It's finally here! It's been nearly two and a half years since Las Vegas hosted a โnormalโ World Series of Poker Main Event. Of course, there are many things about this year's event that is anything but normal, but the WSOP Main Event we see this year will look a heck of a lot like what we are used to.
Thursday, November 4th marked the official return of the Main Event, so we thought it was a good time to break down what this year's event will look like with the most important info.
Last updated: November 18th, 2021 at 10:00 PM ET
Matt Glantz (4th), Chris Moneymaker (7th), Qui Ngyuen (11th)
Day 3
November 11th
2,362
1,000
Jessica Cai
Chris Moneymaker (12th), Stephen Chidwick (27th), David Williams (34th)
Day 4
November 12th
1,000
292
Ramon Colillas
Stephen Chidwick (4th), Chance Kornuth (44th)
Day 5
November 13th
292
96
Koray Aldemir
Ramon Colillas (2nd), Chance Kornuth (21st), Stephen Chidwick (47th)
Day 6
November 14th
96
36
Hye Park
Koray Aldemir (5th), Chance Kornuth (11th)
Day 7
November 15th
36
9
Koray Aledmir
Chase Bianchi (8th)
Day 8
November 16th
9
3
Koray Aldemir (264 million in chips)
Jack Oliver (77 million), George Holmes (57 million)
Day 9
November 17th
3
1
Koray Aldemir - 2021 Main Event Champion
Note: The leaders presented for Days 1 and 2 are for just their flight.
Top chip stacks:
After Day 8 (final three)
Position
Player
Chips
County
1
Koray Aldemir
264,600,000
Austria
2
Jack Oliver
77,300,000
United Kingdom
3
George Holmes
57,400,000
United States
After Day 7 (final table)
Position
Player
Chips
Country
1
Koray Aldemir
140,000,000
Austria
2
George Holmes
83,700,000
Georgia, USA
3
Alejandro Lococo
46,800,000
Argentina
4
Joshua Remitio
40,000,000
USA
5
Jack Oliver
30,400,000
United Kingdom
6
Ozguar Secilmis
24,500,000
Turkey
7
Hye Park
13,500,000
New Jersey, USA
8
Chase Bianchi
12,100,000
Maryland, USA
9
Jareth East
8,300,000
United Kingdom
After Day 6
Position
Player
Chip Count
1
Hye Park
29,500,000
2
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos
24,905,000
3
Joshua Remoitio
21,490,000
4
Chase Bianchi
20,765,000
5
Koray Aldemir
18,905,000
6
George Holmes
18,425,000
7
Ramon Colillas
18,200,000
8
Alejandro Locooco
17,950,000
9
Ozgur Secilmis
14,700,000
10
David Cabrera
14,530,000
11
Chance Kornuth
13,645,000
22
Robert Mitchell
7,380,000
25
Michael Halverson
6,370,000
After Day 5
Position
Player
Chips
1
Koray Aldemir
14,325,000
2
Ramon Colillas
12,000,000
3
Jonathan Dwek
10,125,000
4
Zachary Mcdiarmid
9,700,000
5
Jesse Lonis
8,995,000
6
Roongsak Griffeth
8,925,000
7
Andreas Kniep
8,515,000
8
Tonio Roder
8,000,000
9
Alejandro Lococo
7,805,000
10
Stephen Gerber
7,700,000
14
Chase Bianchi
7,065,000
21
Chance Kornuth
5,920,000
22
Abhinan Iyer
5,850,000
33
Robert Mitchell
4,765,000
47
Stephen Chidwick
3,710,000
58
Tyler Cornell
3,065,000
65
Stephen Song
2,765,000
83
Mitchell Halverson
1,360,000
92
Nick Petrangelo
1,000,000
After Day 4
Chip Position
Player
Chip Count
1
Ramon Colillas
5,000,000
2
Demosthenes Kiriopoulos
4,500,000
3
Stephen Song
4,417,000
4
Stephen Chidwick
4,376,000
5
Zachary Mcdiamid
4,093,000
6
Jonathan Dwek
3,955,000
7
Jason Osser
3,900,000
8
Dragana Lim
3,801,000
9
Fernando Rodriquez
3,442,000
10
Matthew Jewett
3,398,000
44
Chance Kornuth
2.327.000
78
Tyler Cornell
1.860,000
106
Matt Berkey
1,535,000
144
Qui Nguyen
1,146,000
204
Jason Koon
765,000
225
Chris Moneymaker
621,000
231
Jon Aguiar
605,000
After Day 3
With 1,000 players left, the bubble has been hit at the WSOP Main Event. All players are now guaranteed at least $15,000.
