WSOP 2012 News and Information Thread

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Event 30: $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball
Day 3 completed
Congratulations to Larry Wright, Winner of Event 30: $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball ($101,975)!

After three fast paced days of No-Limit 2-7 Lowball we’ve got ourselves a winner! Larry Wright defeated a star-studded final table and a total of 284 players in order to claim a World Series Of Poker gold bracelet. After claiming the gold Wright said he had only learned how to play Single Draw four days ago, and accidentally mucked a deuce instead of an ace on day one when he was drawing one card. Wright didn't play as a rookie, and went on a tear today at this amazing final table!

Brandon Cantu got eliminated in second place earning him $63,048 while Larry Wright will walk home with his biggest prize ever, $101,975 and a World Series of Poker gold bracelet


http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-30-2-7-draw-lowball/

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Event 31: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

19 of 2811 remain at the end of the day

1    Joe Cada       1,869,000
2    Michael Aron    1,745,000
3    Valentyn Shabelnyk 1,391,000
4    Cherish Andrews    1,383,000
5    Maximilian Lehmanski 908,000
6    Adam Kornuth       892,000
7    John Nelson       550,000
8    Jonathan Poche       491,000
9    Jim Kasputis Jr       457,000
10    Huy Quach       410,000

Najib Kamand of the UK is the shortstack with 142,000 guarnateed $19,000

James Akenhead finished 37th, Niall Farrell 79th, Priyan De Mel 89th, Kevin Allen 280th and Jamie Dale 290th

http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-31-no-limit-hold-em/

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Event 32: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E.

20 of 178 left with Hellmuth and Ivey in contention again

1    David Bach       495,000
2    Abe Mosseri       455,000
3    John Monnette       440,000
4    Brandon Shack-Harris    435,000
5    Phil Hellmuth       390,000
6    Phil Ivey               340,000
7    Matt Waxman       325,000
8    David Bakes Baker    300,000
9    Dan Kelly               262,000
10    Scott Clements            250,000


http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-32-h-o-r-s-e/

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Event 33: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em

253 of 2795 remain

Top Chip Counts
1    Brad Libson       106,000
2    Thomas Fuller       101,000
3    Jordan Cristos       95,000
4    Faraz Jaka               81,000
5    Amanda Baker       80,000
6    Mohsen Tayfeh       71,000
7    Justin Cohen       65,000
8    Jay Hong               65,000
9    Daniel Idema       65,000
10    Tim Ryan               54,000

Middleton, Adeniya, Teng, Ziyard, McCorkell and Vamplew appear to be amongst those who have cashed. More news at the end of the day's play



http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-33-no-limit-hold-em/

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Updated

Table of British Bracelets, Finals, Cashes:

#2  JP Kelly: Final
       Sadan Turker, Paul Foltyn, Simon Hennessey: cash
#3  David Nicholson, Ben Vinson, Sebastian Saffari: cash
#4  Zimnan Ziyard: cash
#5  John Eames: Final
      Jack Ellwood,Scott O'reilly, Toby Lewis: cash
#6  Toby Lewis, Martins Adeniya, Matt Frankland, Ryan O'Donnell: Cash
#7  -
#8 - Scott O'Reilly, David Nicholson : cash
#9 - Sam Grafton, Joe Carr-Hill, David Jones, Simon Hennessey, Martins Adeniya, James Akenhead, David Vamplew, Liv Boeree, Keith Hawkins, Tom Middleton, Andrew Teng: cash
#10 -
#11 - Scott O'Reilly ,JP Kelly: cash
#12- Ryan O'Donnell: cash
#13-
#14- John Eames, Ben Jenkins, Keith Hawkins, Neil McFadyen, Nick Gibson, Priyan De Mel, Barry Woods: cash
#15- Zimnan Ziyard: final
#16- Ramey Shiao:final James Akenhead, Sam Razavi, Sam Grafton, Martins Adeniya, Steve Watts, Andrew Wayman: cash
#17 -
#18 Jon Spinks: cash
#19 - Sam Grafton, Rick Trigg: cash
#20 -
#21 - David Kilpatrick, Pete Haslam,David Jones,Stephen Chidwick,Sebastian Saffari,David Vamplew,Zimnan Ziyard, Paul Damany, John Duthie: cash
#22 - Stuart Rutter: cash
#23- Craig McCorkell, Liv Boeree, Ash Mason, Roberto Romanello, Pab Foltyn: cash
#24- Stephen Chidwick: cash
#25- Jon Spinks: cash
#26- Joe Beevers, Matt Perrins: cash
#27- Stephen Chidwick: final Zimnan Ziyard: cash
#28 - Martins Adeniya, Nick Gibson: cash
#29-
#30- Stuart Rutter - cash
#31- Najib Kamand,James Akenhead, Niall Farrell, Priyan De Mel, Kevin Allen and Jamie Dale: cash
#32-
#33-

