There were two leaderboard competitions during the 2021 World Series of Poker that ran from the end of September through November 23. The WSOP Player of the Year calculated points earned by players in all open events in the Las Vegas live series and the WSOP Online events scheduled during the same autumn time frame. At the same time, the No Limits Velo leaderboard used the same criteria except only for No Limit Hold’em tournaments.
People who won bracelets online – on WSOP.com in the US or GGPoker/Natural8 internationally – did not qualify.
And for the first time in recent memory, the WSOP Europe doesn’t count, either. Presumably, this is due to travel restrictions and the inability for many players to travel to Las Vegas and the Czech Republic to play a full slate of events.
Nonetheless, the players only participated. They didn’t make the rules.
The rules, by the way, noted that there was a $25K cash prize for each of the two leaderboards, with both awarding these to the three top finishers: -1 st place: $15K
-2 nd place: $7,500
-3 rd place: $2,500 Arieh Wins WSOP POY
This race was a tight one that kept players in suspense until the very last tournament of the series. Several players won two bracelets in the series, and others racked up quite a lot of cashes. But the placement of those cashes and other factors play into the final tally.
For example, Anthony Zinno, Michael Addamo and Kevin Gerhart each won two bracelets in Las Vegas this year, but none of them made it into the top ten of the overall leaderboard. Roland Israelashvili cashed in 20 events – more than any other player – but finished in 36 th place on the POY leaderboard.It looked like Josh Arieh was going to win…and there was a glitch. The WSOP had not been quick to apply points from online bracelet events to the leaderboard. So, when the last days of the WSOP played out, they had not attributed points from the last Sunday’s online event. Justin Bonomo brought it to everyone’s attention […]
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