2021 - This Year in WSOP History

January 4

Damian Salas Wins 2020 WSOP Main Event
Argentinian defeats American Joe Hebert heads up for a $1,000,000 bonus and the title of World Champion.

$10,000 Main Event - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #1, 5 days [12/13 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Damian Salas ($2,550,969 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,379 (187 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

January 13

Howard Andrew d. 2021 [age 86] (b. 8/15/1934)
1984 WSOP Main Event 8th place ($26,400). Won 1976 $2,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($28,000) & 1976 $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($23,600); Played in record 45 straight WSOP Main Events from 1974 to 2018.
Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

January 18

J.C. Pearson d. 2021 [age 87] (b. 1/29/1933)
Won 1984 $2,500 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo for $103,000 to join older brother Puggy as the first siblings with WSOP bracelets.
Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

January 23

Yong “LuckySpewy1” Kwon Is 2020 WSOP.com Player of the Year
"YK" begins year with a dozen online Circuit cashes, adds seven WSOP.com cashes, and finishes with two more online Circuit cashes for a total of 21 cashes for $56,598. With most of the WSOP moved online because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the WSOP Player of the Year is not awarded.

March 18

Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino to Become a Hyatt
The current home of the World Series of Poker becomes part of the Hyatt hotel chain as the WSOP moves to Bally's/Paris in 2022. Dreamscape had purchased the property from Caesars in September 2019.

April 15

CBS Sports Network Become New Television Home for WSOP
The network that first aired the World Series of Poker in 1973 and off and on until 1983 will take over from ESPN for over 50 hours of coverage.

April 27

Louis Hunsucker d. 2021 [age 87] (b. 2/22/1934)
1978 Main Event 3rd ($63,000). Won 1977 $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($34,200).
Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

June 27

Noel Furlong d. 2021 [age 83] (b. 12/25/1937)
1999 WSOP Main Event winner ($1,000,000) at age 61, the second oldest champion behind only Johnny Moss. 1989 WSOP Main Event 6th place ($52,850).
Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

July 1

2021 WSOP Begins Online
$500 No-Limit Hold 'Em The Big 500 Kick-Off is the first of 85 bracelet events to be contested at WSOP.com and GGPoker.com. [Live play will be postponed from the summer and begin September 30.]

July 2

WSOP.com $500 Big 500 Kick-Off No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #1, 1 day [7/1 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Jose Noboa ($105,161 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,277 (180 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 3

WSOP.com $600 MonsterStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #2, 1 day [7/2 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Manig Loeser ($104,313 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 727 [311 rebuys] (167 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $500 Turbo DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #3, 1 day)

Winner: Donnell Dais ($90,801 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 649 [301 rebuys] (99 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 4

WSOP.com $500 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #4, 1 day)

Winner: Jeffery Hoop ($73,860 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 850 (143 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 6

WSOP.com $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 8-Max (Event #5, 1 day [7/5 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Jeremiah Williams ($139,600 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 459 (90 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 7

WSOP.com $2,000 DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #6, 1 day [7/6 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Tyler Denson ($175,700 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 416 (72 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 8

WSOP.com $777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #7, 1 day [7/7 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Michael Mercaldo ($123,574 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 888 (126 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 9

WSOP.com $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #8, 1 day [7/8 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Carlos Welch ($124,369 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 782 (126 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 10

WSOP.com $400 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #9, 1 day [7/9 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Philip Beck ($81,534 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 788 (167 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 11

WSOP.com $333 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #10, 1 day [7/10 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Michael Leib ($81,645 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 986 [531 rebuys] (207 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 12

WSOP.com $400 Ultra DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #11, 1 day [7/11 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Vijay Para ($86,210 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,417 (248 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Four Main Event Final Tablists Make $500 No-Limit Hold 'Em Turbo Deepstack Final Table
Brian Piccioli (6th in 2017 Main Event for $1,675,000) defeats field of 959, including runner-up Dan Sindelar (7th in 2014 for $1,235,862), 4th place finisher Ye "Tony" Yuan (5th in 2020 U.S. half for $286,963), and 8th place finisher Michael Dyer (3rd in 2018 for $3,750,000), for $83,332.

