Who'll Choose to Buy Into the National Championship?
Level 27
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
We know it's a long list, but here's a look at the 100 players who're eligible to play this year's National Championship provided they're willing to fork over a $10,000 buy-in. We have it on good authority that a handful of these players will be making their way to the "Big Easy" (provided they're not already here) to take their shot at a WSOP bracelet.
WSOP POY Players Eligible to Buy-In
Place | Player | Points |
---|---|---|
1 | Phil Hellmuth | 1,644.58 |
2 | Greg Merson | 1,007.38 |
3 | Michael Mizrachi | 978.70 |
4 | Ben Lamb | 909.05 |
5 | John Monnette | 884.13 |
6 | Jason Mercier | 818.64 |
7 | Brian Rast | 775.30 |
8 | Chris Moorman | 753.10 |
9 | Antonio Esfandiari | 753.10 |
10 | Shawn Buchanan | 739.37 |
11 | Andrew Frankenberger | 721.86 |
12 | David “ODB” Baker | 692.71 |
13 | Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier | 683.77 |
14 | Joseph Cheong | 609.13 |
15 | Oleksii Kovalchuk | 597.63 |
16 | Viacheslav Zhukov | 570.50 |
17 | Pius Heinz | 570.00 |
18 | Phil Ivey | 568.70 |
19 | John Juanda | 565.60 |
20 | Tristan Wade | 563.21 |
21 | David “Bakes” Baker | 546.80 |
22 | Matt Matros | 544.25 |
23 | Timothy Adams | 532.78 |
24 | Nick Schulman | 531.23 |
25 | Vanessa Selbst | 523.67 |
26 | Andrew Lichtenberger | 501.19 |
27 | Roger Hairabedian | 499.75 |
28 | Simon Charette | 497 |
29 | Mikhail Lakhitov | 487.50 |
30 | Amir Lehavot | 487.50 |
31 | Mark Radoja | 481.88 |
32 | Barry Greenstein | 478.13 |
33 | Daniel Idema | 473.13 |
34 | Ali Eslami | 469.15 |
35 | Jeremy Ausmus | 467.94 |
36 | Stephen Chidwick | 462.29 |
37 | Martin Staszko | 446.00 |
38 | Jake Cody | 445.23 |
39 | Konstantin Puchkov | 441.18 |
40 | Eddie Blumenthal | 435.55 |
41 | Brent Hanks | 434.25 |
42 | Foster Hays | 429.25 |
43 | Brandon Cantu | 426.00 |
44 | Daniel O’Brien | 420.56 |
45 | Andy Bloch | 420.30 |
46 | Mark Schmid | 419.50 |
47 | Roland Israelashvili | 418.05 |
48 | Marvin Rettemaier | 417.98 |
49 | Sam Stein | 416.13 |
50 | Maria Ho | 416.00 |
51 | Jonathan Aguiar | 414.25 |
52 | Joe Ebanks | 410.25 |
53 | Jason Somerville | 408.25 |
54 | Owais Ahmed | 408.03 |
55 | Brock Parker | 407.49 |
56 | Steve Billirakis | 406.89 |
57 | Chris Bjorin | 401.88 |
58 | Hans Winzeler | 396.73 |
59 | Chris Klodnicki | 396.51 |
60 | Athanasios Polychronopoulos | 396.13 |
61 | Erik Cajelais | 395.55 |
62 | Chris DeMaci | 386.53 |
63 | Kyle Julius | 383.32 |
64 | Elio Fox | 382.50 |
65 | Jarred Solomon | 376.75 |
66 | Andrew Badecker | 376.75 |
67 | John Racener | 372.27 |
68 | Sean Getzwiller | 370.88 |
69 | Neil Willerson | 370.13 |
70 | Taylor Paur | 369.18 |
71 | Brian Hastings | 367.80 |
72 | Mitch Schock | 364.81 |
73 | Jeff Gross | 364.19 |
74 | Joey Weissman | 363.00 |
75 | Jason Koon | 362.07 |
76 | Jesse Sylvia | 361.50 |
77 | Antonin Teisseire | 359.05 |
78 | Eric Froehlich | 357.55 |
79 | David Bach | 354.75 |
80 | Dominik Nitsche | 351.13 |
81 | Layne Flack | 350.78 |
82 | Sam Trickett | 350.30 |
83 | Matt Glantz | 349.20 |
84 | Max Steinberg | 348.44 |
85 | Eugene Katchalov | 348.06 |
86 | Vladimir Mefodichev | 347.25 |
87 | Nelson Robinson | 343.00 |
88 | Joe Tehan | 341.29 |
89 | Dan Smith | 340.38 |
90 | George Lind | 339.30 |
91 | Dung Nguyen | 337.50 |
92 | Matt Stout | 336.00 |
93 | Joe Kuether | 335.13 |
94 | Rep Porter | 335.08 |
95 | Randolph Lanosga | 334.70 |
96 | Allen Bari | 373.26 |
97 | Dror Michaelo | 335.50 |
98 | Fabrice Soulier | 369.38 |
99 | Jon Lane | 354.24 |
100 | Steve Landfish | 363.27 |