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2012 World Series of Poker results
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Below are the 2012 World Series of Poker results
Results
{{anchor|Event 1}} Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em
2-Day Event: May 27–28Number of Entries: 732Total Prize Pool: $329,400Number of Payouts: 81Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 2}} Event #2: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: May 28–30Number of Entries: 2,101Total Prize Pool: $2,836,350Number of Payouts: 216Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 3}} Event #3: $3,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha
3-Day Event: May 29–31Number of Entries: 317Total Prize Pool: $870,870Number of Payouts: 64Winning Hand:
Place Name Prize 1st Leif Force (1/1) $207,708 2nd Jason Koon $128,660 SF Simeon Naydenov $73,655 SF Julian Powell $73,655 QF Gregg Merkow $28,409 QF Andy Frankenberger (0/1) $28,409 QF David Benefield $28,409 QF Annette Obrestad (0/1) $28,409
{{anchor|Event 4}} Event #4: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better
3-Day Event: May 29–31Number of Entries: 622Total Prize Pool: $839,700Number of Payouts: 64Winning Hand:
Place Name Prize 1st Cory Zeidman (1/1) $201,559 2nd Chris Bjorin (0/2) $124,838 3rd Brandon Shack-Harris $84,415 4th Yarron Bendor $58,518 5th Michael Mizrachi (0/2) $41,447 6th Xuan Liu $29,985 7th Todd Brunson (0/1) $22,142 8th Bonnie Rossi $16,684
{{anchor|Event 5}} Event #5: $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: May 30-June 1Number of Entries: 639Total Prize Pool: $862,650Number of Payouts: 72Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 6}} Event #6: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Mixed Max
5-Day Event: May 31-June 4Number of Entries: 409Total Prize Pool: $1,922,300Number of Payouts: 44Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 7}} Event #7: $1,500 Seven Card Stud
3-Day Event: May 31-June 2Number of Entries: 367Total Prize Pool: $495,450Number of Payouts: 40Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 8}} Event #8: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
3-Day Event: June 1–3Number of Entries: 967Total Prize Pool: $1,305,450Number of Payouts: 117Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 9}} Event #9: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Re-entry
5-Day Event: June 2–6Number of Entries: 3,404Total Prize Pool: $4,595,400Number of Payouts: 342Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 10}} Event #10: $5,000 Seven Card Stud
3-Day Event: June 3–5Number of Entries: 145Total Prize Pool: $681,500Number of Payouts: 16Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 11}} Event #11: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha
3-Day Event: June 4–6Number of Entries: 970Total Prize Pool: $1,309,500Number of Payouts: 117Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 12}} Event #12: $10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: June 5–7Number of Entries: 152Total Prize Pool: $1,428,800Number of Payouts: 32Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 13}} Event #13: $1,500 Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: June 5–7Number of Entries: 730Total Prize Pool: $985,500Number of Payouts: 81Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 14}} Event #14: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout
3-Day Event: June 6–8Number of Entries: 1,138Total Prize Pool: $1,536,300Number of Payouts: 120Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 15}} Event #15: $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
3-Day Event: June 6–8Number of Entries: 212Total Prize Pool: $996,400Number of Payouts: 24Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 16}} Event #16: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed
3-Day Event: June 7–9Number of Entries: 1,604Total Prize Pool: $2,165,400Number of Payouts: 162Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 17}} Event #17: $10,000 Pot Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: June 8–10Number of Entries: 179Total Prize Pool: $1,682,600Number of Payouts: 18Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 18}} Event #18: $2,500 Seven Card Razz
3-Day Event: June 8–10Number of Entries: 309Total Prize Pool: $702,975Number of Payouts: 32**Winning Hand: **
Place Name Prize 1st Phil Hellmuth* (1/12) $182,793 2nd Don Zewin $113,024 3rd Brandon Cantu (0/2) $74,269 4th Scott Fischman (0/2) $54,248 5th Brendan Taylor (0/1) $40,167 6th Barry Greenstein* (0/3) $30,150 7th Michael Chow (0/1) $22,945 8th Jeffrey Mitseff $17,693
{{anchor|Event 19}} Event #19: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: June 9–11Number of Entries: 2,302Total Prize Pool: $3,107,700Number of Payouts: 243Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 20}} Event #20: $5,000 Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: June 9–11Number of Entries: 166Total Prize Pool: $780,200Number of Payouts: 18Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 21}} Event #21: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: June 10–12Number of Entries: 2,799Total Prize Pool: $2,519,100Number of Payouts: 297Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 22}} Event #22: $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit)