Position
Player
Chip Count
1
Jessica Cai
1,796,000
2
Phachara Wongwichit
1,773,000
3
Joshua Paige Remitio
1,671,000
4
Ehsan Amiri
1,574,000
5
Roman Valerstein
1,560,000
6
Neel Choski
1,552,000
7
Stephen Song
1,551,000
8
Dragana Lim
1,539,000
9
Jordan Jayne
1,525,000
10
Andreas Kneip
1,509,000
12
Chris Moneymaker
1,432,000
27
Stephen Chidwick
1,258,000
34
David Williams
1,175,000
46
Jason Koon
1,049,000
88
Nick Petrangelo
860,000
94
Ryan D'Angelo
860,000
120
Chance Kornuth
787,000
140
Ben Yu
755,000
147
Peter Jetten
748,000
159
Kevin Gerhart
715,000
190
Qui Nguyen
659,000
Other notables still alive: Mike Matusow, David Pham, Matt Berkey, Joao Vieira, Bertrand โElkYโ Grospellier, Brian Yoon, Marle Spragg, Scott Davies, Billy Baxter, Randy Ohel, Robert Mizrachi, Barry Greenstein, Jerry Wong, Josh Arieh, Steve Zolotow, Martin Jacobson, Chris Moorman, Jon Aguiar, Mustapha Kanut, Johnnie Moreno
Notables: Chris Moneymaker (7th โ 531,600), Qui Nguyen (11th โ 479,100), Victor Ramdin (15th โ 435,000), Peter Jetten (30th โ 325,000), Robert Mizrachi (37th โ 311,300), Ted Forrest (39th โ 298,100), Liv Boeree (44th -289,500), Barry Greenstein (60th โ 258,200), David Pham (109th โ 208,800), JC Tran (139th โ 190,000), Michael Mizrachi (172nd โ 171,200), Phil Hellmuth (1602nd โ 25,400)
Day 2abd
This field represented the survivors from three of the six Day 1 flights plus late registrations.
Rameez Shahid โ 731,700
David Mock โ 679,700
Damien Steel โ 649,000
Farhad Jamasi โ 635,000
Raul Martinez โ 628,100
Notables: Scott Davies (8th โ 615,100), Nick Petrangelo (14th โ 580,000), David Williams (24th โ 499,100), Mutapha Kanit (27th โ 473,300), Greg Mueller (33rd โ 456,500), Alex Livingston (38th โ 442,700), Brian Altman (39th โ 440,100), Matt Affleck (58th -404,100), Jason Koon (93rd โ 361,200), Ryan D'Angelo (94th โ 361,200)
Day 1f
Adam Walton โ 334,000
Tung Nguyen โ 328,200
Hannes Speiser โ 282,100
Arkadi Onikoul โ 266,300
Ryan Hartmann โ 243,200
Notables: Michael Mizrachi (11th โ 212,300), Cate Hall (38th โ 172,000), Barry Greenstein (44th โ 166,800), Fedor Holz (53rd โ 161,600), David Pham (67th โ 153,800), Felip Ramos (119th โ 127,500), Erik Lindgren (185th โ 108,600), Liv Boeree (189th โ 107,300), Phil Hellmuth (244th โ 94,500), Chris Moneymaker (346th โ 75,800)
Day 1e
David Gerassi โ 316,100
Kenn Pluard โ 307,600
Conrad De Armas โ 302,800
James Mendoza โ 255,900
Greg Pohler โ 248,500
Notables: Victor Ramdin (6th โ 228,300), Joe Hachem (22nd โ 186,100), Eddie Blumenthal (130th โ 115,500), Kenny Tran (148th โ 105,800), Jake Schindler (177th, 99,900), Peter Jetten (178th, 99,600), David โODBโ Baker (180th โ 98,100), Brandon Adams (190th โ 96,600), Robert Mizrachi (196th โ 95,500), Scott Blumstein (200th โ 95,000)
Day 1d
Adedapo Ajayi โ 340,900
Zachary Grech โ 318,400
Ugur Secilmis โ 260,000
Wooram Cho โ 252,100
David โBakesโ Baker โ 247,300
Notables: Dan Shak (8th โ 229,200), Cliff Josephy (36th โ 198,600), Nick Petrangelo (66th โ 180,000), Matt Berkey (67th โ 179,800), Greg Mueller (71st โ 176,700), Nate Silver (93rd โ 166,300), Ben Yu (119th โ 160,600)
Ramon Colillas (14th โ $380,050), Chance Kornuth ($305,000), Robert Mitchell (24th โ $241,800), Jeffery Lonis (25th โ $241,800), Matthew Jewett (28th โ $410,864)
