At the 2016 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, there will be 69 events and 69 bracelets awarded. A couple of new events were added to the 2016 schedule in addition to your favorite events such as the $10,000 buy-in Main Event Championship and the $50,000 Players Championship. In addition, the 2016 WSOP include populist events such as the $565 buy-in Colossus II, the $1,500 Milly Maker, a special $888 buy-in event sponsored by 888poker, along with several OG donkaments. We compiled a complete list of 2016 WSOP bracelet winners that will be updated daily.
Would front-running Phil Hellmuth win more? Will Phil Ivey play events just to win prop bets? Will one of the European young guns like Fedor Holz or Dzmitry Urbanovich ship their first bracelet? Can your favorite pro win another? Or will your favorite pro who has never won a bracelet finally get the recognition they deserve? Or is this the year that we get to see the emergence of the next up and coming superstar?
Out of the first baker's dozen worth of bracelets, only one non-America won a bracelet – Sweden's Peter Eichhardt. Robert Mizrachi made history by winning bracelets in three consecutive years (joining his brother). Majority of the winners in the first week won their first-ever bracelet, while Mizrachi, Ian Johns, and Rep Porter added another bracelet to their collection.
Through the first 13 events, three were tagged as Championship caliber events with a $10,000 buy-in... Stud, NL Heads-Up, and Dealer's Choice. Those top-tier events were snagged by Robert Mizrachi, Alan Percal, and Jean Gaspard.
In the second full week of action, Jason Mercier shipped his first bracelet of the series for his fourth overall after winning the Lowball Championship. Mercier has a prop bet with Vanessa Selbst worth $1.8 million if he could win three bracelets at this year's WSOP. He got heads-up for a second bracelet in Event #20 Razz Championship, but he busted in second pace when Ray Dehkharghani won his first bracelet instead. Alas, Mercier's sick run continued and he capped off one of the hottest weeks in recent memory by winning another bracelet for his fifth overall and second of the 2016 WSOP. Mercier binked the 10K HORSE Championship. If you're keeping score at home...during one week during three 10K championships... Mercier finished in first, second, and first. As far as the prop bet goes, Mercier is 2/3 of the way there.
Through nearly 30 events, Americans won all but three bracelets. Two more non-Americans earned bracelets by the end of the third week of action. Cesar Garcia won Spain's first bracelet this year in Event #23 $2K NL and Benny Glasser won his second-career bracelet and the first bling for the U.K. this summer after winning an O8 event.
Ian Johns from Seattle became the second player at the 2016 WSOP to win double bracelets. He shipped Event #8 $1,500 HORSE during the first week of action and he also took down $10K Limit Hold'em Championship. Ian Johns won over $500K combined for both of his bracelet wins. Jason Mercier is the only other player aside from Ian Johns to win two bracelets at the 2016 WSOP.
Benny Glasser from the U.K. became the third player to win a double bracelet at the 2016 WSOP. He won back-to-back Omaha 8 events by winning Event #26 $1,500 O8 and shipping Event #32 $10,000 Omaha 8 Championship.
George Danzer won his fourth bracelet which put him in a tie with Max Pescatori for most wins by a European. Johnny World Hennigan also won his fourth-career bracelet when he took down the 10K Lowball Championship.
The 2013 WSOP Ladies Champion Kristen Bicknell became the first woman to win a bracelet at the 2016 WSOP. She also became the first Canadian to win one as well. The win in the BOUNTY event marked her second-career bracelet. Justthe next day, Safiya Umerova from Los Angeles became the second woman to win a bracelet in an open event at the 2016 WSOP.
As the series approached the final stretch, Shaun Deeb picked up another bracelet along with Allan Le, who became the first Le brother to win bling. Lucky Chewy finially won his first bracelet.
Nail salon owner Hung Le won the Crazy Eights bracelet and $888,888 in cash.
Brian Rast faded a field of 91 runners to win the $50K Poker Players Championship. Rast won his third bracelet, nearly $1.3M in cash, and the prestigious Chip Reese Memorial Trophy .
Tony Dunst won his first bracelet during the last weekend of action before the Main Event.
