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Media Guide

World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table

November 8-10, 2015

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2015 WSOP NOVEMBER NINE Media Guide Documents:

Table of Contents FINAL TABLE INFORMATION Where We Are and Where We Left Off Schedule of Events Final Table Fact Sheet ESPN TV Schedule International Television Coverage November Nine Chip Counts by Day Final Table Seating Chart Updated Payouts Official Main Event Bracelet Details Final Table Odds Sheet MEET THE NOVEMBER NINE Seat 1: Ofer Zvi Stern Seat 2: Pierre Neuville Seat 3: Joshua Beckley Seat 4: Max Steinberg Seat 5: Tom Cannuli Seat 6: Joe McKeehen Seat 7: Patrick Chan Seat 8: Federico Butteroni Seat 9: Neil Blumenfield FACTS, STATS & FIGURES Key Stats - 2015 Main Event Participant Breakdown by Country – 2015 WSOP Main Event Participant Breakdown by U.S. State – 2015 WSOP Main Event Inside the Main Event Demographics By the Numbers - 2015 WSOP Main Event Entrant-Survivor Breakdown – 2015 WSOP Main Event How $7.6 Million Stacks Up Amateurs Who Have Won the WSOP Main Event Final Hand Details – WSOP Main Event (Historical) Famous WSOP Final Hand Details – WSOP Main Events (Historical) Top 25 Final Table Appearances – WSOP Main Event Top 25 All-Time Cashes – WSOP Main Event Last Woman Standing – WSOP Main Event WSOP Player of the Year Event Snapshot – 2015 WSOP Entrants – WSOP (Since 2000) About the WSOP

WHERE WE ARE…AND WHERE WE LEFT OFF

CURRENT BLINDS, STRUCTURES & DETAILS

The 2015 World Series of Poker $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold’em (Main Event) reached nine players after seven playing, and ten calendar days on Wednesday, July 15, 2015 at 1:27 a.m. when Alex Turyansky lost his remaining 8,800,000 chips at the hands of Joe McKeehen when McKeehen’s pocket queens prevailed over Turyansky’s Ace-King, which didn’t improve on the 7-6-5-8-J board. McKeehen will now take the largest chip lead into the final table in the November Nine era, as he has 33,300,000 more than second place and 32.7% of all chips in play.

Turyansky finished in 10th place, earning $756,897.

After a 117-day break, here we are with the November Nine vying for the remaining prize pool of $24,806,977 with first place set to collect $7,683,346. Each player was paid 9th place prize money on July 15 ($1,001,020), therefore only the top eight finishers will collect more prize money.

When play resumes on Sunday, November 8 at 5:00 PM PT, here is where it will pick up:

Level: 35 Blinds: 200,000-400,000 Antes: 50,000 Time left in level 35: 57 minutes, 36 seconds Button: Cannuli Big Blind: Chan Small Blind: McKeehen Players: 9 begin

Seat Player Name Starting chip counts 1 Ofer Zvi Stern 29,800,000 (74.5 big blinds) 2 Pierre Neuville 21,075,000 (52.68 big blinds) 3 Joshua Beckley 11,800,000 (29.5 big blinds) 4 Max Steinberg 20,200,000 (50.5 big blinds) 5 Tom Cannuli 12,250,000 (30.625 big blinds) 6 Joe McKeehen 63,100,000 (157.75 big blinds) – Chip Leader 7 Patrick Chan 6,225,000 (15.56 big blinds) 8 Federico Butteroni 6,200,000 (15.5 big blinds) – Short Stack 9 Neil Blumenfield 22,000,000 (55 big blinds)

Level 36 will feature blinds at 250,000-500,000 with a 50,000 ante.

Chip Denominations: There are currently four different chip denominations in use: 5,000, 25,000, 100,000 and 250,000. A 500,000 chip is also expected to be used during the final table.

Levels are 2 hours. Play commences on Monday, November 9 at 4:30 p.m. and plays down to three players. Play will pause at that point and return Tuesday, November 10 at 6:00 p.m. and play to a winner.

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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS – 2015 WSOP MAIN EVENT FINAL TABLE Penn & Teller Theatre, Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada

Friday, November 6, 2015 – Poker Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

8:00 PM – Binion’s Gambling Hall, Downtown Las Vegas – Class of 2015 Poker Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Media seating is available. If you have interest in attending, please contact Seth. Some November Niners expected to attend).

Saturday, November 7, 2015 – Off Day – No officially scheduled activities

Sunday, November 8, 2015 – Main Event Final Table – Day 1 (of 3)

1:00 PM – Spectator line forms for general admission first come, first serve seating (seating is free; seating is subject to availability after players’ family and friends are accommodated)

2:30 PM – Media Credentialing Pick-Up Begins – Outside Penn & Teller Theater – next to Starbucks

4:00 PM – Friends and Family seating begins; friends and family must be in their seats by 4:30 or their ticketed seats will be put back in general admission pool.

4:30 PM – General admission seating opens and Media Credential Pick-Up Ends.

4:52 PM – November Nine Players Introductions Begin – Penn & Teller Stage

5:00 PM – Taping begins. (Airing on ESPN on 30-minute delay).

5:04 PM -- Tournament Director Jack Effel final instructions & Shuffle Up and Deal

5:05 PM – Cards in the air, first hand dealt. (Complete Level 35: 200k-400k w/50k ante (57 minutes, 36 seconds remaining)

5:30 PM – Television coverage begins on ESPN. (TV will dictate when play will pause for the evening).

6:03 PM – First standard player break. When play resumes, will be Level 36: 250k-500k w/50k ante. Play continues until television determines we stop. (Expected to occur following an elimination).

Monday, November 9, 2015 – Day 2 (of 3) Play continues on ESPN2

3:00 PM – Doors to Penn & Teller Theater open.

3:15 PM – Friends and Family seating begins (must be in seats by 4pm).

4:22 PM – Player Introductions begin

4:30 PM – Taping begins for airing on ESPN2

4:34 PM – Shuffle Up and Deal

4:35 PM – Cards in the air, pick up at exact point we left off previous night. Play continues until television determines. (Expected to be after we reach three players, but not definitive).

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 – Day 3 (of 3) Play to a Winner on ESPN

4:00 PM – Doors to Penn & Teller Theater open.

4:30 PM -- Friends and Family seating begins; must be in their seats by 5:30

5:30 PM – General Admission Seating begins

6:00 PM – Taping begins (ESPN)

6:04 PM – Shuffle Up and Deal (On ESPN at 9:30 PM ET)

6:05 PM – Cards in the air. Breaks at the end of each level. Pick up where play ended on Monday, play continues until there is a winner.

6:30 PM – Coverage on ESPN begins (on 30-minute delay).

During Final Hand of Play: Media may not rush the stage, but will be permitted to move to front of orchestra section to view and capture reaction – but not final hand. Note: Confetti, etc., will be part of show.

30-minutes following the end of play: Interviews with winner and runner-up off side of stage.

90 minutes following end of play – Media must clear Penn & Teller theatre, per the striking of the equipment that must take place. Please plan accordingly in advance.

Wednesday, November 11 – Day After Event - Winner Interviews

Time TBD – Depending on when play ends Tuesday, we will attempt to arrange a brief media interview opportunity with the winner if we aren’t able to accomplish goals at end of play on Tuesday. Likely time is 1-2 PM PT. Location to meet will be the Starbucks outside Penn & Teller Theater. Media interested should connect with Seth.

# # # Notes:

Bust-out interviews will occur in lobby of Penn & Teller theater approximately 10 minutes after each player is eliminated.

To shoot video in theater, media is required to have a staff escort. Video is limited to 5 minutes per day and must be b-roll in nature (crowd, atmosphere, players, etc.) Absolutely no hand-for-hand play is allowed. Media is allowed to record interviews in lobby of theater in designated media area without an escort.

Live Updates – websites. For media covering the event, no real-time updates are allowed on a company-owned website. However, media may post in concert with ESPN coverage.

2015 World Series of Poker Main Event Final Table Fact Sheet

WHO:

WHAT: The conclusion of poker’s richest and most prestigious poker tournament, the 46th annual World Series of

Poker Main Event. Featuring the November Nine – the final nine players of 6,420 participants in the $10,000

No-Limit Texas Hold’em World Championship. Players are vying for the most coveted prize in poker – the

WSOP Gold Bracelet and the winner’s prize of $7,683,346.

