2012 World Series of Poker results
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Below are the 2012 World Series of Poker results .
* Elected to the Poker Hall of Fame (#/#) This denotes a bracelet winner. The first number is the number of bracelets won in the 2012 WSOP. The second number is the total number of bracelets won. Both numbers represent totals as of that point during the tournament. Place What place each player at the final table finished Name The player who made it to the final table Prize (US$) The amount of money awarded for each finish at the event's final table or quarter-finalist and above in heads-up events.
Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em[ edit ] 2-Day Event: May 27–28[1] Number of Entries: 732 Total Prize Pool: $329,400 Number of Payouts: 81 Winning Hand: J ♦ 4 ♦ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Chiab Saechao (1/1) $70,859 2nd Patricia Baker $43,754 3rd James Routos $28,206 4th Ray Pulford $20,663 5th Nicolas Vaca-Rondon $15,359 6th Jay Pinkussohn $11,571 7th Steven Phan $8,824 8th Matthew Wilmot $6,808 9th Georgi Ivanov $5,309
Event #2: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em[ edit ] 3-Day Event: May 28–30[2] Number of Entries: 2,101 Total Prize Pool: $2,836,350 Number of Payouts: 216 Winning Hand: A ♥ 10 ♦ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Brent Hanks (1/1) $517,725 2nd Jacob Bazeley $322,294 3rd Andrew Badecker (0/1) $224,029 4th Vanessa Selbst (0/1) $161,345 5th Ryan Schmidt $117,921 6th Abdyl Konjuhi $87,231 7th Michael Kaufman $65,377 8th J.P. Kelly (0/2) $49,621 9th Richard Park $38,106
Event #3: $3,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha[ edit ] 3-Day Event: May 29–31[3] Number of Entries: 317 Total Prize Pool: $870,870 Number of Payouts: 64 Winning Hand: A ♣ K ♣ J ♥ 8 ♣ Event #4: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better[ edit ] 3-Day Event: May 29–31[4] Number of Entries: 622 Total Prize Pool: $839,700 Number of Payouts: 64 Winning Hand: K ♠ K ♣ 8 ♦ 4 ♠ 2 ♠ 7 ♣ 2 ♥ Event #5: $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em[ edit ] 3-Day Event: May 30-June 1[5] Number of Entries: 639 Total Prize Pool: $862,650 Number of Payouts: 72 Winning Hand: 10 ♥ 10 ♣ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Nick Jivkov (1/1) $189,818 2nd Bryan Pellegrino $117,199 3rd Jonathan Aguiar $76,189 4th Tommy Vedes $55,960 5th Daniel Negreanu (0/4) $41,683 6th Mike Allis $31,452 7th Brant Hale $24,007 8th John Eames $18,529 9th Keanu Tabali $14,449
Event #6: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Mixed Max[ edit ] 5-Day Event: May 31-June 4[6] Number of Entries: 409 Total Prize Pool: $1,922,300 Number of Payouts: 44 Winning Hand: K ♠ K ♥ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Aubin Cazals (1/1) $480,564 2nd Joseph Cheong $296,956 SF Warwick Mirzikinian $162,443 SF Hugo Lemaire $162,443 QF Marvin Rettenmaier $68,151 QF Fabrizio Baldassari $68,151 QF Randy Haddox $68,151 QF Adam Geyer $68,151
Event #7: $1,500 Seven Card Stud[ edit ] 3-Day Event: May 31-June 2[7] Number of Entries: 367 Total Prize Pool: $495,450 Number of Payouts: 40 Winning Hand: Q ♠ Q ♣ J ♥ 10 ♥ 10 ♣ A ♣ K ♠ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Andy Bloch (1/1) $126,363 2nd Barry Greenstein * (0/3) $78,038 3rd Stephen Su $50,332 4th David Williams (0/1) $36,470 5th Huu Vinh $26,813 6th Lee Goldman $20,001 7th Caroline Hermesh $15,135 8th Scott Abrams $11,618
Event #8: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 1–3[8] Number of Entries: 967 Total Prize Pool: $1,305,450 Number of Payouts: 117 Winning Hand: Q ♣ 4 ♥ 10 ♠ 7 ♠ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Herbert Tapscott (1/1) $264,400 2nd Gavin Griffin (0/1) $163,625 3rd Ashly Butler $102,373 4th Can Kim Hua $74,306 5th Michael Kleist $54,855 6th John Racener $41,121 7th Thayer Rasmussen $31,278 8th Raymond Davis $24,111 9th Bryan Jolly $18,837
Event #9: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Re-entry[ edit ] 5-Day Event: June 2–6[9] Number of Entries: 3,404 Total Prize Pool: $4,595,400 Number of Payouts: 342 Winning Hand: K ♥ 10 ♦ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Ashkan Razavi (1/1) $781,398 2nd Amanda Musumeci $481,643 3rd Derrick Huang $347,228 4th Ryan Olisar $252,379 5th Duy Ho $185,378 6th Brian Rast (0/2) $137,632 7th Greg Mueller (0/2) $103,258 8th Benjamin Reinhart $78,259 9th Dien Le $59,969
