Event #51 of the 2021 WSOP is $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em. This is a two-day event featuring a turbo-style format (30-minute levels). It started at 3 pm on Tuesday, October 26. The six-max format further added to the action, ensuring all-in collisions early and often.
Brian Rast's hoodie as he took down the $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em proudly proclaimed that "Fear is the Mind Killer." That's a line is from Paul Atreides in the novel Dune.
"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration," Paul often thinks to himself in the book. "I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path."
We may never know whether Rast was afraid during the runup to his 5th bracelet victory. “I turn 40 in a couple weeks and it was on my mind to make the Poker Hall of Fame,” he said. “I think I have a pretty good claim. […] I wanted to come back here this year to the WSOP and show myself that I can still play great poker.”
Rast beat John Gallaher heads up for the $474,102 top prize. Gallaher came away with $293,009 for second place.
The 6-Handed No-Limit Hold’em tourney is a new event for the 2021 WSOP. It has been added to a small grouping of five events with $3,000 buy-ins, which traditionally attract a higher percentage of famed pros. The event joins four other formats -- full-table NLH freezeout, H.O.R.S.E., 6-handed fixed-limit hold’em, and 6-handed PLO -- on the 2021 WSOP slate.
Read about the 2021 WSOP Event #51 winner here.
Event Info
| Game: | 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em |
| Date: | Tuesday, Oct 26, 3 PM |
| Buy-in: | $3,000 |
| Starting Stack: | 40000 |
| Level Duration: | 30 Min |
| Reigning Champion: | N/A |
| 2021 Total Entries: | 997 |
| 2021 Prize Pool: | $2,661,990 |
| 2021 Winner: | Brian Rast |
Pay Outs
| Rank | Player | Nationality | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Rast | USA | +474102 |
| 2 | John Gallaher | USA | +293009 |
| 3 | Tuan Phan | USA | +201913 |
| 4 | Nicolas Yunis | CHL | +141478 |
| 5 | Jun Obara | JPN | +100827 |
| 6 | Francisco Benitez | URY | +73107 |
| 7 | Matas Cimbolas | GBR | +53946 |
| 8 | Johnathan Holsonback | USA | +40525 |
| 9 | Troy Donaldson | USA | +40525 |
