WSOP National Championship
Day 1 Started
2012 World Series of Poker
WSOP National Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,570,000
Entries
157
Level
28
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
List of WSOPC Qualifiers
![[user196975]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
| Player | Qualfied |
|---|---|
| David Nicholson | Bossier City Main Event Champion |
| David Clark | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Michael Schneider | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Daniel Blakeman | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Alexandru Masek | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Mark "Pegasus" Smith | Southern Indiana Casino Champion |
| Tripp Kirk | Harrah's St. Louis Main Event Champion |
| Daniel Lowery | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Michael Rosenbach | Lake Tahoe Casino Champion |
| Kurt Jewell | Harrah's Tunica Main Event Champion |
| Robert Castoire | Southern Indian Main Event Champion |
| Justin Gardenhire | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Charles "Woody" Moore | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Drazen Ilich | Hammond Casino Champion |
| Kyle Cartwright | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Raja Kattamuri | Choctaw Casino Champion |
| Chris Parsons | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Stephen Kats | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Dejuante Alexander | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Kevin Calenzo | Caesars Palace Main Event Champion |
| Mark Kroon | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Michael Sanders | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Benjamin Kramer | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Rex Clinkscales | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| James Manning | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Abraham Araya | Choctaw Main Event Champion |
| Player | Qualified |
|---|---|
| Jerry Ard | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| John Fagg | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Matthew Chang | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Scott Davies | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Andrew Barber | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Ryan Gentry | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Ryan Eriquezzo | Caesars AC Main Event Champion |
| AP Phahurat | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| John Harris | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Freddy Deeb | The Bicycle Casino Main Event Champion |
| Joseph Kuether | Harrah's Rincon Main Event Champion |
| Joshua Evans | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Yung Hwang | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Peter Ippolito | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Jerry Monroe | IP Biloxi Main Event Champion |
| William Phillips | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Russell Ivy | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Dan Natarelli | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Peter Mavro | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Paul Sokoloff | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Huy Nguyen | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Katherine Bowen | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Everett Carlton | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Amanda Musumeci | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Brent Carter | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Felicia Johnico | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Tuan Phan | Harrah's AC Main Event Champion |
| Roland Israelashvili | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Jamie Kerstetter | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Jennifer Parrish | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Player | Qualified |
|---|---|
| Jonas Mackoff | Harrah's Rincon Casino Champion |
| Adam Laskey | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Tim Burt | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Jacob Naquin | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Roman Valerstein | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Joseph Hebda | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Drew Dumanksi | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Brett Schwertley | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Robert Parker | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Chris Tryba | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Brandon Fish | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Jeffrey Fielder | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Aaron Massey | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Steven Tabb | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Beverly Cheney | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Joshua Pender | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Leroy Spires | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Mark Bonsack | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Drew Woodke | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Christopher Gamboa | Bossier City Casino Champion |
