The second of the five segments of the 2021 World Series of Poker is complete.
The first segment finished during the first days of August. United States players had their first crack at online gold bracelets this year in July, as 33 bracelet tournaments played out on WSOP.com for players located in New Jersey and Nevada.
The next part of the 2021 festivities just ran on the new WSOP.com online poker site in Pennsylvania. It just launched in mid-July, and the WSOP put some events into motion right away. US players who logged on from that state had another eight chances to win gold bracelets beginning on August 6. That series just finished, and we have the results.
The international portion of the 2021 WSOP Online is playing out on GGPoker hasn’t yet reached its halfway mark. When it does in the coming days, we’ll provide a rundown of the results thus far.
Meanwhile, let’s see who won bracelets in Pennsylvania.
Eight Bracelet Events Almost in Order
The first two events played out as scheduled.
Event 1 on August 8: $500 buy-in NLHE Keystone Kickoff = 500 entries, $225K prize pool--Mark “ratrivers” Herm won for $48,420Event 2 on August 9: $500 buy-in NLHE PKO = 327 entries, $147,150 prize pool--TJ “POTtheRIVER” Carney won for $27,593
And then…the series hit a snag. Technical difficulties prevented Event 3 from happening on August 10 as planned. Many players, especially those who drove to Pennsylvania specifically to play that event, were not pleased.
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The series then moved on, and the WSOP moved that cancelled event to the end of the series.
Event 4 on August 11: $400 buy-in NLHE 6-Max = 421 entries, $151,560 prize pool--Dean “TheRealYoshi” Morrow won for $35,480Event 5 on August 12: $777 buy-in NLHE Lucky 7s = 226 entries, $158,200 prize pool--Nicholas “Mr.Magoo7” Lein won for $40,325Event 6 on August 13: $400 buy-in NLHE PKO = 319 entries, $114,840 prize pool--Thong “Conngong12” Do won for $22,214Event 7 on August 14: $600 buy-in NLHE MonsterStack = 288 entries, $155,520 prize pool--Michael “TonyBandanas” Lavin won for $39,642Event 8 on August 15: $1K buy-in NLHE PA Championship = 311 entries, $279,900 prize pool--Andrew “LoveToLose” Porter won for $65,525
Better late than never, Event 3 happened.
Event 3 on August 17: $3,200 buy-in NLHE High Roller = 86 entries, $261,440 prize pool--Shankar “DerekHarper” Pillai won for $66,641
2021 WSOP US Online Totals
First, let’s look at the Pennsylvania totals for the aforementioned eight events by themselves.
-Total number of unique players: 1,939-Total number of reentries: 539-Total number of entries: 2,478-Total number of payouts: 420-Total prize money awarded: $1,493,610
And now, adding together the first 33 US online tournaments and the eight from Pennsylvania, those 41 bracelet events delivered nearly $20M in prize money:
-Total number of unique players: 20,513-Total number of reentries: 9,099-Total number of entries: 29,612-Total number of payouts: 4,408-Total prize money awarded: $19,758,797
