2012 World Series of Poker Overnight Report -- 5/30/12A 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
Event 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.
Event 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
Event 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)
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