Courtney Kennedy, a poker dealer from Detroit, won the Ladies Championship and became the third woman to win a bracelet this summer.
Fedor Holz shipped his first bracelet in the last week of the WSOP. Holz faded a field of 183 high rollers and took down the One Drop High Roller for a $5 million score.
Here's a running list of 2016 bracelet winners that we will be updating throughout the duration of the WSOP, so bookmark this page for future reference...
2016 WSOP Bracelet Winners
Event #1 $565 Employees NL
Entrants: 731
Prize Pool: $365,500
Payouts: 110
Winner: Christopher Sand (USA) $75,157
Event #2 $565 NL Colossus II
Entrants: 21,863
Prize Pool: $10,806,500
Payouts: 846
Winner: Benjamin Keeline (USA) $1,000,000
Event #3 $10,000 Stud Championship
Entrants: 86
Prize Pool: $860,000
Payouts: 14
Winner: Robert Mizrachi (USA) $242,662
Event #4 $1,000 NL Top Up Turbo
Entrants: 667
Prize Pool: $681,300
Payouts: 101
Winner: Kyle Julius (USA) $142,972
Event #5 $1,500 Dealer's Choice 6-Max
Entrants: 389
Prize Pool: $525,150
Payouts: 59
Winner: Lawrence Berg (USA) $125,466
Event #6 $1,500 NL
Entrants: 2,016
Prize Pool: $2,721,600
Payouts: 303
Winner: Peter Eichhardt (Sweden) $438,417
Event #7 $1,500 2-7 Lowball NL
Entrants: 279
Prize Pool: $376,650
Payouts: 42
Winner: Ryan D'Angelo (USA) $92,338
Event #8 $1,500 HORSE
Entrants: 778
Prize Pool: $1,050,300
Payouts: 117
Winner: Ian Johns (USA) $212,604
Event #9 $10,000 Heads-Up NL Championship
Entrants: 153
Prize Pool: $1,188,200
Payouts: 16
Winner: Alan Percal (USA) $320,574
Event #10 $1,500 NL 6-Handed
Entrants: 1,477
Prize Pool: $2,215,500
Payouts: 222
Winner: Mike Cordell (USA) $346,088
Event #11 $10,000 Dealers Choice 6-Handed Championship
Entrants: 118
Prize Pool: $1,109,200
Payouts: 18
Winner: Jean Gaspard (USA) $306,621
Event #12 $565 PLO
Entrants: 2,483
Prize Pool: $1,241,500
Payouts: 373
Winner: Ryan LaPlante (USA) $190,328
Event #13 $1,500 Razz
Entrants: 461
Prize Pool: $622,350
Payouts: 70
Winner: Rep Porter (USA) $142,624
Event #14 $1,500 NL Millionaire Maker
Entrants: 7,190
Prize Pool: $9,706,500
Payouts: 1,079
Winner: Jason DeWitt (USA) $1,065,403
Event #15 8-Game Mixed
Entrants: 491
Prize Pool: $662,850
Payouts: 74
Winner: Paul Volpe (USA) $149,943
Event #16 $10,000 2-7 Lowball Championship
Entrants: 100
Prize Pool: $940,000
Payouts: 34
Winner: Jason Mercier (USA) $273,335
Event #17 $1,000 NL
Entrants: 2,422
Prize Pool: $2,017,800
Payouts: 337
Winner: Chase Bianchi (USA) $316,920
Event #18 $3,000 HORSE
Entrants: 400
Prize Pool: $1,092,000
Payouts: 60
Winner: Marco Johnson (USA) $259,730
Event #19 $1,000 PLO
Entrants: 1,106
Prize Pool: $995,400
Payouts: 166
Winner: Sam Soverel (USA) $185,317
Event #20 $10,000 Razz Championship
Entrants: 100
Prize Pool: $940,000
Payouts: 15
Winner: Ray Dehkharghani (USA) $273,338
Event #21 $3,000 NL 6-Handed
Entrants: 1,029
Prize Pool: $2,809,170
Payouts: 155
Winner: Calvin Lee (USA) $531,577
Event #22 $1,500 Limit
Entrants: 665
