WSOP 2011 Main Event Results: Key Facts And Top 50 Positions
November 11, 2011 3:45 pmThe 2011 Main Event started with 6,865 hopefuls back in July and reached its ultimate exciting conclusion this week, after German pro Pius Heinz, 22, was crowned this year’s winner of the hugely popular Event 58: $10,000 N0-Limit Hold’em Championship.
Here are some key facts and results from the 2011 Main Event which concluded Monday night at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas:
1: The Main Event field of 6,865 entrants was the 3rd largest ever recorded at the tournament. Represented were players from 85 different countries, with 4,604 participants from the U.S. and 2,261 from the Rest Of the World (ROY).
2: Male participants made up 96.5% of the field, with this year’s last woman standing being Erika Moutinho (USA) who finished in 29th for $242,636.
3: Pius Heinz became the first German player ever to make a final table of the Main Event, let alone take down the whole tournament. He also became the competition’s fourth straight winner to be 23 years old or younger.
4: Pius Heinz received $8,715,638 for his first place finish, the 4th biggest amount ever received by a Main Event Champion. The largest prize was won in 2006 by Jamie Gold ($12m), followed in 2008 by Peter Eastgate ($9,152,416) and in 2010 by Jonathan Duhamel ($8,944,310).
5: German pro Pius Heinz became the 7th non-American player to win the Main Event since it started in 1971. ROY winners are as follows:
1990: Mansour Matloubi (UK) for $895,000
1999: Noel Furlong (Ireland) for $1m
2001: Carlos Mortensen (Spain) for $1.5m
2005: Joe Hachem (Australia) for $7.5m
2008: Peter Eastgate (Denmark) for $9,152,416
2010: Jonathan Duhamel (Canada) for $8,944,310
2011: Pius Heinz (Germany) for $8,715,638
6: At the 2011 Main Event, from the starting field of 6,865 players, those players finishing between 693rd and 622nd received the minimum pay-out of $19,359. Some of the notable names who rode high at this year’s event included 2005 Winner Tony Hachem in 37th ($196,174), Erick Lindgren in 43rd ($196,174) and Allen Cunningham in 69th ($108,412).
7: Noone since 1997 has managed to win the WSOP Main Event more than once, and this year was no exception. Players who have managed to achieve this remarkable feat in the past are Johnny Moss (1971, 1974), Doyle Brunson (1976, 1977), Stu Ungar (1980, 1981, 1997) and Johnny Chan (1987, 1988).
8: Lastly, here are the final 50 finishing positions at the WSOP 2011 Main Event:
1st Pius Heinz $8,715,368
2nd Martin Staszko $5,433,086
3rd Ben Lamb $4,021,138
4th Matt Giannetti $3,012,700
5th Phil Collins $2,269,599
6th Eoghan O’Dea $1,720,831
7th Badih Bounahra $1,314,097
8th Anton Makiievskyi $1,010,015
9th Sam Holden $782,115
10th John Hewitt $607,882
11th Khoa Nguyen $607,882
12th Bryan Devonshire $607,882
13th Kosta Mamaliadis $478,174
14th Scott Schwalich $478,174
15th Andrey Pateychuk $478,174
16th Ryan Lenaghan $378,796
17th Sam Barnhart $378,796
18th Kenny Shih $378,796
19th Aleksandr Mozhnyakov $302,005
20th Gionni Demers $302,005
21st Chris Moore $302,005
22nd Lars Bonding $302,005
23rd Andrew Hinrichsen $302,005
24th Gregory Kaplan $302,005
25th Jerry Van Strydonck $302,005
26th John Paul Kelly $302,005
27th Kyle Johnson $302,005
28th Philipp Gruissem $242,636
29th Erika Moutinho $242,636
30th David Sands $242,636
31st Steve Brecher $242,636
32nd John Esposito $242,636
33rd Nelson Robinson $242,636
34th Nicolas Fierro $242,636
35th Guillaume Darcourt $242,636
36th Hilton Laborda $242,636
37th Tony Hachem $196,174
38th Frank Sinopoli $196,174
39th Mario Silvestri $196,174
40th James Page $196,174
41st Tri Huynh $196,174
42nd Fabio Sousa $196,174
43rd Erick Lindgren $196,174
44th Ruben Visser $196,174
45th David Bach $196,174
46th Stephane Albertini $160,036
47th Thomas Koral $160,036
48th Stuart Tuvey $160,036
49th Feming Chan $160,036
50th Matthew Kay $160,036
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