There are 23 players spread across six tables in the Purple Section of the Amazon Room.
2012 World Series of Poker
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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570,000
120,000
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120,000 |
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520,000 | |
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385,000
79,000
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79,000 |
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345,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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330,000
90,000
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90,000 |
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312,000 | |
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310,000
298,000
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298,000 |
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300,000
180,000
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180,000 |
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285,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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195,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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180,000
110,000
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110,000 |
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With the board reading 


, we found Brian Rast bet 24,000 into a pot of about 40,000. His opponent called from the button and the
came on fifth street.
Rast opted to check this round and his opponent dropped 25,000 into the middle. Rast flicked his cards away and is now sitting on roughly 82,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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82,000
123,000
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123,000 |
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We caught up to find Jeff Madsen staring down at a 


board and a bet of 37,000 from his opponent. Madsen called and the
fell on the river.
"All in," announced Madsen's opponent. Madsen thought for a moment before announcing a call. His opponent showed 
and Madsen tossed his hand into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Sam Stein is trying to recover from the massive bad beat Eric Froehlich put on him earlier.

KingKobeMVP Sam Stein Trying to recover mentally and chip stack. Just took a horrendous beat AA allin pre vs JJ AKQ flop river 10. Wouldve been one of big stacks
June 15 2012
Anthony Gregg and Timothy Adams are fighting for the chiplead. Adams took a small lead on the last hand. He went to a flop with Jon Anders of
. Adams checked, Anders bet around 12,000 and Adams called. The turn produced the
and both players checked. The river came
, Adams bet 21,000 and Anders folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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480,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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100,000 | |
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Brian Rast raised from the small blind to 13,500 and James Schaaf popped it to 30,000 from the big blind. Rast wasted little time going all in and Schaaf called after a slight hesitation.
Rast:

Schaaf:

Rast was freerolling with hearts but they didn't come and they chopped up the pot.
As the field is winding down here in this four-handed event, the action seems to be getting crazier and crazier. We found quite the hand over at Table 418. Tony Dunst opened to 5,000 from the button only to have Sam Stein three-bet to 12,500.
Eric Froehlich peeked down at his cards in the big blind and pushed out a four-bet to 27,000. Dunst opted to get out of the way and Stein pushed out a five-bet to an unknown amount. After about a minute, Froehlich announced that he was all in and Stein snap called tabling 
. Froehlich meekly flipped over the 
and was behind.
A third ace came for Stein when the flop fell 

and now Froehlich was looking for a ten to take the pot. The
on the turn meant Froehlich was one card away from elimination. The dealer pounded the table and burned a card.
He turned up the river:
The
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Stein shot away from the table in a shocked fervor as Froehlich was able to simultaneously river Broadway and double up.
"Wow," said an astounded Tony Dunst commenting on the hand. "I folded nines!" he would later tell us.
Froehlich is now sitting pretty on 290,000 while Stein is crippled at 32,000.
Froehlich would take to Twitter immediately afterwards to comment on the hand:

efropoker eric froehlich Just got a huge setup vs Sam Stein, JJ vs AA aipf. AKQ flop. Ten on river. So lucky, so gross, so sick etc. Unreal in every way.
June 15 2012
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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290,000
173,000
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173,000 |
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32,000
153,000
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153,000 |