The 2021 World Series of Poker Online [International] is down to its final week. To date, over US$ 56.3 Million has been paid out and 25 bracelets awarded. The newest minted player was USA’s David “Z0NEDin” Jackson for his victory at the WSOP #25: $777 Lucky Sevens 7-Handed NLH.
There’s still time to join the champions and snag one of the last six bracelets with the festival running through September 12 at online platform Natural8 [GG Network]. For newcomers, make sure to sign up on Natural8 for added perks and exclusive prizes. You can read up on those incentives at the bottom of the page.
WSOP #25: $777 Lucky Sevens 7-Handed NLH – David “Z0NEDin” Jackson – US$ 194,178
On his third bullet, American pro David “Z0NEDin” Jackson emerged victorious at the WSOP #25: $777 Lucky Sevens 7-Handed NLH to capture his first career gold bracelet. He overcame a deficit at heads up against Romania’s Dumitru Adrian “DDimancescu” Pora. Along with the coveted merch, Jackson pocketed a series high score of US$ 194,178 to bump up his total WSOP earnings over US$ 1 Million across 61 cashes.
Prior to this win, Jackson was already a WSOP title holder with a win at the 2017 WSOPC Cherokee $580 No Limit Hold’em event to earn his first ever WSOP gold ring. Among Jackson’s other achievements was a victory at the 2019 Borgata Spring Poker Open $2,700 No Limit Hold’em Championship in Atlantic City for US$ 304,929, which remains his highest score to date. Based on The Hendon Mob tracked stats, Jackson has over US$ 2.8 Million in combined live and online earnings.
Day 1 recap
The two day WSOP #25: $777 Lucky Sevens 7-Handed NLH drew 1,322 players with 692 re-entering for 2,014 total entries. This built another seven figure prize pool of US$ 1,486,634 making it the twentieth in this series. Among the top 150 Asia Pacific players profiting on Day 1 were Xue “xuesong” Song (31st), Yu Chung “WNCouple” Chang (47th), Sumit “rung00se” Sapra (54th), Daisuke “REDJOE” Ogita (63rd), Takashi “IKAIKA” Ogura (69th), Jingxiang “Fuzzy Wuzzy!” Ong (82nd), Gab Yong “GabD” Kim (93rd), Manish “thekid” Lakhotia (97th), Tarun “AreYouAhead” Goyal (98th), Sriharsha “Upswinger” Doddapaneni (118th), Phachara Wongwichit (119th), Vietnamese streamer “LittleFishVN” (138th), and Thi “minaG” Nguyen (140th). Day 1 ran the maximum 32 levels, closing with 22 players remaining.
Date: September 4 to 5
Buy in: US$ 777
Entries: 2,014 (1,322 uniques, 692 re-entries)
Prize pool: US$ 1,486,634.10
ITM: 314 places
Final day recap
The final day opened with six out of the 22 returnees flying Asian flags including frontrunner “uvw999” from Hong Kong who eventually bowed out in 11th place. Japanese player Masakazu “Brian-Miyamoto” Miyamoto staged one of the strongest runs of the day, climbing from 18th rank to 7th place. Also in the lineup were Italy’s Giuseppe Dario Sammartino and Argentina’s Leandro Bianchini. Sammartino fell in 9th place to Dumitru Adrian “DDimancescu” Pora with 
outdrawn by 
on a board 
, and Bianchini missed the final table by one spot, eliminated in 8th place by Lucio “Wizard0fAz” Lima on a dominated ace.
Among the finalists were three Asian players. China’s Weilin “Ace predator” Wang was chip leader which he earned by railing two players. Japan’s Ken “ken@king” Okada and Miyamoto brought up the rear. Two WSOP decorated players were also in the round, series bracelet winner Lucio “Wizard0fAz” Lima (WSOP #9: $525 Superstack Turbo Bounty NLH champion) and ring winner David “Z0NEDin” Jackson. Canada’s Michael Watson was back for his second final table.
Japan’s bracelet hunt quickly ended as both Miyamoto and Okada were the first two to go. Miyamoto doubled up off Lima then lost it all to Pora on a flush over flush. For Okada, he met his end on a blinds versus blinds situation. Watson shoved with 
, bb Okada risked it with 
, the board ran 
to improve Watson to two pair. Pora also denied Lima a second series gold. On a turn board 
, bb Pora jammed 
two pair, sb Lima check-called for all his chips with 
top pair. The river was .
