Maria Ho opened the action on the hand and opened to 800 then Chau Giang moved all in behind her for 1,200. The blinds released and Ho called.
Giang: 
Ho: 
The board ran 
and Giang doubled up with a marginal hand.
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You can click the payouts tab to see all of them, but here are the highlights. 970 players entered the event, and 117 of them will walk away with a thicker wallet. The first payout is $2,488, and the top 15 players will lock up a five figure pay day. The big prize? $265,211 and a shiny gold WSOP bracelet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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33,000
28,500
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28,500 |
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25,000
20,500
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24,000
8,000
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8,000 |
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23,500
19,000
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19,000 |
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21,000
16,500
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16,500 |
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20,000
15,650
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15,650 |
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17,000
12,500
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12,500 |
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15,800
11,300
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11,300 |
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14,000
12,500
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12,500 |
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12,500
5,700
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5,700 |
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9,200
4,800
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4,800 |
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7,800
1,400
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1,400 |
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7,400
2,000
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2,000 |
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6,800
2,300
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2,300 |
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6,700
2,200
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2,200 |
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6,500
2,000
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2,000 |
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5,200
700
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700 |
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2,500
3,000
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3,000 |
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2,400
2,100
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2,100 |
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Here's a list of the counts for the PokerStars pros in the field
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28,000
12,000
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9,000
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7,300
200
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3,100
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5,000
1,400
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Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
In this level alone, we have broken all 20 tables in the silver section. 970 players ponied up the $1,500 entry fee, and only 396 are left as we are wrapping up the fifth level of play.
The daily grind of tournament poker can be a mind-numbing grind that leaves players looking for other entertainment options. To give an inside look for our readers we spent an orbit with Vanessa Selbst.
Hand 1 - Seated in the cutoff she folded preflop. She picked up her iPhone and played a round of Scramble With Friends. She scored 1,004 in a second round match.
Hand 2 - Selbst limps for 200 along with four other players then the big blind moved all in for 900. All other players folded but Selbst called.
Selbst: 
Opponent: 
The board ran 
and Selbst flopped a straight and rivered a queen-high straight ending her opponent's day.
Hand 3 - She folded preflop and went back to her phone. She started a new game of Scramble With Friends.
Hand 4 - Selbst paused her game to fold preflop and watch some of the action. She made some small talk with her neighbor to her left.
Hand 5 - From Under the Gun she folded preflop and went back to her paused game of Scramble With Friends. She finished the round with a score of 1,115.
Hand 6 - From the big blind Selbst checked when one player and the small blind limped preflop. The flop came 
, the small blind checked, Selbst bet 300 and both opponents folded.
Hand 7 - The player on the button opened to 450, Selbst called from small blind and the big blind re-raised to 1,800. The button folded and Selbst thought for a minute and then said, "Okay, let's gamble," and tossed in the call.
The flop came 
, Selbst checked, the big blind moved all in and Selbst called.
Selbst: 
Opponent: 
Her opponent's straight draw hit on the turn when it fell and was drawing dead when the river came . Selbst busted from the tournament, packed up her things and left the Brasilia Room without even a sigh.
Bryan Devonshire worked his stack up to 8,000 early on, but he's been eliminated.
devopoker Bryan Devonshire And I'm out. Put it in 3 ways on the flop, couldn't win. $1500 LHE tomorrow.
June 04 2012
We also weren't able to catch the hand, but Daniel Negreanu has too hit the rail. He had this to online.
RealKidPoker Daniel Negreanu @dnchips today wasn't my day and I busted the PLO big key tourney noon tomorrow the 10k NLH HU
June 04 2012
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Leif Force shot up to a ginormous chip stack in the first two levels of the day, but he has slowly been falling back down to earth since then. We just caught a pot that knocked a few thousand more off his stack. A short stacked opponent got his chips in preflop against Force, and Force was behind.
Opponent: 
Force:
Force simply let out a playful "boooo" when he saw his opponents hand. Both players had flush draws, but Force's diamonds were better. The flop was a disaster for Force, coming . That gave his opponent a set, and left Force looking for running diamonds or a jack. The turn was the , and the river was the 
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Force still has a bunch of chips at 16,000, but it's less then he had a couple of levels ago.
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9,000
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