Wednesday, October 31, 2012

2012 WSOP: MARKED MAN - MERSON PROVES EXPERTS RIGHT, WINS MAIN EVENT


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

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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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