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2015 World Series Of Poker Results
Below are the results of the 2015 World Series of Poker, held from May 27-July 14 at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada. Key Results Source: Event #1: $565 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em * 2-Day Event: May 27–28 * Number of Entries: 688 * Total Prize Pool: $344,000 * Number of Payouts: 72 * Winning Hand: Event #2: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em * 3-Day Event: May 27–29 * Number of Entries: 422 * Total Prize Pool: $1,983,400 * Number of Payouts: 45 * Winning Hand: Event #3: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better * 4-Day Event: May 28–31 * Number of Entries: 918 * Total Prize Pool: $1,239,300 * Number of Payouts: 117 * Winning Hand: Event #4: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout * 3-Day Event: May 28–30 * Number of Entries: 308 * Total Prize Pool: $840,840 * Number of Payouts: 40 * Winning Hand: Event #5: $565 The Colossus No Limit Hold'em * 6-Day Event: May 29-June 3 * Number of Entries: 22,374 * Total Prize Pool: $11,187,000 * Number of Payou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rep Porter
Ralph "Rep" Porter (born 1971) is an American professional poker player who won the 2008 World Series of Poker $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event, the 2011 World Series of Poker $2,500 Seven Card Razz event, and the 2016 World Series of Poker $1,500 Seven Card Razz event. Porter graduated from the University of Washington and worked as an equity options trader prior to becoming a professional poker player. World Series of Poker Porter has 55 cashes at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) among them was making the Final Table in the $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout event at the 2006 World Series of Poker, coming in 4th earning $39,339, and a 39th place in the Main Event at the 2007 World Series of Poker, earning $237,865. On June 5, 2008. Porter won his first World Series of Poker bracelet in the $1,500 Buy-in No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event at the 2008 World Series of Poker, earning $372,843. Porter finished 12th in the 2013 WSOP Main Event, earning $573,204. He cashed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Stein
} Samuel Stein (born January 11, 1988) is an American professional poker player from Los Angeles who lives in Henderson, Nevada. He won his first World Series of Poker bracelet at the 2011 World Series of Poker where he made two final tables and three in the money finishes. In both the 2010 and 2011 World Series of Poker, he finished in the money in two $10,000 Championship events, with one of them being the Pot Limit Texas hold 'em championship event each year. Of his nine World Series of Poker (WSOP) cashes, his last five are in pot limit events. Stein has several second-place finishes in big tournaments. One of the more memorable ones was when Jason Mercier rivered him twice in a row at the April 13, 2010 35-player $25,000 NAPT Mohegan Sun High Roller Bounty Shootout during a four-hour heads up final. His largest live game prize was a $1 million payout for a 4th-place finish in the 1560-player 2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,000 main event. He was listed as one of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaun Deeb
} Shaun Frank Deeb (born March 1, 1986) is an American professional poker player from Troy, New York. He has three World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) player of the year titles and five World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets. Career Deeb started playing poker at age 16 in high school by hosting $20 rebuy tournaments with about 30 guests. He attended Bentley University, but gave up class to play poker. He is an avid online poker multi-table tournament player who plays 15–20 tournaments simultaneously. He plays a wide variety of versions of poker with the goal of improving his Texas hold 'em game. Before 2007, he had never been to Las Vegas. At age 24, he announced his retirement from poker, but has since returned to play in 2010. In 2008 and 2009, he finished in fifth place in the ''Card Player'' Online Poker Player of the Year competition. His retirement lasted only two months. Since returning to play, he plays more live games at casinos and a greater variety of ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Phillips (poker Player)
Dennis N. Phillips (born December 1954) is a professional poker player from St. Louis, Missouri. Phillips qualified for the 2008 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event through a $200 satellite tournament at Harrah's St. Louis, his local Harrah's casino. He entered the final table as chip leader with 26,295,000 in chips, and finished in third place, earning $4,517,773. In his final hand, chip leader Peter Eastgate, with more than 62 million in chips, raised Phillips in the big blind 1.5 million in chips, Phillips called and the flop brought . Eastgate, first to act, bet 1.5 million in chips, Phillips then raised the rest of his 14.4 million, all-in, and was called instantly by Eastgate, holding for a set of 3s to Phillips . Phillips did not get the running straight cards necessary to win the hand, eliminating him in third place. In the 2009 World Series of Poker The 2009 World Series of Poker was the 40th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). It was held at the Rio All Suite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viacheslav Zhukov
Viacheslav Zhukov (born ) is a Russian professional poker player who has won two World Series of Poker bracelets. Prior to becoming a professional poker player, Zhukov was a geologist in Russia. he has career earnings of $940,000, $838,000 of which was earned at the World Series of Poker. World Series of Poker Bracelets Zhukov won a bracelet in his first World Series of Poker (WSOP) cash in the 2011Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship for $465,216 . The final table included bracelet winners Steve Billirakis, Richard Ashby, and Josh Arieh. He won his second bracelet in the 2012 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event. The 2012 bracelet's final table included bracelet winners David "ODB" Baker, Chris Bell, Randy Ohel and Scotty Nguyen. It took approximately three hours of heads up play for Zhukov to clinch his second bracelet and $330,277. In both of his bracelet wins, Zhukov began the final table short stacked, and in both wins he had not finished in the money ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Watson (poker Player)