Prize Pool: $897,750
Payouts: 100
Winner: Danny Le (USA) $188,815
Event #23 $2,000 NL
Entrants: 1,419
Prize Pool: $2,554,000
Payouts: 213
Winner: Cesar Garcia (Spain) $447,739
Event #24 $10,000 HORSE Championship
Entrants: 171
Prize Pool: $1,607,400
Payouts: 26
Winner: Jason Mercier (USA) $422,874 **
Event #25 $2,500 NL
Entrants: 1,045
Prize Pool: $2,377,375
Payouts: 157
Winner: Michael Gagliano (USA) $448,463
Event #26 $1,500 Omaha 8
Entrants: 934
Prize Pool: $1,260,900
Payouts: 141
Winner: Benny Glasser (UK) $244,103
Event #27 Seniors Championship $1,000 NL
Entrants: 4,499
Prize Pool: $4,049,100
Payouts: 675
Winner: Johnie Craig (USA) $538,204
Event #28 $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship
Entrants:110
Prize Pool: $1,034,000
Payouts: 17
Winner: Ian Johns (USA) $290,635 **
Event #29 $1,500 NL
Entrants: 1,796
Prize Pool: $2,424,600
Payouts: 270
Winner: Alexander Ziskin (USA) $401,494
Event #30 $3,000 PLO
Entrants: 580
Prize Pool: $1,583,400
Payouts: 87
Winner: Viacheslav Ortynskiy (Russia) $344,327
Event #31 SUPER SENIORS $1,000 NL
Entrants: 1,476
Prize Pool: $1,328,400
Payouts: 222
Winner: James Moore (USA) $230,626
Event #32 $10,000 Omaha8 Championship
Entrants: 163
Prize Pool: $1,532,200
Payouts: 25
Winner: Benny Glasser (U.K.) $407,194 **
Event #33 $1,500 NL Summer Solstice
Entrants: 1,840
Prize Pool: $2,484,000
Payouts: 276
Winner: Adrian Mateos (Spain) $409,171
Event #34 $1,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball
Entrants: 358
Prize Pool: $483,300
Payouts: 54
Winner: Andrey Zaichenko (Russia) $117,947
Event #35 $5,000 6-Handed NL
Entrants: 541
Prize Pool: $2,542,700
Payouts: 82
Winner: Michael Gathy (Belgium) $560,843
Event #36 $2,500 Mixed Omaha 8/Stud 8
Entrants: 394
Prize Pool: $896,350
Payouts: 60
Winner: Hani Awad (USA) $213,186
Event #37 $1,500 PLO
Entrants: 776
Prize Pool: $1,047,600
Payouts: 117
Winner: Jiaqi Xu (USA) $212,128
Event #38 $3,000 6-Handed Limit Hold'em
Entrants: 245
Prize Pool: $668,850
Payouts: 37
Winner: Rafael Lebron (USA) $169,337
Event #39 $10,000 6-Handed NL Championship
Entrants: 294
Prize Pool: $2,763,600
Payouts: 45
Winner: Martin Kozlov (Australia) $665,709
Event #40 $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball
Entrants: 236
Prize Pool: $536,900
Payouts: 36
Winner: Christopher Vitch (USA) $136,854
Entrants: 6,927
Prize Pool: $9,351,450
Payouts: 1,040
Winner: Mitchell Towner (USA) $1,120,196
Event #42 $3,000 NL Shootout
Entrants: 400
Prize Pool: $1,092,600
Payouts: 40
Winner: Phillip McAllister (U.K.) $267,720
Event #43 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Championship
Entrants: 136
Prize Pool: $1,278,400
Payouts: 21
Winner: George Danzer (Germany) $338,646
Event #44 $1,000 NL
Entrants: 2,076
Prize Pool: $1,868,400
Payouts: 312
Winner: Steven Wolansky (USA) $298,849
Event #45 $1,500 Mixed NLHE/PLO
Entrants: 919
Prize Pool: $1,240,650
Payouts: 138
Winner: Loren Klein (USA) $241,427
Event #46 $1,500 BOUNTY NL