WSOP.com $500 Turbo DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #12, 1 day)

Winner: Bryan Piccioli ($83,332 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 959 (143 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 14

WSOP.com $1,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #13, 1 day [7/13 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Ryan Leng ($108,654 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 561 (90 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 15

WSOP.com $500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #14, 1 day [7/14 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Gionni Demers ($90,023 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,036 (143 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 16

WSOP.com $5,300 High Roller Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #15, 1 day [7/15 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Justin Saliba ($253,800 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 188 (30 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 17

WSOP.com $600 PLO8 6-Max (Event #16, 1 day [7/16 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Allen Chang ($61,394 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 498 (72 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 18

WSOP.com $400 No-Limit Hold 'Em 8-Max (Event #17, 1 day [7/17 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Justin Lapka ($75,371 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,125 (167 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 19

Layne Flack d. 2021 [age 52] (b. 5/18/1969)
Won 1999 $3,000 Pot-Limit Hold 'Em ($224,400), 2002 $2,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($303,880), 2002 $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em ($268,020), 2003 $2,500 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo ($119,260), 2003 $1,500 Limit Hold 'Em Shootout ($120,000), & 2008 $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha ($577,725). One of four players to win multiple bracelets in consecutive years. Poker Hall of Fame 2022.
Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $1,000 North American Open No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #18, 1 day [7/18 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: James Gilbert ($137,570 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 756 (126 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 20

WSOP.com $888 PLO Crazy Eights 8-Max (Event #19, 1 day [7/19 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Martin Zamani ($92,598 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 285 [222 rebuys] (72 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 21

WSOP.com $3,200 High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #20, 1 day [7/20 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Sang Lee ($241,768 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 312 (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 22

Bradley Ruben Wins Online $600 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max for Second Bracelet
Defeats field of 281 (270 rebuys) for $69,148.

WSOP.com $600 PLO 6-Max (Event #21, 1 day [7/21 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Bradley Ruben ($69,148 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 281 [270 rebuys] (66 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 23

WSOP.com $600 Knockout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #22, 1 day [7/22 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Anthony Kennedy ($46,796 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 612 (99 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $500 Turbo No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #23, 1 day)

Winner: Ryan Hagerty ($67,207 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 457 [237 rebuys] (90 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 25

WSOP.com $400 MonsterStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #24, 1 day [7/24 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Byung Yoo ($77,475 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 826 [350 rebuys] (180 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 26

David Peters Wins Online $7,777 Lucky 7's High Roller for Third Bracelet
Defeats field of 113 (38 rebuys) for $283,940.

WSOP.com $7,777 Lucky 7's High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #25, 1 day [7/25 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: David 'NV' Peters ($283,940 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 113 [38 rebuys] (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $500 Big 500 Encore No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #26, 1 day [7/25 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Eric Van Auken ($93,627 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 729 [389 rebuys] (167 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 27

WSOP.com $1,000 PLO Championship (Event #27, 1 day [7/26 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: David Goldberg ($86,440 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 221 [177 rebuys] (54 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 28

WSOP.com $3,200 High Roller Championship No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #28, 1 day [7/27 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Daniel Lazrus ($205,347 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 202 [163 rebuys] (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $800 Turbo DeepStack Championship No-Limit Hold 'Em 8-Max (Event #29, 1 day)

Winner: Chris Moorman ($102,406 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 418 [205 rebuys] (72 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 30

WSOP.com $600 Championship No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #30, 1 day [7/29 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Mitchell Halverson ($84,057 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 523 [260 rebuys] (126 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

July 31

WSOP.com $500 Summer Saver No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #31, 1 day [7/30 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Brad Zusman ($79,683 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 632 [285 rebuys] (143 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 1

WSOP.com $1,000 Championship No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #32, 1 day [7/31 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Drew O'Connell ($146,893 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 537 [284 rebuys] (126 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $50 Return No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #42, 1 day)

Winner: Bartlomiej Swieboda ($161,111 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 30,810 (1,600 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $500 Grand Finale No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #33, 1 day [8/1 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Dan Sindelar ($159,100 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,024 (289 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Bartlomiej Swieboda Wins Online $50 The Return No-Limit Hold 'Em for Poland's First Bracelet
Defeats field of 30,810 on GGPoker for $161,111.

August 2

GGPoker $1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event (Event #43, 2 days [8/1 start])

Winner: Joao Simao ($206,075 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,584 (269 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 4

GGPoker $2,500 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #44, 2 days [8/3 start])

Winner: Nicolo Molinelli ($88,461 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 180 (31 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 6

GGPoker $800 Double Chance No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #45, 2 days [8/5 start])

Winner: Thiago Macedo ($161,637 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,643 (269 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 8

GGPoker $315 DeepStack Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #46, 2 days [8/7 start])

Winner: Kacper Pyzara ($79,789 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,989 (368 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $200 Flip & Go No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #47, 1 day)

Winner: Georgios Sotiropoulos ($117,022 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 6,368 (326 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #48, 2 days [8/2 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Eduardo Pires ($1,384,013 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 5,437 (656 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 10

WSOP.com $500 Keystone Kick Off No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #34, 2 days [8/6 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Mark Herm ($48,420 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 425 [75 rebuys] (90 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $500 PKO No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #35, 1 day [8/9 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Thomas Carney ($27,593 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 262 [65 rebuys] (48 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 11

GGPoker $5,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #49, 2 days [8/10 start])

Winner: Daniel Smiljkovic ($423,426 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 479 (71 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 12

WSOP.com $400 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #36, 1 day [8/11 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Dean Morrow ($35,480 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 295 [126 rebuys] (63 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 13

