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2012 World Series of Poker Overnight Report -- 5/30/12

A Look At Who's Left And What They're Playing For In Each Event

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Here’s an overnight report of the events still in progress at the 2012 World Series of Poker. Check back every morning for a full breakdown of prize pools, field sizes and chip leaders.

Final Day

Jason KoonEvent No. 3 — $3,000 Heads-Up HA

Entrants: 317
Total Prize pool: $870,870

Players Remaining: 8
Average Chip Count: 576,000

First Place Prize: $207,708

Top Chip Counts:

Rank Player Name Chip Count
1 Annette Obrestad 576,000
2 Jason Koon 576,000
3 David Benefield 576,000
4 Leif Force 576,000
5 Andy Frankenberger 576,000
6 Simeon Naydenov 576,000
7 Gregg Merkow 576,000
8 Julian Powell 576,000

Be sure to stay tuned to Card Player for full updates from this event.

Xuan LiuEvent No. 4 — $1,500 Stud Eight-Or-Better

Entrants: 622
Total Prize pool: $839,700

Players Remaining: 23
Average Chip Count: 121,696

First Place Prize: $201,559

Top Chip Counts:

Rank Player Name Chip Count
1 Xuan Liu 330,500
2 Chris Tryba 307,500
3 Cory Zeidman 261,500
4 Chris Bjorin 220,500
5 Brandon Shack-Harris 178,500
6 Linda Johnson 175,000
7 Sanjay Pandya 165,500
8 Frank Kassela 159,000
9 Owais Ahmed 147,000
10 Yarron Bendor 126,000

Other Notable Chip Counts:

Michael Mizrachi (110,000), Jerrod Ankenman (106,000), Todd Brunson (87,500), John Monnette (79,500), Marsha Waggoner (77,500), Mike Sexton (54,000), Frankie O’Dell (43,000), Jimmy Fricke (17,500) and David Singer (16,500)

Day 2

Antonio EsfandiariEvent No. 5 — $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em

Entrants: 639
Total Prize pool: $862,650

Players Remaining: 71
Average Chip Count: 40,500

First Place Prize: $189,818

Top Chip Counts:

Rank Player Name Chip Count
1 Philipp Salewski 113,000
2 Antonio Esfandiari 112,600
3 Bryan Pellegrino 106,000
4 Zach Jiganti 102,500
5 Jonathan Aguiar 100,900
6 Yashar Darian 100,300
7 Gnatenko Oleksander 98,000
8 Daniel Negreanu 94,000
9 DNR 76,700
10 Jordan Smith 74,800

Other Notable Chip Counts:

Corey Burbick (70,500), Jack Ellwood (59,200), Tommy Vedes (58,800), Jeremiah Vinsant (55,200), John Juanda (53,800), Tom Franklin (46,500), Alan Sternberg (40,000), James Mackey (37,900), Terrence Chan (37,700), Nam Le (31,000), Ben Palmer (27,000), Steve Brecher (23,600), Anh Van Nguyen (21,100), Toby Lewis (19,600), Jared Hamby (15,000), Jon Van Fleet (13,000), Joe Kuether (11,000) and Ravi Raghavan (10,800)

For complete coverage of the summer poker festival, check out our WSOP landing page.

 
 
 
 
 

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