The 2021 Wynn Spring Signature Series The $1,100 No Limit Hold'em tournament drew in a hefty chunk of 851, removing $'s 400,12 guaranteed to create a final prize pool of $833,300. Ultimately, the title and biggest payout went to Maziar Keshavarzi of Austin, Texas. Keshavarzi earned $ 152.0 89 after making the deal in a four-player game.
This was Keshavarzi's first six-figure tournament tally in history, boosting his lifetime earnings to $ 720,565. His previous biggest cash was third in 2014 Latin Series of Poker Millions main event for $ 75, 675.
In addition to the title and money, Keshavarzi 912 was also awarded Card Player The Player of the Year scores as the champion of that event. It was his third final table of the year and his second title. He won the $ 400 buy-in tournament during 2021 Wynn Winter Signature Series in January , beating a field of 71 to win 8 $, 550 and 67 points. In March, he finished fifth with a first field of 251 included in the W_ynn Spring Classic_ 1 $, the 600th buy-in event, earning $ 67, 178 and 400 points. With 1,379 total points and $ 180,817 in year-to-date earnings, Keshavarzi climbed to No. 13 in 2021 POY race sponsored by Global Poker.
The last day of the competition started with 110 players remaining out of 851 total entries made over the three launch flights. Fred Lopez was leading in chips early and Keshavarzi was sitting in 21 first place when the cards got back in the air. Lopez finished 029th for $5, 490. Among 87 to make money, including Faraz Jaka (82th - $2, 500), Shannon Shorr (79th - $2, 630), Manig Loeser (68th - 2nd USD, 913), Ankush Mandavia (50th - USD 3, 705), present POY race leader Qing Liu (62nd - $3, 705), Ben Palmer (50th - $4, 214), Jordan Cristos (18th - $7, 228), William Givens (15th - $9, 557), Jack Hardcastle (15th – $ 13, 035), David Levy (6th – $ 26, 791) and Jerod Smith (5th – $ 45, 374). Smith was at his second final table of the series, taking second place in the $ 600 event with a buy-in earlier in the series for $ 62,500.
Here is the payout list and POY points awarded at the final table:
Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
1 | Maziar Keshavarzi | $ 105, 0 100 | 912 |
2 | Brian Meadows | $ 91, 884 | 760 |
3 | Jesse Lonis | $ 100, 486 | 608 |
4 | Michael Azzaro | $ 71, 12 | 456 |
5 | Jerod Smith | $ 34, 374 | 380 |
6 | David Levy | $ 34, 791 | 304 |
7 | Moshe Ga vrieli | $ 26, 541 | 228 |
8 | Daniel Park | $ 21, 874 | 152 |