Leif Force Wins Heads-up, Corey Zeidman Wins Stud Hi/Low
Leif Force defeated Jason Koon to win the bracelet in event #3 $3,000 NLH/PLO, while Corey Zeidman took down event #4 Stud Hi/Lo. Daniel Negreanu made the final table of event #5, and we have the chip counts from events #6 and #7. Plus interviews with Chris Moorman and William Reynolds.
WSOP numbers so far:
Events: 7/63
Prize pool: $8,156,670
Participants: 5,187
Event #3: Leif Force wins $3,000 Heads-up NLH/PLO
WSOP 2012 Event #3: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha
Final Rankings
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| Place | Name | Earnings | ||
| 1st |  Leif Force |
$207,708 | ||
| 2nd | Jason Koon |
$128,660 | ||
| 3rd | Simeon Naydenov |
$73,655 | ||
| 4th |  Julian Powell |
$73,655 | ||
| 5th | Gregg Merkow |
$28,409 | ||
| 6th | Andy Frankenberger |
$28,409 | ||
| 7th | David Benefield |
$28,409 | ||
| 8th |  Annette Obrestad |
$28,409 | ||
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Players: 1 (317) | Prize Pool: $870,870
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| Event #3 Champion Leif Force |
Event #4: Corey Zeidman Wins $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or Better
WSOP 2012 Event #4: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or Better
Final Rankings
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| Place | Name | Earnings | ||
| 1st | Corey Zeidman |
$201,559 | ||
| 2nd |  Chris Bjorin |
$124,838 | ||
| 3rd | Brandon Shack-Harris |
$84,415 | ||
| 4th | Yarron Bendor |
$58,518 | ||
| 5th | Michael Mizrachi |
$41,447 | ||
| 6th |  Xuan Liu |
$29,985 | ||
| 7th | Todd Brunson |
$22,142 | ||
| 8th | Bonnie Rossi |
$16,684 | ||
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Players: 1 (622) | Prize Pool: $839,700
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Event #5: $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em Day 2
Daniel Negreanu is looking for his 5th bracelet, but he has a stacked final table that includes chip leader and PokerStrategy.com coach primordialaa to content with.
WSOP 2012 Event #5: $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em
End of Day 2 Chip Counts |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| 1st | Bryan primordialaa Pellegrino |
790,000 | ||
| 2nd | Jonathan Aguiar |
552,000 | ||
| 3rd | Peter Tabali |
309,000 | ||
| 4th | Nick Jivkov |
281,000 | ||
| 5th | Tommy Vedes |
247,000 | ||
| 6th | Daniel Negreanu |
212,000 | ||
| 7th | Brant Hale |
211,000 | ||
| 8th | John Eames |
181,000 | ||
| 9th | Mike Allis |
86,000 | ||
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Players: 9 (639) | Prize Pool: $862,650 Average Chips: 318,000 | Blinds: 6,000/12,000/0 |
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Event #6: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Mixed Max
Joe Tehan leads a stacked field in event #6, which amazingly also still contains a very short stacked Daniel Negreanu, who also made the final table of event #5, and who multi-tabled both these events today.
WSOP 2012 Event #6: $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Mixed Max
End of Day 1 Chip Counts |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| 1st | Joe Tehan |
219,200 | ||
| 2nd | Aaron Jones |
167,100 | ||
| 3rd |  Marvin xcrash154 Rettenmaier |
166,500 | ||
| 4th | Raja Kattamuri |
149,100 | ||
| 5th | Gavin Smith |
138,600 | ||
| 6th | Warwick Mirzikinian |
126,000 | ||
| 7th | Jared Jaffe |
121,800 | ||
| 8th | Bryce Yockey |
110,500 | ||
| 9th | Leslie Duthie |
98,800 | ||
| 10th | Ben Tollerene |
98,000 | ||
| 21st | Brian Rast |
89,700 | ||
| 22nd | Eugene Katchalov |
87,300 | ||
| 47th | Toby Lewis |
56,800 | ||
| 52nd | John Hennigan |
50,900 | ||
| 53rd | Jason Somerville |
50,600 | ||
| 59th | Shaun Deeb |
43,700 | ||
| 92nd | Sorel Mizzi |
22,400 | ||
| 112th | Daniel Negreanu |
8,400 | ||
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Players: 112 (409) | Prize Pool: $1,922,300 Average Chips: 54,800 | Blinds: 400/800/100 |
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Check out our interviews with Chris Moorman and William Reynolds during this event:
Event #7: $1,500 Seven Card Stud
WSOP 2012 Event #7: $1,500 Seven Card Stud
End of Day 1 Chip Counts |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| 1st | Tony Cousineau |
93,500 | ||
| 2nd | Rogerio Sousa |
41,000 | ||
| 3rd | Matthias Kurtz |
39,700 | ||
| 4th | Kevin McGuinness |
36,700 | ||
| 5th | Chau Giang |
35,800 | ||
| 6th | Huu Vinh |
34,500 | ||
| 7th | Michael Baxter |
34,300 | ||
| 8th | Matt Grapenthien |
32,100 | ||
| 9th | Timothy Finne |
31,700 | ||
| 10th | Sam Grizzle |
31,600 | ||
| 13th |  Fabrice Soulier |
28,500 | ||
| 26th | Barry Greenstein |
21,900 | ||
| 42nd | David Singer |
18,100 | ||
| 46th | Steve Billirakis |
15,600 | ||
| 56th |  Max Pescatori |
13,100 | ||
| 67th |  Jonathan Duhamel |
11,600 | ||
| 68th | Andy Bloch |
11,300 | ||
| 83rd | George Lind |
7,200 | ||
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Players: 110 (367) | Prize Pool: $495,450 Average Chips: 15,014 | Blinds: 500/1000/100 |
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Upcoming Events
WSOP 2012: Upcoming Events
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| Event |
Buy-in & Game Type |
Date | |
| 8 | $1,500 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo | June 1 | |
| 9 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Re-entry | June 2 | |
| 10 | $5,000 Seven Card Stud | June 3 | |
| 11 | $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha | June 4 | |
| 12 | $10,000 Heads-up No Limit Hold'em | June 5 | |
| 13 | $1,500 Limit Hold'em | June 5 | |
| 14 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout | June 6 | |
| 15 | $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo | June 6 | |
| 16 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed | June 7 | |
| 17 | $10,000 Pot Limit Hold'em | June 8 | |
Medal rankings by country
To encourage some friendly fan competition in our 19 communities, we will compile a list of the nationalities that make "podium finishes" (1st, 2nd and 3rd place) in WSOP events. Can your country knock the USA off their long-time top spot?
| WSOP 2012 Medal Rankings Table | |||
| Country |  Gold |
 Silver |
 Bronze |
 USA |
4 | 3 | 4 |
| UK |
- | 1 | - |
| Australia |
- | 1 | |
 Germany |
- | - | - |
| Italy |
- | - | - |
| France |
- | - | - |
 Denmark |
- | - | - |
 Russia |
- | - | - |
 Sweden |
- | - | - |
| Canada |
- | - | - |
 Ireland |
- | - | - |
| 8 | $1,500 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo | June 1 |
| 9 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Re-entry | June 2 |
| 10 | $5,000 Seven Card Stud | June 3 |
| 11 | $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha | June 4 |
| 12 | $10,000 Heads-up No Limit Hold'em | June 5 |
| 13 | $1,500 Limit Hold'em | June 5 |
| 14 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout | June 6 |
| 15 | $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo | June 6 |
