2012 World Series of Poker results
Below are the 2012 World Series of Poker results.
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Results
Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em
- 2-Day Event: May 27–28
- Number of Entries: 732
- Total Prize Pool: $329,400
- Number of Payouts: 81
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Chiab Saechao | $70,859 |
| 2nd | Patricia Baker | $43,754 |
| 3rd | James Routos | $28,206 |
| 4th | Ray Pulford | $20,663 |
| 5th | Nicolas Vaca-Rondon | $15,359 |
| 6th | Jay Pinkussohn | $11,571 |
| 7th | Steven Phan | $8,824 |
| 8th | Matthew Wilmot | $6,808 |
| 9th | Georgi Ivanov | $5,309 |
Event #2: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
- 3-Day Event: May 28–30
- Number of Entries: 2,101
- Total Prize Pool: $2,836,350
- Number of Payouts: 216
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Brent Hanks | $517,725 |
| 2nd | Jacob Bazeley | $322,294 |
| 3rd | Andrew Badecker | $224,029 |
| 4th | Vanessa Selbst | $161,345 |
| 5th | Ryan Schmidt | $117,921 |
| 6th | Abdyl Konjuhi | $87,231 |
| 7th | Michael Kaufman | $65,377 |
| 8th | J.P. Kelly | $49,621 |
| 9th | Richard Park | $38,106 |
Event #3: $3,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha
- 3-Day Event: May 29–31
- Number of Entries: 317
- Total Prize Pool: $870,870
- Number of Payouts: 64
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Leif Force | $207,708 |
| 2nd | Jason Koon | $128,660 |
| SF | Simeon Naydenov | $73,655 |
| SF | Julian Powell | $73,655 |
| QF | Gregg Merkow | $28,409 |
| QF | Andy Frankenberger | $28,409 |
| QF | David Benefield | $28,409 |
| QF | Annette Obrestad | $28,409 |
Event #4: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better
- 3-Day Event: May 29–31
- Number of Entries: 622
- Total Prize Pool: $839,700
- Number of Payouts: 64
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Cory Zeidman | $201,559 |
| 2nd | Chris Bjorin | $124,838 |
| 3rd | Brandon Shack-Harris | $84,415 |
| 4th | Yarron Bendor | $58,518 |
| 5th | Michael Mizrachi | $41,447 |
| 6th | Xuan Liu | $29,985 |
| 7th | Todd Brunson | $22,142 |
| 8th | Bonnie Rossi | $16,684 |
Event #5: $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em
- 3-Day Event: May 30-June 1
- Number of Entries: 639
- Total Prize Pool: $862,650
- Number of Payouts: 72
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Nick Jivkov | $189,818 |
| 2nd | Bryan Pellegrino | $117,199 |
| 3rd | Jonathan Aguiar | $76,189 |
| 4th | Tommy Vedes | $55,960 |
| 5th | Daniel Negreanu | $41,683 |
| 6th | Mike Allis | $31,452 |
| 7th | Brant Hale | $24,007 |
| 8th | John Eames | $18,529 |
| 9th | Keanu Tabali | $14,449 |
Event #6: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Mixed Max
- 5-Day Event: May 31-June 4
- Number of Entries: 409
- Total Prize Pool: $1,922,300
- Number of Payouts: 44
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Aubin Cazals | $480,564 |
| 2nd | Joseph Cheong | $296,956 |
| SF | Warwick Mirzikinian | $162,443 |
| SF | Hugo Lemaire | $162,443 |
| QF | Marvin Rettenmaier | $68,151 |
| QF | Fabrizio Baldassari | $68,151 |
| QF | Randy Haddox | $68,151 |
| QF | Adam Geyer | $68,151 |
Event #7: $1,500 Seven Card Stud
- 3-Day Event: May 31-June 2
- Number of Entries: 367
- Total Prize Pool: $495,450
- Number of Payouts: 40
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Andy Bloch | $126,363 |
| 2nd | Barry Greenstein* | $78,038 |
| 3rd | Stephen Su | $50,332 |
| 4th | David Williams | $36,470 |
| 5th | Huu Vinh | $26,813 |
| 6th | Lee Goldman | $20,001 |
| 7th | Caroline Hermesh | $15,135 |
| 8th | Scott Abrams | $11,618 |
Event #8: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
- 3-Day Event: June 1–3
- Number of Entries: 967
- Total Prize Pool: $1,305,450
- Number of Payouts: 117
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Herbert Tapscott | $264,400 |