Down to four players, Watson doubled up off the leader Pora but couldn’t get past Wang’s luck to exit in 4th place. At the showdown, Watson was ahead with mid pair, Wang called with bottom pair that improved to trips on the turn. At three remaining, the quiet Jackson emerged from slumber, landing two sizable pots including a double up off Pora with 
holding against 
overcards that missed. This awarded Jackson the lead which he held until Pora finished off Wang with a lucky 
spiking the eight on a board 
to burn .
Despite the deficit, Jackson came out firing at heads up and within five minutes, he regained the chip lead on a big double up. All in at the flop of 
, Jackson had 
two pair, Pora with , the turn was and river . From there, Jackson went on to close it out. The final hand was Pora 
, Jackson 
, the board 
for a rivered full house and the gold to Jackson. Despite falling second, Pora earned a personal WSOP high score of US$ 140,393. His largest payout on the GG Network was US$ 161,875 for his victory at the US$ 1,050 GGMasters High Rollers back in mid-April.
Final table payouts
1st David “Z0NEDin” Jackson – USA – US$ 194,178
2nd Dumitru Adrian “DDimancescu” Pora – Romania – US$ 140,393
3rd Weilin “Ace predator” Wang – China – US$ 101,507
4th Michael Watson – Canada – US$ 73,392
5th Lucio “Wizard0fAz” Lima – Brazil – US$ 53,063
6th Ken “ken@king” Okada – Japan – US$ 38,366
7th Masakazu “Brian-Miyamoto” Miyamoto – Japan – US$ 27,739
Final week bracelet events
September 7: WSOP #28: $2,100 Bounty Championship No Limit Hold’em
September 9: WSOP #29: $1,500 FIFTY STACK No Limit Hold’em
September 11: WSOP #30: $525 WSOP Beat the Pros [Freezeout]
Phased Events – Day 1 flights running
September 12: WSOP #31: ¥815 WSOP Zodiac Autumn Festival [Final Day]
September 12: WSOP #32: $210 WSOP Bounty Double MILLIONS [Final Day]
September 12: WSOP #33: $500 The Closer [Final Day]
2021 WSOP Online bracelet events stats
WSOP #1 – #25 prize pool: US$ 56,380,476.10
Seven figure prize pools: 20 events
Cumulative entries: 89,260
First time bracelet winners: 21
Natural8 champions: 3
Million dollar payouts: 2
Multiple final tables: 15 players
Deepest run by Asian player: Keun Woo “POLALIFE!” Lee – Korea – 1st place at WSOP #12: $1,000 DOUBLE STACK No Limit Hold’em
Fields and Prize Pools
Largest phased field: WSOP #1: $50 The Return NLH – 30,810 entries
Largest one day entry field: WSOP #5: $315 Bounty Deepstack NLH – 2,989 entries
Biggest pot (phased): WSOP #7: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER NLH – US$ 7,747,725
Biggest pot (single day entry): WSOP #21: $25,00 Super High Roller Championship NLH – US$ 6,247,500
Smallest field: WSOP #18: $5,000 Short Deck Championship – 144 entries
Smallest pot: WSOP #9: $400 DOUBLE CHANCE PLO – US$ 366,600
2021 WSOP Online champions
WSOP #1: $50 The Return NLH – Bartlomiej “Chester20o” Swieboda – Poland – US$ 161,110
WSOP #2: $1,111 Caesars Cares Charity Event – Joao Simao – Brazil – US$ 206,075
WSOP #3: $2500 Limit Hold’em Championship – Nicolo Molinelli – Italy – US$ 88,461
WSOP #4: $800 DOUBLE CHANCE NLH – Thiago “IneedWasabi” Macedo – Brazil – US$ 161,636
WSOP #5: $315 Bounty Deepstack No Limit Hold’em – Kacper Pyzara – Poland – US$ 79,789
WSOP #6: $200 FLIP & GO No Limit Hold’em – Georgios Sotiropoulos – Greece – US$ 117,022
WSOP #7: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER NLH – Eduardo Pires – Brazil – US$ 1,384,013
WSOP #8: $5,000 6-Handed NLH Championship – Daniel Smiljkovic – Germany – US$ 423,426
WSOP #9: $525 Superstack Turbo Bounty NLH – Lucio “WizardOfAz” Lima – US$ 91,204
