Das 55. Event der diesjährigen World Series of Poker ist Geschichte. Asi Moshe aus Kanada bezwingt im Heads-Up seinen Landsmann Michael Ferrer und schnappt sich damit neben dem begehrten Bracelet das Preisgeld von $582.321.
Insgesamt nahmen anfangs 2.396 Spieler beim $1.500 Event #55 NLHE an den Turniertischen im Rio platz und erschufen damit einen Gesamtpreispool von $3.234.600. Der strahlende Sieger hieß im rein kanadischen Heads-Up letztendlich Asi Moshe. In der finalen Hand zwang er seinen hartnäckigen Konkurrenten Michael Ferrer mit der höheren Straight in die Knie. Beide Spieler hatten zu diesem Zeitpunkt in etwa gleich viel Chips.
Asi Moshe: 
Michael Ferrer: 
Board: 
Asi Moshe schnappte sich mit seinem zweiten geführten Live Cash gleich das Bracelet. Im vergangenen Jahr war der Kanadier bereits schon einmal bei einem WSOP Event erfolgreich. Damals cashte er $141.124 für den fünften Platz beim $1.500 Event #60 NLHE.
WSOP Event #55: NLHE
Buy-in: $1.500
Entries: 2.396
Preispool: $3.234.600
Payouts:
| Rang | Name | Land | Preisgeld $ |
| 1 | Asi Moshe | CA | 582,321 |
| 2 | Michael Ferrer | CA | 361,207 |
| 3 | Aaron Massey | US | 255,209 |
| 4 | David Jackson | US | 183,498 |
| 5 | Bobby Poe | US | 133,686 |
| 6 | Henrik Hecklen | DK | 98,687 |
| 7 | Marc-Etienne McLaughlin | CA | 73,781 |
| 8 | Timothy West | 55,861 | |
| 9 | Brian Kennedy | US | 42,826 |
| 10 | Georgios Kapalas | 33,219 | |
| 11 | Jonathan Andero | 33,219 | |
| 12 | Paul Balzano | 33,219 | |
| 13 | David Quang | 26,070 | |
| 14 | James Dorrance | 26,070 | |
| 15 | Nicholas Nowak | 26,070 | |
| 16 | Robert Allen | 20,733 | |
| 17 | Bernado Dias | 20,733 | |
| 18 | Joel Tushnet | 20,733 | |
| 19 | James Czarnecki | 16,658 | |
| 20 | Jonas Ten Cate | 16,658 | |
| 21 | Hans Secker | NO | 16,658 |
| 22 | Keith Wintermans | 16,658 | |
| 23 | Gerald Trass | 16,658 | |
| 24 | Dean Hamrick | 16,658 | |
| 25 | Mark Miller | US | 16,658 |
| 26 | Ky Nguyen | 16,658 | |
| 27 | Eric Vallee | 16,658 | |
| 28 | Zo Karim | US | 13,552 |
| 29 | Shechter Ofer | 13,552 | |
| 30 | Kyriacos Dionysiou | 13,552 | |
| 31 | Dimitry Agrachov | 13,552 | |
| 32 | Michael Mazzeo | 13,552 | |
| 33 | Frederic Bertrand | 13,552 | |
| 34 | Eddy Sabat | US | 13,552 |
| 35 | Jason Zarlenga | US | 13,552 |
| 36 | Jeffrey Spence | 13,552 | |
| 37 | Stephen Lemmer | 11,159 | |
| 38 | Marco Fantini | 11,159 | |
| 39 | Erica Lindgren | 11,159 | |
| 40 | Ayaz Mahmood | 11,159 | |
| 41 | Harry Bienenfeld | 11,159 | |
| 42 | Bryan Leskowitz | US | 11,159 |
| 43 | Phillip Delaney | 11,159 | |
| 44 | Stuart Pfeifer | US | 11,159 |
| 45 | Aaron Kaiser | US | 11,159 |
| 46 | Adam Banko | 9,283 | |
| 47 | Kevin Andriamahefa | 9,283 | |
| 48 | Thomas Belasic | 9,283 | |
| 49 | Edison Shields | US | 9,283 |
| 50 | Joshua Rotenberg | 9,283 | |
| 51 | Kirk Banks | 9,283 | |
| 52 | Kyle Ho | 9,283 | |
| 53 | Barny Boatman | GB | 9,283 |
| 54 | Kaspars Kazaks | 9,283 | |
| 55 | Muskan Sethi | 7,827 | |
| 56 | Brandon Cantu | US | 7,827 |
| 57 | Haralambos Tsivicos | 7,827 | |
| 58 | David Gonia | 7,827 | |
| 59 | Roland Israelashvili | 7,827 | |
| 60 | Steven Liu | 7,827 | |
| 61 | Mark Schmid | 7,827 | |
| 62 | Anthony Martocci | 7,827 | |
| 63 | Den Kim | 7,827 | |
| 64 | Vernon Lacour | 6,663 | |
| 65 | Fernando Castaneda | 6,663 | |
| 66 | Brian Gudmin | 6,663 | |
| 67 | Alexander Ziskin | US | 6,663 |
| 68 | Gary Gundersen | 6,663 | |
| 69 | David Pham | US | 6,663 |
| 70 | Christopher Sensoli | 6,663 | |
| 71 | Michael Malm | CA | 6,663 |
| 72 | Franck Venigotchian | 6,663 | |
| 73 | Dennis Jones | 5,725 | |
| 74 | Stephen Murphy | 5,725 | |
| 75 | Michael Bena | 5,725 | |
| 76 | Zachary Shitama | 5,725 | |
| 77 | Jeremie Sarda | 5,725 | |
| 78 | Gilles Huet | 5,725 | |
| 79 | Phillip Hui | 5,725 | |
| 80 | Richard Toner | 5,725 | |
| 81 | Dylan Mcilvenny | 5,725 | |
| 82 | Randolph Reese | 4,981 | |
| 83 | Ariel Shefer | GA | 4,981 |
| 84 | Erkut Yilmaz | 4,981 | |
| 85 | Igor Andriyuk | 4,981 | |
| 86 | Guillauma Marechal | 4,981 | |
| 87 | Mark Winship | US | 4,981 |
| 88 | Andrea Dato | 4,981 | |
| 89 | David Osburn | 4,981 | |
| 90 | Fernando Diaz | 4,981 | |
| 91 | Anthony Gaglione | US | 4,366 |
| 92 | Samay Parikh | 4,366 | |
| 93 | Asher Conniff | 4,366 | |
| 94 | Bryan Dillon | 4,366 | |
| 95 | Corwin Cole | 4,366 | |
| 96 | Angela Prada-Moed | 4,366 | |
| 97 | Filipp Khavin | 4,366 | |
| 98 | Patrick Smith | 4,366 | |
| 99 | Maxime Rouillot | 4,366 | |
| 100 | Mark Atherton | 3,881 | |
| 101 | Steven Snyder | 3,881 | |
| 102 | Joe McGowan | 3,881 | |
| 103 | Julian Rembert | US | 3,881 |
| 104 | Justin Bond | 3,881 | |
| 105 | Jean Houle | 3,881 | |
| 106 | Jeff Cote | 3,881 | |
| 107 | James Gladwell | 3,881 | |
| 108 | Steven Lawyer | 3,881 | |
| 109 | Ryan Olisar | 3,881 | |
| 110 | Davide Suriano | IT | 3,881 |
| 111 | Tom Braband | 3,881 | |
| 112 | Todd Terry | 3,881 | |
| 113 | Richard Dugger | 3,881 | |
| 114 | Zhenghua Lei | TD | 3,881 |
| 115 | Carlos J Benatull | 3,881 | |
| 116 | Brett Kimes | 3,881 | |
| 117 | Joon Yi | 3,881 | |
| 118 | Dennis Henkes | 3,881 | |
| 119 | Jeffrey Carter | 3,881 | |
| 120 | David Subotic | 3,881 | |
| 121 | Jordan Sills | 3,881 | |
| 122 | Jonathon Rodriguez | 3,881 | |
| 123 | Sixiao Li | 3,881 | |
| 124 | Michael Newport | 3,881 | |
| 125 | Philip Chin | 3,881 | |
| 126 | Jeffrey Fielder | 3,881 | |
| 127 | Erwann Pecheux | FR | 3,881 |
| 128 | Perre Neuville | 3,881 | |
| 129 | Dietrich Fast | US | 3,881 |
| 130 | Seth Davies | 3,881 | |
| 131 | Guiliano Bendinelli | 3,881 | |
| 132 | Jerry Robinson | 3,881 | |
| 133 | Robert Croner | 3,881 | |
| 134 | Blake Schwartzbach | 3,881 | |
| 135 | Gevork Kasabyan | 3,881 | |
| 136 | Steve Sung | 3,493 | |
| 137 | Chris Dombrowski | 3,493 | |
| 138 | Matthew Hopkins | 3,493 | |
| 139 | Daniel Martin Jr | 3,493 | |
| 140 | Leonardo Bueno | 3,493 | |
| 141 | Daniel Suied | 3,493 | |
| 142 | Daniel Drew | 3,493 | |
| 143 | Steven Mccartney | US | 3,493 |
| 144 | Seneca Easley | 3,493 | |
| 145 | Stephen Hesse | 3,493 | |
| 146 | Matthew Huey | 3,493 | |
| 147 | Jareth East | 3,493 | |
| 148 | Giovannipaol Messina | 3,493 | |
| 149 | Bryan Micon | US | 3,493 |
| 150 | Stephen Sallot | 3,493 | |
| 151 | Greg Feirman | 3,493 | |
| 152 | Samuel Hankins | 3,493 | |
| 153 | 3,493 | ||
| 154 | Spencer Uniss | 3,493 | |
| 155 | Marty Healy | 3,493 | |
| 156 | Chris Trotter | US | 3,493 |
| 157 | David Yi | 3,493 | |
| 158 | Michael Loynd | 3,493 | |
| 159 | Sherif El-Messiri | 3,493 | |
| 160 | Kevin Fassino | 3,493 | |
| 161 | Aaron Whitmore | 3,493 | |
| 162 | Maria Mayrinck | BR | 3,493 |
| 163 | Sonu Sharma | 3,493 | |
| 164 | Konstantin Polin | 3,493 | |
| 165 | Scott Blackman | 3,493 | |
| 166 | Kevin Buck | 3,493 | |
| 167 | Rudy Blondeau | 3,493 | |
| 168 | Cherie Beasley | 3,493 | |
| 169 | Rumen Nanev | 3,493 | |
| 170 | Michael Gagliano | 3,493 | |
| 171 | Matthew Gloier | 3,493 | |
| 172 | Eric Baldwin | US | 3,202 |
| 173 | Samuel Epstein | 3,202 | |
| 174 | Douglas Mackinnon | 3,202 | |
| 175 | Dustin Nelson | 3,202 | |
| 176 | Ezra Begley | 3,202 | |
| 177 | Alex Bylicki | CA | 3,202 |
| 178 | Justin Gavejian | 3,202 | |
| 179 | Jen-Yue Chiang | 3,202 | |
| 180 | Peter Apicelli | 3,202 | |
| 181 | Frederic Soria | 3,202 | |
| 182 | Edward Shade | 3,202 | |
| 183 | Maxim Panyak | 3,202 | |
| 184 | Tamas Lendvai | 3,202 | |
| 185 | Aditya Agarwal | 3,202 | |
| 186 | Andrew Pope | 3,202 | |
| 187 | Jack Salter | GB | 3,202 |
| 188 | Bruno Kawauti | 3,202 | |
| 189 | Patrick Schratz | DE | 3,202 |
| 190 | Steve Gee | US | 3,202 |
| 191 | Manig Loeser | 3,202 | |
| 192 | Collin Cheung | 3,202 | |
| 193 | Marc Macdonnell | 3,202 | |
| 194 | Paul Lee | 3,202 | |
| 195 | Jesus Andreu | 3,202 | |
| 196 | Jens Grieme | 3,202 | |
| 197 | Patrick Lanahan | 3,202 | |
| 198 | Daniel Buzgon | 3,202 | |
| 199 | Harry Maurer | 3,202 | |
| 200 | Andrew Egan | 3,202 | |
| 201 | David Randall | 3,202 | |
| 202 | Scott O’Reilly | 3,202 | |
| 203 | John Corr | 3,202 | |
| 204 | Steven Norden | 3,202 | |
| 205 | Dmitrii Valouev | 3,202 | |
| 206 | Sam Chartier | 3,202 | |
| 207 | Rodrigo Portaleoni | 3,202 | |
| 208 | Scott Mintz | 2,911 | |
| 209 | Alen Bilic | 2,911 | |
| 210 | Randal Sklar | 2,911 | |
| 211 | Jeffrey Epstein | 2,911 | |
| 212 | Sean Getzwiller | 2,911 | |
| 213 | Jack Ellwood | 2,911 | |
| 214 | Ivan Soshnikov | 2,911 | |
| 215 | 2,911 | ||
| 216 | Gnatenko Oleksander | 2,911 | |
| 217 | Jack Friedlander | 2,911 | |
| 218 | Yueqi Zhu | 2,911 | |
| 219 | Steve Gross | 2,911 | |
| 220 | Karl Pirkopf | 2,911 | |
| 221 | Matthew Shanahan | 2,911 | |
| 222 | Allyn Shulman | 2,911 | |
| 223 | Michael Palo | 2,911 | |
| 224 | Ryan Spittles | 2,911 | |
| 225 | Justin Conley | 2,911 | |
| 226 | Don Ballow | 2,911 | |
| 227 | Todd Draper | 2,911 | |
| 228 | Matt Salsberg | 2,911 | |
| 229 | Dominic Mahoney | 2,911 | |
| 230 | Felix Kuermayr | 2,911 | |
| 231 | Joshua Platz | CA | 2,911 |
| 232 | Ramon Martinez | 2,911 | |
| 233 | Matthew Flower | 2,911 | |
| 234 | Alex Kravchenko | 2,911 | |
| 235 | Nathan Fay | 2,911 | |
| 236 | Jonas Mackoff | CA | 2,911 |
| 237 | Jeff Siler | 2,911 | |
| 238 | Andrew Robbins | 2,911 | |
| 239 | John Eames | 2,911 | |
| 240 | Christopher Sly | 2,911 | |
| 241 | David Wimberley | 2,911 | |
| 242 | Scott Freeman | US | 2,911 |
| 243 | Andrew Sapiro | 2,911 |
