Event #8 of the 2021 WSOP is the $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deep Stack tournament. Players in this event started the tournament with 30,000 in chips. Day 1 was scheduled for October 4th and played through 22 30-minute levels. The $600 Deep Stack continued into Day 2 on October 5th and played down to a winner.
WSOP Event #8: $600 No-Limit Hold’em Deepstack created yet another first-time bracelet winner. In his post-game interview, Zhi Wu of Boston admitted to a steep lack of experience before his $281,604 first place finish.
“I won a Foxwoods $400 a couple of years ago,” Wu said. “And I came in second in a $1,700 bounty in Florida. But I am not a professional, though I have a little experience.”
This tournament drew 6,151 entries in 2019 to generate a prize pool of $3,229,275. Jeremy Pekarek defeated Dan Kuntzman heads-up to win the event’s top prize of $398,281 and his first WSOP gold bracelet. The final table in 2019 featured no previous bracelet winners.
Read about the 2021 WSOP Event #8 winner here.
Event Info
| Game: | No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack |
| Date: | Monday, Oct 4, 11 AM |
| Buy-in: | $600 |
| Starting Stack: | 30000 |
| Level Duration: | 30 Min |
| Reigning Champion: | N/A |
| 2021 Total Entries: | 4,527 |
| 2021 Prize Pool: | $2,308,770 |
| 2021 Winner: | Zhi Wu |
Pay Outs
| Rank | Player | Nationality | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhi Wu | USA | +281406 |
| 2 | Ari Mezrich | USA | +173960 |
| 3 | Chrishan Sivasundaram | CA | +131646 |
| 4 | Ryan Chan | USA | +100308 |
| 5 | Nicholas Zautra | USA | +76957 |
| 6 | Alexander Tafesh | USA | +59453 |
| 7 | Amalim Onyia | USA | +46251 |
| 8 | Hannes Jeschka | USA | +36235 |
| 9 | Daniel Lowery | USA | +28589 |
| 10 | Jeremy Pappano | USA | +22718 |
