WSOP 2021: Koray Aldemi gets the title to USA

It is finished. The title of the world champion in Poker 2021 goes to USA. At the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in 2021 in the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, 31-year-old Koray Aldemir prevailed. He won from a field of 6550 players and secured prize money of eight million US dollars in addition to the Golden Bracelet.

Already third title for USA

Poker world champions are not uncommon for USA. Three players already made the title at the WSOP. In 2011 Pius Heinz was the first American to win the trophy. Heinz started his career as a poker player four years earlier and was able to earn prize money of around $ 700,000 on various platforms. He achieved the final breakthrough at the WSOP in 2011. Eight years later, the tournament Hossein Ensan. In heads-up he prevailed against the American Dario Sammartino. The 55-year-old grabs around $ 10 million from a price pool of $ 80,548,600.

Bad start

Aldemir was born in Berlin in 1990 and now lives in Vienna. He started his career in the poker at the age of 18. However, he could not earn any significant success. His experiences were limited to private game rounds and online tournaments with play money. Only when he met a poker professional fedor wood at the university, he professionalized his game and went Poker seriously after. So he decided to end his studies. With 17th place and 21,000 $ in prize money at the Concord Million in Vienna, he celebrated his first major success. In 2014 he played at the WSOP for the first time and reached the money. After he was equally successful at the WSOP in 2015, he was able to reach one of the final tables in 2016. In the following years he was able to celebrate further remarkable successes, which still earned him a prize money of around $ 20 million.

Difficult final

Alemir started as a chip leader at the final table, but his opponents, the Briton Jack Oliver and the American George Holmes, made his life difficult for him. Oliver left the table as third after a call was defeated against Holmes. The Bube secured Holmes the head-up against Aldemir. In this, the American managed to get the chip show for himself for a short time. Aldemir showed no nerves and found the game back. After a considered call, Aldemir won the duel in the end and celebrated the greatest triumph in his career so far.

Valuable bracelet

In addition to the prize money, the WSOP winner has been happy to receive a bracelet since 1976. In addition to the ideal value, the actual value of the bracelet rose steadily over the years. In the meantime, the bracelets are designed by well -known jewelers and consist of gold and are moved with high -quality diamonds. Many poker players believe that the prestige for winning the bracelet is above everything. Actress and WSOP winner in 2005 Jennifer Tilly stated that the bracelet was better than an Oscar. With a total of 16 bracelets, Phil Hellmuth lists the list of most successful winners. In 1993 he was even able to secure three bracelets with the WSOP. Dominik Nitsche and George Danzer are the most successful American players each with four bracelets.