# 2014 World Series of Poker

The 2014 World Series of Poker is the 45th annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). It was held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Paradise, Nevada, USA, between May 27 – July 14, 2014. There were 65 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event beginning on July 5. The November Nine concept returned for a seventh year, with the Main Event finalists returning on November 10. For the first time, the Main Event had a guaranteed $10 million first prize. The $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop was also held for the second time.

## Event schedule

| # | Event | Entrants | Winner | Prize | Runner-up | Results |
| 1 | $500 Casino Employees No Limit Hold'em | 876 | Roland Reparejo (1/1) | $82,835 | Corey Emery | Results |
| 2 | $25,000 Mixed Max No Limit Hold'em | 131 | Vanessa Selbst (1/3) | $871,148 | Jason Mo | Results |
| 3 | $1,000 Pot Limit Omaha | 1,128 | Brandon Shack-Harris (1/1) | $205,634 | Morgan Popham | Results |
| 4 | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em | 2,223 | Kyle Cartwright (1/1) | $360,278 | Jason Paster | Results |
| 5 | $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball | 120 | Tuan Le (1/1) | $355,324 | Justin Bonomo | Results |
| 6 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout | 948 | Alex Bolotin (1/1) | $259,211 | Dimitar Danchev | Results |
| 7 | $1,500 Seven Card Razz | 352 | Ted Forrest (1/6) | $121,196 | Phil Hellmuth (0/13) | Results |
| 8 | $1,500 Millionaire Maker No Limit Hold'em | 7,977 | Jonathan Dimmig (1/1) | $1,319,587 | Jeffrey Coburn | Results |
| 9 | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em | 1,940 | Jeff Smith (1/1) | $323,125 | Danny Nguyen | Results |
| 10 | $10,000 Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better | 178 | Brock Parker (1/3) | $443,407 | Richard Ashby (0/1) | Results |
| 11 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed | 1,587 | Justin Bonomo (1/1) | $449,980 | Mike Sowers | Results |
| 12 | $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em | 557 | Gregory Kolo (1/1) | $169,225 | Kazu Oshima | Results |
| 13 | $10,000 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball | 87 | Paul Volpe (1/1) | $253,524 | Daniel Negreanu (0/6) | Results |
| 14 | $1,500 Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better | 1,036 | Nick Kost (1/1) | $283,275 | Kal Raichura | Results |
| 15 | $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed | 810 | Davidi Kitai (1/3) | $508,640 | Gordon Vayo | Results |
| 16 | $1,500 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball | 348 | Todd Bui (1/1) | $124,510 | Tom Franklin (0/1) | Results |
| 17 | $1,000 Seniors No Limit Hold'em Championship | 4,425 | Dan Heimiller (1/2) | $627,462 | Donald Maas | Results |
| 18 | $10,000 Seven Card Razz | 112 | George Danzer (1/1) | $294,792 | Brandon Shack-Harris (1/1) | Results |
| 19 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | 2,086 | Ted Gillis (1/1) | $514,027 | John Hennigan (0/2) | Results |
| 20 | $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout | 389 | Kory Kilpatrick (1/1) | $254,891 | Eric Wasserson | Results |
| 21 | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em | 2,043 | Dominik Nitsche (2/3) | $335,659 | Dave D'Alesandro | Results |
| 22 | $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. | 200 | Christopher Wallace (1/1) | $507,614 | Randy Ohel | Results |
| 23 | $1,000 Turbo No Limit Hold'em | 1,473 | Doug Polk (1/1) | $251,969 | Andy Philachack | Results |
| 24 | $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed | 541 | Kevin Eyster (1/1) | $622,998 | Pierre Neuville | Results |
| 25 | $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better | 470 | John Kabbaj (1/2) | $267,327 | Thomas Keller (0/1) | Results |
| 26 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | 1,594 | Andrew Rennhack (1/1) | $408,953 | Michael Katz | Results |
| 27 | $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. | 743 | Tommy Hang (1/1) | $230,744 | Jim Collopy (0/1) | Results |
| 28 | $10,000 Pot Limit Hold'em | 160 | Alex Bilokur (1/1) | $398,567 | Matt O'Donnell | Results |
| 29 | $2,500 No Limit Hold'em | 1,165 | Pierre Milan (1/1) | $536,768 | Justin Oliver (0/1) | Results |
| 30 | $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or Better | 588 | Calvin Anderson (1/1) | $190,538 | Joe Tehan | Results |
