 0 | 5 | $35,051 | |
| Renan Meneguetti | 12,581,552 (5.2%) | 0 | 3 | $8,491 | |
| Dimitrios Farmakoulis | 9,067,144 (3.7%) | 0 | 10 | $38,196 |
| Place | Name | Prize | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Aleksei Vandyshev | $2,543,073 | |
| 2nd | Edson Tsutsumi | $1,907,035 | |
| 3rd | Nikita Kuznetsov | $1,430,074 | |
| 4th | Christine Do | $1,072,405 | |
| 5th | Joe Serock | $804,191 | |
| 6th | Espen Jørstad | $603,058 | |
| 7th | Renan Meneguetti | $452,229 | |
| 8th | Dawid Smolka | $339,124 | |
| 9th | Dimitrios Farmakoulis | $254,308 |