WSOP 2012 News and Information Thread

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Congratulations to Greg Hobson, Winner of Event 49: $1,500 Ante-Only No Limit Hold'em ($256,691)!

Three days ago World Series of Poker history was made when this unique event kicked off. It was a standard no-limit hold'em event with one key difference: no blinds. Players would ante every hand and have the option to bring in for the smallest denomination chip in play. After three days of play and a field of 939 players, Greg Hobson was able to rise to the top to grab the first place prize of $256,691 as well as the first WSOP bracelet offered for this type of event.

Greg Hobson as the champion of the first ever Ante-Only No-Limit Hold'em event in World Series of Poker History.

Final Table Payouts
Place   Player   Prize
1   Greg Hobson   $256,691
2   Mike Sowers   $158,887
3   John Hayes   $99,409
4   Harrison Gimbel   $72,155
5   Eugene Du Plessis   $53,267
6   Mike McDonald   $39,931
7   Seth Davies   $30,373
8   Sameer Aljanedi   $23,413
9   Justin Schwartz   $18,292


http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-49-ante-only-no-limit-hold-em/

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Event 50: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em

50 of 1001 remain

top Chip Counts
1    Andres Garcia    675,000
2    Kyle Julius       620,000
3    Andrea Dato    600,000
4    Dan Smith       585,000
5    Erik Aude       560,000
6    Micah Raskin    525,000
7    Joseph Cheong    460,000
8    Derek Gregory    440,000
9    David Diaz    400,000
10    Sam Ngai       400,000

Reza Tabahthai with 240,000 appears to be the last Brit left

Niall Farrell cashed 62nd
Stephen Chidwick cashed 64th
Neil Channing cashed 96th
Ash Mason cashed 117th


http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-50-no-limit-hold-em/

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Event 51: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship

118 of 936 remain

9 of the entries were not female. Not too sure they could be called men either, tbh

Top Chip Counts
1    Gaelle Baumann       72,000
2    Lara Boutros       66,000
3    Erica Schoenberg    54,000
4    Della Jones       46,000
5    J.J. Liu               44,000
6    Monica Hinojosa    32,500
7    Sharon Barth       30,000
8    Mandy Baker       28,000
9    Lisa Parsons       26,000
10    Leo Margets       26,000


http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-51-ladies-no-limit-hold-em-championship/

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Event 52: $2,500 10-Game Mix - Six-Handed

228 of 421 remain

Chufty going well

Top Chip Counts
1    Tommy Hang       54,000
2    Noah Boeken       44,000
3    Bryn Kenney       38,000
4    James Mackey       35,000
5    Hasan Habib       32,000
6    Adam Friedman       29,500
7    Jason Lavallee       29,000
8    Paul Volpe       28,000
9    Tom Chambers       28,000
10    Richard Ashby       27,000


http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-52-10-game-mix-six-handed/

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Updated

Gross winnings at the 2012 now approach $4m for the UK

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- James Dempsey: cash
#36 - Craig McCorkell: BRACELET Roberto Romanello final. James Akenhead, Max Silver,Niall Farrell cash
#37-
#38- Sam Razavi, Scott Shelley, Nicky Evans: cash
#39- John Kabbaj, Tim Flanders, Joe Beevers: cash
#40-
#41- Paul Vas Nunes: final JP Kelly, Niall Farrell, Roberto Romanello: cash
#42-
#43- Neil Channing, Tom Alner : final Najid Kamand, Ash Mason, Paul Foltyn: cash
#44- Craig Sweden: cash
#45- Luke Schwartz, Stephen Chidwick: final
#46- Mike Hill, James Akenhead, Chris Moorman, Michael Greco cash
#47- Tony Kendall, James Dempsey, Jerome Bradpiece, Paul Jackson, Scott O'Reilly, Steve Jelinek: cash
#48-
#49- Barny Boatman,Sam Razavi,Martins Adeniya,Rhys Jones,David Barraclough cash
#50- Reza Tabhathai, JP Kelly, Niall Farrell, Stephen Chidwick, Neil Channing, Ash Mason: cash
#51-
#52-

Cashed 176 times
Reached thirteen official final tables
Won one bracelet
Won $3,881,326

[smashedagain]

Do you have the previous years total cashes to hand Tighty. Reports that a lot of Brits are knocking it in but that still seems like a lot of winnings.

[Rozza1]

JP Kelly also cashed in Event 50, looks like he bust right at the end of the day though.

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Event 51: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship
Day 2 completed
Pechac Tops Final Nine

Like Day 1, which saw the original field of 936 trimmed to 117 players in just 10 one-hour levels, Day 2 of Event 51, the $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em Championship also moved at a quick pace. After just eight levels plus another 18 minutes of Level 19, just nine players were left with chips, with Debbie Pechac of Phoenix, Arizona the leader heading into tomorrow's final day of play.

