2015 World Series of Poker

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 be 1,000 guaranteed payouts.

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.

2015 World Series of Poker
Location	Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada
Dates	May 27-July 14, 2015
Champion
Joe McKeehen
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Event schedule

#	Event	Entrants	Winner	Prize	Runner-up	Results
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 DeSilva	$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

Rank	Name	Points	Bracelets
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

Performance of past champions

Name	Championship Year(s)	Day of Elimination
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

Other notable high finishes

Place	Name	Prize
11th	Daniel Negreanu	$526,778
25th	Fedor Holz	$262,574

November Nine

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

Final Table

 

Place	Name	Prize
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