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WSOP 2021: Highlights and Winners from the Iconic Poker Tournament
TournamentsNovember 3, 2021·1 min read

WSOP 2021: Highlights and Winners from the Iconic Poker Tournament


The WSOP 2021 tournament #48, a shootout with a $1,500 buy-in, attracted 800 players and distributed a prize pool of $1,068,000. Gershon Distenfeld, a financial economist and frequent guest on Bloomberg and CNBC, won the tournament and donated his entire prize of $204,063 to charity.

Tournament #49, a $10,000 buy-in championship in 2-7 single-draw, ended with Farshad Bonyadi defeating Johannes 'donthnrmepls' Becker in a heads-up match. In tournament #50, a mixed game with a $600 buy-in, Darin Wright, a retiree from Chicago, won $127,219.

Brian Rast won tournament #51, a $3,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em 6-max, earning $474,102. Robert McMillan won the World Championship of Poker for Veterans, earning $561,060. Sean Deeb won tournament #53, a $25,000 high roller pot-limit Omaha event.

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