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WSOP Event #43 - Henry Lu's First Live Win is a Bracelet

June 26, 2012 at 3:46 PM |

20 players started day 3 of the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Event #43. The chipleader was Zachary Clark, but other big names were still in for the bracelet, including Neil Channing, Randy 'nanonoko' Lew, and WCOOP champion James 'mig.com' Mackey.

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Oleksii Kovalchuk Wins Second Bracelet at WSOP Event #42

June 25, 2012 at 7:03 PM |

22 players were still in play on day 3 of the WSOP event #42 $2.500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better, with the five-time WSOP champion Jeff Lisandro in the lead with 355,000. Finally, Lisandro did not make it to the final table and said goodbye in tenth place.

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WSOP Event #37 and #38: ODB Barker and Dung Nguyen Win Bracelets

June 24, 2012 at 1:57 PM |

WSOP Event #37 $2,500 Eight-Game Mix Day 4 and Event #38 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Day 3 were completed on Friday.

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WSOP Events #34-36: Recap

June 23, 2012 at 7:03 PM |

We are catching up with the latest event finals, starting with Event #34 $5,000 Pot Limit Omaha - Six-Handed, Event #35 $2,500 Mixed Hold'em and Event #36 $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout.

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WSOP Event #33 - Max Steinberg Wins His First Bracelet

June 20, 2012 at 4:31 PM |

14 players remained at the start of WSOP Event #33 $1,000 No Limit Hold'em, day 3. Vitaly Meshcheriakov was in the lead with 946,000 chips. The nine-handed final table started at the 23rd blind level (3,000/10,000/20,000).

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WSOP Event #32 - David Bakes Baker Wins

June 19, 2012 at 3:19 PM |

136 players started day 2 of the $10,000 HORSE event, with the French WSOP champion Fabrice Soulier in the lead with 146,300 in chips. 

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WSOP Events #25 – #28: Recap

June 18, 2012 at 5:41 PM |

Of the events finished during the past weekend in WSOP 2012, let us take a look at the results of Event #25 $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout, Event #26 $3,000 Pot Limit Omaha, Event #27 $1,500 HORSE and Event #28 $2,500 No Limit Hold'em - Four-Handed.

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WSOP Event #24: Joe Cassidy Beats Scotty Nguyen

June 15, 2012 at 5:53 PM |

Following a prolonged Day 3, the heads-up of WSOP Event #24 $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better remained to be played yesterday, with Joe Cassidy and Scotty Nguyen behind the stacks.

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WSOP Event #23: Simon Charette Wins $3,000 NLHE

June 14, 2012 at 4:45 PM |

On the 3rd day of Event #23, the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em Six-Handed tournament 18 players battled for the 6-handed final table and eventually Simon Charette managed to take the lead and score $567,624 with his bracelet.

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WSOP Event #22: Randy Ohel Wins 2-7 Triple Draw

June 14, 2012 at 3:07 PM |

The WSOP Event #22, the $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball ended with the victory of Randy Ohel, who scored $145,247 defating players like Josh Arieh and Layne Flack.

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WSOP Event #21: Michael Gathy Wins $5,000 LHE

June 13, 2012 at 4:45 PM |

By the third day of Event #20, the $5,000 Limit Hold'em tournament at the WSOP, 17 players remained, lead by Matthew Woodward. In the end, Benjamin Scholl emerged victorious cashing $206,760.

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WSOP Event #20: Benjamin Scholl takes down $5,000 Limit Hold'em

June 13, 2012 at 2:45 PM |

By the third day of Event #20, the $5,000 Limit Hold'em tournament at the WSOP, 17 players remained, lead by Matthew Woodward. In the end, Benjamin Scholl emerged victorious cashing $206,760.

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WSOP Event #19: Cliff Goldkind Wins $1,500 NLHE

June 12, 2012 at 8:47 PM |

WSOP Event #19 ended on its 3rd day, when 19 players started to battle for the first prize. Gregg Wilkinson started out as chipleader, but eventually Cliff Goldkind, a 24-year-old Maryland player emerged as the winner, defeating the 2,302-player field.

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WSOP Event #17: Frankenberger Wins, Ivey Second at $10,000 PLH

June 12, 2012 at 5:12 PM |

The 17th event at the WSOP 2012 ended with the victory of Andy Frankenberger, but poker superstar Phil Ivey also made it to the final heads-up.

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WSOP Event #18: Phil Hellmuth Wins 12th WSOP Bracelet

June 11, 2012 at 5:28 PM |

Only 18 players were left when the cards hit the air on Day 3 of WSOP Event #18 $2,500 Seven Card Razz. Brandon Cantu started as chipleader with 298,500, followed closely by Brendan Taylor (288,500) and Phil Hellmuth (287,500). Of course, the greatest attention was paid to the performance of the 11 times WSOP champion.