WHERE: The Penn & Teller Theater at the Rio® All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV.

WHEN: Sunday, November 8 through Tuesday, November 10

Sun. Nov. 8 – All 9 Players – 8:30-11pm ET (Live) ESPN; After 11:30pm moves to ESPN2

Mon. Nov. 9 – TBD players – 8:00-11pm ET (Live) ESPN2

Tues. Nov. 10 – Final 3 players – 9:30-11pm ET (Live) ESPN - Finale .

PRIZE The final nine will play for a total of $24,806,977 (41% of prize pool). The payout schedule is: POOL:

1st Place: $7,683,346 2nd Place: $4,470,896 3rd Place: $3,398,298 4th Place: $2,615,361 5th Place: $1,911,423 6th Place: $1,426,283 7th Place: $1,203,293 8th Place: $1,097,056 9th Place: $1,001,020

The Main Event total prize pool in 2015 is $60,355,857. A record 1,000 players cash in the event; payout for 1000th place was $15,000. Players from 80 different countries are participating.

UPON The event resumes with 57 minutes, 36 seconds left in Level 35, with antes RETURN: 50,000 and blinds at 200,000 and 400,000. Cannuli in Seat 5 has the button. The small blind will be in Seat

6 with McKeehen and Chan will be the big blind in Seat 7.

2015 The 2015 World Series of Poker attracted 103,512 entrants from 111 different nations competing WSOP: for $210,379,285 in prize pools over the 68-event, 51- day extravaganza.

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Chip Count Player Name Age Town Seat

63,100,000 Joe McKeehen 24 North Wales, PA (USA) 6

29,800,000 Ofer Zvi Stern 37 Herzliya, Israel 1

22,000,000 Neil Blumenfield 61 San Francisco, CA (USA) 9

21,075,000 Pierre Neuville 72 Knokke-Heist, Belgium 2

20,200,000 Max Steinberg 27 Fairfield, Iowa (USA) 4

12,250,000 Tom Cannuli 23 Cape May, NJ (USA) 5

11,800,000 Joshua Beckley 25 Marlton, NJ (USA) 3

6,225,000 Patrick Chan 26 New York, NY (USA) 7

6,200,000 Federico Butteroni 25 Rome, Italy 8


ESPN TV SCHEDULE FOR 2015 WSOP FINAL TABLE

ESPN’s coverage of the 46th Annual World Series of Poker from the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas concludes with three special live primetime telecasts over three consecutive nights November 8-10, 2015, with all the action carried on a 30-minute delay to conform to gaming regulations regarding hole card information. The coverage begins on Sunday, November 8 on ESPN and the WatchESPN App in North America and via www.ESPNPlayer.com in Europe and Africa. It will begin at 8:30 PM ET. Television will make the call when play pauses. Play will then resume on Monday, November 9 at 8:00 PM ET live on ESPN2 and will continue most likely until three players remain (but television ultimately makes the call to pause play). If play continues past 11:00 PM ET, coverage will switch to ESPN and continue as normal. Tuesday’s final coverage airs on ESPN and the WatchESPN App starting at 9:30 PM ET and via www.ESPNPlayer.com in Europe and Africa. Coverage will air uninterrupted until we have a new champion. All the coverage will be on a 30-minute delay and feature hole cards.

Sunday, November 8 ESPN 8:30 pm ET (30-minute delay) 9 players to ??

Monday, November 9 ESPN2 8:00 pm ET (30-min delay) ?? players to 3

Tuesday, November 10 ESPN 9:30 pm ET (30-min delay) Until winner

*TV Schedule Subject To Change

The on-air talent for the event features the following: Lon McEachern – Play by Play Norman Chad – Color Commentary Antonio Esfandiari – Analyst Kara Scott – Sideline Reporter (and Host for Break Segments) Phil Hellmuth – Analyst (Breaks) Daniel Negreanu – Analyst (Breaks) The executive in charge of poker coverage on ESPN is Dan Ochs, the Senior Director of Programming and Acquisitions. Production of the final table and all of the 2015 World Series of Poker television coverage is produced by Poker Productions, headed by Mori Eskandani and Dan Gati. For all ESPN media inquiries and interview requests, please contact Jennifer Cingari in the ESPN Communications department.

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2015 World Series of Poker Final Table- International Video Coverage

Sunday, November 8 beginning at 8:30pm ET Monday, November 9 beginning at 8:00pm ET

Tuesday, November 10 beginning at 9:30pm ET ESPN NETWORKS/BROADBAND PLAYERS:

USA – ESPN/ESPN2/WatchESPN App

Canada – TSN2/TSN Go Day 1: Sunday, November 8 at 8:30pm ET LIVE on the following TV networks:

ESPN+ Brazil (Brazil)

ESPN3 South (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela)

ESPN3 North (Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama)

ESPN2 Caribbean (Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, St. Kitts/Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Maarten, St. Vincent/Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos, Cruise Ships). *In the Caribbean, the Live Final Table moves over to ESPN Caribbean at 11pm ET (similar to the move in the US). Country distribution is the same as ESPN2 Caribbean.

ESPN2 Pac Rim (Australia & New Zealand) LIVE on the following Broadband players (Internet and Mobile):

Watch ESPN: Brazil

ESPNPlay.com: all of Spanish-Speaking Latin America and the Caribbean (pls. see country listing above)

ESPN3.com.au: Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Islands

ESPNPlayer.com: all European countries (excluding Italy), Middle East and Africa (excluding South Africa) Day 2: Monday, November 9 at 8:00pm ET LIVE on the following TV networks:

ESPN+ Brazil (Brazil)



ESPN2 Caribbean (see country listing above)

ESPN2 Pac Rim (Australia & New Zealand) Live on the following Broadband Players (Internet and Mobile):

Watch ESPN: Brazil

ESPNPlay.com: all of Spanish-Speaking Latin America & the Caribbean, pls. see country listing above


ESPN NETWORKS/BROADBAND PLAYERS, continued:

ESPNPlayer.com: all European countries (excluding Italy), Middle East and Africa (excluding South Africa) Day 3: Tuesday, November 10 at 9:30pm ET

ESPN Latin Brazil (Brazil)



ESPN Caribbean (see country listing above)

ESPN2 Pac Rim (Australia & New Zealand) Live on the following Broadband Players (Internet and Mobile):

Watch ESPN: Brazil

ESPNPlay.com: all of Spanish-Speaking Latin America and the Caribbean, pls. see country listing above


ESPNPlayer.com: all European countries (excluding Italy), Middle East and Africa (excluding South Africa)

NON-ESPN TV NETWORKS and BROADBAND PLAYERS (SYNDICATION & TSN/RDS) Day 1: Sunday, November 8 at 8:30pm & 11pm ET LIVE on the following TV networks:

Slovak Sport: Slovakia

SBS: Netherlands

BT Sport (ESPN branded Net): UK and Ireland

Sport1: Germany

Poker Italia: Italy

TSN2: Canada Day 2: Tuesday, November 9 at 8:00pm ET LIVE on the following TV networks:


SBS: Netherlands


Sport1: Germany

Poker Italia: Italy

TSN2: Canada Day 3: Tuesday, November 10 at 9:30pm ET LIVE on the following TV networks:


SBS: Netherlands


Sport1: Germany

Poker Italia: Italy

TSN2: Canada Delayed on the following TV networks:

RDS: Canada (French)

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2015 WSOP Main Event

November Nine Chip Counts by Day

Player Day 1 Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7

Ofer Zvi Stern B 38,325 180,000 256,500 1,751,000 4,415,000 9,940,000 29,800,000

Pierre Neuville A 79,625 357,600 299,000 956,000 7,105,000 6,000,000 21,075,000

Joshua Beckley C 62,200 84,600 505,000 1,021,000 1,440,000 3,745,000 11,800,000

Max Steinberg C 26,300 232,700 616,500 1,234,000 4,285,000 3,290,000 20,200,000

Tom Cannuli C DNR 185,300 584,500 2,271,000 5,070,000 6,220,000 12,250,000

Joe McKeehen C 33,225 162,100 1,052,000 3,122,000 3,660,000 11,975,000 63,100,000

Patrick Chan C 81,900 66,800 300,500 844,000 2,105,000 7,400,000 6,225,000

Federico Butteroni C 52,650 200,500 125,500 1,507,000 2,945,000 4,980,000 6,200,000

