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 4
Entries
1,000
Players Left
292

Wigg Doubles in Battle of the Blinds

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Anton Wigg
Anton Wigg

In a limped pot out of the blinds, Anton Wigg bet the {a-Spades}{k-Spades}{10-Diamonds} flop for 18,000 and the big blind raised to 36,000. Wigg then clicked it back to 87,000 and the big blind called.

Following the {8-Spades} turn, Wigg opted to check and the big blind made it 275,000 to go. "It's okay, I am all-in," Wigg announced as he was covered by the large bet of his table neighbour.

Anton Wigg: {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}
Big blind: {q-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}

Wigg only had to fear three jacks in the deck and further improved to a flush on the {4-Spades} river, securing the double up for 254,000.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Clark us
Ryan Clark
2,220,000 80,000
Eyal Eshkar il
Eyal Eshkar
1,570,000 814,000
Jesse Lonis us
Jesse Lonis
WSOP 2X Winner
820,000 -300,000
Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
700,000 250,000

Tags: Anton Wigg

Gimbel Straightened Out by Walton

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Harrison Gimbel
Harrison Gimbel

Harrison Gimbel was all in for his remining 200,000 after a {4-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} flop and was called by Adam Walton from the small blind.

Harrison Gimbel: {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}
Adam Walton: {6-Spades}{3-Clubs}

Gimbel held an over pair with a gutshot straight draw and he needed it to complete after Walton flopped the goods.

The {a-Diamonds} turn was no help to Gimbel as he needed a six to stay alive, but the {a-Spades} paired the board on the river and ended his Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
Adam Walton us
Adam Walton
Day 1F Chip Leader
1,100,000 -430,000
Harrison Gimbel us
Harrison Gimbel
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Adam WaltonHarrison Gimbel

Swingruber Eliminated by Moneymaker

Level 18 : 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Chris Moneymaker
Chris Moneymaker

Chris Moneymaker raised to 25,000 over on the main feature table and was called by Ion Godoroja, Breno Campelo, Jevon Lam and Sean Swingruber. On the {9-Hearts}{8-Spades}{7-Spades} flop, Lam checked and Swingruber moved all-in for 139,000 which Moneymaker and Godoroja called. Moneymaker then bet the {2-Diamonds} turn for 336,000 and Godoroja folded.

Sean Swingruber: {6-Clubs}{5-Clubs}
Chris Moneymaker: {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}

The {6-Spades} river improved Moneymaker to the superior ten-high straight and that sent Swingruber to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Moneymaker us
Chris Moneymaker
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
1,800,000 445,000
Keith Lehr us
Keith Lehr
WSOP 2X Winner
1,500,000 450,000
Breno Diniz Campelo Silva br
Breno Diniz Campelo Silva
901,000 -129,000
Phillip Wright ca
Phillip Wright
823,000 101,000
Jean Guillette ca
Jean Guillette
745,000 521,000
Jevon Lam us
Jevon Lam
558,000 -35,000
Ion Godoroja us
Ion Godoroja
338,000 -210,000
John Skrovan us
John Skrovan
273,000 109,000
Sean Swingruber us
Sean Swingruber
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Chris MoneymakerSean Swingruber

Wong Wakes up With Aces; Eliminates Borenstein

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
George Wong
George Wong

Action folded around to the blinds, where George Wong raised 26,000 from the small. Jonathan Borenstein three-bet to 75,000 from the big and Wong raised right back to 135,000.

Borenstein took some time and then announced he was all in for his remaining stack and Wong snap-called to put Borenstein at risk.

Jonathan Borenstein: {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds}
George Wong: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}

It was a worst-case scenario for Borenstein, and the {6-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{k-Spades}{2-Spades} runout kept Wong's aces best — eliminating Borenstein from contention.