Event #10: $5,000 Seven Card Stud[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 3–5[10] Number of Entries: 145 Total Prize Pool: $681,500 Number of Payouts: 16 Winning Hand: A ♣ Q ♥ J ♣ 6 ♦ J ♦ 8 ♣ 9 ♥ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st John Monnette (1/2) $190,826 2nd Huu Vinh $117,913 3rd Timothy Finne $73,847 4th Perry Friedman (0/1) $53,470 5th Jeff Lisandro (0/5) $41,789 6th Mark Dickstein $33,325 7th Bryn Kenney $27,062 8th Raymond Dehkharghani $22,332
Event #11: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 4–6[11] Number of Entries: 970 Total Prize Pool: $1,309,500 Number of Payouts: 117 Winning Hand: J ♣ 2 ♣ A ♦ 7 ♣ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Vincent van der Fluit (1/1) $265,211 2nd Charles Tonne $164,132 3rd Tristan Wade (0/1) $102,690 4th Damien Lhommeau $74,536 5th Alex Dovzhenko $55,025 6th Rodney Brown $41,249 7th Brian Garbe $31,375 8th Calvin Anderson $24,186 9th David Schnettler $18,896
Event #12: $10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 5–7[12] Number of Entries: 152 Total Prize Pool: $1,428,800 Number of Payouts: 32 Winning Hand: A ♥ 4 ♥ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Brian Hastings (1/1) $371,498 2nd Jason Mo $229,722 SF Brock Parker (0/2) $130,606 SF Tommy Chen $130,606 QF Chris Moore $56,380 QF Jeffrey Gross $56,380 QF Andrew Robl $56,380 QF Michael Drummond $56,380
Event #13: $1,500 Limit Hold'em[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 5–7[13] Number of Entries: 730 Total Prize Pool: $985,500 Number of Payouts: 81 Winning Hand: Q ♦ 10 ♣ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st David Arsht (1/1) $211,921 2nd Stephen Hung $130,903 3rd Al Barbieri $84,388 4th Donald Auger $61,820 5th Glenn Engelbert $45,953 6th Ben Landowski $34,620 7th Jeff Weiss $26,401 8th Alexander Queen $20,370 9th Lori Kirgan $15,886
Event #14: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 6–8[14] Number of Entries: 1,138 Total Prize Pool: $1,536,300 Number of Payouts: 120 Winning Hand: 8 ♠ 7 ♣ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Brandon Schaefer (1/1) $311,174 2nd Jonathan Cohen $192,559 3rd Adam Kagin $120,329 4th Layne Flack (0/6) $87,446 5th David Chase $64,555 6th Michael Corson $48,393 7th Jeff Madsen (0/2) $36,809 8th Brandon Steven $28,375 9th Justin Schwartz $22,168
Event #15: $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 6–8[15] Number of Entries: 212 Total Prize Pool: $996,400 Number of Payouts: 24 Winning Hand: J ♥ J ♣ 2 ♣ 5 ♦ Q ♦ 3 ♦ 5 ♣ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Adam Friedman (1/1) $269,037 2nd Todd Brunson (0/1) $166,269 3rd John Monnette (1/2) $109,444 4th Nikolai Yakovenko $79,831 5th Sven Arntzen $59,395 6th Zimnan Ziyard $44,967 7th Phil Ivey (0/8) $34,595 8th Bryn Kenney $27,012
Event #16: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 7–9[16] Number of Entries: 1,604 Total Prize Pool: $2,165,400 Number of Payouts: 162 Winning Hand: 6 ♥ 5 ♥ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Matt Matros (1/3) $454,835 2nd Mark Radoja (0/1) $281,502 3rd Ramey Shaio $182,521 4th Gordon Vayo $121,262 5th Robert Muzzatti $81,202 6th Mark Darner $56,300
Event #17: $10,000 Pot Limit Hold'em[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 8–10[17] Number of Entries: 179 Total Prize Pool: $1,682,600 Number of Payouts: 18 Winning Hand: A ♥ J ♦ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Andy Frankenberger (1/2) $445,899 2nd Phil Ivey (0/8) $275,559 3rd Ali Eslami $199,623 4th Alexander Venovski $147,345 5th Manuel Bevand $110,731 6th Shaun Deeb $84,668 7th Matt Marafioti $65,840 8th Daniel Weinman $52,059 9th Hoyt Corkins (0/2) $41,829
Event #18: $2,500 Seven Card Razz[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 8–10[18] Number of Entries: 309 Total Prize Pool: $702,975 Number of Payouts: 32 Winning Hand: A ♠ 4 ♣ A ♣ 2 ♣ J ♠ 4 ♦ 10 ♣ Event #19: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 9–11[19] Number of Entries: 2,302 Total Prize Pool: $3,107,700 Number of Payouts: 243 Winning Hand: 6 ♣ 6 ♠ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Clifford Goldkind (1/1) $559,514 2nd Kennii Nguyen $347,036 3rd Adria Balaguer $245,197 4th Patrick Smith $176,299 5th Gregg Wilkinson $128,441 6th Justin McGill $94,815 7th David Peters $70,886 8th Barry Shulman (0/2) $53,669 9th Gary Burks $41,145
Event #20: $5,000 Limit Hold'em[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 9–11[20] Number of Entries: 166 Total Prize Pool: $780,200 Number of Payouts: 18 Winning Hand: A ♥ 10 ♣ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Benjamin Scholl (1/1) $206,760 2nd Andrew Prock $127,773 3rd Jeff Shulman $92,562 4th Jesse Martin $68,322 5th Raymond Dehkharghani $51,344 6th Matt Glantz $39,259 7th Matthew Woodward $30,529 8th Nicholas Derke $24,139 9th Ayman Qutami $19,395
