2015 World Series of Poker

Series of poker tournaments

2015 World Series of Poker

Location| Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates| May 27 – July 14
Champion
Joe McKeehen

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The 2015 World Series of Poker is the 46th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). It was held from May 27 – July 14 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Paradise, Nevada. There were 68 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event, which began on July 5. The November Nine concept returned for an eighth year. Instead of a $10 million guaranteed first prize for the Main Event, however, there were now 1,000 guaranteed payouts.[1]

New tournament formats included the $565 Colossus No Limit Hold'em event, the lowest buy-in open event at the WSOP since the 1980 WSOP. The tournament featured four starting flights with a re-entry option for each flight and a $5,000,000 guaranteed prize pool. The $1,000 WSOP.com No Limit Hold'em event awarded the first WSOP bracelet in an online tournament, with the final six players playing at the Rio on July 4. A bounty tournament was also featured, with a player earning $500 for each elimination. A Super Seniors event was also added, open to players 65 or older. In addition to these new formats, the structure for lower buy-in events was also altered and featured five times the buy-in for a starting stack.[2]

## Event schedule[edit]

Source:[3]

#  | Event  | Entrants  | Winner  | Prize  | Runner-up  | Results

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1  | $565 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em  | 688  | Brandon Barnette  | $75,704  | Greg Seiden  | Results
2  | $5,000 No Limit Hold'em  | 422  | Michael Wang | $466,120  | Bryn Kenney | Results
3  | $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better  | 918  | Robert Mizrachi | $251,022  | Jacob Dahl  | Results
4  | $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout  | 308  | Nick Petrangelo | $201,812  | Jason Les  | Results
5  | $565 The Colossus No Limit Hold'em  | 22,374  | Cord Garcia  | $638,880  | Bradley McFarland  | Results
6  | $1,000 Hyper Hold'em  | 1,436  | John Reading  | $252,068  | Marc Macdonnell  | Results
7  | $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Championship  | 109  | Tuan Le | $322,756  | Max Casal  | Results
8  | $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em  | 639  | Paul Michaelis  | $189,818  | Tom Marchese | Results
9  | $1,500 Razz  | 462  | Max Pescatori | $155,947  | Ryan Miller  | Results
10  | $10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Championship  | 143  | Keith Lehr | $334,430  | Paul Volpe | Results
11  | $1,500 Limit Hold'em  | 660  | William Kakon  | $196,055  | Daniel Needleman  | Results
12  | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed  | 1,651  | Idan Raviv  | $457,007  | Iaron Lightbourne  | Results
13  | $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better  | 474  | Konstantin Maslak  | $269,612  | Hani Awad  | Results
14  | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout  | 1,000  | Barry Hutter  | $283,546  | Benjamin Zamani  | Results
15  | $10,000 Pot Limit Hold'em Championship  | 128  | Shaun Deeb | $318,857  | Paul Volpe | Results
16  | $1,500 Millionaire Maker No Limit Hold'em  | 7,275  | Adrian Buckley  | $1,277,193  | Javier Zarco  | Results
17  | $10,000 Razz Championship  | 103  | Phil Hellmuth | $271,105  | Mike Gorodinsky | Results
18  | $1,000 Turbo No Limit Hold'em  | 1,791  | John Gale | $298,290  | Gary Luther  | Results
19  | $3,000 Limit Hold'em 6-Handed  | 319  | Matthew Elsby  | $230,799  | Gabriel Nassif | Results
20  | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em  | 1,844  | Benjamin Zamani  | $460,640  | Natasha Barbour  | Results
21  | $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship  | 157  | Daniel Alaei | $391,097  | Kyle Miaso  | Results
22  | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em  | 1,915  | Sam Greenwood | $318,977  | Cole Jackson  | Results
23  | $1,500 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball  | 219  | Christian Pham  | $81,314  | Daniel Ospina  | Results
24  | $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.  | 772  | Arash Ghaneian  | $239,750  | Robert Campbell | Results
25  | $5,000 No Limit Hold'em 8-Handed  | 493  | Jeff Tomlinson  | $567,724  | Pierre Milan  | Results
26  | $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha  | 1,293  | Aaron Wallace  | $226,985  | Marko Neumann  | Results
27  | $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship  | 91  | Brian Hastings | $239,518  | Scott Clements | Results
28  | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Monster Stack  | 7,192  | Perry Shiao  | $1,286,942  | Eric Place  | Results
29  | $10,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship  | 77  | Phil Galfond | $224,383  | Nick Schulman | Results
30  | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em  | 2,150  | Ivan Luca  | $353,391  | Artur Rudziankov  | Results
31  | $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better  | 480  | Jeff Madsen | $301,413  | Jean-Marc Thomas  | Results
32  | $5,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed  | 550  | Jason Mercier | $633,357  | Simon Deadman  | Results
