WSOP MAIN EVENT |
6,598 ENTRIES | 62.01M PRIZEPOOL
Despite not coming into final table as the chip leader, most experts (including many top poker professionals), had Greg Merson pegged as their pick to win the Main Event as the final table participants made their way to the RIO on Monday night.
It probably took way longer than those experts had expected, but, earlier today, their man was indeed the new WSOP World Champion and owns the most important bracelet of the series!
Merson's victory allows him to return to the 2012 QuadJacks Poker Player of the Year Top 10 Leaderboard in 5th position overall. This is Merson's second bracelet victory of the WSOP.
The win also allows Merson to overtake Phil Hellmuth and win the WSOP Player of the Year race.
Merson defeated Jesse Sylvia (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 165th) heads-up. Sylvia, Vanessa Selbst's understudy, had the chip lead to start the final table.
Russell Thomas (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 255th), who earned a ton of attention in the weeks leading into the final table - due to his association with poker pro Jaosn Somerville - finished fourth in the event.
Jeremy Ausmus was the only final table participant other than Merson to have collected Player of the Year points in an event other than the Main.
Ausmus had collected points in WSOP Event #35 - Mixed Hold'Em - event that was won by Chris Tryba.
PHOTO CREDIT: JOE GIRON (WSOP, POKERNEWS)
TOP 25 PAYOUTS (USD) 1 Greg Merson 8,531,853 2 Jesse Sylvia 5,295,149 3 Jake Balsiger 3,799,073 4 Russell Thomas 2,851,537 5 Jeremy Ausmus 2,155,313 6 Andras Koroknai 1,640,902 7 Michael Esposito 1,258,040 8 Robert Salaburu 971,360 9 Steve Gee 754,798 10 Gaelle Baumann 590,442 11 Elisabeth Hille 590,442 12 Scott Abrams 590,442 13 Marc Ladouceur 465,159 14 Danny Wong 465,159 15 Wilfried Harig 465,159 16 Percy Mahatan 369,026 17 Robert Buckenmayer 369,026 18 David Balkin 369,026 19 Jamie Robbins 294,601 20 Paul Volpe 294,601 21 Robert Corcione 294,601 22 Cylus Watson 294,601 23 Yuval Bronshtein 294,601 24 Daniel Strelitz 294,601 25 Roland Israelashvili 294,601 RELATED POSTS > MERSON MAKES IT QUICK > BIG ONE FOR ONE DROP FINALE > GRINDHOUSE, PART 2 > 2011 WSOP: NO OTHER KIND > 2010 WSOP: OH CANADA! | PTPR GRAND SLAM EVENT 2012 World Series of Poker WSOP Main Event July 7-16, 2012 October 29-31, 2012 Rio All-Suite Hotel | Las Vegas Buy-in: $10,000 | Prizepool: $1,570,000 Entries: 157 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION GREG MERSON 170 JESSE SYLVIA 110 JAKE BALSIGER 95 RUSSELL THOMAS 85 JEREMY AUSMUS 80 ANDRAS KOROKNAI 75 MICHAEL ESPOSITO 70 ROBERT SALABURU 65 STEVE GEE 55 GAELLE BAUMANN 45 ELISABETH HILLE 40 SCOTT ABRAMS 38 MARC-ANDRE LADOUCEUR 38 DANNY WONG 38 WILFRIED HARIG 35 PERCY MAHATAN 35 ROBERT BUCKENMAYER 35 DAVID BALKIN 32 JAMIE ROBBINS 32 PAUL VOLPE 32 ROBERT CORCIONE 28 CYLUS WATSON 28 YUVAL BRONSHTEIN 28 DANIEL STRELITZ 25 ROLAND ISRAELASHVILI 25 JAN HEITMANN 25 NICCO MAAG 25 |
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