| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
445,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
285,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
235,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
225,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
175,000 | |
|
|
160,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
155,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
150,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
149,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
120,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
75,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
60,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
60,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
50,000
14,500
|
14,500 |
|
|
46,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
|
30,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
2012 World Series of Poker
We missed the action but saw Daniel Lowery walking away from the table with a purpose. We then saw Chance Kornuth stacking a pile of chips.
We gathered from the table that they got in preflop, Kornuth held pocket jacks and Lowery held
. The board ran
and Lowery was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
James Dempsey opened to 2,000 from middle position, Daniel Negreanu called in the hijack, and a third player re-raised to 8,500 from the small blind. Only Negreanu called.
The flop fell 

, and Negreanu's opponent led for what looked like 7,700. Negreanu called.
The turn was the
, and Negreanu's opponent slowed down, check-calling 13,500 from Kid Poker. The
completed the board, and the player checked again. Negreanu fired 34,500, and his opponent tank-called, tabling 
. Negreanu showed 
for trip eights, and shipped the pot.
The very next hand, Negreanu opened to 2,200, a player in the cutoff called, and the dealer fanned 

. Negreanu led out for 2,800, and the player called. Both players checked on the turn (
) and the river (
), and Negreanu showed 
. His opponent had 
for kings full of sixes, and won the pot.
The next hand, Negreanu opened to 2,200 from middle position, and a player three-bet jammed for 14,800. Negreanu folded 
face up, and the player showed the
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
293,500
13,500
|
13,500 |
|
|
||
Huck Seed raised it up to 2,000 in middle position, and Dan O'Brien raised all in from the hijack for around 15,000. It got back around to Seed, and after a few seconds of thought, he made the call.
Seed: 

O'Brien: 

O'Brien would need alot of help to survive, and the flop brought none, coming 

. The
on the turn kept Seed out in front, and the river brought the
. O'Brien headed to the exits, while Seed increased his stack to 48,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Bernard Lee opened to 2,400 from under the gun, and a player in the big blind defended. The flop fell 

, and Lee's opponent check-called a 2,900-chip bet. The turn was the
, both players checked, and the
completed the board.
Lee's opponent quickly bet out 3,200, and Lee snap-called. The player showed 
for air, and Lee tabled 
for a king-high flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
191,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
After some preflop action Tatjana Pasalic moved all in from the small blind for 22,600. Kahlil Qaqish called and talbed
. Pasalic was at risk holding
.
The ESPN crew instructed the dealer to wait and while they were waiting the player in the nine seat said plainly, "You're not in good shape."
"Hey, I work out everyday," Pasalic jabbed back with a smile.
With a camera at the table the board ran
and Pasalic's Main Event was over.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
Moments ago, Maria Ho and two opponents got all of their chips in the middle preflop, and Ho had them dominated with aces.
| Ho | ![]() ![]() |
| Opponent 1 | ![]() ![]() |
| Opponent 2 | ![]() ![]() |
The board ran out 



, and Ho now has 250,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
Mark Demirdjian has continued his late crushing of Day 2a here, managing to accumulate more chips than any player in in his field or over in 2b. We were recently passing by his table as he got up out of his chair to seemingly leave the table for a moment. "Got so many chips your going to have a break?" one of the players at the table joked.
"You haven't hit a set for ten minutes, so your going take some time off?" some others at the table joined in.
We can't find any past results for Demirdjian, but this certainly is a good start to creating a very illustrious poker resume.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
465,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
We caught the action with 13,000 in the pot and a board reading 


when Eric "basebaldy" Baldwin bet a modest 3,000 into East Coast grinder Terry Grimes. The latter made the call and then watched Baldwin bet 6,600 on the
river.
Grimes responded with a raise to 16,000, which prompted Baldwin to lean back and say, "I wasn't expecting that." The Wisconsinite thought for about 40 second before tossing in a call, but mucked when Grimes rolled over 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
133,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
120,000 | |
For the past few orbits Hasan Habib has been short-stacked and playing tight. We caught him opening to 2,300 and Joseph Rahme raised to 8,300. Action folded back around to Habib and after some thought he folded.
Two hands later he open-shoved and all the players folded. He picked the blinds and antes but is still in a desperate situation.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
|
||
