Ben Yu On the third and final day of the 2021 World Series of Poker Event #56: $10,000 6-Handed NLH Championship , a champion was crowned as Ben Yu defeated Nikita Kuznetsov in heads-up play for $721,453 .
The event attracted 329 entries to create a prize pool of $3,067,925 , with the majority of that money awarded to the remaining players today. There were 50 players who cashed and 19 of them returned today looking for gold, but only Yu was able to bring the bracelet home. Event 56: $10,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Championship Final Table Results
1 Ben Yu United States $721,453 2 Nikita Kuznetsov Russia $445,892 3 Ariel Mantel Argentina $293,578 4 Mike Sowers United States $198,205 5 Steve Yea South Korea $137,303 6 Asi Moshe Israel $97,660 Winner’s Reaction
After bracelet wins in 2015 , 2017 and 2018 , Yu finally got his hands on bracelet number four.
“Every time you win one of these it’s pretty special,” Yu said after his victory “This one, in particular, was a fairly tough event… and a fairly large field too. I don’t think I’m able to process this yet.”
Along with his four bracelets, Yu has finished on the podium in bracelet events on six occasions — including three runner-up spots.
“I do think we put too much emphasis on winning. The difference between second and first place is just one coin flip essentially. I think we overvalue winning as opposed to other good finishes like second or fifth. The tricky part is there’s nothing better than when you win. There are no regrets and all the mistakes you made are washed away. You still made those mistakes and feel bad about them but it kind of doesn’t matter, you got lucky and they just got erased. That’s kind of how I feel about winning these things.”
On his eventual heads-up opponent Kuznetsov, Yu had some words of praise: “He was really tough actually. I’ve played with people who play in these events a lot, but I don’t think I’ve played with him before. We actually played yesterday on the bubble where […]
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