Updated on 22 Feb 26 by
Barry Carter
Poker Expert

Michael Hack Leads Day 2C, Jungleman Video Interview

911 players survived day 2C of the main event, leaving 1,765 players in total. Jake Cody, Ben Lamb, and Marvin Rettenmaier are among the bigger stacks. Plus, we catch up with Daniel "Jungleman" Cates.

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

WSOP 2012: Results & Coverage

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Michael Hack leads Day 2C

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

End of Day 2C Chip Counts

Place Name Chips
1st Michael Hack 457,000
2nd Marco Bognanni 452,100
3rd Jonathan Fountain 435,400
4th Randy Haddox 407,300
5th John Leathart
404,900
6th Erik Hellman
397,900
7th David Kluchman 383,000
8th Jim Burns 381,600
9th Luke Brereton
372,000
10th Thanh Dat Tran 369,300
15th Sam Holden 352,600
18th Jake Cody 322,000
36th Ben Lamb 271,000
73rd Marvin xcrash154 Rettenmaier 227,000
100th Antonio Esfandiari 205,300
116th Johnny Chan 194,400
118th Eoghan O'Dea 193,000
175th Phil Galfond 166,100
194th John Juanda 159,000
404th Chris Moorman 103,900
482nd Sorel Mizzi 91,800
648th Tobias pokernoob Reinkemeier 58,600
749th Dominik aceonetheriver Nitsche 45,800
822nd Brad Booth 33,700

Day 2C Players: 911 (2,300) | Overall Players: 1,765 (6,598)

Prize Pool: $62,021,200 | Blinds: 600/1,200/200

Average Chips: 112,915

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

Tobias Block catches up with Daniel AdminJungleman12 Cates shortly after he bust from the main event:

The WSOP Main Event in pictures

Vicky Coren Erik Lindgren
Maria Ho Andy Black
Pius Heinz Katie Dozier
Brian Rast Jason Mercier
Phil Laak Jen Harman
Hansen Viktor Blom
Joe Cada Antonio Esfandiari

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Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.