WSOP.com $777 Lucky 7s No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #37, 1 day [8/12 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Nicholas Lein ($40,325 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 158 [68 rebuys] (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $525 Superstack Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #50, 1 day [8/12 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Lucio Lima ($91,025 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,229 (314 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 14

WSOP.com $400 PKO No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #38, 1 day [8/13 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Thong Do ($22,214 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 251 [68 rebuys] (123 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 15

WSOP.com $600 MonsterStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #39, 1 day [8/14 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Michael Lavin ($39,642 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 288 (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $400 Double Chance Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #51, 2 days [8/14 start])

Winner: Roland Czika ($55,369 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 975 (152 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $1,000 PA Championship No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #40, 1 day)

Winner: Andrew Porter ($65,525 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 311 (63 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 16

Erik Seidel Wins Online $10,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em for Ninth Bracelet
Defeats field of 624 on GGPoker for $977,842.

GGPoker $10,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #52, 2 days [8/15 start])

Winner: Erik Seidel ($977,842 & 9th bracelet)

Entries: 624 (60 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #53, 2 days [8/9 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Hinojas Jerome ($635,576 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 5,894 (600 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 18

GGPoker $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #54, 2 days [8/17 start])

Winner: Vincas Tamasauskas ($268,926 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 267 (39 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 19

WSOP.com $3,200 High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #41, 1 day)

Winner: Shankar Pillai ($66,641 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 66 [20 rebuys] (36 paid)

Postponed from August 10 due to technical issues.

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 20

GGPoker $500 Big 500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #55, 2 days [8/19 start])

Winner: Renan Bruschi ($150,327 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,639 (431 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 21

Arthur Conan Reaches Record-Tying Third Straight Final Table
Frenchman defeats field of 161 on GGPoker for $466,167 in $10,000 Head-Up No-Limit Hold 'Em to follow up his 9th place in the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha and 4th place in the $500 Big 500 No-Limit Hold 'Em.

GGPoker $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold 'Em (128 max) (Event #56, 1 day)

Winner: Arthur Conan ($466,167 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 161 (16 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 23

GGPoker $1,050 Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #57, 2 days [8/22 start])

Winner: Samuel Vousden ($274,519 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,240 (377 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $400 PLOssus Bounty (Event #58, 2 days [8/16 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Gaby Livshitz ($152,165 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 4,576 (500 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 25

GGPoker $5,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #59, 2 days [8/24 start])

Winner: Radmir Sadirov ($169,111 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 144 (20 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 26

WSOP Requires COVID-19 Vaccination at 2021 WSOP
Proof of vaccination will be part of the registration process during the WSOP's final year at the Rio. [Many players would complain but attendance would not drop noticeably.]

August 27

GGPoker $840 Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #60, 2 days [8/26 start])

Winner: Andrii Derzhypilskyi ($154,322 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,053 (296 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

August 29

GGPoker $1,500 Monster Stack Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #61, 2 days [8/28 start])

Winner: Eduardo Rodrigues ($212,815 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,080 (179 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $400 Colossus (Event #63, 2 days [8/23 start])

Winner: Armando D'avanzo ($409,007 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 10,903 (1,100 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Armando D'avanzo Wins Online $400 Colossus for Malta's First Bracelet
Defeats field of 10,903 for $409,007.

August 30

GGPoker $25,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #62, 2 days [8/29 start])

Winner: Alexandros Theologis ($1,212,033 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 255 (30 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 1

GGPoker $600 DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #64, 2 days [8/31 start])

Winner: Nuno Capucho ($190,274 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,820 (467 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 3

GGPoker $1,050 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #65, 2 days [9/2 start])

Winner: Dmitry Yurasov ($92,711 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 896 (134 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 5

GGPoker $777 No-Limit Hold 'Em 7-Max (Event #66, 2 days [9/4 start])

Winner: David Jackson ($194,178 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,014 (314 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 6

Alexandru Papazian Wins Online $888 No-Limit Hold 'Em 8-Max for Second Time
Romanian defeats online field of 2,350 for $241,128 four years after winning live Crazy Eights version for $888,888.

GGPoker $888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold 'Em 8-Max (Event #67, 2 days [9/5 start])

Winner: Alexandru Papazian ($241,128 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 2,350 (395 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 8

Chuck Thompson d. 2021 [age 82] (b. 4/13/1939)
1995 WSOP Main Event 6th place ($86,500). Seniors Poker Hall of Fame.
Obituary | WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $2,100 Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #69, 2 days [9/7 start])

Winner: Dominik Panka ($185,228 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,064 (152 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 10

GGPoker $1,500 Fifty Stack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #70, 2 days [9/9 start])

Winner: Vlad Martynenko ($250,198 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,308 (215 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 11

GGPoker $5,000 Main Event Online Championship (Event #68, 6 days [9/5 start])

