2016 World Series of Poker

New events

• Event #2: $565 Colossus II No Limit Hold'em - Returning to the schedule after setting a record for largest live tournament in 2015, changes to the event will include a $7 million guaranteed prize pool, a guaranteed first prize of $1 million, and two additional starting flights. The money was reached during each starting flight and gave a player an opportunity to cash multiple times in the event.
• Event #4: $1,000 Top Up Turbo No Limit Hold'em - Players cashing in $55 single table satellites, held both at the Rio and online on WSOP.com, will be able to double their starting stack.
• Event #61: $1,000 Tag Team No Limit Hold'em - Featuring 2-4 player teams. The first team event at the WSOP since 1983.
• In addition to these new events, the structure for $10,000 buy-in events has been changed with players now receiving five times the buy-in for a starting stack.

  Event schedule

Player of the Year

Rank	Name	Points	Bracelets
1	Main Event The $10,000 Main Event No Limit Hold'em Championship began on July 9 with the first of three starting flights. The November Nine was reached on July 18, with the final table being contested over three days from October 30-November 1. The Main Event attracted 6,737 players, generating a prize pool of $63,327,800. The top 1,011 players finished in the money, with the winner earning $8,005,310. Performance of past champions Indicates the place of a player who finished in the money Other notable high finishes NB: This list is restricted to top 100 finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry. Place Name Prize 11th John Cynn $650,000 13th James Obst $427,930 14th Tom Marchese $427,930 25th Antoine Saout $269,430 29th Paul Volpe $216,211 31st Dan Colman $216,211 35th Alex Keating $216,211 50th Anthony Gregg $142,447 60th Brian Yoon $116,963 87th Mike Gorodinsky $67,855 88th Daniel Zack $67,855 [November Nine] Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 2016 Main Event. Final Table