| 2nd | Gavin Griffin | $163,625 |
| 3rd | Ashly Butler | $102,373 |
| 4th | Can Kim Hua | $74,306 |
| 5th | Michael Kleist | $54,855 |
| 6th | John Racener | $41,121 |
| 7th | Thayer Rasmussen | $31,278 |
| 8th | Raymond Davis | $24,111 |
| 9th | Bryan Jolly | $18,837 |
Event #9: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Re-entry
- 5-Day Event: June 2–6
- Number of Entries: 3,404
- Total Prize Pool: $4,595,400
- Number of Payouts: 342
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Ashkan Razavi | $781,398 |
| 2nd | Amanda Musumeci | $481,643 |
| 3rd | Derrick Huang | $347,228 |
| 4th | Ryan Olisar | $252,379 |
| 5th | Duy Ho | $185,378 |
| 6th | Brian Rast | $137,632 |
| 7th | Greg Mueller | $103,258 |
| 8th | Benjamin Reinhart | $78,259 |
| 9th | Dien Le | $59,969 |
Event #10: $5,000 Seven Card Stud
- 3-Day Event: June 3–5
- Number of Entries: 145
- Total Prize Pool: $681,500
- Number of Payouts: 16
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | John Monnette | $190,826 |
| 2nd | Huu Vinh | $117,913 |
| 3rd | Timothy Finne | $73,847 |
| 4th | Perry Friedman | $53,470 |
| 5th | Jeff Lisandro | $41,789 |
| 6th | Mark Dickstein | $33,325 |
| 7th | Bryn Kenney | $27,062 |
| 8th | Raymond Dehkharghani | $22,332 |
Event #11: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha
- 3-Day Event: June 4–6
- Number of Entries: 970
- Total Prize Pool: $1,309,500
- Number of Payouts: 117
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Vincent van der Fluit | $265,211 |
| 2nd | Charles Tonne | $164,132 |
| 3rd | Tristan Wade | $102,690 |
| 4th | Damien Lhommeau | $74,536 |
| 5th | Alex Dovzhenko | $55,025 |
| 6th | Rodney Brown | $41,249 |
| 7th | Brian Garbe | $31,375 |
| 8th | Calvin Anderson | $24,186 |
| 9th | David Schnettler | $18,896 |
Event #12: $10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em
- 3-Day Event: June 5–7
- Number of Entries: 152
- Total Prize Pool: $1,428,800
- Number of Payouts: 32
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Brian Hastings | $371,498 |
| 2nd | Jason Mo | $229,722 |
| SF | Brock Parker | $130,606 |
| SF | Tommy Chen | $130,606 |
| QF | Chris Moore | $56,380 |
| QF | Jeffrey Gross | $56,380 |
| QF | Andrew Robl | $56,380 |
| QF | Michael Drummond | $56,380 |
Event #13: $1,500 Limit Hold'em
- 3-Day Event: June 5–7
- Number of Entries: 730
- Total Prize Pool: $985,500
- Number of Payouts: 81
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | David Arsht | $211,921 |
| 2nd | Stephen Hung | $130,903 |
| 3rd | Al Barbieri | $84,388 |
| 4th | Donald Auger | $61,820 |
| 5th | Glenn Engelbert | $45,953 |
| 6th | Ben Landowski | $34,620 |
| 7th | Jeff Weiss | $26,401 |
| 8th | Alexander Queen | $20,370 |
| 9th | Lori Kirgan | $15,886 |
Event #14: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout
- 3-Day Event: June 6–8
- Number of Entries: 1,138
- Total Prize Pool: $1,536,300
- Number of Payouts: 120
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Brandon Schaefer | $311,174 |
| 2nd | Jonathan Cohen | $192,559 |
| 3rd | Adam Kagin | $120,329 |
| 4th | Layne Flack | $87,446 |
| 5th | David Chase | $64,555 |
| 6th | Michael Corson | $48,393 |
| 7th | Jeff Madsen | $36,809 |
| 8th | Brandon Steven | $28,375 |
| 9th | Justin Schwartz | $22,168 |
Event #15: $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
- 3-Day Event: June 6–8
- Number of Entries: 212
- Total Prize Pool: $996,400
- Number of Payouts: 24
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Adam Friedman | $269,037 |
| 2nd | Todd Brunson | $166,269 |
| 3rd | John Monnette | $109,444 |
| 4th | Nikolai Yakovenko | $79,831 |
| 5th | Sven Arntzen | $59,395 |
| 6th | Zimnan Ziyard | $44,967 |
| 7th | Phil Ivey | $34,595 |
| 8th | Bryn Kenney | $27,012 |
Event #16: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed
- 3-Day Event: June 7–9
- Number of Entries: 1,604