Winner: Aleksei Vandyshev ($2,543,073 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 4,092 (450 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 12

GGPoker $525 Beat the Pros Freezeout (Event #71, 2 days [9/11 start])

Winner: Jase Regina ($75,342 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,594 (224 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker ¥815 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #72, 1 day)

Winner: Henry Luo ($87,404 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 7,036 (800 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 13

GGPoker $210 Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #73, 1 day [9/12 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Ruslan Rishko ($282,586 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 14,162 (1,500 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

GGPoker $500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #74, 1 day [9/12 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Arnaud Enselme ($360,223 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 7,103 (800 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

September 14

Norm Macdonald d. 2021 [age 61] (b. 10/17/1959)
Comedian and actor played WSOP Main Event several times. 3 cashes including 2007 $3,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 20th place ($14,608).
Obituary | Wikipedia | WSOP.com | Hendon

October 1

$500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #1, 2 days [9/30 start])

Winner: Jimmy Barnett ($39,013 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 420 (63 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,000 COVID-19 Relief No-Limit Hold 'Em Charity Event (Event #3, 2 days [9/30 start])

Winner: Jeremy Ausmus ($48,681 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 260 (39 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Jeremy Ausmus Wins $1,000 COVID-19 Relief No-Limit Hold 'Em for Second Bracelet
Defeats field of 260 for $48,261.

October 2

$25,000 H.O.R.S.E. (Event #2, 3 days [9/30 start])

Winner: Jesse Klein ($552,182 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 78 (12 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 3

Three Women Reach Final Table of Online $500 Big 500
Karina Jett finishes fourth for $28,041, Melissa Hawkins seventh for $11,187, and Stephanie Baker ninth for $6,482.

October 4

WSOP.com $5,300 Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #75, 1 day [10/3 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Martin Zamani ($210,600 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 156 (30 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better (Event #5, 3 days [10/1 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Connor Drinan ($163,252 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 607 (92 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $500 Big 500 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #76, 1 day [10/3 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Mark Herm ($89,356 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 742 (167 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em 8-Max (Event #6, 3 days [10/2 start])

Winner: Tyler Cornell ($833,289 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 135 (21 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 5

$500 Reunion No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #4, 3 days [10/1 start])

Winner: Long Ma ($513,604 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 12,973 (1,822 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Dealers Choice 6-Max (Event #7, 3 days [10/3 start])

Winner: Jesse Lally ($97,915 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 307 (47 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 6

$600 DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #8, 3 days [10/4 start])

Winner: Zhi Wu ($281,406 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 4,527 (680 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #10, 1 day [10/5 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Michael Perrone ($152,173 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,640 (246 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 8

$10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship (Event #9, 4 days [10/4 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Ari Engel ($317,076 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 134 (21 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$25,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold 'Em Championship (Event #11, 3 days [10/5 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Jason Koon ($243,981 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 57 (8 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Limit Hold 'Em (Event #12, 3 days [10/5 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Yuval Bronshtein ($124,374 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 422 (64 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$3,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #13, 3 days [10/6 start])

Winner: Harvey Mathews ($371,914 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 720 (108 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Seven-Card Stud (Event #14, 3 days [10/6 start])

Winner: Rafael Lebron ($82,262 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 261 (39 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 9

$1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #15, 3 days [10/7 start])

Winner: Bradley Jansen ($313,403 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,450 (218 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 10

John Monnette Wins $10,000 Limit Hold 'Em for Fourth Bracelet
Defeats field of 78 for $245,680, beating Nate Silver heads up.

$10,000 Limit Hold 'Em Championship (Event #16, 3 days [10/7 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: John Monnette ($245,680 & 4th bracelet)

Entries: 78 (14 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 11

WSOP.com $400 Ultra DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #77, 1 day [10/10 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Pete Chen ($83,559 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,023 (248 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball (Event #18, 4 days [10/8 start])

Winner: Vladimir Peck ($134,390 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 253 (38 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,000 Flip & Go No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #20, 2 days [10/10 start])

Winner: D.J. Alexander ($180,665 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,240 (155 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 12

Anthony Zinno Wins $10,000 Seven-Card Stud for Third Bracelet
Defeats field of 62 for $182,872 to become first player with three WSOP and three World Poker Tour titles.

