Congratulations to Benjamin Scholl, Winner of Event 20: $5,000 Limit Hold'em ($206,760)!
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It took almost 27 hours and hundreds of min-raises, but finally Benjamin Scholl has been crowned the champion of Event 20: $5,000 Limit Hold’em. For that effort, Scholl goes home with all the glory, $206,760 in cash and of course the World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
When the day started, 17 players all had high hopes of being where Scholl stands right now, but only one could prevail. The first elimination of the day occurred during the first half of the very first level, with Ron Burke finding the rail in 17th place.
From there it was Mike Schneider who finished in 16th, Douglas Rutherford in 15th and Kenneth Shei in 14th. At this point Terrence Chan was slowly losing his chip stack as Chris Overgard was railed in 13th place.
Eventually Chan would bow out in 12th when he couldn’t manage to run his short stack back up. The elimination of Matt Szymaszek in 11th place would send us to our unofficial final table of ten and the quick exit of Samuel Golbuff in 10th place would see us arrive at the official final table.
Final Table Lineup
| Seat | Player | Count |
| 1 | Raymond Dehkharghani | 325,000 |
| 2 | Matthew Woodward | 214,000 |
| 3 | Matt Glantz | 225,000 |
| 4 | Jeff Shulman | 642,000 |
| 5 | Andrew Prock | 373,000 |
| 6 | Nicholas Derke | 51,000 |
| 7 | Jesse Martin | 252,000 |
| 8 | Benjamin Scholl | 220,000 |
| 9 | Ayman Qutami | 192,000 |
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.
Event 20 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Benjamin Scholl | $206,760 |
| 2nd | Andrew Prock | $127,773 |
| 3rd | Jeff Shulman | $92,562 |
| 4th | Jesse Martin | $68,322 |
| 5th | Raymond Dehkharghani | $51,344 |
| 6th | Matt Glantz | $39,259 |
| 7th | Matthew Woodward | $30,529 |
| 8th | Nicholas Derke | $24,139 |
| 9th | Ayman Qutami | $19,395 |
Thanks for tuning into our coverage of Event 20. There will be plenty more to come at the 2012 WSOP, so make sure to return to PokerNews to find out who joins Benjamin Scholl as the next gold bracelet winner.
flop was spread along the felt. Prock led on the flop and Scholl called as a 
hit the turn. It was here that Prock committed his last 15,000 in chips and with a call from Scholl, the players turned their hands over.
completed the board to send Prock home in 2nd place. That means that Benjamin Scholl is our latest World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner!
flop was dealt. Scholl opted to check-raise here and Shulman made the call. The 
turn then saw Shulman and Scholl put in enough bets to see Shulman's last chips enter the pot.
he was looking very good to double-up and survive against the 
of Scholl. However, fate had other ideas as a 
on the river would send Scholl the pot and Send Shulman home with a bittersweet $92,562.
. Andrew Prock then three-bet out of the small blind and Dehkharghani quickly four-bet . Prock then capped it and Dehkharghani called and then had less than a big bet left.
flop would see Dehkharghani commit his last chips and the two players would turn their hands over. Dehkharghani 's 
hit the turn, Dehkharghani would begin shaking everyone's hand. The meaningless 
on the river changed nothing and Dehkharghani was out the door.
on the turn would see Glantz flick in the remainder of his chips, which equaled just less than a big bet. Martin made the call and turned over 
, well ahead of Glantz's 
. When the 
landed on the river, it was all over for Glantz.
flop would see Scholl check and Woodward bet. Scholl then made it two bets and Woodward committed the last of his chips.
, which would need help against the 
that Prock held. With that, we are down to nine and our final table is set.
, with no miracle card for Szymaszek as he goes home in 11th place.