Event #41 of the 2021 WSOP is the $2,500 Freezeout No-Limit Hold’em tournament. This three-day event started on October 21 with 40-minute blind levels on Day 1 and 60-minute blind levels on Day 2 and Day 3. No re-entries were allowed in this freezeout format.
Taiwan scored its third WSOP bracelet winner in history when Carlos Chang won this tournament. Chang’s career best $364,589 payday came along with his first-ever WSOP bracelet. The win increases his worldwide tourney winnings to more than $1.5 million.
Taipei's Chang now joins Pete Yen Han Chen (online Event 3 earlier in this series), and James Chen (2019) on the roster of Taiwan’s elite bracelet winners. Chang nearly won his first bracelet in 2019, when he scored a fourth-place finish in that year’s “The Closer” event.
This is a new event on the 2021 WSOP schedule. The $2,500 Freezeout is one of 12 freezeout tournaments listed on this year’s schedule. The uptick is likely in response to players who have criticized the WSOP for allowing re-buys in many tournaments, which gives an unfair advantage to professionals with higher bankrolls.
Read about the 2021 WSOP Event #41 winner here.
Event Info
| Game: | Freezeout No-Limit Hold'em |
| Date: | Thursday, Oct 21, 11 AM |
| Buy-in: | $2,500 |
| Starting Stack: | 35000 |
| Level Duration: | 40 / 60 Min |
| Reigning Champion: | N/A |
| 2021 Total Entries: | 896 |
| 2021 Prize Pool: | $1,993,600 |
| 2021 Winner: | Carlos Chang |
Pay Outs
| Rank | Player | Nationality | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlos Chang | TW | +364589 |
| 2 | Brady Osterman | USA | +225333 |
| 3 | Adrien Delmas | GB | +161731 |
| 4 | Sergi Reixach | GB | +117650 |
| 5 | Arthur Conan | FR | +86757 |
| 6 | Sung Joo Hyun | USA | +64864 |
| 7 | Gerald Cunniff | USA | +49179 |
| 8 | Quang Ngo | USA | +37820 |
| 9 | Christopher Basile | USA | +29506 |