$10,000 Seven-Card Stud Championship (Event #19, 3 days [10/9 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Anthony Zinno ($182,872 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 62 (10 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 13

$1,500 Millionaire Maker No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #17, 5 days [10/8 start])

Winner: Daniel Lazrus ($100,000 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 5,326 (799 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Mixed Omaha (Event #21, 3 days [10/10 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Dylan Linde ($170,269 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 640 (96 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Max (Event #23, 3 days [10/11 start])

Winner: Ryan Leng ($137,969 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 484 (73 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$600 DeepStack Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #24, 2 days [10/12 start])

Winner: Michael Prendergast ($127,348 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,571 (237 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 14

$1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold 'Em Championship (Event #22, 4 days [10/11 start])

Winner: Lara Eisenberg ($115,694 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 644 (97 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #26, 2 days [10/13 start])

Winner: Dalibor Dula ($199,227 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,358 (204 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 16

$5,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #25, 4 days [10/12 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Scott Ball ($562,667 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 604 (92 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 H.O.R.S.E. (Event #27, 3 days [10/13 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Anthony Zinno ($160,636 & 4th bracelet)

Entries: 594 (91 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Anthony Zinno Wins $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. for Fourth Bracelet, Second in Four Days
Defeats field of 594 for $160,636.

$1,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max (Event #28, 3 days [10/14 start])

Winner: Dylan Weisman ($166,461 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,069 (162 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$10,000 Short Deck No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #29, 3 days [10/14 start])

Winner: Chance Kornuth ($194,670 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 66 (10 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 17

Phil Hellmuth Wins $1,500 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw for Record Sixteenth Bracelet
Defeats field of 272 for $84,851.

$1,500 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw (Event #31, 3 days [10/15 start])

Winner: Phil Hellmuth ($84,851 & 16th bracelet)

Entries: 272 (41 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 18

WSOP.com $888 PLO Crazy 8's 8-Max (Event #78, 1 day [10/17 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Ryan Stoker ($95,338 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 522 (72 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$3,000 H.O.R.S.E. (Event #32, 3 days [10/16 start])

Winner: Jim Collopy ($172,823 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 282 (43 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Jim Collopy Wins $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. for Second Bracelet
Defeats field of 282 for $172,823 to become the fifth player with bracelets in the U.S. and Asia-Pacific, eight years after winning the WSOP Asia-Pacific A$1,650 Pot-Limit Omaha for $72,903.

October 19

$1,500 Monster Stack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #30, 4 days [10/15 start])

Winner: Michael Noori ($610,437 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 3,520 (528 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$800 DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #33, 2 days [10/17 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Ran Koller ($269,478 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,778 (417 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw (Event #34, 3 days [10/17 start])

Winner: David 'Bakes' Baker ($87,837 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 285 (43 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #35, 2 days [10/18 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Anthony Koutsos ($167,272 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,930 (440 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 20

$1,500 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #37, 1 day [10/19 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Karolis Sereika ($195,310 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,441 (217 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 21

Adam Friedman Wins $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Max for Fourth Bracelet
Defeats field of 93 for $248,350, defeating Phil Hellmuth heads up. Friedman captures event for a record third straight time (2018 and 2019 with no event in pandemic-affected 2020).

$10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Max Championship (Event #36, 3 days [10/18 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Adam Friedman ($248,350 & 4th bracelet)

Entries: 93 (14 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em 8-Max (Event #38, 3 days [10/19 start])

Winner: Michael Addamo ($1,132,968 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 81 (13 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Michael Addamo Wins $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em for Third Bracelet
Defeats field of 81, including Justin Bonomo heads up, for $1,132,968.

October 22

Josh Arieh Wins $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha for Third Bracelet
Defeats field of 821 for $204,766.

$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max (Event #39, 3 days [10/20 start])

Winner: Josh Arieh ($204,766 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 821 (124 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 23

Kevin Gerhart Wins $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. for Third Bracelet, Second of Year
Defeats field of 149 for $361,124.

$10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship (Event #40, 4 days [10/20 start])

Winner: Kevin Gerhart ($361,124 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 149 (23 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #41, 3 days [10/21 start])

Winner: Carlos Chang ($364,589 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 896 (136 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Bradley Ruben Wins $1,500 Razz for Third Bracelet
Defeats field of 311 for $99,188.

$1,500 Razz (Event #42, 3 days [10/21 start])

Winner: Bradley Ruben ($99,188 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 311 (47 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 25

WSOP.com $1,000 Championship No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #79, 1 day [10/24 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Kazuki Ikeuchi ($152,798 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 854 (126 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$3,000 Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #44, 3 days [10/22 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Ryan Hansen ($109,692 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 162 (25 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$800 No-Limit Hold 'Em DeepStack (Event #46, 2 days [10/24 start])

Winner: Chad Norton ($214,830 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 2,053 (308 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 26

$1,000 Double Stack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #43, 4 days [10/22 start])

Winner: Anthony Denove ($446,983 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 3,991 (599 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max Championship (Event #45, 4 days [10/23 start])

Winner: Tommy Le ($746,477 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 344 (52 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$5,000 Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em 8-Max (Event #47, 3 days [10/24 start])

Winner: Alexandre Reard ($428,694 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 421 (64 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 27

$1,500 Shootout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #48, 3 days [10/25 start])

Winner: Gershon Distenfeld ($204,063 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 800 (80 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Farzad Bonyadi Wins $10,000 No-Limit Deuce-to-Seven Draw for Fourth Bracelet
Defeats field of 122 for $297,051.

