We missed the action but Tim West held 
while Tex Barch had 
on a board of 
.
West only had a pair of queens in the end and couldn't beat Barch's two pair. West was eliminated from the tournament while Barch is up to 88,000.
Here are some more counts as we near the end of Level 12. Click the "Chip counts" tab for the entire field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000 | 10,000 |
|
140,000 | -12,000 |
|
135,000 | 5,000 |
|
130,000 | 36,000 |
|
127,000 | 32,000 |
|
120,000 | 40,000 |
|
|
117,000 | 10,000 |
|
113,000 | 36,000 |
|
|
110,000 | -3,000 |
|
97,000 | -7,000 |
|
96,000 | 19,000 |
|
|
95,000 | 15,100 |
|
87,000 | 32,000 |
|
72,000 | 10,000 |
|
64,000 | -48,000 |
|
64,000 | -6,000 |
|
|
63,000 | 9,000 |
|
60,000 | -22,000 |
|
|
60,000 | 8,000 |
|
57,000 | 26,000 |
|
55,000 | 16,700 |
|
55,000 | 3,000 |
|
|
44,000 | 14,000 |
|
|
42,000 | -13,000 |
|
42,000 | -2,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000 | |
|
125,000 | 17,000 |
|
116,000 | 78,000 |
|
106,000 | 50,000 |
|
80,000 | 5,000 |
|
50,000 | 31,000 |
|
48,000 | 20,000 |
|
|
46,000 | 14,000 |
|
42,000 | -28,000 |
|
40,000 | 2,000 |
|
39,000 | -17,000 |
|
38,000 | 16,500 |
|
34,000 | -10,500 |
|
19,000 | 19,000 |
|
16,000 | -9,000 |
|
|
15,000 | -35,000 |
|
|
12,000 | -5,000 |
|
|
6,000 |
Harold McDonald raised from early position, and Team PokerStars Pro Joe Hachem reraised all in for his last 14,500. McDonald quickly made the call.
McDonald 
Hachem 
The board ended up a bunch of low cards -- 
-- and the 2005 WSOP Main Event champ is out about 20 spots shy of the cash. (Remember, the top 54 pay in this event.)
McDonald is now at 74,500.
On a board of 
-X, Sandra Naujoks a pot-sized bet of 5,000. Frank Kassela then raised to 10,000, which Naujoks called.
When the cards were turned over Naujoks had two pair with 
but it wasn't good against Kassela's trip aces with 
.
Kassela is up to 22,300 while Naujoks is down to 12,300. Both are in need of some chips.
Looking for a headline for the first part of Day 2 of Event No. 28? How about "Cloutier Crushing"?
Just now Cloutier cruised past the 200,000-chip mark -- the first player to do so -- following a hand with Ashkan Razavi. Preflop betting had already begun the pot-building when the flop came , at which point Cloutier bet 27,000 and Razavi called. The turn was the 
, and when Cloutier bet pot again, Razavi got out.
Cloutier now sits with 215,000, while Razavi slips back to 75,000.
On a board of 
and with 6,000 in the pot, Louis Abronson checked and Luc Greenwood bet 4,000. Abronson then raised the pot, only to have Greenwood raise all in. Abronson made the call for his tournament life and they flipped over their cards:
Abronson: 
Greenwood: 
The turn card was the 
and the river 
. Greenwood won the pot and is up to 70,000. Abronson was eliminated from the tournament.
New level, and a new leader...
T.J. Cloutier just eliminated another player -- Hendrik Vogeling this time -- as the previous level concluded, carrying his stack to 177,000 and into the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000 | 75,000 |
|
119,000 | 69,300 |
|
|
113,000 | -1,100 |
|
105,000 | -40,000 |
|
|
95,000 | -25,000 |
|
|
77,000 | 7,800 |
|
|
57,000 | 32,000 |
|
|
54,000 | 22,200 |
|
|
52,000 | 10,000 |
|
47,000 | 8,600 |
|
42,000 | 14,900 |
|
40,000 | 14,700 |
|
39,000 | -16,200 |
|
|
35,500 | -2,100 |
|
32,000 | 8,300 |
|
30,000 | -10,000 |
|
27,000 | 9,800 |
|
22,000 | -15,000 |
|
21,000 | -2,700 |
|
20,000 | 6,000 |
|
|
17,000 | -15,000 |
|
|
16,000 | -7,600 |
|
|
10,000 | 4,000 |
