Event 37: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-19-2012 23:32 UTC-6

Prize Pool & Payout Information

Chad Holloway

Level 5

It's official, Event 37: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix has drawn 477 players and created a prize pool of $1,085,175. While that number is a dozen short of last year's field, it still creates a healthy $271,312 first-place prize.

The rest of the prize pool will be distributed to the top 48 finishers as follows:

Place	Prize
1st	$271,312
2nd	$167,637
3rd	$106,564
4th	$76,841
5th	$56,277
6th	$41,844
7th	$31,578
8th	$24,188
9th & 10th	$18,795
11th & 12th	$14,823
13th & 14th	$11,850
15th & 16th	$9,603
17th-24th	$7,900
25th-32nd	$6,587
33rd-40th	$5,599
41st-48th	$4,763

06-19-2012 23:45 UTC-6

Devonshire, Lind & Wood Cut Down

Chad Holloway

devopoker Bryan Devonshire Busto from 8 game. Sucks goin nowhere in fav events. Better than bubble. Gonna take some time off for real now. Anybody wanna go surfing? June 19 2012

GeorgeLindIII George Lind III busto got it in in nlhe w t9ss on 8d6x3d7d board drawing dead yay #wsop37 June 19 2012

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Devonshire	Busted
Matt Wood	Busted
George Lind	Busted

06-19-2012 23:53 UTC-6

Recent Eliminations

Chad Holloway

Player	Chips	Progress
Noah Boeken	Busted
Alexander Kravchenko	Busted

Marcel Luske	Busted

John Racener	Busted

Maria Mayrinck	Busted

06-19-2012 23:54 UTC-6

Chip Counts Part 5

Happy_Freaked

Player	Chips	Progress
Kyle Bowker	24,000 10,000	10,000

Rep Porter	18,000 10,500	10,500

Brian Hastings	16,000 8,500	8,500

Anton Makievskyi	16,000 8,500	8,500
Berry Johnston	16,000 8,500	8,500

Tom Schneider	16,000 8,500	8,500

Barry Greenstein	15,500 8,000	8,000

Layne Flack	15,000

Max Pescatori	15,000 7,500	7,500

Konstantin Puchkov	14,400

Chris Klodnicki	13,400

Tristan Clemencon	13,000 5,500	5,500
Tommy Vedes	12,000 4,500	4,500
Mike Matusow	12,000 4,500	4,500

Noah Schwartz	11,700

Bertrand Grospellier	10,600 3,100	3,100

Felipe Ramos	10,200

David "ODB" Baker	8,300 800	800

Shaun Deeb	8,000 500	500

Carlos Mortensen	7,500

Jennifer Harman	7,500

Bill Chen	7,400

Robert Williamson	7,400 7,400	7,400

Mike Watson	7,400
Greg Raymer	7,100 -400	-400

06-19-2012 23:59 UTC-6

"ElkY" vs. "ODB"

Chad Holloway

No Limit Hold'em:

With about 5,700 in the pot and a board reading {4-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} , David "ODB" Baker fired out 3,300 from the big blind into Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier. The latter thought for a moment before releasing. It wasn't much of a hand, but it was a good excuse for us to get you updated on their respective chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
David "ODB" Baker	11,500 3,200	3,200

Bertrand Grospellier	9,000 -1,600	-1,600

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier David Baker

Level: 6

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 0

06-20-2012 00:05 UTC-6

Hellmuth's Stay Short and Definitely Not Sweet

Chad Holloway

We noticed Phil Hellmuth, who had late registered for this event, was no longer seated over at Table 360. We checked with former table mate Chris "PiMaster" Viox for the details, but all he could tell us was: "I don't think he ever won a hand."

"Did he ever win a hand?" Viox then asked Gavin Smith across the table. Smith, who had his chair turned around and was receiving a massage, simply smirked and shook his head, "No."

Whatever the case, the late reg didn't work for the "Poker Brat" and he won't be capturing bracelet number thirteen in this event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	Busted

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

06-20-2012 00:13 UTC-6

Still 360 Players Remaining

Happy_Freaked

Level 6

The average stack at this point is 9,938.

06-20-2012 00:22 UTC-6

Brunson Takes a Stab on the River

Chad Holloway

No Limit Hold'em:

A player in early position, who we'll call "EP," opened for 400 and received calls from Doyle Brunson on the button and Kris Lord in the big blind. The latter checked the flop and allowed EP to bet 700, which both Brunson and Lord called.

All three players proceeded to check the turn and it went check-check to Brunson on the river. He paused for a brief moment before putting together some chips and firing out a healthy bet of 2,600. Lord didn't seem eager to make the call, but he did so nonetheless while EP got out of the way.