The 2012 WSOP would be the year that Greg Merson, Andy Bloch, Brian Hastings, Michael Gathy, Randy Ohel, Joe Cassidy, Timothy Adams, David "ODB" Baker, and Dominik Nitsche all won their first bracelet. Players adding to their WSOP bracelet collection included John Monnette, Vanessa Selbst, Antonio Esfandiari, Nick Schulman, and Michael Mizrachi, while Phil Hellmuth won his 12th WSOP bracelet.