15 Jul 12

97 Remain In The WSOP Main Event

Kyle Keranen is the man to beat at the end of day 5, and the field is down to double figures. Jan Heitman, Taylor Paur, Gavin Smith, Sam Holden, and Vanessa Selbst are all still in contention.

WSOP numbers for 2012:
Events: 61/61
Prize pool: $222,035,192
Participants: 74,766

WSOP 2012: Results & Coverage

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Kyle Keranen on top after day 5

WSOP 2012 Event 61: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event

End of Day 5 Chip Counts

Place Name Chips
1st Kyle Keranen
6,935,000
2nd Robert Salaburu
6,195,000
3rd Taylor Paur
5,820,000
4th Erik Hellman
4,715,000
5th Wilfried Haerig
4,505,000
6th Shahriar Assareh
4,395,000
7th Charles Coultas
4,015,000
8th Gaelle Baumann
3,980,000
9th Fabrizio Gonzalez
3,935,000
10th Nicco Maag
3,895,000

16th Jan Heitmann
3,410,000
17th
Amnon Filippi
3,400,000
25th Yuval Bronshtein
2,775,000
39th Eric Buchman
1,930,000
40th David "ODB" Baker
1,910,000
47th Lasell King
1,740,000
67th Erik Cajelais
1,205,000
69th Isaac Baron
1,165,000
70th Vanessa Selbst
1,165,000
86th Sam Holden
765,000
91st Gavin Smith
675,000
96th
David D'Alesandro
415,000

Players: 97 (6,598) | Prize Pool: $62,021,200

Average Chips: 2,040,618 | Blinds: 15,000/30,000/4,000

World Series of Poker Main Event 2012 Payout Structure
Prize Pool: $62,021,200
Place Prize
1 $8,527,982
2 $5,292,889
3 $3,797,558
4 $2,850,494
5 $2,154,616
6 $1,640,461
7 $1,257,790
8 $971,252
9 $754,798
10-12 $590,422
13-15 $465,159
16-18 $369,026
19-27 $294,601
28-36 $236,921
36-45 $191,646
46-54 $156,293
55-63 $128,384
64-72 $106,056
73-81 $88,070
82-90 $73,805
91-99 $62,021
100-162
$52,718
163-234 $44,655
235-306 $38,453
307-378 $32,871
379-450 $28,530
451-522 $24,808
523-594 $21,707
595-666 $19,227