Vincent van der Fluit wins $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha bracelet
Vincent van der Fluit claimed Holland's first bracelet of the Series last night after taking down the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha event. Also running well during the day's session was Phil Ivey, who is currently deep in Event #15.
WSOP numbers so far:
Events: 15/63
Prize pool: $20,303,120
Participants: 12,905
Vincent van der Fluit Wins Event #11 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha
WSOP 2012 Event #11: $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha
Final Rankings |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| 1st |  Vincent van der Fluit |
$265,211 | ||
| 2nd |  Charles Tonne |
$164,132 | ||
| 3rd | Tristan Wade |
$102,690 | ||
| 4th |  Damien Lhommueau |
$74,536 | ||
| 5th |  Alex Dovzhenko |
$55,025 | ||
| 6th | Rodney Brown |
$41,249 | ||
| 7th |  Brian Garbe |
$31,375 | ||
| 8th | Calvin Anderson |
$24,186 | ||
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Players: 1 (970) | Prize Pool: $1,309,500
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Ashkan Razavi wins Event #9 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Re-entry
WSOP 2012 Event #9: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Re-entry
Final Rankings |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| 1st | Ashkan Razavi |
$781,398 | ||
| 2nd | Amanda Musumeci |
$481,643 | ||
| 3rd | Derrick Huang |
$347,228 | ||
| 4th | Ryan Olisar |
$252,379 | ||
| 5th | Duy Ho |
$185,378 | ||
| 6th | Brian Rast |
$137,632 | ||
| 7th | Greg Mueller |
$103,258 | ||
| 8th | Benjamin Reinhart |
$78,259 | ||
| 9th | Dien Le |
$59,969 | ||
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Players: 1 (3,404) | Prize Pool: $4,595,400
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Event #12: $10,000 Heads-Up No Limit Hold'em
WSOP 2012 Event #12: $10,000 Heads-Up No Limit Hold'em
End of Day 2 Chip Counts |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| - | Tommy Chen | 1,920,000 | ||
| - | Brian Hastings | 1,920,000 | ||
| - | Jason Mo | 1,920,000 | ||
| - | Brock Parker | 1,920,000 | ||
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Players: 4 (152) | Prize Pool: $1,428,800 Average Chips: 1,920,000| Blinds: 10,000/20,000 |
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Event #13: $1,500 Limit Hold'em
WSOP 2012 Event #13: $1,500 Limit Hold'em
End of Day 2 Survivors |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| 1st |  Leonid Bilokur |
318,000 | ||
| 2nd | Ian Johns |
258,000 | ||
| 3rd | Chris Swan |
256,000 | ||
| 4th | Ben Landowski |
240,000 | ||
| 5th | Al Barbieri |
214,000 | ||
| 6ht | Roland Israel |
199,000 | ||
| 7th | Glenn Engelbert |
190,000 | ||
| 8th | Jeff Weiss |
171,000 | ||
| 9th | Kevin McGuinness |
164,000 | ||
| 10th | Bruce Rosen |
159,000 | ||
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Players: 25 (730) | Prize Pool: $985,500 Average Chips: 131,400| Blinds: 2,500/5,000 |
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Check out our interview with Doug "WCGRider" Polk talking about his debt with Brad Booth and coaching Phil Ivey killer, Chae An:
Event #14: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout
The official chip counts were unavailable at the time of writing, so here are the unofficial chip counts from this event:
WSOP 2012 Event #14: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout
End of Day 1 Chip Counts |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| 1st | Will Jaffe | 45,000 | ||
| 2nd | Priyan Demel | 45,000 | ||
| 3rd | Andrew Rosskamm | 45,000 | ||
| 4th | Senovio Ramirez Lii | 45,000 | ||
| 5th | Joseph Urgo | 45,000 | ||
| 6th | Philipp Salewski | 45,000 | ||
| 7th | John Kim | 44,950 | ||
| 8th | Joshua Pollock | 44,950 | ||
| 9th | Joe Cada | 44,950 | ||
| 10th | Tyler Smith | 44,950 | ||
| 24th | Blair Hinkle | 44,900 | ||
| 33rd | Scott Clements | 44,850 | ||
| 49th | Mario 'maddyhh' Puccini | 40,450 | ||
| 50th | Erik Seidel | 44,800 | ||
| 58th | Terrence Chan | 44,450 | ||
| 107th | Randal Flowers | 40,450 | ||
| 117th | Ari Engel | 36,175 | ||
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Players: 120 (1,138) | Prize Pool: $1,536,300 Average Chips: 42,675 | Blinds: 600/1,200 ante 200 |
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Event #15: $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo Split 8 or Better
The official chip counts were unavailable at the time of writing, so here are the unofficial chip counts from this event:
WSOP 2012 Event #15: $5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo
End of Day 1 Chip Counts |
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| Place | Name | Chips | ||
| 1st | Chris Tryba |
63,600 | ||
| 2nd | Brain Twete |
54,800 | ||
| 3rd | David Grey |
54,700 | ||
| 4th | Calvin Anderson |
50,500 | ||
| 5th | Andrew Finkernagel |
48,900 | ||
| 6th | Jesse Martin |
47,300 | ||
| 7th | Tuan Vo |
46,300 | ||
| 8th | Drew Scott |
46,200 | ||
| 9th | Mike Gorodinsky |
45,900 | ||
| 10th | Todd Brunson |
45,800 | ||
| 15th | Phil Ivey |
40,100 | ||
| 40th | Doyle Brunson |
29,000 | ||
| 53rd | Andy Bloch |
25,000 | ||
| 102nd | Bill Chen |
14,200 | ||
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Players: 137(212) | Prize Pool: $1,536,300 Average Chips: 23,212| Blinds: 500/1,000 ante 100 |
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Upcoming Events
WSOP 2012: Upcoming Events
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| Event |
Buy-in & Game Type |
Date | |
| 16 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em 6-max | June 7 | |
| 17 | $10,000 Pot Limit Hold'em | June 8 | |
| 18 | $2,500 Razz | June 9 | |
| 19 | $1,500 No Limit Hold'em | June 9 | |
| 20 | $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw | June 9 | |
| 21 | $3,000 No Limit Hold'em 6-max | June 10 | |
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 Ranking Table | |||
| Country |  Gold |
 Silver |
 Bronze |
| USA |
6 | 9 | 8 |
| France |
1 | - | 1 |
| Holland |
1 | - | - |
 Bulgaria |
1 | - | 1 |
| Canada |
1 | - | - |
 Australia |
- | - | 2 |
 Sweden |
- | 1 | - |
 Denmark |
- | - | - |
 Russia |
- | - | - |
 Germany |
- | - | - |
 UK |
- | - | - |
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