The first occasion of the International leg of the 2021 World Series of Poker Online is formally within the (report) books. The $50 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion, dubbed ‘The Return’ by organizers, attracted an enormous discipline of 30,810 entries to blow away the $1 million assure and construct a ultimate prize pool of $1,417,260. The turnout was the third-largest in WSOP historical past, behind solely the $50 buy-in ‘BIG 50’ occasion held throughout the 2020 WSOP Online (44,576 entries) and the $100 buy-in ‘WSOP MILLION$’ occasion (34,787) held later in the identical collection.
Here is a have a look at the highest 5 largest WSOP occasions ever held, by discipline dimension:
Rank | Event | Entries |
1st | 2020 WSOP Online BIG 50 $50 NLH | 44,576 |
2nd | 2020 WSOP Online WSOP MILLION$ $100 NLH | 34,787 |
third | 2021 WSOP Online ‘The Return’ $50 NLH | 30,810 |
4th | 2020 WSOP Online $100 The Opener | 29,306 |
fifth | 2019 WSOP Big 50 | 28,371 |
From the big discipline of entries on this occasion, just one participant might emerge victorious with the bracelet and the highest prize of $161,111. That participant turned out to be Bartlomiej ‘chester20o’ Swieboda. The Polish participant earned his first WSOP gold bracelet for his first recorded match title. His earlier finest rating in a serious occasion got here when he completed twenty ninth within the 2019 MILLIONS South America $10,300 major occasion for $31,200.
A complete of 3,584 gamers survived the ten beginning flights on this occasion, with 1,600 set to make the cash. It took lower than seven hours to slender the sphere all the way down to a ultimate desk of 9, with Sergey ‘sit_boom777’ Sitnikov main following the elimination of Evgeniy ‘@wraJke’ Danilin in tenth place. Matheus De Soza (ninth – $16,110) was the primary to fall, along with his Ok-Q shedding a race to the pocket nines of Cuong Trinh.
Neville Costa’s flush draw was overwhelmed by the straight draw of Ivan Zablyakin to slender the sphere to seven. Coast earned $21,483 because the eighth-place finisher. Trinh continued so as to add to his already sizable stack, successful a flip with pocket tens in opposition to the A-Q of Sergey Stinikov (seventh – $28,649). He then picked up A-Q in opposition to the Ok-Q of Matheus Santos (sixth – $38,204) to climb even additional up the leaderboard with simply 5 remaining.
Alexander Jung got here into the ultimate desk because the shortest stack. He managed to outlive to the ultimate 5, however was so quick that he finally discovered himself all-in within the large blind. He had one of the best hand with Ok-7, however was unable to carry up in opposition to the 10-3 of Zablyakin. Jung took dwelling $50,945 because the fifth-place finisher.
Zablyakin misplaced a preflop race in opposition to Swieboda to fall down the leaderboard. He bought the final of his chips in with J2 in opposition to the 65 of Trinh, who flopped a pair and prevented the flush draw and overcard of Zablyakin (4th – $67,937). Trinh scored one more knockout when his Q10 beat out the A8 of Eran Soffer. Trinh flopped two pair and prevented the nut flush draw of Soffer to ship him to the rail in third place ($90,595).
Trinh took greater than a 3:1 chip lead into heads-up play with Swieboda. He was capable of battle his manner again into the lead by the point the ultimate hand aros. All of the chips bought within the center after a 332 flop. Trinh held 77, however Swieboda had the next pocket pair with OkOk. The A flip and eight river secured the pot and the title for Swieboda, whereas Trinh took dwelling $120,810 because the runner-up.
Here is a have a look at the payouts awarded on the ultimate desk:
1 | Bartlomiej Swieboda | $161,111 |
2 | Cuong Trinh | $120,810 |
3 | Eran Soffer | $90,595 |
4 | Ivan Zabiyakin | $67,937 |
5 | Alexander Jung | $50,945 |
6 | Matheus Santos | $38,204 |
7 | Sergey Stinikov | $28,649 |
8 | Neville Costa | $21,483 |
9 | Matheus De Soza | $16,110 |