WPT World Championship 2012: Steve O’Dwyer Leads After Day 1

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The WPT World Championship 2012 had Steve O’Dwyer leading with 231,750 chips after Day 1.

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With 43 cashes and 4 first place finishes in live tournaments, O’Dwyer has won over $2.4 million to date. 

O’Dwyer has had unprecedented success in recent months.  Here were some of his top performances since September.

Pokerstars.com EPT London / Season 8 / UKIPT /Season 2

EPT Main Event - No Limit Hold'em 2nd $757,329 Sep 30, 2011

 

WPT Venice - Season 10

WPT No Limit Hold'em Championship 2nd $125,740 Dec 13, 2011

 

WPT Regional Denmark

WPT Main Event - No Limit Hold'em 1st $172,492 Feb 28, 2012

 

Campione - Season 8

No Limit Hold'em 8 Max 2nd $106,154 Mar 30, 2012

 

WPT Vienna / Season 10

No Limit Hold'em High Roller Event 3rd $61,369 Apr 13, 2012

 

Other big name players among the top 10 chip leaders included the likes of Vanessa Selbst, Michael Mizrachi and Joe Serock. 

WPT World Championship Day 1 Top 10 Chip Counts

Place

Player

Chips

1

Steve O'Dwyer

231,750

2

Masa Kagawa

228,675

3

Tyler Smith

221,600

4

Guillaume Darcourt

215,250

5

Vanessa Selbst

207,425

6

Joe Serock

197,000

7

Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi

194,875

8

Justin Young

190,000

9

Isaac Haxton

189,500

10

Farzad Bonyadi

185,000


- Patrick Flanagan, Gambling911.com

 

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