WSOP Event No. 12 Winner Jimmy Shultz
Event No. 12 of the World Series of Poker was a $1,500 buyin Limit Texas Hold'em tournament that started on June 6th and finished next to the main final table stage on June 8th. The event had 883 entrants that created a prize pool of $1,205,295 dollars and the top 81 finishers's would collect at this event.
Limit Hold'em used to reign supreme as the most dominant form of poker played in public card room from the mid 1980's until just a few years ago. It was so popular that in much of the 80's and 90's you couldn't find a No Limit Hold'em game. For many years at the World Series of Poker the Limit Hold'em events attracted way more players than No Limit Hold'em events.
Things changed in 2003 as No Limit Hold'em started to conquer the poker market, now the tables have completely changes as finding a Limit game can be a challenge is some regions. Showing how Limit has declined is easy this year’s $1,500 buyin Limit Hold'em championship declined for the third consecutive year. In 2006 the tournament attracted 1,069 entries, then in 2007, the number declined to 910 players. This year, the final tally was 883 players.
The winner of Event No. 12 was Jimmy Shultz who is living in Columbus, Ohio. He is a 37 year old mortgage broker and a part time poker player that now with this win may turn pro? He won $257,936 dollars for his first place finish plus his first WSOP gold bracelet. A pretty good turn out from playing in his first World Series of Poker Event.
Shultz said that he is going to donate 25 percent of his tournament win to a fund that was set up for fire fighters in the Charleston Fire Department. During the tournament Shultz wore a CFD had and shirt to honor a few friends that died tragically while on duty last year.
The final results for Event No. 12 are below.
1 Jimmy Shultz $257,049 Charleston South Carolina
2 Zac Fellows $165,165 Vancouver British Columbia, Canada
3 Vinny Vinh $99,099 Houston Texas
4 Teddy Monroe $82,883 Washington DC
5 Brendan Taylor $67,868 Pasadena California
6 Markus Golser $53,453 Austria
7 Ali Eslami $41,441 Los Angeles California
8 Christoph Niesert $32,432 Berlin Germany
9 Chung Law $23,423 Milpitas California
10 Erick Lindgren $14,775 Las Vegas Nevada
11 Zachary Henderson $14,775 Thunder Bay Ontario, Canada
12 Shkolnik, Steven $14,775 Los Angeles California
13 O’Brien, John $11,772 Philadelphia Pennsylvania
14 Pratt, Eric $11,772 Kennewick Washington
15 Nguyen, Duc $11,772 Las Vegas Nevada
16 Sanders, Joseph $8,769 Washington Utah
17 Foutty, Stephen $8,769 Santa Rosa California
18 Beral, Arash $8,769 Los Angeles California
19 Marcotte, Kevin $6,727 Mason Ohio
20 Mantin, Mitchell $6,727 Las Vegas Nevada
21 Thung, Roy $6,727 White Plains New York
22 Oshiro, Dean $6,727 Washougal Washington
23 Bogdanski, Gary $6,727 Lyndhurst New Jersey
24 Lawrence, Michael $6,727 Richmond Virginia
25 Chan, Terrence $6,727 Vancouver British Columbia, Canada
26 Laidlaw, Alexander $6,727 Markham Ontario, Canada
27 Matyjas, Shayne $6,727 Burlington Ontario, Canada
28 Elkin, Stuart $5,526 Delray Beach Florida
29 Burnard, John $5,526 Riverside California
30 Cremen, Frank $5,526 Las Vegas Nevada
31 Bergerson, David $5,526 Taos New Mexico
32 Przygoda, Robert $5,526 St Louis Missouri
33 Frutkin, Jonathan $5,526 Phoenix Arizona
34 Monaldi, Gregory $5,526 Davie Florida
35 Wolfe, Charles $5,526 Rockford Illinois
36 Maeroff, Jason $5,526 Duluth Georgia
37 Wolff, Stephen $4,324 Newport Beach California
38 August, Todd $4,324 Elgin Illinois
39 Shabou, Nadim $4,324 Tucson Arizona
40 Sjavik, Jan $4,324 Oslo Norway
41 Navarro, Angel $4,324 Miami Beach Florida
42 Phan, Canh $4,324 Richardson Texas
43 Forry, Jason $4,324 Huntley Illinois
44 Dong, Zelong $4,324 Vestavia Hills Alabama
45 Schertzer, Ivan $4,324 Miami Shores Florida
46 Wall, Jonathan $3,964 Brookline Massachusetts
47 Crain, Eric $3,964 Murphysboro Illinois
48 Agassi, Shai $3,964 Los Gatos California
49 Davis, James $3,964 Chicago Illinois
50 Ward, Crane $3,964 Berea Ohio
51 Lark, Daryl $3,964 Queen Creek Arizona
52 Blanton, John $3,964 Raleigh North Carolina
53 Traniello, Marco $3,964 Las Vegas Nevada
54 De Bora, Greg $3,964
55 Bui, Todd $3,604 Cerritos California
56 Steury, Aaron $3,604 Fort Wayne Indiana
57 Mahmood, Ayaz $3,604 Houston Texas
58 Ramdin Annand $3,604 Bronx New York
59 Jackson, Christopher $3,604 Carlsbad California
60 Albrinck, Bradford $3,604 Cincinnati Ohio
61 Wroblewski, Anna $3,604 Las Vegas Nevada
62 Silich, Rudolph $3,604 Holland Michigan
63 Halford, Michael $3,604 Las Vegas Nevada
64 Schneider, Thomas $3,243 Scottsdale Arizona
65 Moore, Alex $3,243 Irvine California
66 Burke, Ron $3,243 La Selva Beach California
67 Garaventa, Jody $3,243 Raleigh North Carolina
68 Tomko, Dewey $3,243 Haines City Florida
69 Akkari, Andre $3,243 Sao Paulo Brazil
70 Daniels, Adam $3,243 Kanata Ontario, Canada
71 Bohle, Felix $3,243 Hofheim Germany
72 Marcum, Gary $3,243 Clermont Florida
73 Pickett, Stanley $2,883 Minor Hill Tennessee
74 Paetsch, Nathan $2,883 Williamsville New York
75 Buchanan, Stephen $2,883 Fullerton California
76 Rosskamm, Andrew $2,883 Gates Mills Ohio
77 Rodriguez, Julio $2,883 Bailey Colorado
78 Chu, Michael $2,883 Los Angeles California
79 Robinson, Eric $2,883 Dearborn Michigan
80 Wohletz, Gregory $2,883 Henderson Nevada
81 Stamm, Jonathan $2,883 Glenview Illinois