WSOP Online Bracelet Series 2021
WSOP Online Series 2021
In 2021, GGPoker.ca and the World Series of Poker (WSOP) once again joined forces to offer non-US based online poker players a chance to win WSOP gold bracelets. The online tournament series awarded 33 gold bracelets from August 1 through September 12, 2021.
Among those to win gold bracelets during the GGPoker.ca’s WSOP Online Series 2021 were Kacper Pyzara, Daniel Smiljkovic, Renan Bruschi, Samuel Vousden, Alexandros Theologis, Dmitry Yurasov, David “ZONEDin” Jackson, Alexandru Papazian, and Arnaud Enselme.
The series kicked off in a big way as Event #1: CA$50 The Return NLH attracted a massive 30,810 entrants, which surpassed the CA$1 million guarantee by creating a CA$1,417,260 prize pool. Poland’s Bartlomiej “chester20o” Swieboda won that tournament for CA$161,111.
However, it was not the first bracelet awarded as Event #2: CA$1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event finished first. Brazil’s Joãa Simao topped a field of 1,584 entries to win that tournament, which raised CA$175,824 for charity, to claim his first bracelet and CA$206,075 in prize money.
In Event #6: CA$200 Flip & Go, which drew 6,368 entries and offered up a CA$1,209,920 prize pool, Greece’s Georgios Sotiropoulos reigned supreme to capture his second career bracelet and a CA$117,022 top prize.
One of the biggest stories to come out of the series was that of Poker Hall of Famer Erik Seidel besting a 624-entry field to win Event #11: CA$10,000 Super MILLIONCA$ High Roller for CA$977,842 and his ninth career bracelet. It had been 14 years since Seidel’s last bracelet, and with his ninth he tied the legendary Johnny Moss on the all-time bracelet list.
France’s Arthur Conan was victorious in Event #15: CA$10,000 Heads-Up NLHE Championship, which began with 161 players. The Frenchman won his first bracelet and earned CA$466,167, which put him over the CA$2 million mark in earnings at GGPoker.ca.
Another first-time winner was well-known Polish player Dominik Panka, who topped a 1,064-entry field to win Event #28: CA$2,100 NLH Bounty Championship for CA$185,229.
The series culminated with Event #27: CA$5,000 Main Event Online Championship, which attracted 4,092 entries. The total prize pool generated fell just shy of reaching the CA$20,000,000 guarantee, which meant players got the benefit of a CA$563,000 overlay.
Coming into the final day, Brazil’s Edson “CrownUpTsu” Tsutsumi Jr was the chip leader followed by Aleksei “Ha KojleHu” Vandyshev. Naturally, the battle for the title came down to those two in heads-up play, with the latter emerging victorious to claim the bracelet and CA$2,543,073 first-place prize.
Highlights of WSOP Online 2021
Total number of WSOP Online Series 2021 tournament entries
127,969
Total Prizes Awarded
CA$90,175,863
Average Buy-in
CA$2,617
Average Prize Pool
CA$2,732,601
Number of tournaments with a prize pool of at least CA$1,000,000
26
Number of tournaments with a prize pool of at least CA$3,000,000
7
Largest Prize Pool Outside Main Event
CA$7,747,725 in Event #7: CA$1,500 Millionaire Maker
Biggest Buy-in
Event #21: CA$25,000 Super High Roller (255 entries)
Smallest Buy-in
Event #1: CA$50 The Return NLH (30,810 entries)
Number of tournaments that awarded a seven-figures top prize
