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2012 World Series of Poker Overnight Report – 5/31/12

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


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

Jonathan AguiarEvent No. 5 — $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em

Entrants: 639
Total Prize pool: $862,650

Players Remaining: 9
Average Chip Count: 319,500

First Place Prize: $189,818

Top Chip Counts:

Rank Player Name Chip Count
1 Bryan Pellegrino 790,000
2 Jonathan Aguiar 552,000
3 Peter Tabali 309,000
4 Nick Jivkov 281,000
5 Tommy Vedes 247,000
6 Daniel Negreanu 212,000
7 Brant Hale 211,000
8 John Eames 181,000
9 Mike Allis 86,000

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

Day 2

Joe TehanEvent No. 6 — $5,000 Mixed Max No-Limit Hold’em

Entrants: 409
Total Prize pool: $1,922,300

Players Remaining: 112
Average Chip Count: 54,776

First Place Prize: $480,564

Top Chip Counts:

Rank Player Name Chip Count
1 Joe Tehan 219,200
2 Aaron Jones 167,100
3 Marvin Rettenmaier 166,500
4 Raja Kattamuri 149,100
5 Gavin Smith 138,600
6 Warwick Mirzikinian 126,000
7 Jared Jaffee 121,800
8 Bryce Yockey 110,500
9 Leslie Duthie 99,800
10 Ben Tollerene 98,000

Other Notable Chip Counts:

Chris Klodnicki (95,000), Victor Ramdin (93,700), Adam Geyer (93,600), Will Failla (91,200), Brian Rast (89,700), Eugen Katchalov (87,300), Olivier Busquet (82,900), Kyle Julius (75,800) and Eric Froehlich (73,900)

Tony CousineauEvent No. 7 — $1,500 Seven Card Stud

Entrants: 367
Total Prize pool: $495,450

Players Remaining: 110
Average Chip Count: 15,013

First Place Prize: $126,363

Top Chip Counts:

Rank Player Name Chip Count
1 Tony Cousineau 93,500
2 Rogerio Sousa 41,000
3 Matthias Kurtz 39,700
4 Kevin McGuinnes 36,700
5 Chau Giang 35,800
6 Huu Vinh 34,500
7 Michael Baxter 34,300
8 Matt Grapenthien 32,100
9 Timothy Finne 31,700
10 Sam Grizzle 31,600

Other Notable Chip Counts:

Nicholas Verkaik (30,300), Fabrice Soulier (28,500), Barry Greenstein (21,900), Justin Smith (21,100), Don Zewin (19,400), Marco Traniello (18,600), David Singer (18,100), Steve Billirakis (15,600), Max Pescatori (13,100), Brett Richey (12,800), Brett Jungblut (12,200), Jonathan Duhamel (11,600), Andy Bloch (11,300) and Jeff Lisandro (8,200)

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

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