$10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship (Event #49, 3 days [10/25 start])

Winner: Farzad Bonyadi ($297,051 & 4th bracelet)

Entries: 122 (19 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$600 Mixed DeepStack No-Limit Hold 'Em/Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #50, 2 days [10/26 start])

Winner: Darrin Wright ($127,219 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,569 (236 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Brian Rast Wins $3,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max for Fifth Bracelet
Defeats field of 997 for $474,102.

$3,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #51, 2 days [10/26 start])

Winner: Brian Rast ($474,102 & 5th bracelet)

Entries: 997 (150 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 30

Shaun Deeb Wins $25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha for Fifth Bracelet
Defeats field of 212 for $1,251,860.

$25,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #53, 4 days [10/27 start])

Winner: Shaun Deeb ($1,251,860 & 5th bracelet)

Entries: 212 (32 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

October 31

Don Zewin d. 2021 [age 69] (b. 9/26/1952)
1989 Main Event 3rd place ($151,000); Finished 3rd in $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. in 2015 ($210,629) & 2017 ($163,557).
Obituary | WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP.com $666 No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #80, 1 day)

Winner: John Ripnick ($114,898 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,029 (167 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,000 Seniors Championship No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #52, 4 days [10/27 start])

Winner: Robert McMillan ($561,060 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 5,404 (811 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$2,500 Nine Game Mix 6-Max (Event #54, 3 days [10/28 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Nicholas Julia ($104,210 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 319 (48 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 1

$400 Colossus No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #55, 4 days [10/29 start])

Winner: Anatolii Zyrin ($314,705 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 9,399 (1,397 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Ben Yu Wins $10,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max for Fourth Bracelet
Defeats field of 329 for $721,453.

$10,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max Championship (Event #56, 3 days [10/29 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Ben Yu ($721,453 & 4th bracelet)

Entries: 329 (50 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 2

Brian Yoon Wins $10,000 Limit Deuce-to-Seven Triple Draw for Fourth Bracelet
Defeats field of 90 for $240,341.

$10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship (Event #57, 3 days [10/30 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Brian Yoon ($240,341 & 4th bracelet)

Entries: 90 (14 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,000 Tag Team No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #59, 3 days [10/31 start])

Winner: Mike Ruter & Samy Dighlawi ($113,366 & 1st bracelets)

Entries: 641 (194 paid)

Two-player teams only.

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 3

$1,000 Super Seniors No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #58, 3 days [10/31 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Jean-Luc Adam ($255,623 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,893 (285 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better (Event #62, 3 days [11/1 start])

Winner: Kevin Gerhart ($186,789 & 4th bracelet)

Entries: 725 (109 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$5,000 Mixed No-Limit Hold 'Em/Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #64, 2 days [11/2 start])

Winner: Eelis Parssinen ($545,616 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 579 (87 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Kevin Gerhart Wins $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo for Fourth Bracelet
Defeats field of 725 for $186,789.

November 4

$600 No-Limit Hold 'Em DeepStack Championship (Event #61, 3 days [11/1 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Cole Ferraro ($252,491 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 3,916 (588 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$500 Salute to Warriors No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #63, 3 days [11/2 start])

Winner: Eric Zhang ($102,465 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,738 (261 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 5

$1,000 Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #65, 3 days [11/3 start])

Winner: Georgios Sotiropoulos ($432,575 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 3,821 (574 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 6

Dan Cates Wins $50,000 Poker Players Championship Dressed as Goku from Dragon Ball Z
Defeats field of 63 for $954,020 and first bracelet.

$50,000 Poker Players Championship (Event #60, 5 days [10/31 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Dan Cates ($954,020 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 63 (10 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship (Event #66, 3 days [11/3 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Josh Arieh ($484,791 & 4th bracelet)

Entries: 208 (32 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Josh Arieh Wins $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo for Fourth Bracelet
Defeats field of 208 for $484,791.

November 7

WSOP.com $3,200 High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em 8-Max (Event #81, 1 day)

Winner: Jacob Neff ($318,889 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 434 (54 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 9

Phil Hellmuth Enters Main Event Dress as Gandalf
Walks in with 16 models (one for each of his bracelets), two elves, and another wizard (possibly Dan Cates).

November 12

Kathy Liebert Becomes First Woman to Cash in Main Event Six Times
Makes the money to edge back ahead of Maria Ho, who had tied her in 2020. [Liebert would exit early the next day in 938th for $15,000.]

Jessica Cai Leads WSOP Main Event After Day 3
Her 1,796,000 chips make her the first woman to lead the Main Event after three days or later (fourth to lead after any day).

November 13

Qui Nguyen Last Champ Standing in Main Event
Exits in 241st place for $38,600.