Event #21: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 10–12[21] Number of Entries: 2,799 Total Prize Pool: $2,519,100 Number of Payouts: 297 Winning Hand: 10 ♣ 10 ♠ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Michael Gathy (1/1) $440,829 2nd Jamie Armstrong $273,776 3rd Noah Vaillancourt $193,089 4th John Esposito (0/1) $139,457 5th Eric Baldwin (0/1) $101,948 6th Eric Davis $75,422 7th Jean-Louis Santoni $56,453 8th Jason Manggunio $42,749 9th Joshua Field $32,748
Event #22: $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit)[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 10–12[22] Number of Entries: 228 Total Prize Pool: $518,700 Number of Payouts: 24 Winning Hand: 9 ♣ 6 ♥ 4 ♦ 3 ♠ 2 ♥ Event #23: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 11–13[23] Number of Entries: 924 Total Prize Pool: $2,522,520 Number of Payouts: 108 Winning Hand: 6 ♠ 6 ♣ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Simon Charette (1/1) $567,624 2nd Artem Metalidi $350,806 3rd Luis Rodriguez $222,511 4th Eddie Blumenthal $146,053 5th Foster Hays (0/1) $98,756 6th Bertrand Grospellier (0/1) $68,738
Event #24: $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better[ edit ] 4-Day Event: June 11–14[24] Number of Entries: 256 Total Prize Pool: $1,203,200 Number of Payouts: 27 Winning Hand: A ♠ K ♦ 5 ♦ 2 ♥ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Joe Cassidy (1/1) $294,777 2nd Scotty Nguyen (0/5) $182,213 3rd Phil Ivey (0/8) $136,046 4th Meng La (0/1) $102,260 5th Gregory Jamison $77,342 6th Elie Doft $58,873 7th Bart Hanson $45,084 8th Mike Matusow (0/3) $34,748 9th Ryan Lenaghan $26,940
Event #25: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 12–14[25] Number of Entries: 366 Total Prize Pool: $494,100 Number of Payouts: 50 Winning Hand: 5 ♠ 3 ♠ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Brian Meinders (1/1) $116,118 2nd Darin Thomas $71,704 3rd Christopher Vitch $51,861 4th Victor Ramdin $37,897 5th Brock Parker (0/2) $27,986 6th Preston Derden $20,886 7th Matthew Schreiber $15,747 8th Sean Rice $11,992 9th Ian Johns (0/1) $9,225 10th Christopher Hartman $7,164
Event #26: $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 12–14[26] Number of Entries: 589 Total Prize Pool: $1,607,970 Number of Payouts: 63 Winning Hand: 10 ♠ 7 ♠ 6 ♠ 4 ♦ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Austin Scott (1/1) $361,797 2nd Brett Richey $223,492 3rd Vadzim Kursevich $158,530 4th Scott Stanko $114,037 5th Huykhiem Nguyen $83,180 6th Tom Chambers $61,521 7th Romik Vartzar $46,117 8th Dutch Boyd (0/2) $35,038 9th Thomas Pettersson $26,966
Event #27: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.[ edit ] 4-Day Event: June 13–16[27] Number of Entries: 889 Total Prize Pool: $1,200,150 Number of Payouts: 96 Winning Hand: Q ♥ Q ♠ 7 ♥ 8 ♣ K ♠ 6 ♣ X (Stud Hi/Lo) Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Ylon Schwartz (1/1) $267,081 2nd David Chiu (0/4) $164,960 3rd Stephen Chidwick $112,106 4th Robert Rasmussen $78,021 5th Elior Sion $55,422 6th John Rogers $40,169 7th Jason Brown $29,679 8th Marlon Milne $22,358
Event #28: $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Four Handed[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 14–16[28] Number of Entries: 750 Total Prize Pool: $1,706,250 Number of Payouts: 80 Winning Hand: A ♣ Q ♠ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Timothy Adams (1/1) $392,476 2nd Brendon Rubie $242,458 3rd James Schaaf (0/1) $164,823 4th Anthony Gregg $114,711
Event #29: $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em Championship[ edit ] 4-Day Event: June 15–18[29] Number of Entries: 4,128 Total Prize Pool: $3,715,200 Number of Payouts: 423 Winning Hand: A ♣ 10 ♦ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Allyn Jaffrey Shulman (1/1) $603,713 2nd Dennis Phillips $372,895 3rd Bob Phelps $270,727 4th Hoyt Corkins (0/2) $199,023 5th Bill Stabler $147,605 6th Stuart Spear $110,416 7th William Thomson $83,332 8th Martin Fitzmaurice $63,418 9th Harold Lilie $48,669
Event #30: $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball (No Limit)[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 15–17[30] Number of Entries: 285 Total Prize Pool: $384,750 Number of Payouts: 35 Winning Hand: 9 ♦ 8 ♣ 7 ♦ 4 ♣ 3 ♦ Event #31: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 16–18[31] Number of Entries: 2,811 Total Prize Pool: $3,794,850 Number of Payouts: 297 Winning Hand: Q ♣ J ♦ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Carter Phillips (1/2) $664,130 2nd Joe Cada (0/1) $412,424 3rd Tom Chambers $290,875 4th Cherish Andrews $210,083 5th Najib Kamand $153,578 6th Maxi Lehmanski $113,618 7th Michael Aron $85,043 8th Jonathan Poche $64,399 9th Huy Quach $49,333
