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2016 WSOP By the Numbers: Results By Event, Cashes, Millionaires

2016 WSOP By the Numbers: Results By Event, Cashes, Millionaires

The largest number of participants ever.

The third-most money ever awarded. The most bracelets in one series. Twenty-three players who cashed for over $1m.

The 2016 World Series of Poker again lived up to its status as the granddaddy of all poker series and, although the results of the November Nine are still pending, there are plenty of numbers already in the books.

Here’s a look at some of the more astounding stats from Vegas along with a full list of winners from all 69 bracelet events.

Summer of Mercier

Jason Mercier 1

Mercier: POY, but $40k short of $1m in cashes.

3 – Number of players that won two bracelets (Jason MercierBenny Glaser and Ian Johns)

4 – Final tables for John Monette (2nd in $1.5k Lowball, 3rd in $10k Dealers Choice, 7th in the $ 1.5k Stud, 3rd in the $ 1.5k Stud-8)

10 – Cashes by Chris Ferguson, who played the WSOP for the first time since the Full Tilt debacle

13 – Cashes for Roland Israelashvili, a new WSOP record (He won $113,704)

16 – Number of bracelets won by non-American players (3: UK, 2: Russia, Spain, Sweden, 1: Belgium, Canada, Germany, Australia, Austria, China, Finland)

23 – Number of players who won at least $1m at this WSOP (including all 9 members of Nov. 9)

69 – Number of bracelet events – Most ever

95 – Age of oldest player (William Wachter)

107 – Represented Nations at this WSOP

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1,563 – Average number of participants per tournament – a new record

6,737 – Players in the Main Event (5th largest of all time)

107,919 – Entries for all tournaments (including re-buys in Event #4) – 4% more than last year and only the second time more than 100,000 

$1,206,478 – Money donated to the One Drop Foundation 

$5,023,694 – Total prize money won by Fedor Holz (until the completion of the Main Event, that’s the most this year)

$18,022,202 – Total fees paid for all events 

$63,327,800 – Prize money in the Main Event

$222,307,216 – Total prize money (including bounties) – Third-most all time

$2,501,743,327 – Total prize money in the 47 years at the WSOP

Most Cashes

PlayerGoldSilverBronzeFTsCashesPrize Money
Roland Israelashvili000013$113,704
Michael Mizrachi000112$497,107
Ryan Laplante100112$232,153
Dan Kelly000112$89,639
Jason Mercier210411$960,424
David Vamplew000011$134,459
Mohsin Charania001111$96,514
Ben Yu001111$93,050
Darren Rabinowitz000011$42,615
Naoya Kihara000011$34,286
Thomas Taylor000011$33,327

Most Prize Money

PlayerGoldSilverBronzeFTsCashesPrize Money
Fedor Holz10014$5,023,694
Dan Smith01123$3,593,697
Koray Aldemir01128$2,455,112
Jack Salter00025$1,643,453
Justin Bonomo02246$1,363,044
Brian Rast10024$1,334,622
Brian Green00014$1,136,029
Jens Kyllonen10011$1,127,035
Mitchell Towner10011$1,120,196
Tommy Le01133$1,119,677
Jason DeWitt10012$1,073,770
Brandon Shack-Harris11035$1,057,697
Jerry Wong00016$1,016,245
Cliff Josephy00014$1,014,393
Benjamin Keeline10014$1,011,366
Vojtech Ruzicka00014$1,005,020
Kenny Hallaert00012$1,002,531

Top Countries

CountryGoldSilverBronzeFTsCashesPrize Money
United States53404538111946$133,534,510
United Kingdom33232544$11,373,606
Russia20215212$2,849,140
Spain201670$2,878,224
Sweden200462$1,731,784
Belgium150949$2,994,471
Canada13522720$8,382,863
Germany13210275$8,981,868
Australia12211176$4,102,188
Austria1229119$4,341,257
China111561$1,577,317
Finland100431$1,391,995
France0218204$2,618,795
Bulgaria021559$1,605,610
Ireland011590$1,241,676
Czech Republic010454$2,151,124
Greece010230$566,548
Venezuela010129$859,304
Hungary010124$323,171
Costa Rica010113$377,382
Virgin Islands01014$236,006
Italy0025135$1,324,251
Israel001481$956,663
Japan001270$440,590

