2012 WSOP: DAY 42 RECAP - THE TAKEOVER TAKES OVER

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EVENT #60 |
10K 2-7 DRAW LOWBALL (NO-LIMIT) |
101 ENTRIES | 949K PRIZEPOOL

They don't call him "The Takeover" for nothing. When it comes to winning the 2-7 Draw Lowball 10K Championship, Nick Schulman (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 10th) knows what's going on.

After winning this event back in 2009, Schulman made it two wins in four years last night, earning his second WSOP bracelet.





The Takeover defeated Mike Wattel (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: 122nd) heads-up while George Danzer (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-102nd), Benjamin Parker (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-541st), Ashton Griffin (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-688th), defending Champ John Juanda (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-526th) and Bob Bright (2012 QJ/PTPR Rank: T-829th) were all part of the star-studded final table.

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FINAL TABLE PAYOUTS (USD) Nick Schulman $294,321 Mike Wattel $181,886 George Danzer $115,295 Benjamin Parker $78,088 Ashton Griffin $55,482 John Juanda $41,270 Bob Bright $32,080 RELATED POSTS > NITSCHE NOTCHES A BIG ONE > ZHUKOV SURVIVES > MERSON MAKES IT QUICK > BIG ONE FOR ONE DROP FINALE > NOT THAT FAST! JAFFE WINS > SELBST SKYROCKETS TO #2 > HOBSON EARNS THE BRACELET > GRINDHOUSE, PART 2 > KOVALCHUK WINS AGAIN > DAVID BAKERS RULE! > GOOD GUY TRYBA WINS BIG > SHAKE AND BAKES! > CASSIDY-NGUYEN GO TO EXTRAS > HELLMUTH LEGEND GROWS, EARNS #12 > MAKE IT TWO FOR MONNETTE > CAZALS, MAD MARVIN MOVE UP > BLOCH WINS BRACELET

PTPR PREMIER EVENT 2012 World Series of Poker Event #60 : 10K 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship July 5-7, 2012 Rio All-Suite Hotel | Las Vegas Buy-in: $10,000 | Prizepool: $949,400 Entries: 101 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION NICK SCHULMAN 126 MIKE WATTEL 76 GEORGE DANZER 46 BENJAMIN PARKER 36 ASHTON GRIFFIN 31 JOHN JUANDA 26 BOB BRIGHT 26 ALI ESLAMI 11 LARRY WRIGHT 11 ANDY BLOCH 11 ERIK SEIDEL 11 JASON MERCIER 9 DANIEL NEGREANU 9 MARCO TRANIELLO 9

WPT CHAMPIONSHIP: LARGE AND IN CHARGE - MAD MARVIN IN TOTAL CONTROL

WORLD POKER TOUR

The Mad poker "scientist" has taken the WPT World Championship by storm! Marvin Rettenmaier entered Day 6 play as the chip leader ... only a few hours later, our WPT Final Table is set, and Rettenmaier holds a substantial chip lead at Bellagio.

At 6.7M, Rettenmaier is the only player that holds over 2.6M chips as we'll play to find the latest WPT World Champion in the event.

Two-time WPT Champion - Michael "The Grinder" Mizarachi - is one of two former WPT Champs remaining in the field ("The Takeover" Nick Schulman being the other) and sits second in chips with 2.56M.

Coming off an amazing past six months in Europe, Steve O'Dwyer's homecoming is complete, a trip to the WPT World Championship Final Table. O'Dwyer is the only other player with 2M+ chips heading into Final Table play.

The aforementioned Schulman, Trevor Pope and Philippe Ktorza round-out the Final Six.

The WPT final table bubble boy is WPT Bay 101 winner Moon Kim. Kim, who had an opportunity to catch Joe Serock for WPT Player of the Year, was unable to survive as his ace-queen lost to Rettenmaier's pocket nines.

FINAL TABLE CHIP COUNTS/SEAT ASSIGNMENTS:
Seat 1: Michael Mizrachi - 2,560,000 (43 BBs)
Seat 2: Marvin Rettenmaier - 6,715,000 (112 BBs)
Seat 3: Steve O'Dwyer - 2,035,000 (34 BBs)
Seat 4: Nick Schulman - 1,555,000 (26 BBs)
Seat 5: Trevor Pope - 1,480,000 (25 BBs)
Seat 6: Philippe Ktorza - 895,000 (15 BBs)

Thank you to WPT.com for this information

The final table players will be taking Friday off while the WPT films it's Super High Rollers Final Table ... the WPT Championship Final Table will begin Saturday at 4pm PT.

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FT PAYOUTS (USD) 1st: $1,196,858 2nd: $805,310 3rd: $424,618 4th: $256,235 5th: $192,176 6th: $155,571 DEFENDING CHAMPION Scott Seiver (Eliminated) LIVE UPDATES WORLD POKER TOUR RELATED POSTS > MADNESS AT BELLAGIO > CUNIX WINS WPT JAX

PTPR GRAND SLAM EVENT World Poker Tour World Championship WPT World Championship NLH Main Event May 19-26, 2012 Bellagio | Las Vegas Buy-in: $25,500 | Prizepool: $3,660,500 Entries: 152 PTPR POINTS DISTRIBUTION 1st place 151 2nd place 91 3rd place 76 4th place 66 5th place 61 6th place 56 MOON KIM 51 WIL WILKINSON 46 HAFIZ KHAN 36 JOE SEROCK 26 RON COURY 21 JOHN ESPOSITO 19 MATT JUTTELSTAD 19 TOM MCCORMICK 19 BARRY SHULMAN 16 RINAT BOGDANOV 16 FARZAD BONYADI 16 GUILLAUME DARCOURT 13

SUPER HIGH ROLLERS FINAL TABLE SET: THE TAKEOVER, KID POKER LEAD THE WAY

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Final table time in the Bahamas! The final 7 players of the 100K buy-in Super High Rollers are set.

"The Takeover" Nick Schulman is your chip leader with Kid Poker, Daniel Negreanu right behind him. Day 1 chip leader Bryn Kenney (pictured) sits fourth. Eugene Katchalov, Humberto Brenes, Sandor Demjan and "Lucky Chewy" Andrew Lichtenberger are the other participants.


Here are the chip counts following Day 2:

Nick Schulman USA 2990000
Daniel Negreanu Canada 2166000
Eugene Katchalov USA 1476000
Bryn Kenney USA 1390000
Humberto Brenes Costa Rica 756000
Sandor Demjan Hungary 379000
Andrew Lichtenberger USA 373000


And here are the results so far:

1. $1,500,000
2. $1,000,000
3. $643,000
4. $400,000
5. $200,000

6th -
7th -
8th - James Obst, Australia
9th - Dan Cates, USA
10th - Vivek Rajkumar, United States
11th - Tobias Reinkemeier, Germany
12th - Bryan Colin, United States
13th - Ciao Pimenta, Brazil
14th - Jason Mercier, United States
15th - David Benyamine, France
16th - Matt Glantz, United States
17th - Andrew Robl, United States
18th - Shawn Buchanen, United States
19th - Antonio Esfandiari, United States
20th - Mike McDonald, Canada
21st - Sorel Mizzi, Canada
22nd - Phil Laak, United States
23rd - Justin Smith, United States
24th - Dan Shak, United States