Neil Blumenfield B 36,825 149,500 370,500 835,000 570,000 4,315,000 22,000,000

November Nine

Average

51,381 179,900 456,667 1,504,556 3,510,556 6,429,444 21,405,556

Tournament Average

45,865 111,623 303,290 845,886 2,905,435 7,425,000 21,405,556

Players Remaining

4,371 1,796 661 237 69 27 9

*Red denotes that day’s chip leader among the November Nine

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2015 WSOP Event #68: Main Event

Entries: 6,420 Prize Pool: $60,355,857

1st: $7,683,346

2nd: $4,470,896

3rd: $3,398,298

4th: $2,615,361

5th: $1,911,423

6th: $1,426,283

7th: $1,203,293

8th: $1,097,056

9th: $1,001,020

Places Paid: 1,000

2015 WSOP Event #68

$10,000 Main Event

No-Limit Hold’em

Final Table

SEAT #3

Joshua Beckley, 25

Marlton, New Jersey

Chip Count: 11,800,000

SEAT #8

Federico Butteroni, 25

Rome, Italy


SEAT #2

Pierre Neuville, 72

Knokke-Heist, Belgium


SEAT #7

Patrick Chan, 26

New York, New York


SEAT #1

Ofer Zvi Stern, 37

Herzliya, Israel


SEAT #5

Tom Cannuli, 23

Cape May, New Jersey


SEAT #4

Max Steinberg, 27

Las Vegas, Nevada


SEAT #6

Joe McKeehen, 24

North Wales, Pennsylvania


SEAT #9

Neil Blumenfield, 61

San Francisco, California


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UPDATED PAYOUTS

On July 15, 2015 the nine remaining players each were paid ninth place prize money ($1,001,020) from the initial $24,799,120 that was slotted for the first nine places in the tournament. The remaining amount ($15,789,938) for spots 1-8 were placed into a Fidelity Investments Money Market account on July 16, 2015. The fund’s objective seeks to maximize current income to the extent consistent with the preservation of capital and the maintenance of liquidity. That $15,789,938 accrued $7,857 in interest, which when added to the prize pool will pay out the following:

1st Place $7,683,346 2nd Place $4,470,896 3rd Place $3,398,298 4th Place $2,615,361 5th Place $1,911,423 6th Place $1,426,283 7th Place $1,203,293 8th Place $1,097,056 Total $24,806,977

Note $9,009,180 was paid out already (9 places x $1,001,020)

Updated Total Prize Pool for this Final Table = $24,806,977

Updated Total Prize Pool for 2015 WSOP Main Event = $60,355,857

Computing the Math Below shows the original figures, plus the added interest dollar amounts and payout percentages to achieve the revised payouts

Original Amount Added Interest Percentage 1st Place $7,680,021 $3325 42.3% 2nd Place $4,469,171 $1725 21.9% 3rd Place $3,397,103 $1195 15.2% 4th Place $2,614,558 $803 10.2% 5th Place $1,910,971 $452 5.7% 6th Place $1,426,072 $211 2.7% 7th Place $1,203,193 $100 1.2% 8th Place $1,097,009 $47 0.6% 9th Place $1,001,020 No change $0 Worth Noting

Since each of the nine players received ninth place money, the person who finishes in ninth place will receive no additional cash.

The Main Event paid out 1,000 places and each of those places was slotted a percentage of the prize pool totaling 100%. When redistributing the interest, 992 of the 1,000 slots were removed, with the percentages redistributed amongst slots 1-8 in a sliding scale percentage consistent with the original payout structure.

The $15,789,938 was put into a Money Market Account at Fidelity Investments (Fund Name: FIMM FUNDS: MONEY MARKET PORT INST CL, Fund #2013, Symbol: FNSXX) on July 16, 2015 and removed on November 2, 2015 with a balance of $15,797,795.

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PLAYER TO WIN EVENT #68 NO-LIMIT HOLD’EM MAIN EVENT

NOVEMBER 8th

, 2015

RIO HOTEL & CASINO - LAS VEGAS, NV Seat Bet# Team Name Chip Count Opening Line Current Line

1 9351 OFER ZVI STERN 29,800,000 4/1 4/1 2 9352 PIERRE NEUVILLE 21,075,000 6/1 6/1 3 9353 JOSHUA BECKLEY 11,800,000 12/1 12/1 4 9354 TOM CANNULI 12,250,000 12/1 12/1 5 9355 MAX STEINBERG 20,200,000 7/1 7/1 6 9356 JOE MCKEEHEN 63,100,000 7/5 7/5 7 9357 PATRICK CHAN 6,225,000 25/1 25/1 8 9358 FEDERICO BUTTERONI 6,200,000 25/1 25/1 9 9359 NEIL BLUMENFIELD 22,000,000 6/1 6/1

ODDS CURRENT AS OF SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

IF PLAYER DOES NOT PLAY FOR ANY REASON,

WAGER IS NOT REFUNDED.

ALL HOUSE RULES APPLY.

WAGERING CLOSES 4:30 PM - SUNDAY NOVEMBER 8, 2015

FINAL RESULTS POSTED

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2015

ALL BETS ARE ACTION

ODDS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

PLEASE CHECK ALL TICKETS FOR ACCURACY

SEAT 1 – Ofer Zvi Stern – 29,800,000

Name: Ofer Zvi Stern Twitter: None Age: 37 Birthplace: Herzilya, Israel Current place of residence: Israel Occupation: Businessman Marital Status: Single WSOP Earnings: $61,848 WSOP Cashes: 6 (cashed once last month at WSOP Europe) WSOP Final Tables: 1 (2006, WSOP Event #42, $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em) Best Main Event Finish: None prior to 2015 WSOP Gold Bracelets: 0 WSOP Circuit Rings: 0 Biggest Cash: $44,540 – PCA High Roller – 1/12/2015, 34th place Total Tournament Earnings: $1,153,838 (includes this Main Event 9th place prize money) Highest Ever Finish: 3rd – 2006 WSOP Event #42, $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em - $39,530 Bracelet Events Played at 2015 WSOP: 1 – just the Main Event

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SEAT 2 – Pierre Neuville – 21,075,000 (4th overall)

Name: Pierre Neuville Twitter: @pierre_neuville Age: 72 (could be oldest ever November Nine winner) Resides: Knokke-Heist, Belgium Occupation: Retired Businessman Marital Status: Married WSOP Earnings: $591,460 (does not include this event) WSOP Cashes: 19 (does not include this event) WSOP Final Tables: 1 (does not include this event) Best Main Event Finish: 662nd in 2010 (won $21,327) (Played in 2009, 10, 11, 12, 14) WSOP Gold Bracelets: none WSOP Circuit Rings: none Biggest Cash: $385,041 – WSOP Event #24 – 2nd place (6/10/2014) Total Tournament Earnings: $3,176,175 (includes this event’s 9th place prize money) Highest Ever Finish: 1st – (twice) Planet Poker Deepstack in 2014; Deepstack Extravaganza III in 2012 Bracelet Events Played at 2015 WSOP: 25 (cashed in two – including the Main Event)

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SEAT 3 – Joshua Beckley – 11,800,000 (7th overall)

Name: Joshua Beckley Twitter: @Joshua1Beckley Age: 25 Resides: Marlton, New Jersey Occupation: Professional Poker Marital Status: Single WSOP Earnings: $19,403 (does not include this event) WSOP Cashes: 4 (does not include this event) WSOP Final Tables: none (does not include this event) Best Main Event Finish: no previous in-the-money finishes WSOP Gold Bracelets: none WSOP Circuit Rings: 1 (Won Event#1 in Sept. at Palm Beach Kennel Club) 9/17/2015 Biggest Cash: $98,348 – Won Parx Casino Big Stax VII 8/14/2014 Total Tournament Earnings: $1,246,612 (includes this event’s 9th place prize money) Highest Ever Finish: 1st - Parx Casino Big Stax VII No-Limit Hold’em (8/14/2014) Bracelet Events Played at 2015 WSOP: 14 (cashed in five – most of anyone remaining)

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SEAT 4 – Max Steinberg – 20,200,000 (5th overall)