Complete 2016 WSOP Winners By Event

#EventEntriesPrize PoolWinner
1$565 Casino Employees No Limit Hold’em731$365,500Christopher Sand
2$565 Colossus II No Limit Hold’em21,613$10,806,500Benjamin Keeline
3$10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship87$817,800Robert Mizrachi
4$1,000 Top Up Turbo No Limit Hold’em757$681,300Kyle Julius
5$1,500 Dealers Choice Six-Handed389$525,150Lawrence Berg
6$1,500 No Limit Hold’em2,016$2,721,600Peter Eichhardt
7$1,500 2-7 No Limit Draw Lowball279$376,650Ryan D’Angelo
8$1,500 H.O.R.S.E.778$1,050,300Ian Johns
9$10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold’em Championship153$1,438,200Alan Percal
10$1,500 Six-Handed No Limit Hold’em1,477$1,993,950Mike Cordell
11$10,000 Dealers Choice Six-Handed Championship118$1,109,200Jean Gaspard
12$565 Pot Limit Omaha2,483$1,241,500Ryan LaPlante
13$1,500 Seven Card Razz461$622,350Rep Porter
14$1,500 Millionaire Maker No Limit Hold’em7,190$9,706,500Jason DeWitt
15$1,500 Eight Game Mix491$662,850Paul Volpe
16$10,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship100$940,000Jason Mercier
17$1,000 No Limit Hold’em2,242$2,017,800Chase Bianchi
18$3,000 H.O.R.S.E.400$1,092,000Marco Johnson
19$1,000 Pot Limit Omaha1,106$995,400Sam Soverel
20$10,000 Seven Card Razz Championship95$893,000Ray Dehkharghani
21$3,000 Six-Handed No Limit Hold’em1,029$2,809,170Calvin Lee
22$1,500 Limit Hold’em665$897,750Danny Le
23$2,000 No Limit Hold’em1,419$2,554,200Cesar Garcia
24$10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship171$1,607,400Jason Mercier
25$2,500 No Limit Hold’em1,045$2,351,250Michael Gagliano
26$1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better934$1,260,900Benny Glaser
27$1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold’em Championship4,499$4,049,100Johnnie Craig
28$10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship110$1,034,000Ian Johns
29$1,500 No Limit Hold’em1,796$2,424,600Alexander Ziskin
30$3,000 Six-Handed Pot Limit Omaha580$1,583,400Viatcheslav Ortynskiy
31$1,000 Super Seniors No Limit Hold’em1,476$1,328,400James Moore
32$10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship163$1,532,200Benny Glaser
33$1,500 Summer Solstice No Limit Hold’em1,840$2,484,000Adrian Mateos
34$1,500 2-7 Limit Triple Draw Lowball358$483,300Andrey Zaichenko
35$5,000 Six-Handed No Limit Hold’em541$2,542,700Michael Gathy
36$2,500 Mixed Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better394$886,500Hani Awad
37$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha776$1,047,600Jiaqi Xu
38$3,000 Six-Handed Limit Hold’em245$668,850Rafael Lebron
39$10,000 Six-Handed No Limit Hold’em Championship294$2,763,600Martin Kozlov
40$2,500 Mixed Limit Triple Draw Lowball236$531,000Christopher Vitch
41$1,500 Monster Stack No Limit Hold’em6,927$9,351,450Mitchell Towner
42$3,000 Shootout No Limit Hold’em400$1,092,000Phillip McAllister
43$10,000 7 Card Stud Hi-Lo Split-8 or Better Championship136$1,278,400George Danzer
44$1,000 No Limit Hold’em2,076$1,868,400Steven Wolansky
45$1,500 Mixed No Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha919$1,240,650Loren Klein
46$1,500 Bounty No Limit Hold’em2,158$2,913,300Kristen Bicknell
47$10,000 2-7 Limit Triple Draw Lowball Championship125$1,175,000John Hennigan
48$5,000 No Limit Hold’em524$2,462,800Ankush Mandavia
49$1,500 Seven Card Stud331$446,850Shaun Deeb
50$1,500 Shootout No Limit Hold’em1,050$1,417,500Safiya Umerova
51$10,000 Eight-Handed Pot Limit Omaha Championship400$3,760,000Brandon Shack-Harris
52$3,000 No Limit Hold’em1,125$3,071,250Andrew Lichtenberger
53$1,500 Mixed Pot Limit Omaha 8 or Better & Big O668$901,800Allan Le
54$888 Crazy Eights Eight-Handed No Limit Hold’em6,761$5,408,800Hung Le
55$50,000 Poker Players Championship91$4,368,000Brian Rast
56$1,500 No Limit Hold’em1,860$2,511,000David Peters
57$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Split-8 or Better732$988,200David Nowakowski
58$1,000 No Limit Hold’em1,397$1,257,300Corey Thompson
59$5,000 No Limit Hold’em863$4,056,100Yue Du
60$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better521$703,350David Prociak
61$1,000 Tag Team No Limit Hold’em863$776,700Ryan Fee
62$25,000 High Roller Pot Limit Omaha184$4,416,000Jens Kyllonen
63$1,000 No Limit Hold’em2,452$2,206,800Tony Dunst
64$3,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Split 8 or Better473$1,291,290Kyle Bowker
65$1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold’em Championship819$737,100Courtney Kennedy
66$1,000 WSOP.com Online No Limit Hold’em2,147$1,932,300Clayton Maguire
67$111,111 High Roller for One Drop No Limit Hold’em183$19,316,565Fedor Holz
68$10,000 Main Event No Limit Hold’em Championship6,737$63,327,800 
69$1,111 Little One for One Drop No Limit Hold’em4,360$3,924,000Michael Tureniec