| 31 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | 1,631 | Brett Shaffer (1/2) | $418,435 | R.J. Sullivan | Results |
| 32 | $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed | 264 | Joe Cada (1/2) | $670,041 | Jeremy Ausmus (0/1) | Results |
| 33 | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em | 1,688 | Dutch Boyd (1/3) | $288,744 | Steven Norden | Results |
| 34 | $1,500 Seven Card Stud | 345 | Eric Buchman (1/2) | $118,785 | Alex Kravchenko (0/1) | Results |
| 35 | $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Eight Handed | 550 | Brian Yoon (1/2) | $633,341 | Josh Arieh (0/2) | Results |
| 36 | $1,500 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball | 241 | Steven Wolansky (1/1) | $89,483 | Joseph Cheong | Results |
| 37 | $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha | 967 | Brandon Paster (1/1) | $264,400 | Marcel Vonk (0/1) | Results |
| 38 | $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better | 134 | George Danzer (2/2) | $352,696 | John Racener | Results |
| 39 | $3,000 No Limit Hold'em | 992 | Sean Dempsey (1/1) | $548,460 | Ryan Jaconetti | Results |
| 40 | $10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em | 136 | Davide Suriano (1/1) | $335,553 | Sam Stein (0/1) | Results |
| 41 | $1,500 Dealers Choice Six Handed | 419 | Robert Mizrachi (1/2) | $147,092 | Aaron Schaff | Results |
| 42 | $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Six Handed | 452 | Michael Drummond (1/1) | $541,747 | Darius Studdard | Results |
| 43 | $1,500 Limit Hold'em | 657 | Dan Kelly (1/2) | $195,167 | Yegor Tsurikov | Results |
| 44 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | 1,914 | Jordan Morgan (1/1) | $478,102 | Evan McNiff | Results |
| 45 | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em (1/1) | 1,841 | Will Givens (1/1) | $306,634 | Angela Prada-Moed | Results |
| 46 | $50,000 Poker Players Championship | 102 | John Hennigan (1/3) | $1,517,767 | Brandon Shack-Harris (1/1) | Results |
| 47 | $1,500 Ante Only No Limit Hold'em | 714 | Jesse McEuen (1/1) | $212,093 | Jonas Lauck | Results |
| 48 | $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better | 991 | Tyler Patterson (1/1) | $270,992 | Scott Clements (0/2) | Results |
| 49 | $5,000 No Limit Hold'em | 696 | David Miscikowski (1/1) | $719,707 | Norbert Szecsi (0/1) | Results |
| 50 | $1,500 Eight Game Mix | 485 | Phil Ivey (1/10) | $166,986 | Bruce Yamron | Results |
| 51 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Monster Stack | 7,862 | Hugo Pingray (1/1) | $1,327,083 | Joe McKeehen | Results |
| 52 | $10,000 Limit Hold'em | 122 | David Olson (1/1) | $303,909 | Mikail Tulchinskiy | Results |
| 53 | $10,000 Ladies No Limit Hold'em Championship | 793 | Haixia Zhang (1/1) | $153,470 | Mikiyo Aoki | Results |
| 54 | $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better | 474 | Florian Langmann (1/1) | $297,650 | Zach Freeman | Results |
| 55 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | 2,396 | Asi Moshe (1/1) | $582,321 | Michael Ferrer | Results |
| 56 | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em | 2,525 | Mike Kachan (1/1) | $403,483 | Jeff Blenkarn | Results |
| 57 | $1,000,000 The Big One for One Drop | 42 | Daniel Colman (1/1) | $15,306,668 | Daniel Negreanu (0/6) | Results |
| 58 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Mixed Max | 1,475 | Jared Jaffee (1/1) | $405,428 | Mike Watson | Results |
| 59 | $3,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better | 457 | Phil Hui (1/1) | $286,976 | Zack Milchman | Results |
| 60 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | 2,563 | Salman Jaddi (1/1) | $614,248 | Brandon Hall | Results |
| 61 | $10,000 Seven Card Stud | 102 | Matt Grapenthien (1/1) | $268,473 | Todd Brunson (0/1) | Results |
| 62 | $1,111 The Little One for One Drop | 4,496 | Igor Dubinskyy (1/1) | $637,539 | Theodore Driscoll | Results |
| 63 | $1,500 10-Game Mix Six Handed | 445 | Bryn Kenney (1/1) | $153,220 | Jan Suchanek | Results |
| 64 | $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha | 418 | Pat Walsh (1/1) | $923,379 | Javed Abrahams | Results |
| 65 | $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event | 6,683 | Martin Jacobson (1/1) | $10,000,000 | Felix Stephensen | Results |
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## Player of the Year