33  | $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball  | 388  | Benny Glaser | $136,215  | Brock Parker | Results
34  | $1,500 Split Format Hold'em  | 873  | Andre Boyer | $250,483  | Erwann Pecheux  | Results
35  | $3,000 H.O.R.S.E.  | 376  | Daniel Idema | $261,774  | Matt Vengrin  | Results
36  | $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha  | 978  | Corrie Wunstel  | $266,874  | Kevin Saul | Results
37  | $10,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship  | 259  | Byron Kaverman | $657,351  | Doug Polk | Results
38  | $3,000 No Limit Hold'em  | 989  | Thiago Nishijima  | $546,843  | Sotirios Koutoupas  | Results
39  | $1,500 Ten-Game Mix  | 380  | Brian Hastings | $133,403  | Rostislav Tsodikov  | Results
40  | $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em Championship  | 4,193  | Travis Baker  | $613,466  | Carl Torelli  | Results
41  | $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship  | 111  | Max Pescatori | $292,158  | Stephen Chidwick | Results
42  | $1,500 Extended Play No Limit Hold'em  | 1,914  | Adrian Apmann  | $478,102  | Yehoram Houri  | Results
43  | $1,000 Super Seniors No Limit Hold'em  | 1,533  | Jon Andlovec  | $262,220  | Rodney H. Pardey | Results
44  | $50,000 Poker Players Championship | 84  | Mike Gorodinsky | $1,270,086  | Jean-Robert Bellande | Results
45  | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em  | 1,655  | Upeshka De Silva | $424,577  | Dara O'Kearney  | Results
46  | $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha 6-Handed  | 682  | Vasili Firsau  | $437,575  | Nipun Java  | Results
47  | $2,500 No Limit Hold'em  | 1,244  | Matt O'Donnell  | $551,941  | Timur Margolin  | Results
48  | $1,500 Seven Card Stud  | 327  | Eli Elezra | $112,591  | Benjamin Lazer  | Results
49  | $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better  | 815  | Young Ji  | $231,102  | Mark Dube  | Results
50  | $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship  | 117  | Ben Yu | $291,456  | Jesse Martin  | Results
51  | $3,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed  | 1,043  | Justin Liberto  | $640,711  | Seamus Cahill  | Results
52  | $1,500 Dealers Choice  | 357  | Carol Fuchs | $127,735  | Ilya Krupin  | Results
53  | $10,000/$1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em Championship  | 795  | Jacquelyn Scott  | $153,876  | Hope Williams  | Results
54  | $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship  | 387  | Alexander Petersen  | $927,655  | Jason Mercier | Results
55  | $1,500 Draftkings 50/50 No Limit Hold'em  | 1,123  | Brandon Wittmeyer  | $200,618  | Derek Gomez  | Results
56  | $5,000 Turbo No Limit Hold'em  | 454  | Kevin MacPhee | $490,800  | Igor Yaroshevskyy  | Results
57  | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em  | 2,497  | Takahiro Nakai  | $399,039  | Mel Wiener  | Results
58  | $111,111 High Roller for One Drop | 135  | Jonathan Duhamel | $3,989,985  | Bill Klein | Results
59  | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em  | 2,155  | Alex Lindop  | $531,037  | Aurelien Guiglini  | Results
60  | $25,000 High Roller Pot Limit Omaha  | 175  | Anthony Zinno | $1,122,196  | Pakinai Lisawad  | Results
61  | $1,111 The Little One for One Drop  | 4,555  | Paul Hoefer  | $645,969  | Mario Lopez  | Results
62  | $1,500 Bounty No Limit Hold'em  | 2,178  | Jack Duong  | $333,351  | Vitezslav Pesta  | Results
63  | $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship  | 204  | Andrew Barber  | $517,766  | Viacheslav Zhukov | Results
64  | $1,000 WSOP.com Online No Limit Hold'em  | 905  | Anthony Spinella  | $197,743  | Hunter Cichy  | Results
65  | $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better  | 547  | Gerald Ringe  | $180,943  | Christopher Vitch  | Results
66  | $777 Lucky Sevens No Limit Hold'em  | 4,422  | Connor Berkowitz  | $487,784  | John Armbrust  | Results
67  | $10,000 Dealers Choice Championship  | 108  | Quinn Do | $319,792  | Rep Porter | Results
68  | $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event  | 6,420  | Joe McKeehen | $7,683,346  | Joshua Beckley  | Results

## Player of the Year[edit]

Final standings as of October 24 (end of WSOPE):

Standings[4] Rank  | Name  | Points  | Bracelets

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1  |  Mike Gorodinsky | 2,251.81  | 1
2  |  Jonathan Duhamel | 2,174.64  | 2
3  |  Kevin MacPhee | 2,168.98  | 2
4  |  Brian Hastings | 2,122.53  | 2
5  |  Shaun Deeb | 2,056.40  | 1
6  |  Anthony Zinno | 1,942.72  | 1
7  |  Paul Volpe | 1,889.46  | 0
8  |  Ismael Bojang  | 1,808.40  | 0
9  |  Stephen Chidwick | 1,764.68  | 0
10  |  Mike Leah  | 1,710.95  | 0

## Main Event[edit]

The $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on July 5 with the first of three starting flights. The November Nine was reached on July 14, with the finalists returning on November 8. The final table was played over three days. The first day played down to the final six players, the second was played down to three players, and finally the bracelet was awarded on November 10.[5]

The Main Event drew 6,420 players, creating a prize pool of $60,348,000. The top 1,000 players finished in the money. Each player at the final table earned over $1,000,000, with first place being $7,683,346.

