2012 World Series of Poker

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2012 World Series of Poker
Location Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas)
DatesMay 27 – July 16
Champion
Flag of the United States.svg Greg Merson
  2011
2013  

The 2012 World Series of Poker was the 43rd annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). It was held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada, between May 27 and July 16, 2012, with the final table of the Main Event delayed until late October.

Contents

There were 61 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event beginning on July 7. From 2008 through 2011, Main Event final tables were delayed until November. However, due to the 2012 U.S. presidential election, this year's final table was delayed until October 29, with heads-up play commencing the following day. [1]

New tournament formats introduced in the 2012 WSOP included a re-entry tournament, an ante only tournament, a mixed max tournament (in which the number of players per table changes at set times during the tournament), and a four-handed tournament. [1]

Event schedule

#EventEntrantsWinner1st PrizeRunner-upResultsReference
1$500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em732Chiab Saechao$70,859Patricia Baker Results [2]
2$1,500 No Limit Hold'em2,101 Brent Hanks $517,725Jacob Bazeley Results [3]
3$3,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha317Leif Force$207,708 Jason Koon Results [4]
4$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better622Cory Zeidman$201,559 Chris Bjorin Results [5]
5$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em639Nick Jivkov$189,818Bryan Pellegrino Results [6]
6$5,000 No Limit Hold'em Mixed Max409Aubin Cazals$480,564 Joseph Cheong Results [7]
7$1,500 Seven Card Stud367 Andy Bloch $126,363 Barry Greenstein Results [8]
8$1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better967Herbert Tapscott$264,400 Gavin Griffin Results [9]
9$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Re-entry3,404Ashkan Razavi$781,398Amanda Musumeci Results [10]
10$5,000 Seven Card Stud145 John Monnette $190,826Huu Vinh Results [11]
11$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha970Vincent van der Fluit$265,211Charles Tonne Results [12]
12$10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em152 Brian Hastings $371,498Jason Mo Results [13]
13$1,500 Limit Hold'em730David Arsht$211,921Stephen Hung Results [14]
14$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout1,138Brandon Schaefer$311,174Jonathan Cohen Results [15]
15$5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better212Adam Friedman$269,037 Todd Brunson Results [16]
16$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed1,604 Matt Matros $454,835Mark Radoja Results [17]
17$10,000 Pot Limit Hold'em179 Andy Frankenberger $445,899 Phil Ivey Results [18]
18$2,500 Seven Card Razz309 Phil Hellmuth $182,793Don Zewin Results [19]
19$1,500 No Limit Hold'em2,302Clifford Goldkind$559,514Kennii Nguyen Results [20]
20$5,000 Limit Hold'em166Benjamin Scholl$206,760Andrew Prock Results [21]
21$1,000 No Limit Hold'em2,799 Michael Gathy $440,829Jamie Armstrong Results [22]
22$2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit)228Randy Ohel$145,247Benjamin Lazer Results [23]
23$3,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed924Simon Charette$567,624Artem Metalidi Results [24]
24$5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better256Joe Cassidy$294,777 Scotty Nguyen Results [25]
25$1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout366Brian Meinders$116,118Darin Thomas Results [26]
26$3,000 Pot Limit Omaha589Austin Scott$361,797Brett Richey Results [27]
27$1,500 H.O.R.S.E.889 Ylon Schwartz $267,081 David Chiu Results [28]
28$2,500 No Limit Hold'em Four Handed750 Timothy Adams $392,476Brendon Rubie Results [29]
29$1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em Championship4,128Allyn Jaffrey Shulman$603,713 Dennis Phillips Results [30]
30$1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball (No Limit)285Larry Wright$101,975 Brandon Cantu Results [31]
31$1,500 No Limit Hold'em2,811 Carter Phillips $664,130 Joe Cada Results [32]
32$10,000 H.O.R.S.E.178 David "Bakes" Baker $451,779 John Monnette Results [33]
33$1,000 No Limit Hold'em2,795 Max Steinberg $440,238Samuel Gerber Results [34]
34$5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Six Handed419Naoya Kihara$512,029Chris DeMaci Results [35]
35$2,500 Mixed Hold'em393Chris Tryba$210,107Erik Cajelais Results [36]
36$3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout587Craig McCorkell$368,593Jeremiah Fitzpatrick Results [37]
37$2,500 Eight Game Mix477 David "ODB" Baker $271,312 Greg Mueller Results [38]
38$1,500 No Limit Hold'em2,534Dung Nguyen$607,200 Theo Tran Results [39]
39$10,000 Pot Limit Omaha293Jan-Peter Jachtmann$661,000Andrew Brown Results [40]
40$2,500 Limit Hold'em Six Handed302 Ronnie Bardah $182,088 Marco Johnson Results [41]
41$3,000 No Limit Hold'em1,394Greg Ostrander$742,072Jackie Glazier Results [42]
42$2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better393 Oleksii Kovalchuk $228,014 George Danzer Results [43]
43$1,500 No Limit Hold'em2,770Henry Lu$654,380 Neil Channing Results [44]
44$1,000 No Limit Hold'em2,949Rocco Palumbo$464,464Nelson Robinson Results [45]
45$50,000 Poker Players Championship 108 Michael Mizrachi $1,451,527Chris Klodnicki Results [46]
46$2,500 No Limit Hold'em1,607Joey Weissman$694,609Jeremy Quehen Results [47]
47$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better978Steven Loube$267,345Timothy Finne Results [48]
48$3,000 Limit Hold'em247Kenny Hsiung$165,205Robert Hwang Results [49]
49$1,500 Ante Only No Limit Hold'em939Greg Hobson$256,691Mike Sowers Results [50]
50$5,000 No Limit Hold'em1,001 Pete Vilandos $952,694Kyle Julius Results [51]
51$1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em Championship936Yen Dang$170,587Debbie Pechac Results [52]
52$2,500 10-Game Mix Six Handed421 Vanessa Selbst $244,259Michael Saltzburg Results [53]
53$1,500 No Limit Hold'em3,166Neil Willerson$737,248Vladimir Mefodichev Results [54]
54$1,000 No Limit Hold'em3,221Will Jaffe$500,075Luis Campelo Results [55]
55$1,000,000 The Big One for One Drop 48 Antonio Esfandiari $18,346,673 Sam Trickett Results [56]
56$1,500 No Limit Hold'em2,798Tomas Junek$661,022David Borg Results [57]
57$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed474 Greg Merson $1,136,197Keith Lehr Results [58]
58$3,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better526 Viacheslav Zhukov $330,277Roch Cousineau Results [59]
59$1,000 No Limit Hold'em4,620 Dominik Nitsche $654,797Jonathan Hilton Results [60]
60$10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball (No Limit)101 Nick Schulman $294,321Mike Wattel Results [61]
61$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event6,598 Greg Merson $8,531,853Jesse Sylvia Results [62]

