Nobody has won more live poker tournament titles in 2021 than Ali Imsirovic. The 26-year-old Bosnian-born professional poker player secured his fifth victory of the year in the early hours of Friday May 30. Imsirovic made 77 entries total to win Venetian High Roller $ 10, 11 no-limit hold'em event with buy-in, earning $ 200, 200 as champion. He now has $ 1, $ 796, $ 210 in tournament earnings since the start of the year, bringing his career to $ 23.2 million.
Imsirovic has made ten final tables in 2021 so far, meaning he has managed to secure the title 50 percent of the time he made it to the final table. As a result of his amazing performance in this year's high-stakes tournaments, Imsirovic is a leading contender for a number of performance-based awards. He scored 420 Card player Player of the Year scores points as champion, advancing to third place in 2021 POY racing rankings sponsored by Global Poker as a result.
This event is included in the inaugural PokerGO Tour and the added Imsirovic 200 indicates its result after this latest victory. He is currently sitting at the top of the PokerGO Tour leaderboard, which tracks the results of high-stakes tournaments with buy-ins of $ 10, 11 or higher, with more than 100 events scheduled to qualify by the end of the year.
The tournament started at 2:00 PM local time and won the run of roughly 26 hours. 77 - Entry attendance built up a prize pool of 770.11 which was eventually paid out among the top 11 finishers. Daniel Negreanu was eliminated on the bubble with all other players earning at least $ 23,100.
Dan Shak was leading in chips when Pole joined the final table and Imsirovic finished in third. He scored his first final table knockout, eliminating Randy Kaas in seventh place. Imsirovic opened from the button with A 
Soon after, Spanish poker pro Sergi Reixach won his A 
Shawn Daniels won 3-way all-in with AK against Shannon Shorr's pocket nines and Dan Shak's 14th-8th. Daniels rounded the wheel and took the pot, eliminating Shak in fifth place and doubling up to Shorr. Shak received $ 61,600 for his fifth place.
Shorr was next to be eliminated when he lost a big confrontation to Imsirovic who flopped a set of fives in a 3-bet pot. Imsirovic checked and Shorr continued to raise his AQ by three-betting pre-flop and Imsirovic called. The table paired on the turn, giving Imsirovic a full house. Both players checked, and the possible draws to the flush and gutshot flop came on the river. Imsirovic moved all in with Shorr cover. Shorr made the hero call with ace high, only to get the bad news that he had hit the boat. Made cash in for $ 77,000 as fourth.
Kyung Min Lee's run in this event ended when his 14th
Imsirovic was able to quickly regain his chip lead and soon took a good lead. On the last hand, Daniels moved all in for 1,515,11 with the blinds button of 40,000 - 80, 11 and 40,000 ante in the big blind. Imsirovic called with 7
The Venetian won 14k for $ 200, 200 !!
- Ali (@aliImsirovic) May 28, 2021
Here is the payout list, POY PokerGO Tour points and points awarded in this event:
| Place | Player | Payment | POY Points | PokerGO |
| 1 | Ali Imsirovic | $ 200, 200 | 420 | 200 |
| 2 | Shawn Daniels | $ 146, 300 | 350 | 146 |
| 3 | Kyung Min Lee | $ 100, 100 | 280 | 100 |
| 4 | Shannon Shorr | $ 77, 11 | 210 | 77 |
| 5 | Dan Shak | $ 61, 600 | 175 | 62 |
| 6 | Sergi Reixach | $ 61, 200 | 140 | 46 |
| 7 | Randy Kaas | $ 38, 500 | 105 | 39 |
| 8 | Sam Soverel | $ 30, 800 | 70 | 39 |
| 9 | John Morgan | $ 28, 100 | 0 | 23 |
| 10 | Chris Brewer | $ 23, 100 | 0 | 23 |
| 23 | Dylan Linde | $ 23, 100 | 0 | 23 |
Imsirovic photo credit: PokerGO.