WSOP Online Bracelet Series 2021
WSOP Online Series 2021
In 2021, GGPoker and the World Series of Poker (WSOP) once again joined forces to offer non-US based online poker players a chance to win WSOP gold bracelets. The online tournament series awarded 33 gold bracelets from August 1 through September 12, 2021.
Among those to win gold bracelets during the GGPoker’s WSOP Online Series 2021 were Kacper Pyzara, Daniel Smiljkovic, Renan Bruschi, Samuel Vousden, Alexandros Theologis, Dmitry Yurasov, David “ZONEDin” Jackson, Alexandru Papazian, and Arnaud Enselme.
The series kicked off in a big way as Event #1: $50 The Return NLH attracted a massive 30,810 entrants, which surpassed the $1 million guarantee by creating a $1,417,260 prize pool. Poland’s Bartlomiej “chester20o” Swieboda won that tournament for $161,111.
However, it was not the first bracelet awarded as Event #2: $1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event finished first. Brazil’s Joãa Simao topped a field of 1,584 entries to win that tournament, which raised $175,824 for charity, to claim his first bracelet and $206,075 in prize money.
In Event #6: $200 Flip & Go, which drew 6,368 entries and offered up a $1,209,920 prize pool, Greece’s Georgios Sotiropoulos reigned supreme to capture his second career bracelet and a $117,022 top prize.
One of the biggest stories to come out of the series was that of Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel besting a 624-entry field to win Event #11: $10,000 Super MILLION$ High Roller for $977,842 and his ninth career bracelet. It had been 14 years since Seidel’s last bracelet, and with his ninth he tied the legendary Johnny Moss on the all-time bracelet list.
France’s Arthur Conan was victorious in Event #15: $10,000 Heads-Up NLHE Championship, which began with 161 players. The Frenchman won his first bracelet and earned $466,167, which put him over the $2 million mark in earnings at GGPoker.
Another first-time winner was well-known Polish player Dominik Panka, who topped a 1,064-entry field to win Event #28: $2,100 NLH Bounty Championship for $185,229.
The series culminated with Event #27: $5,000 Main Event Online Championship, which attracted 4,092 entries. The total prize pool generated fell just shy of reaching the $20,000,000 guarantee, which meant players got the benefit of a $563,000 overlay.
Coming into the final day, Brazil’s Edson “CrownUpTsu” Tsutsumi Jr was the chip leader followed by Aleksei “Ha KojleHu” Vandyshev. Naturally, the battle for the title came down to those two in heads-up play, with the latter emerging victorious to claim the bracelet and $2,543,073 first-place prize.
Highlights of WSOP Online 2021
Total number of WSOP Online Series 2021 tournament entries
127,969
Total Prizes Awarded
$90,175,863
Average Buy-in
$2,617
Average Prize Pool
$2,732,601
Number of tournaments with a prize pool of at least $1,000,000
26
Number of tournaments with a prize pool of at least $3,000,000
7
Largest Prize Pool Outside Main Event
$7,747,725 in Event #7: $1,500 Millionaire Maker
Biggest Buy-in
Event #21: $25,000 Super High Roller (255 entries)
Smallest Buy-in
Event #1: $50 The Return NLH (30,810 entries)
Number of tournaments that awarded a seven-figures top prize
3
Number of tournaments that awarded a six-figure top prize
23
Largest Top Prize Outside Main Event
Event #7: $1,500 Millionaire Maker with $1,384,013
Largest Turnout
Event #1: $50 The Return with 30,810 entries
Number of tournaments with more than 10,000 entries
3
Number of tournaments with more than 5,000 entries
8
Most bracelets won by country
Brazil (6)
