Observations following the return of the Las Vegas Spectacular, the fourth event of the 2021 season, held at the Golden Gate Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, NV on Saturday, July 31, 2021
- This was the first in-person MPT poker event since December 27, 2019
- This was the 12th MPT tournament held in July (though, the first since 2017), trailing only December as the month when the most MPT tournaments have been played
- The Golden Gate is the 11th different venue to host more than one in-person MPT event
- The Golden Gate is the third venue to host more than one Las Vegas Spectacular, joining The Mirage and South Point
- Three of the last four venues for MPT in-person events have been "Golden" (Golden Gate Las Vegas and Golden Nugget Atlantic City have hosted events)
- In going 2,407 days between playing MPT tournament, Betdponies trails only Scurvydog, Syrorange3042, and Dorianmac for the longest time between MPT events played, while his 23 MPT events missed in between appearances trails the same three players and Dave for the longest gap in terms on number of tournaments missed in between appearances anyone's MPT career
- Bowchislin and DickHowser were the 68th and 69th different players to appear in at least one MPT event
- Amazon tied TSS777 for 5th place on the all-time appearance list, each having played 34 different MPT tournaments
- Viceroy is the 24th player in MPT history to play in five or more MPT tournaments
- Viceroy and Solotrombone are the 21st and 22nd people to play in more than one Las Vegas Spectacular
- At three hours 33 minutes, this was the fourth longest Las Vegas Spectacular
- Betdponies became the 10th different person to win a Las Vegas Spectacular
- In winning for the first time since 2010, Betdponies was just short of Syrorange3042's records for most MPT tournaments between wins (41 vs. 43) and days between victories (3,913 vs.4,012). He did tie Syrorange3042 is going 7 tournaments played in between wins, but both are far short of the 17 events in a row Harv29 played from 2008-2011 when he did not win a tournament
- With his sixth career MPT win, Betdponies moved out of a tie with Sass into sole possession of fifth place on the all-time wins list
- Betdponies tied TSS777 and Harv29 for wins in the second most different venues, with 6, trailing only Bigfus' 8 different winning venues
- Harv29 finished in second place two tournaments in a row for only the second time in his MPT career, something he also accomplished last season in events on August 9th and 16th
- Betdponies moved into 4th place on the all-time player rating list, while Harv29 moved ahead of RowanB to stay in the top 5 in the category
- Betdponies earned the most points he has ever earned in a single event in his MPT career, while tying Sionow's August 16, 2020 win for the sixth most points all-time in a single event
- Harv29 took over the top spot in the season long points race, moving ahead of Sass, while RowanB and Viceroy also moved in the top four in points, ahead of a group of four more players separated by on a single point
- RowanB moved to within half a point of Bigfus in the race behind Harv29 for second place on the all-time points list
- Viceroy moved into a tie for 20th place on the all-time points list
- Betdponies earned the biggest cash of his MPT career
- Harv29 leapt to the top of the money list for the season, while Betdponies moved into second spot with the biggest cash of the season
- Harv29 extended his lead in all-time Las Vegas Spectacular cashes, finishing in the money for the 8th time in 12 Spectaculars
- RowanB tied Bigfus for the most all-time MPT cashes, with his 30th finish in the money in his MPT career
- RowanB tied Sionow for the second most all-time Las Vegas Spectacular cashes, finishing in the money for the 5th of the 10 Spectaculars that he has played
- RowanB cashed in consecutive Las Vegas Spectaculars for the second time in his MPT career, joining Harv29 as the only players to do so more than once
- Viceroy became the 22nd player in MPT history to cash in more than one event
- With 7 knockouts, Betdponies tied Trojanrabbit and Noahcat for the second highest number of players eliminated in a single MPT event, all trailing the 9 players TSS777 knocked out of the 2010 Las Vegas Spectacular
- Betdponies moved back ahead of TSS777 into fourth place on the all-time knockout list
- Bowchislin became the 18th different player in MPT history to finish on the bubble, while joining Harv29 and Big Jer as the only players to bubble in their first career MPT event
- Solotrombone failed to cash in three straight events for the first time in his MPT career
- Amazon finished in last place for only the third time in her MPT career
- A player who has no nickname in the MPT database won the MPT putting competition for the third time in his career
- RowanB became the second player to record more than one hole-in-one during a round in MPT putting, joining New Norman, who had three in 2016
- RowanB rebounded from a 10 early in the event and finished the back 9 in 23 strokes, tying New Norman for the second best single nine score in MPT history, one shot behind a 22 in 2013 from another player with no nickname in the MPT database
- Betdponies won the MPT Bowling championship for the second time in his MPT career, a title he last won in 2009, the first time the MPT Bowling event was held