- Total Prize Pool: $2,165,400
- Number of Payouts: 162
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Matt Matros | $454,835 |
| 2nd | Mark Radoja | $281,502 |
| 3rd | Ramey Shaio | $182,521 |
| 4th | Gordon Vayo | $121,262 |
| 5th | Robert Muzzatti | $81,202 |
| 6th | Mark Darner | $56,300 |
Event #17: $10,000 Pot Limit Hold'em
- 3-Day Event: June 8–10
- Number of Entries: 179
- Total Prize Pool: $1,682,600
- Number of Payouts: 18
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Andy Frankenberger | $445,899 |
| 2nd | Phil Ivey | $275,559 |
| 3rd | Ali Eslami | $199,623 |
| 4th | Alexander Venovski | $147,345 |
| 5th | Manuel Bevand | $110,731 |
| 6th | Shaun Deeb | $84,668 |
| 7th | Matt Marafioti | $65,840 |
| 8th | Daniel Weinman | $52,059 |
| 9th | Hoyt Corkins | $41,829 |
Event #18: $2,500 Seven Card Razz
- 3-Day Event: June 8–10
- Number of Entries: 309
- Total Prize Pool: $702,975
- Number of Payouts: 32
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Phil Hellmuth* | $182,793 |
| 2nd | Don Zewin | $113,024 |
| 3rd | Brandon Cantu | $74,269 |
| 4th | Scott Fischman | $54,248 |
| 5th | Brendan Taylor | $40,167 |
| 6th | Barry Greenstein* | $30,150 |
| 7th | Michael Chow | $22,945 |
| 8th | Jeffrey Mitseff | $17,693 |
Event #19: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
- 3-Day Event: June 9–11
- Number of Entries: 2,302
- Total Prize Pool: $3,107,700
- Number of Payouts: 243
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Clifford Goldkind | $559,514 |
| 2nd | Kennii Nguyen | $347,036 |
| 3rd | Adria Balaguer | $245,197 |
| 4th | Patrick Smith | $176,299 |
| 5th | Gregg Wilkinson | $128,441 |
| 6th | Justin McGill | $94,815 |
| 7th | David Peters | $70,886 |
| 8th | Barry Shulman | $53,669 |
| 9th | Gary Burks | $41,145 |
Event #20: $5,000 Limit Hold'em
- 3-Day Event: June 9–11
- Number of Entries: 166
- Total Prize Pool: $780,200
- Number of Payouts: 18
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Benjamin Scholl | $206,760 |
| 2nd | Andrew Prock | $127,773 |
| 3rd | Jeff Shulman | $92,562 |
| 4th | Jesse Martin | $68,322 |
| 5th | Raymond Dehkharghani | $51,344 |
| 6th | Matt Glantz | $39,259 |
| 7th | Matthew Woodward | $30,529 |
| 8th | Nicholas Derke | $24,139 |
| 9th | Ayman Qutami | $19,395 |
Event #21: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
- 3-Day Event: June 10–12
- Number of Entries: 2,799
- Total Prize Pool: $2,519,100
- Number of Payouts: 297
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Michael Gathy | $440,829 |
| 2nd | Jamie Armstrong | $273,776 |
| 3rd | Noah Vaillancourt | $193,089 |
| 4th | John Esposito | $139,457 |
| 5th | Eric Baldwin | $101,948 |
| 6th | Eric Davis | $75,422 |
| 7th | Jean-Louis Santoni | $56,453 |
| 8th | Jason Manggunio | $42,749 |
| 9th | Joshua Field | $32,748 |
Event #22: $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit)
- 3-Day Event: June 10–12
- Number of Entries: 228
- Total Prize Pool: $518,700
- Number of Payouts: 24
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Randy Ohel | $145,247 |
| 2nd | Benjamin Lazer | $89,714 |
| 3rd | David "ODB" Baker | $59,925 |
| 4th | Farzad Bonyadi | $40,987 |
| 5th | Jason Lavallee | $28,585 |
| 6th | Shawn Buchanan | $20,322 |
Event #23: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed
- 3-Day Event: June 11–13
- Number of Entries: 924
- Total Prize Pool: $2,522,520
- Number of Payouts: 108
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Simon Charette | $567,624 |
| 2nd | Artem Metalidi | $350,806 |
| 3rd | Luis Rodriguez | $222,511 |
| 4th | Eddie Blumenthal | $146,053 |
| 5th | Foster Hays | $98,756 |
| 6th | Bertrand Grospellier | $68,738 |
Event #24: $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
- 4-Day Event: June 11–14
- Number of Entries: 256
- Total Prize Pool: $1,203,200
- Number of Payouts: 27
