Heads-Up Championship

The Heads-Up Championship is a poker tournament that is played once a year at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas .

structure

The tournament is played in the variant No-Limit Texas Hold'em . It was first on the tournament schedule at the 2007 World Series of Poker . From 2008 bis 2019 the buy-in for the main tournament series was 10,000 dollars . 2010 , there were also within the framework of the World Series of Poker Europe in London , a heads-up tournament with 10,000 pounds buy-in. In 2012 , a heads-up event with a mix of No-Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha was played once . In August 2020, the tournament was at the basis of the COVID-19 pandemic on GGPoker been playing World Series of Poker Online also held.

Previous events

Jake Cody completed the Triple Crown with his title in June 2011

year	Buy-in	Attendees	winner	origin	Prize money
2007 E.	0.$ 5000	392	Dan Schreiber		$ 425,594
2008 E.	$ 10,000	453	Kenny Tran		$ 539,056
2009 E.		256	Leo Wolpert		$ 625,682
2010 E.		256	Ayaz Mahmood		$ 625,674
2010 E	£ 10,000	103	Gus Hansen		£ 288,409
2011 E.	$ 25,000	128	Jake Cody		$ 851,192
2012 E.	0.$ 3000	317	Leif Force		$ 207,708
	$ 10,000	152	Brian Hastings		$ 371,498
2013 E.		162	Mark Radoja		$ 336,190
2014 E.		136	Davide Suriano		$ 335,553
2015 E.		143	Keith Lehr		$ 334,430
2016 E.		153	Alan Percal		$ 320,574
2017 E.		129	Adrian Mateos		$ 336,656
2018 E.		114	Justin Bonomo		$ 192,472
2019 E.		112	Sean Swingruber		$ 186,356
2020 O		128	David Peters		$ 360,480
2020 E.	$ 25,000	because COVID-19 pandemic postponed

Web links

• Official World Series of Poker website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012 ($ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em / Pot Limit Omaha - Heads-Up (Event # 3)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 14, 2017 (English)
2. ↑ Tournament Schedule on the World Series of Poker website, accessed August 10, 2020.