2 bracelets awarded on Monday at the WSOP

We are right smack in the middle of the 2012 World Series of Poker and the action is going fast and furious thus far. We’ve seen Phil Hellmuth pick-up bracelet #12, Andy Bloch pick-up bracelet #1, and a number of well-known players doing well. Yesterday was no exception, with a father/son duo making two separate final tables, two new WSOP champions were crowned, and two their tournaments are entering their final day.

Ben Scholl wins $5k Limit Holdem tournament

In the $5k Limit Holdem event it was Ben Scholl who put the brakes on two potential big stories yesterday by winning the event. Matt Glantz was denied his first bracelet as was two-time WSOP Main Event final table participant Jeff Shulman, whose father also made a final table the $1,500 NLHE event.

Here is a look at the final table payouts from the event:

1. Ben Scholl – $206,760
2. Andrew Prock – $127,773
3. Jeff Shulman – $92,562
4. Jesse Martin – $68,322
5. Raymond Dehkharghani – $51,344
6. Matt Glantz – $39,259
7. Matthew Woodward – $30,529
8. Nicholas Derke – $24,139
9. Ayman Qutami – $19,395

Cliff Goldkind wins $1,500 NLHE event

The elder Shulman finished in 8^th place in this tournament, as it was Cliff Goldkind who won his first WSOP bracelet. Here is a look at the final table payouts from the event:

1. Cliff Goodkind – $559,514
2. Kennii Nguyen – $347,036
3. Adria Balaguer – $245,197
4. Patrick Smith – $176,299
5. Gregg Wilkinson – $128,441
6. Justin McGill – $94,815
7. David Peters – $70,886
8. Barry Shulman – $53,669
9. Gary Burks – $41,145

Eric Baldwin in contention entering final day of $1k NLHE event

2,799 runners entered this tournament on Saturday, and after two days later we are down to just 17 players, including former Player of the Year Eric Baldwin, Dan Smith, and the infamous Josh “JJProdigy” Field, best known for being banned from virtually every online poker room and even some live events around the world.

1. Jamie Armstrong – 1,434,000
2. Noah Vaillancourt – 1,212,000
3. Eric Baldwin – 887,000
4. Derek Wolters – 865,000
5. Jean-Louis Santoni – 595,000
6. Eric Davis – 527,000
7. Jonathan Poche – 374,000
8. Dan Smith – 339,000
9. Michael Gathy – 309,000
10. Hok-Leung Wong – 245,000

Nine players remain in $2,500 2-7 Lowball event

One of the toughest final tables you’ll see will return to the Rio on Tuesday to play for the 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball bracelet. Among the players vying for the bracelet are David Baker, Layne Flack, Jason Lavallee, Freddy Bonyadi, Shawn Buchanan, and Josh Arieh.

Here is a look at the final nine players’ chip-counts in the tournament:

1. David Baker – 381,000
2. Benjamin Lazer – 271,000
3. Layne Flack – 246,000
4. Jason Lavallee – 232,000
5. Farzad Bonyadi – 188,000
6. Shawn Buchanan – 153,000
7. Randy Ohel – 144,000
8. Von Altizer – 77,000
9. Josh Arieh – 22,000

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