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Joe Cassidy | $294,777 |
| 2nd | Scotty Nguyen | $182,213 |
| 3rd | Phil Ivey | $136,046 |
| 4th | Meng La | $102,260 |
| 5th | Gregory Jamison | $77,342 |
| 6th | Elie Doft | $58,873 |
| 7th | Bart Hanson | $45,084 |
| 8th | Mike Matusow | $34,748 |
| 9th | Ryan Lenaghan | $26,940 |
Event #25: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout
- 3-Day Event: June 12–14
- Number of Entries: 366
- Total Prize Pool: $494,100
- Number of Payouts: 50
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Brian Meinders | $116,118 |
| 2nd | Darin Thomas | $71,704 |
| 3rd | Christopher Vitch | $51,861 |
| 4th | Victor Ramdin | $37,897 |
| 5th | Brock Parker | $27,986 |
| 6th | Preston Derden | $20,886 |
| 7th | Matthew Schreiber | $15,747 |
| 8th | Sean Rice | $11,992 |
| 9th | Ian Johns | $9,225 |
| 10th | Christopher Hartman | $7,164 |
Event #26: $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha
- 3-Day Event: June 12–14
- Number of Entries: 589
- Total Prize Pool: $1,607,970
- Number of Payouts: 63
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Austin Scott | $361,797 |
| 2nd | Brett Richey | $223,492 |
| 3rd | Vadzim Kursevich | $158,530 |
| 4th | Scott Stanko | $114,037 |
| 5th | Huykhiem Nguyen | $83,180 |
| 6th | Tom Chambers | $61,521 |
| 7th | Romik Vartzar | $46,117 |
| 8th | Dutch Boyd | $35,038 |
| 9th | Thomas Pettersson | $26,966 |
Event #27: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.
- 4-Day Event: June 13–16
- Number of Entries: 889
- Total Prize Pool: $1,200,150
- Number of Payouts: 96
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Ylon Schwartz | $267,081 |
| 2nd | David Chiu | $164,960 |
| 3rd | Stephen Chidwick | $112,106 |
| 4th | Robert Rasmussen | $78,021 |
| 5th | Elior Sion | $55,422 |
| 6th | John Rogers | $40,169 |
| 7th | Jason Brown | $29,679 |
| 8th | Marlon Milne | $22,358 |
Event #28: $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Four Handed
- 3-Day Event: June 14–16
- Number of Entries: 750
- Total Prize Pool: $1,706,250
- Number of Payouts: 80
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Timothy Adams | $392,476 |
| 2nd | Brendon Rubie | $242,458 |
| 3rd | James Schaaf | $164,823 |
| 4th | Anthony Gregg | $114,711 |
Event #29: $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em Championship
- 4-Day Event: June 15–18
- Number of Entries: 4,128
- Total Prize Pool: $3,715,200
- Number of Payouts: 423
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Allyn Jaffrey Shulman | $603,713 |
| 2nd | Dennis Phillips | $372,895 |
| 3rd | Bob Phelps | $270,727 |
| 4th | Hoyt Corkins | $199,023 |
| 5th | Bill Stabler | $147,605 |
| 6th | Stuart Spear | $110,416 |
| 7th | William Thomson | $83,332 |
| 8th | Martin Fitzmaurice | $63,418 |
| 9th | Harold Lilie | $48,669 |
Event #30: $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball (No Limit)
- 3-Day Event: June 15–17
- Number of Entries: 285
- Total Prize Pool: $384,750
- Number of Payouts: 35
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Larry Wright | $101,975 |
| 2nd | Brandon Cantu | $63,048 |
| 3rd | Andrew Lichtenberger | $41,445 |
| 4th | Michael Mizrachi | $28,198 |
| 5th | Erick Lindgren | $19,676 |
| 6th | Rep Porter | $14,078 |
| 7th | Ryan Tepen | $10,318 |
Event #31: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
- 3-Day Event: June 16–18
- Number of Entries: 2,811
- Total Prize Pool: $3,794,850
- Number of Payouts: 297
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Carter Phillips | $664,130 |
| 2nd | Joe Cada | $412,424 |
| 3rd | Tom Chambers | $290,875 |
| 4th | Cherish Andrews | $210,083 |
| 5th | Najib Kamand | $153,578 |
| 6th | Maxi Lehmanski | $113,618 |
| 7th | Michael Aron | $85,043 |
| 8th | Jonathan Poche | $64,399 |
| 9th | Huy Quach | $49,333 |
Event #32: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E.
