2012 World Series of Poker

Event 53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j6
Prize
$737,248
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$4,274,100
Entries
3,166
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Twenty Eight Remain With Coren; Childs and Steinberg Looking For Victory

Max Steinberg - looking for his second bracelet this year
Max Steinberg - looking for his second bracelet this year

Day 2 of Event 53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em began with 348 hopefuls of the original 3,166 looking to make a deep run and work their way to a final table. When all was said and done, Hugh Henderson would stand tall as chip leader with 1,168,000 in chips. Nipping at his heels is Randy Ashe with 1,150,000.

As is always true in tournament poker - there can only be one eventual winner. Day 2 began began just 24 eliminations off of the money bubble, which burst within the first level of play after six players busted on the last deal of hand-for-hand play. Others who were unable to survive into Day 3 include David Sands (237th), Cherish Andrews (187th), Martin Staszko (183rd), Day 1 chip leader Mario Nagel (170th), Matt Affleck (146th), Brock Parker (85th), Nick Jivkov (83rd) and Jonathan Little (62nd).

Of the 28 survivors of Day 2 - many eyes are sure to be on Victoria Coren (934,000) and Lee Childs (501,000). Both players are looking to add a World Series of Poker gold bracelet to their already-impressive poker resumes. Coren's biggest cash to date occurred when she took down the European Poker Tour Main Event back in 2006 for £500,000. Childs, on the other hand, may be best remembered for his seventh-place finish in the 2007 WSOP Main Event - good for $705,229.

Also in the hunt is Max Steinberg (518,000) who already won a bracelet earlier this year in Event #33: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em. A win here today would put Steinberg in an elite club of multiple bracelet winners in a single year.

Here is the seating chart going into Day 3:

TableSeatPlayerChips
4021Georgios Tzimas349,000
4022Marcio Cid572,000
4023--Empty — 
4024Lee Childs501,000
4025— Empty — 
4026Peter Kamaras197,000
4027Hai Chu565,000
4028Zachary Humphrey404,000
4029Ryan Hughes832,000
    
4031Vladimir Mefodichev802,000
4032Matthew Sahagian198,000
4033Neil Willerson671,000
4034Age Ravn345,000
4035Michael Batell269,000
4036Frederic Soria653,000
4037Bryan Piccioli1,097,000
4038— Empty — 
4039— Empty — 
    
4071Luke Nettles332,000
4072— Empty — 
4073Jeffrey Bryan214,000
4074Carl Edwards212,000
4075Matthew Graham421,000
4076James Rann205,000
4077Randy Ashe1,150,000
4078— Empty — 
4079Paul Ratchford390,000
    
4081— Empty — 
4082Victoria Coren934,000
4083Max Steinberg518,000
4084Darin Dawson232,000
4085— Empty — 
4086Lanny Levine368,000
4087Hugh Henderson1,168,000
4088Getty Mattingsley206,000
4089Sylvain Gonon470,000

Play is set to resume at 2:00 PM PST - where we will play down to a final table and eventual champion! Please stick with us here at PokerNews as we provide you with all the action!

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