Final standings as of October 18 (end of WSOPAP):
Standings :
| Rank | Name | Points | Bracelets |
| 1 | George Danzer | 923.50 | 3 |
| 2 | Brandon Shack-Harris | 806.70 | 1 |
| 3 | John Hennigan | 557.88 | 1 |
| 4 | Daniel Negreanu | 519.08 | 0 |
| 5 | Ismael Bojang | 467.91 | 0 |
| 6 | Daniel Colman | 452.40 | 1 |
| 7 | Justin Bonomo | 449.63 | 1 |
| 8 | Richard Ashby | 413.55 | 0 |
| 9 | Brock Parker | 406.25 | 1 |
| 10 | Calvin Anderson | 398.20 | 1 |

## The Big One for One Drop

The second edition of the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop began on June 29. The tournament drew 42 entries, 6 fewer than the first edition in 2012, creating a prize pool of more than $37,000,000. The winner of the tournament earned $15,306,668. The tournament was first conceived by Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte to benefit the One Drop Foundation, with $111,111 of each buy-in being donated to the foundation; in addition, the donation was the only rake taken from the prize pool, with the WSOP taking nothing for itself.

### Results

| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Daniel Colman | $15,306,668 |
| 2nd | Daniel Negreanu | $8,288,001 |
| 3rd | Christoph Vogelsang | $4,480,001 |
| 4th | Rick Salomon | $2,800,000 |
| 5th | Tobias Reinkemeier | $2,053,334 |
| 6th | Scott Seiver | $1,680,000 |
| 7th | Paul Newey | $1,418,667 |
| 8th | Cary Katz | $1,306,667 |

## Main Event

The $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on July 5 with the first of three starting days. The final table was reached on July 14, with the November Nine returning on November 10.
The Main Event attracted 6,683 entrants, creating a prize pool of $62,820,200. The top 693 finishes placed in the money, with the finalists guaranteed $730,725 and the winner earning $10,000,000.

### Performance of past champions

| Name | Championship Year(s) | Day of Elimination |
| Tom McEvoy | 1983 | 2A |
| Berry Johnston | 1986 | 2C |
| Johnny Chan | 1987, 1988 | 3 |
| Phil Hellmuth | 1989 | 2C |
| Dan Harrington | 1995 | 2B |
| Huck Seed | 1996 | 4 |
| Scotty Nguyen | 1998 | 2C |
| Carlos Mortensen | 2001 | 2C |
| Robert Varkonyi | 2002 | 3 |
| Chris Moneymaker | 2003 | 3 |
| Greg Raymer | 2004 | 1C |
| Joe Hachem | 2005 | 2C |
| Jamie Gold | 2006 | 1C |
| Jerry Yang | 2007 | 1C |
| Joe Cada | 2009 | 2C |
| Jonathan Duhamel | 2010 | 2C |
| Greg Merson | 2012 | 2A |
| Ryan Riess | 2013 | 3 |
Notably absent was 1976 and 1977 Main Event champion Doyle Brunson who reported earlier in his Twitter account he will not be attending the event since the tournament hours are too long and demand too much energy. He also stated he needed to stay home to take care of his wife who was feeling ill at the time.
This was the first time since 2002 that no previous champion cashed in the Main Event, with Huck Seed making it to Day 4, the only former champ to make it to Day 4.

### Other notable high finishes

NB: This list is restricted to top 100 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.
| Place | Name | Prize |
| 10th | Luis Velador | $565,193 |
| 20th | Dan Smith | $286,900 |
| 57th | Vitaly Lunkin | $124,447 |
| 64th | Brian Hastings | $103,025 |
| 77th | Maria Ho | $85,812 |

### November Nine

Mark Newhouse made historic back to back final tables. After finishing 9th in 2013 for $733,224 he finished 9th again for $730,725. Bruno Politano was the first Brazilian to final table the main event. He finished 8th for $947,172.
| Name | Number of chips (percentage of total) | WSOP Bracelets | WSOP Cashes* | WSOP Earnings* |
| Jorryt van Hoof | 38,375,000 (19.1%) | 0 | 3 | $27,956 |
| Felix Stephensen | 32,775,000 (16.3%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Newhouse | 26,000,000 (13.0%) | 0 | 8 | $906,093 |
| Andoni Larrabe | 22,550,000 (11.2%) | 0 | 3 | $20,068 |
| Dan Sindelar | 21,200,000 (10.6%) | 0 | 17 | $149,991 |
| William Pappaconstantinou | 17,500,000 (8.7%) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Tonking | 15,050,000 (7.5%) | 0 | 3 | $14,701 |
| Martin Jacobson | 14,900,000 (7.4%) | 0 | 15 | $1,223,987 |
| Bruno Politano | 12,125,000 (6.0%) | 0 | 3 | $25,404 |
*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2014 Main Event.

### Final Table

| Place | Name | Prize |
| 1st | Martin Jacobson | $10,000,000 |
| 2nd | Felix Stephensen | $5,147,911 |
| 3rd | Jorryt van Hoof | $3,807,753 |
| 4th | William Tonking | $2,849,763 |
| 5th | William Pappaconstantinou | $2,143,794 |
| 6th | Andoni Larrabe | $1,622,471 |
| 7th | Dan Sindelar | $1,236,084 |
| 8th | Bruno Politano | $947,172 |
| 9th | Mark Newhouse | $730,725 |

## Records

Event #8: $1,500 Millionaire Maker No Limit Hold'em attracted 7,977 entries. It established a new record as the largest single-day starting field when 4,722 players played in Day 1a. It was also the largest non-Main Event field in WSOP history, and the second largest field overall after the 2006 Main Event.
Ronnie Bardah finished in 475th place in the Main Event, setting a new record by cashing in five consecutive Main Events. He previously finished in 24th in 2010, 453rd in 2011, 540th in 2012, and 124th in 2013.