Event: No Limit Hold'em
Buy-in: $1,000
Entrants: 3,175
Prize pool: $2,857,500
Prizes Paid: 324
1st Jason Somerville (United States) -- $493,091
2nd Yashar Darian (United States) -- $305,009
3rd Travis Atkins (United States) -- $215,855
4th Richard Fridvalszki (Hungary) -- $156,248
5th Alex Martin (United Kingdom) -- $114,414
6th Gian Carlos Oliveri (Spain) -- $84,753
7th Diana Allen (United States) -- $63,493
8th Shane Rose (United States) -- $48,091
9th James Schaaf (United States) -- $36,833
UK Finishes:
5th Alex Martin (London) -- $114,414
35th Mark French (Runcorn) -- $11,401
85th Liam Stuart -- $3,914
98th Jamie Roberts (London) -- $3,400
152nd Peter Cook (South Shields) -- $2,628
230th Daniel Morgan (Gillingham) -- $2,343
308th Guy Bowles (Wimbledon) -- $1,914
BBP Finishes:
5th Alex Martin (London) -- $114,414
98th Jamie Roberts (London) -- $3,400
* Both Alex and Jamie participated in our first Grading in 2009, the latter finishing in the top eight and earning $20,000 worth of WSOP buy-ins.
BBP Progress:
Neil Channing, Adam Latimer, Sam Razavi and Ben Meredith were among the thousands looking for bracelet-gold. None of them made the money. Neil managed to 'cruise' to 40,000 when the average was 14,000, but ran into a nasty set-under-set encounter.
Vegas 11 Stats:
Cashes: 2
Winnings: $305,212
Notes:
• Jason is a five-year poker pro from Stony Brook, New York. He is 24.
• He is a huge advocate of small-ball poker.
• Fan Daniel Negreanu said: "He small-balled the hell out of the final table."
• This is his fourth WSOP. He has finalled five times.
• He has a near $1.5 million in WSOP winnings.
• Jason catpured the bracelet with pocket aces.
• The oldest player to enter was 87; the youngest was aged 21 years, 2 days.
Image courtesy of wsop.com; words Nolan Dalla.
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Event 8 - Sean Getzwiller
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