$1,500 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better (Event #69, 3 days [11/10 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Jermaine Reid ($113,459 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 372 (56 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Bounty Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Max (Event #71, 3 days [11/11 start])

Winner: Mourad Amokrane ($132,844 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 860 (129 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 14

Dragana Lim Last Woman Standing in WSOP Main Event
Finishes 64th for $95,700.

Aleksejs Ponakovs Wins $7,777 Lucky 7's for Latvia's First Bracelet
Defeats field of 230 for $432,491.

WSOP.com $7,777 Lucky 7's High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #82, 1 day)

Winner: Aleksejs Ponakovs ($432,491 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 230 (36 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,111 Little One for One Drop No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #68, 5 days [11/8 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Scott Ball ($396,445 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 3,797 (568 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold 'Em/Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #72, 3 days [11/12 start])

Winner: Motoyoshi Okamura ($209,716 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 846 (126 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 15

WSOP.com $777 Lucky 7's No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #83, 1 day [11/14 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Yuliyan Kolev ($146,163 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,122 (167 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 16

$888 Crazy Eights No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #70, 3 days [11/11 start])

Winner: David Moses ($888,888 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 5,252 (735 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$10,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship (Event #73, 4 days [11/13 start])

Winner: Brian Hastings ($352,958 & 5th bracelet)

Entries: 144 (22 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$10,000 Super Turbo Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #76, 2 days [11/15 start])

Winner: Romain Lewis ($463,885 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 307 (47 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Brian Hastings Wins $10,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi/Lo for Fifth Bracelet
Defeats field of 144 for $352,958.

$2,500 Mixed Big Bet Event (Event #74, 3 days [11/14 start])

Winner: Denis Strebkov ($117,898 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 212 (32 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Total WSOP Entries Top 2,000,000
1,501 players enter $1,500 Fifty Stack No-Limit Hold 'Em to reach the milestone.

November 17

WSOP Announces 2022 World Series of Poker to Be Played at Bally's & Paris on the Strip
17-year run at Rio ends.

Eli Elezra Joins Poker Hall of Fame
Elezra is a 4-time bracelet winner who is named the Hall's 60th member as the induction ceremony becomes part of the new WSOP $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em tournament. [He won another bracelet in 2022.]

Koray Aldemir Wins 2021 WSOP Main Event
Defeats field of 6,650, including George Holmes heads up, for $8,000,000. Germany becomes the first country besides the United States with three Main Event winners (Pius Heinz in 2011 and Hossein Ensan in 2019).

$10,000 Main Event - No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #67, 9 days [11/4 start])

Winner: Koray Aldemir ($8,000,000 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 6,650 (1,000 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #75, 3 days [11/15 start])

Winner: Chad Himmelspach ($270,877 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,191 (177 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Fifty Stack No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #77, 2 days [11/16 start])

Winner: Paulo Joanello ($321,917 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,501 (226 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 19

Benny Glaser Wins $10,000 Razz for Fourth Bracelet
Defeats field of 109 for $274,693.

$10,000 Razz Championship (Event #78, 4 days [11/16 start])

Winner: Benny Glaser ($274,693 & 4th bracelet)

Entries: 109 (17 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$800 No-Limit Hold 'Em DeepStack (Event #81, 2 days [11/18 start])

Winner: Jason Wheeler ($204,274 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,921 (289 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOP Passes Four Billion Dollars in Total Prizes Awarded
Early payouts in $1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty top the milestone as Ole Schemion wins his first bracelet.

$1,979 Poker Hall of Fame Bounty No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #79, 3 days [11/17 start])

Winner: Ole Schemion ($172,499 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 469 (71 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 20

$3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max (Event #80, 3 days [11/17 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Robert Cowen ($280,916 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 496 (74 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$250,000 Super High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #82, 3 days [11/18 start])

Winner: Adrian Mateos ($3,265,362 & 4th bracelet)

Entries: 33 (5 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Adrian Mateos Wins $250,000 Super High Roller for Fourth Bracelet
Defeats field of 33 for $3,265,362.

November 21

Leo Margets Wins $1,500 The Closer No-Limit Hold 'Em for Spain's First Female Bracelet
Defeats field of 1,903 for $376,850.

WSOP.com $1,000 Mini Main Event (Event #85, 1 day)

Winner: David Eldridge ($41,553 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 171 (30 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,500 Closer No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #83, 3 days [11/19 start])

Winner: Leo Margets ($376,850 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,903 (274 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Phil Hellmuth Reaches Record Seventh Final Table of Year
Adds to his collection of WSOP records by making the last table of the $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha to break An Tran's 28-year-old record.

Daniel Negreanu First to 200 Cashes
Finishes 3rd for $611,041 in $50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em to become first player to make the money 200 times in WSOP bracelet events.

Jeremy Ausmus Wins $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha for Third Bracelet
Defeats field of 85 for $1,188,918, defeating Phil Hellmuth heads up.

