2016 World Series of Poker


The 2016 World Series of Poker was the 47th annual World Series of Poker. Most of the events occurred May 31-July 18 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. There were 69 bracelet events, including the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event which began on July 9. The Main Event final table was reached on July 18, with the November Nine returning to play from October 30-November 1.

New events

Source:
#EventEntrantsWinnerPrizeRunner-upResults
1$565 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em731Christopher Sand$75,157Kerryjane CraigieResults
2$565 Colossus II No Limit Hold'em21,613Ben Keeline$1,000,000Jiri HorakResults
3$10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship87Robert Mizrachi$242,662Matt GrapenthienResults
4$1,000 Top Up Turbo No Limit Hold'em667Kyle Julius$142,972Bart LybaertResults
5$1,500 Dealers Choice Six-Handed389Lawrence Berg$125,466Yueqi ZhuResults
6$1,500 No Limit Hold'em2,016Peter Eichhardt$438,417Davis AalvikResults
7$1,500 2-7 No Limit Draw Lowball279Ryan D'Angelo$92,338John MonnetteResults
8$1,500 H.O.R.S.E.778Ian Johns$212,604Justin BonomoResults
9$10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Championship153Alan Percal$320,574John SmithResults
10$1,500 Six-Handed No Limit Hold'em1,477Mike Cordell$346,088Pierre NeuvilleResults
11$10,000 Dealers Choice Six-Handed Championship118Jean Gaspard$306,621William O'NeilResults
12$565 Pot Limit Omaha2,483Ryan Laplante$190,328Sean ShahResults
13$1,500 Seven Card Razz461Rep Porter$142,624Michael GathyResults
14$1,500 Millionaire Maker No Limit Hold'em7,190Jason DeWitt$1,065,403Garrett GreerResults
15$1,500 Eight Game Mix491Paul Volpe$149,943Jason StockfishResults
16$10,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship100Jason Mercier$273,335Mike WatsonResults
17$1,000 No Limit Hold'em2,242Chase Bianchi$316,920Erik SilbermanResults
18$3,000 H.O.R.S.E.400Marco Johnson$259,730Jared TalaricoResults
19$1,000 Pot Limit Omaha1,106Sam Soverel$185,317Kirby LoweryResults
20$10,000 Seven Card Razz Championship100Ray Dehkharghani$273,338Jason MercierResults
21$3,000 Six-Handed No Limit Hold'em1,029Calvin Lee$531,577Steven ThompsonResults
22$1,500 Limit Hold'em665Danny Le$188,815Scott FarnsworthResults
23$2,000 No Limit Hold'em1,419Cesar Garcia$447,739Viliyan PetleshkovResults
24$10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship171Jason Mercier$422,874James ObstResults
25$2,500 No Limit Hold'em1,045Michael Gagliano$448,463Daniel CookeResults
26$1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better934Benny Glaser$244,103Benjamin GoldResults
27$1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em Championship4,499Johnnie Craig$538,204Jamshid LotfiResults
28$10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship110Ian Johns$290,635Sean BerriosResults
29$1,500 No Limit Hold'em1,796Alexander Ziskin$401,494Jens GriemeResults
30$3,000 Six-Handed Pot Limit Omaha580Viatcheslav Ortynskiy$344,327Rafael LebronResults
31$1,000 Super Seniors No Limit Hold'em1,476James Moore$230,626Charles BarkerResults
32$10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship163Benny Glaser$407,194Doug LorgereeResults
33$1,500 Summer Solstice No Limit Hold'em1,840Adrian Mateos$409,171Koray AldemirResults
34$1,500 2-7 Limit Triple Draw Lowball358Andrey Zaichenko$117,947Jameson PainterResults
35$5,000 Six-Handed No Limit Hold'em541Michael Gathy$560,843Adrien AllainResults
36$2,500 Mixed Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better394Hani Awad$213,186Fabrice SoulierResults
37$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha776Jiaqi Xu$212,128Jeffrey DuvallResults
38$3,000 Six-Handed Limit Hold'em245Rafael Lebron$169,337Georgios ZisimopoulosResults