Name: Max Steinberg Twitter: @maxjsteinberg Age: 27 Resides: Las Vegas, Nevada (born in Washington, D.C.) Occupation: Professional Poker & Daily Fantasy Sports Player Marital Status: Single WSOP Earnings: $1,406,138 (does not include this event) WSOP Cashes: 11 (does not include this event) WSOP Final Tables: 4 (one first, plus three runner-ups; does not include this event) Best Main Event Finish: 131st in 2013 for $50,752 WSOP Gold Bracelets: 1 (WSOP Event #33 in 2012; $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em) $440,238 WSOP Circuit Rings: none Biggest Cash: $440,238 for 1st in 2012 Event#33 (6/17/2012) Total Tournament Earnings: $2,957,574 (includes this event’s 9th place prize money) Highest Ever Finish: 1st 2012 WSOP Event#33 $440,238 (6/17/2012) Bracelet Events Played at 2015 WSOP: 5 (cashed in one -- the Main Event)

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SEAT 5 – Tom Cannuli – 12,250,000 (6th overall)

Name: Tom Cannuli Twitter: @tomcannuli Age: 23 Resides: Cape May, New Jersey Occupation: Professional Poker Player Marital Status: Single WSOP Earnings: $20,203 (does not include this event) WSOP Cashes: 2 (does not include this event) WSOP Final Tables: 0 (does not include this event) Best Main Event Finish: 691st in 2014 for $18,406 WSOP Gold Bracelets: none WSOP Circuit Rings: none (1 cash in 8th place in 2014) Biggest Cash: $18,406 for 691st in 2014 WSOP Main Event (7/6/2014) Total Tournament Earnings: $1,053,255 (includes this event’s 9th place prize money) Highest Ever Finish: 7th ($1500 East Coast Poker Championships) $4,911 (5/21/2011) Bracelet Events Played at 2015 WSOP: 8 (cashed in one -- the Main Event)

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SEAT 6 – Joe McKeehen – 63,100,000 (1st overall)

Name: Joe McKeehen Twitter: @dude904 Age: 24 Resides: North Wales, Pennsylvania Occupation: Professional Poker Player Marital Status: Single WSOP Earnings: $883,494 (does not include this event) WSOP Cashes: 8 (does not include this event) WSOP Final Tables: 1 (2nd in 2014 WSOP Event#51 Monster Stack) Best Main Event Finish: 489th in 2013 for $24,480 WSOP Gold Bracelets: none WSOP Circuit Rings: 2 (14 total cashes) Biggest Cash: $820,863 for 2nd in WSOP Event#51 Monster Stack (6/26/2014) Total Tournament Earnings: $2,997,467 (includes this event’s 9th place prize money) Highest Ever Finish: 1st (12 times previously) Bracelet Events Played at 2015 WSOP: 22 (cashed in four including Main Event)

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SEAT 7 – Patrick Chan – 6,225,000 (8th overall)

Name: Patrick Chan Twitter: @pchanpoker Age: 26 (turns 27 on November 13) Resides: Brooklyn, New York Occupation: Professional Poker Player Marital Status: Single WSOP Earnings: $139,294 (does not include this event) WSOP Cashes: 4 (does not include this event) WSOP Final Tables: none (does not include this event) Best Main Event Finish: none prior (has played every year 2012-2015) WSOP Gold Bracelets: none WSOP Circuit Rings: none (one runner-up finish in May, 2015 at Foxwood’s) Biggest Cash: $131,895 in $2500 Borgata Fall Poker Open (11/18/2012) Total Tournament Earnings: $1,536,419 (includes this event’s 9th place prize money) Highest Ever Finish: 2nd (twice); $2350 Parx Casino Big Stax X (1/28/2015) Bracelet Events Played at 2015 WSOP: 4 (cashed in two including Main Event)

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SEAT 8 – Federico Butteroni – 6,200,000 (9th overall)

Name: Federico Butteroni Twitter: @FedericoButter1 Age: 25 Resides: Rome, Italy Occupation: Poker Player Marital Status: Single WSOP Earnings: $51,156 (does not include this event) WSOP Cashes: 3 (does not include this event) WSOP Final Tables: none (does not include this event) Best Main Event Finish: none prior WSOP Gold Bracelets: none WSOP Circuit Rings: none Biggest Cash: $45,633 in 2015 WSOP Event#28 (Monster Stack) Total Tournament Earnings: $1,105,938 (includes this event’s 9th place prize money) Highest Ever Finish: 1st – Rio Daily Deepstack (6/24/2015) $31,756 Bracelet Events Played at 2015 WSOP: 13 (cashed in three including Main Event)

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SEAT 9 – Neil Blumenfield – 22,000,000 (3rd overall)

Name: Neil Blumenfield Twitter: @nrb1 Age: 61 Resides: San Francisco, California (born in Chicago, Illinois) Occupation: Software Marital Status: Single (has a girlfriend) WSOP Earnings: $44,395 (does not include this event) WSOP Cashes: 3 (does not include this event) WSOP Final Tables: none (does not include this event) Best Main Event Finish: 285th place in 2012 for $38,453 (has played last 5) WSOP Gold Bracelets: none WSOP Circuit Rings: none Biggest Cash: $38,453 in 2012 WSOP Main Event Total Tournament Earnings: $1,170,305 (includes this event’s 9th place prize money) Highest Ever Finish: 1st – Nevada Poker Championship, Reno (10/4/2008) – $15,930 Bracelet Events Played at 2015 WSOP: 4 (cashed in two)

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MAIN EVENT KEY STATS – 2015 WORLD SERIES OF POKER

WHEN: July 5 – July 14, 2015; November 8-10 – November Nine

WHERE: Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas

EVENT #: 68

BUY IN AMOUNT: $10,000

PRIZE POOL: $60,355,857

FIRST PLACE PRIZE: $7,683,346

NUMBER OF ENTRANTS: 6,420 (Main Event)

PLACES PAID: 1,000 (Earns $15,000)

VALUE OF CHIPS IN PLAY: 192,600,000 (Players start with 30,000 in chips)

PHYSICAL # CHIPS IN PLAY: 192,600 (Each player started with 30 individual poker chips)

# OF DEALERS UTILIZED: 1,126

# OF DECKS OF CARDS: 1,488

UNIQUE COUNTRIES: 80

AVERAGE AGE: 39.62

OLDEST PLAYER: William Wachter, Mahopac, NY, USA – 94 years old (Flight 1B)

YOUNGEST PLAYER: Adrian Mateos, Spain – 21 years, 6 days (Flight 1C) (Won WSOP Europe Main Event in 2013 when he was 19 (legal gaming age in France is 18)

MALE PARTICIPANTS: 6,168

FEMALE PARTICIPANTS: 252

NOTABLE 2014 CELEBRITIES: Actors Aaron Paul, Brad Garrett, Ray Romano & Jennifer Tilly; sports stars Richard Seymour (football), Shane Warne (cricket), John Arne Riise (soccer) and Jason White (auto racing); plus film director Nick Cassavetes (Notebook) & Curb Your Enthusiasm producer Gavin Polone.

U.S. TELECAST PARTNER: ESPN

WSOP FIRST YEAR: 1970

OWNERSHIP: Caesars Interactive Entertainment

DEFENDING CHAMPION: Martin Jacobson, Sweden

2015 WSOP MAIN EVENT - LIST OF PARTICIPANTS PER COUNTRY

Of the 6,420 unique players in the 2015 WSOP Main Event, 80 different nations were represented. Below details

the list of countries, plus how many players from each country participated.

American Samoa 1 Angola 1 Argentina 24 Armenia 1 Australia 67 Austria 38 Azerbaijan 2 Bahamas 1 Barbados 1 Belarus 4 Belgium 12 Belize 2 Benin 1 Bolivia 3 Bosnia & Herzegovina 1 Brazil 68 Bulgaria 10 Canada 323 Chad 1 Chile 6 China 23 Colombia 9 Costa Rica 3 Croatia 4 Cyprus 2 Czech Republic 16 Denmark 15 Finland 5

France 84 Georgia 1 Germany 82 Gibraltar 1 Greece 6 Guam 1 Honduras 2 Hong Kong 4 Hungary 17 India 12 Ireland 42 Isle of Man 1 Israel 37 Italy 51 Japan 28 Korea 4 Lebanon 3 Lithuania 6 Luxembourg 2 Malaysia 1 Malta 9 Mexico 23 Mongolia 1 Netherlands 23 New Zealand 6 Northern Mariana Islands 1 Norway 27 Panama 2

Peru 2 Philippines 3 Poland 10 Portugal 10 Puerto Rico 1 Romania 5 Russia 76 Serbia 5 Singapore 4 Slovakia 2 Slovenia 3 South Africa 3 Spain 39 Sweden 26 Switzerland 7 Taiwan 3 Thailand 5 Turkey 7 Ukraine 18 United Arab Emirates 4 United Kingdom 279 USA 4,778 Uruguay 3 Venezuela 5 Total: 6,420 players Countries: 80

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WSOP MAIN EVENT – LIST OF U.S. STATES PARTICIPATING

The 2015 WSOP Main Event drew 6,420 entries, of which all 50 states were represented in the 4,778 players that

came from the United States. Here is a breakdown of players by state from most to least entries.

