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43rd Annual World Series of Poker
Event #61A/B/C: No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
END OF DAY REPORT FOR DAY: 1C

Entries: 6598 Remaining Players (at EOD): 2300 Places Paid: 666
Buyin: $10,000 Prize Pool: $62,021,200

RANK PLAYER CITY / STATE / COUNTRY CHIP COUNT ROOM / TABLE / SEAT

1 Jason Laso MANALAPAN, NJ, US 240,350 Pavilion / 355 / 9
 2 Randy Haddox KINGWOOD, TX, US 188,275 Amazon / 367 / 5
 3 Erik Hellman SE 175,950 Pavilion / 107 / 9
 4 Marco Bognanni Sliema, , MS 169,600 Pavilion / 167 / 5
 5 Daniel Morgan GILLINGHAM, , GB 160,025 Pavilion / 147 / 4
 6 Mathias Maasberg WARDENBURG, , DE 159,150 Brasilia / 90 / 7
 7 Anthony Guetti NEW YORK, NY, US 158,775 Pavilion / 154 / 2
 8 Joonhee Yea SEOUL, KR 157,175 Pavilion / 163 / 7
 9 Max Ovseyevitz Mexico City, ME, US 156,300 Brasilia / 19 / 1

43rd Annual World Series of Poker
Event #61A: No‐Limit Hold'em Main Event
END OF DAY REPORT FOR DAY: 1B

Entries: 3180 Remaining Players (at EOD): 1387 Places Paid: TBD
Buyin: $10,000 Prize Pool: TBD

RANK First CITY / STATE / COUNTRY CHIP COUNT ROOM / TABLE / SEAT
1 John Hoang FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA, US 180,000 Pavilion / 130 / 6
2 James Schafer BIRMINGHAM, MI, US 171,250 Pavilion / 111 / 8
3 Vanessa Selbst LAS VEGAS, NV, US 168,350 Pavilion / 109 / 1
4 Anh Van Nguyen TORONTO, ON, CA 163,050 Pavilion / 112 / 9
5 Jeffrey Beckley CAMBY, IN, US 158,550 Brasilia / 28 / 5
6 Matthew Woodward WATERBORO, ME, US 158,500 Brasilia / 51 / 6
7 Cornelius Foley Cork, , IR 146,875 Brasilia / 8 / 4
8 Shawn Quillin CHARLOTTE, NC, US 146,320 Pavilion / 120 / 8
9 Jason Somerville STONY BROOK, NY, US 144,725 Brasilia / 1 / 7
10 Fergal Nealon SLIGO, , IE 141,825 Brasilia / 63 / 9

MEET THE LATEST WSOP CHAMPION – NICK SCHULMAN

 Name: Nick Schulman

 Age: 26

 Residence: New York, NY (and Las Vegas, NV)

 Occupation: Professional Poker Player

 WSOP Gold Bracelet Victories: 2

 WSOP Cashes: 16

 WSOP Final Table Appearances: 8

 WSOP Earnings: $1,228,390 Note: Schulman will be classified as a professional poker player in WSOP records, since he plays poker full-time.

 INTERVIEW WITH THE WINNER

 Question: This is an event with a lot of history. How does it feel to be grouped with all the greats who have won this event in the past?

MEET THE LATEST WSOP CHAMPION – DOMINIK NITSCHE

 Name: Dominik Nitsche

 Age: 21

 Birthplace: Wittlich, Germany

 Current Residence: Brighton, Great Britain

 Occupation: Professional Poker Player

 Years Attending WSOP: 1

 WSOP Cashes: 4

 WSOP Final Table Appearance: 1

 WSOP Victories: 1

 Note: Nitsche will be classified as a professional poker player in WSOP records, since he plays poker full-time and has been supporting himself by poker winnings for the past few years.

 INTERVIEW WITH THE WINNER

 Question: Talk about your rail of supporters, they’re from all over the place!

