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With close to a $1,000,000 in recorded live tournament earnings Guo Dong is looking to make his mark at the WSOP this summer.
He came 207th in the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em, 6 Handed (Event #16) yesterday for $2,287 and is off to a good start with a stack of 80,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000 | |
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Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
With two all ins in front of him Kris Anderson, who had them both just covered, called from the big blind.
Player One had 
, Player Two 
and Anderson 
.
The board ran out 
Anderson scooped the pot and bust two opponents.
“Is that it? Can I cry now, or later?” said the player with Jacks
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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83,000 |
Hercules is up to 191,000 and just may be our chip leader at this stage of the game.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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191,000
95,800
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95,800 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Scott Tuttle is sitting pretty with a stack of just over 100,000. He’s at a fun action table where one of the other players has been generously buying rounds of beers.
Tuttle gave PokerNews a brief word between hands on how he got his chips.
“People going all in when they shouldn’t mostly. Ace-king when I had nines and made a good call. It’s a shove-fest.”
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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105,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
It’s a fast paced structure with a long way to go and Olympic boxing gold medalist is using his ring craft to ensure he goes the distance.
Harrison currently has an impressive 115,000 chi[s in level 12. That’s not the final round though as there are 18 levels to play today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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100,000
74,000
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74,000 |
THE GIANT has earned its name. With 1,629 entries in the inaugural event, THE GIANT generated a prize pool of $488,700 in just Day 1A.
245 places will pay out with 245th place taking home $557.
There will be a total of five day 1's for THE GIANT so your shot at turning a low buy-in into big bucks is not gone, there are four more starting days to get that gold bracelet and WSOP glory.
