Vanessa Selbst Wins 10-Game Bracelet As Big One for One Drop Begins
An action-packed day at the Rio crowned two new and one repeat bracelet-winner as Vanessa Selbst picked up her second career WSOP win in the $2,500 10-Game Mix. Meanwhile, the hotly-anticipated Big One for One Drop tournament is underway.
WSOP numbers so far:
Events: 55/61
Prize pool: $147,724,532
Participants: 59,611
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Vanessa Selbst wins $2,500 10-Game Mix
WSOP 2012 Event #52: $2,500 10-Game Mix Six Max
Final Rankings |
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| Place | Name | Prize | ||
| 1 |  Vanessa Selbst |
$244,259 | ||
| 2 | Michael Saltzburg |
$150,849 | ||
| 3 | Tam Hang |
$97,884 | ||
| 4 |  Chris Bjorin |
$64,649 | ||
| 5 | Thomas Chambers |
$43,099 | ||
| 6 | Mike Gorodinsky |
$30,169 | ||
| Players: 1 (421) | Prize Pool: $957,775 | ||||
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| Vanessa Selbst with bracelet number two. Source: PokerNews |
Event #55: $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop
WSOP 2012 Event #55: $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop
End of Day 1 Chip Counts |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| 1 | Brian Rast | 10,710,000 | ||
| 2 | Phil Hellmuth | 8,395,000 | ||
| 3 | Frederique Banjout | 7,070,000 | ||
| 4 | Antonio Esfandiari | 6,880,000 | ||
| 5 | Gus Hansen | 6,800,000 | ||
| 6 | Sam Trickett | 6,700,000 | ||
| 7 | Guy Laliberté | 6,555,000 | ||
| 8 | Ben Lamb | 5,770,000 | ||
| 9 | Mike Sexton | 5,740,000 | ||
| 10 | Tom Dwan | 4,810,000 | ||
| 14 | Jason Mercier | 4,210,000 | ||
| 18 | Tom Marchese | 3,740,000 | ||
| 26 | Phil Ivey | 2,840,000 | ||
| 33 | Tobias 'pokernoob' Reinkemeier | 1,220,000 | ||
| 36 | Daniel Negreanu | 470,000 | ||
| 37 | Phil Galfond | 445,000 | ||
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Players: 37 (48) | Prize Pool: $42,666,672 Average Chips: 3,892,000 | Blinds: 20,000/40,000 |
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PokerStrategy.com's Tobias 'samagain' Block managed to speak to Tom "durrrr" Dwan during the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop's premier day:
Panayote Vilandos wins Event #50: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em
WSOP 2012 Event #50: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em
Final Rankings |
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| Place | Name | Prize | ||
| 1 | Panayote Vilandos |
$952,694 | ||
| 2 | Kyle Julius |
$589,687 | ||
| 3 | Dan Smith |
$368,943 | ||
| 4 | Kevin Schulz |
$267,792 | ||
| 5 | Derek Gregory |
$197,691 | ||
| 6 | Thomas Conway |
$148,198 | ||
| 7 | Matt Giannetti |
$112,725 | ||
| 8 | Tommy Vedes |
$86,896 | ||
| 9 |  Amir Lehavot |
$67,889 | ||
| Players: 1 (1,001) | Prize Pool: $4,704,700 | ||||
Event #51: $1,000 Ladies' No Limit Hold'em Championship
WSOP 2012 Event #51: $1,000 Ladies' No Limit Hold'em Championship
Final Rankings |
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| Place | Name | Prize | ||
| 1 | Yen Dang |
$170,587 | ||
| 2 | Debbie Pechac |
$105,586 | ||
| 3 | Janet Howard |
$66,061 | ||
| 4 | Angela Moed |
$47,949 | ||
| 5 | Candida Ross-Powers |
$35,398 | ||
| 6 | Rae Rocco |
$26,536 | ||
| 7 |  Lesley Amos |
$20,184 | ||
| 8 | Rosemary Lawrence |
$15,559 | ||
| 9 | Ida Lundholm |
$12,156 | ||
| Players: 1 (936) | Prize Pool: $936,000 | ||||
Event #53: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 2
WSOP 2012 Event #53: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
End of Day 2 Chip Counts |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| 1 | Hugh Henderson | 1,168,000 | ||
| 2 | Randy Ashe | 1,150,000 | ||
| 3 | Bryan Piccioli | 1,097,000 | ||
| 4 | Victoria Coren | 934,000 | ||
| 5 | Ryan Hughes | 832,000 | ||
| 6 | Vladimir Mefodichev | 802,000 | ||
| 7 | Neil Willerson | 671,000 | ||
| 8 | Frederic Soria | 653,000 | ||
| 9 | Marcio Cid | 572,000 | ||
| 10 | Hai Chu | 565,000 | ||
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Players: 28 (3,166) | Prize Pool: $4,274,100 Average Chips: 509,000 | Blinds: 6,000/12,000/2,000 |
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Event #54: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em Day 1
WSOP 2012 Event #54: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em
End of Day 1 Chip Counts |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| 1 | Clayton Fletcher | 158,700 | ||
| 2 | Jonas Mackoff | 125,300 | ||
| 3 | Andrew Dean | 110,300 | ||
| 4 | Alexander Kravchenko | 105,800 | ||
| 5 | Jeffrey Fielder | 102,400 | ||
| 6 | Maurice Hawkins | 70,900 | ||
| 7 | David Bernstein | 67,400 | ||
| 8 | Perati Muhamet | 63,700 | ||
| 9 | Chris Moorman | 55,100 | ||
| 10 | Mikhail Aleksandrov | 54,100 | ||
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Players: 264 (3,221) | Prize Pool: $2,989,900 Average Chips: 36,600 | Blinds: 500/1,000/100 |
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Upcoming Events
WSOP 2012: Upcoming Events
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| Event |
Buy-in & Game Type |
Date | |
| 56 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | July 2 | |
| 57 | $10,000 6-max No Limit Hold'em | July 3 | |
| 58 | $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo | July 3 | |
| 59 | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em | July 4 | |
| 60 | $10,000 2-7 Single Draw | July 5 | |
| 61 | $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event | July 7 |
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| WSOP 2012 - Medal Ranking Table | |||
| Country |  Gold |
 Silver |
 Bronze |
| USA |
40 | 41 | 41 |
| Canada |
3 | 3 | 2 |
 UK |
1 | 1 | 5 |
 Ukraine |
1 | 1 | - |
 Germany |
1 | 1 | - |
 France |
1 | 1 | 1 |
 Bulgaria |
1 | - | 1 |
 The Netherlands |
1 | - | - |
 Belgium |
1 | - | - |
 Italy |
1 | - | - |
 Japan |
1 | - | - |
 Australia |
- | 3 | - |
| Sweden |
- | 1 | - |
 Switzerland |
- | 1 | - |
 Spain |
- | - | 1 |
 Marshall Islands |
- | - | 1 |
 Belarus |
- | - | 1 |
 Portugal |
- | - | 1 |