Event #32: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E.[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 16–18[32] Number of Entries: 178 Total Prize Pool: $1,673,200 Number of Payouts: 24 Winning Hand: 7 ♠ 4 ♠ 7 ♣ 6 ♣ 10 ♠ K ♠ 7 ♥ (Stud) Event #33: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 17–19[33] Number of Entries: 2,795 Total Prize Pool: $2,515,500 Number of Payouts: 297 Winning Hand: 10 ♦ 10 ♥ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Max Steinberg (1/1) $440,238 2nd Samuel Gerber $273,385 3rd Matt Stout $192,813 4th Dylan Hortin $139,258 5th Joseph Marzicola $101,802 6th David Nicholson $75,314 7th Ryan Laplante $56,372 8th Vitaly Meshcheriakov $42,688 9th Christopher Shaw $32,702
Event #34: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Six Handed[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 18–20[34] Number of Entries: 419 Total Prize Pool: $1,969,300 Number of Payouts: 42 Winning Hand: K ♥ J ♠ 6 ♣ Q ♥ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Naoya Kihara (1/1) $512,029 2nd Chris DeMaci $316,308 3rd Daniel Hindin $203,369 4th Hans Winzeler $134,857 5th Davidi Kitai (0/1) $92,064 6th Tommy Le $64,671
Event #35: $2,500 Mixed Hold'em[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 18–20[35] Number of Entries: 393 Total Prize Pool: $894,075 Number of Payouts: 45 Winning Hand: 10 ♦ 9 ♦ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Chris Tryba (1/1) $210,107 2nd Erik Cajelais (0/1) $129,766 3rd Salman Behbehani $93,842 4th Joep van den Bijgaart $68,576 5th Michael Gathy (1/1) $50,640 6th Samuel Golbuff $37,793 7th Brent Wheeler $28,494 8th Phil Ivey (0/8) $21,699 9th Michael Foti $16,692
Event #36: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 19–21[36] Number of Entries: 587 Total Prize Pool: $1,602,510 Number of Payouts: 60 Winning Hand: 8 ♦ 5 ♦ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Craig McCorkell (1/1) $368,593 2nd Jeremiah Fitzpatrick $228,261 3rd Antonio Esfandiari (0/1) $151,613 4th Jonathan Lane $112,512 5th Athanasios Polychronopoulos (0/1) $84,436 6th Alessandro Longobardi $63,988 7th Roberto Romanello $48,924 8th Thiago Nishijima $37,707 9th Joe Tehan $29,277 10th Sardor Gaziev $22,899
Event #37: $2,500 Eight Game Mix[ edit ] 4-Day Event: June 19–22[37] Number of Entries: 477 Total Prize Pool: $1,085,175 Number of Payouts: 48 Winning Hand: 2 ♥ 10 ♥ A ♥ 6 ♦ 7 ♠ 3 ♠ 5 ♦ (Razz) Event #38: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 20–22[38] Number of Entries: 2,534 Total Prize Pool: $3,420,900 Number of Payouts: 270 Winning Hand: Q ♥ 10 ♠ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Dung Nguyen (1/1) $607,200 2nd Theo Tran $377,565 3rd Bahman Jahanguiri $267,241 4th Blair Hinkle (0/1) $192,734 5th David Pham (0/2) $140,736 6th Kristijonas Andrulis $103,995 7th Zachary Korik $77,791 8th Jeffrey Manza $58,874 9th Tyler Patterson $45,087
Event #39: $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 21–23[39] Number of Entries: 293 Total Prize Pool: $2,754,200 Number of Payouts: 36 Winning Hand: A ♣ 4 ♠ 5 ♥ 2 ♠ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Jan-Peter Jachtmann (1/1) $661,000 2nd Andrew Brown (0/1) $408,393 3rd Steven Silverman $299,960 4th Micah Smith $222,044 5th Andy Seth $165,665 6th Benjamin Sage $124,600 7th Nikolai Yakovenko $94,442 8th Jason Mercier (0/2) $72,132 9th Joe Kushner $55,525
Event #40: $2,500 Limit Hold'em Six Handed[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 21–23[40] Number of Entries: 302 Total Prize Pool: $687,050 Number of Payouts: 36 Winning Hand: A ♥ 4 ♠ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Ronnie Bardah (1/1) $182,088 2nd Marco Johnson $112,525 3rd Vincent Gironda $73,040 4th Brent Wheeler $48,828 5th Sorel Mizzi $33,541 6th Hans Minocha $23,648
Event #41: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em[ edit ] 4-Day Event: June 22–25[41] Number of Entries: 1,394 Total Prize Pool: $3,805,620 Number of Payouts: 144 Winning Hand: 10 ♠ 7 ♥ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Greg Ostrander (1/1) $742,072 2nd Jackie Glazier $458,996 3rd Paul Vas Nunes $290,407 4th Morten Mortensen $210,793 5th Roger Fontes $155,498 6th Darryl Ronconi $116,452 7th Joseph Chaplin $88,481 8th Kyle Frey $68,121 9th Dylan Hortin $53,126
