Qualifiers came from four different avenues. First, every WSOP Circuit $1,500 Main Event winner earned a seat (15 positions). Then, the Best All-Around player (based on combined total points accumulated) from each WSOP Circuit stop earned a seat (15 positions). Then, all four of the Regional Championship tournament final table participants earned seats (36 positions). After double-qualifiers were factored, that left a total of 37 “at-large” spots remaining for players who earned the most overall ranking points during the entire course of the tournament season.
The $1 million No-Limit Hold’em tournament will begin at 12 noon. The finale will be nationally televised on The Versus Network. The winner will collect $300,000 for the victory.
The race to earn seats in the National Championship was frantic, particularly during the later half of the season. Many players came very close to qualifying, but just missed the cutoff, which was 100 points. Players who earned 100 points were tied, so the tiebreaker was amount of prize money earned. David Paredes and Dan Perper were the last players to qualify, based on scores (which were identical).
The list of 100 eligible players for the WSOP Circuit National Championship: (with the prize money they've won this season of the WSOPC)
James Anderson - $525,449
Chris Bell - $358,295
Ali Eslami - $282,242
Chris Klodnicki - $253,757
Gabe Patgorski - $324,770
Tim West - $174,443
Bernard Lee - $242,950
Ketan Pandya - $159,851
Duane Blanchard - $124,204
Curt Kohlberg - $174,807
Micah Raskin - $117,457
Steve Brecher - $90,223
Dwyte Pilgrim - $86,015
Dave Sands - $131,299
Todd Terry - $87,808
David Peters (CA) - $66,834
Kurt Jewell - $285,378
Matthew Waxman - $158,353 (the only player to double-qualify)
Shannon Shorr - $101,171
Miller Dao - $88,734
Kyle Cartwright - $207,205
Andy Frankenberger -$66,758
Dana Kellstrom - $50,455
Charles "Woody" Moore -- $145,027
Brandon Adams - $77,556
Jason Burt - $51,607
Huy Nguyen - $271,536
Tony Hartmann - $63,695
Nicholas Mitchell - $40,538
Dylan Wilkerson - $30,397
Mstr Lynch - $157,227
Mark Owens - $48,615
Seth Fischer - $32,362
Seneca Easley - $81,413
Samuel Barnhart - $154,357
Ian Wiley - $64,360
Brian Ali - $158,911
Bobbie Talbot - $63,444
Brian Walsingham - $111,144
Christopher Johnson - $157,426
Travis Lutes - $96,855
Stanley Quinn - $88,438
Robert Georato -$33,696
Jonathon Poche - $121,017
Kenny Nguyen - $94,901
Blair Hinkle - $88,555
Jesus Cabrera - $77,440
Adam Hui -$60,860
Andrew Barber - $20,744
Robert Scott - $61,369
Mun Nguyen - $33,831
Kevin Manley - $25,498
Phil Stelzer - $63,703
Traci Brown - $143,462
Mike Morton - $130,057
Harry Cullen - (pending -- TBD)
Allie Prescott - (pending -- TBD)
A.J. Jejelowd - (pending -- TBD)
Kunal Patel - (pending -- TBD)
Gary Friedlander - (pending -- TBD)
Jeremy Gaubert - (pending -- TBD)
Allen "Chainsaw" Kessler - (pending -- TBD)
Scott Lipshutz - (pending -- TBD)
Captain Tom Franklin - $74,929
Brett Schwertley - $120,420
Kevin Calenzo - $94,586
Roland Israelashvili - $64,433
Nick Jivkov - $105,202
Tuan Bui Le - $56,001
Jeremy Schwartz - $75,238
La Sengphet - $67,094
Shiva Dudani - $73,799
Joshua Evans - $85,142
Drazen Ilich - $70,272
Joel Merwick - $43,516
Justin Kruger - $41,113
Mark Sykes - $69,952
Matt Lawrence -$52,781
Peter Ippolito - $40,962
Trevor Deeter - $30,398
Jessie Bryant - $29,770
Brent Keller - $25,207
Will Souther - $64,312
Bruce Hoyt - $16,665
David Clark - $59,525
Steve Zolotow -$43,034
Michael Foster - $42,893
John Holley - $31,436
Peter Mavro - $16,200
Dennis Summers - $39,317
Scott Clark - $18,233
Michael Traylor - $54,941
Matthew Lope - $50,807
Nadir Babck - $26,835
Brett Richey - $25,574
Casey Hayes - $35,158
Doug Carli - $16,839
Stephen Kats - $43,522
David Paredes - $39,346
Dan Perper - $39,346