3-Day Event: June 10–12Number of Entries: 228Total Prize Pool: $518,700Number of Payouts: 24Winning Hand:
Place Name Prize 1st Randy Ohel (1/1) $145,247 2nd Benjamin Lazer $89,714 3rd David "ODB" Baker $59,925 4th Farzad Bonyadi (0/3) $40,987 5th Jason Lavallee $28,585 6th Shawn Buchanan $20,322
{{anchor|Event 23}} Event #23: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed
3-Day Event: June 11–13Number of Entries: 924Total Prize Pool: $2,522,520Number of Payouts: 108Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 24}} Event #24: $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
4-Day Event: June 11–14Number of Entries: 256Total Prize Pool: $1,203,200Number of Payouts: 27Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 25}} Event #25: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout
3-Day Event: June 12–14Number of Entries: 366Total Prize Pool: $494,100Number of Payouts: 50Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 26}} Event #26: $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha
3-Day Event: June 12–14Number of Entries: 589Total Prize Pool: $1,607,970Number of Payouts: 63Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 27}} Event #27: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.
4-Day Event: June 13–16Number of Entries: 889Total Prize Pool: $1,200,150Number of Payouts: 96Winning Hand: (Stud Hi/Lo)
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
{{anchor|Event 28}} Event #28: $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Four Handed
3-Day Event: June 14–16Number of Entries: 750Total Prize Pool: $1,706,250Number of Payouts: 80Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 29}} Event #29: $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em Championship
4-Day Event: June 15–18Number of Entries: 4,128Total Prize Pool: $3,715,200Number of Payouts: 423Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 30}} Event #30: $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball (No Limit)
3-Day Event: June 15–17Number of Entries: 285Total Prize Pool: $384,750Number of Payouts: 35Winning Hand:
Place Name Prize 1st Larry Wright (1/1) $101,975 2nd Brandon Cantu (0/2) $63,048 3rd Andrew Lichtenberger $41,445 4th Michael Mizrachi (0/2) $28,198 5th Erick Lindgren (0/1) $19,676 6th Rep Porter (0/2) $14,078 7th Ryan Tepen $10,318
{{anchor|Event 31}} Event #31: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: June 16–18Number of Entries: 2,811Total Prize Pool: $3,794,850Number of Payouts: 297Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 32}} Event #32: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E.
3-Day Event: June 16–18Number of Entries: 178Total Prize Pool: $1,673,200Number of Payouts: 24Winning Hand: (Stud)
Place Name Prize 1st David "Bakes" Baker (1/2) $451,779 2nd John Monnette (1/2) $279,206 3rd Paul Sokoloff $183,784 4th Phil Hellmuth* (1/12) $134,056 5th Phil Ivey (0/8) $99,739 6th Abe Mosseri (0/1) $75,511 7th Matt Waxman $58,093 8th Dan Kelly (0/1) $45,360
{{anchor|Event 33}} Event #33: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: June 17–19Number of Entries: 2,795Total Prize Pool: $2,515,500Number of Payouts: 297Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 34}} Event #34: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Six Handed
3-Day Event: June 18–20Number of Entries: 419Total Prize Pool: $1,969,300Number of Payouts: 42Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 35}} Event #35: $2,500 Mixed Hold'em
3-Day Event: June 18–20Number of Entries: 393Total Prize Pool: $894,075Number of Payouts: 45Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 36}} Event #36: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout
3-Day Event: June 19–21Number of Entries: 587Total Prize Pool: $1,602,510Number of Payouts: 60Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 37}} Event #37: $2,500 Eight Game Mix
4-Day Event: June 19–22Number of Entries: 477Total Prize Pool: $1,085,175Number of Payouts: 48Winning Hand: (Razz)
Place Name Prize 1st David "ODB" Baker (1/1) $271,312 2nd Greg Mueller (0/2) $167,637 3rd Kevin Calenzo $106,564 4th Joseph Couden $76,841 5th Donnacha O'Dea (0/1) $56,277 6th Konstantin Puchkov (0/1) $41,844 7th Christopher McHugh $31,578 8th Chris Viox (0/1) $24,188
{{anchor|Event 38}} Event #38: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: June 20–22Number of Entries: 2,534Total Prize Pool: $3,420,900Number of Payouts: 270Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 39}} Event #39: $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha
3-Day Event: June 21–23Number of Entries: 293Total Prize Pool: $2,754,200Number of Payouts: 36Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 40}} Event #40: $2,500 Limit Hold'em Six Handed
3-Day Event: June 21–23Number of Entries: 302Total Prize Pool: $687,050Number of Payouts: 36Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 41}} Event #41: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em
4-Day Event: June 22–25Number of Entries: 1,394Total Prize Pool: $3,805,620Number of Payouts: 144Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 42}} Event #42: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better