Event #42: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 22–24[42] Number of Entries: 393 Total Prize Pool: $894,075 Number of Payouts: 40 Winning Hand: A ♠ K ♦ 9 ♥ 4 ♠ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Oleksii Kovalchuk (1/2) $228,014 2nd George Danzer $140,825 3rd Mark Gregorich $90,829 4th Daniel Ratigan $65,812 5th Yuval Bronshtein $48,387 6th Norman Chad $36,093 7th Wing Wong $27,313 8th Tim Burt $20,966
Event #43: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 23–25[43] Number of Entries: 2,770 Total Prize Pool: $3,739,500 Number of Payouts: 297 Winning Hand: 4 ♣ 4 ♥ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Henry Lu (1/1) $654,380 2nd Neil Channing $406,409 3rd James Mackey (0/1) $286,633 4th Tom Alner $207,019 5th John Nelson $151,338 6th Hovan Nguyen $111,961 7th Balazs Botond $83,802 8th Francois Dur $63,459 9th Jared Rosenbaum $48,614
Event #44: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 24–26[44] Number of Entries: 2,949 Total Prize Pool: $2,654,100 Number of Payouts: 297 Winning Hand: A ♦ 9 ♦ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Rocco Palumbo (1/1) $464,464 2nd Nelson Robinson $288,448 3rd Thomas Conway $203,437 4th Niel Mittelman $146,931 5th Jason Everett $107,411 6th Kevin Elia $79,464 7th Anke Berner $59,478 8th Patrick Karschamroon $45,040 9th David Forster $34,503
Event #45: $50,000 The Poker Players Championship[ edit ] 5-Day Event: June 24–28[45] Number of Entries: 108 Total Prize Pool: $5,184,000 Number of Payouts: 16 Winning Hand: Q ♦ J ♣ 9 ♥ 8 ♥ (Omaha-8) Event #46: $2,500 No Limit Hold'em[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 25–27[46] Number of Entries: 1,607 Total Prize Pool: $3,655,925 Number of Payouts: 171 Winning Hand: A ♥ Q ♥ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Joey Weissman (1/1) $694,609 2nd Jeremy Quehen $429,535 3rd Fernando Brito $282,676 4th Philip Meulyzer $203,781 5th Bradley Lipsey $149,162 6th Joe Gualtieri $110,775 7th Michael Gagliano $83,428 8th Joshua Pedraza $63,686 9th Konstantin Puchkov (0/1) $49,245
Event #47: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 26–28[47] Number of Entries: 978 Total Prize Pool: $1,320,300 Number of Payouts: 117 Winning Hand: A ♥ 7 ♥ 4 ♦ 3 ♦ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Steven Loube (1/1) $267,345 2nd Timothy Finne $165,486 3rd Roch Cousineau $103,538 4th Cameron McKinley $75,151 5th Charalampos Lappas $55,479 6th Sonu Sharma $41,589 7th Paul Taylor $31,634 8th Kyle Carlston $24,386 9th Paul Ewen $19,052
Event #48: $3,000 Limit Hold'em[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 26–28[48] Number of Entries: 247 Total Prize Pool: $674,310 Number of Payouts: 27 Winning Hand: K ♣ 9 ♣ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Kenny Hsiung (1/1) $165,205 2nd Robert Hwang $102,118 3rd John Virtue $76,244 4th Paul Berende $57,310 5th Dwyte Pilgrim $43,345 6th Matthew Woodward $32,994 7th Mitchell Davis $25,266 8th John Myung $19,474 9th Stephen Hung $15,098
Event #49: $1,500 Ante Only No Limit Hold'em[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 27–29[49] Number of Entries: 939 Total Prize Pool: $1,267,650 Number of Payouts: 117 Winning Hand: 7 ♥ 7 ♦ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Greg Hobson (1/1) $256,691 2nd Mike Sowers $158,887 3rd John Hayes $99,409 4th Harrison Gimbel $72,155 5th Eugene Du Plessis $53,267 6th Mike McDonald $39,931 7th Seth Davies $30,373 8th Sameer Aljanedi $23,413 9th Justin Schwartz $18,292
Event #50: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em[ edit ] 4-Day Event: June 28-July 1[50] Number of Entries: 1,001 Total Prize Pool: $4,704,700 Number of Payouts: 117 Winning Hand: A ♣ J ♠ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Pete Vilandos (1/3) $952,694 2nd Kyle Julius $589,687 3rd Dan Smith $368,943 4th Kevin Schulz $267,792 5th Derek Gregory $197,691 6th Thomas Conway $148,198 7th Matt Giannetti $112,725 8th Tommy Vedes $86,896 9th Amir Lehavot (0/1) $67,889
Event #51: $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em Championship[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 29-July 1[51] Number of Entries: 936 Total Prize Pool: $842,400 Number of Payouts: 117 Winning Hand: Q ♠ 7 ♠ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Yen Dang (1/1) $170,587 2nd Debbie Pechac $105,586 3rd Janet Howard $66,061 4th Angela Moed $47,949 5th Candida Ross-Powers $35,398 6th Rae Rocco $26,536 7th Lesley Amos $20,184 8th Freda Lawrence $15,559 9th Anna Lundholm $12,156