Day 6
Tyler Cornell (38th โ $163,900), Nick Petrangelo (45th โ $163,900), Daniel Swartz (55th โ $113,800), Abhinav Iyer (60th โ $113,800), Yui Dzivielevski (81th โ $81,000), Stephen Song (83rd โ $68,900), Stephen Chidwick (89th โ $68,900)
Day 5
Toby Lewis (112th โ $50,900), James Gilbert (130th โ $50,900), Jon Aguiar (190th โ $44,200), Jason Koon (194th โ $44,200), Marle Spragg (227th โ $38,600), Qui Nguyen (241st โ $38,600), Chris Moneymaker (260th โ $38,600), Matt Berkey (264th โ $38,600), Justin Turner (267th โ $38,600), Steve Zolotow (283rd โ $38,600),
Day 4
Bertrand Grospellier (312th โ $33,900), Ben Yu (327th โ $33,900), Jerry Wong (387th โ $30,000), Barry Greenstein (388th โ $30,000), David Levy (389th โ $30,000), Josh Arieh (411th โ $30,000), Chris Moorman (432nd โ $26,700), Ryan D'Angelo (475th โ $26,700), Mike Matusow (503rd โ $23,900), Scott Davies (505th โ $23,900), Victor Ramdin (530th โ $23,900), David Pham (544th โ $21,600), Brian Yoon (549th โ $21,600), Christoph Vogelsang โ (60th โ $20,000), Kevin Gerhart (627th โ $20,000), Robert Mizrachi (718th _ $17,500), Billy Baxter (733rd โ $17,500), Randy Ohel (789th โ $17,500), Martin Jacobson (844th โ $15,000), Johnnie Moreno (888th โ $15,000), Kathy Leibert (938th โ $15,000), Mutapha Kanit (971st โ $15,000),
Notable eliminations
Day 3: Mike Del Vecchio, Liv Boeree, Ben Lamb, Ole Schemion, Greg Mueller, Andy Frankenberger, Anthony Zinno, Andy Black, Felipe Ramos, Allen Kessler, Justin Bonomo, Erik Lindgren, Jerry Yang, Phil Hellmuth
Day 2cef: Scotty Nguyen, Hossein Ensan, Tony Miles, Erik Seidel, Brandon Adams, Nathan Gamble, David โODB Baker, Paul Volpe, Brandon Cantu, Mikiyo Aoki, Jake Schindler, Kevin MacPhee, Dan Ott
Day 2abd: Doyle Brunson, Adrian Mateos, Tom McEvoy, Perry Friedman, David Schwartz, Jeremy Ausmus, Cary Katz, Jim McManus, Sam Soverel, Connor Drinan, Manig Loeser, Chip Jett, Jerry Yang, Ryan Riess, Asi Moshe, Kevin Martin, Jeff Gross, Kevin Martin, Mikita Badziakouski
Day 1f: Shawn Sheikhan, Andy Black, David Benyamine, Dominik Nitsche, Rainer Kempe, Robert McMillan
Day 1e: Daniel Negreanu, Dan Ott, Andrew Barber, Dan Smith, Maurice Hawkins, Ryan Leng
Day 1d: Jeff Boski, Joao Vieira, Adam Levy, Joseph Cheong, Brandon Shack-Harris, John Monnette, Michael Addamo, Phil Laak, David Williams, Greg Raymer, John Esposito, Jason Somerville, Ryan Laplante, Joe McKeehen
Day 1c: Jay Farber, Andrew Frankenberger, Tony Dunst, Bryce Yockey, Shannon Shorr
Day 1b: Johnny Chan, Ryan DePaulo, John Racener, Brian Rast, Shaun Deeb, Brian Hastings, Freddy Deeb, Barry Shulman, Nick Schulman, Brian Rast
Day 1a: Upeshka De Silva, Ali Imsirovic, Jake Swartz, Damian Salas, Calvin Anderson, Dylan Wisman, Jerod Smith
What is the schedule of the 2021 WSOP Main Event?
The WSOP will start off with six flights over the next week, which will be followed by six Day 2s (three flights per day) starting on November 9th. November 11th will mark the first combined day of all players when Day 3 gets underway. From there, the WSOP Main Event will continue each day until a winner is crowned on November 17th.
The tournament is expected to hit the money on Day 4, November 12th.