- 3-Day Event: June 16–18
- Number of Entries: 178
- Total Prize Pool: $1,673,200
- Number of Payouts: 24
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | David "Bakes" Baker | $451,779 |
| 2nd | John Monnette | $279,206 |
| 3rd | Paul Sokoloff | $183,784 |
| 4th | Phil Hellmuth* | $134,056 |
| 5th | Phil Ivey | $99,739 |
| 6th | Abe Mosseri | $75,511 |
| 7th | Matt Waxman | $58,093 |
| 8th | Dan Kelly | $45,360 |
Event #33: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
- 3-Day Event: June 17–19
- Number of Entries: 2,795
- Total Prize Pool: $2,515,500
- Number of Payouts: 297
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Max Steinberg | $440,238 |
| 2nd | Samuel Gerber | $273,385 |
| 3rd | Matt Stout | $192,813 |
| 4th | Dylan Hortin | $139,258 |
| 5th | Joseph Marzicola | $101,802 |
| 6th | David Nicholson | $75,314 |
| 7th | Ryan Laplante | $56,372 |
| 8th | Vitaly Meshcheriakov | $42,688 |
| 9th | Christopher Shaw | $32,702 |
Event #34: $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Six Handed
- 3-Day Event: June 18–20
- Number of Entries: 419
- Total Prize Pool: $1,969,300
- Number of Payouts: 42
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Naoya Kihara | $512,029 |
| 2nd | Chris DeMaci | $316,308 |
| 3rd | Daniel Hindin | $203,369 |
| 4th | Hans Winzeler | $134,857 |
| 5th | Davidi Kitai | $92,064 |
| 6th | Tommy Le | $64,671 |
Event #35: $2,500 Mixed Hold'em
- 3-Day Event: June 18–20
- Number of Entries: 393
- Total Prize Pool: $894,075
- Number of Payouts: 45
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Chris Tryba | $210,107 |
| 2nd | Erik Cajelais | $129,766 |
| 3rd | Salman Behbehani | $93,842 |
| 4th | Joep van den Bijgaart | $68,576 |
| 5th | Michael Gathy | $50,640 |
| 6th | Samuel Golbuff | $37,793 |
| 7th | Brent Wheeler | $28,494 |
| 8th | Phil Ivey | $21,699 |
| 9th | Michael Foti | $16,692 |
Event #36: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout
- 3-Day Event: June 19–21
- Number of Entries: 587
- Total Prize Pool: $1,602,510
- Number of Payouts: 60
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Craig McCorkell | $368,593 |
| 2nd | Jeremiah Fitzpatrick | $228,261 |
| 3rd | Antonio Esfandiari | $151,613 |
| 4th | Jonathan Lane | $112,512 |
| 5th | Athanasios Polychronopoulos | $84,436 |
| 6th | Alessandro Longobardi | $63,988 |
| 7th | Roberto Romanello | $48,924 |
| 8th | Thiago Nishijima | $37,707 |
| 9th | Joe Tehan | $29,277 |
| 10th | Sardor Gaziev | $22,899 |
Event #37: $2,500 Eight Game Mix
- 4-Day Event: June 19–22
- Number of Entries: 477
- Total Prize Pool: $1,085,175
- Number of Payouts: 48
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | David "ODB" Baker | $271,312 |
| 2nd | Greg Mueller | $167,637 |
| 3rd | Kevin Calenzo | $106,564 |
| 4th | Joseph Couden | $76,841 |
| 5th | Donnacha O'Dea | $56,277 |
| 6th | Konstantin Puchkov | $41,844 |
| 7th | Christopher McHugh | $31,578 |
| 8th | Chris Viox | $24,188 |
Event #38: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
- 3-Day Event: June 20–22
- Number of Entries: 2,534
- Total Prize Pool: $3,420,900
- Number of Payouts: 270
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Dung Nguyen | $607,200 |
| 2nd | Theo Tran | $377,565 |
| 3rd | Bahman Jahanguiri | $267,241 |
| 4th | Blair Hinkle | $192,734 |
| 5th | David Pham | $140,736 |
| 6th | Kristijonas Andrulis | $103,995 |
| 7th | Zachary Korik | $77,791 |
| 8th | Jeffrey Manza | $58,874 |
| 9th | Tyler Patterson | $45,087 |
Event #39: $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha
- 3-Day Event: June 21–23
- Number of Entries: 293
- Total Prize Pool: $2,754,200
- Number of Payouts: 36
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Jan-Peter Jachtmann | $661,000 |
| 2nd | Andrew Brown | $408,393 |
