We have lost a handful of top poker talent here in Event #12, most of whom bought in late and were short stacked from the word "go".
Sebastian Saffari, Erick Lindgren, Scott Seiver all bought in late and are now out of contention for this event's bracelet, while Olivier Busquet and Will Failla both busted recently.
Failla was all-in with 
on an eight high flop, but was drawing dead on the turn when the club flush came in.
On the last hand of level seven, Steve Brecher got it in on a board of 
with 
against his opponent's for a flopped set of eights.
The board ran out 
and Brecher has been eliminated.
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante:
A short-stacked Michael Mizrachi raised to 1,000 from late position and another short player potted to 3,000 and Mizrachi called. The flop was 
and Mizrachi threw his last 600 in the middle and his opponent called.
Mizrachi tabled 
versus the 
of his opponent and he couldn't hit an over, as the board ran out clean. Mizrachi had apparently registered during dinner break and could not run his short stack up.
Kevin Allen opened the preflop betting and faced a three-bet from the small blind of 2,700. Allen then moved all-in for 7,500 and after much deliberation the small blind called.
It was Allen's 
versus 
, so Allen was a substantial favorite to double up. The 
flop gave the popular Brit plenty to worry about, but he faded the open-ended straight draw when the turn and river fell 
and 
. Allen now has 15,600 chips to play with.
The tournament staff have announced the prize pool information for Event #12.
The 557 entrants have created a prize pool of $751,950 which is to be distributed among the top 63 finishers.
A min-cash awards $2,443 and a final table guarantees a payout of at least $12,610. The eventual champion will win a $169,225 and a coveted gold WSOP bracelet.
Barny Boatman won his first WSOP bracelet in 2013 and is keen to add a second to his collection. There may be a long way to go in Event #12 before that happens, but he's doing his chances of glory no harm at all by constantly accumulating chips. He now has 23,000.
Former WSOP Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel's Pot-Limit Hold'em experience was short and sweet, getting his 
in against 
and the board running 
to send him on his way.
(Thanks to photographer extraordinaire Joe Giron for that report.)
Despite facing the prospect of sitting down with less than 13 big blinds, the following players took advantage of the late registration policy and bought in over the dinner break. Can they score an early double up like Phil Ivey did in the post below this one?
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