Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2016
The Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2016 was the main tournament of the 47th edition of the Poker World Championship in Las Vegas .
Tournament structure
The 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 9th to 11th, 2016. Then the game was played until the seventh day of the tournament on July 18, after which only nine players remained. The final table was played from October 30, 2016. The entire tournament will be played at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas . The total of 6737 participants had to pay a buy-in of 10,000 US dollars each, and there are 1011 paid places for them. As in 2012 , the best woman was the French Gaëlle Baumann , who finished 102nd for just under 50,000 dollars.
transmission
The US television channel ESPN broadcast summaries in a total of 14 episodes, commented on by Norman Chad and Lon McEachern and moderated by Kara Scott . The British William Kassouf came to the fore, who polarized with his style of play and made headlines. The final table was broadcast live and exclusively on ESPN. From the end of December 2016 to the beginning of February 2017, the ESPN episodes with commentary by Michael Körner were also broadcast on the German TV channel Sport1 .
German-speaking participants
For the first time since 2010 , no German-speaking player reached the seventh day of the tournament. The following German-speaking participants were able to place themselves in the money:
space | origin | player | Prize money (in $ ) |
---|---|---|---|
37 | Jonas Lauck | 174,826 | |
43 | Paul Höfer | ||
55 | Dietrich Fast | 116.963 | |
64 | Matthias Habernig | 96,787 | |
65 | Nicolas Fischer | ||
104 | Sebastian Dornbracht | 49,108 | |
112 | Alexander Debus | ||
116 | Josip Šimunić | ||
124 | Robin William | ||
128 | Christopher Frank | ||
141 | Uri Reichenstein | ||
144 | Giulio Mascolo | ||
145 | Robert Heidorn | ||
168 | Christoph Bruell | 42,285 | |
193 | Max Altergott | ||
205 | Leonard Maue | ||
236 | Julian Stuer | 36,708 | |
244 | Mathias Wessel | ||
252 | Sascha Walter | ||
263 | Kilian Kramer | ||
270 | Tobias Hausen | ||
322 | Fabian Scherle | 32,130 | |
359 | Boo Jonsson | 28,356 | |
385 | Artur Koren | ||
386 | Alexander Dietrich | ||
389 | Pierre Mothes | ||
405 | Markus Prince | ||
490 | Konstantin Bücherl | 22,648 | |
493 | Peter Siemund | ||
513 | Moritz Dietrich | ||
623 | Rainer Emde | 18,714 | |
732 | Oliver Weis | 17,232 | |
810 | Philip Hollederer | 16.007 | |
883 | Lorenz Buhler | 15,000 | |
893 | Sascha Pregler | ||
926 | David Wünschel | ||
940 | Koray Aldemir | ||
987 | Jean-Marc Bellini | ||
993 | Philipp Kampf |
Final table
The final table was played from October 30th to November 1st, 2016. In the final hand, Nguyen won with K ♣ 10 ♣ against Vayo with J ♠ 10 ♠ . Excerpts from the last hand can be seen in the film Molly's Game - Everything on One Card .
space | origin | player | Age * | Prize money (in $ ) |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Qui Nguyen | 39 | 8.005.310 | |
2 | Gordon Vayo | 27 | 4,661,228 | |
3 | Cliff Josephy | 50 | 3,453,035 | |
4th | Michael Ruane | 28 | 2,567,003 | |
5 | Vojtěch Růžička | 30th | 1,935,288 | |
6th | Kenny Hallaert | 34 | 1,464,258 | |
7th | Griffin Benger | 31 | 1,250,190 | |
8th | Jerry Wong | 34 | 1,100,076 | |
9 | Fernando Pons | 37 | 1,000,000 |
Web links
- Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2016 in the Hendon Mob Poker Database
- World Series of Poker 2016 Main Event on the World Series of Poker website
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2016 WSOP Tournament Schedule on the World Series of Poker website, accessed May 22, 2016.
- ↑ a b c Event # 68: $ 10,000 Main Event No-Limit Hold'em Championship on the World Series of Poker website, accessed July 15, 2016.
- ↑ Will Kassouf's heavy bust out in the WSOP Main Event - Trash Talk 2.0! on hochgepokert.com on October 26, 2016, accessed on October 28, 2016.
- ↑ Exclusive Interview Jack Effel on William Kassouf: 'Our Job Is Not To Make People Mute' on pokernews.com from October 20, 2016, accessed on October 28, 2016 (English).
- ↑ WSOP player Griffin Benger Says He Had to Take Down Will Kassouf on tmz.com from October 25, 2016, accessed on October 28, 2016 (English).
- ↑ The WSOP 2016 on Sport1 - Christmas Day from 2 p.m.! on hochgepokert.com on December 25, 2016, accessed on February 13, 2017.
- ↑ Meet the 2016 World Series of Poker November Nine on wsop.com on July 19, 2016, accessed on August 1, 2016.