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. 49 — $1,500 Ante Only No-Limit Hold’em
Entrants: 939
Total Prize pool: $1,267,650
Players Remaining: 9
Average Chip Count: 469,500
First Place Prize: $256,691
Top Chip Counts:
| Rank | Player Name | Chip Counts |
| 1 | Eugene Du Plessis | 996,000 |
| 2 | Mike Sowers | 824,000 |
| 3 | Seth Davies | 640,000 |
| 4 | Greg Hobson | 608,000 |
| 5 | Harrison Gimbel | 325,000 |
| 6 | Justin Schwartz | 252,000 |
| 7 | John Hayes | 229,000 |
| 8 | Mike McDonald | 205,000 |
| 9 | Sameer Aljanedi | 167,000 |
Be sure to stay tuned to Card Player for full updates from this event.
Day 2
Event No. 50 — $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Entrants: 1,001
Total Prize pool: $4,704,700
Players Remaining: 302
Average Chip Count: 49,718
First Place Prize: $952,694
Top Chip Counts:
| Rank | Player Name | Chip Counts |
| 1 | Nick Maimone | 196,600 |
| 2 | Michael Drummond | 158,800 |
| 3 | Gordon Vayo | 147,500 |
| 4 | Dmitry Gromov | 137,200 |
| 5 | Thiago Nishijima | 135,200 |
| 6 | Galen Hall | 129,800 |
| 7 | Chris McClung | 128,600 |
| 8 | Stephen Chidwick | 128,600 |
| 9 | Erik Aude | 121,900 |
| 10 | Christian Jeppsson | 119,100 |
Other Notable Chip Counts:
Jordan Morgan (116,100), Dutch Boyd (115,800), Tommy Vedes (107,100), Sam Stein (105,500), Cary Katz (100,100), Will Failla (92,275), Marco Johnson (80,600), Phil Hellmuth (79,000), Andrew Lichtenberger (78,300), Allen Kessler (75,000), Mike Leah (74,600), Phil Ivey (72,200), Sam Chartier (70,400), David Diaz (66,200) and Konstantin Puchkov (62,800)
For complete coverage of the summer poker festival, check out our WSOP landing page.
