The voting process to decide this year’s WSOP Tournament of Champions roster has closed, and event officials have released the final lineup.
Of the 20 poker pros voted into the WSOP tournament of Champions, Phil Ivey took the first spot, narrowly beating Daniel Negreanu for the 2nd position. Doyle Brunson, Phil Hellmuth, and Chris Ferguson came out in the top five positions.
The complete list for the WSOP Tournament of Champions is:
1. Phil Ivey – 16,267
2. Daniel Negreanu – 16,239
3. Doyle Brunson – 13,796
4. Phil Hellmuth – 12,673
5. Chris Ferguson – 11,585
6. Allen Cunningham – 10,486
7. Johnny Chan – 10,434
8. Scotty Nguyen – 9,834
9. Barry Greenstein – 9,806
10. John Juanda – 8,835
11. Erik Seidel – 8,802
12. Jennifer Harman – 8,206
13. Huck Seed – 8,180
14. Dan Harrington – 7,342
15. T.J. Cloutier – 6,281
16. Sammy Farha – 6,085
17. Howard Lederer – 5,596
18. Greg Raymer – 5,404
19. Joe Hachem – 5,272
20. Antonio Esfandiari – 5,129
Past Tournament of Champions winners Annie Duke, Mike Matusow and Mike Sexton are automatically included in this year’s tournament. “Joe Cada and Barry Shulman are also in for winning last year’s Main Event and Main Event Europe.
The two final positions went to sponsor exemptions. Bertrand “Elky” Grospellier won a one-table playoff to earn the WSOP Academy’s exemption, and Andrew Barton won a United Kingdom online competition through WSOP website.
The Tournament of Champions will be a no limit Texas Hold ‘em game, that will be aired on ESPN. It will begin on June 27. As a largely ceremonial tournament game, the WSOP tournament will be played without money and no gold bracelet will be given to the winner.
