WSOP 2012 News and Information Thread

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Congratulations to Nick Schulman, Winner of Event 60: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit) ($294,321)!

By conquering 100 other players, Nick Schulman has officially become the first two-time winner of the $10,000 2-7 No Limit Championship. If it wasn't already a known fact, this win certainly cements Schulman's place as one of if not the best 2-7 tournament player in the world. PokerNews extends its most sincere congratulations to Nick on this monumental win.

Final Table Payouts
Place   Player   Prize
1   Nick Schulman   $294,321
2   Mike Wattel   $181,886
3   George Danzer   $115,295
4   Benjamin Parker   78,088
5   Ashton Griffin   $55,482
6   John Juanda   $41,270
7   Bob Bright   $32,080

http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-60-2-7-draw-lowball-no-limit/

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WSOP National Championship
Day 2 completed
Hwang Leads the Way Into Wednesday's National Championship Final Table

On Saturday, Day 2 of the WSOP National Championship saw the remaining 39 players of a 157-entrant field return to battle down to a final table. The lineup was an eclectic mix of qualifiers from the WSOP POY and WSOPC Leaderboards, and by the end of the night, three from the former and five from the latter made up the final table with Yung Hwang and his stack of 1.224 million leading the way.

The day started off with 21 players leaving empty handed as only 18 were slated to get paid. Among the players to his the rail early were Chris Moorman, Nicolas Fierro, Joseph Cheong, Aaron Massey and Gene Dudek. They were soon joined by two other players after they became victims of Hwang’s early heater.

It happened when Josh Tieman moved all in from early position for 39,500 and cleared the field to Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier on the button. The Frenchman opted for a three-bet to 66,000, the small blind got out of the way, and Hwang moved all in from the big for 184,500. Grospellier, who had 180,500, splashed in a call and the cards were turned up:

Showdown
Grospellier   {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}
Hwang   {K-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}
Tieman   {A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}

The board ran out a clean {8-Spades}{3-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} and Hwang scored the double elimination and vaulted toward the top of the chip counts.

From there, more eliminations occurred including that of Fabrice Soulier, Paul Sokoloff, Chris Tryba, Jerry Monroe, Jamie Kerstetter, Stephen Kats and Jacob Naquin, just to name a few. With 19 players remaining, the money bubble last nearly three hours before bursting. It final happened when Matt Keikoan raised to 18,000 from the hijack and Mitch Schock moved all in from the big blind for 34,000 total. Keikoan made the call with{Q-Spades}{6-Spades}, which was behind the{6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} of Schock. Unfortunately for the latter, the board ran out {A-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{5-Spades}{2-Hearts}{5-Clubs} and the bubble was burst, guaranteeing the remaining 18 players a $22,278 payday.

Once the money was reached, the action picked up and the eliminations resumed. Below is a list of those who fell short of the final table. Check out their elimination hands simply by clicking on their name.
In-the-Money Eliminations

Place   Player   Prize
9th   Justin Gardenhire   $39,030
10th   David Peters   $31,855
11th   Drazen Ilich   $31,855
12th   Mark Bonsack   $31,855
13th   Eugene Katchalov   $26,439
14th   Brian Rast   $26,439
15th   Nick Binger   $26,439
16th   Hao Le   $22,278
17th   Jonathan Sorscher   $22,278
18th   Allen Kessler   $22,278

Here’s a look at the 2012 WSOP National Championship Final Table, which will air on ESPN August 7th once completed.
2012 WSOP National Championship Final Table

Seat   Player   Chips   Qualified
1   David “ODB” Baker   281,000   WSOP POY Entrant
2   Amanda Musumeci   322,000   At-Large Qualifier
3   Sam Stein   651,000   WSOP POT Entrant
4   Huy Nguyen   331,000   At-Large Qualifier
5   Yung Hwang   1,224,000   At-Large Qualifier
6   Nikolas Stone   471,000   Harrah's St. Louis Casino Champ
7   Matt Keikoan   957,000   WSOP POY Entrant
8   Ryan Eriquezzo   474,000   Caesars AC Main Event Champ

The remaining eight players will return at 1 PM PST on Wednesday, July 11 to play for the bracelet and $416,051 first-place prize.


