Last year, this very event attracted 847 players, creating a prize pool of $1,143,450, and was won by David Singontiko. Below you can see the rest of the final tablists.
It's worth noting that a number of notables just missed out on adding their name to the list: David “Doc” Sands (10th-$15,836), Paul Volpe (12th-$15,836), Bryce Yockey (18th-$10,229), Barry Shulman (19th-$8,377) and Tom Chambers (20th-$8,377) all made deep runs.
RealKidPoker Daniel NegreanuGot some beauty sleep and late Regging the PLO8 today then the limit Holdem tonight. Excited for another day of WSOP grind.June 26 2012
Six players saw a flop of and Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin led out from the small blind for 300. Two players folded, Seat 4 made the call, and the two other players got out of the way.
When the turned, Baldwin moved all in for 500, though he had two rebuy chips behind. For those who don't know, players start this tournament with 1,500 and two rebuy chips that can be used at any time. They're worth 1,500 apiece, which means each player has 4,500 at his or her disposal.
Anyway, in the hand, Seat 4 called and tabled , while Baldwin held . "I guess I need a six," Seat 4 said of his chances to scoop. The river was not what he was looking for and it ended up being a chopped pot.
JoeTehan JosephTime for one of my favorite games & one of the truest forms of poker there is. $1.5k PLO8, if you've never played this game, try it!June 26 2012
BartHanson Bart HansonAbout to play the livest tournament in the whole series. 1500 PLO8. Not more than 50 people know how to play this in a tournament formatJune 26 2012
fkassela Frank KasselaI Love the PLO8 tourney @wsop @wsoptd !!!June 26 2012
theycallmetrues Justin Truesdell1500 plo8 my favorite tourney of the summer. Don't recognize anyone at tableJune 26 2012
tchanpoker Terrence ChanNothing brings out the pros like a 1500 PLO8 tourney. Guy is insistent he can make it 125 utg at 25-25. #wsop47June 26 2012
Richard Cleveland raised to 150 and cleared the field all the way around to Erik Seidel in the big blind. He tossed in the call and then checked the flop. Cleveland put together some chips and bet 275, prompting Seidel to toss out two T500 chips, which constituted a raise to 1,000. Cleveland took a look back at his cards and then tossed them to the muck.
Despite winning that small pot, Seidel is below the start stack. He is currently sitting with just one rebuy chip, which means he's already used one here in the early levels.
A player raised to 125 from middle position and received a call from Marcel Luske in the cutoff. The button and big blind also came along for the ride, making it four-way action to the flop.
Three checks put action on the button and he announced, "Pot." One by one his opponents, including Luske, sent their cards to the muck. It wasn't much of a hand, but it gave us a good excuse to tell you that Luske has already used one of his rebuy chips and is down to 2,750.