| Bryan Devonshire | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Jeremy Burleson | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Jeremy Drewery | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Michael Souza | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Jonathan Sorscher | WSOPC Points Qualifier |
| Matthew Weber | Harrah's Tunica Casino Champion |
| Justin Truesdell | Harrah's New Orleans Main Event Champion |
| Christopher Bonn | Harrah's Chester Main Event Champion |
| Gary Bolden | Caesars Palace Casino Champion |
| Bryan Schultz | Lake Tahoe Main Event Champion |
| Robert Chow | Hammond Main Event Champion |
| James Harnden | Palm Beach Main Event Champion |
| Scott Stanko | Council Bluffs Main Event Champion |
| Brandon Croft | Caesars AC Casino Champion |
| Gene Dudek | IP Biloxi Casino Champion |
| Kevin McColgan | Harrah's Chester Casino Champion |
| Dominic Gabaldon | Harrah's New Orleans Casino Champion |
| Hao Le | Harrah's AC Casino Champion |
| Charles Flett | Palm Beach Casino Champion |
| Michael Nellis | Council Bluffs Casino Champion |
| Nikolas Stone | Harrah's St. Louis Casino Champion |
| Huy Quach | The Bicycle Casino Champion |
List of WSOP POY Qualifiers
| Player | WSOP POY Points |
|---|---|
| Michael Mizrachi | 1,195.8 |
| Ben Lamb | 1,019.83 |
| Shawn Buchanan | 973.37 |
| Phil Hellmuth | 888.9 |
| John Juanda | 837.35 |
| Chris Moorman | 833.45 |
| Jonathan Duhamel | 740.13 |
| John Racener | 728.13 |
| David Bakes Baker | 712.43 |
| Frank Kassela | 711.75 |
| Richard Ashby | 692.23 |
| Steve Billirakis | 665.89 |
| Jason Somerville | 637.25 |
| Brian Rast | 615.25 |
| Daniel Idema | 613.63 |
| Eugene Katchalov | 610.25 |
| Bertrand Grospellier | 602.25 |
| Jeffrey Papola | 597 |
| Tristan Wade | 585.33 |
| Pius Heinz | 570 |
| Jason Mercier | 558.58 |
| Matthew Matros | 557.63 |
| Daniel Kelly | 554.3 |
| Sam Trickett | 528.3 |
| Michael Chow | 520.33 |
| Allen Kessler | 509.75 |
| Valdemar Kwaysser | 494.75 |
| Vladimir Schhemelev | 492 |
| Joseph Cheong | 490.63 |
| Men Nguyen | 490.5 |
| David ODB Baker | 490.33 |
| Joe Ebanks | 490 |
| David Chiu | 487.33 |
| Owais Ahmed | 478.83 |
| Mikhail Lakhitov | 478.6 |
| Tomer Berda | 476.15 |
| Sam Stein | 474.88 |
| Mitch Schock | 450.31 |
| Eric Buchman | 449 |
| Miguel Proulx | 448.75 |
| Martin Staszko | 446 |
| Jake Cody | 445.23 |
| Christian Harder | 440.75 |
| David Peters | 438.88 |
| Daniel Alaei | 438.3 |
| Matt Jarvis | 432 |
| Tom Dwan | 421.09 |
| Sean Getzwiller | 419.51 |
| James Dempsey | 417.5 |
| Ian Gordon | 416.25 |
| Player | WSOP POY Points |
|---|---|
| George Lind | 415.43 |
| Will Failla | 414.13 |
| Gavin Smith | 405.63 |
| Amir Lehavot | 402.75 |
| Nick Schulman | 397.8 |
| Joshua Tieman | 396.25 |
| Alexander Kostritsyn | 394.45 |
| Mark Radoja | 394.38 |
| Allen Bari | 387.81 |
| Matt Glantz | 386.13 |
| Jarred Solomon | 385.63 |
| Maxwell Troy | 385.25 |
| David Bach | 384.25 |
| Elio Fox | 382.5 |
| Mark Schmid | 378.25 |
| Ayaz Mahmood | 378 |
| Nick Binger | 377.5 |
| Matt Keikoan | 377 |
| David Doc Sands | 373.7 |
| Yevgeniy Timoshenko | 371.63 |
| Arkadiy Tsinis | 366.88 |
| Jason Dewitt | 366.25 |
| Fabrice Soulier | 365.63 |
| Robert Mizrachi | 365.1 |
| Matt Marafioti | 364 |
| Steve Landfish | 359.45 |
| Maxim Lykox | 358.88 |
| Chris Bjorin | 354.63 |
| Jon Turner | 350.78 |
| Sammy Farha | 348.75 |
| John Dolan | 344.55 |
| Pascal LeFrancois | 341.25 |
| Viacheslav Zhukov | 340 |
| Victor Ramdin | 339.51 |
| Joshua Brikis | 338.05 |
| Nicolas Fierro | 335.25 |
| Gabriel Nassif | 334.38 |
| Scott Montgomery | 334 |
| Kirill Rabstov | 329.53 |
| Jesse Rockowitz | 325.5 |
| Peter Gelencser | 322 |
| David Diaz | 321.35 |
| Tyler Bonkowski | 321.25 |
| Eric Cloutier | 321.2 |
| Michael Michnik | 319.38 |
| Owen Crowe | 316.85 |
| Vitaly Lunkin | 313.8 |
| Steve Sung | 311.8 |
| Eric Rodawig | 311.5 |
| Sami Kelopuro | 311.25 |
Welcome to Day 1 of the National Championship
Day 1 of the World Series of Poker National Championship has finally arrived. The best of the best have qualified for the tournament and many players have worked the entire year to get to this point. One hundred WSOPC qualifiers gained free entry to the event and the top 100 WSOP POY qualifiers from the past two years can buy in for $10,000.