http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/wsop-national-championship/

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657 Day 1A survivors in the WSOP Main Event. William John EOD 1A chip leader. Chip counts and table draws: http://bit.ly/NdJWEE

Top Brit is Niall Farrell in 50th

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Updated

Gross winnings at the 2012 now $14.5m 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, Lee Taylor: 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- Vicoria Coren, James Rann, Danny Samson, Rupert Elder, Andrew Hulme cash
#54- John Eames, Nick Abou Risk, Chris Moorman, Sunny Chattha, Jmaes Mitchell, James Keys cash
#55- Sam Trickett: final
#56 - Paul Vas Nunes, Chris O'Donnell, Sam Holden, Mike Hill: cash
#57- Chris Brammer: final Roberto Romanello: cash
#58- John Shipley, Karl Mahrenholz, Graham Clarkson: cash
#59- Jake Cody, Rupinder Bedi, Andrew Miles, Ben Dobson, Alex Goulder,Ben Jenkins, Julian Thew, Toby Lewis, Peter Linton, James Rann, Gee Maker, Michelle Bennett: cash
#60-
#wsop national-
#main-

Cashed 237 times
Reached sixteen official final tables
Won one bracelet
Won $14,516,000
Won $4,404,000 ex Trickett

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1a Brits

50 Niall Farrell LUGAR AGRSHIN, , GB 100,950 Amazon / 388 / 7
73 Marc Wright GB 88,150 Amazon / 404 / 9
106 Daniel Rudd ESSEX, , GB 78,925 Amazon / 395 / 9
123 Benjamin Longstaff GB 73,750 Amazon / 440 / 3
143 Jamie Sill Burlington, , GB 68,250 Amazon / 403 / 9
147 Asmat Asghar London, , GT 67,600 Amazon / 408 / 3
153 Jon Spinks EXETER, GB 66,800 Amazon / 422 / 1
158 Salman Behbehani GB 65,825 Amazon / 391 / 4
177 Najib Kamand SURREY LONDON, , GB 61,775 Amazon / 376 / 3
192 Jonathan Crute Belfast, , GB 59,750 Amazon / 398 / 1
213 Chris Bjorin LONDON, , GB 56,450 Amazon / 419 / 8
236 Toby Lewis Eastleigh, , GB 52,250 Amazon / 414 / 1
275 Christopher O'donnell SOUTHAMPTON, GB 46,800 Amazon / 378 / 1
280 Victor Ilyukhin LONDON, , GB 46,400 Amazon / 439 / 2
328 Neil Mcfayden LONDON, GB 41,950 Amazon / 436 / 7
333 Aurelien Guiglini LONDON, , GB 41,675 Amazon / 433 / 3
352 Peter Linton Nottingham, , GB 39,750 Amazon / 440 / 8
397 Lee Morris GB 35,350 Amazon / 383 / 6
412 Roy Papatheodorou Zug, , GB 33,725 Amazon / 418 / 1
415 Tore Lukashaugen LONDON, GB 33,400 Amazon / 438 / 6
419 Redmond Lee LONDON, , GB 33,000 Amazon / 398 / 7
423 Andrew Pantling ST JULIAS, , GB 32,725 Amazon / 370 / 8
426 Peter Charalambous SUFFOLK, , GB 32,550 Amazon / 389 / 5
432 Anthony Ramsden London, , GB 32,200 Amazon / 438 / 9
515 Sebastian Gohr BRIGHTON, , GB 23,100 Amazon / 412 / 1
541 Mark Shepherd Lisburn, , GB 20,925 Amazon / 386 / 9
553 Robin Keston LONDON, , GB 19,700 Amazon / 390 / 3
557 Martin Sutcliffe Aberdeen, , GB 19,100 Amazon / 385 / 4
584 Charles Smithson GB 16,300 Amazon / 412 / 3
588 John Eames SOUTHPORT, , GB 15,675 Amazon / 424 / 1
634 Neville Darrell DEVONSHIRE, , GB 9,575 Amazon / 377 / 4

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The WSOP Main Event Day 1B entrants list: http://bit.ly/NAq3pP

