July 21 2017, by Eric Danis

GPI Stats Pack: 2017 World Series of Poker Main Event

WORLD SERIES OF POKER MAIN EVENT

Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino
Las Vegas, NV
July 8-22, 2017

Entries: 7,221
Total Purse: $67,877,400
Winning Share: $8,150,000

Defending Champion:
Qui Nguyen (USA)
$8,005,310

FINAL TABLE OVERVIEW

SEAT PLAYER NATION CHIP STACK BIG BLINDS
1 John Hesp UK 85,700,000 107 (2nd)
2 Scott Blumstein USA 97,250,000 122 (1st)
3 Antoine Saout FRA 21,750,000 27 (7th)
4 Benjamin Pollak FRA 35,175,000 44 (3rd)
5 Jack Sinclair UK 20,200,000 25 (8th)
6 Damian Salas ARG 22,175,000 28 (6th)
7 Ben Lamb USA 18,050,000 23 (9th)
8 Byan Piccioli USA 33,800,000 42 (4th)
9 Daniel Ott USA 26,475,000 33 (5th)

EVENT PAYOUTS

POS PAYOUT GPI SCORE*
1st $8,150,000 824.26
2nd $4,700,000 723.45
3rd $3,500,000 664.94
4th $2,600,000 623.73
5th $2,000,000 592.02
6th $1,675,000 566.29
7th $1,425,000 544.70
8th $1,200,000 526.14
9th $1,000,000 509.88

*Unofficial GPI Score

PLAYER STATS

Scott Blumstein USA Flag

STACK: 97,250,000 (122 BB) FROM: Morristown, NJ AGE: 25  |  @SBlum2711
GPI WORLD RANK:
#2250 (PEAK: #1368 Jan/17)
2017 GPI PoY Race:
#5066
National USA:
#1185 (GPI) / #2420 (PoY)
CAREER › WINS: 5 TOP 10: 11 RESULTS: 43 $311,625
2017 › WINS: 0 TOP 10: 0 RESULTS: 6 $11,484
WSOP › BRACELETS: 0 TOP 10: – RESULTS: – $-
THM ALL-TIME MONEY LIST:
5,661th (2,984th in the USA)
FIRST RESULT: AUG 2012 – 2nd/121 Empire State Champ. Prelim, Turning Stone (Verona, NY) LAST RESULT: JUN 2017 – 51st/683 SugarRush Challenge, SugarHouse (Philadelphia)
TOP 5
CAREER RESULTS ›
  • $199,854 – 1st/2,368 Borgata Summer Open DeepStack Kick Off (Atlantic City) July 2016
  • $13,507 – 14th/557 Borgata Summer Open Championship (Joshua Gordon) July 2016
  • $9,708 – 11th/2,784 WPT Borgata Open Prelim (Sergio Vigano) Sep 2014
  • $7,961 – 28th/670 Borgata Spring Open Championship (Samuel Taylor) Apr 2017
  • $7,911 – 8th/925 Parx Big Stack 500 (Craig Bateman) Aug 2014
CHIPS › DAY 1C DAY 2C DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 FT
RANK › 799th/3,300 34th/1,549 8th/1,084 44th/297 14th/85 8th/27 1st/9

John Hesp UK Flag

STACK: 85,700,000 (107 BB) FROM: Bridlington, England AGE: 64
GPI WORLD RANK:
#19078 (PEAK: NOW)
2017 GPI PoY Race:
#10062
National UK:
#2418 (GPI) / #1137 (PoY)
CAREER › WINS: 1 TOP 10: 7 RESULTS: 7 $2,207
2017 › WINS: 1 TOP 10: 6 RESULTS: 6 $1,994
WSOP › BRACELETS: 0 TOP 10: – RESULTS: – $-
THM ALL-TIME MONEY LIST:
FIRST RESULT: NOV 2016 – 5th/49 Napoleons Casino Daily (Hull, UK) LAST RESULT: JUN 2017 – 3rd/49 Napoleons Casino Sunday Rebuy (Hull, UK)
TOP 5
CAREER RESULTS ›
  • $1,000 – 1st/51 Napoleons Casino Sunday Rebuy (Hull, UK) June 2017
  • $400 – 2nd/40 Napoleons Casino Sunday Rebuy (Hull, UK) Apr 2017
  • $326 – 3rd/49 Napoleons Casino Sunday Rebuy (Hull, UK) June 2017
  • $213 – 5th/49 Napoleons Casino Rebuy (Hull, UK), Nov 2016
  • $116 – 9th/57 Napoleons Casino Sunday Rebuy (Hull, UK), Jan 2017
CHIPS › DAY 1A DAY 2AB DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 FT
RANK › 271st/576 75th/1,023 166th/1,084 106th/297 40th/85 6th/27 2nd/9

