WSOP: Germany's First WSOP Winner and Bardah Claims Another for the US

Today's WSOP action produced Germany's first WSOP winner, another bracelet for the US and third place standing with just 22 players left in Event #42 for Norman Chad.

WSOP numbers so far:
Events: 43/63
Prize pool: $74,286,425
Participants: 43,995

WSOP 2012: Results & Coverage

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Jan-Peter Jachtmann Wins Event #39

WSOP 2012 Event #39: $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Final Rankings
Place	Name	Prize
1	Jan-Peter Jachtmann	$661,000
2	Andrew Brown	$408,393
3	Stan Silverman	$299,960
4	Micah Smith	$222,044
5	Andy Seth	$165,665
6	Benjamin Sage	$124,600
7	Nikolai Yakovenko	$94,442
8	Jason Mercieer	$24,188
Players: 1 (293) | Prize Pool: $2,754,200

Jachtmann wins Event #39

Ronnie Bardah wins Event #40: $2,500 Limit Hold'em Six Max

WSOP 2012 Event #40: $2,500 Limit Hold'em Six Max Final Rankings
Place	Name	Prize
1	Ronnie Bardah	$182,088
2	Marco Johnson	$112,525
3	Vincent Gironda	$73,040
4	Brent Wheeler	$48,828
5	Sorel Mizzi	$33,541
6	Hans Minocha	$23,648
Players: 1 (302) | Prize Pool: $687,050

Bardah wins Event #40

Event #41 $3,000 No Limit Hold'em End of Day 2

WSOP 2012 Event #41: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em End of Day 2 Chip Counts
Place	Name	Chips
1	Joseph Chaplin	1,774,000
2	Jackie Glazier	1,129,000
3	JP Kelly	1,013,000
4	Dylan Hortin	895,000
5	Elio Fox	668,000
6	Paul Vanwalsemvasnunes	571,000
7	Greg Osrtander	569,000
8	Scott Montgomery	568,000
9	Peter Nguyen	528,000
10	Morten Mortensen	408,000
Players: 30 (1,394) | Prize Pool: $3,805,620            Average Chips: 418,200 | Blinds: 4,000/8,000/1,000            3

Event #42: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or Better

WSOP 2012 Event #42: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or Better End of Day 2 Chip Counts
Place	Name	Chips
1	Jeff Lisandro	355,000
2	Perry Friedman	263,000
3	Norman Chad	224,500
4	George Danzer	219,500
5	Yuval Bronshtein	212,500
6	Tom Schneider	182,000
7	Bryan Devonshire	180,500
8	Mike Krescanko	172,000
9	Oleksii Kovalchuk	143,000
10	Daniel Harmetz	129,000
Players: 22 (393) | Prize Pool: $894,075         Average Chips: 133,977 | Blinds: O8: 2.5k/5k S8: 1k

Event #43: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 1

At the time of writing the official chip counts were unavailable so here are the unofficial standings:

WSOP 2012 Event #43: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 1 End of Day 1 Chip Counts
Place	Name	Chips
1	Sam Barnhart	169,300
2	Henry Lu	141,600
3	Andres Sanchez	115,000
4	John Nelson	114,000
5	Mark Ketteringham	108,000
6	Balaz Botond	104,000
7	Anders Taylor	100,500
8	James Mackey	95,000
9	Randy nanonokops Lew	81,800
10	Pius Heinz	78,300
32	Andrew Lichtenberger	32,600
33	Marvin xcrash154 Rettenmaier	32,500
66	Will Failla	6,700
Players: 320 (2,770) | Prize Pool: $3,739,500               Average Chips: 38,953 | Blinds: 500/1,000

Upcoming Events

WSOP 2012: Upcoming Events
Event	Buy-in & Game Type	Date
44	$1,000 No Limit Hold'em	June 24
45	$50,000 Poker Players Championship	June 24
46	$2,500 No Limit Hold'em	June 25
47	$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Split 8 or Better	June 26

WSOP 2012 - Medal Ranking Table
Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze
USA	30	33	31
Canada	3	3	1
UK	1	-	3
France	1	-	1
Bulgaria	1	-	1
The Netherlands	1	-	-
Belgium	1	-	-
Japan	1	-	-
Germany	1	-	-
Australia	-	2	-
Ukraine	-	1	-
Sweden	-	1	-
Switzerland	-	1	-
Spain	-	-	1
Marshall Islands	-	-	1
Belarus	-	-	1