2114 runners making 3180 total after 2 days, and 3000+ expected for the final starting day later

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Day 1b Concludes; Hoang Leads; Selbst and Negreanu Close Behind
 
Vanessa Selbst Among The Leaders

Day 1b of the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event has officially come to a close. Today saw 2,114 players put up $10,000 to compete for the most prestigious title in poker. Combined with the players who came out for Day 1a, the total number of entrants for the Main Event so far is up to 3,180. Leading the remaining players of Day 1b is John Hoang who is sitting atop a stack of 180,000. Rounding out the top three are James Schafer (171,250) and Vanessa Selbst (168,350).

This is the day of the year that all tournament poker players wait for, so it was no surprise to see a stacked field that was filled to the brim with familiar faces. That being said, this also turns out to be the saddest day of the year for some, as their hopes of making a deep run in the Main Event have to be pushed back one more year. Among those to turn up for play only to have their WSOP come to an end before the day's conclusion were Tom Dwan, David Singer, Tyler Bonkowski, Martin Kabrhel, Chris DeMaci, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Chip Jett, Victor Ramdin, Joe Sebok, Todd Brunson, Amanda Musumeci, Bertrand Grospellier, 2004 WSOP Main Event champion Greg Raymer, and current UFC Welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre.

While the series came to an end for many, others thrived in this deep structured tournament. One of the more familiar faces looking to make a deep run in this tournament is four-time WSOP bracelet winner Daniel Negreanu. Despite his recent cash in Event 60: $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit), Negreanu has had a rough series thus far. He's managed to collect 140,575 chips so far on Day 1, however, and has a solid chance at finishing the series on a strong note as he is sitting top ten in chips to finish Day 1b.

This summer has come to be known as the year of the woman here at the WSOP. Many female players made final tables in open events and Vanessa Selbst was able to capture her second bracelet. Selbst continued to crush the dreams of other players on Day 1b of the Main Event. The biggest addition to Selbst's stack came on the final hand of the evening when she got it all in with another big stack. All of the money went in before the flop and Selbst held against her opponent's . Selbst turned a set of aces and her opponent rivered a king just to rub it in. After that win Selbst was able to end the night with 168,350.

Up until Selbst's final hand of the night it was Maria Ho who held the position of woman with the most chips for a majority of the day . Ho gained a solid chunk of her chips when she was able to river a full house to double up. Ho finished the day with 130,425 and will be a force to be reckoned with when she returns for Day 2.

Other familiar names who will be returning for Day 2 include Jason Somerville (144,725), Shaun Deeb (125,900), Brian Hastings (119,000), Sam Farha (118,500), Amnon Filippi (109,900), Bernard Lee (96,575), Eugene Katchalov (96,275), George Danzer (84,125), Dan Harrington (83,750), Robert Varkonyi (75,325), Jerry Yang (71,775), Barry Greenstein (60,825), Justin Bonomo (54,225), Liv Boeree (40,500), Bryan Devonshire (22,525) and many more.

With five levels under their belts, the surviving players will return to play for Day 2 at 12:00 PM on Tuesday

