As we were scouring the field and locating notables, we noticed that Warren Oberman was sitting with a healthy stack of 40,000. We also noticed that Chad Brown and Greg Raymer had been eliminated, the latter in the process of autographing one of his trademark fossils.
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themouthmatusow Mike Matusow out of plo 8 or better in less then a hr so u can only imagine how coolered i got oh well take day off lay at pool and go see a movie#happy
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Scott Seiver was talking up his table and having a good time. He was trying to guess the nationalities of the players at the table. He correctly singled out two Canadians and was working on a third.
The gentleman was of Asian decent and was wearing a Team Portugal Soccer warm up jacket. Seiver was a bit stumped but it turned out the man was also Canadian.
A player asked Seiver if he was Canadian and he replied, "Nah, unfortunately I'm American. But I think I might be Italian today."
Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
After busting the $50,000 Poker Players Championship less than an hour ago, Shaun Deeb entered the $1,500 PLO8. We admit that we didn't even see him before he busted, and by the looks of his Twitter, he's off to play the Event 48: $3,000 Limit Hold'em.
shaundeeb shaun deeb Out of PLO 8 going for the triple bust today
June 26 2012
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Action folded to Dario Alioto in the cutoff and he raised to 450. Chris Bjorin, who finish runner-up to Cory Zeidman earlier this year in Event #4 $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better, opted to defend from the big blind and it was heads-up action to the 
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Bjorin proceeded to check-call a bet of 700 before both players checked the 
turn. When the 
peeled off on the river, Bjorin led out for 2,400 and Alioto made the call. The former rolled over 
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We don't like reporting chopped pots, but it was a good chance to update you on their respective counts. Meanwhile, we can confirm that both Ivan Demidov and Brandon Cantu have been eliminated from the tournament.
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It's pretty standard to see two or three people at a table with an iPad. You might wonder, "What are they watching?" or "Why aren't they following the action?"
Well we're here to tell what they're doing.
David Bach is following the updates from PokerNews in the $50,000 Poker Players' Championship.
Amnon Filippi is playing Chinese Poker.
Chris Bell is watching the Angels vs Orioles game live stream.
Joe Hachem appears to be watching a Jimmy Smits movie.
Will Fialla is watching a science documentary.
Another player is following the updates from the Marlins vs Nationals game.
Another player is playing Scramble with Friends and some of the words on the board are pitch, elevate, touches, zing, battery and toothless.
The official numbers are in and today's tournament has drawn 978 players, which is 32 more than last year! That means a $1,320,300 prize pool, which will be distributed to the top 117 players, is up for grabs, with $267,345 reserved for first.
Here's a look at the payouts:
| Place | Prize |
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| 1st | $267,345 |
| 2nd | $165,486 |
| 3rd | $103,538 |
| 4th | $75,151 |
| 5th | $55,479 |
| 6th | $41,589 |
| 7th | $31,634 |
| 8th | $24,386 |
| 9th | $19,052 |
| 10th-12th | $15,078 |
| 13th-15th | $12,094 |
| 16th-18th | $9,823 |
| 19th-27th | $8,080 |
| 28th-36th | $6,747 |
| 37th-45th | $5,704 |
| 46th-54th | $4,872 |
| 55th-63rd | $4,212 |
| 64th-72nd | $3,697 |
| 73rd-81st | $3,288 |
| 82nd-90th | $2,957 |
| 91st-99th | $2,720 |
| 100th-117th | $2,509 |
Registration has been closed and the last flight of late reg tables has been sat.
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We happened upon this interesting chart regarding last year's WSOP and found it quite interesting. What isn't that interesting, nor surprising, is the fact that the vast majority of these players are in action here today.
| Place | Player | Events |
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| 1 | Tom Dwan | 54 |
| 2 | Shannon Shorr | 41 |
| 3 | George Lind | 39 |
| 4 | Roland Isra | 38 |
| “ | Jason Mercier | “ |
| “ | Sorel Mizzi | “ |
| 7 | David Benyamine | 37 |
| “ | Michael Mizrachi | 37 |
| “ | Paul Volpe | “ |
| 10 | Steven Kelly | 36 |
| “ | Stephen Chidwick | “ |
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