Benjamin Pollak FRA Flag

STACK: 35,175,000 (44 BB) FROM: Paris, France (lives in London) AGE: 34  |  @PollakB
GPI WORLD RANK:
#154 (PEAK: #12 Apr/15)
2017 GPI PoY Race:
#836
National FRANCE:
#2 (GPI) / #23 (PoY)
CAREER › WINS: 7 TOP 10: 30 RESULTS: 85 $2,967,782
2017 › WINS: 0 TOP 10: 2 RESULTS: 7 $67,085
WSOP › BRACELETS: 0 TOP 10: 3 RESULTS: 16 $532,038
THM ALL-TIME MONEY LIST:
400th (8th in France)
FIRST RESULT: DEC 2007 – 1st/111
Euro Finals of Poker Bronze Championship (Paris)
LAST RESULT: JUN 2017 – 46th/630
WSOP 3K Pot Limit Omaha – Six Handed (Las Vegas)
TOP 5
CAREER RESULTS ›
  • $289,947 – 5th/393 EPT Barcelona NLH 10K High Roller (Ihar Soika) Aug 2014
  • $285,408 – 27th/6,352 WSOP Main Event (Ryan Riess) July 2013
  • $211,521 – 4th/592 EPT Deauville (Ognyan Dimov) Feb 2015
  • $161,485 – 2nd/249 partypoker WPT Barcelona (Chanracy Khun) Apr 2013
  • $138,602 – 4th/571 WPT Prague (Andrey Pateychuk) Dec 2011
  • 2013 GPI National Player of the Year (France)
CHIPS › DAY 1C DAY 2C DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 FT
RANK › 654th/3,300 504th/1,549 235th/1,084 291st/297 23rd/85 17th/27 3rd/9

Bryan Piccioli USA Flag

STACK: 33,800,000 (42 BB) FROM: Allegany, NY (lives in San Diego) AGE: 28  |  @theczar19
GPI WORLD RANK:
#460 (Peak: #61 Jul/16)
2017 GPI PoY Race:
#1820
National USA:
#228 (GPI) / #1022 (PoY)
CAREER › WINS: 5 TOP 10: 22 RESULTS: 73 $1,909,374
2017 › WINS: 0 TOP 10: 0 RESULTS: 5 $67,421
WSOP › BRACELETS: 1 TOP 10: 2 RESULTS: 27 $552,208
THM ALL-TIME MONEY LIST:
734th (420th in the USA)
FIRST RESULT: AUG 2007 – 18th/468 Empire State Champ. Prelim, Turning Stone (Verona, NY) LAST RESULT: JUL 2017 – 176th/8,120
WSOP $888 Crazy Eights (Las Vegas)
TOP 5
CAREER RESULTS ›
  • $493,350 – 3rd/753 WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star (Stefan Schillhabel) Mar 2016
  • $221,419 – 1st/1,085 WSOP Asia-Pacific Accumulator (Melbourne) Apr 2013
  • $166,047 – 1st/137 WPT Five Diamond 5K Prelim (Las Vegas) Dec 2015
  • $127,905 – 6th/342 WPT Seminole Hard Rock 10K Finale (Chino Rheem) Apr 2016
  • $94,971 – 7th/3,166 WSOP 1,500 NLH Event (Jim Willerson) June 2012
CHIPS › DAY 1A DAY 2AB DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 FT
RANK › 38th/576 320th/1,023 477th/1,084 47th/297 25th/85 10th/27 4th/9