43rd Annual World Series of Poker

Event #61A: No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
END OF DAY REPORT FOR DAY: 1A
Entries: TBD Remaining Players (at EOD): 657 Places Paid: 0
Buyin: $10,000 Prize Pool: TBD

RANK PLAYER CITY / STATE / COUNTRY CHIP COUNT ROOM / TABLE / SEAT
1 William John AT 266,700 Amazon / 420 / 2
2 Gerardo Lubas PH 165,825 Amazon / 383 / 4
3 Daniel Strelitz TORRANCE, CA, US 164,125 Amazon / 436 / 3
4 Dane Lomas SAN DIEGO, CA, US 157,600 Amazon / 377 / 9
5 Cary Katz LAS VEGAS, NV, US 154,850 Amazon / 427 / 5
6 Benjamin Pollak PARIS, , FR 144,200 Amazon / 367 / 4
7 Chance Kornuth LAS VEGAS, NV, US 141,775 Amazon / 401 / 9
8 Jonathan Cuevas CHARLOTTE, NC, US 141,675 Amazon / 420 / 8
9 Jared Okun LAS VEGAS, NV, US 141,350 Amazon / 376 / 8
10 Eric Kurtzman LAS VEGAS, NV, US 136,900 Amazon / 370 / 5

MEET THE LATEST WSOP CHAMPION – VIACHESLAV ZHUKOV

 The 2012 World Series of Poker $3,000 buy-in Pot-Limit Omaha High-Low Split World Champion is Viacheslav Zhukov from Stary Oskol, Russia.

 Zhukov was also born in Stary Oskol, which is located about 400 miles south of Moscow on the Oskol River.

 Zhukov is a 23-year-old professional poker player. His name is spelled differently in some poker records – most notably as VYACHESLAV ZHUKOV.

 In addition to his native Russian, Zhukov speaks English well. He is close to fluency.

MEET THE LATEST WSOP CHAMPION – GREG MERSON

 Name: Gregory Merson

 Birthplace: Washington, DC

 Current Residence: Laurel, Maryland (also spends much of his time in Toronto, Ontario (Canada)

 Marital Status: Single

 Children: None

 Profession: Professional Poker Player (highly-experienced online player)

 Education: Attended community college and University of Maryland (did not graduate)

 WSOP Cashes: 5

 WSOP Final Table Appearances: 1

 WSOP Wins (with this victory): 1

 First-place prize: $1,136,197

 Note: Greg Merson will be classified as a professional poker player in WSOP records, since he plays poker full-time and has no other source of income.

 INTERVIEW WITH THE WINNER

MEET THE LATEST WSOP CHAMPION – TOMAS JUNEK

 Name: Tomas Junek

 Age: 23

 Birthplace: Prestavlky, Czech Republic

 Current Residence: Vysoke Myto, Czech Republic

 Marital Status: Single

 Children: None

 Profession: Professional Poker Player

 WSOP Cashes: 1

 WSOP Final Table Appearances: 1

 WSOP Wins (with this victory): 1

 WSOP-Related Earnings: $661,022

 Note: Junek will be classified as a professional poker player in WSOP records, since he plays full-time.

 INTERVIEW WITH THE WINNER

 (Note that English is the second language of Mr. Junek.)

 Question: Please tell us a little bit about your background and how you got into poker?

AN INTERVIEW WITH THE CHAMPION -- ANTONIO ESFANDIARI

 Question: Antonio, you walked off this stage about a week and a half ago in a very disappointing third place. You were crushed. At that time, could you have possibly thought you’d get to this moment.

 Esfandiari: Yes. I believed it. I declared it. I wanted to win even more since I took third and didn’t win that tournament. I got pretty unlucky when it was three-handed, and so I was determined to come back and win another one.

 Question: On a scale of Antonio Esfandiari’s greatness, how great is this?

 Esfandiari: It’s like 182, feels like. It’s better than sex that’s for sure.

 Question: Talk about the last hand when you’re sweating the last two cards – the flush draw. How hard was your heart beating?

MEET THE LATEST WSOP CHAMPION – WILL JAFFE

Name: Will Jaffe

Age: 25

Birthplace: Southampton, NY (Long Island)

Residence: Bridgehampton, NY (Long Island)

Marital Status: Single

Children: None

Education: Attended College (did not graduate)

Profession: Professional Poker Player

WSOP Cashes: 3

WSOP Final Table Appearances: 1

WSOP Wins (with this victory): 1

WSOP-Related Earnings: $508,791

Note: Jaffe will be classified as a professional poker player in WSOP records.