2016 World Series of Poker

The 2016 World Series of Poker was the 47th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). Most of the events occurred May 31 – July 18 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. There were 69 bracelet events, including the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event which began on July 9. The Main Event final table was reached on July 18, with the November Nine returning to play from October 30 – November 1.

New events Event #2: $565 Colossus II No Limit Hold'em - Returning to the schedule after setting a record for largest live tournament in 2015, changes to the event will include a $7 million guaranteed prize pool (an increase of $2 million), a guaranteed first prize of $1 million, and two additional starting flights. The money was reached during each starting flight and gave a player an opportunity to cash multiple times in the event. Event #4: $1,000 Top Up Turbo No Limit Hold'em - Players cashing in $55 single table satellites, held both at the Rio and online on WSOP.com, will be able to double their starting stack. Event #61: $1,000 Tag Team No Limit Hold'em - Featuring 2-4 player teams. The first team event at the WSOP since 1983. In addition to these new events, the structure for $10,000 buy-in events has been changed with players now receiving five times the buy-in for a starting stack.

Event schedule Source: Online event. # Event Entrants Winner Prize Runner-up Results1$565 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em 731 Christopher Sand (1/1) $75,157 Kerryjane CraigieResults2$565 Colossus II No Limit Hold'em 21,613 Ben Keeline (1/1) $1,000,000 Jiri HorakResults3$10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship 87 Robert Mizrachi (1/4) $242,662 Matt Grapenthien (0/1)Results4$1,000 Top Up Turbo No Limit Hold'em 667 Kyle Julius (1/1) $142,972 Bart LybaertResults5$1,500 Dealers Choice Six-Handed 389 Lawrence Berg (1/1) $125,466 Yueqi ZhuResults6$1,500 No Limit Hold'em 2,016 Peter Eichhardt (1/1) $438,417 Davis AalvikResults7$1,500 2-7 No Limit Draw Lowball 279 Ryan D'Angelo (1/1) $92,338 John Monnette (0/2)Results8$1,500 H.O.R.S.E. 778 Ian Johns (1/2) $212,604 Justin Bonomo (0/1) Results9$10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Championship 153 Alan Percal (1/1) $320,574 John SmithResults10$1,500 Six-Handed No Limit Hold'em 1,477 Mike Cordell (1/1) $346,088 Pierre NeuvilleResults11$10,000 Dealers Choice Six-Handed Championship 118 Jean Gaspard (1/1) $306,621 William O'NeilResults12$565 Pot Limit Omaha 2,483 Ryan Laplante (1/1) $190,328 Sean ShahResults13$1,500 Seven Card Razz 461 Rep Porter (1/3) $142,624 Michael Gathy (0/2)Results14$1,500 Millionaire Maker No Limit Hold'em 7,190 Jason DeWitt (1/2) $1,065,403 Garrett GreerResults15$1,500 Eight Game Mix 491 Paul Volpe (1/2) $149,943 Jason StockfishResults16$10,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship 100 Jason Mercier (1/4) $273,335 Mike WatsonResults17$1,000 No Limit Hold'em 2,242 Chase Bianchi (1/1) $316,920 Erik SilbermanResults18$3,000 H.O.R.S.E. 400 Marco Johnson (1/2) $259,730 Jared TalaricoResults19$1,000 Pot Limit Omaha 1,106 Sam Soverel (1/1) $185,317 Kirby LoweryResults20$10,000 Seven Card Razz Championship 100 Ray Dehkharghani (1/1) $273,338 Jason Mercier (1/4)Results21$3,000 Six-Handed No Limit Hold'em 1,029 Calvin Lee (1/1) $531,577 Steven ThompsonResults22$1,500 Limit Hold'em 665 Danny Le (1/1) $188,815 Scott FarnsworthResults23$2,000 No Limit Hold'em 1,419 Cesar Garcia (1/1) $447,739 Viliyan PetleshkovResults24$10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship 171 Jason Mercier (2/5) $422,874 James ObstResults25$2,500 No Limit Hold'em 1,045 Michael Gagliano (1/1) $448,463 Daniel CookeResults26$1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 934 Benny Glaser (1/2) $244,103 Benjamin GoldResults27$1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em Championship 4,499 Johnnie Craig (1/1) $538,204 Jamshid LotfiResults28$10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship 110 Ian Johns (2/3) $290,635 Sean BerriosResults29$1,500 No Limit Hold'em 1,796 Alexander