Daniel Ott USA Flag

STACK: 26,475,000 (33 BB) FROM: Altoona, PA AGE: 25
GPI WORLD RANK:
#64749 (PEAK: #63680 Jun/17)
2017 GPI PoY Race:
#36973
National USA:
#16403 (GPI) / #10405 (PoY)
CAREER › WINS: 0 TOP 10: 0 RESULTS: 2 $2,666
2017 › WINS: 0 TOP 10: 0 RESULTS: 2 $2,666
WSOP › BRACELETS: 0 TOP 10: 0 RESULTS: 2 $2,666
THM ALL-TIME MONEY LIST:
169,251st (83,955th in the USA)
FIRST RESULT: JUN 2017 – 69th/843 WSOP 1K Tag Team Event (Las Vegas) LAST RESULT: JUN 2017 – 691st/6,716 WSOP Monster Stack (Las Vegas)
TWO
CAREER RESULTS ›
  • $2,666 – 691st/6,716 WSOP Monster Stack (Brian Yoon) June 2017
  • $990 – 69th/843 WSOP 1K Tag Team Event (Nipun Java/Aditya Sushnat) June 2017
CHIPS › DAY 1B DAY 2AB DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 FT
RANK › 42nd/1,643 138th/1,023 -/1,084 35th/297 6th/85 20th/27 5th/9

Damian Salas ARG Flag

STACK: 22,175,000 (28 BB) FROM: Chascomus, Argentina AGE: 42  |  @tritu27
GPI WORLD RANK:
#506 (Peak: #275 May/15)
2017 GPI PoY Race:
#1264
National ARGENTINA:
#6 (GPI) / #13 (PoY)
CAREER › WINS: 3 TOP 10: 17 RESULTS: 49 $919,525
2017 › WINS: 0 TOP 10: 2 RESULTS: 7 $79,571
WSOP › BRACELETS: 0 TOP 10: 1 RESULTS: 13 $177,983
THM ALL-TIME MONEY LIST:
1,770th (11th in Argentina)
FIRST RESULT: JAN 2009 – 3rd/216
LAPT Vina Del Mar (Chile)
LAST RESULT: JUL 2017 – 1,081st/8,120
WSOP $888 Crazy Eights (Las Vegas)
TOP 5
CAREER RESULTS ›
  • $107,800 – 1st/84 LAPT Uruguay High Roller (Punta del Este) Nov 2013
  • $79,581 – 2nd/424 BSOP Millions High Roller (Pablo Cabrera) Dec 2015
  • $67,998 – 3rd/469 BSOP Millions High Roller (Leo Fernandez) Dec 2014
  • $65,948 – 15th/591 EPT Barcelona 10K High Roller (Connor Drinan) Aug 2016
  • $64,129 – 5th/1,050 WSOP 1,500 Shootout (Safiya Umerova) June 2016
CHIPS › DAY 1C DAY 2C DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 FT
RANK › 1,168th/3,300 92nd/1,549 31st/1,084 1st/297 5th/85 21st/27 6th/9

Antoine Saout FRA Flag

STACK: 21,750,000 (27 BB) FROM: Saint Martin des Charmes, FRA (lives in London) AGE: 33  |  @tonio292
GPI WORLD RANK:
#340 (Peak: #89 May/17)
2017 GPI PoY Race:
#742
National FRANCE:
#10 (GPI) / #20 (PoY)
CAREER › WINS: 1 TOP 10: 20 RESULTS: 58 $5,551,412
2017 › WINS: 0 TOP 10: 2 RESULTS: 8 $326,862
WSOP › BRACELETS: 0 TOP 10: 2 RESULTS: 13 $3,999,582
THM ALL-TIME MONEY LIST:
152nd (5th in France)
FIRST RESULT: NOV 2008 – 6th/97
Spanish Tour Marbella, Casino Marbella (Spain)
LAST RESULT: JUL 2017 – 186th/1,413
WSOP 1K NLH Event (Las Vegas)
TOP 5
CAREER RESULTS ›
  • $3,479,670 – 3rd/6,494 WSOP Main Event (Joe Cada) Nov 2009
  • $290,181 – 3rd/133 Aussie Millions 25K Challenge (James Chen) Jan 2017
  • $269,430 – 25th/6,737 WSOP Main Event (Qui Nguyen) July 2016
  • $259,114 – 2nd/1,398 Venetian DSE $1,600 Event (Mark Herm) July 2016
  • $188,318 – 7th/334 WSOP Europe Main Event (Barry Shulman) Oct 2009
  • 2009 European Rookie of the Year
CHIPS › DAY 1B DAY 2AB DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 FT
RANK › 239th/1,643 51st/1,023 3rd/1,084 30th/297 8th/85 15th/27 7th/9