RANK STATE # of PLAYERS # of MALES # of FEMALES

1 CALIFORNIA 885 840 45

2 NEVADA 517 484 33

3 NEW YORK 387 375 12

4 FLORIDA 377 357 20

5 TEXAS 302 292 10

6 ILLINOIS 222 219 3

7 NEW JERSEY 209 203 6

8 OHIO 130 123 7

9 MASSACHUSETTS 128 124 4

10 PENNSYLVANIA 123 114 9

11 MICHIGAN 108 106 2

12 WASHINGTON 98 94 4

13 GEORGIA 90 88 2

14 COLORADO 80 77 3

15 MINNESOTA 74 72 2

16 NORTH CAROLINA 74 72 2

17 CONNECTICUT 71 69 2

18 ARIZONA 70 66 4

19 VIRGINIA 70 69 1

20 MISSOURI 68 68 0

21 INDIANA 65 64 1

22 MARYLAND 63 61 2

23 TENNESSEE 53 52 1

24 KANSAS 41 39 2

25 KENTUCKY 41 40 1

26 LOUISIANA 38 37 1

27 OREGON 36 35 1

28 OKLAHOMA 34 31 3

29 WISCONSIN 32 31 1

30 IOWA 24 23 1

31 NEBRASKA 24 21 3

32 DISTRICT of COLUMBIA 23 21 2

33 ARKANSAS 20 18 2

34 ALABAMA 19 18 1

35 SOUTH CAROLINA 18 18 0

36 NEW MEXICO 16 16 0

37 SOUTH DAKOTA 16 16 0

38 WEST VIRGINIA 13 13 0

39 HAWAII 12 12 0

40 IDAHO 12 11 1

41 UTAH 12 12 0

42 ALASKA 11 10 1

43 MAINE 11 11 0

44 NORTH DAKOTA 11 11 0

45 NEW HAMPSHIRE 11 11 0

46 MISSISSIPPI 10 10 0

47 DELAWARE 8 7 1

48 MONTANA 7 6 1

49 RHODE ISLAND 6 6 0

50 VERMONT 5 5 0

51 WYOMING 3 3 0

TOTALS 4778 4581 197

2015 WSOP MAIN EVENT – DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN

The average age of 2015 WSOP Main Event participants is 39.62. For males, the average is 39.53 and for females, 41.78. Here is a more detailed look at the age ranges of this year’s participants.

TOTAL FIELD DEMOGRAPHICS

AGE RANGE TOTAL MALE FEMALE

21-25 501 489 12

26-30 1509 1462 47

31-35 1090 1049 41

36-40 749 718 31

41-45 720 691 29

46-50 642 611 31

51-55 499 472 27

>56 710 676 34

Total 6420 6168 252

UNITED STATES DEMOGRAPHICS


21-25 271 263 8

26-30 1021 992 29

31-35 797 763 34

36-40 560 538 22

41-45 580 555 25

46-50 524 499 25

51-55 404 383 21

>56 621 588 33

Total 4778 4581 197

INTERNATIONAL DEMOGRAPHICS


21-25 230 226 4

26-30 488 470 18

31-35 293 286 7

36-40 189 180 9

41-45 140 136 4

46-50 118 112 6

51-55 95 89 6

>56 89 88 1

Total 1642 1587 55

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2015 Main Event – By the Numbers – 46th Annual World Series of Poker

Total # of Entries: 6,420

Game: No Limit Texas Hold’em

Entry Fee: $10,000

Net Prize Pool: $60,355,857

Entries by Day: 1A: 741 1B: 1,716 1C: 3,963 2A: 470 2B: 1,154 2C: 2,747

Total Day 2 Players: 4,371 (470 + 1,154 + 2,747) Total Day 3 Players: 1,796 (177+477+1,142) Total Day 4 Players: 661 Total Day 5 Players: 237 Total Day 6 Players: 69 Total Day 7 Players: 27 Total Day 8 Players: 9

Players in the Money: 1,000

1st Place Prize: $7,683,346 2nd Place Prize: $4,470,896 3rd Place Prize: $3,398,298 4th Place Prize: $2,615,361 5th Place Prize: $1,911,423 6th Place Prize: $1,426,283 7th Place Prize: $1,203,293 8th Place Prize: $1,097,056 9th Place Prize: $1,001,020

*Note: Final 9 players received 9th place prize money on July 15 and the rest of the money was placed in an interest-bearing account to be added to the prize pool on a percentage basis for the final 8 finishers.

1000th place pays (last place): $15,000

Last Year’s Key Stats Defending Champion: Martin Jacobson, Sweden 2014 1st Place Prize: $10,000,000 2014 Net Prize Pool: $62,825,752 2014 No. of Entries: 6,683

2015 WSOP Main Event Entrant/Survivor Breakdown

Day 1A – 741 entrants

Day 1A – 470 survivors (63.4%)

Day 1B – 1,716 entrants

Day 1B – 1,154 survivors (67.2%)

Day 1C – 3,963 entrants

Day 1C – 2,747 survivors (69.3%)

Total Day 2 starters – 4,371 (470+1,154+2,747)

Day 2A – 470 entrants

Day 2A – 177 survivors (37.6%)

DAY 2B – 1,154 entrants

DAY 2B – 477 survivors (41.3%)

Day 2C – 2,747 entrants

Day 2C – 1,142 survivors (41.6%)

Day 3 – 1,796 entrants (177+477+1,142)

Day 3 – 661 survivors (36.8%)

Day 4 – 661 entrants Day 4 – 237 survivors (35.8%)

Day 5 – 237 entrants

Day 5 – 69 survivors (29.1%)


Day 6 – 27 survivors (39.1%) (Play paused with 37:36 remaining in Level 30)


Day 7 – 9 survivors (33%)

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HOW $7.6 MILLION STACKS UP

VERSUS OTHER PROFESSIONAL SPORTS SALARIES

The winner of the 2015 World Series of Poker Main Event will walk away with $7,683,346, plus the WSOP gold bracelet valued at $500,000.

Here is how the WSOP Main Event winner purse compares to other pro sports salaries:

NBA Basketball Average Salary: $4.58 million MLB Baseball Average Salary: $4.17 million NHL Hockey Average Salary: $2.62 million NFL Football Average Salary: $2.11 million MLS Soccer Average Salary: $310,000

Thus, the 2015 WSOP Main Event Champion will earn at least 67% more than any of the other major U.S. sports league athletes. *Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/sports-leagues-top-salaries-2015-5

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AMATEURS WHO HAVE WON THE WSOP MAIN EVENT

The champion of the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em World Championship Main Event has been won 15 times by an amateur (a poker player who, at the time of his or her win, had supported him-or-herself in a vocation other than poker). Joe Cada, who won the 2009 WSOP Main Event, broke the streak of seven consecutive years of an amateur winning the WSOP Main Event, and the past six champions (Cada, Jonathan Duhamel, Pius Heinz, Greg Merson, Ryan Riess and Martin Jacobson), are all young professional players too, making it a streak of six in a row for the pros. In 45 years of Main Event champions, a professional has won 30 times, or 66.66% of the time. This year, Neil Blumenfield can become the 16th amateur to win the event, and the first since Eastgate in 2008. Here’s a look at the amateurs who have won the Main Event and their occupations at the time of their historic victory:

YEAR NAME OCCUPATION 1979 Hal Fowler Advertising Executive 1983 Tom McEvoy Accountant 1989 Phil Hellmuth Student 1990 Mansour Matloubi Hotel Investor/Manager 1992 Hamid Dastmalchi Real Estate Investor 1993 Jim Bechtel Farmer 1995 Dan Harrington Attorney 1999 Noel Furlong Carpet Company Owner 2002 Robert Varkonyi Investor 2003 Chris Moneymaker Accountant 2004 Greg Raymer Corporate Attorney 2005 Joe Hachem Chiropractor 2006 Jamie Gold Talent Agent 2007 Jerry Yang Psychologist/Social Worker 2008 Peter Eastgate Student

