13 Jul 12

WSOP Main Event Day 3: D'Alesandro Leads, Selbst Flying High

The bubble is approaching in the WSOP main event, as 720 players have survived day 3. Vanessa Selbst is crushing at the moment, and Rettenmaier, Negreanu, Shaun Deeb, and Esfandiari are still in the hunt.

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

WSOP 2012: Results & Coverage

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David D'Alesandro leads as bubble approaches

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

End of Day 3 Chip Counts

Place Name Chips
1st David D'Alesandro
 1,100,000
2nd Sean Rice
 1,076,000
3rd Jacob Balsiger
 1,065,000
4th Leo Wolpert
 1,003,500
5th Eric Greenberg
 963,000
6th AJ Jejelowo
 928,000
7th Daniel Rudd
 834,000
8th Jonathan Seelbach
 824,000
9th Michael Ferrell
 821,000
10th Paul Volpe
 820,000

11th Vanessa Selbst
 814,000
19th
 Sorel Mizzi
 738,000
47th Shaun Deeb
 598,000
84th JP Kelly
 506,000
94th Antonio Esfandiari
 485,000
151st Mike McDonald
 396,000
164th Maria Ho
 382,000
173rd Johnny Chan
 374,500
189th John Juanda
 357,500
248th Jan Heitmann
 310,500
257th Chris Moorman
 305,500
554th
 Marvin xcrash154 Rettenmaier
 129,500
578th AdminKatieDozier
 121,000
599th Daniel Negreanu
 109,000

Players: 720 (6,598) | Prize Pool: $62,021,200

Average Chips: 274,916 | Blinds: 2,000/4,000/500
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