| 3rd | Steven Silverman | $299,960 |
| 4th | Micah Smith | $222,044 |
| 5th | Andy Seth | $165,665 |
| 6th | Benjamin Sage | $124,600 |
| 7th | Nikolai Yakovenko | $94,442 |
| 8th | Jason Mercier | $72,132 |
| 9th | Joe Kushner | $55,525 |
Event #40: $2,500 Limit Hold'em Six Handed
- 3-Day Event: June 21–23
- Number of Entries: 302
- Total Prize Pool: $687,050
- Number of Payouts: 36
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Ronnie Bardah | $182,088 |
| 2nd | Marco Johnson | $112,525 |
| 3rd | Vincent Gironda | $73,040 |
| 4th | Brent Wheeler | $48,828 |
| 5th | Sorel Mizzi | $33,541 |
| 6th | Hans Minocha | $23,648 |
Event #41: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em
- 4-Day Event: June 22–25
- Number of Entries: 1,394
- Total Prize Pool: $3,805,620
- Number of Payouts: 144
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Greg Ostrander | $742,072 |
| 2nd | Jackie Glazier | $458,996 |
| 3rd | Paul Vas Nunes | $290,407 |
| 4th | Morten Mortensen | $210,793 |
| 5th | Roger Fontes | $155,498 |
| 6th | Darryl Ronconi | $116,452 |
| 7th | Joseph Chaplin | $88,481 |
| 8th | Kyle Frey | $68,121 |
| 9th | Dylan Hortin | $53,126 |
Event #42: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better
- 3-Day Event: June 22–24
- Number of Entries: 393
- Total Prize Pool: $894,075
- Number of Payouts: 40
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Oleksii Kovalchuk | $228,014 |
| 2nd | George Danzer | $140,825 |
| 3rd | Mark Gregorich | $90,829 |
| 4th | Daniel Ratigan | $65,812 |
| 5th | Yuval Bronshtein | $48,387 |
| 6th | Norman Chad | $36,093 |
| 7th | Wing Wong | $27,313 |
| 8th | Tim Burt | $20,966 |
Event #43: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
- 3-Day Event: June 23–25
- Number of Entries: 2,770
- Total Prize Pool: $3,739,500
- Number of Payouts: 297
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Henry Lu | $654,380 |
| 2nd | Neil Channing | $406,409 |
| 3rd | James Mackey | $286,633 |
| 4th | Tom Alner | $207,019 |
| 5th | John Nelson | $151,338 |
| 6th | Hovan Nguyen | $111,961 |
| 7th | Balazs Botond | $83,802 |
| 8th | Francois Dur | $63,459 |
| 9th | Jared Rosenbaum | $48,614 |
Event #44: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
- 3-Day Event: June 24–26
- Number of Entries: 2,949
- Total Prize Pool: $2,654,100
- Number of Payouts: 297
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Rocco Palumbo | $464,464 |
| 2nd | Nelson Robinson | $288,448 |
| 3rd | Thomas Conway | $203,437 |
| 4th | Niel Mittelman | $146,931 |
| 5th | Jason Everett | $107,411 |
| 6th | Kevin Elia | $79,464 |
| 7th | Anke Berner | $59,478 |
| 8th | Patrick Karschamroon | $45,040 |
| 9th | David Forster | $34,503 |
Event #45: $50,000 The Poker Players Championship
- 5-Day Event: June 24–28
- Number of Entries: 108
- Total Prize Pool: $5,184,000
- Number of Payouts: 16
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Michael Mizrachi | $1,451,527 |
| 2nd | Chris Klodnicki | $896,935 |
| 3rd | Andy Bloch | $561,738 |
| 4th | Luke Schwartz | $406,736 |
| 5th | Roland Israelashvili | $317,882 |
| 6th | Stephen Chidwick | $253,497 |
| 7th | Bill Chen | $205,856 |
| 8th | Bruno Fitoussi | $169,879 |
Event #46: $2,500 No Limit Hold'em
- 3-Day Event: June 25–27
- Number of Entries: 1,607
- Total Prize Pool: $3,655,925
- Number of Payouts: 171
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Joey Weissman | $694,609 |
| 2nd | Jeremy Quehen | $429,535 |
| 3rd | Fernando Brito | $282,676 |
| 4th | Philip Meulyzer | $203,781 |
| 5th | Bradley Lipsey | $149,162 |
| 6th | Joe Gualtieri | $110,775 |
| 7th | Michael Gagliano | $83,428 |
| 8th | Joshua Pedraza | $63,686 |
| 9th | Konstantin Puchkov | $49,245 |
Event #47: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
