Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2015

The Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2015 was the main tournament of the 46th edition of the Poker World Championship in Las Vegas .

Tournament structure

The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas

Registration for the main tournament of the World Series of Poker in the No Limit Hold'em variant was spread over the three days from July 5 to 7, 2015. Then the game was played until the seventh day of the tournament on July 14th, after which only nine players remained. The final table was played from November 8, 2015. The entire tournament was played at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas . The total of 6420 participants had a buy-in of 10,000 dollars to pay for them, there were 1,000 paid spaces. 94-year-old American William Wachter turned 524, making it the oldest player to get a paid place in the WSOP Main Event. The Canadian Daniel Negreanu , who was leading the All Time Money List at the time, narrowly missed the final table and, as in 2001 , ended up in eleventh place for $ 526,778 in prize money. Best woman was Kelly Minkin , who finished 29th for more than $ 210,000.

transmission

The main event was streamed live from the third day of the tournament on the WSOP website. The US TV channel ESPN also broadcast summaries in a total of 16 episodes, commented on by Norman Chad and Lon McEachern and moderated by Kara Scott . From February 2016, the German sports channel Sport1 showed highlights of the main event that were commented on by Michael Körner . The final table was broadcast live and exclusively on ESPN.

German-speaking participants

Fedor Wood (25th - $ 262,574)

George Danzer (280.- $ 34,157)

Koray Aldemir (362- $ 24,622)

Sebastian Ruthenberg (531.- $ 19,500)

The following German-speaking participants were able to place themselves in the money:

space	origin	player	Prize money (in $ )
010		Alexander Turyansky	756.897
018th		Kilian Kramer	325.034
022nd		Anton Morgenstern	262,574
025th		Fedor wood
032		Hans Joachim Hein	211,821
074		Manuel Blaschke	079,668
081		Alexander Debus
090		Lüth Peyman	068,624
202		Eugen Fritzler	040,433
220		Jan Schwippert
235		Heinz Kamutzki	034,157
245		Manuel Mutke
273		Jascha Potthoff
280		George Danzer
314		Jens Lakemeier	029,329
332		Manuel Hoffman
349		Timo Pfutzenreuter
362		Koray Aldemir	024,622
381		Josip Šimunić
444		Florian Kossler	021,786
503		Marco Liesy	019,500
530		Felix Daniel Schulze
531		Sebastian Ruthenberg
537		Armin Mette
580		Giuseppe Pantaleo	017,282
639		David Wiese
652		Marko Neumann	015,000
687		Kim Kursch
752		Christian Fanger
771		Sebastian Pauli
795		Michael Kleinecke
847		Lothar Meier
857		Robert Schulz
876		Robert Zipf
898		Reza Elahee Doomun
955		David Ruiz Del Portal
973		Raphael Wimmer

November Nine

The nine players at the final table were also known as the November Nine . In addition to the Americans Joshua Beckley , Neil Blumenfield , Thomas Cannuli , Patrick Chan , Joe McKeehen and Max Steinberg , three players from Europe sat at the table: the Belgian Pierre Neuville , the Israeli Zvi Stern and the Italian Federico Butteroni . The youngest player was Cannuli at the age of 23, the oldest player was 72-year-old Neuville.

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  Joe McKeehen

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  Joshua Beckley

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  Neil Blumenfield

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  Max Steinberg

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  Zvi star

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  Thomas Cannuli

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  Pierre Neuville

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  Federico Butteroni

Final table

The final table was played from November 8, 2015. McKeehen came to the table as the clear chip leader and eliminated Patrick Chan, Federico Butteroni and Pierre Neuville on the first day. At 72, the latter was the oldest player at the final table of a WSOP main event. After the second day of the final three players remained with Blumenfield, Beckley and McKeehen. On November 10, 2015, McKeehen won the title after 183 heads-up hands. In the final hand he won with A ♥  10 ♦ against Beckley's 4 ♦  4 ♣ .

The final table was played in the Amazon Room

Joe McKeehen after his victory

space	origin	player	Age *	Prize money (in $ )
1		Joe McKeehen	24	7,683,346
2		Joshua Beckley	24	4,470,896
3		Neil Blumenfield	61	3,398,298
4th		Max Steinberg	27	2,615,361
5		Zvi star	36	1,911,423
6th		Thomas Cannuli	23	1,426,283
7th		Pierre Neuville	72	1,203,293
8th		Federico Butteroni	25th	1,097,056
9		Patrick Chan	26th	1.001.020

^* Age at the beginning of November Nine

Web links

Commons : World Series of Poker 2015  - Collection of Images

• 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event in the Hendon Mob Poker Database
• 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event on the World Series of Poker website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Series of Poker, Main Event: 72-year-old takes the lead on n24.de on July 13, 2015, accessed on May 1, 2016.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2015 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on November 7, 2015 (English).
3. ↑ World Series Of Poker 2015 Main Event HD 720p Playlist on YouTube , accessed April 2, 2016.
4. ↑ SPORT1 shows highlights of the 2015 WSOP on sport1.de on February 4, 2016, accessed on April 2, 2016.
5. ↑ WSOP at ESPN - Broadcasts for the Main Event will start on September 14th! ( Memento of April 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on pokerolymp.com of July 23, 2015, accessed on April 2, 2016.
6. ↑ Joe McKeehen wins 2015 WSOP Main Event Championship on the World Series of Poker website on November 10, 2015, accessed on February 25, 2016.
7. ↑ November Nine 2015 - Who are the players at the final table in the WSOP Main Event? on pokerolymp.com on July 15, 2015, accessed November 8, 2015.
8. ↑ 2015 November Nine Profile - Patrick Chan on pokernewsdaily.com from October 21, 2015, accessed on November 8, 2015 (English).