WSOP #10: $400 DOUBLE CHANCE PLO – Roland “Quina Quen” Czika – Hungary – US$ 55,369
WSOP #11: $10,000 Super MILLION$ High Roller – Erik Seidel – USA – US$ 977,842
WSOP #12: $1,000 DOUBLE STACK No Limit Hold’em – Keun Woo “POLALIFE!” Lee – Korea – US$ 635,575
WSOP #13: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship – Vincas “seimininkas” Tamasauskas – Lithuania – US$ 268,926
WSOP #14: $500 THE BIG 500 – Renan Carlos Bruschi – Brazil – US$ 150,326
WSOP #15: $10K Heads Up NLH Championship – Arthur Conan – France – US$ 466,167
WSOP #16: $1,050 WSOP GGMasters HR Freezeout NLH – Samuel Vousden – Finland – US$ 274,519
WSOP #17: $400 PLOSSUS [Bounty] – Gabi “kidrurim” Livshitz – Israel – US$ 152,165
WSOP #18: $5,000 Short Deck Championship – Radmir “KOPOBA” Sadirov – Russia – US$ 169,110
WSOP #19: $840 6 Handed Bounty No Limit Hold’em – Andrii Derzhypilskyi – Ukraine – US$ 154,322
WSOP #20: $1,500 Monster Stack NLH Freezeout – Eduardo Cappellaro “Ghazbaran” Rodrigues – Brazil – US$ 212,815
WSOP #21: $25,000 Super High Roller Championship NLH – Alexandros Theologis – Greece – US$ 1,212,032
WSOP #22: $400 COLOSSUS – Armando D’avanzo – Italy – US$ 409,007
WSOP #23: $600 Deepstack Championship NLH – Nuno “Albertov” Capucho – US$ 190,273
WSOP #24: $1,050 Bounty Pot Limit Omaha – Dmitry Yurasov – Russia – US$ 92,710
WSOP #25: #777 LUCKY SEVENS 7-Handed NLH – David “Z0NEDin” Jackson – USA – US$ 194,178
Ninth career bracelet won
Erik Seidel – USA – WSOP #11: $10,000 Super MILLION$ High Roller
Second career bracelet won
Nicolo Molinelli – WSOP #3: $2500 Limit Hold’em Championship
Georgios Manousos Sotiropoulos – WSOP #6: $200 FLIP & GO No Limit Hold’em
Dmitry Yurasov – WSOP #24: $1,050 Bounty Pot Limit Omaha
Seven figure payouts
Eduardo Pires – WSOP #7: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER NLH – US$ 1,384,013
Alexandros Theologis – WSOP #21: $25,000 Super High Roller Championship NLH – US$ 1,212,032
Bracelets by Country
Brazil – 6
Poland – 2
Italy – 2
Greece – 2
Russia – 2
Germany – 1
Hungary – 1
Korea – 1
USA – 2
Lithuania – 1
Israel – 1
Finland – 1
Ukraine – 1
Portugal – 1
France – 1
Multiple final tables
Stanislav Kuvaev
8th – WSOP #3: $2,500 Limit Hold’em Championship
5th – WSOP #9: $525 Superstack Turbo Bounty NLH
Renan Carlos Bruschi
2nd – WSOP #3: $2500 Limit Hold’em Championship
1st – WSOP #14: $500 THE BIG 500
David “MPEW299” Wang
5th – WSOP #13: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship
8th – WSOP #14: $500 THE BIG 500
Joao Vieira
7th – WSOP #3: $2500 Limit Hold’em Championship
2nd – WSOP #18: $5,000 Short Deck Championship
Yen Liang “yao_poker” Yao
2nd – WSOP #6: $200 FLIP & GO No Limit Hold’em
3rd – WSOP #18: $5,000 Short Deck Championship
Giuseppe Dario Sammartino
5th – WSOP #18: $5,000 Short Deck Championship
2nd – WSOP #20: $1,500 Monster Stack NLH Freezeout
Romain Jean “Flingue” Dours
6th – WSOP #3: $2500 Limit Hold’em Championship
6th – WSOP #20: $1,500 Monster Stack NLH Freezeout
Karolis “Internecik” Sereika
7th – WSOP #19: $840 6 Handed Bounty No Limit Hold’em
9th – WSOP #20: $1,500 Monster Stack NLH Freezeout
Mark Radoja
9th – WSOP #3: $2500 Limit Hold’em Championship
5th – WSOP #21: $25,000 Super High Roller Championship NLH
Rui Neves Ferreira
9th – WSOP #11: $10,000 Super MILLION$ High Roller
7th – WSOP #21: $25,000 Super High Roller Championship NLH
Felipe Ramos
2nd – WSOP #12: $1,000 DOUBLE STACK No Limit Hold’em
9th WSOP #23: $600 Deepstack Championship NLH
Yan Shing “Anson” Tsang
2nd – WSOP #8: $5,000 6-Handed NLH Championship
