Event 53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em (Completed)

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Day 2 Complete; Twenty-Eight Still In the Hunt

Victoria Coren Near the Top After eleven levels and over 300 eliminations, Day 2 of Event 53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em has officially come to close. Due to the large number of players in the field tournament staff decided to tack on an extra level to play today. The final 28 players will return tomorrow with Hugh Henderson (1,168,000) leading the pack. Rounding out the top three in chip counts is Randy Ashe with 1,150,000 and Bryan Piccioli who is sitting on 1,097,000. Top Chip Counts [TABLE=class: chipsCount tal, width: 576] [TR=class: odd, bgcolor: #F2F2F2] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Hugh Henderson[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]1,168,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Randy Ashe[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]1,150,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd, bgcolor: #F2F2F2] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Bryan Piccioli[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]1,097,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]Victoria Coren[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]934,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd, bgcolor: #F2F2F2] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]Ryan Hughes[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]832,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]Vladimir Mefodichev[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]802,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd, bgcolor: #F2F2F2] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]Neil Willerson[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]671,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]Frederic Soria[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]633,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd, bgcolor: #F2F2F2] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]Marcio Cid[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]572,000[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]10[/TD] [TD]Hai Chu[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD=class: numeric, align: right]565,000[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

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Re: Event 53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em (Day 2 Completed) Congratulations to Neil Willerson, Winner of Event 53: $1,500 No Limit Hold'em ($737,3248)!

Neil Willerson After 33 levels of play Event 53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em has officially come to a close. Neil Willerson was able to conquer the largest open field of the 2012 World Series of Poker so far to earn the $737,248 first place prize and the shiny gold WSOP bracelet. Final Table Payouts [TABLE=class: usertable] [TR=class: even] [TH]Place[/TH] [TH]Player[/TH] [TH]Prize[/TH] [/TR] [TR=class: odd] [TD]1[/TD] [TD]Neil Willerson[/TD] [TD]$737,248[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]2[/TD] [TD]Vladimir Mefodichev[/TD] [TD]$456,217[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd] [TD]3[/TD] [TD]Hugh Henderson[/TD] [TD]$322,866[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]4[/TD] [TD]Zachary Humphrey[/TD] [TD]$233,708[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd] [TD]5[/TD] [TD]Matthew Graham[/TD] [TD]$171,135[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]6[/TD] [TD]Hai Chu[/TD] [TD]$126,770[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd] [TD]7[/TD] [TD]Bryan Piccioli[/TD] [TD]$94,971[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: even] [TD]8[/TD] [TD]Randy Ashe[/TD] [TD]$71,933[/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: odd] [TD]9[/TD] [TD]Ryan Hughes[/TD] [TD]$55,093[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]