Event #52: $2,500 10-Game Mix Six Handed[ edit ] 3-Day Event: June 29-July 1[52] Number of Entries: 421 Total Prize Pool: $957,775 Number of Payouts: 48 Winning Hand: 7 ♦ 5 ♣ 4 ♠ 3 ♠ 2 ♥ (2-7 Triple Draw) Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Vanessa Selbst (1/2) $244,259 2nd Michael Saltzburg (0/1) $150,849 3rd Tam Hang $97,884 4th Chris Bjorin (0/2) $64,649 5th Thomas Chambers $43,099 6th Mike Gorodinsky $30,169
Event #53: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em[ edit ] 4-Day Event: June 30-July 3[53] Number of Entries: 3,166 Total Prize Pool: $4,274,100 Number of Payouts: 324 Winning Hand: J ♠ 6 ♠ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Neil Willerson (1/1) $737,248 2nd Vladimir Mefodichev $456,217 3rd Hugh Henderson $322,866 4th Zachary Humphrey $233,708 5th Matthew Graham $171,135 6th Hai Chu $126,770 7th Bryan Piccioli $94,971 8th Randy Ashe $71,933 9th Ryan Hughes (0/2) $55,093
Event #54: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em[ edit ] 4-Day Event: July 1–4[54] Number of Entries: 3,221 Total Prize Pool: $2,898,900 Number of Payouts: 324 Winning Hand: A ♣ 2 ♠ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Will Jaffe (1/1) $500,075 2nd Luis Campelo $309,429 3rd Joseph Kuether $218,983 4th Nghi Van Tran $158,512 5th Ken Fishman $116,072 6th Jason Tompkins $85,981 7th Muhamet Perati $64,414 8th Benjamin Grise $48,788 9th Jeffrey Fielder $37,367
Event #55: $1,000,000 The Big One for One Drop[ edit ] 3-Day Event: July 1–3[55] Number of Entries: 48 Total Prize Pool: $42,666,672 Number of Payouts: 9 Winning Hand: 7 ♦ 5 ♠ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Antonio Esfandiari (1/2) $18,346,673 2nd Sam Trickett $10,112,001 3rd David Einhorn $4,352,000 4th Phil Hellmuth * (1/12) $2,645,333 5th Guy Laliberté $1,834,666 6th Brian Rast (0/2) $1,621,333 7th Bobby Baldwin * (0/4) $1,408,000 8th Richard Yong $1,237,333
Event #56: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em[ edit ] 3-Day Event: July 2–4[56] Number of Entries: 2,798 Total Prize Pool: $3,777,300 Number of Payouts: 297 Winning Hand: 10 ♦ 10 ♥ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Tomas Junek (1/1) $661,022 2nd David Borg $410,517 3rd Donald Vogel $289,530 4th Peter Eastgate (0/1) $209,111 5th Eliyahu Levy $152,867 6th Andrew Taylor $113,092 7th Steven Goldberg $84,649 8th Tomas Trampota $64,101 9th Bassel Moussa $49,105
Event #57: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed[ edit ] 4-Day Event: July 3–6[57] Number of Entries: 474 Total Prize Pool: $4,455,600 Number of Payouts: 48 Winning Hand: K ♠ 9 ♠ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Greg Merson (1/1) $1,136,197 2nd Keith Lehr (0/1) $701,757 3rd Shannon Shorr $455,362 4th Eddy Sabat $300,753 5th Christopher Brammer $200,502 6th Andrew Lichtenberger $140,351
Event #58: $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better[ edit ] 4-Day Event: July 3–6[58] Number of Entries: 526 Total Prize Pool: $1,435,980 Number of Payouts: 54 Winning Hand: A ♣ 5 ♥ J ♥ 2 ♦ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Viacheslav Zhukov (1/2) $330,277 2nd Roch Cousineau $204,426 3rd Chris Bell (0/1) $135,858 4th David "ODB" Baker (1/1) $100,820 5th Randy Ohel (1/1) $75,662 6th Yuval Bronshtein $57,339 7th Jack Ernest Ward $43,840 8th Scotty Nguyen (0/5) $33,789 9th Juan Ramirez $26,235
Event #59: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em[ edit ] 4-Day Event: July 4–7[59] Number of Entries: 4,620 Total Prize Pool: $4,158,000 Number of Payouts: 468 Winning Hand: K ♠ 5 ♠ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Dominik Nitsche (1/1) $654,797 2nd Jonathan Hilton $405,156 3rd Alex Cordero $291,725 4th Sebastien Comel $215,592 5th Randolph Lanosga $160,665 6th Franklin Johnson $120,748 7th Martin Vallo $91,476 8th Jonathan Miller $69,896 9th Daniel Eichhorn $53,846
Event #60: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball (No Limit)[ edit ] 3-Day Event: July 5–7[60] Number of Entries: 101 Total Prize Pool: $949,400 Number of Payouts: 14 Winning Hand: 9 8 7 6 3 Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Nick Schulman (1/2) $294,321 2nd Mike Wattel (0/1) $181,886 3rd George Danzer $115,295 4th Benjamin Parker $78,088 5th Ashton Griffin $55,482 6th John Juanda (0/5) $41,270 7th Bob Bright $32,080
