Record Breaking Seniors Event At WSOP
No bracelets were awarded today, but we are down to 3 in the $1,500 HORSE, and down to 8 in the $2,500 four handed event. Elsewhere, the $1,000 seniors event has smashed the record for any day 1 attendance in a poker tournament.
WSOP numbers so far:
Events: 30/63
Prize pool: $44,742,035
Participants: 28,649
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Event #27: $1,500 HORSE Day 3
The final three players decided to end play for the night and return tomorrow to resume play.
WSOP 2012 Event #27: $1,500 HORSE
End of Day 3 Chip Counts/Payouts |
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| Place | Name | Prize/Chip Count |
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| - |  David Chiu |
1,920,000 | ||
| - | Ylon Schwartz |
1,300,000 | ||
| - |  Stephen Chidwick |
785,000 | ||
| 4th | Robert Rasmussen |
$78,021 | ||
| 5th | Elior Sion |
$55,422 | ||
| 6th | John Rogers |
$40,169 | ||
| 7th | Jason Brown |
$29,679 | ||
| 8th | Marlon Milne |
$22,358 | ||
| 9th | Sanjay Pandya |
$17,150 | ||
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Players: 3 (889) | Prize Pool: $1,200,150
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Event #28: $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Four Handed Day 2
WSOP 2012 Event #28: $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Four Handed
End of Day 2 Chip Counts |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| 1st | Brendon Rubie | 1,682,000 | ||
| 2nd | James Schaaf | 1,126,000 | ||
| 3rd | Greg Merson | 870,000 | ||
| 4th | Timothy Adams | 628,000 | ||
| 5th | Andrey Gulyy | 509,000 | ||
| 6th | Anthony Gregg | 406,000 | ||
| 7th | Toan Trinh | 318,000 | ||
| 8th | Torrey Reily | 199,000 | ||
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Players: 8 (750) | Prize Pool: $1,706,250 Average Chips: 703,125| Blinds: 4,000/8,000/1,000 |
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Event #29: $1,000 No Limit Hold'em Seniors Event
With 4,128 entrants, this event broke the record for the largest single starting day ever. At the time of writing, up to date chip counts were simply not available, however 462 players from the 4,128 starting field will return on day 2.
The prize pool is a staggering $3,715,200, and the first prize will be $603,713, with 423 players making it into the money.
Event #30: $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball No Limit Day 1
Official chip counts were unavailable at the time of writing, so the following chip counts are unofficial.
WSOP 2012 Event #30: $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball No Limit
End of Day 1 Chip Counts |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| 1st | Michael Mizrachi | 92,000 | ||
| 2nd | Andrew Lichtenberger | 56,000 | ||
| 3rd | Leo Margets | 26,000 | ||
| 4th | Aaron Jones | 25,500 | ||
| 5th | Scott Fischman | 23,000 | ||
| 6th | Galen Hall | 22,000 | ||
| 7th | Brandon Cantu | 22,000 | ||
| 8th | Stuart Rutter | 22,000 | ||
| 9th | Rep Porter | 19,500 | ||
| 10th | Aaron Steury | 18,000 | ||
| - | Bertrand Grospellier | 16,600 | ||
| - | Florian Langmann | 13,000 | ||
| - | Liv Boeree | 9,000 | ||
| - | Erick Lindgren | 2,750 | ||
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Players: 77 (285) | Prize Pool: $384,750 Average Chips: 16,655| Blinds: 200/400/100 |
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Tobias Block caught up with Ben "ben86" Tollerene today:
Upcoming Events
WSOP 2012: Upcoming Events
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| Event |
Buy-in & Game Type |
Date | |
| 31 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | June 16 | |
| 32 | $10,000 HORSE | June 16 | |
| 33 | $1,000 No Limit Hold'em | June 17 | |
| 34 | $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Six Handed | June 18 | |
| 35 | $2,500 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No Limit) | June 19 | |
| WSOP 2012 - Medal Ranking Table | |||
| Country |  Gold |
 Silver |
 Bronze |
| USA |
20 | 23 | 20 |
 Canada |
2 | 1 | - |
 France |
1 | - | 1 |
 Bulgaria |
1 | - | 1 |
 The Netherlands |
1 | - | - |
 Belgium |
1 | - | - |
 Sweden |
- | 1 | - |
 Ukraine |
- | 1 | - |
| UK |
- | - | 1 |
 Spain |
- | - | 1 |
 Marshall Islands |
- | - | 1 |
 Belarus |
- | - | 1 |
 Germany |
- | - | - |