39$10,000 Six-Handed No Limit Hold'em Championship294Martin Kozlov$665,709Davidi KitaiResults
40$2,500 Mixed Limit Triple Draw Lowball236Christopher Vitch$136,854Sigi StockingerResults
41$1,500 Monster Stack No Limit Hold'em6,927Mitchell Towner$1,120,196Dorian RiosResults
42$3,000 Shootout No Limit Hold'em400Phillip McAllister$267,720Kyle MontgomeryResults
43$10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split-8 or Better Championship136George Danzer$338,646Randy OhelResults
44$1,000 No Limit Hold'em2,076Steven Wolansky$298,849Wenlong JinResults
45$1,500 Mixed No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha919Loren Klein$241,427Dmitry SavelyevResults
46$1,500 Bounty No Limit Hold'em2,158Kristen Bicknell$290,768Norbert SzecsiResults
47$10,000 2-7 Limit Triple Draw Lowball Championship125John Hennigan$320,103Michael GathyResults
48$5,000 No Limit Hold'em524Ankush Mandavia$548,139Daniel StrelitzResults
49$1,500 Seven Card Stud331Shaun Deeb$111,101Adam FriedmanResults
50$1,500 Shootout No Limit Hold'em1,050Safiya Umerova$264,046Niall FarrellResults
51$10,000 Eight-Handed Pot Limit Omaha Championship400Brandon Shack-Harris$894,300Loren KleinResults
52$3,000 No Limit Hold'em1,125Andrew Lichtenberger$569,158Craig BlightResults
53$1,500 Mixed Pot Limit Omaha 8 or Better & Big O668Allan Le$189,223Philipp EirischResults
54$888 Crazy Eights Eight-Handed No Limit Hold'em6,761Hung Le$888,888Michael LechResults
55$50,000 Poker Players Championship91Brian Rast$1,296,097Justin BonomoResults
56$1,500 No Limit Hold'em1,860David Peters$412,557Cathal ShineResults
57$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Split-8 or Better732David Nowakowski$203,113Timothy VuksonResults
58$1,000 No Limit Hold'em1,397Corey Thompson$221,163Enrico RudelitzResults
59$5,000 No Limit Hold'em863Yue Du$800,586Michael GentiliResults
60$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better521David Prociak$156,546Brandon Shack-HarrisResults
61$1,000 Tag Team No Limit Hold'em863Ryan Fee
Doug Polk		$153,358Adam Greenberg
Niel Mittelman
Gabriel Paul		Results
62$25,000 High Roller Pot Limit Omaha184Jens Kyllönen$1,127,035Tommy LeResults
63$1,000 No Limit Hold'em2,452Tony Dunst$339,254Jason RivkinResults
64$3,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or Better473Kyle Bowker$294,960Kate HoangResults
65$10,000/$1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em Championship819Courtney Kennedy$149,108Amanda BakerResults
66$1,000 WSOP.com Online No Limit Hold'em1,247Clayton Maguire$210,279Simeon NaydenovResults
67$111,111 High Roller for One Drop No Limit Hold'em183Fedor Holz$4,981,775Dan SmithResults
68$10,000 Main Event No Limit Hold'em Championship6,737Qui Nguyen$8,005,310Gordon VayoResults
69$1,000 + 111 Little One for One Drop No Limit Hold'em4,360Michael Tureniec$525,520Calvin AndersonResults

Player of the Year

Final standings as of July 18 :
RankNamePointsBracelets
1 Jason Mercier2,195.572
2 Paul Volpe1,923.661
3 Max Silver1,687.670
4 John Monnette1,591.350
5 Justin Bonomo1,515.940
6 Michael Gathy1,505.311
7 Martin Kozlov1,501.391
8 David Vamplew1,496.220
9 Chris Ferguson1,469.570
10 Benny Glaser1,422.542

Main Event

The $10,000 Main Event No Limit Hold'em Championship began on July 9 with the first of three starting flights. The November Nine was reached on July 18, with the final table being contested over three days from October 30-November 1.
The Main Event attracted 6,737 players, generating a prize pool of $63,327,800. The top 1,011 players finished in the money, with the winner earning $8,005,310.

Performance of past champions

NB: This list is restricted to top 30 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.
PlaceNamePrize
11thJohn Cynn$650,000
13thJames Obst$427,930
14thTom Marchese$427,930
25thAntoine Saout$269,430
29thPaul Volpe$216,211

[November Nine]