Total : $893,000

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http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-33-no-limit-hold-em/


Middy is a top ten stack overnight in Event 33:

1    Brad Libson       117,000
2    Eric Price               115,300
3    Thomas Fuller       103,000
4    Jordan Cristos       95,000
5    Sergey Laradev       91,900
6    Ren Heo Zhang       83,900
7    Faraz Jaka               81,900
8    Tom Middleton       78,500
9    Amanda Baker       74,700
10    Mohsen Tayfeh       71,000

He, Vamplew,McCorkell, Teng, Adeniya are in the money

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Another heart warming WSOP story

Larry Wright

http://www.wsop.com/news/2012/Jun/3862/LARRY-PLAYS-DEUCE-TO-SEVEN-THE-WRIGHT-WAY.html

"Larry worked most of his life in the trucking business.  He built up a fleet of trucks and specialized in shipping and transportation.  When he turned 60, Larry decided he’d worked long and hard enough.  He’d made enough money to be happy.  So, he decided to give up his successful trucking company.  He sold it.  In fact, he sold it directly to his employees.
 
For how much?
 
Try -- $1."

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Event 31: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Carter Phillips and Joe Cada are curently heads up

Najib Kamand finished 5th for $153,000 for the UK

http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-31-no-limit-hold-em/

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David Baker has just won Event 32: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. beating John Monnette Heads Up

Hellmuth finished 4th, Ivey finished 5th


http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-32-h-o-r-s-e/

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Event 33: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em

14 left

A number of British cashes

CT Law 45th $8531
Sunny Chattha 81st $4176
David Vamplew 140th $2767
Jon Spinks 163rd $2767
Andrew Teng 152nd $2767
Craig McCorkell 184th $2214
Zimnan Ziyard 195th $2214
Andy Bradshaw 214th $2012
Martins Adeniya 215th $2012


http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-33-no-limit-hold-em/

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Event 34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six-Handed

72 of 419 left

Top Chip Counts
1    David Benyamine    248,300
2    Shaun Deeb       231,000
3    Scott Bohlman       226,900
4    David Colin       202,500
5    Kevin MacPhee       173,500
6    Adam Kornuth       165,400
7    Chris De Maci       164,000
8    Joseph Cheong       162,600
9    Karim Jomeen       160,000
10    Joe Monro               157,100


http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-34-pot-limit-omaha-six-handed/

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Event 35: $2,500 Mixed Hold'em

108 of 393 left

Top Chip Counts
1    David Williams       64,000
2    Andre Akkari       60,000
3    Bryan Devonshire    41,000
4    James Dempsey       41,000
5    Richard Brodie       41,000
6    Dan Harrington       37,500
7    Phil Ivey               36,000
8    Hiren Patel       32,000
9    Brian Meinders       30,000
10    Randy Lew       29,000


http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-35-mixed-hold-em-limit-no-limit/

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Updated

Table of British Bracelets, Finals, Cashes:

#2  JP Kelly: Final
       Sadan Turker, Paul Foltyn, Simon Hennessey: cash
#3  David Nicholson, Ben Vinson, Sebastian Saffari: cash
#4  Zimnan Ziyard: cash
#5  John Eames: Final
      Jack Ellwood,Scott O'reilly, Toby Lewis: cash
#6  Toby Lewis, Martins Adeniya, Matt Frankland, Ryan O'Donnell: Cash
#7  -
#8 - Scott O'Reilly, David Nicholson : cash
#9 - Sam Grafton, Joe Carr-Hill, David Jones, Simon Hennessey, Martins Adeniya, James Akenhead, David Vamplew, Liv Boeree, Keith Hawkins, Tom Middleton, Andrew Teng: cash
#10 -
#11 - Scott O'Reilly ,JP Kelly: cash
#12- Ryan O'Donnell: cash
#13-
#14- John Eames, Ben Jenkins, Keith Hawkins, Neil McFadyen, Nick Gibson, Priyan De Mel, Barry Woods: cash
#15- Zimnan Ziyard: final
#16- Ramey Shiao:final James Akenhead, Sam Razavi, Sam Grafton, Martins Adeniya, Steve Watts, Andrew Wayman: cash
#17 -
#18 Jon Spinks: cash
#19 - Sam Grafton, Rick Trigg: cash
#20 -
#21 - David Kilpatrick, Pete Haslam,David Jones,Stephen Chidwick,Sebastian Saffari,David Vamplew,Zimnan Ziyard, Paul Damany, John Duthie: cash
#22 - Stuart Rutter: cash
#23- Craig McCorkell, Liv Boeree, Ash Mason, Roberto Romanello, Pab Foltyn: cash
#24- Stephen Chidwick: cash
#25- Jon Spinks: cash
#26- Joe Beevers, Matt Perrins: cash
#27- Stephen Chidwick: final Zimnan Ziyard: cash
#28 - Martins Adeniya, Nick Gibson: cash
#29- Richard Haile: cash
#30- Stuart Rutter - cash
#31- Najib Kamand: final James Akenhead, Niall Farrell, Priyan De Mel, Kevin Allen and Jamie Dale: cash
#32-
#33-CT Law, Sunny Chattha, David Vamplew, Jon Spinks,Andrew Teng,Craig McCorkell,Zimnan Ziyard,Andy Bradshaw,Martins Adeniya cash
#34-
#35-

Total : $1,053,200

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Event 33: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em


Congratulations to Max Steinberg on Winning Event 33: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Day three has ended here at the Rio All Suites Hotel and Casino with Max Steinberg being crowned champion of Event 33: No Limit Hold’em. Steinberg bested 2,779 other players and walks away with $440,238. Steinberg will also receive his first World Series of Poker bracelet.

Fourteen people came in today with the aspirations of winning poker’s top prize. The afternoon went quickly with players being eliminated right in the first level of the day. With the elimination of Vincent van der Fluit and Mikhail Timoshin who were each at different tables, but got eliminated at the same time as each other we went straight to our official nine-handed final table. Once the final table was reached the action stayed at the same fast pace with Christopher Shaw being eliminated 20 minutes into the final table.

Soon play slowed down though with the majority of preflop raises stealing the blinds and antes. Eventually though the game sped up and we saw a slew of eliminations; Vitaly Meshcheriakov, Ryan Laplante, David Nicholson, and Joseph Marzicola all dropped off. After some more intense game play Dylan Hortin was knocked-out. The former chip leader continued his aggression and ultimately paid the price for it .

Then it was down to the final three. Matt Stout, Steinberg, and Samuel Gerber. Matt Stout was the first to leave after having a yo-yo of a day finishing in third.

The two remaining players both knew what it was like to be where they were. Both Steinberg and Gerber have been runner ups in WSOP events, and both players did it in the same year. Heads up play began with both players fairly even in chips, but a couple of hands put Steinberg in front, and he was able to ride that all the way to victory.


 http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-33-no-limit-hold-em/

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Event 34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six-Handed
Day 2 completed

The World Series of Poker Event 34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six-Handed came back today with 72 players all with two aims: to get in the money, and then go on and make a final table. We got to, and burst the bubble, but fell a little short of making the final table.

After 10 levels of play the field was whittled all the way down to 11 players. The player who tops the lot is runaway chip leader from Japan, Naoya Kihara with 1,548,000 chips. He had an incredible day where he busted player after player with huge hands that held, or draws that got there. When there were 24 players left he had more chips than the average player will take forward to tomorrow’s six-handed final table. Did anyone tell him this is a three-day tournament? He ended with around a quarter of the chips in play!

The field was stacked today, and will continue to be so tomorrow. Remember the name Hans Winzeler from last summer? He came second to Jason Mercier in this very tournament, earning $383,075. He’s in a great position to do a repeat, he’ll be hoping for one better though.

Here’s how the final 11 and their chip counts look heading to tomorrow:
Place   Player   Chips
1   Naoya Kihara   1,548,000
2   Tommy Le           965,000
3   Davidi Kitai           789,000
4   Hans Winzeler   613,000
5   Chris De Maci   515,000
6   Dimitar Danchev   469,000
7   Jason DeWitt   465,000
8   Scott Bohlman   397,000
9   Daniel Hindin   211,000
10   Kevin MacPhee   174,000
11   Joseph Cheong   125,000

 http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-34-pot-limit-omaha-six-handed/