Jack Sinclair UK Flag

STACK: 20,200,000 (25 BB) FROM: London, England AGE: 26  |  @jacksincredible
GPI WORLD RANK:
#14910 (Peak: #14590 Jul/17)
2017 GPI PoY Race:
#6885
National UK:
#1871 (GPI) / #755 (PoY)
CAREER › WINS: 0 TOP 10: 0 RESULTS: 3 $13,500
2017 › WINS: 0 TOP 10: 0 RESULTS: 3 $13,500
WSOP › BRACELETS: 0 TOP 10: 0 RESULTS: 2 $4,088
THM ALL-TIME MONEY LIST:
80,409th (4,300th in England)
FIRST RESULT: APR 2017 – 161st/1,204
partypoker Million Live, Dusk Till Dawn (Nottingham)
LAST RESULT: JUL 2017 – 689th/8,120
WSOP $888 Crazy Eights (Las Vegas)
THREE
CAREER RESULTS ›
  • $9,412 – 161st/1,204 partypoker Million Live (Maria Lampropulos) Apr 2017
  • $2,346 – 184th/580 WSOP NLH 1,500 Event (Mohsin Charania) June 2017
  • $1,742 – 689th/8,120 WSOP $888 Crazy Eights Event (Alexandru Papazian) July 2017
CHIPS › DAY 1B DAY 2AB DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 FT
RANK › 63rd/1,643 141st/1,023 267th/1,084 95th/297 69th/85 3rd/27 8th/9

Ben Lamb USA Flag

STACK: 18,050,000 (23 BB) FROM: Tulsa, OK (lives in Las Vegas) AGE: 32  |  @BenbaLamb
GPI WORLD RANK:
#17021 (Peak: #22 Dec/11)
2017 GPI PoY Race:
#9606
National USA:
#6123 (GPI) / #3870 (PoY)
CAREER › WINS: 7 TOP 10: 24 RESULTS: 41 $7,207,830
2017 › WINS: 1 TOP 10: 1 RESULTS: 2 $312,587
WSOP › BRACELETS: 1 TOP 10: 5 RESULTS: 14 $6,209,724
THM ALL-TIME MONEY LIST:
92nd (61st in the USA)
FIRST RESULT: JUN 2006 – 14th/203
Scotty Nguyen Challenge Prelim, Cherokee Casino (Tulsa)
LAST RESULT: JUN 2017 – 15th/428
WSOP 10K PLO Championship (Las Vegas)
TOP 5
CAREER RESULTS ›
  • $4,021,138 – 3rd/6,865 WSOP Main Event (Pius Heinz) Nov 2011
  • $814,436 – 1st/361 WSOP 10K PLO Championship (Las Vegas) June 2011
  • $633,022 – 14th/6,494 WSOP Main Event (Joe Cada) July 2009
  • $300,000 – 2nd/41 Aria 25K High Roller (Tom Marchese) Jan 2015
  • $281,250 – 1st/25 Bellagio Mixed Games High Roller 1 (Las Vegas) Apr 2017
CHIPS › DAY 1B DAY 2AB DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 FT
RANK › 562nd/1,643 63rd/1,023 32nd/1,084 14th/297 32nd/85 4th/27 9th/9

 

Photo credit: Jamie Thomson/World Series of Poker

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Eric Danis’ passion for poker came at a very early age but it’s when writing about and covering the game he loves that Danis is most in his element. Danis is better known for creating www.PTPRpoker.com where he spent a few years covering poker events. Danis is also known for having worked on the poker shows Poker Eh! and The Pulse on the Quad Jacks Network.