Event 17: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Completed
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 17: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,682,600
Entries
179
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0
Steve Landfish Leads Event #17 $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em
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Level 10
: 600/1,200, 0 ante
Everybody in the poker world loves a fish, and by the time Event #17 $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em had completed its schedule of ten levels, the biggest fish in the field was leading the race for the World Series of Poker gold bracelet and first prize of $445,899. We are of course talking about Steve Landfish, our chip leader with 224,500 chips.
Landfish just loves the WSOP and has 9 cashes to his credit including one during this series for his 32nd finish in Event#12 $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Heads-Up. Last year Landfish experienced both joy and anguish when he finished 2nd in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud final and 4th in the $10,000 Limit Hold'em final. Joy because he bagged over $300,000 in earnings but anguish because he left the series without a bracelet hanging from his wrist. With only 69 of the original 179 players remaining Landfish is on course for another assault on a WSOP title.
When the day started we knew we were in for a treat when we saw the types of line-ups that Table #3 had to offer. There were bracelets, titles and wads full of cash galore in the shape of John Racener, Shaun Deeb, Davidi Kitai, Matt Graham, Brock Parker, Viktor Blom and JP Kelly. Just across from that taster of talent you had Humberto Brenes, Shawn Buchanan, Griffin Benger, Allen Cunningham, Jon Turner and Dan Kelly.
Davidi Kitai was eliminated early and his place was taken by David 'Viffer' Peat. Viffer is one of the more recent participants in the $1 million One Drop event and he told Shaun Deeb that he had to play this event because he lost a bet. Maybe that is why he five-bet jammed 
into the open arms of Chris Moorman's 
just before his eventual elimination from the tournament. I suppose $10,000 just doesn't cut the mustard when you are buying in for $1 million!
Shaun Deeb and JP Kelly started to emerge from the Table of Death with the biggest chip stacks in the room and they were soon joined by Olivier Busquet. A flush on flush fight with Owen Crowe pushing Busquet into a fight with Deeb for the early chip lead.
Nenad Medic needed quads to dispatch Daniel Negreanu and a rather embarrassed Noah Schwartz eliminated Marvin Rettenmaier in a hand that Schwartz would rather we didn't pay too much attention to. Stars were leaving left right and centre before a WSOP bracelet holder took the lead from Deeb. Keith Lehr has cashed in no fewer than 4 Pot-Limit Hold'em WSOP events including a bracelet win and he was our first player to exceed 100,000 chips.
Then we had a spate of late registrations, the most notable two being Bryn Kenney and Phil Ivey. Kenney got right into the thick of things eliminating John Duthie but Ivey took a little longer to get things going. We caught the great man losing pots to Kevin MacPhee and Tom Marchese but he finished with a flourish and bagged up 59,600 chips.
Other notable players who were playing around at the right end of the chip counts involve Farzad Bonyadi (184,600), Sean Dempsey (170,200), Patrick Cronin (155,000), Chris Moorman (147,400), David Benyamine (145,000) and Liv Boeree (140,000).
So congratulations to Steve Landfish and the other 68 players who made it through a star-studded Day 1. Day 2 will commence at 13:00 PM where we will move into the Amazon Room. Please make sure you join all of the action right here with Pokernews.
Bagging and Tagging
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 0 ante
The players have wrapped up all hands and are bagging and tagging their chips. We'll have a recap posted shortly.
Ivey Wins Last Hand of the Night with Flush
Phil Ivey was pitted against Alexander Venovski on this hand, which was the last hand of the night at the table. With the final board reading 
, Venovski checked and Ivey bet 7,000. Venovski tank-called and Ivey turned over the nut flush with the 
. Venovski mucked and Ivey won the pot to finish the day on 59,600 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000 | |
|
59,600 | 12,600 |
Tims Picks One Up at the End with Four-Bet
Jeff Tims opened from under the gun to 2,700 on one of the last hands of the night and Steve Landfish flatted from the next seat. In the next seat after that, Andrew Lichtenberger three-bet to 9,200. Play folded back to Tims and he reraised to 25,700. Landfish and Lichtenberger both folded, allowing Tims to pick up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
221,000 | 8,000 |
|
135,000 | 13,000 |
|
77,000 | -53,000 |
Brikis Busts
On a 
flop, we watched Alex Venovski bet 5,000 and Eric Ladny make the call. Josh Brikis was in the pot too, though, and he raised all in for 30,300. Venovski folded, but Ladny made the call with his covering stack and the best hand.
Showdown
Ladny:
Brikis: 
The 
turn and 
river did nothing for Brikis' cause, and he's been eliminated here just before the end of Day 1.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000 | -7,000 |
|
96,000 | |
|
Busted |
It's a Long Summer
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 0 ante
"What event number is this?" Mike McDonald just asked his table. Someone pointed up at the clock and read the words aloud: "Event seventeen."
"Wow," McDonald was puzzled. "It's a long summer, isn't it?"
Our thoughts exactly, Timex.
"Wait, how many events are there?" Andrew Lichtenberger followed. When he heard the number 61, he too let out a surprised, "Wow."
Four to Go
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 0 ante
We've hit the magical ten-minute mark in the night, and the clock has been paused. A four was pulled from the mysterious deck, and we'll play that many more hands at each table before we bag and tag.
Big Stack Watch
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
213,000 | -62,000 |
|
181,000 | -29,000 |
|
155,000 | 45,000 |
|
152,000 | 42,000 |
|
145,000 | 25,000 |
|
140,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
122,000 | 8,000 |
Ivey Gives One to Marchese
With 17,600 chips in the middle on the paired 
board, eight-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Phil Ivey checked to Tom Marchese. Marchese bet 3,500 and Ivey thought for a little bit. He eventually gave it up and Marchese won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,000 | -10,000 |
|
34,000 | 14,400 |