- 3-Day Event: June 26–28
- Number of Entries: 978
- Total Prize Pool: $1,320,300
- Number of Payouts: 117
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Steven Loube | $267,345 |
| 2nd | Timothy Finne | $165,486 |
| 3rd | Roch Cousineau | $103,538 |
| 4th | Cameron McKinley | $75,151 |
| 5th | Charalampos Lappas | $55,479 |
| 6th | Sonu Sharma | $41,589 |
| 7th | Paul Taylor | $31,634 |
| 8th | Kyle Carlston | $24,386 |
| 9th | Paul Ewen | $19,052 |
Event #48: $3,000 Limit Hold'em
- 3-Day Event: June 26–28
- Number of Entries: 247
- Total Prize Pool: $674,310
- Number of Payouts: 27
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Kenny Hsiung | $165,205 |
| 2nd | Robert Hwang | $102,118 |
| 3rd | John Virtue | $76,244 |
| 4th | Paul Berende | $57,310 |
| 5th | Dwyte Pilgrim | $43,345 |
| 6th | Matthew Woodward | $32,994 |
| 7th | Mitchell Davis | $25,266 |
| 8th | John Myung | $19,474 |
| 9th | Stephen Hung | $15,098 |
Event #49: $1,500 Ante Only No Limit Hold'em
- 3-Day Event: June 27–29
- Number of Entries: 939
- Total Prize Pool: $1,267,650
- Number of Payouts: 117
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Greg Hobson | $256,691 |
| 2nd | Mike Sowers | $158,887 |
| 3rd | John Hayes | $99,409 |
| 4th | Harrison Gimbel | $72,155 |
| 5th | Eugene Du Plessis | $53,267 |
| 6th | Mike McDonald | $39,931 |
| 7th | Seth Davies | $30,373 |
| 8th | Sameer Aljanedi | $23,413 |
| 9th | Justin Schwartz | $18,292 |
Event #50: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em
- 4-Day Event: June 28-July 1
- Number of Entries: 1,001
- Total Prize Pool: $4,704,700
- Number of Payouts: 117
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Pete Vilandos | $952,694 |
| 2nd | Kyle Julius | $589,687 |
| 3rd | Dan Smith | $368,943 |
| 4th | Kevin Schulz | $267,792 |
| 5th | Derek Gregory | $197,691 |
| 6th | Thomas Conway | $148,198 |
| 7th | Matt Giannetti | $112,725 |
| 8th | Tommy Vedes | $86,896 |
| 9th | Amir Lehavot | $67,889 |
Event #51: $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em Championship
- 3-Day Event: June 29-July 1
- Number of Entries: 936
- Total Prize Pool: $842,400
- Number of Payouts: 117
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Yen Dang | $170,587 |
| 2nd | Debbie Pechac | $105,586 |
| 3rd | Janet Howard | $66,061 |
| 4th | Angela Moed | $47,949 |
| 5th | Candida Ross-Powers | $35,398 |
| 6th | Rae Rocco | $26,536 |
| 7th | Lesley Amos | $20,184 |
| 8th | Freda Lawrence | $15,559 |
| 9th | Anna Lundholm | $12,156 |
Event #52: $2,500 10-Game Mix Six Handed
- 3-Day Event: June 29-July 1
- Number of Entries: 421
- Total Prize Pool: $957,775
- Number of Payouts: 48
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Vanessa Selbst | $244,259 |
| 2nd | Michael Saltzburg | $150,849 |
| 3rd | Tam Hang | $97,884 |
| 4th | Chris Bjorin | $64,649 |
| 5th | Thomas Chambers | $43,099 |
| 6th | Mike Gorodinsky | $30,169 |
Event #53: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
- 4-Day Event: June 30-July 3
- Number of Entries: 3,166
- Total Prize Pool: $4,274,100
- Number of Payouts: 324
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Neil Willerson | $737,248 |
| 2nd | Vladimir Mefodichev | $456,217 |
| 3rd | Hugh Henderson | $322,866 |
| 4th | Zachary Humphrey | $233,708 |
| 5th | Matthew Graham | $171,135 |
| 6th | Hai Chu | $126,770 |
| 7th | Bryan Piccioli | $94,971 |
| 8th | Randy Ashe | $71,933 |
| 9th | Ryan Hughes | $55,093 |
Event #54: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
- 4-Day Event: July 1–4
- Number of Entries: 3,221
- Total Prize Pool: $2,898,900
- Number of Payouts: 324
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Will Jaffe | $500,075 |
| 2nd | Luis Campelo | $309,429 |
| 3rd | Joseph Kuether | $218,983 |
