Could This Be #12?
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Level 5
: 100/200, 0 ante
Registration has closed and one of the last players to enter is none other than Phil Hellmuth. Could this be is 12th bracelet?
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 11: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,309,500
Entries
970
Level
24
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0
Williams Has Too Many Full Houses
It's been a good start to the level for David Williams. When we got to the table, Williams was heads up with another player on a flop of 
. It was checked to Williams, who fired out 1,800. His opponent called, and the turn was the 
. His opponent moved all in for his last 2,100, and Williams beat him into the pot.
Williams: 
Opponent: 
WIlliams had fives full of threes, which left his opponent drawing dead. The meaningless river was the 
, causing Williams to say "hey I have another full house!". He didn't need it though, as the original full house played. Williams collected the bounty, and upped his stack to 16,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,000
11,500
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11,500 |
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Force Falling Back
Leif Force shot up to a ginormous chip stack in the first two levels of the day, but he has slowly been falling back down to earth since then. We just caught a pot that knocked a few thousand more off his stack. A short stacked opponent got his chips in preflop against Force, and Force was behind.
Opponent: 
Force: 
Force simply let out a playful "boooo" when he saw his opponents hand. Both players had flush draws, but Force's diamonds were better. The flop was a disaster for Force, coming 
. That gave his opponent a set, and left Force looking for running diamonds or a jack. The turn was the 
, and the river was the .
Force still has a bunch of chips at 16,000, but it's less then he had a couple of levels ago.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
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Couple Busts From Twitter
Bryan Devonshire worked his stack up to 8,000 early on, but he's been eliminated.
devopoker Bryan Devonshire And I'm out. Put it in 3 ways on the flop, couldn't win. $1500 LHE tomorrow.
June 04 2012
We also weren't able to catch the hand, but Daniel Negreanu has too hit the rail. He had this to online.
RealKidPoker Daniel Negreanu @dnchips today wasn't my day and I busted the PLO big key tourney noon tomorrow the 10k NLH HU
June 04 2012
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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An Orbit with Vanessa Selbst
Level 5
: 100/200, 0 ante
The daily grind of tournament poker can be a mind-numbing grind that leaves players looking for other entertainment options. To give an inside look for our readers we spent an orbit with Vanessa Selbst.
Hand 1 - Seated in the cutoff she folded preflop. She picked up her iPhone and played a round of Scramble With Friends. She scored 1,004 in a second round match.
Hand 2 - Selbst limps for 200 along with four other players then the big blind moved all in for 900. All other players folded but Selbst called.
Selbst: 
Opponent: 
The board ran 
and Selbst flopped a straight and rivered a queen-high straight ending her opponent's day.
Hand 3 - She folded preflop and went back to her phone. She started a new game of Scramble With Friends.
Hand 4 - Selbst paused her game to fold preflop and watch some of the action. She made some small talk with her neighbor to her left.
Hand 5 - From Under the Gun she folded preflop and went back to her paused game of Scramble With Friends. She finished the round with a score of 1,115.
Hand 6 - From the big blind Selbst checked when one player and the small blind limped preflop. The flop came 
, the small blind checked, Selbst bet 300 and both opponents folded.
Hand 7 - The player on the button opened to 450, Selbst called from small blind and the big blind re-raised to 1,800. The button folded and Selbst thought for a minute and then said, "Okay, let's gamble," and tossed in the call.
The flop came 
, Selbst checked, the big blind moved all in and Selbst called.
Selbst: 
Opponent: 
Her opponent's straight draw hit on the turn when it fell and was drawing dead when the river came . Selbst busted from the tournament, packed up her things and left the Brasilia Room without even a sigh.
Players Dropping Like Flies
Level 5
: 100/200, 0 ante
In this level alone, we have broken all 20 tables in the silver section. 970 players ponied up the $1,500 entry fee, and only 396 are left as we are wrapping up the fifth level of play.
Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
Team PokerStars Update
Here's a list of the counts for the PokerStars pros in the field
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
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|
16,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
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|
10,000 | |
|
|
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|
7,300
-200
|
-200 |
|
|
||
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6,200
3,100
|
3,100 |
|
|
||
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5,000
1,400
|
1,400 |
|
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|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Various Counts from Around the Room
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000
28,500
|
28,500 |
|
25,000
20,500
|
20,500 |
|
25,000 | |
|
|
||
|
|
24,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
||
|
23,500
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
||
|
21,000
16,500
|
16,500 |
|
|
||
|
20,000
15,650
|
15,650 |
|
17,000
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
16,000 | |
|
||
|
|
15,800
11,300
|
11,300 |
|
14,000
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
12,500
5,700
|
5,700 |
|
|
||
|
9,200
-4,800
|
-4,800 |
|
|
7,800
-1,400
|
-1,400 |
|
7,400
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
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|
6,800
2,300
|
2,300 |
|
6,700
2,200
|
2,200 |
|
6,500
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
6,000 | |
|
||
|
5,200
700
|
700 |
|
|
||
|
5,000 | |
|
|
||
|
2,500
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
2,400
-2,100
|
-2,100 |
|
|
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|
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Busted | |
|
Busted | |
Payouts Posted
Level 5
: 100/200, 0 ante
You can click the payouts tab to see all of them, but here are the highlights. 970 players entered the event, and 117 of them will walk away with a thicker wallet. The first payout is $2,488, and the top 15 players will lock up a five figure pay day. The big prize? $265,211 and a shiny gold WSOP bracelet.