Players could qualify a few different ways; each Main Event winner from a WSOPC stop qualified, the overall casino points leader from each stop qualified, the top 84 points earners form the WSOP Circuit and the top 100 WSOP POY points earners.
The field will be playing for a juice-free prize pool that could have up to a $1 million added from the WSOP POY players. The added value of coveted ESPN camera time will be a factor when the event airs on August 7, 2012 as two, one-hour episodes.
The biggest names in poker like Michael Mizrachi, Ben Lamb and Phil Hellmuth will take to the felt against WSOPC stars like Kyle Cartwright, David Clark and Amanda Musumeci.
WSOPC Main Event Champions Kurt Jewel, Tripp Kirk, Freddy Deeb will have the big game experience to compete with Roland Israelashvili and Sam Trickett.
This 2011 National Championship launched Sam Barnhart into the national spotlight and is the cornerstone of his poker resume.
At the start of action today there are 19 tables to start. Late registration will be open through just two levels instead of the normal four - 2:55 p.m.
Cards will be in the air promptly at 12:00 p.m. PST in the Brasilia Room. Follow all the Day 1 action live on PokerNews.com.
Effel On the Mic
WSOP TD Jack Effel is making the morning announcements to the field. He's congratulating the WSOPC qualifiers. Cards will be in the air soon.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
Cards Are In the Air
Level 1
: 25/50, 0 ante
Cards are in the air for the start of Day 1.
Table Draws
Table 1
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Andrew Barber |
| 2 | Allen Bari |
| 3 | Yung Hwang |
| 4 | Everett Carlton |
| 5 | Eric Cloutier |
| 6 | Brett Schwertley |
| 7 | Charles Croft |
| 8 | Adam Laskey |
| 9 | John Racener |
Table 2
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Hao Le |
| 2 | Chris Moorman |
| 3 | Brandon Fish |
| 4 | Matt Chang |
| 5 | Steve Landfish |
| 6 | Charles "Woody" Moore |
| 7 | Charles Flett |
| 8 | Jamie Kerstetter |
| 9 | Open |
Table 3
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Raj Kattamuri |
| 2 | Daniel Idema |
| 3 | Freddy Deeb |
| 4 | John Harris |
| 5 | Tristan Wade |
| 6 | Jerry Monroe |
| 7 | Michael Souza |
| 8 | Justin Gardenhire |
| 9 | Daniel Alaei |
Table 4
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Cooper |
| 2 | Eugene Katchalov |
| 3 | Chris Gamboa |
| 4 | Paul Sokoloff |
| 5 | Pascal LeFrancois |
| 6 | Kevin Calenzo |
| 7 | David Clark |
| 8 | Jonas Mackoff |
| 9 | Michael Mizrachi |
Table 5
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Roland Israelashvili |
| 2 | Eric Rodawig |
| 3 | Ryan Gentry |
| 4 | Felicia Johnico |
| 5 | Owais Ahmed |
| 6 | Beverley Cheney |
| 7 | Josh Evans |
| 8 | John Fagg |
| 9 | Open |
Table 6
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Dejuante Alexander |
| 2 | James Dempsey |
| 3 | Benjamin Kramer |
| 4 | Joseph Hebda |
| 5 | George Lind |
| 6 | AP Phahurat |
| 7 | Abraham Araya |
| 8 | Drazen Ilich |
| 9 | Phil Hellmuth |
Table 7
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | David Diaz |