3
Number of tournaments that awarded a six-figure top prize
23
Largest Top Prize Outside Main Event
Event #7: CA$1,500 Millionaire Maker with CA$1,384,013
Largest Turnout
Event #1: CA$50 The Return with 30,810 entries
Number of tournaments with more than 10,000 entries
3
Number of tournaments with more than 5,000 entries
8
Most bracelets won by country
Brazil (6)
Money raised for Caesars Care in Event #2 Charity Tournament
CA$175,824
Legendary Commentators
Lon McEachern and Norman Chad offered play-by-play commentary on GGPoker.ca.tv
2020 GGPoker.ca WSOP Bracelet Winners
Here’s a look at all those who captured gold bracelets during GGPoker.ca’s WSOP Online 2020:
| Event | Name | Entrants | Winner | Prize | Runner Up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CA$100 The Opener | 29,306 | Marcelo Jakovljevic | CA$265,879 | Ronit Chamani |
| 2 | CA$1,111 Every 1 for Covid Relief | 2,323 | Alek Stasiak | CA$343,203 | Martin Ilobera |
| 3 | CA$525 No Limit Hold’em Super Turbo Bounty 6-Handed | 2,214 | Shoma Ishikawa | CA$82,425 | Diego Ostrovich |
| 4 | CA$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship | 328 | Juha Helppi | CA$290,286 | Jesús Cortés |
| 5 | CA$1,500 Fifty Stack No Limit Hold’em | 1,342 | Michael Clacher | CA$297,496 | Rodrigo Caprioli |
| 6 | CA$1,050 Bounty Pot Limit Omaha | 971 | Hun Wei Lee | CA$79,896 | Janne Peltoniemi |
| 7 | CA$600 Monster Stack No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed | 2,007 | Aaron Wijaya | CA$171,389 | Toni Bosch |
| 8 | CA$1,500 No Limit Hold’em | 922 | Roberto Romanello | CA$216,213 | Niklas Astedt |
| 9 | CA$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha | 532 | Simon Lofberg | CA$224,493 | Andreas Torbergsen |
| 10 | CA$400 Colossus | 12,757 | Ranno Sootla | CA$595,930 | Paraskevas Tsokaridis |
| 11 | CA$400 Plossus | 4,356 | Yuri Dzivielevski | CA$221,557 | Matthew Vengrin |
| 12 | CA$10,000 Short Deck No Limit Hold’em Championship | 130 | Lev Gottlieb | CA$276,393 | Mikita Badziakouski |
| 13 | CA$2,500 No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed | 892 | Kristen Bicknell | CA$356,411 | Belarmino De Souza |
| 14 | CA$840 Bounty No Limit Hold’em | 2,382 | Patrick Kennedy | CA$140,768 | Josh Pollock |
| 15 | CA$500 Deepstack No Limit Hold’em | 2,307 | Sung Joo Hyun | CA$161,898 | Yiduo Yu |
| 16 | CA$1,000 Short Deck No Limit Hold’em | 487 | Paul Teoh | CA$82,202 | Michelle Shah |
| 17 | CA$1,500 Millionaire Maker | 6,299 | Daniel Dvoress | CA$1,489,289 | Caio De Almeida |
| 18 | CA$500 Turbo Deepstack No Limit Hold’em | 2,978 | Vladas Burneikis | CA$192,523 | Pierre Merlin |
| 19 | CA$2,100 No Limit Hold’em Bounty Championship | 1,168 | Enrico Camosci | CA$184,579 | Omer Ozsirkinti |
| 20 | CA$400 Pot Limit Omaha | 2,005 | Eoghan O’Dea | CA$100,945 | Nital Jethalal |
| 21 | CA$1,000 No Limit Hold’em | 2,006 | Alek Stasiak | CA$273,505 | Kunal Bhatia |
| 22 | CA$800 Double Stack Pot Limit Omaha | 831 | Frank Crivello | CA$94,253 | Craig Timmis |
| 23 | CA$10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold’em Championship | 128 | David Peters | CA$360,480 | Michael Addamo |
| 24 | HKCA$8,000 No Limit Hold’em Asia Championship | 3,247 | Luis Assunção | CA$458,246 | Alexandros Theologis |