$50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #84, 2 days [11/19 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Jeremy Ausmus ($1,188,918 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 85 (13 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$50,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #85, 2 days [11/20 start])

Winner: Mikita Badziakouski ($1,462,043 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 113 (17 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 22

WSOP.com $1,000 Mini Main Event (Event #84, 1 day [11/21 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Dann Turner ($142,664 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 774 (112 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #86, 1 day [11/21 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Michael McCauley ($161,384 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,025 (155 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOPE €1,100 Opener No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #1, 4 days [11/19 start])

Winner: Antonello Ferraiuolo ($99,513 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,789 (269 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 23

Michael Addamo Wins $100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em for Fourth Bracelet
Defeats field of 64 for $1,958,569.

$100,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #87, 3 days [11/21 start])

Winner: Michael Addamo ($1,958,569 & 4th bracelet)

Entries: 64 (10 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOPE €500 8-Max Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #2, 3 days [11/20 start])

Winner: Bjorn Verbakel ($68,198 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 375 [248 rebuys] (91 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

$5,000 No-Limit Hold 'Em 8-Max (Event #88, 2 days [11/22 start])

Winner: Boris Kolev ($511,184 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 531 (80 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 25

WSOPE €1,200 Mini Main Event No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #3, 3 days [11/21 start])

Winner: Emil Bise ($293,447 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,123 [274 rebuys] (211 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Samuel Stranak Wins WSOP Europe €2,000 Pot-Limit Omaha for Slovakia's First Bracelet
Defeats field of 143 (98 rebuys) for $114,166.

WSOPE €1,850 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #4, 2 days [11/23 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Samuel Stranak ($114,166 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 143 [98 rebuys] (37 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 27

WSOPE €1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha/No-Limit Hold 'Em Mixed (Event #6, 3 days [11/25 start])

Winner: Antoine Vranken ($126,727 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 230 [109 rebuys] (51 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 28

WSOPE €4,750 Pot-Limit Omaha (Event #7, 2 days [11/27 start])

Winner: Maximilian Klostermeier ($230,817 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 104 [80 rebuys] (28 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

November 29

Edmond Jahjaga Wins WSOP Europe €550 Colossus for Kosovo's First Bracelet
Defeats field of 1,916 (562 rebuys) for $77,389.

WSOPE €500 No-Limit Hold 'Em Colossus (Event #5, 3 days [11/24 start])

Winner: Edmond Jahjaga ($77,389 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 1,916 [562 rebuys] (355 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

WSOPE €2,300 Short Deck No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #8, 2 days [11/28 start])

Winner: Julien Martini ($67,689 & 2nd bracelet)

Entries: 58 [40 rebuys] (15 paid)

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Julien Martini Wins WSOP Europe €2,500 Short Deck No-Limit Hold 'Em for Second Bracelet
Frenchman defeats field of 58 (40 rebuys) for $38,388.

November 30

WSOPE €1,000 Bounty Hunter No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #9, 2 days [11/29 start])

Winner: Sergiu Covrig ($89,700 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 604 (91 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

December 1

WSOPE €24,600 Platinum High Roller No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #10, 3 days [11/29 start])

Winner: Andriy Lyubovetskiy ($586,552 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 57 [15 rebuys] (11 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

December 2

WSOP Discontinues Global Casino Championship
WSOP quietly axes annual event begun in 2011 as the U.S. National Championship and replaces it with $1 million freeroll Tournament of Champions as part of 2022 World Series of Poker.

WSOPE €1,500 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #11, 3 days [11/30 start])

Winner: Simone Andrian ($179,653 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 535 (81 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

Julien Martini Wins WSOP Europe €2,000 8-Game Mix for Third Bracelet, Second of Festival
Defeats field of 44 (17 rebuys) for $38,388 for second win in four days.

WSOPE €1,850 8-Game Mix (Event #12, 2 days [12/1 start])

Winner: Julien Martini ($38,388 & 3rd bracelet)

Entries: 44 [17 rebuys] (10 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

December 3

WSOP Europe Main Event Begins
After skipping 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the WSOP Europe Main Event returns with a record 688 entries, 147 more than the previous high.

December 4

WSOPE €9,700 No-Limit Hold 'Em 6-Max (Event #13, 3 days [12/2 start])

Winner: Romain Le Dantec ($234,637 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 73 (11 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

December 7

WSOPE €2,800 Closer No-Limit Hold 'Em (Event #15, 2 days [12/6 start])

Winner: Allesandro Pichierri ($167,090 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 145 [83 rebuys] (35 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon

December 9

Josef Gulas Jr. Wins 2021 WSOP Europe Main Event
Defeats field of 688 for $1,444,636.

WSOPE €10,000 Main Event - NLHE (Event #14, 5 days [12/3 start; ended past midnight])

Winner: Josef Gulas Jr. ($1,444,636 & 1st bracelet)

Entries: 688 (104 paid)

WSOP.com | Hendon