| 2 | John Dolan |
| 3 | Tuan Phan |
| 4 | Bryan Devonshire |
| 5 | Frank Kassela |
| 6 | Daniel Lowery |
| 7 | Tim Burt |
| 8 | Jonathan Sorscher |
| 9 | Open |
Table Draws Part II
Table 8
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Chow |
| 2 | David Doc Sands |
| 3 | Russel Ivy |
| 4 | Michael Nellis |
| 5 | Matt Keikoan |
| 6 | Drew Dumanksi |
| 7 | Chris Tryba |
| 8 | Fabrice Soulier |
| 9 | Open |
Table 9
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Truesdell |
| 2 | Gavin Smith |
| 3 | Joseph Kuether |
| 4 | Michael Schneider |
| 5 | Josh Brikis |
| 6 | Victor Ramdin |
| 7 | Robert Castoire |
| 8 | Huy Quach |
| 9 | Open |
Table 10
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Rast |
| 2 | Jason Dewitt |
| 3 | Michael Rosenbach |
| 4 | Nikolas Stone |
| 5 | Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier |
| 6 | Amir Lehavot |
| 7 | Matt Matros |
| 8 | Gary Bolden |
| 9 | Open |
Table 11
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Stephen Kats |
| 2 | Jason Somerville |
| 3 | Jennifer Parrish |
| 4 | Amanda Musumeci |
| 5 | Open |
| 6 | Joshua Pender |
| 7 | Katherine Bowen |
| 8 | Alexandru Masek |
| 9 | Open |
Table 12
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Aaron Massey |
| 2 | Mitchell Schock |
| 3 | Jeremy Burleson |
| 4 | Peter Ippolito |
| 5 | Sam Stein |
| 6 | Drew Woodke |
| 7 | Arkadiy Tsinis |
| 8 | Dan Blakeman |
| 9 | Open |
Table 13
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | David Nicholson |
| 2 | Elio Fox |
| 3 | Scott Stanko |
| 4 | Christian Harder |
| 5 | Open |
| 6 | Scott Davies |
| 7 | Jon Turner |
| 8 | Kevin McColgan |
| 9 | Open |
Table 14
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | James Manning |
| 2 | Dan Kelly |
| 3 | Robert Parker |
| 4 | Peter Mavro |
| 5 | David Baker |
| 6 | James Harnden |
| 7 | Dominic Gabaldon |
| 8 | Chris Conrad |
| 9 | Open |
Table Draws Part III
Table 15
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Roman Valerstein |
| 2 | Nicolas Fierro |
| 3 | Mark Radoja |
| 4 | Brent Carter |
| 5 | Nick Binger |
| 6 | Mark Bonsack |
| 7 | William Phillips |
| 8 | Jeff Fielder |
| 9 | Open |
Table 16
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob Naquin |
| 2 | Sean Getzwiller |
| 3 | Scott Montgomery |
| 4 | Kyle Cartwright |
| 5 | Open |
| 6 | Bryan Schultz |
| 7 | Christopher Parsons |
| 8 | Mark "Pegasus" Smith |
| 9 | Open |
Table 17
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Joseph Cheong |
| 2 | Allen Kessler |
| 3 | Christopher Bonn |
| 4 | Kurt Jewell |
| 5 | Will Failla |
| 6 | Huy Nguyen |
| 7 | Eugene Dudek |
| 8 | Dan Natarelli |
| 9 | Open |
Table 18
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Sanders |
| 2 | Matt Marafioti |
| 3 | Jeremy Drewery |
| 4 | Tripp Kirk |
| 5 | Shawn Buchanan |
| 6 | Steven Tabb |
| 7 | Ryan Eriquezzo |
| 8 | Leroy Spires |
| 9 | Open |
Table 19
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew Weber |
| 2 | Martin Stazsko |
| 3 | Gabriel Nassif |
| 4 | Rex Clinkscales |
| 5 | Open |
| 6 | Jerry Ard |
| 7 | Mark Kroon |
| 8 | Jeffrey Papola |
| 9 | Open |