Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event Day 1c | 2012 World Series of Poker

07-09-2012 18:42 UTC-7

Chip Counts from the Brasilia Bronze/Blue Section

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Farzad Bonyadi	95,000 11,000	11,000
Lawrence Uresti III	72,000 38,000	38,000
Tom McCormick	67,000 12,000	12,000
Mayu Roca	45,000 5,000	5,000
Heather Sue Mercer	31,000 10,000	10,000
Lacey Jones	26,000 4,000	4,000
Konstantin Puchkov	25,000 2,000	2,000
Erika Moutinho	16,500 4,200	4,200
Anton Ionel	15,000 11,000	11,000
Blair Hinkle	13,500 2,500	2,500

Stacey Nutini	12,300 4,700	4,700
Matt Giannetti	12,000 400	400
Jillian Singerman	12,000 27,000	27,000
Al Riccobono	10,000 1,000	1,000

07-09-2012 18:53 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Randy Lew	79,000 3,000	3,000

David Chiu	44,000 12,000	12,000
Rupert Elder	32,000 6,400	6,400
Ted Forrest	29,000

Tom McEvoy	28,500 1,000	1,000
Scott Clements	27,000 11,400	11,400

Jonathan Little	27,000 4,200	4,200

Viktor Blom	25,500 500	500

Luke Schwartz	22,500 44,500	44,500
Annette Obrestad	15,000 1,000	1,000

David Vamplew	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	75,000 80,000	80,000

Leif Force	65,000 51,800	51,800
Rob Aaronson	60,000 4,000	4,000
Prahlad Friedman	55,000 5,000	5,000

Jeff Madsen	55,000 35,500	35,500
Katie Stone	53,000 21,600	21,600
Gabriel Goffi	34,500 1,500	1,500
Melanie Weisner	27,000 2,500	2,500
Marcel Luske	23,000 6,600	6,600

Chris Moneymaker	18,500 14,500	14,500

Dario Minieri	15,000 25,000	25,000

Brendon Rubie	6,000 4,000	4,000
Gus Hansen	4,525 24,475	24,475

Dinner Anyone?

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Dan O'Hair

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante

Our field has just been sent on a 90-minute dinner break to recharge and grab some grub.

We will see you back at 8:25 PM PST.

07-09-2012 18:56 UTC-7

Official Number of Entrants and Payout Information

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A total of 6,598 players entered the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event, making it the fifth-largest Main Event in history:

Year	Entrants	Winner	First-Place Prize
2006	8,773	Jamie Gold	$12,000,000
2010	7,319	Jonathan Duhamel	$8,944,310
2011	6,865	Pius Heinz	$8,715,638
2008	6,844	Peter Eastgate	$9,152,416
2012	6,598	???	$8,527,982

The field generated a prize pool of $62,021,200 and the lion's share of that will go to first place, which is worth a whopping $8,527,982. The top seven spots will be paid seven figures while making the final table will earn each of the nine remaining competitors a minimum of $754,798. The top 666 players will be paid as follows.

Place	Prize
1st	$8,527,982
2nd	$5,292,889
3rd	$3,797,558
4th	$2,850,494
5th	$2,154,616
6th	$1,640,461
7th	$1,257,790
8th	$971,252
9th	$754,798
10th-12th	$590,442
13th-15th	$465,159
16th-18th	$369,026
19th-27th	$294,601
28th-36th	$236,921
37th-45th	$191,646
46th-54th	$156,293
55th-63rd	$128,384
64th-72nd	$106,056
73rd-81st	$88,070
82nd-90th	$73,805
91st-99th	$62,021
100th-162nd	$52,718
163rd-234th	$44,655
235th-306th	$38,453
307th-378th	$32,871
379th-450th	$28,530
451st-522nd	$24,808
523rd-594th	$21,707
595th-666th	$19,227

To view all of the payouts from top to bottom, please refer to the 2012 WSOP Main Event Payouts Page.

07-09-2012 19:01 UTC-7

Former NBA Champion Earl Barron Chats with Kristy Arnett

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Donnie Peters

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante

While on dinner, here's an interview for your enjoyment with professional basketball player and former NBA champion Earl Barron. He chats with Kristy Arnett on a recent break about how he got into poker and if there's a possibility he could take up the game for a living after he's done with his career on the court.

Tags: Earl Barron Kristy Arnett

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

07-09-2012 20:27 UTC-7

To the Felt!

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Dan O'Hair

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante

Players have returned from dinner and taken their seats. Play is back underway!

07-09-2012 20:38 UTC-7

Pavilion Yellow Counts

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Chad Holloway

ChinoRheem David Rheem Just busted out of the main event w KKs vs a flopped set of 22s. Had 12 k to start the hand, good luck to errbody still in. July 09 2012

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Cody	98,000 63,000	63,000

Leif Force	72,000 7,000	7,000
Lars Bonding	63,000 18,000	18,000
Rob Aaronson	60,000
Fredy Torres	60,000 6,000	6,000

Abraham Araya	57,000 6,000	6,000
Kurt Jewell	53,000 7,000	7,000
Katie Stone	52,000 8,975	8,975
David Plastik	37,000 4,000	4,000
Alex Outhred	33,000 11,500	11,500
Mitch Schock	32,000
Gabriel Goffi	31,000 3,500	3,500
Mickey Appleman	29,000 2,000	2,000

Juan Manuel Pastor	26,000 11,000	11,000

Noah Schwartz	25,000 16,000	16,000
Chris Moneymaker	18,000 500	500

Ari Engel	16,400 18,100	18,100

Steve O'Dwyer	14,000 19,000	19,000
Dario Minieri	14,000 1,000	1,000

Gus Hansen	13,500 8,975	8,975

Michael Cooper	8,000 3,300	3,300
Brendon Rubie	7,000 1,000	1,000
Chino Rheem	Busted

07-09-2012 20:44 UTC-7

Chip Counts from the Brasilia Red Section

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Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Rosen	50,000 8,000	8,000
Ravi Raghavan	47,000 21,000	21,000
Tim Finne	42,000 3,000	3,000
Jamie Kerstetter	40,000 3,000	3,000
Mike Telker	36,000 7,000	7,000
Earl Barron	35,000 2,000	2,000
Freddy Deeb	29,000 4,000	4,000
Phil Ivey	22,000 11,000	11,000

Kevin Mathers	17,000 1,325	1,325
Antony Lellouche	14,000 1,000	1,000
Jason Mercier	10,000 2,100	2,100