| 4th | Nghi Van Tran | $158,512 |
| 5th | Ken Fishman | $116,072 |
| 6th | Jason Tompkins | $85,981 |
| 7th | Muhamet Perati | $64,414 |
| 8th | Benjamin Grise | $48,788 |
| 9th | Jeffrey Fielder | $37,367 |
Event #55: $1,000,000 The Big One for One Drop
- 3-Day Event: July 1–3
- Number of Entries: 48
- Total Prize Pool: $42,666,672
- Number of Payouts: 9
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Antonio Esfandiari | $18,346,673 |
| 2nd | Sam Trickett | $10,112,001 |
| 3rd | David Einhorn | $4,352,000 |
| 4th | Phil Hellmuth* | $2,645,333 |
| 5th | Guy Laliberté | $1,834,666 |
| 6th | Brian Rast | $1,621,333 |
| 7th | Bobby Baldwin* | $1,408,000 |
| 8th | Richard Yong | $1,237,333 |
Event #56: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
- 3-Day Event: July 2–4
- Number of Entries: 2,798
- Total Prize Pool: $3,777,300
- Number of Payouts: 297
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Tomas Junek | $661,022 |
| 2nd | David Borg | $410,517 |
| 3rd | Donald Vogel | $289,530 |
| 4th | Peter Eastgate | $209,111 |
| 5th | Eliyahu Levy | $152,867 |
| 6th | Andrew Taylor | $113,092 |
| 7th | Steven Goldberg | $84,649 |
| 8th | Tomas Trampota | $64,101 |
| 9th | Bassel Moussa | $49,105 |
Event #57: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed
- 4-Day Event: July 3–6
- Number of Entries: 474
- Total Prize Pool: $4,455,600
- Number of Payouts: 48
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Greg Merson | $1,136,197 |
| 2nd | Keith Lehr | $701,757 |
| 3rd | Shannon Shorr | $455,362 |
| 4th | Eddy Sabat | $300,753 |
| 5th | Christopher Brammer | $200,502 |
| 6th | Andrew Lichtenberger | $140,351 |
Event #58: $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better
- 4-Day Event: July 3–6
- Number of Entries: 526
- Total Prize Pool: $1,435,980
- Number of Payouts: 54
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Viacheslav Zhukov | $330,277 |
| 2nd | Roch Cousineau | $204,426 |
| 3rd | Chris Bell | $135,858 |
| 4th | David "ODB" Baker | $100,820 |
| 5th | Randy Ohel | $75,662 |
| 6th | Yuval Bronshtein | $57,339 |
| 7th | Jack Ernest Ward | $43,840 |
| 8th | Scotty Nguyen | $33,789 |
| 9th | Juan Ramirez | $26,235 |
Event #59: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
- 4-Day Event: July 4–7
- Number of Entries: 4,620
- Total Prize Pool: $4,158,000
- Number of Payouts: 468
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Dominik Nitsche | $654,797 |
| 2nd | Jonathan Hilton | $405,156 |
| 3rd | Alex Cordero | $291,725 |
| 4th | Sebastien Comel | $215,592 |
| 5th | Randolph Lanosga | $160,665 |
| 6th | Franklin Johnson | $120,748 |
| 7th | Martin Vallo | $91,476 |
| 8th | Jonathan Miller | $69,896 |
| 9th | Daniel Eichhorn | $53,846 |
Event #60: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball (No Limit)
- 3-Day Event: July 5–7
- Number of Entries: 101
- Total Prize Pool: $949,400
- Number of Payouts: 14
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Nick Schulman | $294,321 |
| 2nd | Mike Wattel | $181,886 |
| 3rd | George Danzer | $115,295 |
| 4th | Benjamin Parker | $78,088 |
| 5th | Ashton Griffin | $55,482 |
| 6th | John Juanda | $41,270 |
| 7th | Bob Bright | $32,080 |
Event #61: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event
- 10-Day Event: July 7–16
- Final Table: October 29–30
- Number of Entries: 6,598
- Total Prize Pool: $62,021,200
- Number of Payouts: 666
- Winning Hand:
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Greg Merson | $8,531,853 |
| 2nd | Jesse Sylvia | $5,295,149 |
| 3rd | Jacob Balsiger | $3,799,073 |
| 4th | Russell Thomas | $2,851,537 |
| 5th | Jeremy Ausmus | $2,155,313 |
| 6th | Andras Koroknai | $1,640,902 |
| 7th | Michael Esposito | $1,258,040 |
| 8th | Robert Salaburu | $971,360 |
| 9th | Steve Gee | $754,798 |