WSOP Main Event Start of Day 3 Chip Counts
July 12, 2012 - 12:50pm
43rd Annual World Series of Poker
Event #61: No‐Limit Hold'em Main Event
DAY THREE START LIST
Entries: 6,598 Remaining Players: 1,765 Places Paid: 666
Buyin: $10,000 Prize Pool: $62,021,200
WSOP Main Event End of Day 2c Chip Counts
July 12, 2012 - 10:03am
43rd Annual World Series of Poker
Event #61: No‐Limit Hold'em Main Event
END OF DAY REPORT FOR DAY: 2C
Entries: 6598 Remaining Players (at EOD): 911 Places Paid: 666
Buyin: $10,000 Prize Pool: $62,021,200
WSOP Main Event Day 1 Official Report
July 12, 2012 - 12:26amby Nolan Dalla
No-Limit Hold’em World Championship
Buy-In: $10,000
Number of Entries: 6,598
Number of Players Remaining: 4,344
Total Net Prize Pool: $62,021,200
Number of Places Paid: 666
First Place Prize: $8,527,982
July 9th through October 29th, 2012
OVERVIEW
The gold rush is underway!
The world's richest and most prestigious poker tournament is now going strong at the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino, in Las Vegas.
The 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event Championship completed the first step of an arduous journey toward the game's ultimate achievement -- poker's undisputed world championship. All three starting flights, designated as Days 1A, 1B, and 1Care now complete. The final starting day ended late Monday night.
The official number of entrants for this year’s Main Event Championship is 6,598 players. This is the fifth largest live poker tournament in history.
WSOP Main Event End of Day 2a/2b Chip Counts
July 11, 2012 - 12:55pm
43rd Annual World Series of Poker
Event #61: No‐Limit Hold'em Main Event
END OF DAY REPORT FOR DAY: 2A/2B
Entries: 6598
Remaining Players (at EOD): 842 2A/2B
Places Paid: 666
Buyin: $10,000
Prize Pool: $62,021,200
RANK PLAYER CITY / STATE / COUNTRY CHIP COUNT ROOM / TABLE / SEAT
1 Gaelle Baumann FR 505,800 Brasilia / 45 / 7
2 Mark Demirdjian CA 499,900 Pavilion / 105 / 1
3 Shaun Deeb LAS VEGAS, NV, US 460,900 Brasilia / 16 / 9
4 Kevin Davis SHEPHERDSVILLE, KY, US 394,800 Amazon / 352 / 3
5 Jan Kasten DE 391,800 Amazon / 431 / 1
6 Taylor Paur EL DORADO HILLS, CA, US 391,600 Pavilion / 111 / 9
7 Matthew Woodward WATERBORO, ME, US 381,000 Brasilia / 70 / 3
8 Jacob Schindler PHILADELPHIA, PA, US 371,600 Amazon / 352 / 1
9 Julio De La Rosa Santo Domingo, DO 350,700 Brasilia / 44 / 1
10 Vanessa Selbst LAS VEGAS, NV, US 350,400 Brasilia / 79 / 3
WSOP Main Event End of Day 1c Chip Counts
July 11, 2012 - 1:22am
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
WSOP Main Event End of Day 1b Chip Counts
July 10, 2012 - 2:47am
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
WSOP 2012 Event #60 Winner Profile - Nick Schulman
July 10, 2012 - 2:43am
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?
WSOP 2012 Event #59 Winner Profile - Dominik Nitsche
July 10, 2012 - 2:09am
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!
WSOP Main Event End of Day 1a Chip Counts
July 9, 2012 - 3:16am
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
WSOP 2012 Event #58 Winner Profile - Viacheslav Zhukov
July 8, 2012 - 1:05am
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.