Ziskin (1/1) $401,494 Jens GriemeResults30$3,000 Six-Handed Pot Limit Omaha 580 Viatcheslav Ortynskiy (1/1) $344,327 Rafael LebronResults31$1,000 Super Seniors No Limit Hold'em 1,476 James Moore (1/1) $230,626 Charles BarkerResults32$10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship 163 Benny Glaser (2/3) $407,194 Doug LorgereeResults33$1,500 Summer Solstice No Limit Hold'em 1,840 Adrian Mateos (1/2) $409,171 Koray AldemirResults34$1,500 2-7 Limit Triple Draw Lowball 358 Andrey Zaichenko (1/1) $117,947 Jameson PainterResults35$5,000 Six-Handed No Limit Hold'em 541 Michael Gathy (1/3) $560,843 Adrien AllainResults36$2,500 Mixed Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better 394 Hani Awad (1/1) $213,186 Fabrice Soulier (0/1)Results37$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha 776 Jiaqi Xu (1/1) $212,128 Jeffrey DuvallResults38$3,000 Six-Handed Limit Hold'em 245 Rafael Lebron (1/1) $169,337 Georgios ZisimopoulosResults39$10,000 Six-Handed No Limit Hold'em Championship 294 Martin Kozlov (1/1) $665,709 Davidi Kitai (0/3)Results40$2,500 Mixed Limit Triple Draw Lowball 236 Christopher Vitch (1/1) $136,854 Sigi StockingerResults41$1,500 Monster Stack No Limit Hold'em 6,927 Mitchell Towner (1/1) $1,120,196 Dorian RiosResults42$3,000 Shootout No Limit Hold'em 400 Phillip McAllister (1/1) $267,720 Kyle MontgomeryResults43$10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split-8 or Better Championship 136 George Danzer (1/4) $338,646 Randy OhelResults44$1,000 No Limit Hold'em 2,076 Steven Wolansky (1/2) $298,849 Wenlong JinResults45$1,500 Mixed No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha 919 Loren Klein (1/1) $241,427 Dmitry SavelyevResults46$1,500 Bounty No Limit Hold'em 2,158 Kristen Bicknell (1/2) $290,768 Norbert Szecsi (0/1)Results47$10,000 2-7 Limit Triple Draw Lowball Championship 125 John Hennigan (1/4) $320,103 Michael Gathy (1/3)Results48$5,000 No Limit Hold'em 524 Ankush Mandavia (1/1) $548,139 Daniel StrelitzResults49$1,500 Seven Card Stud 331 Shaun Deeb (1/2) $111,101 Adam Friedman (0/1)Results50$1,500 Shootout No Limit Hold'em 1,050 Safiya Umerova (1/1) $264,046 Niall FarrellResults51$10,000 Eight-Handed Pot Limit Omaha Championship 400 Brandon Shack-Harris (1/2) $894,300 Loren Klein (1/1)Results52$3,000 No Limit Hold'em 1,125 Andrew Lichtenberger (1/1) $569,158 Craig BlightResults53$1,500 Mixed Pot Limit Omaha 8 or Better & Big O 668 Allan Le (1/1) $189,223 Philipp EirischResults54$888 Crazy Eights Eight-Handed No Limit Hold'em 6,761 Hung Le (1/1) $888,888 Michael LechResults55$50,000 Poker Players Championship 91 Brian Rast (1/3) $1,296,097 Justin Bonomo (0/1)Results56$1,500 No Limit Hold'em 1,860 David Peters (1/1) $412,557 Cathal ShineResults57$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Split-8 or Better 732 David Nowakowski (1/1) $203,113 Timothy VuksonResults58$1,000 No Limit Hold'em 1,397 Corey Thompson (1/1) $221,163 Enrico RudelitzResults59$5,000 No Limit Hold'em 863 Yue Du (1/1) $800,586 Michael GentiliResults60$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better 521 David Prociak (1/1) $156,546 Brandon Shack-Harris (1/2)Results61$1,000 Tag Team No Limit Hold'em 863 Ryan Fee (1/1)Doug Polk (1/2) $153,358 Adam GreenbergNiel MittelmanGabriel PaulResults62$25,000 High Roller Pot Limit Omaha 184 Jens Kyllönen (1/1) $1,127,035 Tommy LeResults63$1,000 No Limit Hold'em 2,452 Tony Dunst (1/1) $339,254 Jason RivkinResults64$3,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or Better 473 Kyle Bowker (1/1) $294,960 Kate HoangResults65$10,000/$1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em Championship 819 Courtney Kennedy (1/1) $149,108 Amanda BakerResults66$1,000 WSOP.com Online No Limit Hold'em 1,247 Clayton Maguire (1/1) $210,279 Simeon Naydenov (0/1)Results67$111,111 High Roller for One Drop No Limit Hold'em 183 Fedor Holz (1/1) $4,981,775 Dan SmithResults68$10,000 Main Event No Limit Hold'em Championship 6,737 Qui Nguyen (1/1) $8,005,310 Gordon VayoResults69$1,000 + 111 Little One for One Drop No Limit Hold'em 4,360 Michael Tureniec (1/1) $525,520 Calvin Anderson (0/1)Results

