Event 42: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-22-2012 21:16 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcel Luske	13,500 1,500	1,500

Andrew Barber	12,000 2,200	2,200

Tony Ma	11,000 500	500

Andy Bloch	10,900 -1,200	-1,200

Timothy Burt	9,500 700	700
Yueqi Zhu	9,100 1,800	1,800

Scott Abrams	8,500 1,500	1,500

Barry Shulman	8,400 -1,600	-1,600

Doug Carli	7,500 1,600	1,600
Perry Friedman	7,500 -4,600	-4,600

Chip Jett	7,400 400	400
Stephen Chidwick	7,400

Scott Bohlman	6,900 1,100	1,100

Mel Judah	6,100 -1,900	-1,900

Yarron Bendor	6,100 300	300
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman	3,400 -500	-500

Jeff Madsen	2,400 -4,100	-4,100

Player	Chips	Progress
George Danzer	13,200 -300	-300

Michel Abecassis	8,700 -3,300	-3,300
Kevin Iacofano	8,200 3,900	3,900
Erik Seidel	8,000 600	600

Adam Friedman	7,500 500	500

Chris Bjorin	5,400 -1,850	-1,850

Brian Nadell	4,000 -1,500	-1,500

Player	Chips	Progress
Men Nguyen	7,500

Todd Brunson	7,500

Scott Seiver	7,500

Mickey Appleman	7,500

David Williams	7,500

Cyndy Violette	7,500

Scotty Nguyen	7,500

Jimmy Fricke	7,500

We just overheard Daniel Negreanu and David Williams talk a bit about the $50,000 Players Championship that will start this Sunday. Negreanu said that he thought the event was gonna get 93 players, a drop of 35 compared to last year. This is what the $50,000 Players Championship has looked like over the years.

Year	Entrants	Winner	First Prize
2006	143	David 'Chip' Reese	$1,784,640
2007	148	Freddy Deeb	$2,276,832
2008	148	Scotty Nguyen	$1,989,120
2009	95	David Bach	$1,276,806
2010	116	Michael Mizrachi	$1,559,046
2011	128	Brian Rast	$1,720,328
2012	-	-	-

We will have to wait and see what the event will have in story for us, but PokerNews will be there with five days of live coverage on the most prestigious event of the World Series of Poker.

06-22-2012 21:46 UTC-6

Updated Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
David Elfan	14,000 -900	-900
Michael Moed	12,000 4,400	4,400
Andrew Yeh	11,200 2,000	2,000

Allen Bari	9,500 -1,800	-1,800

Joe Hachem	9,000 300	300

Amnon Filippi	8,250

Tony Cousineau	7,800 -1,200	-1,200
Chris Tryba	7,700 -1,300	-1,300

Matt Graham	7,600 500	500
Nicholas Verkaik	7,600
Leo Margets	7,500 -1,700	-1,700

Michael Gathy	7,000 1,400	1,400

Benjamin Scholl	7,000 -1,500	-1,500
John Cernuto	6,300 -1,700	-1,700

Jan Fisher	5,700 -1,700	-1,700
David Chiu	5,600 -1,400	-1,400

Bart Hanson	5,000 -500	-500
Meng La	4,650 -450	-450

Yuval Bronshtein	4,100 -300	-300

06-22-2012 21:57 UTC-6

Fun Table

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Over in the Amazon Orange section we just spotted a very interesting looking table. We recognized all but one player, and he'll be in for a treat since some of these really like to talk. Gavin Smith is sipping on a drink while Marsha Waggoner is very talkative. It sure is fun to play some split pot games!

This is what the table looks like.

Seat	Name	Chip Count
1	Gavin Smith	6,000
2	Brian Brubaker	10,200
3	Jesse Martin	9,200
4	Scott Fischman	7,000
5	Donald McNamara	4,000
6	Christopher George	5,200
7	David Sklansky	6,000
8	Marsha Waggoner	5,800

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Brubaker	10,200

Jesse Martin	9,200 1,700	1,700

Scott Fischman	7,000
Gavin Smith	6,000 -1,500	-1,500
David Sklansky	6,000 -1,500	-1,500

Marsha Waggoner	5,800
Christopher George	5,200 -2,300	-2,300

06-22-2012 22:10 UTC-6

Chip Counts Part 1

Happy_Freaked

Player	Chips	Progress
Melissa Burr	24,500 17,000	17,000
Tom Koral	16,500

Dan Kelly	13,000 5,500	5,500
Tom Schneider	12,600 5,100	5,100

Eugene Katchalov	12,500 5,000	5,000

Norman Chad	12,400 4,900	4,900
Bryan Micon	11,000 3,500	3,500
Men Nguyen	9,500 2,000	2,000

John Monnette	9,000 1,500	1,500

Allen Kessler	8,300 800	800
Greg Raymer	8,200 700	700

Steven McLoughlin	8,000 500	500
Scott Seiver	7,800 300	300

Erick Lindgren	7,400

Vladimir Schemelev	7,000

Barry Greenstein	6,400

Michael Chow	5,800 -1,700	-1,700

Gary Benson	5,000 -2,500	-2,500

Joe Tehan	5,000 -2,500	-2,500
David Williams	4,800 -2,700	-2,700

David Singer	1,600 -5,900	-5,900
Alan Boston	1,600 -5,900	-5,900
Thayer Rasmussen	1,500
Dutch Boyd	Busted

06-22-2012 22:14 UTC-6

Chip Counts Part 2

Happy_Freaked

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Ashby	14,000

Scott Clements	13,000 5,500	5,500

Can Kim Hua	13,000 5,500	5,500
Daniel Negreanu	12,000 4,500	4,500

Eric Buchman	10,200 2,700	2,700

Steve Sung	10,000 2,500	2,500

Brett Jungblut	9,400

Cary Katz	9,000 1,500	1,500
Linda Johnson	9,000

Jameson Painter	8,700 1,200	1,200
Mike Wattel	8,500 1,000	1,000
Pat Pezzin	7,200
Al Barbieri	7,200 -300	-300
Mike Matusow	7,000 -500	-500

Cyndy Violette	7,000 -500	-500

Dario Alioto	7,000 -500	-500

Tommy Vedes	6,700 -800	-800
Scotty Nguyen	6,300 -1,200	-1,200

Mickey Appleman	6,000 -1,500	-1,500

Jim Collopy	5,000

Matt Savage	4,600 -2,900	-2,900
Barny Boatman	4,300

Max Pescatori	3,000 -4,500	-4,500

David Levi	2,000 -5,500	-5,500