World Series of Poker 2012

The World Series of Poker 2012 was the 43rd edition of the Poker World Championship and took place on May 27, 2012 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas . It ended with the final table of the Main Event , which was played October 28-31, 2012.

Tournaments

structure

A total of 61 poker tournaments in the variants Texas - and Omaha Hold'em , Seven Card Stud , Razz , 2-7 Triple Draw as well as in the mixed variants HORSE , 8-game and 10-game were on the tournament schedule. The buy-in ranged from $ 500 to $ 1 million . For a tournament victory, the players received a bracelet in addition to the prize money . Yen Dang , Vanessa Selbst and Allyn Jaffrey Shulman were the only women to win, Greg Merson was the only player to win two bracelets .

Tournament schedule

The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas

Vanessa Selbst won a bracelet at tournament # 52 as one of three women

#	Buy-in (in $ )	competition	Tournament start	Attendees	winner	origin	Prize money (in $ )
1	0,000.500	Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em	May 27, 2012	0732	Chiab Saechao		00.070,859
2	0.00.1500	No-Limit Hold'em	May 28, 2012	2101	Brent Hanks		00.517.725
3	0.00.3000	Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em / Pot-Limit Omaha	May 29, 2012	0317	Leif Force		00.207,708
4th	0.00.1500	Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better	May 29, 2012	0622	Cory Zeidman		00.201,559
5	0.00.1500	Pot-Limit Hold'em	May 30, 2012	0639	Nick Jiwkow		00.189,818
6th	0.00.5000	No-Limit Hold'em Mixed Max	May 31, 2012	0409	Aubin Cazals		00.480,564
7th	0.00.1500	Seven Card Stud	May 31, 2012	0367	Andy Bloch		00.126,363
8th	0.00.1500	Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better	June 1, 2012	0967	Herbert Tapscott		00.264,400
9	0.00.1500	No-Limit Hold'em Re-entry	June 3, 2012	3404	Ashkan Razavi		00.781.398
10	0.00.5000	Seven Card Stud	June 3, 2012	0145	John Monnette		00.190,826
11	0.00.1500	Pot-Limit Omaha	4th June 2012	0970	Vincent van der Fluit		00.265.211
12	0.010,000	Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship	5th June 2012	0152	Brian Hastings		00.371,498
13	0.00.1500	Limit Hold'em	5th June 2012	0730	David Arsht		00.211,921
14th	0.00.1500	No-Limit Hold'em Shootout	June 6, 2012	1138	Brandon Schaefer		00.311.174
15th	0.00.5000	Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better	June 6, 2012	0212	Adam Friedman		00.269.037
16	0.00.1500	No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed	June 7, 2012	1604	Matt sailors		00.454.835
17th	0.010,000	Pot-Limit Hold'em	June 8, 2012	0179	Andy Frankenberger		00.445,899
18th	0.00.2500	Seven Card Razz	June 8, 2012	0309	Phil Hellmuth		00.182,793
19th	0.00.1500	No-Limit Hold'em	June 9, 2012	2302	Cliff Goldkind		00.559.514
20th	0.00.5000	Limit Hold'em	June 9, 2012	0166	Benjamin Scholl		00.206.760
21st	0.00.1000	No-Limit Hold'em	June 10, 2012	2799	Michael Gathy		00.440,829
22nd	0.00.2500	2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit)	June 10, 2012	0228	Randy Ohel		00.145.247
23	0.00.3000	No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed	June 11, 2012	0924	Simon Charette		00.567,624
24	0.00.5000	Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better	June 11, 2012	0256	Joe Cassidy		00.294,777
25th	0.00.1500	Limit Hold'em Shootout	June 12, 2012	0366	Brian Meinders		00.116.118
26th	0.00.3000	Pot-Limit Omaha	June 12, 2012	0589	Austin Scott		00.361,797
27	0.00.1500	HORSE	June 13, 2012	0889	Ylon Schwartz		00.267,081
28	0.00.2500	No-Limit Hold'em / Four Handed	June 14, 2012	0750	Timothy Adams		00.392.476
29	0.00.1000	Seniors No-Limit Hold'em Championship	June 15, 2012	4128	Allyn Jaffrey Shulman		00.603.713
30th	0.00.1500	2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit)	June 15, 2012	0285	Larry Wright		00.101,975
31	0.00.1500	No-Limit Hold'em	June 16, 2012	2811	Carter Phillips		00.664.130
32	0.010,000	HORSE	June 16, 2012	0178	David "Bakes" Baker		00.451.779
33	0.00.1000	No-Limit Hold'em	17th June 2012	2795	Max Steinberg		00.440.238
34	0.00.5000	Pot-Limit Omaha / Six Handed	June 18, 2012	0419	Naoya Kihara		00.512.029
35	0.00.2500	Mixed Hold'em (Limit / No-Limit)	June 18, 2012	0393	Chris Tryba		00.210.107
36	0.00.3000	No-Limit Hold'em Shootout	June 19, 2012	0587	Craig McCorkell		00.368,593
37	0.00.2500	Eight Game Mix	June 19, 2012	0477	David "ODB" Baker		00.271,312
38	0.00.1500	No-Limit Hold'em	June 20, 2012	2534	Dung Nguyen		00.607.200
39	0.010,000	Pot-Limit Omaha	June 21, 2012	0293	Jan-Peter Jachtmann		00.661,000
40	0.00.2500	Limit Hold'em Six Handed	June 21, 2012	0302	Ronnie Bardah		00.182.088
41	0.00.3000	No-Limit Hold'em	June 22, 2012	1394	Greg Ostrander		00.742.072
42	0.00.2500	Omaha / Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better	June 22, 2012	0393	Oleksiy Kovalchuk		00.228.014
43	0.00.1500	No-Limit Hold'em	June 23, 2012	2770	Henry Lu		00.654.380
44	0.00.1000	No-Limit Hold'em	June 24, 2012	2949	Rocco Palumbo		00.464.464
45	0.050,000	The Poker Player's Championship	June 24, 2012	0108	Michael Mizrachi		01,451,527
46	0.00.2500	No-Limit Hold'em	June 25, 2012	1607	Joey Weissman		00.694609
47	0.00.1500	Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better	June 26, 2012	0978	Steven Loube		00.267,345
48	0.00.3000	Limit Hold'em	June 26, 2012	0247	Kenny Hsiung		00.165.205
49	0.00.1500	Ante Only No-Limit Hold'em	June 27, 2012	0939	Greg Hobson		00.256.691
50	0.00.5000	No-Limit Hold'em	June 28, 2012	1001	Peter Vilandos		00.952.694
51	0.00.1000	Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship	June 29, 2012	0936	Yen Dang		00.170,587
52	0.00.2500	10-Game Mix / Six Handed	June 29, 2012	0421	Vanessa herself		00.244.259
53	0.00.1500	No-Limit Hold'em	June 30, 2012	3166	Jim Willerson		00.737.248
54	0.00.1000	No-Limit Hold'em	July 1, 2012	3221	Will Jaffe		00.500,075
55	1,000,000	The Big One for One Drop - No-Limit Hold'em	July 1, 2012	0048	Antonio Esfandiari		18,346,673
56	0.00.1500	No-Limit Hold'em	2nd July 2012	2798	Tomáš Junek		00.661.022
57	0.010,000	No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed	3rd July 2012	0474	Greg Merson		01,136,197
58	0.00.3000	Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better	3rd July 2012	0526	Vyacheslav Zhukov		00.330.277
59	0.00.1000	No-Limit Hold'em	4th July 2012	4620	Dominik Nitsche		00.654.797
60	0.010,000	2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit)	5th July 2012	0101	Nick Schulman		00.294,321
61	0.010,000	No-Limit Hold'em Main Event	July 7, 2012	6598	Greg Merson		08,531,853