Money raised for Caesars Care in Event #2 Charity Tournament
$175,824
Legendary Commentators
Lon McEachern and Norman Chad offered play-by-play commentary on GGPoker.tv
2021 GGPoker WSOP Bracelet Winners
Here’s a look at all those who captured gold bracelets during GGPoker’s WSOP Online 2021:
| Event | Name | Entrants | Winner | Prize | Runner Up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50 The Return No Limit Hold’em | 30,810 | Bartłomiej Świeboda | $161,111 | Cuong Trinh |
| 2 | $1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event | 1,584 | João Simão | $206,075 | Espen Sandvik |
| 3 | $2,500 Limit Hold’em Championship | 180 | Nicolò Molinelli | $88,461 | Renan Bruschi |
| 4 | $800 Double Chance No Limit Hold’em | 1,643 | Thiago Macedo | $161,637 | Andreas Nasman |
| 5 | $315 Bounty Deepstack No Limit Hold’em | 2,989 | Kacper Pyzara | $79,785 | Evgeny Kochubey |
| 6 | $200 Flip & Go No Limit Hold’em | 6,368 | Georgios Sotiropoulos | $117,022 | Yen-Liang Yao |
| 7 | $1,500 Millionaire Maker No Limit Hold’em | 5,437 | Eduardo Pires | $1,384,013 | Lukas Hafner |
| 8 | $5,000 No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Championship | 479 | Daniel Smiljkovic | $423,426 | Xuming Qi |
| 9 | $525 Superstack Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold’em | 2,229 | Lucio Lima | $91,205 | Anson Tsang |
| 10 | $400 Double Chance Pot Limit Omaha | 975 | Roland Czika | $55,369 | Lei Yang |
| 11 | $10,000 Super Million$ High Roller | 624 | Erik Seidel | $977,842 | Francisco Benítez |
| 12 | $1,000 Double Stack No Limit Hold’em | 5,894 | Hinojas Jerome | $635,576 | Felipe Ramos |
| 13 | $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship | 267 | Vincas Tamasauskas | $268,926 | Ben Lakatos |
| 14 | $500 The Big 500 | 2,639 | Renan Bruschi | $150,327 | Alex Bilokur |
| 15 | $10,000 Heads-Up No Limit Hold’em Championship | 161 | Arthur Conan | $466,167 | Aleksejs Ponakovs |
| 16 | $1,050 WSOP GGMasters High Roller | 2,240 | Samuel Vousden | $274,519 | Qibing Wang |
| 17 | $400 Plossus | 4,576 | Gaby Livshitz | $152,165 | Yuri Suvorov |
| 18 | $5,000 Short Deck Championship | 144 | Radmir Sadirov | $169,111 | João Vieira |
| 19 | $840 6-Handed Bounty No Limit Hold’em | 2,053 | Andrii Derzhypilskyi | $154,322 | Luciano Hollanda |
| 20 | $1,500 Monster Stack No Limit Hold’em | 1,080 | Eduardo Rodrigues | $212,815 | Dario Sammartino |
| 21 | $25,000 Super High Roller Championship | 255 | Alexandros Theologis | $1,212,033 | Kahle Burns |
| 22 | $400 Colossus | 10,903 | Armando D’Avanzo | $409,007 | Kosuke Tajima |
| 23 | $600 Deepstack Championship No Limit Hold’em | 2,820 | Nuno Capucho | $190,274 | Karolina Norvaisaite |
| 24 | $1,050 Bounty Pot Limit Omaha | 896 | Dmitry Yurasov | $92,711 | Ami Barer |
| 25 | $777 Lucky Sevens No Limit Hold’em | 2,014 | David Jackson | $194,178 | Dumitru Pora |
| 26 | $888 Crazy Eights No Limit Hold’em | 2,350 | Alexandru Papazian | $241,128 | Tal Noach |
| 27 | $5,000 Main Event Online Championship | 4,092 | Aleksei Vandyshev | $2,543,073 | Edson Tsutsumi |
| 28 | $2,100 Bounty No Limit Hold’em Championship | 1,064 | Dominik Panka | $185,229 | Fengdian Wang |
| 29 | $1,500 Fifty Stack No Limit Hold’em | 1,308 | Vlad Martynenko | $250,198 | Faraz Jaka |
| 30 | $525 WSOP Beat the Pros | 1,594 | Jase Regina | $75,342 | Stefan Atanasov |
| 31 | ¥815 WSOP Zodiac Autumn Festival | 7,036 | Henry Luo | $87,404 | Martin Pochat |
| 32 | $210 WSOP Bounty Double Million$ | 14,162 | Ruslan Rishko | $194,096 | Ales Lekse |
| 33 | $500 The Closer | 7,103 | Arnaud Enselme | $360,223 | Kazuki Ikeuchi |
Learn more about the GGPoker WSOP Online 2021 series here.
