Main Event of the World Series of Poker 2016

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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 Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas

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.

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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

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Paul Höfer (43.- $ 174,826)
Dietrich Fast (55.- $ 116,963)
Robert Heidorn (145.- $ 49,108)
Max Altergott (193- $ 42,285)
Koray Aldemir (940- $ 15,000)

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 $ )
037 GermanyGermany Jonas Lauck 174,826
043 GermanyGermany Paul Höfer
055 GermanyGermany Dietrich Fast 116.963
064 AustriaAustria Matthias Habernig 096,787
065 GermanyGermany Nicolas Fischer
104 GermanyGermany Sebastian Dornbracht 049,108
112 GermanyGermany Alexander Debus
116 AustriaAustria Josip Šimunić
124 GermanyGermany Robin William
128 GermanyGermany Christopher Frank
141 GermanyGermany Uri Reichenstein
144 GermanyGermany Giulio Mascolo
145 GermanyGermany Robert Heidorn
168 GermanyGermany Christoph Bruell 042,285
193 GermanyGermany Max Altergott
205 GermanyGermany Leonard Maue
236 GermanyGermany Julian Stuer 036,708
244 GermanyGermany Mathias Wessel
252 GermanyGermany Sascha Walter
263 GermanyGermany Kilian Kramer
270 GermanyGermany Tobias Hausen
322 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Fabian Scherle 032,130
359 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Boo Jonsson 028,356
385 AustriaAustria Artur Koren
386 GermanyGermany Alexander Dietrich
389 GermanyGermany Pierre Mothes
405 GermanyGermany Markus Prince
490 GermanyGermany Konstantin Bücherl 022,648
493 GermanyGermany Peter Siemund
513 AustriaAustria Moritz Dietrich
623 GermanyGermany Rainer Emde 018,714
732 GermanyGermany Oliver Weis 017,232
810 GermanyGermany Philip Hollederer 016.007
883 GermanyGermany Lorenz Buhler 015,000
893 GermanyGermany Sascha Pregler
926 GermanyGermany David Wünschel
940 GermanyGermany Koray Aldemir
987 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Jean-Marc Bellini
993 GermanyGermany Philipp Kampf

Final table

Qui Nguyen (2016)

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 United StatesUnited States Qui Nguyen 39 8.005.310
2 United StatesUnited States Gordon Vayo 27 4,661,228
3 United StatesUnited States Cliff Josephy 50 3,453,035
4th United StatesUnited States Michael Ruane 28 2,567,003
5 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Vojtěch Růžička 30th 1,935,288
6th BelgiumBelgium Kenny Hallaert 34 1,464,258
7th CanadaCanada Griffin Benger 31 1,250,190
8th United StatesUnited States Jerry Wong 34 1,100,076
9 SpainSpain Fernando Pons 37 1,000,000
* Age when reaching the final table

Web links

Commons : World Series of Poker 2016  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2016 WSOP Tournament Schedule on the World Series of Poker website, accessed May 22, 2016.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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).
  5. ↑ 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).
  6. ↑ The WSOP 2016 on Sport1 - Christmas Day from 2 p.m.! on hochgepokert.com on December 25, 2016, accessed on February 13, 2017.
  7. ↑ Meet the 2016 World Series of Poker November Nine on wsop.com on July 19, 2016, accessed on August 1, 2016.