Event 55: The Big One for One Drop

The 2012 WSOP also hosted an event with the largest buy-in in poker history, a $1 million tournament benefiting the One Drop Foundation. [1] The WSOP waived its normal 10% rake of the entry fees, and 11.1% of each buy-in (precisely $111,111) went to the foundation. [63] All 48 seats available for the event were filled, resulting in a first prize of $18.3 million, breaking the record of $12 million won by Jamie Gold at the 2006 WSOP. One Drop initially received US$5.44 million, including a 49th/personal $111,111 donation from Caesars Interactive Entertainment CEO Mitch Garber, who was ineligible to play because of his role with the company. [64] Guy Laliberté, the founder of the One Drop Foundation, finished in fifth place; he donated his entire winnings of US$1,834,666 to the foundation, for a total donation of US$7.28 million from this single tournament game. [65]

Results

PlaceNamePrize
1st Antonio Esfandiari $18,346,673
2nd Sam Trickett $10,112,001
3rd David Einhorn $4,352,000
4th Phil Hellmuth $2,645,333
5th Guy Laliberté $1,834,666
6th Brian Rast $1,621,333
7th Bobby Baldwin $1,408,000
8th Richard Yong $1,237,333
9th Mike Sexton $1,109,333

[66]

Main Event

The $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on July 7. In a change from previous years, which featured four starting days, there were only three starting days at this year's event. The players from days 1A and 1B then played on days 2A and 2B, which were held the same day in separate rooms, while the players from Day 1C played on Day 2C. After reaching the final table of nine players on July 16, the remainder of the tournament was delayed until October 29.

The Main Event attracted 6,598 entrants, creating a prize pool of $62,021,200. The top 666 finishers placed in the money, with the top nine players guaranteed at least $754,798. The winner earned $8,531,853.