### Performance of past champions[edit]

Name  | Championship
Year(s)  | Day of
Elimination

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Johnny Chan | 1987, 1988 | 2AB
Phil Hellmuth | 1989 | 4 (417th)*
Jim Bechtel | 1993 | 5 (121st)*
Dan Harrington | 1995 | 2AB
Huck Seed | 1996 | 2C
Scotty Nguyen | 1998 | 3 (713th)*
Carlos Mortensen | 2001 | 2AB
Robert Varkonyi | 2002 | 2C
Chris Moneymaker | 2003 | 2AB
Greg Raymer | 2004 | 3
Joe Hachem | 2005 | 4 (298th)*
Jamie Gold | 2006 | 2C
Jerry Yang | 2007 | 1C
Peter Eastgate | 2008 | 2C
Joe Cada | 2009 | 1C
Jonathan Duhamel | 2010 | 4 (565th)*
Greg Merson | 2012 | 1C
Ryan Riess | 2013 | 4 (426th)*
Martin Jacobson | 2014 | 1C

* Indicates the place of a player who finished in the money

### Other notable high finishes[edit]

NB: This list is restricted to top 100 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.

Place  | Name  | Prize

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11th  | Daniel Negreanu | $526,778
25th  | Fedor Holz | $262,574
36th  | Upeshka De Silva | $211,821
49th  | Brian Hastings | $137,300
51st  | Matthew Jarvis | $137,300
53rd  | Toby Lewis | $137,300
64th  | Justin Bonomo | $96,445
95th  | Brandon Adams | $55,649

### November Nine[edit]

Name  | Number of chips
(percentage of total)  | WSOP
Bracelets  | WSOP
Cashes*  | WSOP
Earnings*

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Joe McKeehen | 63,100,000 (32.8%)  | 0  | 8  | $883,494
Ofer Zvi Stern  | 29,800,000 (15.5%)  | 0  | 5  | $58,384
Neil Blumenfield  | 22,000,000 (11.4%)  | 0  | 3  | $44,395
Pierre Neuville | 21,075,000 (10.9%)  | 0  | 19  | $591,460
Max Steinberg | 20,200,000 (10.5%)  | 1  | 11  | $1,406,138
Thomas Cannuli  | 12,250,000 (6.4%)  | 0  | 2  | $20,203
Joshua Beckley  | 11,800,000 (6.1%)  | 0  | 4  | $19,403
Patrick Chan  | 6,225,000 (3.2%)  | 0  | 4  | $113,145
Federico Butteroni  | 6,200,000 (3.2%)  | 0  | 2  | $49,255

*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2015 Main Event.

### Final Table[edit]

Place  | Name  | Prize

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1st | Joe McKeehen | $7,683,346
2nd | Joshua Beckley | $4,470,896
3rd | Neil Blumenfield | $3,398,298
4th | Max Steinberg | $2,615,361
5th | Ofer Zvi Stern | $1,911,423
6th | Thomas Cannuli | $1,426,283
7th | Pierre Neuville | $1,203,293
8th | Federico Butteroni | $1,097,056
9th | Patrick Chan | $1,001,020

## Records[edit]

The $565 Colossus No Limit Hold'em event established a new record for largest field in a WSOP event, attracting 22,374 entrants. The previous record was set in the 2006 Main Event with 8,773. The event also set a new record as the largest live poker tournament.[6]

With his victory in the $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Championship, Tuan Le became the first player to win the same $10,000 buy-in event in consecutive years since Johnny Chan won the Main Event in 1988. Counting all buy-in amounts, he is the first to accomplish this feat since Thang Luu won his second consecutive $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event in 2009.[7]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Palansky, Seth. "WSOP Announces 2015 Main Event Payout Change". WSOP.com. Retrieved January 27, 2015.
2. ^ Palansky, Seth. "2015 WORLD SERIES OF POKER SCHEDULE ANNOUNCED". WSOP.com. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
3. ^ "WSOP schedule". WSOP.com. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
4. ^ "World Series of Poker: Mike Gorodinsky Wins Player of the Year Award". calvinayre.com.
5. ^ Cypra, Dan (May 12, 2015). "WSOP Main Event Shifting to 3-Day Live Final Table". Pocketfives.com. Retrieved July 4, 2015.
6. ^ Doft, Mickey. "How Does the WSOP Colossus Rank Amongst Poker's Largest Live Events?". PokerNews.com. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
7. ^ Fiorvanti, Tim. "Tuan Le Goes Back to Back in $10K Deuce to Seven, Colossus Final Table Set". Bluff Magazine. Archived from the original on June 7, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2015.

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