2012 World Series of Poker

Event 23: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
66
Prize
$567,624
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$2,522,520
Entries
924
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

High Flyers: Latz, Young, Jones & Gross

With only $4,591 live tournament earnings on his resume, the name of Hendrik Latz will not be a familiar one to you, but with 120,000 chips we had better start getting used to typing it. We just saw him drag in a 30,000 pot when his {A-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} proved to be too hot for the {A-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} of his opponent. All of the money went in pre flop in a four-bet exchange between Latz and his opponent and the board ran out {A-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {2-Spades} {5-Diamonds} {7-Hearts}.

Another player with towers of chips is Jordan Young. With 119,500 chips Young is a force to be reckoned with and is currently occupying table space with Dave "Doc" Sands. We just asked Sands if Young was any good.

"He is certainly better at this than he is at nine-handed play," said the Doc.

Two other American players flying high in this competition are AE Jones (125,000) and Steve Gross (100,000) with Jones crushing his table in every hand.

Player Chips Progress
Aaron Jones us
Aaron Jones
125,000 16,000
Hendrik Latz
Hendrik Latz
120,000
Jordan Young us
Jordan Young
119,500
Steve Gross us
Steve Gross
WSOP 1X Winner
100,000 35,000

Tags: Aaron JonesHendrik LatzJordan YoungSteve Gross