Position   Player   Chips
1   Debbie Pechac   630,000
2   Candida Ross-Powers   548,000
3   Yen Dang   483,000
4   Lesley Amos   352,000
5   Anna Lundholm   218,000
6   Rae Rocco   203,000
7   Angela Moed   145,000
8   Janet Howard   132,000
9   Freda Lawrence   99,000

Brandon Uhl finished 69th for $2,300

Michelle Bennett finished 99th for Estonia, and $1,700

 http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-51-ladies-no-limit-hold-em-championship/

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2012 World Series of Poker
Event 52: $2,500 10-Game Mix - Six-Handed

31 of 421 remain

Top Chip Counts
1    Vincent van der Fluit    191,300
2    Vanessa Selbst       175,000
3    Brian Salt               160,000
4    Mike Wattel       158,000
5    Tommy Hang       150,000
6    Brett Richey       145,000
7    Julien Renard       140,000
8    Mike Gorodinsky    137,500
9    Steve Chanthabouasy    135,000
10    Scott Clements       130,400

Richard Ashby is in with 126,000, guaranteed $5,300

http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-52-10-game-mix-six-handed/

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2012 World Series of Poker
Event 53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

377 of 3166 remain

Top Chip Counts
1    Mario Nagel       170,000
2    Graydon Kowal       112,000
3    Luke Nettles       104,000
4    Cherish Andrews    81,000
5    Victoria Coren       70,000
6    Ali Eslami               59,500
7    Steve Brecher       59,000
8    Brock Parker       50,500
9    Lex Veldhuis       46,000
10    Alan Sass               35,600

http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-53-no-limit-hold-em/

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$25,300 One Drop Mega Satellite

Gus Hansen Wins His Way Into The Big One for One Drop ($1,000,000)

Gus Hansen has done it, he's found his way into the $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop that kicks off on Sunday at 1:11 PM PST here in Las Vegas. The world's largest poker tournament in the history of the game will now have another one of the world's largest players in Hansen.

When the $25,300 One Drop Mega Satellite began, big names were everywhere in the field. At the end of the registration/re-entry period, 96 entries were tallied and a prize pool of $2.4 million was created. The first two spots would be awarded seats and third place was set to get $400,000.

On the way to the final table, Phil Ivey, Jason Mercier, David Benyamine, David "Doc" Sands, Scott Seiver, Hasan Habib, Viktor Blom and Luke Schwartz were all eliminated. When action got down to the final table, there were a few well known faces and some amateurs who made it as well, but only the top three would be paid.

Steve Meling was hoping to turn a $65 satellite into a $1 million entry, but he fell short, as did another amateur Hani Awad. On the bubble, Will Failla, Jason Somerville, Gus Hansen and Shaun Deeb were trying to find the last person to go home empty handed. That player happened to be Failla when he fell in fourth place. Somerville went out next in third and earned $400,000, while Hansen was left to fight with Deeb.

After a short, unscheduled break, Deeb quickly lost the heads-up match to Hansen. Deeb earned a seat himself for finishing in second place, but he was put on the alternate list as only one seat was guaranteed to the event. Hansen won his way in, while Deeb will have to wait and see if he gets in tomorrow. The consensus seems to be that Deeb won't get into the event, and in that case, he'll be awarded the cash.

Hansen joins the likes of Eugene Katchalov, Ben Lamb, Erik Seidel, Daniel Negreanu and Dan Shak in tomorrow's One Drop event, which will kick off in the early afternoon.

In late-breaking news, closing out the registration list in the event will be Phil Hellmuth, who acquired the seat from the MGM Resorts International VIP winner.


http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/25-300-one-drop-mega-satellite/

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Updated

Gross winnings at the 2012 now approach $4m for the UK

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- James Dempsey: cash
#36 - Craig McCorkell: BRACELET Roberto Romanello final. James Akenhead, Max Silver,Niall Farrell cash
#37-
#38- Sam Razavi, Scott Shelley, Nicky Evans: cash
#39- John Kabbaj, Tim Flanders, Joe Beevers: cash
#40-
#41- Paul Vas Nunes: final JP Kelly, Niall Farrell, Roberto Romanello: cash
#42-
#43- Neil Channing, Tom Alner : final Najid Kamand, Ash Mason, Paul Foltyn: cash
#44- Craig Sweden: cash
#45- Luke Schwartz, Stephen Chidwick: final
#46- Mike Hill, James Akenhead, Chris Moorman, Michael Greco cash
#47- Tony Kendall, James Dempsey, Jerome Bradpiece, Paul Jackson, Scott O'Reilly, Steve Jelinek: cash
#48-
#49- Barny Boatman,Sam Razavi,Martins Adeniya,Rhys Jones,David Barraclough cash
#50- Reza Tabhathai, JP Kelly, Niall Farrell, Stephen Chidwick, Neil Channing, Ash Mason: cash
#51- Michelle Bennett: cash
#52- Richard Ashby: cash
#53-

Cashed 178 times
Reached thirteen official final tables
Won one bracelet
Won $3,888,845

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There have been a few sweats while we are away

Event 53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Victoria Coren went into play overnight 4 of 28, finishing 17th for $26,000

James "Runitsrann" Rann from Sky Poker finished 24th for $21,000

Danny Samson from North London, plays at Luton sometimes, 40th for $13,000

Rupert Elder and Andrew Hulme also cashed


Event 54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em

John Eames is still in with 22 left, he being 19/22

Nick Abou Risk finished 22nd for $14,000

Chris Moorman went deep, but exited 142nd

Sunny Chatta, James Mitchell, Jac Arama and James Keys also cashed

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Event 56: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

The last $1500 of the series attracted another massive field. Currently 495 of 2798 remain

Sam Holden is reported in the top 10 of the chip counts, and many Brits remain. More news when the overnights come through

http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-56-no-limit-hold-em/

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Event 54

John Eames Eliminated in 18th Place ($17,915)

http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-54-no-limit-hold-em/