Highlights from day 49 of the 2012 WSOP (July 14)
We started day five of the 2012 WSOP Main Event with two Aussies still standing and by day’s end, Lawrie Gibson and David Balkin were still in the hunt to join Joe Hachem in one of poker’s most select clubs.
With 97 players remaining, Gibson, who hails from Perth, WA, is 34th overall in chips with 2.21 million while Sydneysider Balkin recovered late in the day to finish 63rd overall with 1.295 million in chips. The average stack is just over 2.16 million, with Kyle Keranen (pictured left, with thanks to wsop.com) leading the field on 6,935,000.
Day five started with 282 players taking their seats, while 76-year-old Perry Green (a three-time WSOP gold bracelet winner) delivered the order to shuffle up and deal. He is best remembered as the runner-up to the late great Stu Ungar in the 1981 WSOP Main Event.
Iconic poker media figure Nolan Dalla took this bent on reaching the top 100 in the Main Event: “If a player plays the WSOP Main Event Championship every single year of eligibility (age 21 to death), that means the player will theoretically make it into the top 100 players just once. That’s right – just once.
"Consider that if 6000 players enter the championship each and every year, there is a 1 in 60 chance of making the top 100 players. If a player were to play for 60 straight years, then he or she would only make the top 100 once! So, each of the remaining players is truly experiencing the thrill of a lifetime.”
Among the other players still in contention are Gaelle Baumann (chip leader after day two and the top-ranked female player – currently eighth in chips), former November Niner Eric Buchman (39th), 2012 gold bracelet winner David “ODB” Baker (40th), dual gold bracelet winner Vanessa Selbst (69th), former November Niner Sam Holden (86th) and former gold bracelet winner Gavin Smith (91st).
Notable players eliminated during day five included Marcel Luske (102nd), actor Kevin Pollak (134th), Sorel Mizzi (151st), Daniel Negreanu (160th), Dan Shak (167th), Freddy Deeb (211th), An Tran (218th) and John Juanda (237th).
2012 WSOP Main Event (USD $10,000 + $600 buy-in, 6598 players, 666 players paid, prizepool USD $62,021,200, 97 players remaining, end of day 5 chip count)
1 Kyle Keranen (USA) 6,935,000
2 Robert Salaburu (USA) 6,195,000
3 Taylor Paur (USA) 5,820,000
4 Erik Hellman (Sweden) 4,715,000
5 Wilfried Haerig (Germany) 4,505,000
6 Shahriar Assareh (USA) 4,395,000
7 Charles Coultas (USA) 4,015,000
8 Gaelle Baumann (France) 3,980,000
9 Fabrizio Gonzalez (Uruguay) 3,935,000
10 Nicco Maag (Germany) 3,895,000
11 Jeremy Ausmus (USA) 3,810,000
12 Robert Corcione (USA) 3,750,000
13 Jacob Balsiger (USA) 3,675,000
14 Jean-Yves Malherbe Court (Belgium) 3,620,000
15 Eric Pratt (USA) 3,460,000
16 Jan Heitmann (Germany) 3,410,000
17 Amnon Filippi (USA) 3,400,000
18 Elisabeth Hille (Norway) 3,390,000
19 A.J. Jejelowo (USA) 3,340,000
20 Paul Volpe (USA) 3,250,000
21 Manos Foudoulakis Greece) 3,020,000
22 Michael Esposito (USA) 3,005,000
23 Jesse Sylvia (USA) 2,990,000
24 Roland Israelashvili (USA) 2,850,000
25 Yuval Bronshtein (USA) 2,775,000
26 Jordi Martinezalonso (Spain) 2,700,000
27 Cylus Watson (USA) 2,700,000
28 Nicholas Cushman (USA) 2,540,000
29 John Beauprez (USA) 2,495,000
30 David Kluchman (USA) 2,425,000
31 Percy Mahatan (USA) 2,400,000
32 Alban Juen (France) 2,376,000
33 Eric Legoff (France) 2,230,000
34 Lawrie Gibson (Australia) 2,210,000
35 Russell Thomas (USA) 2,095,000
36 Omar Saeed (USA) 2,040,000
37 Tomas Samol (Slovakia) 1,995,000
38 Daniel Strelitz (USA)1,980,000
39 Eric Buchman (USA) 1,930,000
40 David “ODB” Baker (USA) 1,910,000
41 Casey Yontz (USA)1,890,000
42 Mazin Khoury (USA)1,885,000
43 Dung Nguyen 1,880,000
44 Steven Gee (USA)1,815,000
45 Roman Valerstein (USA) 1,770,000
46 Helge Stjernvang (Norway) 1,760,000
47 Lasell King (Germany) 1,740,000
48 Andras Koroknai (Hungary) 1,720,000
49 Marcia Topp (USA) 1,700,000
50 Sam Soverel (USA) 1,680,000
51 Jamie Robbins (USA) 1,649,000
52 Andrew Flaherty (USA) 1,550,000
53 Amit Zulkowitz (Israel) 1,520,000
54 Felipe Quijano (USA) 1,500,015
55 Scott Anderson (USA) 1,485,000
56 Marc Ladouceur (Canada) 1,480,000
57 Stephane Bisson (Canada) 1,445,000
58 Amit Makhija (USA) 1,400,000
59 Jason Somerville (USA) 1,400,000
60 Richard Pyne (USA) 1,400,000
61 Andrew Dean (USA) 1,390,000
62 Jordan Batt (USA) 1,300,000
63 David Balkin (Australia) 1,295,000
64 Nicolau Villa Lobos (Brazil) 1,285,000
65 Scott Abrams (USA) 1,255,000
66 Nick DiVella (USA) 1,250,000
67 Erik Cajelais (Canada) 1,205,000
68 Marty Zabib (USA) 1,185,000
69 Isaac Baron (USA) 1,165,800
70 Vanessa Selbst (USA) 1,165,000
71 Arshad Siddiqui (USA) 1,160,000
72 Webber Kang (USA) 1,095,000
73 Paul Siem (USA) 1,055,000
74 Gwennael Grandmougin (France) 1,055,000
75 Josh Neufeld (USA) 1,015,000
76 Alfred Firova (USA) 995,000
77 Greg Merson (USA) 945,000
78 Leo Wolpert (USA) 940,000
79 Bobby Law (USA) 900,000
80 Robert Buckenmayer (USA) 875,000
81 Kyle Bowker (USA) 855,000
82 Takashi Ogura (Japan) 830,000
83 Fabio Sousa (Brazil) 805,000
84 Ben Greenberg (USA) 780,000
85 Danny Wong (USA) 775,000
86 Sam Holden (UK) 765,000
87 Max Ovseyevitz (Mexico) 755,000
88 Susie Zhao (USA) 740,000
89 Tristan Clemencon (France) 725,000
90 David Randall (USA) 710,000
91 Gavin Smith (Canada) 675,000
92 David Warady (USA) 650,000
93 William Hefflefinger (USA) 636,000
94 Niels van Alphen (Netherlands) 565,000
95 Jonathan Schoder (USA) 470,000
96 Dave D’Alesandro (USA) 415,000
97 Frederick Vogt (USA) 55,000
Aussies through to day 6 from day 5
34 Lawrie Gibson (Australia) 2,210,000
63 David Balkin (Australia) 1,295,000
Results
284 Jackie Glazier $38,453
580 Paul Birman $21,707
582 Paul Spiteri $21,707
585 Michael Weiss $21,707
• Additional reporting, Nolan Dalla, WSOP.com
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