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Xuan Liu is looking as good at the 2012 PCA as she did on the rail at the WSOP. She's among the chip leaders.

With 64 remaining in the 2012 PCA Main Event, Phil D’Auteuil leads, stacked at 1,472,000.

Yesterday’s chip leader, Faraz Jaka, remained steady, finishing the day third overall with 1,220,000.

Still plenty of notables remain, including but not limited to Xuan Liu, a woman (680,000), Barry Greenstein (379,000), professional golfer Sergio Garcia (235,000), last year’s champ Galen Hall (168,000), and [..........] (122,000).

Everyone remaining banks at least ,500, and first earns ,000,000.

Get full chip counts here.

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Faraz Jaka has almost lapped the field at the 2012 PCA Main Event.

With 183 remaining at the 2012 PCA Main Event, Faraz Jaka has built a huge chip lead, nearly doubling the stack of his nearest competitor.

Jaka enters Day 3 stacked at 902,500. The closest player to him is Cristian Folescu with 555,500.

A total of 160 will get paid. Some notables remaining include little Asian hottie Xuan Liu, a woman (216,000), last year’s champ Galen Hall (192,500), Phil Collins (166,500), Carlos Mortensen (146,500), and Liv Boeree, a woman (90,500).

Get full chip counts here.

* Photo courtesy PokerStars Blog.

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Liv Boeree is pretty. And bagged 34,000 in chips going into Day 2.

When you run a poker tournament in which most of the seats are won via online qualifiers, and around 25-30% of your biggest market that typically sends the most qualifiers is wiped off the map…safe to say you’re going to see a dip in attendance.

Meet the 2012 PCA Main Event.

The 2010 and 2011 versions each saw over 1,500 entrants. This year, the number dropped to 1,072. Regardless, first will still bank an even ,000,000, making it one of the largest non-High-Roller first places prizes of the year.

A total of 545 of the starting 1,072 survived to the merged Day 2. Alexey Repik leads the way, stacked at 220,100. Notable big stacks include Chino Rheem (182,900), Alexander Kravchenko (120,000), Barry Greenstein (105,000), Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi (100,000), and Vanessa Selbst, a woman (86,000).

Last year’s winner, Galen Hall, is alive with 56,900.

Viktor Blom and Daniel Negreanu were eliminated on Day 1B.

Get full chip counts here.

* Photo courtesy PokerStars Blog.

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Garcia is the one on the left.

Sergio Garcia‘s inspired run at the 2012 PCA Main Event came to an end on Wednesday.

The Spanish golfer–who was among the chip leaders at various stages of the tournament–was eliminated in 51st place for ,000–or approximately .001% of what he’s earned during his professional golf career.

This makes Garcia’s third ever career poker tournament cash, giving him three more than Rocco Mediate (at the WSOP here) or Paul Pierce (at the WSOP here).

While Garcia was KO’d, 24 still remain. Faraz Jaka reclaimed the chip lead with 4,114,000. He’s followed by Alex Fitzgerald with 2,709,000.

Xuan Liu, a woman, is also still alive with 1,082,000.

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Pius Heinz is the 2011 WSOP Main Event champion.

Pius Heinz has won the 2011 WSOP Main Event.

The 22 year-old German defeated 42 35 year-old Czechoslovakian Martn Staszko heads-up for the title.

WSOP POY Ben Lamb went out early in third place.

For the win, Heinz captures his first bracelet and banks ,715,638. Staszko takes home ,433,086 for second. Ben Lamb adds another ,021,138 to his 2011 WSOP haul for third.

It was an action packed final three. Ben Lamb pushed all in twice early and was eliminated on the fourth hand. And Martin Staszko and Pius Heinz changed chip leadership eight times heads-up.

Heinz becomes the first ever German Main Event winner.

* Photo: Bluff Magazine

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Pius Heinz, Ben Lamb, and that other guy will come back to compete for the 2011 WSOP Main Event title on Tuesday.

The 2011 WSOP Main Event final table played out like most episodes of The Walking Dead: really slow at first, then picking up with a bang at the end.

While Sunday’s final table didn’t match 2009′s ridiculousness of swings, bad beats, and storylines, the near-live feed on ESPN2 showcased a level of skill among the participants that’s likely been unmatched in previous years.

In the end, you can make the case that the three guys who played the best ultimately survived for Tuesday’s championship battle. Taking the chip lead when the final three return is German PIUS HEINZ with 107,800,000. He’s followed by U.S. American and reigning WSOP POY Ben Lamb with 55,400,000. And in third overall is the man who started play as chip leader, Martin Staszko, with 42,700,000.

