Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day 3 Started
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$62,021,200
Entries
6,598
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
300,000
July 12 Update
PokerNews would like to thank you for checking back with our coverage of the 2012 World Series of Poker. The Main Event has moved forward to Day 3 and that begins today at 12:00 PM PT. Also in the news was the completion of the WSOP National Championship yesterday, won by Ryan Eriquezzo.
Our very own Lynn Gilmartin leads us into Day 3 with the following update video.
Baumann Leads as 1,738 Return for Day 3
Four days ago, the 2012 World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event kicked off at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. After three stating days and subsequent Day 2s, the original field of 6,598 was reduced down to 1,738. For the first time, the entire field will play at the same time here on Day 3, each eager to make the top 666 and lock up a portion of the $62,021,200 prize pool, $8,527,982 of which is reserved for the eventual winner.
On Tuesday, Days 2a and 2b played out with a approximately combined 842 players advancing to Day 3. Among the notables returning to action from that field are overall chip leader Gaelle Baumann, Vanessa Selbst, Jason Somerville, Eugene Katchalov, Gavin Smith, Daniel Negreanu, Eric Baldwin, Brian Hastings, Sammy Farha, Peter Eastgate, Liv Boeree and Kevin Pollak, just to name a few. In addition, former champs Dan Harrington (1995), Robert Varkonyi (2002), Jerry Yang (2007) and Peter Eastgate (2008) will all be returning, as will the defending champ, Pius Heinz albeit on a short stack of 36,300.
Likewise Day 2c saw approximatley 911 players advance to Day 3 including that flights chip leader, Michael Hack, who bagged up 457,000. He was joined by Antonio Esfandiari, Ben Lamb, Johnny Chan, Jake Cody, Joseph Cheong, Ronnie Bardah and Sam Holden.
Here’s a look at the top ten chip counts headed into Day 3:
Start of Day 3 Top 10 Chips Counts
| Place | Player | Counts |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Gaelle Baumann | 505,800 |
| 2nd | Mark Demirdjian | 499,900 |
| 3rd | Michael Hack | 457,000 |
| 4th | Shaun Deeb | 460,900 |
| 5th | Marco Bognanni | 452,100 |
| 6th | Gerardo Lubas | 449,500 |
| 7th | Jonathan Fountain | 435,400 |
| 8th | Randy Haddox | 407,300 |
| 9th | John Leathart | 404,900 |
| 10th | Erik Hellman | 397,900 |
Action is set to kick of at Noon PST, which is about 45 minutes from now, so join us then as we look to put another five levels in the books here at the 2012 WSOP.
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
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Bardah Wins With Ace-High
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Ronnie Bardah and David Debue were heads up with the board reading 
, and the two players checked. The turn was the 
, and Bardah led out for 3,400. Debue called.
The 
completed the board, and Bardah fired 4,900. Debue called, and Bardah immediately turned over 
for ace-high. Debue sat silently for five seconds or so, then mucked his hand.
Bardah shipped the pot, and now has about 300,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000 | 25,600 |
Uribe Undone
Mayu Roca Uribe started today as one of the many short stacks hoping to score an early double-up and gain some ground on Day 3.
Soon after play began, Uribe was all in for his last 15,000 or so with 
against an opponent holding 
. The board came badly for Uribe, with the first three community cards coming 
to pair his opponent. The 
turn then gave Uribe's opponent a flush, making the 
no matter and sending Uribe to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
Chan Gets To Work Early
Johnny Chan opened for 5,000 from under the gun and found one caller in the player in the cutoff seat.
The flop came 
and both players checked, however, when the fell on the turn, Chan led out for 6,000 and his opponent quickly mucked.
Chan broke the 200K mark after taking down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
201,000 | 6,600 |
Galfond Four-Bets
Phil Galfond opened to 3,600 from under the gun, Shannon Shorr called in middle position, and Bryan Vanrijsbergen three-bet to 11,300 on the button.
Galfond studied Vanrijsbergen for twenty seconds or so, then looked down at his own stack. He reached for a handful of orange T5,000 chips, and four-bet to 27,100. Shorr and Vanrijsbergen folded quickly, and Galfond picked up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
178,000 | 11,900 |
Slawner Eliminated By the Kings of Zulkowitz
Howard Slawner moved all in preflop for around 25,000 only to have Amit Zulkowitz move all in over the top right behind. The rest of the field got out of the way and the cards were turned on their backs.
Showdown
| Zulkowitz |   |
| Slawner |  |
The board ran out and Slawner shook hands with Zulkowitz before making his exit. As Zulkowitz was stacking his chips, he looked at the dealer and simply said, "I wanna kiss you."
Meanwhile, Adam Levy, Lasse Aastad Kjos, Fred Berger and Matthew Livingston have all hit the rail early in Level 11.
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