josh arieh wsop poy Josh Arieh wasn’t among the pre-series favorites for 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Player of the Year. In the end, however, he came out on top, and he certainly deserved the title.
Arieh won the traditional POY leaderboard, the same award handed out to one outstanding performer each year since 2004. This year, the WSOP also added a separate POY leaderboard, Velo No Limits , which only tracks finishes in no-limit hold’em bracelet events. Scott Ball , who won two bracelets in NLH tournaments, is in the driver’s seat in that race.
Arieh’s 11 cashes in live events during the series are as follows: 20 $1,000 GGPoker Flip & Go 46th $4,355 23 $1,500 Eight Game Mix 6-Handed 64th $2,415 27 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. 53rd $3,215 39 $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (8-Handed) 1st $204,766 60 $50,000 Poker Players Championship 6th $161,422 66 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Championship 1st $484,791 67 $10,000 Main Event 411th $30,000 72 $1,500 Mixed NLH/PLO 40th $5,057 73 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Championship 9th $30,290 84 $50,000 High Roller Pot-Limit Omaha 7th $165,462 86 $1,000 Super Turbo No-Limit Hold’em 10th $10,604 “It’s just really cool, it’s weird,” Arieh told PokerNews about his run to WSOP Player of the Year. “My whole life and my career, whatever I do, I build momentum, so when I’m going good, I’m really good. When I’m going bad, I go really bad. It means a lot because my daughters will be really proud.” Hellmuth Comes Up Short
With Phil Hellmuth ‘s elimination from Event #88: $5,000 8-Handed No-Limit Hold’em short of the money, Arieh wrapped up the Player of the Year award.
Arieh is a deserving winner because he won at high stakes and low stakes, and cashed in multiple poker variants. He performed at a high level from start to finish, and didn’t just crush no-limit hold’em or mixed games. Even he was surprised with his own performance. Holy shit! I can’t believe this really happened! I fkn won @wsop POY….what in the actual fuck! https://t.co/ejK1gRvgPF — Joshua Arieh (@golferjosh) After busting on Day 1 of the 88th […]
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