Michael Watson (born 1984) is a Canadian professional online poker player from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador who won a World Poker Tour title in July 2008. He also finished 2nd in the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em – Mixed Max (Event #58) of the 2014 World Series of Poker. On July 11, 2014, Mike Watson is ranked #24 on the Global poker index (he ranked as high as #2 in June 2013) World Poker Tour Watson was the winner of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Bellagio Cup IV, in A final table made up of Gabriel Thaler, John Phan, Ralph Perry, fellow professional online poker player Luke "IWEARGOGGLES" Staudenmaier and David Benyamine who Watson defeated during heads-up play to take the title, bracelet and $1,673,770. As of 2014, his total live tournament winnings exceed $7,200,000. European Poker Tour Watson finished 3rd in 2008 EPT London High Roller Showdown, taking home $422,750. The final table included notable professionals Jason Mercier, John Juanda, Scotty Nguyen, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Kostritsyn
Alexander Kostritsyn (born 1986) is a Russian professional poker player considered among the best online cash game players in the world. Kostritsyn plays under the alias joiso on PokerStars and PostflopAction on Full Tilt Poker Full Tilt Poker is an Irish online poker card room and online casino that opened in June 2004. Formerly privately owned by Tiltware, LLC and later by the Rational Entertainment Group, the site was acquired by The Stars Group (then known as Amaya .... In 2010, Kostritsyn won Event No. 9 at the PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker for $269,284. Kostritsyn described winning $2.7 million online in 2013 as not a big winning streak for the stakes being played. Kostritsyn won the 2008 Aussie Millions Main Event for $1,450,396 defeating eight-time WSOP bracelet winner Erik Seidel heads up. As of 2015, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,000,000. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kostritsyn, Alexander 1986 births Russian poker players America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandon Cantu
Brandon M. Cantu (born May 10, 1981 in Vancouver, Washington) is an American professional poker player. Upon winning a World Series of Poker bracelet in 2006, Cantu relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada. On March 14, 2007, Cantu became one of only 27 players to ever win both a World Series of Poker bracelet (2006) and a World Poker Tour championship (2008). World Series of Poker At the $1,500 No-Limit hold’em event in June 2006, Cantu won his first WSOP bracelet in a $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event, winning $757,839. The event was the largest live poker tournament outside of the main event, with 2,775 players. At the Main Event of 2008, Cantu finished in 20th place out of 6844 entries, earning $257,334. At the 2009 World Series of Poker, Cantu won his second bracelet in the $1,500 Pot-limit Omaha eight-or-better event, defeating fellow poker professional Lee Watkinson in heads-up play, and winning $228,867. At the 2012 World Series of Poker Europe, Cantu took second in the 10K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Song
Kevin Song is a Korean-American professional poker player who started playing poker since 1980 and began playing in poker tournaments since 1994 where he has cashed in many of them throughout his poker career, among them are 39 cashes at the World Series of Poker including winning the 1997 World Series of Poker $2,000 buy-in Limit Hold'em event. World Series of Poker Song has cashed 39 times at the World Series of Poker (WSOP), making twelve final tables. At the 1994 World Series of Poker, his first cash at a WSOP event, Song made the final table and finished in 9th place in the $2,500 Limit Hold'em event won by Mike Laing. Three years later he won his first bracelet in the $2,000 Limit Hold'em event at the 1997 World Series of Poker, earning $397,120 in a final table that included other professional players like Dan Heimiller, Erik Seidel, Huck Seed, Berry Johnston and John Esposito. He has two WSOP second place finishes. The first was at the $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon Shorr
Shannon Shorr (born June 7, 1985, in Birmingham, Alabama) is a professional poker player from Birmingham, Alabama. Shorr was a baseball player at Shades Valley High School. Shorr is notable for his success in poker tournaments, much of which occurred before his 21st birthday. Because 21 is the minimum legal age for gambling in almost all jurisdictions in the United States, Shorr was forced to go abroad to compete, where he cashed in several tournaments. He scored his first major payday with a fourth-place finish at the 2006 Aussie Millions tournament in Melbourne, Australia, where he won more than $200,000. During much of this time, Shorr was a civil engineering student at the University of Alabama The University of Alabama (informally known as Alabama, UA, or Bama) is a public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Established in 1820 and opened to students in 1831, the University of Alabama is the oldest and largest of the publi .... Poker In December 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Volpe (poker Player)
Paul Volpe (born 1981) is an American professional poker player from West Chester, Pennsylvania. Volpe began playing online under the nickname "paulgees81," amassing winnings of more than $5 million. He won a MiniFTOPs event on Full Tilt Poker in 2009, as well as two Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) titles and a World Championship of Online Poker title on PokerStars. Volpe's first cash at the World Series of Poker came in 2009. He has won three bracelets and made 11 final tables, earning nearly $3 million as of 2018. His first bracelet came in 2014 in the $10,000 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship. He added another bracelet in 2016 in a $1,500 Mixed Game event and a third in 2018 by taking down the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Championship. Volpe has also made two deep runs in the WSOP Main Event, finishing in 20th in 2012 and 29th in 2016. On the World Poker Tour The World Poker Tour (WPT) is an internationally televised gaming and entertainment brand. Since 2002, the World P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |