In dem hochkarätig besetzten Finale des WSOP $5.000 Big Blind Ante NLH Event setzte sich am Ende der US-Amerikaner Jeremy Wien im Heads-Up gegen David Laka aus Spanien durch. Bei dem bisher größten Erfolg seiner Karriere räumte Jeremy Wien nicht nur sein erstes Bracelet ab, sondern auch ein sattes Preisgeld von $537.710.
Im Finale der letzten Acht ließ er unter anderem gestandene Profis der Highroller-Szene wie Jake Schindler oder David Peters hinter sich. Bester deutschsprachiger Spieler wurde Jan Christoph Von Halle, der das Turnier am Tag zuvor auf Rang 16 beendete.
WSOP Event #20 – $5.000 Big Blind Ante NLH
Entries: 518
Preispool: $2.408.700
| 1 | Jeremy Wien |  | $537,710 |
| 2 | David Laka |  | $332,328 |
| 3 | Eric Blair | | $228,307 |
| 4 | Jake Schindler | | $159,575 |
| 5 | John Amato | | $113,510 |
| 6 | Shawn Buchanan |  | $82,199 |
| 7 | David Peters | | $60,618 |
| 8 | Richard Tuhrim | | $45,538 |
| 9 | Patrick Truong | | $34,862 |
| 10 | Michael Gagliano | | $27,208 |
| 11 | Asi Moshe |  | $27,208 |
| 12 | Jason Remshardt | $27,208 | |
| 13 | Peter Neff | | $21,655 |
| 14 | Chris Bolek | | $21,655 |
| 15 | Kenneth Smaron | | $21,655 |
| 16 | Jan Christoph Von Halle |  | $17,583 |
| 17 | Ross Schultz | | $17,583 |
| 18 | Martin Mathis | | $17,583 |
| 19 | Stephen Chidwick |  | $14,572 |
| 20 | Nick Pupillo | | $14,572 |
| 21 | Seth Davies | | $14,572 |
| 22 | Ran Ilani | | $14,572 |
| 23 | Arne Ruge | | $14,572 |
| 24 | Kristen Bicknell | | $14,572 |
| 25 | Benjamin Dobson | | $14,572 |
| 26 | Dominik Nitshce | $14,572 | |
| 27 | Kevin Law | $14,572 | |
| 28 | Chris Johnson | | $12,331 |
| 29 | Justin Bonomo | | $12,331 |
| 30 | Anthony Spinella | | $12,331 |
| 31 | Daniel Colpoys | | $12,331 |
| 32 | Richard Kirsch | | $12,331 |
| 33 | Thomas Brown | | $12,331 |
| 34 | David Pham | | $12,331 |
| 35 | Gianluca Speranza |  | $12,331 |
| 36 | James Alexander | | $12,331 |
| 37 | Ryan Olisar | | $10,659 |
| 38 | Yorane Kerignard |  | $10,659 |
| 39 | Arsenii Karmatckii |  | $10,659 |
| 40 | Bryn Kenney | | $10,659 |
| 41 | Richard Lowe | | $10,659 |
| 42 | Lars Kamphues | | $10,659 |
| 43 | Gaurav Raina | | $10,659 |
| 44 | Andrea Benelli | | $10,659 |
| 45 | Aaron Kaiser | $10,659 | |
| 46 | Ty Reiman | | $9,417 |
| 47 | Brian Yoon | | $9,417 |
| 48 | Mao Qiu | $9,417 | |
| 49 | Brent Roberts | | $9,417 |
| 50 | Rim Reilly | $9,417 | |
| 51 | Kevin Chan | | $9,417 |
| 52 | Nadya Magnus | | $9,417 |
| 53 | Jeremy Cate | $9,417 | |
| 54 | Eric Bonin | $9,417 | |
| 55 | Antoine Saout | | $8,506 |
| 56 | Michael Sortino | $8,506 | |
| 57 | Humberto Brenes |  | $8,506 |
| 58 | Yifu He | | $8,506 |
| 59 | Ken Einiger | $8,506 | |
| 60 | Michael Gilbert | $8,506 | |
| 61 | Ryan Angelo | $8,506 | |
| 62 | Upeshka De Silva | | $8,506 |
| 63 | Kane Kalas | | $8,506 |
| 64 | Erik Seidel | | $7,860 |
| 65 | Tom Cannuli | | $7,860 |
| 66 | Adnan Mohammad | | $7,860 |
| 67 | Taylor Paur | | $7,860 |
| 68 | Arianna Son | | $7,860 |
| 69 | Mike Shin | | $7,860 |
| 70 | Julian Milliard | $7,860 | |
| 71 | Mihai Niste |  | $7,860 |
| 72 | Kitty Kuo |  | $7,860 |
| 73 | Olivier Busquet | | $7,435 |
| 74 | Heidi May |  | $7,435 |
| 75 | Edwin Pairavi | | $7,435 |
| 76 | Ben Yu | | $7,435 |
| 77 | Tobias Ziegler | | $7,435 |
| 78 | Fernando Brito |  | $7,435 |
Quelle / Bildquelle: WSOP.com, Pokernews