Two women almost made the final table. Norwegian Elisabeth Hille finished at 11th place while Gaelle Baumann finished in tenth place. Her finish marked the best performance by a woman at the Main Event since Barbara Enright finished fifth in 1995 (Annie Duke finished tenth in 2000, but the total number of tournament entrants was lower). [67]

Performance of past champions

NameChampionship
Year(s)
Day of
Elimination
Doyle Brunson 1976, 1977 2C
Tom McEvoy 1983 2C
Berry Johnston 1986 1A
Johnny Chan* 1987, 1988 4 (353rd place)
Phil Hellmuth 1989 1A
Jim Bechtel 1993 1A
Dan Harrington 1995 3
Huck Seed* 1996 4 (527th place)
Scotty Nguyen 1998 1B
Carlos Mortensen 2001 1B
Robert Varkonyi 2002 3
Chris Moneymaker 2003 1C
Greg Raymer 2004 1B
Joe Hachem 2005 1A
Jamie Gold 2006 2C
Jerry Yang 2007 3
Peter Eastgate 2008 3
Joe Cada 2009 2C
Jonathan Duhamel 2010 1C
Pius Heinz 2011 3

* Indicates a player who finished in the money

Other notable high finishes

NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

PlaceNamePrize
20th Paul Volpe $294,601
23rd Yuval Bronshtein $294,601

November Nine

NameNumber of chips
(percentage of total)
WSOP
Bracelets
WSOP
Cashes*
WSOP
Earnings*
Flag of the United States.svg Jesse Sylvia43,875,000 (22.2%)02$36,372
Flag of Hungary.svg Andras Koroknai29,375,000 (14.8%)02$39,371
Flag of the United States.svg Greg Merson 28,725,000 (14.5%)15$1,253,501
Flag of the United States.svg Russell Thomas24,800,000 (12.5%)03$126,796
Flag of the United States.svg Steven Gee16,860,000 (8.5%)14$480,822
Flag of the United States.svg Michael Esposito16,260,000 (8.2%)03$27,311
Flag of the United States.svg Robert Salaburu 15,155,000 (7.7%)000
Flag of the United States.svg Jacob Balsiger13,115,000 (6.6%)01$3,531
Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy Ausmus9,805,000 (5.0%)013$114,623

*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2012 Main Event.

Final Table

PlaceNamePrize
1st Greg Merson $8,531,853
2ndJesse Sylvia$5,295,149
3rdJacob Balsiger$3,799,073
4thRussell Thomas$2,851,537
5thJeremy Ausmus$2,155,313
6thAndras Koroknai$1,640,902
7thMichael Esposito$1,258,040
8th Robert Salaburu $971,360
9thSteve Gee$754,798

Coverage

Televised coverage of the 2012 World Series of Poker could be found on ESPN. On Tuesday nights from July 3 through October 30, episodes of the WSOP would air on ESPN, with two one-hour episodes airing each week. The prior year, the WSOP Main Event was aired with near-live coverage on a brief delay, but that near-live coverage was done away with for the 2012 WSOP. In addition to the 2012 WSOP Main Event coverage on ESPN, the $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop aired on a 15-minute delay on ESPN and ESPN3 on July 3 during a five-hour time slot. On July 31, an edited two-hour show of the Big One for One Drop aired. On August 7, the WSOP National Championship was on offer, then coverage of the WSOP Main Event started on August 14. [68] The 2012 WSOP bracelet event broadcasts are archived in the on-demand section of PokerGO.com. [69]

The final table of the 2012 WSOP Main Event aired on a 15-minute delay on Monday, October 29, on ESPN2 and ESPN3 and on Tuesday, October 30, on ESPN and ESPN3. [70] Lon McEachern, Norman Chad, Antonio Esfandiari, and Kara Scott were the on-air talent and the event was produced by Poker PROductions, headed by Mori Eskandani. The 2012 WSOP Main Event broadcasts are archived in the on-demand section of PokerGO.com. [71]

Live reporting coverage of the 2012 World Series of Poker was provided by PokerNews.com. [72] PokerNews provided hand histories, chip counts, results, photographs, podcasts, videos, interviews, and more from the 2012 WSOP.

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  42. "Event #41: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em". WSOP.com. Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 25, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  43. "Event #42: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better". WSOP.com. Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 25, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
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  46. "Event #45: $50,000 The Poker Players Championship". WSOP.com. Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 28, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
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