Event #25 of the 2021 WSOP is the $5,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em tournament. This event ran from October 12 through October 15. Blind levels were 60 minutes throughout, and players began the tournament with a starting stack of 50,000 chips.
Scott Ball won a bracelet in this event, which saw a tough field and a tougher final table. Ball won against Galen Hall, who'd come away with a win in the Crazy Eights event for $888,888 in 2019. Hall has over $5,000,000 in lifetime tournament winnings.
Not everyone cheered Ball's win, thanks to some controversy surrounding the star. His win gave him $562,667 -- by far the pro's biggest win to date. Before the bracelet, his lifetime tournament winnings stood at just over $100,000. The biggest of his previous wins was a second place finish in an online WSOP circuit event. That win was worth less than $30,000.
The 2019 $5,000 6-Handed tournament had 815 entries and a total prize pool of $3,789,750. Joao Vieira managed to defeat 2009 WSOP Main Event Champion Joe Cada in heads-up play to win $758,011 and his first WSOP gold bracelet. Cada earned $468,488 for his runner-up finish but was denied his fifth career WSOP bracelet.
Read about the 2021 WSOP Event #25 winner here.
Event Info
| Game: | 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em |
| Date: | Tuesday, Oct 12, 3 PM |
| Buy-in: | $5,000 |
| Starting Stack: | 50000 |
| Level Duration: | 60 Min |
| Reigning Champion: | N/A |
| 2021 Total Entries: | 578 |
| 2021 Prize Pool: | $2,666,025 |
| 2021 Winner: | Scott Ball |
Pay Outs
| Rank | Player | Nationality | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Ball | USA | +562667 |
| 2 | Galen Hall | USA | +347757 |
| 3 | Jonathan Jaffe | USA | +234781 |
| 4 | Tingyi Tsai | TW | +161756 |
| 5 | Bin Weng | USA | +113775 |
| 6 | John Racener | USA | +81736 |
| 7 | Craig Mason | USA | +60001 |
| 8 | Mitchell Halverson | USA | +45028 |
| 9 | Vicent Bosca Ramon | ES | +45028 |
