{"id":3366,"date":"2021-11-18T10:20:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T10:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slategray-wallaby-310340.hostingersite.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/18\/germanys-koray-aldemir-wins-wsop-2021-main-event\/"},"modified":"2021-11-18T10:20:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T10:20:14","slug":"germanys-koray-aldemir-wins-wsop-2021-main-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/18\/germanys-koray-aldemir-wins-wsop-2021-main-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany\u2019s Koray Aldemir Wins WSOP 2021 Main Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Koray Aldemir won the<a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/poker-news\/2021-wsop-is-under-way-with-live-poker-until-end-of-november\/\"> 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event<\/a> in Las Vegas on Wednesday night, taking home the $8 million prize. The German beat American George Holmes at the final table in the No-limit Hold\u2019em World Championship in the 223rd hand with a <strong>two-pair of 10s and 7s<\/strong>, besting Holmes\u2019 <strong>pair of Kings<\/strong>. Overcoming the 6,650 participants from around the world, Aldemir won his first-ever Main Event victory and took home the highly coveted Main Event bracelet, a 10k yellow and white gold bracelet encrusted with 2,230 rubies, white and black diamonds.<\/p>\n<p>Aldemir commented on his 2021 Main Event win and said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIt felt great. It\u2019s the biggest final table in the world, so it\u2019s a dream come true. Probably every poker player thinks about this moment when they watch this, believing \u2018maybe I could be there one day\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Aldemir, a High Stakes Poker Pro is obviously no stranger to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dogecoinpoker.net\/registration\/?referral=iGaming\" rel=\"nofollow\">poker<\/a> world and first came onto the professional poker scene in 2012 and, up until today\u2019s $10,000 No-Limit Hold\u2019em Main Event win, already had over $12,000,000 in lifetime earnings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/poker\/world-series-of-poker-wsop\/\">World Series of Poker<\/a> Senior Vice President,\u00a0Ty Stewart, commented on the success of this year\u2019s Main Event, which exceeded expectations and said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis year\u2019s Main Event has exceeded expectations across the board. To see five countries represented at the 2021 Final Table was amazing, and after a classic battle, we\u2019re looking forward to raising Koray\u2019s banner this summer at Bally\u2019s on the Strip.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Koray Aldemir Wins 2021 WSOP Main Event for $8,000,000\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ovKBlXdQji4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/poker-news\/germanys-koray-aldemir-wins-wsop-2021-main-event\/\">Germany\u2019s Koray Aldemir Wins WSOP 2021 Main Event<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/\">iGaming.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Koray Aldemir won the 2021 World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas on Wednesday night, taking home the $8 million prize. The German beat American George Holmes at the final table in the No-limit Hold\u2019em World Championship in the 223rd hand with a two-pair of 10s and 7s, besting Holmes\u2019 pair of Kings. 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