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Monday 22nd November, 2021

Koray Aldemir is your new WSOP Main Event Winner 2021

By Mad Harper

Who fancies an $8 million payday! 

 

German superstar Koray Aldemir experienced every poker player’s dream earlier this month when he won the 2021 WSOP Main Event for a staggering $8 million!

 

The 31-year-old took the reins from defending 2020 champ Damian Salas after beating a 6,550-player field. Along with the life-changing cash prize, Aldemir also snagged the coveted Main Event champion gold bracelet. The total prize pool was $62,011,250.

 

The WSOP will be undergoing a massive change next year when it relocates to the Las Vegas Strip. The world’s premier live poker festival has been held at the Rio for the last 17 years but will take place at Bally's and Paris in 2022. The 53rd annual World Series of Poker tournament will run from May 31 – July 19, 2022, with celebrated actor, comedian and card player Vince Vaughn becoming the official celebrity Master of Ceremonies. The full schedule will be released in January.

 

In this year’s Main Event, Koray Aldemir was up against American George Holmes heads-up but eventually triumphed to secure the win. The German’s live tournament winnings now total more than $20 million, propelling him to fourth place in the German all-time live tournament rankings. 

 

Aldemir said: “The WSOP is the one tournament that family and friends know of basically. It does mean a lot to me to win it." 

 

Huge congrats are also due to Holmes who fought an incredibly tough battle and Britain’s Jack Oliver who finished third for a cool $3 million. Oliver is a GUKPT regular and finished fifth at GUKPT Blackpool in 2019.

 

2021 WSOP Main Event Final Table Results

Place

Winner

Country

Prize (in USD)

1

Koray Aldemir

Germany

$8,000,000

2

George Holmes

United States

$4,300,000

3

Jack Oliver

United Kingdom

$3,000,000

4

Joshua Remitio

United States

$2,300,000

5

Ozgur Secilmis

Turkey

$1,800,000

6

Hye Park

United States

$1,400,000

7

Alejandro Lococo

Argentina

$1,225,000

8

Jareth East

United Kingdom

$1,100,000

9

Chase Bianchi

United States

$1,000,000

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