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Chip counts from 1b are up

http://www.wsop.com/tournaments/reports.asp?grid=887&tid=12161

Rhys Jones is the highest UK player in 32nd

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UK 1B

Rhys Jones   116,950
Barny Boatman   98,200
Nicholas Farnborough   92,025
Craig McCorkell   91,175
Sunil Mistri   89,625
Richard Trigg   77,125
Priyan de Mel   72,525
James Dempsey   65,500
Tomas MacNamara   58,250
Jonathan Gray   57,050
Kevin Williams   55,725
David Jones   53,925
Kevin Finan   52,525
Adam Latimer   51,435
Neil Lusher   51,175
Tristan McDonald   50,975
Chris Nicol   46,625
Mel Judah   44,975
Neil Channing   43,700
Chun Law   42,800
Grant Pirie   42,725
Stephen Rawle   41,640
Liv Boeree   40,500
George McKeever   40,000
Alin Rapoport   40,000
Robert Stain   38,425
Sam Razavi   38,325
Teddy Sheringham   36,650
Sadan Turker   36,450
Mohammed Sadiq   34,750
Kevin Allen     36,425
Trevor Whiteway   35,900
Wayne Rideout   33,100
Mark Dalimore   33,075
Tommy Dyer   31,975
Alan Brown   31,050
Robin Fisher   30,925
John Tabatabai   30,175
Daniel Toffel   29,475
James Akenhead   29,350
John Shipley   28,150
David Charalambous   27,900
Matthew Nieberg   25,950
Timothy Flanders   25,590
Hasmukh Khodiyara   25,500
Charles Sanderson   20,200
David Colclough   17,300
James Rann   16,250
Daniel Sauva   14,750
Richard Hare   14,075
Gareth Jones   11,650
Benjamin Martin   9,950
Matthew Bates   Busted
Matthew Ashton   Busted
Ross Boatman   Busted
Jerome Bradpiece   Busted
Jamie Burland   Busted
Victoria Coren   Busted
Roland De Wolfe   Busted
Martin Flegg   Busted
Pratik Ghatge   Busted
Joshua Gould   Busted
Laurence Grob   Busted
Mike Hill   Busted
Phillip Huxley   Busted
Thomas Landi   Busted
Tom Middleton   Busted
Ketul Nathwani   Busted
David Nicholson   Busted
Mark Segal   Busted
Andrew Youngblood   Busted
Tamer Kamel   Busted
John Wheeler   Busted

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UK 1B

Rhys Jones   116,950
Barny Boatman   98,200
Nicholas Farnborough   92,025
Craig McCorkell   91,175
Sunil Mistri   89,625
Richard Trigg   77,125
Priyan de Mel   72,525
James Dempsey   65,500
Tomas MacNamara   58,250
Jonathan Gray   57,050
Kevin Williams   55,725
David Jones   53,925
Kevin Finan   52,525
Adam Latimer   51,435
Neil Lusher   51,175
Tristan McDonald   50,975
Chris Nicol   46,625
Mel Judah   44,975
Neil Channing   43,700
Chun Law   42,800
Grant Pirie   42,725
Stephen Rawle   41,640
Liv Boeree   40,500
George McKeever   40,000
Alin Rapoport   40,000
Robert Stain   38,425
Sam Razavi   38,325
Teddy Sheringham   36,650
Sadan Turker   36,450
Mohammed Sadiq   34,750
Kevin Allen     36,425
Trevor Whiteway   35,900
Wayne Rideout   33,100
Mark Dalimore   33,075
Tommy Dyer   31,975
Alan Brown   31,050
Robin Fisher   30,925
John Tabatabai   30,175
Daniel Toffel   29,475
James Akenhead   29,350
John Shipley   28,150
David Charalambous   27,900
Matthew Nieberg   25,950
Timothy Flanders   25,590
Hasmukh Khodiyara   25,500
Charles Sanderson   20,200
David Colclough   17,300
James Rann   16,250
Daniel Sauva   14,750
Richard Hare   14,075
Gareth Jones   11,650
Benjamin Martin   9,950
Matthew Bates   Busted
Matthew Ashton   Busted
Ross Boatman   Busted
Jerome Bradpiece   Busted
Jamie Burland   Busted
Victoria Coren   Busted
Roland De Wolfe   Busted
Martin Flegg   Busted
Pratik Ghatge   Busted
Joshua Gould   Busted
Laurence Grob   Busted
Mike Hill   Busted
Phillip Huxley   Busted
Thomas Landi   Busted
Tom Middleton   Busted
Ketul Nathwani   Busted
David Nicholson   Busted
Mark Segal   Busted
Andrew Youngblood   Busted
Tamer Kamel   Busted
John Wheeler   Busted

Vicky tweeted that she was thru to Day 2 with 55K?

[TightEnd]

We'll go with the tweet then, Simon, thanks

I am obviously going on the Poker News/WSOP Info..and there will ve some errors ina field of thousands, understandably

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Haddox Leads Day 1c; Blom, Brunson & Ivey Move on to Day 2

On Saturday, Day 1a of the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event drew 1,066 players. The following day, 2,114 turned up for Day 1b. On Monday, that combined total was passed as 3,418 players packed the Rio for Day 1c action, the largest one-day Main Event field in its 43-year history. The final number of 6,598 entrants created a prize pool of $62,021,200, with $8,527,982 of that reserved for first place.

