2021 World Series of Poker

Event #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship
Event Info

2021 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
107
Prize
$8,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$62,011,250
Entries
6,650
Level Info
Level
41
Blinds
1,200,000 / 2,400,000
Ante
2,400,000
Players Info - Day 1c
Entries
600
Players Left
433

Cooper Doubles Through McCollum

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

Picking up the action on the {q-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{3-Hearts} flop, Brian Cooper and Brett McCollum checked and Koray Aldemir bet 3,800. Cooper then check-raised to 13,000 and McCollum called while Aldemir folded.

The {q-Hearts} fell on the turn and Cooper jammed for 33,400, which McCollum called with the covering stack.

Brian Cooper: {9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}
Brett McCollum: {3-Spades}{3-Diamonds}

"Oh wow," Arash Ghaneian stated in table chat when both players turned over sets that improved to full houses. Cooper prevailed when the {7-Clubs} river came a blank and the table broke right after.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Cooper us
Brian Cooper
105,000
55,100
55,100
Koray Aldemir de
Koray Aldemir
38,000
-10,000
-10,000
Day 8 Chip Leader
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Arash GhaneianBrett McCollumBrian CooperKoray Aldemir

Wright Chipping Down

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

In a three-bet pot with four players going to the {4-Clubs}{8-Spades}{10-Hearts} flop, the small blind checked and Arjun Saluja bet 5,000. James Taylor folded and Darrin Wright made the call on the button as did as the small blind.

The {6-Hearts} fell on the turn and was checked through. The river was the {2-Spades} and Wright bet 5,000 which was only called by Saluja.

Wright tabled {10-Spades}{9-Spades} for a pair of tens but the pot was sent to Saluja who turned over {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Arjun Saluja us
Arjun Saluja
80,000
80,000
80,000
Darrin Wright us
Darrin Wright
29,000
-18,000
-18,000
James Taylor us
James Taylor
20,000
-38,000
-38,000

Tags: Darrin Wright

Gill Bets the Turn

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

Soo Jo Kim raised to 800 from middle position, Shawn Gill called from the small blind as did the big blind.

The flop was {4-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} and all three players checked.

The turn was the {6-Hearts} and Gill bet 1,100. The big blind folded and Kim thought briefly before tossing his hand in the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Shawn Gill us
Shawn Gill
76,900
76,900
76,900
Soo Jo Kim kr
Soo Jo Kim
63,000
-7,000
-7,000
GGPoker

Tags: Shawn GillSoo Jo Kim

Kim Fires River

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

Soo Jo Kim was on the button and saw a flop against four other players.

Kim bet 2,000 when checked to on the flop of {6-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}{10-Clubs} and two opponents called. Both opponents checked on the {7-Hearts} turn and only one called when Kim threw out a bet of 5,500.

The opponent checked a third time on the {6-Hearts} river and opted to fold when facing a bet of 14,000 from Kim.

Player Chips Progress
Soo Jo Kim kr
Soo Jo Kim
70,000
10,000
10,000
GGPoker

Tags: Kim Soo Jo

Dimmig Trips Up Opponent

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante
Jonathan Dimmig
Jonathan Dimmig

Jonathan Dimmig raised from the cutoff and the big blind defended to see a {a-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} flop.

Dimmig's opponent check-called his 900 bet and the {10-Hearts} turn was checked by both players to the {10-Clubs} river.

Action was checked to Dimmig who fired out 2,000 and his opponent quickly called only to muck their cards facedown after Dimmig rolled over {10-Spades}{8-Diamonds} for trip tens.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Dimmig us
Jonathan Dimmig
53,400
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Jonathan Dimmig

Purple Counts

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Anthony Denove us
Anthony Denove
85,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
David Prociak us
David Prociak
78,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Michael Brinkenhoff us
Michael Brinkenhoff
75,000
-5,000
-5,000
Mikiyo Aoki us
Mikiyo Aoki
65,000
8,000
8,000
John Bolton us
John Bolton
64,000
-14,000
-14,000
Daniel Smiljkovic de
Daniel Smiljkovic
55,000
55,000
55,000
Darrin Wright us
Darrin Wright
47,000
-16,000
-16,000
Tony Miles us
Tony Miles
43,000
-15,000
-15,000
Nick Yunis cl
Nick Yunis
29,000
-31,000
-31,000
Colby Hartje us
Colby Hartje
27,000
-3,000
-3,000
Adam Sherman us
Adam Sherman
17,000
17,000
17,000
Marcelo Tadeu Aziz Junior br
Marcelo Tadeu Aziz Junior
Busted

Patricio Takes It on the Turn

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

Peter Patricio raised under the gun to 700 and two players made the call.

On the {9-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{3-Hearts} flop, the small blind checked to Patricio and he continued for 1,600. Both players came along.

The turn was the {5-Spades} and when checked to, Patricio fired a bet of 4,000 which was good enough to rake in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Peter Patricio br
Peter Patricio
55,000
55,000
55,000

Kade Folds on the River

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante

In a three-way pot with around 8,000 in the middle on the {10-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{6-Spades}{a-Spades} board, the cutoff bet 2,200 after a check from the hijack. Vanessa Kade raised it to 8,000 on the button, only the hijack called.

When the {k-Hearts} completed the board, the hijack sent 10,000 into the middle and Kade quickly let it go.

Player Chips Progress
Vanessa Kade ca
Vanessa Kade
61,000
1,000
1,000

Assorted Counts Early on Day 1c

Level 2 : 200/300, 300 ante
Player Chips Progress
Elias Gutierrez es
Elias Gutierrez
78,000
78,000
78,000
David Prociak us
David Prociak
75,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
James Romero us
James Romero
70,000
3,000
3,000
Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
70,000
10,000
10,000
Hossein Ensan de
Hossein Ensan
70,000
-2,300
-2,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Arash Ghaneian us
Arash Ghaneian
69,000
-300
-300
WSOP 1X Winner
Cord Garcia us
Cord Garcia
62,000
2,000
2,000
Viliyan Petleshkov bg
Viliyan Petleshkov
60,000
60,000
60,000
Dennis Phillips us
Dennis Phillips
59,000
-1,000
-1,000
Nikolay Fal ru
Nikolay Fal
58,000
58,000
58,000
Mikiyo Aoki us
Mikiyo Aoki
57,000
-14,000
-14,000
Denys Shafikov ua
Denys Shafikov
53,000
Sam Greenwood ca
Sam Greenwood
49,000
24,500
24,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Koray Aldemir de
Koray Aldemir
48,000
48,000
48,000
Day 8 Chip Leader
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Paul Newey gb
Paul Newey
42,000
42,000
42,000
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya ge
Giorgiy Skhulukhiya
34,000
2,800
2,800
Niklas Astedt se
Niklas Astedt
22,000