Level: 28

Blinds: 30,000-60,000 with a 10,000 ante

Clifford Goldkind Wins Event no. 19 ($559,514)
Kenni Nguyen Eliminated in 2nd Place ($347,036)

Kenni Nguyen came back from the dinner break on the short stack with just 19 big blinds against chip leader Clifford Goldkind who had more than 153 big blinds. On the very first hand back from the break, Kenni Nguyen moved all in before the flop with KJ and was called by Clifford Goldkind with 66.

The board came 52210A, offering no help to Kenni Nguyen who was eliminated in 2nd place ($347,036). Clifford Goldkind wins Event no. 19, taking home the $559,514 grand prize and the nineteenth gold bracelet of the 2012 WSOP.

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Level: 26

Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante

Players Remaining: 5 out of 2,302

Average Chip Count: 2,071,800

Chip Counts:

Seat no. 1 — Patrick Smith — 1,600,000

Seat no. 5 — Clifford Goldkind — 3,600,000
Seat no. 6 — Kenni Nguyen — 2,100,000
Seat no. 7 — Gregg Wilkinson — 1,025,000

Seat no. 9 — Adria Balaguer — 2,000,000

Players Eliminated:

Justin McGill — 6th Place ($94,815)
David Peters — 7th Place ($70,886)
Barry Shulman — 8th Place ($53,669)

Live Updates:

David Peters Eliminated in 7th Place ($70,886)

David Peters min-raised the button to 80,000 and Patrick Smith called from the big blind.

The flop came AK4, Smith checked, Peters bet 80,000, Smith raised 325,000, Peters moved all in and Smith called.

Peters was all in for his tournament life with AJ for top pair against Smith’s two pair with K4.

The turn and river were the 7 and 6, offering no help to Daivd Peters who was eliminated in 7th place ($70,886). Smith moved up to about 1.6 million after the hand.

Barry Shulman Eliminated in 8th Place ($53,669)

Barry Shulman was on the short stack when he moved all in before the flop and was called by chipleader Clifford Goldkind.

Shulman was all in for his tournament life with Q8 against Goldkind’s AA.

The board came 644A, giving Goldkind a full house on the turn as Shulman was drawing dead on the river. Barry Shulman was eliminated in 8th place ($53,669) while Goldkind padded his lead with about 3.6 million.

Justin McGill Eliminated in 6th Place ($94,815

Justin McGill open-shoved before the flop for about 800,000 and Adria Balaguer called from the big blind.

Balaguer led before the flop with 99 against McGill’s A8.

The board came 988K3, giving Balguer a full house on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Justin McGill in 6th place ($94,815). That hand put Balaguer up to a bout 2 million.

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The final table of Event no. 19 ($1,500 N0-Limit Hold’em) is now underway, and Card Player will be posting level-by-level updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions.

Day 3 began with 19 players spread out over two tables, and with the elimination of Ismael Bojang in 10th Place ($31,916), the official 9-handed final table is now set. Play will begin in Level 25 with blinds of 15,000-30,000 with a 5,000 ante, and will continue until a winner is determined.

With cards now back in the air, here is a look at the final table and how these players match up:

Seat no. 1 — Patrick Smith — 525,000
Seat no. 2 — Gary Burks — 1,775,000
Seat no. 3 — Barry Shulman — 1,005,000
Seat no. 4 — Justin McGill — 1,500,000
Seat no. 5 — Clifford Goldkind — 1,200,000
Seat no. 6 — Kenni Nguyen — 1,070,000
Seat no. 7 — Gregg Wilkinson — 1,180,000
Seat no. 8 — David Peters — 1,410,000
Seat no. 9 — Adria Balaguer — 700,000

While only 9 remain, this event gathered 2,302 players, creating a total prize pool of $3,107,700. Here is a look at the final payouts:

1st Place — $559,514
2nd Place — $347,036
3rd Place — $245,197
4th Place — $176,299
5th Place — $128,441
6th Place — $94,815
7th Place — $70,886
8th Place — $53,669
9th Place — $41,145

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