A Look at Last Year's Final Table
We're suckers for history, plus it's the first level in a limit tournament, which is why we thought we'd take a quick look back at last year's final table. Many of the 2012 finalists are already in the field, and we expect a few more of them will be making an appearance before night's end.
Here's a look back at last year's final table action courtesy of that event's live blog recap:
Leading the final table was prominent player Jeff Shulman and the talk of the town was the fact that Jeff’s father Barry Shulman was simultaneously on the final table of Event 19: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em. Jeff would end up doing better than his father, who finished in 8th place, but that’s jumping ahead.
The first player to hit the rail at the final table was Ayman Qutami in 9th place, with his exit followed closely by Nicholas Derke in 8th. It was Andrew Prock who eliminated both of these players and so it was he who stole the chip lead from Shulman. However, Shulman managed to get the lead back as Matthew Woodward was eliminated in 7th place, Matt Glantz bit the dust in 6th and Raymond Dehkharghani in 5th.
Shulman’s four-handed chip lead wouldn’t last for long as Jesse Martin’s elimination in 4th place would also see Shulman’s stack start to dwindle. Shulman was almost down and out a few times, but clawed on to life multiple times to make a comeback. Shulman hung on to dear life as three-handed play marched on for multiple hours. Eventually Shulman's run would come to an end though, as he found the rail in 3rd place.
Going into heads-up, Benjamin Scholl held an almost four-to-one chip lead and it wouldn't take him long to overcome Andrew Prock. Eventually the last hand of the night played out and with that, Prock went home as the gallant runner-up, while Scholl takes home his first WSOP gold bracelet.
| Place | Player | Earnings |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Benjamin Scholl | $206,760 |
| 2 | Andrew Prock | $127,773 |
| 3 | Jeff Shulman | $92,562 |
| 4 | Jesse Martin | $68,322 |
| 5 | Raymond Dehkharghani | $51,344 |
| 6 | Matt Glantz | $39,259 |
| 7 | Matthew Woodward | $30,529 |
| 8 | Nicholas Derke | $24,139 |
| 9 | Ayman Qutami | $19,395 |