From Poker News
The World Series of Poker may run annually in the United States’ gambling capital, Las Vegas, but that doesn’t stop worldwide residents from traveling to participate in the biggest tournament of the year. In 2012, 101 different countries participated in the WSOP, and this year 107 different countries flew in for the chance at turning their dream of winning a coveted WSOP gold bracelet a reality.
It’s no surprise that the U.S. led in the WSOP World Ranking Standings. All together Americans accumulated 40 bracelets and made 6,035 cashes for a total of $109,966,358 in WSOP earnings. Of the other 106 countries who participated in the summer series, do you know who ranked No. 2? That would Canadians, who dominated the rest of the world with ten earned bracelets, 561 cashes and $10,579,113 in earnings—that number jumps to 11 if you include Daniel Negreanu’s victory in the WSOP Asia-Pacific Main Event.
Coming in third were the Brits, who only scored three WSOP bracelets, less than half in cashes with 277 and nearly $2 million less in earnings with $8,592,506.