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FINAL HANDS DETAILS OF WSOP MAIN EVENT

YEAR WINNER WINNING

HAND PRIZE

ENTRIES

RUNNER UP LOSING HAND

1970 Johnny Moss Silver Cup 7 Winner by vote of peers

1971 Johnny Moss $30,000 6 W.C. "Puggy" Pearson

1972 Amarillo Slim K J $80,000 8 W.C "Puggy" Pearson 6 6

1973 W.C. "Puggy" Pearson A♠ 7♠ $130,000 13 Johnny Moss K♥ J♠

1974 Johnny Moss 3♥ 3♠ $160,000 16 Crandall Addington A♣ 2♣

1975 Brian "Sailor" Roberts J♠ J♥ $210,000 21 Bob Hooks J♣ 9♣

1976 Doyle Brunson 10♠ 2♠ $220,000 22 Jesse Alto A♠ J♦

1977 Doyle Brunson 10♠ 2♥ $340,000 34 Gary Berland 8♥ 5♣

1978 Bobby Baldwin Q♦ Q♣ $210,000 42 Crandall Addington 9♦ 9♣

1979 Hal Fowler 7♠ 6♦ $270,000 54 Bobby Hoff A♣ A♥

1980 Stu Ungar 5♠ 4♠ $385,000 73 Doyle Brunson A♥ 7♠

1981 Stu Ungar A♥ Q♥ $375,000 75 Perry Green 10♣ 9♦

1982 Jack Straus A♥ 10♠ $520,000 104 Dewey Tomko A♦ 4♦

1983 Tom McEvoy Q♦ Q♠ $540,000 108 Rod Peate K♦ J♦

1984 Jack Keller 10♥ 10♠ $660,000 132 Byron Wolford 6♥ 4♥

1985 Bill Smith 3♠ 3♥ $700,000 140 T. J. Cloutier A♦ 3♣

1986 Berry Johnston A♠ 10♥ $570,000 141 Mike Harthcock A♦ 8♦

1987 Johnny Chan A♠ 9♣ $625,000 152 Frank Henderson 4♦ 4♣

1988 Johnny Chan J♣ 9♣ $700,000 167 Erik Seidel Q♣ 7♥

1989 Phil Hellmuth 9♠ 9♣ $755,000 178 Johnny Chan A♠ 7♠

1990 Mansour Matloubi 6♥ 6♠ $895,000 194 Hans “Tuna” Lund 4♦ 4♣

1991 Brad Daugherty K♠ J♠ $1,000,000 215 Don Holt 7♥ 3♥

1992 Hamid Dastmalchi 8♥ 4♣ $1,000,000 201 Tom Jacobs J♦ 7♠

1993 Jim Bechtel J♣ 6♥ $1,000,000 220 Glenn Cozen 7♠ 4♦

1994 Russ Hamilton K♠ 8♥ $1,000,000 268 Hugh Vincent 8♣ 5♥

1995 Dan Harrington 9♦ 8♦ $1,000,000 273 Howard Goldfarb A♥ 7♣

1996 Huck Seed 9♦ 8♦ $1,000,000 295 Bruce Van Horn K♣ 8♣

1997 Stu Ungar A♥ 4♣ $1,000,000 312 John Strzemp A♠ 8♣

1998 Scotty Nguyen J♦ 9♣ $1,000,000 350 Kevin McBride Q♥ 10♥

1999 Noel Furlong 5♣ 5♦ $1,000,000 393 Alan Goehring 6♥ 6♣

2000 Chris Ferguson A♠ 9♣ $1,500,000 512 T. J. Cloutier A♦ Q♣

2001 Carlos Mortensen K♣ Q♣ $1,500,000 613 Dewey Tomko A♠ A♥

2002 Robert Varkonyi Q♦ 10♠ $2,000,000 631 Julian Gardner J♣ 8♣

2003 Chris Moneymaker 5♦ 4♠ $2,500,000 839 Sam Farha J♥ 10♦

2004 Greg Raymer 8♠ 8♦ $5,000,000 2,576 David Williams A♥ 4♠

2005 Joe Hachem 7♣ 3♠ $7,500,000 5,619 Steve Dannenmann A♦ 3♣

2006 Jamie Gold Q♠ 9♣ $12,000,000 8,773 Paul Wasicka 10♥ 10♠

2007 Jerry Yang 8♦ 8♣ $8,250,000 6,358 Tuan Lam A♦ Q♦

2008 Peter Eastgate A♦ 5♠ $9,152,416 6,844 Ivan Demidov 4♥ 2♥

2009 Joe Cada 9♦ 9♣ $8,547,044 6,494 Darvin Moon Q♦ J♦

2010 Jonathan Duhamel A♠ J♥ $8,944,310 7,319 John Racener K♦ 8♦

2011 Pius Heinz A♠ K♣ $8,715,638 6,865 Martin Stazko 10♣ 7♣

2012 Greg Merson K♦5♦ $8,531,853 6,598 Jesse Sylvia Q♠ J♠

2013 Ryan Riess A♥K♥ $8,361,570 6,352 Jay Farber Q♠5♠

2014 Martin Jacobson 10♦10♥ $10,000,000 6,683 Felix Stephensen A♥9♥

FAMOUS WSOP MAIN EVENT FINAL HANDS Ace-King During the first 41 WSOP Main Events, never has the winning player held Ace-King as his starting hand and never has Ace-King been on the losing end of the final hand either. But, two of the past four WSOP Main Event champions have won their crown after holding Ace-King. 2013 champion Ryan Riess used Ace-King to beat Jay Farber’s starting hand of Queen-Five, and 2011 champion Pius Heinz used the Ace-King starting hand to outduel Martin Staszko’s 10-7 suited. Pocket Nines This has been the winning hand twice in the 45-year history of the WSOP Main Event as well. It also was the losing hand once.

In 1989, Phil Hellmuth became the then-youngest Main Event champion when he rode his two black pocket nines to victory over Johnny Chan and his Ace-Seven. Chan was the two-time defending Main Event champion, but Hellmuth made WSOP history at age 24 with this famous hand.

1989 Phil Hellmuth, Jr. 9♠ 9♣ $755,000 Johnny Chan A♠ 7♠

In 2009, Joe Cada dethroned Peter Eastgate to became the youngest-ever Main Event Champion at age 21. Cada earned $8.547 million for the victory and made the most remarkable comeback in final table history. After having just 2 million of the 195 million chips in play at one point, Cada took them all, completing his run to the record books with this historic hand.

2009 Joe Cada 9♦ 9♣ $8,547,044 Darvin Moon Q♦ J♦ Ten-Two The cards made famous by “Texas Dolly” Doyle Brunson, who won his back-to-back WSOP Main Event Championships in 1976 and 1977 holding these identical hole cards on his final hand. In 1976, he bested Jesse Alto’s Ace-Jack to capture his first WSOP Main Event bracelet, and the next year Gary “Bones” Berland’s 8-5 fell victim to the 10-2 Brunson held in winning his second consecutive WSOP Main Event.

1976 Doyle Brunson 10♠ 2♠ $220,000 Jesse Alto A♠ J♦ 1977 Doyle Brunson 10♠ 2♥ $340,000 Gary Berland 8♥ 5♣

Pair of Queens In a dramatic conclusion to the 1978 WSOP Main Event, Bobby Baldwin captured the title when his pocket queens bested Crandall Addington’s pocket nines. These future Poker Hall of Famers both flopped a set on the hand, but it was the Queens of Baldwin that maintained the lead to give him his first WSOP Main Event and his third WSOP bracelet.

1978 Bobby Baldwin Q♦ Q♣ 210,000 Crandall Addington 9♦ 9♣ Five-Four After carrying out a bluff in the late stages of the 2003 WSOP Main Event, the aptly-named Chris Moneymaker completed his remarkable run on this memorable hand. With 5-4 off-suit, Moneymaker and runner-up Sam Farha saw a flop of J-5-4, with Farha holding J-10. Moneymaker was ahead with two pair against Farha’s top pair after the flop, then all of the chips went in the middle. With a river 5, Moneymaker improved to a full house and won history’s most memorable WSOP Main Event title.