3-Day Event: June 22–24Number of Entries: 393Total Prize Pool: $894,075Number of Payouts: 40Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 43}} Event #43: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: June 23–25Number of Entries: 2,770Total Prize Pool: $3,739,500Number of Payouts: 297Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 44}} Event #44: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: June 24–26Number of Entries: 2,949Total Prize Pool: $2,654,100Number of Payouts: 297Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 45}} Event #45: $50,000 The Poker Players Championship
5-Day Event: June 24–28Number of Entries: 108Total Prize Pool: $5,184,000Number of Payouts: 16Winning Hand: (Omaha-8)
Place Name Prize 1st Michael Mizrachi (1/3) $1,451,527 2nd Chris Klodnicki $896,935 3rd Andy Bloch (1/1) $561,738 4th Luke Schwartz $406,736 5th Roland Israelashvili $317,882 6th Stephen Chidwick $253,497 7th Bill Chen (0/2) $205,856 8th Bruno Fitoussi $169,879
{{anchor|Event 46}} Event #46: $2,500 No Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: June 25–27Number of Entries: 1,607Total Prize Pool: $3,655,925Number of Payouts: 171Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 47}} Event #47: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
3-Day Event: June 26–28Number of Entries: 978Total Prize Pool: $1,320,300Number of Payouts: 117Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 48}} Event #48: $3,000 Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: June 26–28Number of Entries: 247Total Prize Pool: $674,310Number of Payouts: 27Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 49}} Event #49: $1,500 Ante Only No Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: June 27–29Number of Entries: 939Total Prize Pool: $1,267,650Number of Payouts: 117Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 50}} Event #50: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em
4-Day Event: June 28-July 1Number of Entries: 1,001Total Prize Pool: $4,704,700Number of Payouts: 117Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 51}} Event #51: $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em Championship
3-Day Event: June 29-July 1Number of Entries: 936Total Prize Pool: $842,400Number of Payouts: 117Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 52}} Event #52: $2,500 10-Game Mix Six Handed
3-Day Event: June 29-July 1Number of Entries: 421Total Prize Pool: $957,775Number of Payouts: 48Winning Hand: (2-7 Triple Draw)
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
{{anchor|Event 53}} Event #53: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
4-Day Event: June 30-July 3Number of Entries: 3,166Total Prize Pool: $4,274,100Number of Payouts: 324Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 54}} Event #54: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
4-Day Event: July 1–4Number of Entries: 3,221Total Prize Pool: $2,898,900Number of Payouts: 324Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 55}} Event #55: $1,000,000 The Big One for One Drop
Main article: Big One for One Drop
3-Day Event: July 1–3Number of Entries: 48Total Prize Pool: $42,666,672Number of Payouts: 9Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 56}} Event #56: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
3-Day Event: July 2–4Number of Entries: 2,798Total Prize Pool: $3,777,300Number of Payouts: 297Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 57}} Event #57: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed
4-Day Event: July 3–6Number of Entries: 474Total Prize Pool: $4,455,600Number of Payouts: 48Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 58}} Event #58: $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
4-Day Event: July 3–6Number of Entries: 526Total Prize Pool: $1,435,980Number of Payouts: 54Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 59}} Event #59: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
4-Day Event: July 4–7Number of Entries: 4,620Total Prize Pool: $4,158,000Number of Payouts: 468Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 60}} Event #60: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball (No Limit)
3-Day Event: July 5–7Number of Entries: 101Total Prize Pool: $949,400Number of Payouts: 14Winning Hand:
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
{{anchor|Event 61}} Event #61: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event
10-Day Event: July 7–16Final Table: October 29–30Number of Entries: 6,598Total Prize Pool: $62,021,200Number of Payouts: 666Winning Hand:
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
References