The man best positioned to capture that prize from the Day 1c field is Randy Haddox, who bagged up 188,275 and finished the night as chip leader. He joins William John (266,700) and John Hoang (180,000), who played Day 1a and 1b respectively, as the starting-flight chip leaders.

Some other players who survived Day 1c in decent shape are Doyle Brunson (81,400), who almost didn’t play this year’s Main Event; former Main Event champs Joe Cada (117,375), Jamie Gold (24,800), Johnny Chan (82,300), Tom McEvoy (24,125); 2006 WSOP Player of the Year Jeff Madsen (33,525); the current 2012 WSOP POY frontrunner Phil Ivey (11,525); and Big One for One Drop winner Antonio Esfandiari (78,925).

Another man who will be returning on Day 2 with a decent stack is Viktor “Isildur1” Blom (110,225), who is playing his first WSOP Main Event. In one of his more notable hands, an early position raiser made it 700, a middle-position player limped, and the player in the cutoff three-bet to 2,600. Blom then four-bet to 5,800 from the big blind, the other two players got out of the way, and the cutoff five-bet to 12,000. Blom shuffled his chips before moving in 18,400 for a six-bet. The Swede’s opponent moved all in and Blom let out a sigh and called.

Showdown
Blom   {A-Spades}{k-Hearts}
Opponent   {K-Clubs}{K-Spades}

Blom was in bad shape, but he got lucky as the board ran out {A-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{A-Clubs}{7-Spades} and he doubled to 90,000 in chips.

Unfortunately, not everyone was as lucky as Blom. Day 1c saw plenty of big names come and go including David “Bakes” Baker, Fatima Moreira De Melo, Olivier Busquet, Max Martinez, Jimmy Fricke, Thor Hansen, Brendon Rubie, Justin “Boosted J” Smith, David Bach, Chino Rheem, Jonathan Little, Nacho Barbero, Andrew Robl, Lex Veldhuis, Matt Waxman, Humberto Brenes, Vincent van der Fluit and Jonathan Duhamel, just to name a few.

Likewise, the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event champ, Chris Moneymaker, hit the rail on Day 1c in Level 4 when he raised to 1,500 from under the gun and cleared the field all the way to Marty Zabib, who made the call from the small blind. Hank Farrell then three-bet to around 6,800 from the big blind, Moneymaker called off for the same amount, and Zabib came along for the ride.

The two active players proceeded to check it down as the board ran out {7-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{Q-Spades}{J-Clubs}{10-Hearts} and Zabib rolled over {K-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for trips. Farrell simply mucked while Moneymaker showed {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} before taking his exit from the 2012 WSOP Main Event.

The surviving players from Day 1c will return at Noon PST on Wednesday for Day 2; meanwhile, on Tuesday, July 10, the survivors from Days 1a and 1b will return at Noon PST to play their respective Day in separate rooms.


 http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-61-no-limit-hold-em-main-event/

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Rounding up some UK chip counts from 1c

Simon Deadman
both of us through to day 2! I have 64k and Shola has 44k, day 2 on wednesday #bringItOn!

Dan Morgan
Bagging up 160,025 going into day 2 on Wednesday

Paul McTaggart
Ended the day on 155,475. Deece day Fettdozerrrrr


both DMorgan and BobaFett are top ten stacks from 1c


Andrew Moseley    147,075    
Jake Cody          124,675
Chris Moorman       80,000    
Stephen Chidwick    52,000
Sam Grafton       43,000    
JP Kelly          40,600    
Luke Schwartz       20,000    
Sam Trickett              19,000



full list when I see it, or post it if you see it and I am offline, thx   

[horseplayer]

thanks for the updates tighty

is there anywere i can find the seat draws for tonight/tommorow day 2a now?

have a friend playing

thanks

[TightEnd]

thanks for the updates tighty

is there anywere i can find the seat draws for tonight/tommorow day 2a now?

have a friend playing

thanks

normally on www.wsop.com mid afternoon UK time