2003 Chris Moneymaker 5♦ 4♠ $2,500,000 Sam Farha J♥ 10♦

Ace-Nine Chris “Jesus” Ferguson won the 2000 WSOP Main Event when he bested T.J. Cloutier. Ferguson had a 10 to 1 chip advantage when heads-up play began, and after a see-saw battle, Ferguson called Cloutier’s all-in. Cloutier had Ace-Queen. Ferguson looked in trouble holding Ace-Nine, but a miraculous nine on the river gave Ferguson a pair of nines, and the 2000 WSOP Main Event victory. But Ace-Nine was also the losing hand for 2014 runner-up Felix Stephensen, who called the all-in bet of Martin Jacobson holding suited A-9.

2000 Chris Ferguson A♠ 9♣ $1,500,000 T.J. Cloutier A♦ Q♣ 2014 Martin Jacobson 10♥10♦ $10,000,000 Felix Stephensen A♥9♥

Ace-Four Stu Ungar won his third and final WSOP Main Event in 1997 after his Ace-Four beat John Strzemp’s Ace-Eight, when a river deuce gave Ungar the wheel straight and the victory, but the remarkable thing about Ungar’s feat was the fact he almost didn’t get in the tournament to begin with. After spending 24 hours trying to raise enough money for the buy-in, Ungar was the last person who bought into the event, just before registration closed. He went on to complete the Main Event trifecta, winning his final Main Event title 16 years after he last accomplished the feat for a record-tying third World Championship title.

1997 Stu Ungar A♦ 4♣ $1,000,000 John Strzemp A♠ 8♣ Jack-Nine This famous hand was immortalized in the movie Rounders, in which Johnny Chan had a cameo and Erik Seidel became infamous. Chan won his second of back-to-back WSOP Main Events in 1988, and he would have become the only player to do it three times in a row if it wasn’t for a kid named Hellmuth. Chan’s Jack-Nine of Clubs bested Seidel’s Queen-Seven in the 1988 WSOP Main Event. The flop came Q-8-10, with Chan flopping a straight and Seidel grabbing top pair. Chan raised, Seidel re-raised and Chan called. After a harmless 2 on the turn, both players checked. With a 6 on the river, Seidel shoved all-in, and Chan quickly called after successfully trapped Seidel.

1988 Johnny Chan J♣ 9♣ $700,000 Erik Seidel Q♣ 7♥ Cracked Aces The best starting hand – pocket Aces – has only been involved in two WSOP Main Event final hands in history. And both times, the Aces were cracked! In the 1979 Main Event, Hal Fowler’s seven-six off-suit cracked the Pocket Aces of Bobby Hoff when he hit a gut shot straight. Fowler is considered the first amateur to ever win the WSOP Main Event.

1979 Hal Fowler 7♠ 6♦ $270,000 Bobby Hoff A♣ A♥

In 2001, Hall-of-Famer Dewey Tomko suffered the same fate in the final hand of the Main Event when Juan Carlos Mortensen’s King-Queen of clubs bested Tomko’s pocket rockets, rivering a King-high straight. For Tomko, it was the second time he had finished runner-up in the Main Event, joining T.J. Cloutier, Crandall Addington and Puggy Pearson as the only players to accomplish that feat.

2001 Juan Carlos Mortensen K♣ Q♣ $1,500,000 Dewey Tomko A♠ A♥ Pocket Kings The second best starting hand in Texas Hold’em has never been achieved in the final hand in the 45-year history of the World Series of Poker Main Event. No player has either won or lost the Main Event holding pocket kings. In fact, only four times in WSOP Main Event history has a player holding even one king went on to win the Main Event! (1972, 1994, 2001 and in 2012. In 2012, Greg Merson’s King-Five of diamonds bested Jesse Sylvia’s Queen-Jack of spades). Give Me a Nine, Any Nine There have been 45 WSOP Main Events in history, and remarkably, the winner in 22.2% of them (10) has held a nine in his final hand – the second most common starting card of them all for WSOP Main Event winners. (A player was holding an ace in 24.4% of the winning hands (11), including Ryan Riess in the 2013 Main Event. Interesting to note though, both an Ace and a Nine were part of the losing hand in the 2014 WSOP Main Event won by Martin Jacobson. Felix Stephensen called Jacobson’s all-in bet with Ace-Nine of Hearts, but was behind Jacobson’s pocket tens. The flop came 10-9-3 improving both hands, but giving Jacobson a set of tens, and ironically the first $10 million first place prize in Main Event history.

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MOST FINAL TABLES APPEARANCES – TOP 25 – WORLD SERIES OF POKER

Below is the list of players who have made multiple Main Event final table appearances. Mark Newhouse became the first player in the “November Nine” era to make back-to-back final tables, an incredible feat. In 2009, Jeff Shulman made his second Main Event final table in a decade. Following is a list of players who have made the big one multiple times during the WSOP’s 46-year history:

NAME MAIN EVENT FINAL TABLES RANK

Jesse Alto 5 1st

Doyle Brunson " “

Johnny Chan 4 3rd

T. J. Cloutier “ “

Dan Harrington “ “

Berry Johnston “ “

Johnny Moss “ “

Stu Ungar “ “

John Bonetti 3 9th

Hamid Dastmalchi “ “

Jack Keller “ “

Al Krux “ “

Steve Lott “ “

Bill Smith “ “

Mickey Appleman 2 15th

Bobby Baldwin “ “

Jim Bechtel “ “

Dave Crunkleton “ “

Brad Daugherty “ “

Fernando Fisdel “ “

"Captain" Tom Franklin “ “

Noel Furlong “ “

Perry Green “ “

Jay Heimowitz “ “

Phil Hellmuth “ “

George Huber “ “

Tom Jacobs “ “

Hans "Tuna" Lund “ “

Mansour Matloubi “ “

Mike Matasow “ “

Donnacha O'Dea “ “

Rod Peate “ “

Brian "Sailor" Roberts “ “

Huck Seed “ “

Erik Seidel “ “

Jeffrey Shulman " "

Dewey Tomko " "

Mark Newhouse “ “

*Through 2015 WSOP. Only WSOP results count towards this tabulation.

MAIN EVENT CASHES – TOP 25 – WORLD SERIES OF POKER The World Series of Poker Main Event is clearly the granddaddy of all poker tournaments. Everyone knows how hard it is to win it. Getting into the top 10% multiple times is an impressive feat. These players have cashed the most times in the 46-year history of the WSOP Main Event. Both Chris Bjorin and Phil Hellmuth cashed in the 2015 Main Event, to move up into a tie for third on the all-time list. Allen Cunningham and Jim Bechtel were others to move up the list in 2015.

NAME CASHES RANK

Berry Johnston 10 1st

Humberto Brenes 9 2nd

Doyle Brunson 8 3rd

Bobby Baldwin 8 "

Phil Hellmuth 8 “

Chris Bjorin 8 "

John Esposito 7 7th

Jay Heimowitz 7 "

Jason Lester 7 "

Mike Sexton 7 "

Johnny Moss 7 "

Allen Cunningham 7 “

John Bonetti 6 13th

Dan Harrington 6 "

Johnny Chan 6 "

Steven Lott 6 "

Donnacha O’Dea 6 "

Jim Bechtel 6 “

Mickey Appleman 5 19th

Peter Hedlund 5 "

Mel Judah 5 "

Andrew Brokos 5 "

Hamid Dastmalchi 5 "

Jesse Alto 5 "

Jack Keller 5 "

Hans "Tuna" Lund 5 "

Mark Wilds 5 "

Dewey Tomko 5 "

Ronnie Bardah 5 " Through 2015 WSOP. Only WSOP results count towards this tabulation.

