Event 45: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-24-2012 21:09 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Bill Chen	182,000 10,000	10,000

Jason Mercier	180,000 8,000	8,000

Robert Mizrachi	172,000 16,000	16,000
Keith Gipson	170,000 20,000	20,000
Jared Bleznick	152,000 2,000	2,000

George Lind	132,000 3,000	3,000

Lee Goldman	122,000 28,000	28,000
Marco Johnson	87,500 62,500	62,500

A Look Back at the 2008 Poker Player’s Championship

Chad Holloway

Level 3

Scotty Nguyen after winning the Poker Player's Championship in 2008.

The 2008 Poker Player’s Championship was one of the most memorable in recent history with a final table that included Huck Seed, Barry Greenstein, Erick Lindgren, Mike DeMichele and Scotty Nguyen.

Nguyen, who won the World Series of Poker Main Event back in 1998, ended up topping the 148-player field to capture the $1,989,120 first-place prize.

2008 Poker Player’s Championship Results

Place	Player	Prize
1	Scotty Nguyen	$1,989,120
2	Mike DeMichele	$1,243,200
3	Erick Lindgren	$781,440
4	Matt Glantz	$568,320
5	Lyle Berman	$444,000
6	Barry Greenstein	$355,200
7	Huck Seed	$284,160
8	Patrick Bueno	$230,880
9	Ralph Perry	$177,600
10	Raymond Davis	$177,600
11	David Bach	$159,840
12	Phil Ivey	$159,840
13	Daniel Negreanu	$142,080
14	Joseph Michael	$142,080
15	Andy Bloch	$124,320
16	Doyle Brunson	$124,320

Tags: Scotty Nguyen

06-24-2012 21:17 UTC-7

More Counts From Around the Room

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Chad Holloway

Player	Chips	Progress
John Esposito	228,000 85,000	85,000

Andrew Brown	218,000 8,000	8,000

John Monnette	194,000 44,000	44,000

Tom Chambers	187,000 37,000	37,000
Ville Wahlbeck	180,000 30,000	30,000

David Bach	155,000 45,000	45,000

Doyle Brunson	136,000 4,000	4,000

David Bakes Baker	113,000 37,000	37,000

Hoi Cheung	110,000 40,000	40,000
Brian Hastings	78,500 71,500	71,500

06-24-2012 21:17 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Bari	180,000 30,000	30,000

Joe Cassidy	150,000

Patrik Antonius	150,000

Jon Turner	150,000

Viktor Blom	149,000 6,000	6,000

Mike Wattel	149,000 1,000	1,000

David Grey	122,000 20,000	20,000
Eric Rodawig	96,000 19,000	19,000

John Hanson is Number 99

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Remko Rinkema

We are very close to hitting triple digits in this event as John Hanson just entered as the 99th player.

John Hanson's last live tournament cash dates back to the 2009 World Series of Poker when he finished second in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. behind David Bach. Hanson is known as a high stakes cash game player and one of the two other cashes he has at the WSOP is also in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. back in 2007.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Hanson	150,000

Tags: John Hanson

06-24-2012 21:27 UTC-7

Updates Chip Counts

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Remko Rinkema

Player	Chips	Progress
Minh Ly	197,000 47,000	47,000
Jeff Lisandro	194,000 44,000	44,000

Bertrand Grospellier	156,500 6,500	6,500

Rami Boukai	155,000 3,000	3,000

Scott Clements	152,500 2,500	2,500

John D'Agostino	152,200 2,200	2,200
Nick Schulman	152,000 2,000	2,000

Hasan Habib	146,000 4,000	4,000

Michael Binger	140,000 19,000	19,000
Chad Brown	138,000 12,000	12,000

Mike Matusow	136,000 14,000	14,000

Todd Brunson	130,000 20,000	20,000

Matthew Russell	126,300 23,700	23,700

06-24-2012 21:30 UTC-7

More Chip Counts

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Remko Rinkema

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	244,000 28,000	28,000

Andy Bloch	235,000 85,000	85,000

Abe Mosseri	202,000 52,000	52,000

Allen Bari	176,000 4,000	4,000

Viktor Blom	163,000 14,000	14,000

Mike Wattel	150,000 1,000	1,000

Chris Klodnicki	144,500 5,500	5,500

Jon Turner	144,000 6,000	6,000

David Grey	131,000 9,000	9,000
Patrik Antonius	129,000 21,000	21,000

Eric Rodawig	88,700 7,300	7,300

06-24-2012 21:32 UTC-7

Binger Taken Downtown

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Chad Holloway

Pot-Limit Omaha

Michael Binger min-raised to 1,000 under the gun and was immediately met with a three-bet to 1,500 from Rami Boukai. After "Downtown" Chad Brown and Hasan Habib called from the button and big blind respectively, Binger called and it was four-way action to the {3-Clubs} {J-Hearts} {K-Clubs} flop.

It went check-check to Boukai, and he tossed out 1,500, which only Brown and Binger called. When it went check-check to Brown on the {7-Hearts} turn, he made it 6,000 to go and only Binger made the call, though he spent a considerable amount of time contemplating before doing so.

From there, both players checked the {A-Diamonds} river and Binger announced, "Ace." However, before he could tabled his cards, Brown revealed {A-Clubs} {K-Spades} {7-Spades} {2-Clubs} for aces and kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Brown	150,000 12,000	12,000

Michael Binger	130,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Chad Brown Hasan Habib Michael Binger Rami Boukai

06-24-2012 21:41 UTC-7

Glantz Takes One from Big Blind

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Donnie Peters

Limit Hold'em

From the hijack seat, Cary Katz raised. Matt Glantz called from the big blind and the flop came down {J-Spades} {6-Hearts} {5-Clubs} . Glantz checked and Katz checked behind.

The turn paired the board with the {J-Diamonds} . Glantz bet and Katz made the call. The river completed the board with the {8-Diamonds} and Glantz bet. Katz folded and Glantz won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Glantz	186,000 9,000	9,000

Cary Katz	126,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Matt Glantz Cary Katz

06-24-2012 21:44 UTC-7

Quads for Hennigan

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Chad Holloway

Stud-8

We didn't catch all the action, but we did see John Hennigan just take down half a 25,000 pot with quads. His up cards showed {6-Clubs} {2-Clubs} {6-Spades} {K-Diamonds} , and the table awed upon seeing his down cards . . . {K-Spades} {K-Clubs} {K-Hearts} .

Unfortunately for Hennigan, he only got half as Gus Hansen had a low. Even so, they chopped up Justin Bonomo's money and increased their respective stacks.