Player Chips Progress
George Wong us
George Wong
2,100,000 -1,000
Jonathan Borenstein us
Jonathan Borenstein
Busted

Tags: George Wong

Gerhart Taken Out

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Kevin Gerhart (in another event)
Kevin Gerhart (in another event)

The flop read {k-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} with three players contesting the hand. Christoph Strehl made a chunky bet of 150,000 into a pot of less than that. Jay Romano folded from the small blind and Kevin Gerhart moved all in from the big blind, Strehl snap called.

Kevin Gerhart: {k-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Chrsitoph Strehl: {10-Clubs}{9-Clubs}

It was two-pair vs top-pair as Gerhart would need to hit his gutter. The turn was the {4-Clubs} and the river came the {9-Hearts} to superfluously fill up Strehl and eliminate the two-time 2021 WSOP bracelet winner.

Player Chips Progress
Christoph Strehl de
Christoph Strehl
1,410,000 341,000
Jay Romano us
Jay Romano
850,000 50,000
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
WSOP 4X Winner
845,000 43,000
Yingge Yan us
Yingge Yan
510,000 115,000
Kevin Gerhart us
Kevin Gerhart
WSOP 4X Winner
Busted

Tags: 2021 wsopChristoph StrehlJay RomanoKevin Gerhart

Gates Hits the Rail

Level 17 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Garry Gates
Garry Gates

Garry Gates has hit the rail early in Day 4 action. This was Gates' fifth time finding the money in the Main Event and his second in a row after finishing fourth in 2019.

Player Chips Progress
Garry Gates us
Garry Gates
Busted

Tags: Garry Gates

Ramdin Doubles With a Twist

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Victor Ramdin
Victor Ramdin

Following an initial raise and button cold-call by Arkadi Onikoul, it was Victor Ramdin who squeezed from the big blind. The initial raiser went over the top and Onikoul folded while Ramdin got his stack of 379,000 in preflop.

The initial raiser tabled the {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} while Ramdin was way ahead with the {a-Hearts}{a-Spades}. That changed on the {j-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{3-Hearts} flop but Ramdin regained the lead on the {q-Hearts} turn, then remained ahead on the {7-Hearts} river to secure the double up.

Player Chips Progress
Dillon Ott us
Dillon Ott
1,250,000 246,000
Ark Onikul us
Ark Onikul
860,000 11,000
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
800,000 563,000
Wojciech Barzantny at
Wojciech Barzantny
800,000 90,000
Kitty Kuo tw
Kitty Kuo
450,000 -78,000

Tags: Arkadi OnikoulVictor Ramdin

Grospellier Doubles with Quads

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Bertrand Grospellier
Bertrand Grospellier

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier was heads-up with Jeonggyu Cho on the flop of {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}. Grospellier checked to Cho who threw in a bet and Grospellier just called.

The turn brought the {q-Hearts} and Grospellier checked again. Cho continued with another bet and Grospellier check-raised all in which Cho ended up calling. Grospellier turned over {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds} for quad queens while Cho was drawing dead with {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}.

The insignificant {7-Diamonds} completed the board and Grospellier scored a big double up, leaving Cho with crumbs as he would bust just a short time later.

Player Chips Progress
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier fr
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier
885,000 400,000
Jeonggyu Cho kr
Jeonggyu Cho
Busted

Bleznick Spikes Jack to Crack Yu's Aces

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Jared Bleznick
Jared Bleznick

Jared Bleznick was all in after an early position jam, he was called by Ben Yu from the button.

Jared Bleznick: {j-}{j-}
Ben Yu: {a-}{a-}

The dealer spread the flop {3-}{j-}{8-} to immediately hit Bleznick. The turn was {5-} and the river a {k-} to keep Bleznick alive.

"We were all rooting for you Ben" said a tablemate with a smile as Yu was forced to surrender a chunk of his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
WSOP 4X Winner
550,000 -205,000
Jared Bleznick us
Jared Bleznick
255,000 -27,000

Tags: Ben YuJared Bleznick