| 25 | CA$1,500 GGMasters WSOP Edition | 2,153 | Seth Fischer | CA$444,869 | Arsenii Karmatckii |
| 26 | CA$150 GGMasters WSOP Edition | 9,835 | Anatoly Suvarov | CA$183,526 | David Edelstein |
| 27 | CA$5,000 No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed Championship | 672 | Ravid Garbi | CA$531,513 | Chris Moorman |
| 28 | CA$2,500 Double Stack No Limit Hold’em | 1,061 | Leonardo Mattos | CA$399,047 | Christopher Pütz |
| 29 | CA$525 Bounty No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed | 3,170 | Orhan Ateş | CA$114,584 | Tobias Schwecht |
| 30 | CA$300 Monster Stack No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed | 3,491 | Alexander Stacey | CA$127,660 | Craig Lecompte |
| 31 | CA$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha | 990 | Bradley Ruben | CA$220,160 | Dorel Eldabach |
| 32 | CA$500 Mini Main Event | 15,205 | Ivan Žufić | CA$843,460 | Suraj Mishra |
| 33 | CA$840 Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold’em | 2,207 | Kartik Ved | CA$131,461 | Konstantin Maslak |
| 34 | CA$600 No Limit Hold’em Deepstack Championship | 2,911 | Dmytro Bystrovzorov | CA$227,906 | Florian Gaugusch |
| 35 | CA$800 Pot Limit Omaha | 1,281 | Toby Joyce | CA$139,453 | Mark Herm |
| 36 | CA$500 Limit Hold’em | 706 | Gregor Müller | CA$45,102 | Brunno Botteon |
| 37 | CA$500 Deepstack No Limit Hold’em | 2,315 | Anson Tsang | CA$150,460 | Mohaiman Ashrafee |
| 38 | CA$1,500 Marathon No Limit Hold’em | 1,438 | Nick Maimone | CA$302,472 | Diego Bittar |
| 39 | CA$25,000 No Limit Hold’em Poker Players Championship | 407 | Christian Rudolph | CA$1,800,290 | Chris Hunichen |
| 40 | CA$50 Big 50 | 44,576 | Huahuan Feng | CA$211,282 | Xue Qiao Zhao |
| 41 | CA$1,500 Limit Hold’em Championship | 337 | Ajay Chabra | CA$77,475 | Carter Swidler |
| 42 | CA$1,000 No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed | 2,202 | Jim Lefteruk | CA$299,511 | Endrit Geci |
| 43 | CA$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha | 972 | Thi Truong | CA$215,938 | Enrico Camosci |
| 44 | CA$300 Double Stack No Limit Hold’em | 3,552 | Trygve Leite | CA$130,100 | Emanuele Monari |
| 45 | CA$400 Forty Stack No Limit Hold’em | 4,461 | Gediminas Uselis | CA$227,186 | Andrew Wilson |
| 46 | CA$5,000 No Limit Hold’em Main Event | 5,802 | Stoyan Madanzhiev | CA$3,904,686 | Wenling Gao |
| 47 | CA$1,000 Turbo No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed | 1,910 | Adnan Hacialioglu | CA$259,842 | Robin Berggren |
| 48 | CA$25,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold’em | 127 | Fedor Holz | CA$1,077,025 | Brunno Botteon |
| 49 | CA$600 No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed | 2,408 | Jeffrey Dobrin | CA$189,667 | Idris Ambraisse |
| 50 | CA$1,050 Bounty No Limit Hold’em 6-Handed | 1,925 | Nicolo Molinelli | CA$144,199 | Kyle Menard |
| 51 | CA$1,050 Beat the Pros Bounty | 2,024 | Melika Razavi | CA$151,127 | Dylan Linde |
| 52 | CA$10,000 WSOP Super MillionCA$ | 899 | Connor Drinan | CA$1,423,049 | Daniyar Aubakirov |
| 53 | CA$100 WSOP MillionCA$ | 34,787 | Alexander Kobbeltvedt | CA$284,403 | Kostiantyn Vovhcenko |
| 54 | CA$500 The Closer | 4,012 | Michael Gathy | CA$260,505 | Yuan Li |
Learn more about the GGPoker.ca WSOP Online 2020 series here.