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LAST WOMAN STANDING – WSOP MAIN EVENT

While every poker player enters the World Series of Poker Main Event with the goal of being the last person

standing, it is always a point of interest which woman advanced the farthest in the biggest poker tournament of

the year. In 2015, lawyer Kelly Minkin accomplished the feat, finishing in 29th place for $211,821. Here is the list

of the “Last Woman Standing” each year in the Main Event:

YEAR NAME FINISH PRIZE

1970-1985 No women cashed N/A N/A

1986 Wendeen Eolis 25th place (out of 141) $10,000


1989 Carmen Valenti 13th place (out of 176) $12,500


1993 Marsha Waggoner 19th place (out of 231) $12,000

1994 Barbara Samuelson 10th place (out of 268) $26,880

1995 Barbara Enright 5th place (out of 273) $114,180

1996 Lucy Rokach 26th place (out of 295) $19,500

1997 Marsha Wagonner 12th place (out of 312) $33,920

1998 Susie Isaacs 10th place (out of 350) $40,000

1999 No women cashed N/A N/A

2000 Annie Duke 10th place (out of 512) $52,160


2003 Annie Duke 47th place (out of 839) $20,000

2004 Rose Richie 98th place (out of 2,576) $20,000

2005 Tiffany Williamson 15th place (out of 5,619) $400,000

2006 Sabyl Cohen-Landrum 56th place (out of 8,773) $123,699

2007 Maria Ho 28th place (out of 6,358) $237,865

2008 Tiffany Michelle 17th place (out of 6,844) $334,534

2009 Leo Margets 27th place (out of 6,494) $352,832

2010 Breeze Zuckerman 121st place (out of 7,319) $57,102

2011 Erika Moutinho 29th place (out of 6,865) $242,636

2012 Gaelle Baumann 10th

place (out of 6,598) $590,442

2013 Jackie Glazier 31st place (out of 6,352) $229,281

2014 Maria Ho 77th place (out of 6,683) $85,812

2015 Kelly Minkin 29th Place (out of 6,420) $211,821

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Gaelle Baumann and 2012 11th

place finisher Elisabeth Hille are tied for biggest Main Event payday awarded to a woman with $590,442 earned by each in 2012.

Barbara Enright is the only woman to ever make the WSOP Main Event Final Table.

In terms of straight numbers, Sabyl Cohen-Landrum has beaten more people than any other woman, outlasting 8,717 players during her 2006 run.

By percentages, Gaelle Baumann has the best record, finishing in the top .15% of the field.

Marsha Waggoner, Annie Duke and Maria Ho are the only three to have lasted the longest twice.

WORLD SERIES OF POKER PLAYER OF THE YEAR POWERED BY GLOBAL POKER INDEX

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) instituted a Player of the Year system in 2004, after Caesars acquired the brand.

The system awards points based on finish for all open bracelet events. Anyone who cashes in an open WSOP gold bracelet

event is awarded points. The player with the most overall points is the winner of the WSOP Player of the Year.

In 2015, the WSOP has partnered with the globally recognized Global Poker Index to power and provide the formula used to

determine the WSOP POY. A total of 74 gold bracelet events qualified for the 2015 crown, 64 open events at the summer

WSOP, plus the ten bracelets awarded at WSOP Europe in October.

Adding the WSOP Player of the Year to your resume is one of the highest honors a poker player can achieve.

Typically, the individual who wins this award has multiple in-the-money finishes and a WSOP gold bracelet among those

cashes. In fact, no player has won the award without at least capturing a gold bracelet.

Despite the Main Event final table points yet to be awarded, Mike Gorodinsky has already captured the award with 2251.81

points. He captured a WSOP gold bracelet in the prestigious $50,000 buy-in Poker Players Championship this summer and

had eight cashes, a runner-up finish, a third place finish and $1,764,112 in total tournament winnings. He edged Jonathan

Duhamel (2174.64) and Kevin MacPhee (2168.98) who each won a bracelet in Las Vegas and at WSOP Europe in the Fall.

Germany’s George Danzer, by virtue of his ten cashes, five final tables and three victories claimed the 2014 crown.

Daniel Negreanu became the first player in WSOP history to capture the WSOP Player of the Year title twice and did it by

virtue of strong showings at all three 2013 WSOP events – WSOP Europe, WSOP in Las Vegas and WSOP Asia-Pacific.

Below is a list of WSOP Player of the Year winners, along with their accomplishments in their winning year.

WSOP PLAYER OF THE YEAR WINNERS (Historical)

YEAR NAME BRACELETS FINAL

TABLES CASHES MONEY WON

2004 Daniel Negreanu 1 5 6 $346,280

2005 Allen Cunningham 1 4 5 $1,006,935

2006 Jeff Madsen 2 4 4 $1,467,852

2007 Tom Schneider 2 3 3 $416,829

2008 Erick Lindgren 1 3 5 $1,348,528

2009 Jeffrey Lisandro 3 4 6 $807,521

2010 Frank Kassela 2 3 6 $1,255,314

2011 Ben Lamb 1 4 5 $5,352,970

2012 Greg Merson 2 2 4 $9,755,180

2013 Daniel Negreanu 2 4 10 $2,214,304

2014 George Danzer 3 5 10 $878,993

2015 Mike Gorodinsky 1 3 8 $1,766,796 www.WSOP.com and www.globalpokerindex.com/


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EVENT SNAPSHOT - 2015 WORLD SERIES OF POKER

Bracelet Events: 68

Total Prize Pool: $210,379,285 (Most ever for non-Big One year)

# of Total Entries: 103,512 (Most ever)

# of Total Cashers: 11,638 (Most ever)

# of Main Event Entries: 6,420

Largest Non-Main Event Field: 22,374 (Event #5 Colossus) (New World Record)

Largest Prize Pool: $60,355,857 (Event #68)

Largest 1st Place Prize: $7,680,021 (Event #68)

Average 1st Place Prize: $558,571

# of Participating Countries: 111

Bracelet Winners From: United States (44) Canada (4) United Kingdom (4) Germany (3) Israel (2) Italy (2) Iran (1) Argentina (1) Belarus (1) Brazil (1) Denmark (1) Japan (1) Morocco (1) Russia (1)

Multiple Bracelet Winners: 4 (Jonathan Duhamel, Canada; Brian Hastings, USA; Kevin MacPhee, USA; Max Pescatori, Italy )

Event Dates: May 27, 2015 – July 14, 2015 November 8-10, 2015; Main Event Final Table

Event Location: Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada

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ENTRANTS – SINCE 2000 -- WORLD SERIES OF POKER

YEAR ENTRANTS

2000 4,780

2001 5,960

2002 7,593

2003 7,572

2004 14,054

2005 32,341

2006 48,366

2007 54,288

2008 58,720

2009 60,875

2010 72,966

2011 75,672

2012 74,766

2013 79,471

2014 82,360

2015 103,512

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ABOUT THE WORLD SERIES OF POKER (WSOP)

The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is the longest-running, largest, richest and most prestigious gaming event in the world,

dating back 45 years to 1970, and has paid more than $2.2 billion in total prize money to date. In 2015, the WSOP in Las

Vegas featured 68 different poker events over 51 consecutive days.

In 2015 at the 46th Annual WSOP, the event attracted a record 103,512 participants from 111 countries around the globe to

the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas – all competing for the game’s most coveted prize…a WSOP bracelet and a

share of more than $210 million in total prize money.

Featuring a comprehensive slate of tournaments in every major poker variation, the WSOP is poker’s longest running set of

tournaments. The World Series of Poker culminates with the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Championship, commonly referred

to as the Main Event, this year to finish Nov 8-10, 2015 in front of a live audience in the Penn & Teller Theater in Las Vegas

and nationally on ESPN television.

The winner of each event gets a World Series of Poker gold bracelet – recognized globally as the game’s highest honor – and a

cash prize based on the number of entrants and the amount of the event buy-in. The prize pool for the past nine years ($1.7

billion) is more than triple the total prize pool of the first 37 years of the WSOP combined ($530 million).

Buy-ins for the different events range from $565 to $111,111 depending on the event and, unlike other sporting events,

anyone 21 years of age or older can enter, and anyone can win. Winning a WSOP tournament is a life-changing event,

defining poker resumės and often creating instant millionaires out of those with a dream and the determination to

outmaneuver and outlast the competition.

Caesars Entertainment acquired the WSOP in 2004, and participation in the event has grown exponentially under its tenure.

Year # of Entrants

ENTRANTS

Total Prize Money Awarded

2003 7,572 $21,789,060

2004 14,054 $45,973,770

2005 32,341 $106,055,907

2006 48,366 $159,616,588

2007 54,288 $159,796,918

2008 58,720 $180,774,427

2009 60,875 $174,013,215

2010 72,966 $187,109,850

2011 75,672 $192,008,868

2012 74,766 $222,045,377

2013 79,471 $197,041,468

2014 82,360 $227,718,475

2015 103,512 $210,379,285

The WSOP team has forged groundbreaking alliances in broadcasting, digital media, corporate sponsorship, social media applications and

licensing while successfully extending the brand internationally, with the advent of the World Series of Poker Circuit Tour in 2005, WSOP

Europe in 2007 and WSOP Asia-Pacific in 2013. ESPN is the exclusive U.S. telecast partner of the WSOP. WSOP programming airs in

84 countries on five continents and is available to 300 million households.

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