7th – WSOP #24: $1,050 Bounty Pot Limit Omaha
Arthur Conan
4th – WSOP #14: $500 THE BIG 500
1st – WSOP #15: $10K Heads Up NLH Championship
Lucio “Wizard0fAz” Lima
1st – WSOP #9: $525 Superstack Turbo Bounty NLH
5th – WSOP #25: $777 LUCKY SEVENS 7-Handed NLH
Michael Watson
3rd – WSOP #10: $400 DOUBLE CHANCE Pot Limit Omaha
4th – WSOP #25: $777 LUCKY SEVENS 7-Handed NLH
Seven figure prize pools
WSOP #1: $50 The Return NLH – US$ 1,417,260
WSOP #2: Caesars Cares Charity Event – US$ 1,759,824
WSOP #4: $800 Double Chance NLH – US$ 1,248,680
WSOP #6: $200 FLIP & GO No Limit Hold’em – US$ 1,209,920
WSOP #7: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER NLH – US$ 7,747,725
WSOP #8: $5,000 6-Handed NLH Championship – US$ 2,275,250
WSOP #9: $525 Superstack Turbo Bounty NLH – US$ 1,114,500
WSOP #11: $1,000 DOUBLE CHANCE NLH – US$ 5,599,300
WSOP #12: $10,000 Super MILLION$ High Roller NLH – US$ 6,052,800
WSOP #13: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship – US$ 1,268,250
WSOP #14: $500 THE BIG 500 – US$ 1,253,525
WSOP #15: $10K Heads Up NLH Championship – US$ 1,561,700
WSOP #16: $1,050 WSOP GGMasters HR Freezeout NLH – US$ 2,240,000
WSOP #17: $400 PLOSSUS – US$ 1,738,880
WSOP #19: $840 6 Handed Bounty No Limit Hold’em – US$ 1,642,000
WSOP #20: $1,500 MONSTER STACK NLH, Freezeout – US$ 1,539,000
WSOP #21: $25,00 Super High Roller Championship NLH – US$ 6,247,500
WSOP #22: $400 COLOSSUS – US$ 4,099,528
WSOP #23: $600 Deepstack Championship NLH – US$ 1,607,400
WSOP #25: #777 LUCKY SEVENS 7-Handed NLH – US$ 1,486,634.10
Natural8 Exclusive Promo results
Natural8 Team Bling Sponsorship Package winners
Joao Simao – WSOP #2: Caesars Cares Charity Event – US$ 10,000 Sponsorship
Eduardo Augusto Pires – WSOP #7: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER NLH – US$ 10,000 Sponsorship
Vincas “seimininkas” Tamasauskas – WSOP #13: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship – US$ 10,000 Sponsorship
Natural8 WSOP 2-in-1 Challenge winners
Week 1
“Masukito83” – Dominican Republic – US$ 823.61
“DanielTsai” – Taiwan – US$ 597.12
“LotusFocus” – India – US$ 433.33
Week 2
Wai Yew “wong0410” Wong Malaysia – US$ 851.94
Richard Gryko – Canada – US$ 624.04
“All6886” – Vietnam – US$ 457.42
Week 3
Jonathan Katz – Argentina – US$ 851.94
“Flip888” – Hong Kong – US$ 624.04
“PhilIveyBrother” – Vietnam – US$ 457.42
Week 4
“Alexander800” – Taiwan – US$ 841.51
“IMEMYSELF” – India – US$ 616.58
“Kachikaku” – Japan – US$ 451.95
Natural8 WSOP Amazing Race Leaderboard update
Asia Pacific
Joshua McCully – New Zealand – 7,761.51 points
“Imar54” – New Zealand – 3,572.16 points
Vincent “Moist” Huang – New Zealand – 3,565.45 points
Michael Addamo – 3,547.88 points
David “MPEW299” Wang – Malaysia – 2,630.26 points
Hun Wei Lee – New Zealand – 2,121.43 points
Latin America
Rafael “riskgambler” Furlanetto – Brazil – 8,242.98 points
Eduardo Augusto Pires – Brazil – 5,207.47 points
Marcelo Asensio – Brazil – 4,630.36 points
Luciano Santos de Hollanda – 4,174.54 points
Daan “DaanOss” Mulders – Mexico – 4,169.51 points
Joao Simao – Brazil – 4,017.87 points
Assad “KammyStyyle” Kamran – Argentina – 3,651.57 points
Rest of World
Vincas “seimininkas” Tamasauskas – 7,034.46 points
Tomas “CoronaMyAss” Jozonis – Lithuania – 6,980.83 points
Isaac Haxton – Canada – 6,073.36 points
Taiwan
Pete Chen – 4,105.93 points
Yen-liang “yao_poker” Yao – 2,450.39 points
Chin-Wei “davidchien88” Chien – 1,365.61 points
Thailand
George Kitsios – 2,467.99 points
“LuffyJd” – 2,053.23 points
SpeedWrap – 1,111.27
Vietnam