Entrants: 2,158
Prize Pool: $1,834,300
Payouts: 324
Winner: Kristen Bicknell (Canada) $290,768
Event #47 $10,000 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) Championship
Entrants: 125
Prize Pool: $1,175,000
Payouts: 19
Winner: Johnny World Hennigan (USA) $320,103
Event #48 $5,000 NL (30-min Levels)
Entrants: 254
Prize Pool: $2,462,800
Payouts: 79
Winner: Ankush Mandavia (USA) $548,139
Event #49 $1,500 Seven Card Stud
Entrants: 331
Prize Pool: $446,850
Payouts: 50
Winner: Shaun Deeb (USA) $111,101
Event #50 $1,500 Shootout NL
Entrants: 1,050
Prize Pool: $1,417,500
Payouts: 120
Winner: Safiya Umerova (USA) $264,046
Event #51 $10,000 PLO CHAMPIONSHIP
Entrants: 400
Prize Pool: $3,760,000
Payouts: 60
Winner: Brandon Shack-Harris (USA) $894,300
Event #52 $3,000 NL
Entrants: 1,125
Prize Pool: $3,071,250
Payouts: 169
Winner: Andrew 'Lucky Chewy' Lichtenberger (USA) $569,158
Event #53 $1,500 Mixed PLO/8: Omaha8 and BIG O
Entrants: 668
Prize Pool: $901,800
Payouts: 101
Winner: Allan Le (USA) $189,223
Event #54 $888 CRAZY EIGHTS NL
Entrants: 6,761
Prize Pool: $5,403,391
Payouts: 206
Winner: Hung Le (USA) $888,888
Event #55 $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Entrants: 91
Prize Pool: $4,176,000
Payouts: 14
Winner: Brian Rast (USA) $1,296,097
Event #56 $1,500 NL
Entrants: 1,860
Prize Pool: $2,511,000
Payout: 279
Winner: David Peters (USA) $412,557
Event #57 $1,500 PLO Hi-Lo
Entrants: 732
Prize Pool: $988,200
Payout: 110
Winner: David Nowakowski (USA) $203,113
Event #58 $1,000 NL (30-minute levels)
Entrants: 1,397
Prize Pool: $1,257,300
Payout: 210
Winner: Corey Thompson (USA) $221,163
Event #59 $5,000 NL
Entrants: 863
Prize Pool: $4,056,100
Payouts: 130
Winner: Yue Du (China) $800,586
Event #60 $1,500 Seven-card Stud 8
Entrants: 521
Prize Pool: $703,350
Payouts: 79
Winner: David Prociak (USA) $156,546
Event #61 $1,000 NL TAG TEAM
Entrants: 863
Prize Pool: $776,700
Payouts: 130
Winner: Ryan Fee (USA) $76,679
Winner: Doug Polk (USA) $76,679
Event #62 $25,000 PLO HIGH ROLLER
Entrants: 184
Prize Pool: $4,370,000
Payouts: 28
Winner: Jens Kyllonen (USA) $1,127,035
Event #63 $1,000 NL
Entrants: 2,452
Prize Pool: $2,206,800
Payouts: 368
Winner: Tony Dunst (USA) $339,254
Event #64 $3,000
Entrants: 473
Prize Pool: $1,291,290
Payouts: 71
Winner: Kyle Bowker (USA) $294,960
Event #65 $10,000 Ladies NL Championship
Entrants: 819
Prize Pool: $745,200
Payouts: 123
Winner: Courtney Kennedy (USA) $149,108
Event #66 ONLINE $1,000 NL
Entrants: 1,247
Prize Pool: $1,184,650
Payouts: 153
Winner: Clayton Maguire (USA) $210,279
Event #67 $111,111 NL High Roller for One Drop
Entrants: 183
Prize Pool: $19,316,565
Payouts: 28
Winner: Fedor Holz (Germany) $4,981,775
Event #68 $10,000 NL MAIN EVENT Championship
Entrants: 6,737
Prize Pool: $63,340,268
Payouts: 1,011
Winner: Qui Nguyen (USA) $8,005,310
** Denotes double-bracelet winner at the 2016 WSOP
Double Bracelet Club: Jason Mercier, Ian Johns, and Benny Glasser