Event #61: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event[ edit ] 10-Day Event: July 7–16[61] Final Table: October 29–30 Number of Entries: 6,598 Total Prize Pool: $62,021,200 Number of Payouts: 666 Winning Hand: K ♦ 5 ♦ Final Table Place Name Prize 1st Greg Merson (2/2) $8,531,853 2nd Jesse Sylvia $5,295,149 3rd Jacob Balsiger $3,799,073 4th Russell Thomas $2,851,537 5th Jeremy Ausmus $2,155,313 6th Andras Koroknai $1,640,902 7th Michael Esposito $1,258,040 8th Robert Salaburu $971,360 9th Steve Gee (0/1) $754,798
^ "Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. May 29, 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-29 . ^ "Event #2: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. May 31, 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-31 . ^ "Event #3: $3,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. May 31, 2012. Retrieved 2012-05-31 . ^ "Event #4: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 1, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-01 . ^ "Event #5: $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 2, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-02 . ^ "Event #6: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Mixed Max" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 4, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-04 . ^ "Event #7: $1,500 Seven Card Stud" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 3, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-03 . ^ "Event #8: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 4, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-04 . ^ "Event #9: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Re-entry" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 6, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-06 . ^ "Event #10: $5,000 Seven Card Stud" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 6, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-06 . ^ "Event #11: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 6, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-06 . ^ "Event #12: $10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 7, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-07 . ^ "Event #13: $1,500 Limit Hold'em" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 8, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-08 . ^ "Event #14: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 9, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-09 . ^ "Event #15: $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 9, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-09 . ^ "Event #16: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 9, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-09 . ^ "Event #17: $10,000 Pot Limit Hold'em" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 11, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-11 . ^ "Event #18: $2,500 Seven Card Razz" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 11, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-11 . ^ "Event #19: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 12, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-12 . ^ "Event #20: $5,000 Limit Hold'em" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 12, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-12 . ^ "Event #21: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 13, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-13 . ^ "Event #22: $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 13, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-13 . ^ "Event #23: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 14, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14 . ^ "Event #24: $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 14, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-14 . ^ "Event #25: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 15, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-15 . ^ "Event #26: $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 15, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-15 . ^ "Event #27: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E." WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 16, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-16 . ^ "Event #28: $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Four Handed" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 17, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-17 . ^ "Event #29: $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em Championship" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 18, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-18 . ^ "Event #30: $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 17, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-17 . ^ "Event #31: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 19, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-19 . ^ "Event #32: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E." WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 19, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-19 . ^ "Event #33: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 20, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-20 . ^ "Event #34: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Six Handed" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 20, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-20 . ^ "Event #35: $2,500 Mixed Hold'em" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 20, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-20 . ^ "Event #36: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 22, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-22 . ^ "Event #37: $2,500 Eight Game Mix" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 22, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-22 . ^ "Event #38: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 23, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-23 . ^ "Event #39: $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 23, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-23 . ^ "Event #40: $2,500 Limit Hold'em Six Handed" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 24, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-24 . ^ "Event #41: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 25, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-25 . ^ "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 . ^ "Event #43: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 26, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-26 . ^ "Event #44: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 27, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-27 . ^ "Event #45: $50,000 The Poker Players Championship" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 28, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-28 . ^ "Event #46: $2,500 No Limit Hold'em" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 28, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-28 . ^ "Event #47: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 29, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-29 . ^ "Event #48: $3,000 Limit Hold'em" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 29, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-29 . ^ "Event #49: $1,500 Ante Only No Limit Hold'em" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. June 30, 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-30 . ^ "Event #50: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. July 1, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-01 . ^ "Event #51: $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em Championship" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. July 1, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-01 . ^ "Event #52: $2,500 10-Game Mix Six Handed" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. July 2, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-02 . ^ "Event #53: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. July 3, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-03 . ^ "Event #54: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. July 4, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-04 . ^ "Event #55: $1,000,000 The Big One for One Drop" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. July 4, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-04 . ^ "Event #56: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. July 5, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-05 . ^ "Event #57: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. July 6, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-06 . ^ "Event #58: $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. July 6, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-06 . ^ "Event #59: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. July 8, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-08 . ^ "Event #60: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball (No Limit)" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. July 7, 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-07 . ^ "Event #61: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event" . WSOP.com . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. October 31, 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-31 .