A Série Mundial de Pôquer 2012 foi a 43ª edição da Série Mundial de Pôquer. Realizada no Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino em Las Vegas, entre 27 de maio e 16 de julho de 2012. Foram disputados 61 torneios em diferentes modalidades de pôquer, dentre eles o evento principal que define o campeão da Série Mundial de Pôquer. A definição do campeão do evento principal, foi disputada entre os dias 29 e 30 de outubro, onde sagrou-se campeão o jogador Greg Merson.

Números Mesmo com o poker online proibido em seu território, os Estados Unidos continuam a ser o país do poker. Os norte-americanos venceram a grande maioria dos torneios. http://www.espn.com.br/post/268019_alguns-numeros-da-world-series-of-poker-2012

Estados Unidos: 46 Canadá: 3 Alemanha: 2 Rússia: 1 Ucrânia: 1 França: 1 Bulgária: 1 Holanda: 1 Bélgica: 1 Japão: 1 Itália: 1 República Tcheca: 1 Grã Bretanha: 1

Um jogador foi campeão em mais de um evento da Série Mundial de Pôquer 2012, Greg Merson que conquistou dois braceletes. http://www.cardplayerbrasil.com/site/noticias_ver.asp?cod=9992

Eventos # Evento Nº Participantes Campeão Prêmio 2º colocado Referência 1 $500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em 732 Chiab Saechao $70,859 Patricia Baker 2 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em 2,101 Brent Hanks $517,725 Jacob Bazeley 3 $3,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha 317 Leif Force $207,708 Jason Koon 4 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better 622 Cory Zeidman $201,559 Chris Bjorin 5 $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em 639 Nick Jivkov $189,818 Bryan Pellegrino 6 $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Mixed Max 409 Aubin Cazals $480,564 Joseph Cheong 7 $1,500 Seven Card Stud 367 Andy Bloch $126,363 Barry Greenstein 8 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 967 Herbert Tapscott $264,400 Gavin Griffin 9 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Re-entry 3,404 Ashkan Razavi $781,398 Amanda Musumeci 10 $5,000 Seven Card Stud 145 John Monnette $190,826 Huu Vinh 11 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha 970 Vincent van der Fluit $265,211 Charles Tonne 12 $10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em 152 Brian Hastings $371,498 Jason Mo 13 $1,500 Limit Hold'em 730 David Arsht $211,921 Stephen Hung 14 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout 1,138 Brandon Schaefer $311,174 Jonathan Cohen 15 $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 212 Adam Friedman $269,037 Todd Brunson 16 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed 1,604 Matt Matros $454,835 Mark Radoja 17 $10,000 Pot Limit Hold'em 179 Andy Frankenberger $445,899 Phil Ivey 18 $2,500 Seven Card Razz 309 Phil Hellmuth $182,793 Don Zewin 19 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em 2,302 Clifford Goldkind $559,514 Kennii Nguyen 20 $5,000 Limit Hold'em 166 Benjamin Scholl $206,760 Andrew Prock 21 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em 2,799 Michael Gathy $440,829 Jamie Armstrong 22 $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) 228 Randy Ohel $145,247 Benjamin Lazer 23 $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed 924 Simon Charette $567,624 Artem Metalidi 24 $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 256 Joe Cassidy $294,777 Scotty Nguyen 25 $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout 366 Brian Meinders $116,118 Darin Thomas 26 $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha 589 Austin Scott $361,797 Brett Richey 27 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. 889 Ylon Schwartz $267,081 David Chiu 28 $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Four Handed 750 Timothy Adams $392,476 Brendon Rubie 29 $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em Championship 4,128 Allyn Jaffrey Shulman $603,713 Dennis Phillips 30 $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball (No Limit) 285 Larry Wright $101,975 Brandon Cantu 31 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em 2,811 Carter Phillips $664,130 Joe Cada 32 $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. 178 David "Bakes" Baker $451,779 John Monnette 33 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em 2,795 Max Steinberg $440,238 Samuel Gerber 34 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Six Handed 419 Naoya Kihara $512,029 Chris DeMaci 35 $2,500 Mixed Hold'em 393 Chris Tryba $210,107 Erik Cajelais 36 $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout 587 Craig McCorkell $368,593 Jeremiah Fitzpatrick 37 $2,500 Eight Game Mix 477 David "ODB" Baker $271,312 Greg Mueller 38 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em 2,534 Dung Nguyen $607,200 Theo Tran 39 $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha 293 Jan-Peter Jachtmann $661,000 Andrew Brown 40 $2,500 Limit Hold'em Six Handed 302 Ronnie Bardah $182,088 Marco Johnson 41 $3,000 No Limit Hold'em 1,394 Greg Ostrander $742,072 Jackie Glazier 42 $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better 393 Oleksii Kovalchuk $228,014 George Danzer 43 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em 2,770 Henry Lu $654,380 Neil Channing 44 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em 2,949 Rocco Palumbo $464,464 Nelson Robinson 45 $50,000 The Poker Players Championship 108 Michael Mizrachi $1,451,527 Chris Klodnicki 46 $2,500 No Limit Hold'em 1,607 Joey Weissman $694,609 Jeremy Quehen 47 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 978 Steven Loube $267,345 Timothy Finne 48 $3,000 Limit Hold'em 247 Kenny Hsiung $165,205 Robert Hwang 49 $1,500 Ante Only No Limit Hold'em 939 Greg Hobson $256,691 Mike Sowers 50 $5,000 No Limit Hold'em 1,001 Pete Vilandos $952,694 Kyle Julius 51 $1,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em Championship 936 Yen Dang $170,587 Debbie Pechac 52 $2,500 10-Game Mix Six Handed 421 Vanessa Selbst $244,259 Michael Saltzburg 53 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em 3,166 Neil Willerson $737,248 Vladimir Mefodichev 54 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em 3,221 Will Jaffe $500,075 Luis Campelo 55 $1,000,000 The Big One for One Drop 48 Antonio Esfandiari $18,346,673 Sam Trickett 56 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em 2,798 Tomas Junek $661,022 David Borg 57 $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed 474 Greg Merson $1,136,197 Keith Lehr 58 $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 526 Viacheslav Zhukov $330,277 Roch Cousineau 59 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em 4,620 Dominik Nitsche $654,797 Jonathan Hilton 60 $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball (No Limit) 101 Nick Schulman $294,321 Mike Wattel 61 $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event 6,598 Greg Merson $8,531,853 Jesse Sylvia

Main Event A disputa final onde os 9 melhores colocados do evento principal disputaram o título de campeão da Série Mundial de Pôquer de 2012, teve o seguinte resultado: http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/results.asp?grid=887&tid=12161

+ Colocação Nome Prêmio 1st Greg Merson $8,531,853 2nd Jesse Sylvia $5,295,149 3rd Jacob Balsiger $3,799,073 4th Russell Thomas $2,851,537 5th Jeremy Ausmus $2,155,313 6th Andras Koroknai $1,640,902 7th Michael Esposito $1,258,040 8th Robert Salaburu $971,360 9th Steven Gee $754,798

Referências

2011, Série Mundial de Pôquer de Categoria:Desporto nos Estados Unidos em 2012