“LittleFishVN” – 1,585.58 points
“QuiCoc” – 1,018.52
“huethuong89” – 1,010.35 points
Japan
“8809” – 2,090.45 points
Takashi “IKAIKA” Ogura – 1,201.12 points
Hong Kong
Dicky Siu Hang “Floatinworld” Tsang – 5,891.71 points
Edward “edyam1” Yam – 2,238.06 points
India
Sriharsha “Upswinger” Doddapaneni – 5,195.86 points
“happysim” – 2,505.95 points
Exclusive Natural8 promos
To give more value to your buck, Natural8 players can expect added incentives amounting to US$ 400,000 up for grabs running throughout the series. We’ve broken them down right here.
WSOP Team Bling Sponsorship
Win any of the 2021 WSOP Online bracelet events and you are assured entry to Team Bling along with one of these fine sponsorship packages listed:
Main Event = $100,000 Team Bling Sponsorship*
Win the WSOP Main Event and you’ll not only become a part of Team Bling, you’ll be the CAPTAIN of the team. This exclusive package includes:
12 month Team Bling Sponsorship
$25,000 for live event buy in sponsorships
$5,000 to cover expenses
T$70,000 in online event sponsorships, paid out over 12 months
Buy-ins of $1,000 and above = $10,000 Team Bling Sponsorship*
Win a WSOP Bracelet from any event with a buy-in of $1,000 and above, and you’ll get a Team Bling package that includes:
6 month Team Bling Sponsorship
$7,500 for live event buy in sponsorships
$2,500 to cover expenses
Buy-ins from $50 to $999 = $5,000 Team Bling Sponsorship*
Win a WSOP Bracelet from any event with a buy-in of $999 and below, and you’ll get a Team Bling package that includes:
6 month Team Bling Sponsorship
$3,500 for live event buy in sponsorships
$1,500 to cover expenses
WSOP Amazing Race
Top the leaderboards to win a piece of the US$ 75,000 prize pool! There are nine leaderboards running throughout the series with varying prizes. Points can only be earned at bracelet events and WSOP side events. Three different LiveX packages up for grabs are listed:
US$ 5,000 LiveX Gold which includesUS$ 3,500 live event buy in sponsorship and US$ 1,500 in expenses.
US$ 3,000 LiveX Silver which includes US$ 2,000 live event buy in sponsorship and US$ 1,000 in expenses.
US$ 2,000 LiveX Bronze which includes US$ 1,500 live event buy in sponsorship and US$ 500 in expenses.
WSOP 2-in-1 Challenge
Win a share of US$ 30,000 via the WSOP 2-in-1 incentive. This unique perk is only offered in Natural8. To start off, play any of the WSOP bracelet events and WSOP side events to earn points. As written on the website,
“Take part in any WSOP Branded Tournaments to earn points and boost those points by playing in cash games. We’ll multiply the points you’ve earned by playing tournaments with the points from cash games to reveal your chipstack for the final WSOP 2-in-1 Challenge Flipout.“
Plenty of action ahead so stick with us at Somuchpoker as we bring you recaps of the ongoing 2021 WSOP Online [International] on Natural8.
Tricia David
Tricia David has long experience as a recreational poker player and has been covering poker events since 2010 for numerous outfits in Asia. She spent one year working part time with Poker Portal Asia then became editor and lead writer for all event coverage of the Philippine Poker Tour (PPT). Under the PPT, she overlooked content for their website, and produced live updates on all their events. In addition, she served as the live and online events website content writer for the Asian Poker Tour. Currently, she does live events reporting in Asia for online news site Somuchpoker and is also one of their news contributors.
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