Congratulations to Benjamin Scholl, Winner of Event 20: $5,000 Limit Hold'em ($206,760)!
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It took almost 27 hours and hundreds of min-raises, but finally Benjamin Scholl has been crowned the champion of Event 20: $5,000 Limit Hold’em. For that effort, Scholl goes home with all the glory, $206,760 in cash and of course the World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
When the day started, 17 players all had high hopes of being where Scholl stands right now, but only one could prevail. The first elimination of the day occurred during the first half of the very first level, with Ron Burke finding the rail in 17th place.
From there it was Mike Schneider who finished in 16th, Douglas Rutherford in 15th and Kenneth Shei in 14th. At this point Terrence Chan was slowly losing his chip stack as Chris Overgard was railed in 13th place.
Eventually Chan would bow out in 12th when he couldn’t manage to run his short stack back up. The elimination of Matt Szymaszek in 11th place would send us to our unofficial final table of ten and the quick exit of Samuel Golbuff in 10th place would see us arrive at the official final table.
Final Table Lineup
| Seat | Player | Count |
| 1 | Raymond Dehkharghani | 325,000 |
| 2 | Matthew Woodward | 214,000 |
| 3 | Matt Glantz | 225,000 |
| 4 | Jeff Shulman | 642,000 |
| 5 | Andrew Prock | 373,000 |
| 6 | Nicholas Derke | 51,000 |
| 7 | Jesse Martin | 252,000 |
| 8 | Benjamin Scholl | 220,000 |
| 9 | Ayman Qutami | 192,000 |
Leading the final table was prominent player Jeff Shulman and the talk of the town was the fact that Jeff’s father Barry Shulman was simultaneously on the final table of Event 19: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em. Jeff would end up doing better than his father, who finished in 8th place, but that’s jumping ahead.
The first player to hit the rail at the final table was Ayman Qutami in 9th place, with his exit followed closely by Nicholas Derke in 8th. It was Andrew Prock who eliminated both of these players and so it was he who stole the chip lead from Shulman. However, Shulman managed to get the lead back as Matthew Woodward was eliminated in 7th place, Matt Glantz bit the dust in 6th and Raymond Dehkharghani in 5th.
Shulman’s four-handed chip lead wouldn’t last for long as Jesse Martin’s elimination in 4th place would also see Shulman’s stack start to dwindle. Shulman was almost down and out a few times, but clawed on to life multiple times to make a comeback. Shulman hung on to dear life as three-handed play marched on for multiple hours. Eventually Shulman's run would come to an end though, as he found the rail in 3rd place.
Going into heads-up, Benjamin Scholl held an almost four-to-one chip lead and it wouldn't take him long to overcome Andrew Prock. Eventually the last hand of the night played out and with that, Prock went home as the gallant runner-up, while Scholl takes home his first WSOP gold bracelet.
Event 20 Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Benjamin Scholl | $206,760 |
| 2nd | Andrew Prock | $127,773 |
| 3rd | Jeff Shulman | $92,562 |
| 4th | Jesse Martin | $68,322 |
| 5th | Raymond Dehkharghani | $51,344 |
| 6th | Matt Glantz | $39,259 |
| 7th | Matthew Woodward | $30,529 |
| 8th | Nicholas Derke | $24,139 |
| 9th | Ayman Qutami | $19,395 |
Thanks for tuning into our coverage of Event 20. There will be plenty more to come at the 2012 WSOP, so make sure to return to PokerNews to find out who joins Benjamin Scholl as the next gold bracelet winner.