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2012 World Series of Poker Overnight Report – 6/9/12

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

Steve LandfishEvent No. 17 — $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold’em

Entrants: 179
Total Prize pool: $1,682,600

Players Remaining: 17
Average Chip Count: 315,882

First Place Prize: $445,899

Top Chip Counts:

Rank Player Name Chip Counts
1 Manuel Bevand 961,000
2 Steve Landfish 599,000
3 Ryan Julius 503,000
4 Hoyt Corkins 416,000
5 Shaun Deeb 396,000
6 Patrick Cronin 373,000
7 Alex Venovski 364,000
8 Antonio Esfandiari 303,000
9 Jeffery Tims 233,000
10 Ali Eslami 228,000

Other Notable Chip Counts:

Phil Ivey (180,000), Andy Frankenberger (166,000), Matt Marafioti (154,000, Chris Klodnicki (145,000), David Benyamine (117,000) and Cary Katz (65,000)

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

Final Day

Phil HellmuthEvent No. 18 — $2,500 Razz

Entrants: 309
Total Prize pool: $702,975

Players Remaining: 18
Average Chip Count: 128,750

First Place Prize: $182,793

Top Chip Counts:

Rank Player Name Chip Counts
1 Brendan Taylor 288,500
2 Phil Hellmuth 287,500
3 Brandon Cantu 275,000
4 Chris Viox 189,000
5 Michael Chow 183,000
6 Jeffrey Mitseff 155,000
7 David Rosenau 149,000
8 Don Zewin 115,500
9 Jeffrey Mervis 111,500
10 Barry Greenstein 94,500

Other Notable Chip Counts:

Jared Bleznick (91,500), Scott Fischman (57,500), Dan O’Brien (50,500), and Scott Clements (20,000)

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

Day 2

Harry DemetriouEvent No. 19 — $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em

Entrants: 2,302
Total Prize pool: $3,107,700

Players Remaining: 262
Average Chip Count: 39,538

First Place Prize: $559,514

Top Chip Counts:

Rank Player Name Chip Counts
1 Jessica Hanna 149,500
2 Joshua Hillock 128,600
3 Sam Grafton 118,800
4 Harry Demetriou 112,700
5 Jason Manger 112,100
6 Harrison Gimbel 109,300
7 Seth Pfaltzgraff 109,200
8 Robert Lipkin 99,100
9 Philip Bartholet 98,100
10 Benjamin Reinhart 94,200

Other Notable Chip Counts:

Jason Lee (91,500), John Dolan (86,100), Tom Braband (77,100), Josh Bergman (69,300), Rob Perelman (39,400), Ravi Raghavan (38,600), Matt Stout (38,500) and Scott Sitron (37,600)

Day 2

Warwick MirzikinianEvent No. 20 — $5,000 Limit Hold’em

Entrants: 166
Total Prize pool: $780,200

Players Remaining: 109
Average Chip Count: 22,844

First Place Prize: $206,760

Top Chip Counts:

Rank Player Name Chip Counts
1 Nicholas Derke 74,300
2 Warwick Mirzikinian 71,200
3 Kenneth Shei 47,400
4 Mark Burford 47,100
5 Melissa Burr 46,100
6 Shawn Keller 44,500
7 Jerrod Ankenman 44,400
8 Matthew Woodward 42,400
9 Mori Eskandani 40,600
10 Andrew Finkernagel 40,400

Other Notable Chip Counts:

Terrence Chan (39,200), Matt Glantz (39,000), Chris Tryba (38,000), Dario Alioto (37,400), Anh Van Nguyen (32,100), Richard Lyndaker (31,500), Jennifer Harman (30,800), Huck Seed (26,500) and Dan Shak (24,700)

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