(May 29, 2012). "Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(May 31, 2012). "Event #2: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(May 31, 2012). "Event #3: $3,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 1, 2012). "Event #4: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 2, 2012). "Event #5: $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 4, 2012). "Event #6: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Mixed Max" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 3, 2012). "Event #7: $1,500 Seven Card Stud" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 4, 2012). "Event #8: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 6, 2012). "Event #9: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Re-entry" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 6, 2012). "Event #10: $5,000 Seven Card Stud" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 6, 2012). "Event #11: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 7, 2012). "Event #12: $10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 8, 2012). "Event #13: $1,500 Limit Hold'em" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 9, 2012). "Event #14: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 9, 2012). "Event #15: $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 9, 2012). "Event #16: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 11, 2012). "Event #17: $10,000 Pot Limit Hold'em" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 11, 2012). "Event #18: $2,500 Seven Card Razz" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 12, 2012). "Event #19: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 12, 2012). "Event #20: $5,000 Limit Hold'em" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 13, 2012). "Event #21: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 13, 2012). "Event #22: $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 14, 2012). "Event #23: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 14, 2012). "Event #24: $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 15, 2012). "Event #25: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 15, 2012). "Event #26: $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 16, 2012). "Event #27: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E." . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 17, 2012). "Event #28: $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Four Handed" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 18, 2012). "Event #29: $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em Championship" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 17, 2012). "Event #30: $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 19, 2012). "Event #31: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 19, 2012). "Event #32: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E." . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 20, 2012). "Event #33: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 20, 2012). "Event #34: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Six Handed" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 20, 2012). "Event #35: $2,500 Mixed Hold'em" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 22, 2012). "Event #36: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 22, 2012). "Event #37: $2,500 Eight Game Mix" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 23, 2012). "Event #38: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 23, 2012). "Event #39: $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 24, 2012). "Event #40: $2,500 Limit Hold'em Six Handed" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 25, 2012). "Event #41: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 25, 2012). "Event #42: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 26, 2012). "Event #43: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 27, 2012). "Event #44: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 28, 2012). "Event #45: $50,000 The Poker Players Championship" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 28, 2012). "Event #46: $2,500 No Limit Hold'em" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 29, 2012). "Event #47: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 29, 2012). "Event #48: $3,000 Limit Hold'em" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(June 30, 2012). "Event #49: $1,500 Ante Only No Limit Hold'em" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(July 1, 2012). "Event #50: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(July 1, 2012). "Event #51: $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em Championship" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(July 2, 2012). "Event #52: $2,500 10-Game Mix Six Handed" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(July 3, 2012). "Event #53: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(July 4, 2012). "Event #54: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(July 4, 2012). "Event #55: $1,000,000 The Big One for One Drop" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(July 5, 2012). "Event #56: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(July 6, 2012). "Event #57: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(July 6, 2012). "Event #58: $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(July 8, 2012). "Event #59: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(July 7, 2012). "Event #60: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball (No Limit)" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
(October 31, 2012). "Event #61: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event" . Caesars Interactive Entertainment, Inc. .
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