Player of the Year Final standings as of July 18 (end of WSOP): + Standings Rank Name Points Bracelets1 Jason Mercier2,195.5722 Paul Volpe1,923.6613 Max Silver1,687.6704 John Monnette1,591.3505 Justin Bonomo1,515.9406 Michael Gathy1,505.3117 Martin Kozlov1,501.3918 David Vamplew1,496.2209 Chris Ferguson1,469.57010 Benny Glaser1,422.542

Main Event The $10,000 Main Event No Limit Hold'em Championship began on July 9 with the first of three starting flights. The November Nine was reached on July 18, with the final table being contested over three days from October 30 – November 1.

The Main Event attracted 6,737 players, generating a prize pool of $63,327,800. The top 1,011 players finished in the money, with the winner earning $8,005,310.

Performance of past champions Name ChampionshipYear(s) Day ofEliminationTom McEvoy19834 (644th)*Johnny Chan1987, 19885 (180th)*Phil Hellmuth19893Huck Seed19961CScotty Nguyen19982CChris Ferguson20002ABRobert Varkonyi20021BChris Moneymaker20032CGreg Raymer20045 (122nd)*Joe Hachem20052CJamie Gold20061CJoe Cada20092CJonathan Duhamel20101CGreg Merson20122CRyan Riess20134 (271st)*Martin Jacobson20142CJoe McKeehen20153 * Indicates the place of a player who finished in the money

Other notable high finishes NB: This list is restricted to top 100 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place Name Prize11thJohn Cynn$650,00013thJames Obst$427,93014thTom Marchese$427,93017thWilliam Kassouf$338,28825thAntoine Saout$269,43029thPaul Volpe$216,21131stDan Colman$216,21135thAlex Keating$216,21150thAnthony Gregg$142,44760thBrian Yoon$116,96387thMike Gorodinsky$67,85588thDaniel Zack$67,855

November Nine NameNumber of chips(percentage of total)WSOPBraceletsWSOPCashes*WSOPEarnings* Cliff Josephy 74,600,000 (22.2%) 2 17 $810,358 Qui Nguyen 67,925,000 (20.2%) 0 1 $9,029 Gordon Vayo 49,375,000 (14.7%) 0 26 $608,136 Kenny Hallaert 43,325,000 (12.9%) 0 22 $367,855 Michael Ruane 41,600,000 (9.4%) 0 3 $24,438 Vojtech Ruzicka 27,300,000 (8.1%) 0 17 $138,585 Griffin Benger 26,175,000 (7.8%) 0 13 $231,201 Jerry Wong 10,175,000 (3.0%) 0 19 $118,156 Fernando Pons 6,150,000 (1.8%) 0 0 0*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2016 Main Event.

Final Table + Place Name Prize 1st Qui Nguyen $8,005,310 2nd Gordon Vayo $4,661,228 3rd Cliff Josephy $3,453,035 4th Michael Ruane $2,576,003 5th Vojtech Ruzicka $1,935,288 6th Kenny Hallaert $1,464,258 7th Griffin Benger $1,250,190 8th Jerry Wong $1,100,076 9th Fernando Pons $1,000,000

References

External links Tournament results at the World Series of Poker