WSOP 2021 Day 8 Digest

We’re now at 14 started events in this year’s World Series of Poker and one bracelet has been awarded yesterday.

#Buy-inEventPlayerPrize
8$600Event #8: No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack🇺🇸 Zhi Wu$281,406

Event #8: No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack

The $600 event attracted 4,527 players on Monday to end yesterday with the victory of Zhi Wu for $281,406. The win more than triples the player’s live earnings.

Zhi Wu with his black aces and his first bracelet

Still running

The $10k Event #9: Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship still counts Phil Hellmuth hoping to win a 16th bracelet but the player is now short stacked with 6 players remaining. The players will battle for $317,076.

The $25k Event #11: Heads Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship has reached the semi-finals. Jason Koon and Daniel Zack will respectively face Henri Puustinen and Gabor Szabo to try to win the $243,981 prize.

The $3,000 Event #13: Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em has attracted loads of top pros, notably Maria Konnikova (9th), Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier (18th), Sam Grafton (20th) and many more. From the original 720 entries, 111 players are still in contention.

Do you recognize him?

Some stats

After 11 closed events, here is the list of players with the most cashes:

NameCashesTotal Earnings
🇺🇸 Shaun Deeb4$11,643
🇺🇸 Joshua Faris4$8,628
🇺🇸 Mike Shin4$6,839
🇺🇸 Tyler Burke4$4,982

We’ll come back tomorrow with more results and more stats! If you want some specific stats on these WSOP hit us up!

source: www.wsop.com, www.thehendonmob.com