Tyler Cornell Gets Signature Victory in 2021 WSOP Event #6: $25,000 High Roller ($833,289)
The 2021 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #6: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em attracted 139 entries, which generated a $3,283,875 prize pool. After three days of play, it was 33-year-old poker pro Tyler Cornell claiming victory for $833,289 and his first gold bracelet.
��It feels amazing,�� Cornell said after the victory. ��I��ve been trying to do this for a long time and finally got a win.��
Cornell, who hails from the San Diego area and plays at Ocean��s 11, began his poker career online before switching to live cash games. When the pandemic hit, he took his game back to the virtual felt, which was evidenced by a laundry list of results in online bracelet events including last year��s GGPoker.com WSOP Event #77: $5,000 Main Event where he finished in eighth place for $328,305.
Cornell prevailed over a stacked final table, which proved to be a swingy affair with multiple people holding the chip lead.
��Really not until the last hour,�� Cornell said when asked when he could taste victory. ��I feel like I only got control of the table in the last hour.��
Despite the win in the third tournament he played in the 2021 WSOP, Cornell doesn��t intend to put in a full schedule. Instead, he��ll return home and make a trip or two back to Vegas to play maybe four or five more events.
2021 WSOP Event #6 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | County | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler Cornell | United States | $833,289 |
| 2 | Michael Liang | United States | $515,014 |
| 3 | Adrian Mateos | Spain | $381,870 |
| 4 | Jonathan Jaffe | United States | $286,202 |
| 5 | Mustapha Kanit | Italy | $216,842 |
| 6 | [Removed:321] Arani | United States | $166,102 |
| 7 | Paul Newey | United Kingdom | $128,654 |
| 8 | Adam Hendrix | United States | $100,773 |
Others to cash the tournament were newly-minted GGPoker Ambassador Jason Koon (9th - $79,834), Darren Elias (12th - $51,866), Day 1 chip leader Jake Daniels (14th - $45,382), Stanley Tang (19th - $41,492), and Sam Grafton (21st - $41,492).
Day 3 Action
On Monday, the final five players returned to the main stage at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino for the first PokerGO live-streamed event of the 2021 WSOP. It didn��t take long for Mustapha Kanit to become the first final table casualty after jamming a queen-high flop with ace-king only to see Jonathan Jaffe tabled top pair, which held.
Despite winning that hand, Jaffe was the next to go. He lost most of his chips after a failed triple-barrel bluff and then the rest with king-five suited against the suited Big Slick of Michael Liang.
Three-time bracelet winner Adrian Mateos bowed out in third place after calling off his short stack preflop with ace-nine only to see Cornell table pocket nines. The pair held firm and that set up a heads-up match with Cornell holding a 9:1 chip lead over Liang.
Liang managed to hold on for a bit but eventually succumbed in second place for $515,014.
Congratulations to Tyler Cornell, winner of the 2021 WSOP Event #6: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em!