2021 WSOP Main Event Schedule
Day
Date
Start
Level info
Note
Day 1a
November 4th
11 AM PT
5 levels, 20 min breaks, 75 min break after Level 3
Day 1b
November 5th
11 AM PT
5 levels, 20 min breaks, 75 min break after Level 3
Day 1c
November 6th
11 AM PT
5 levels, 20 min breaks, 75 min break after Level 3
Day 1d
November 7th
11 AM PT
5 levels, 20 min breaks, 75 min break after Level 3
Day 1e
November 8th
11 AM PT
5 levels, 20 min breaks, 75 min break after Level 3
Day 1f
November 9th
12 PM PT
5 levels, 20 min breaks, 75 min break after Level 3
Day 2a, 2b, 2c
November 9th
11 AM PT
5 levels, 20 min breaks, 75 min break after Level 8
Remaining players from Day 1a, 1b, 1c
Day 2d, 2e, 2f
November 10th
11 AM PT
5 levels, 20 min breaks, 75 min break after Level 8
Remaining players from Day 1d, 1e, 1f
Day 3
November 11th
11 AM PT
5 levels, 20 min breaks, 75 min break after Level 13
Remaining players from all flights
Day 4
November 12th
11 AM PT
5 levels, 20 min breaks, 75 min break after Level 18
Day 5
November 13th
11 AM PT
5-6 levels, 15-20 min breaks, 75 min break after Level 23
Day 6
November 14th
11 AM PT
5-6 levels, 20 min breaks, 75 min break after Level 28
Day 7
November 15th
11 AM PT
20 min brreaks, 75 min break after Level 33
Play down to final 9
Day 8
November 16th
1:30 PM PT
TV breaks
Play down to 4 players
Day 9
November 17th
1:30 PM PT
TV breaks
Play down to winner
How many players entered the 2021 WSOP Main Event?
The 2021 WSOP Main Event attracted 6,650 players over six Day 1 flights and during late registration of Day 2.
What is the structure of the Main Event?
As is tradition, the WSOP Main Event has a $10,000 buy-in freezeout format with no rebuys or add-ons allowed. Once a player has busted they are out of the tournament until next year, amplifying the importance of players growing their chip counts.
Players start with 60,000 chips to begin the tournament with levels 120 minutes in length. Breaks will be provided every after every level. Players can late register anytime for the event during any Day 1 flight and the first two levels of Day 2 (before level 7).
Who is going to play the 2021 Main Event?
Every year, there is some mystery as to actually will sit down and buy-in to the Main Event. However, the WSOP Main Event, perhaps unlike any other tournament, tends to attract the most active high-profile players in the world. Think Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey and many other top greats, recreational players and everyone in between.
Many players who may have put tournament poker on the back burner, or are not as high profile as they used to be, enter this event for the sheer prestige and spectacle of the WSOP Main Event. Will Doyle Brunson continue his comeback and enter the 2021 WSOP Main Event. Time will tell. Update: He did!
But really, anybody with a dream and $10,000 โ or a satellite entry โ can play the event, which sets the tournament apart from many other sports and competitions.
How can I watch the 2021 WSOP Main Event?
For poker fans who want to watch as much of the WSOP Main Event action as possible, you are going to want to grab a PokerGO subscription, which is available for $14.99 per month or $99 per year and is available on most devices.
They will feature live streaming coverage every day throughout the WSOP Main Event except for Day 1b (they will instead focus on the final table of the $50k Poker Players Championship that day). The 2021 WSOP is not available on the Bet365 live streaming schedule, but sports fans can enjoy dozens of other events ever day.
ESPN will not broadcast any of the WSOP Main Event this year. Over the air coverage will instead be handled by the CBS Sports Network, not to be confused with CBS Sports.
The CBS Sports Network is available through the Paramount+ service, DirecTV, DISH and certain cable providers. CBS Sports will only handle 15 hours of Main Event coverage with much of the focus presumably on the latter portion of the Main Event.
Although ESPN will not broadcast the Main Event this year, longtime WSOP hosts Lon McEachern and Norman Chad will man the commentary booth for the latter part of the event.
Curious what the PokerGO coverage is like? Check out the free preview from Day 1a:
Where can I go for updates on the 2021 WSOP Main Event?
BonusCodePoker will provide daily updates and news throughout the 2021 WSOP Main Event this year. However, if you are looking for real-time updates on the action, there are a few different sources you will want to bookmark.
The official World Series of Poker webpage itself is a good go-to location for all things related to the WSOP Main Event. Powered by PokerNews, the source provides frequent updates on chip counts, who have busted recently, payouts and much more.
Another great option of course is Twitter. Here are some of the accounts you will definitely want to keep an eye out for over the next couple of weeks.
@Kevmath@WSOP@pokerlolz@PokerGoNews@PokerNews
What have been some of the bigger stories of the WSOP 2021 Main Event?
Doyle Brunson enters WSOP Main Event
Doyle Brunson entered the WSOP Main Event for the first time since 2013. Last month, Brunson made an appearance in the $1,000 Super Seniors Event, which was the first time he played any WSOP event since 2018. The day was a good one for Brunson, who finished the day in the top 15% of chip stacks.
Chris Moneymaker early chip leader
Could Chris Moneymaker do it again? He was among the top chip stacks during both Day 2 and Day 3, as he seeks his first WSOP bracelet since his historic 2003 run.
WSOP Main Event Money bubble reached in dramatic fasion
The 2021 WSOP Main Event was reached late on Day 3 as the field was narrowed down to 1,000 players. Watch how the action unfolded in front of shocked onlookers.
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