Follow the final three on Tuesday on ESPN.

Get 4-9 payouts after the jump. Get a full live blog recap from Dr. Pauly here.

* Photo courtesy Jon Boncek/2011 WSOP

4th – Matt Giannetti: ,011,661
5th – Phil Collins: ,268,909
6th – Eoghan O’Dea: ,720,396
7th – Badih Bounahra: ,313,851
8th – Anton Makiievskyi: ,009,910
9th – Sam Holden: 2,115

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Matt Giannetti denied yet another woman from becoming the first to win a WPT open event.

Every year, one or two people who make the November Nine go on a heater and grab another big score before the final table plays out.

In 2008, it was Ivan Demidov, who final table’d the WSOP Europe Main Event (finishing third for over 0,000). In 2009, Kevin Schaffel (!) finished second at the WPT Legends of Poker for nearly half a million. Antoine Sauot and James Akenhead also both final table’d the WSOPE Main Event. Last year, Matthew Jarvis and Joseph Cheong captured Festa al Lago prelim titles a month before the N9 final table.

This year’s apparent hot streaker is Matt Giannetti, who won the 2011 WPT Malta.

For the win, Giannetti banks 3,200. He defeated Cecilia Pescaglini, a woman (9,412), heads-up for the title.

Giannetti kept Pescaglini (pictured here) from becoming the first open event WPT winner.

Other notable finishers in the event include Isaac Haxton (12th – ,881), Tony G (25th – ,401) and Justin Bonomo (26th – ,401).

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The 2011 WSOP has been short on big name final table buzz. Not so short on asses though.

No knock at all on anyone who has won a bracelet this year, but here are just a few small things we’d like to see happen to give the 2011 WSOP a jolt in the storyline department:

:: The man the myth, the legend, Black Phil Ivey, Big Sldick, the one and only Dwyte Pilgrim wins a bracelet – Pilgrim is one of the biggest, most entertaining personalities on the circuit. A deep Pilgrim run would get the Rio buzzing, and he makes for great TV/webstream.

:: A woman wins a bracelet – It’s been 27 years since a woman has won a bracelet at the WSOP in an open event*. Maria Ho, a woman, came close. It’s about time the fairer sex breaks through again.

:: Eugene Katchalov takes down another one – There’s been a multiple bracelet winner at the WSOP for the past 27 years*. Katchalov, arguably the best tournament player for the past two or so years, already took down his first bracelet this year. Another bracelet solidifies his status as “the” guy on the circuit today.

:: Phil Ivey plays the Main Event – This one will only happen if Tilt pays back its U.S. players by the Main Event, which means it probably won’t happen, and even if Tilt does pay back U.S. players, it still might not happen, but if it does happen, holy shit, it’ll cause a riot.

Here’s the latest…

:: Event #8 (,000 NLH) - Sean Getzwiller held on to the chip lead and took this down. For the win, Getzwiller banks 1,185. Jon “PearlJammer” Turner finished third for 4,005. Get full results here.

:: Event #10 (,500 NLH Six-Handed) – The big story here is that Jeffrey Papola, who won this event last year and finished second the year before, finished third this year. Crazy. That slightly overshadowed Geffrey Klein‘s win. Klein, who hails from Houston, Texas, banked 4,388. Get full results here.

:: Event #11 (,000 Omaha Hi/Lo 8oB) – Play stopped with three remaining. George Lind holds a slim chip lead (2,860,000) over Steve Billirakis (2,465,000). Viacheslav Zhukov is third with 740,000.

:: Event #12 (,500 NLH Triple Chance) – Bill Chen (610,000) headlines a friends and family final table. Nicholas Rampone leads with 1,500,000. First pays out 2,808. Get full final table chip counts here.

:: Event #13 (,500 NLH Shoot-Out) – A starting field of 1,440 played down to 160. Notable survivors include but are certainly not limited to Nam Le, Frank Kassela, Daniel Negreanu, Lex Veldhuis, Scott Seiver, and Jennifer Tilly. Get full survivors here.

:: Event #14 (,000 Limit Hold’em) – A total of 330 played down to 180. Marco Traniello ended Day 1 as chip leader, stacked at 54,000. Victor Ramdin follows in second with 44,000. The man the myth the legend, Black Phil Ivey, Big Sldick, the one and only Dwyte Pilgrim (22,500), Maria Ho (22,000), and Jason Mercier (19,500) are among the big stacks. Get full chip counts here.

* More or less. Ok less.

* More or less.

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