Main Event

Greg Merson (2015)

→ Main article : 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event

The final table started on October 28, 2012. In the final hand, Merson won with K ♦ 5 ♦ against Sylvia with Q ♠ J ♠ .

space	origin	player	Age *	Prize money (in $ )
1		Greg Merson	24	8,531,853
2		Jesse Sylvia	26th	5,295,149
3		Jacob Balsiger	21st	3,799,073
4th		Russell Thomas	24	2,851,537
5		Jeremy Ausmus	32	2,155,313
6th		András Koroknai	30th	1,640,902
7th		Michael Esposito	43	1,258,040
8th		Robert Salaburu	27	0.971.360
9		Steve Gee	57	0.754.798

^* Age at the beginning of October Nine

Expansions

From September 21 to October 4, 2012, the World Series of Poker Europe 2012 was held at the Casino Barrière Le Croisette in Cannes, France , with seven bracelets being played.

Player of the Year

The Player of the Year award goes to the player who collects the most points across all tournaments. These are based on the calculations of the Global Poker Index and also include the WSOPE tournaments. Winner Greg Merson won two bracelets, including the prestigious Main Event. In total, he reached the money ranks five times.

space	origin	player	Points
1		Greg Merson	981.13
2		Phil Hellmuth	889.33
3		Antonio Esfandiari	683.10
4th		John Monnette	623.25
5		Phil Ivey	568.70
6th		Michael Mizrachi	568.70
7th		David "ODB" Baker	517.13
8th		Joseph Cheong	501.75
9		Timothy Adams	482.78
10		Andy Frankenberger	481.86

Web links

Commons : World Series of Poker 2012  - Collection of Images

• World Series of Poker 2012 on the World Series of Poker website
• World Series of Poker 2012 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tournament Results on wsop.com, accessed November 11, 2015
2. ↑ World Series of Poker 2012 on wsop.com, accessed November 11, 2015
3. ↑ Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2012 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 11, 2015.
4. ↑ Who are the October Nines? on pokerolymp.com on July 17, 2012, accessed November 7, 2015.
5. ↑ 2012 WSOP Player of the Year in the World Series of Poker database, accessed January 23, 2016