2012 World Series of Poker

Event 2: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$517,725
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,836,350
Entries
2,101
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

JP Kelly Crippled by Kaufman

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

JP Kelly had already moved in uncontested before his second jam was called my Michael Kaufman. When the hands were overturned JP Kelly had quite a lot of work to do.

Kaufman{K-Diamonds} {K-Hearts}
JP Kelly{10-Spades} {9-Spades}

The flop {7-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} gave Kelly a gut-shot and the crowd was going crazy. The turn was the {4-Diamonds} and finally the river was {4-Clubs} and Kelly was crippled once more - down to 10,000!

Tags: JP KellyMichael Kaufman

Level: 24

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 4,000

A Few For Selbst and Badecker

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Vanessa Selbst raised to 40,000 in mid-position and Jacob Bazeley made the call from the small blind. The action checked through to the river on a board of {Q-Spades} {J-Clubs} {4-Spades} {6-Hearts} {10-Hearts} and Selbst took down the pot with a 68,000 river bet.

After that, Selbst raised to 40,000 in first position and she took down the blinds and antes and then after that Andrew Badecker raised to 43,000 in early position and he took down the blinds and antes.

Following that, Badecker continued staying involved with a raise to 43,000 in first position and he took down the blinds and antes.

Tags: Andrew BadeckerVanessa Selbst

Kelly Cracks Aces to Stay Alive

JP Kelly moved all-in in the hand after he lost almost all his chips. Andrew Badecker decided to look him up and we saw the following showdown for a pot worth around 250,000 chips.

Andrew Badecker{A-}{A-}
JP Kelly{K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}

The board ran out {6-Spades}{Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{K-Clubs} giving Kelly a full house and the much needed double up. We are still with nine players but Kelly isn't out of trouble yet!

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Badecker us
Andrew Badecker
WSOP 1X Winner
1,400,000 -153,000
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
WSOP 2X Winner
255,000 135,000

Tags: JP KellyAndrew Badecker

JP Kelly Doubles Up Abdyl Konjuhi

Jacob Bazeley raised to 40,000 in first position and Vanessa Selbst made the call from mid-position. JP Kelly was seated in the cutoff and he moved all-in. The button folded and Abdyl Konjuhi also moved all in from the small blind. Both Bazeley and Selbst folded and we had our first showdown at the final table.

Konjuhi{K-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}
JP Kelly{A-Spades} {Q-Spades}

Board: {J-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} {9-Hearts} {6-Clubs}

Despite the JP Kelly fans trying to suck the ace out of the deck it didn't materialize and JP Kelly had doubled up Konjuhi.

Player Chips Progress
Abdyl Konjuhi us
Abdyl Konjuhi
880,000 492,000
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
WSOP 2X Winner
120,000 -490,000

Tags: Abdyl KonjuhiJP Kelly

Selbst Three-Bets

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Michael Kaufman just raised to 40,000 from the hi-jack and Vanessa Selbst, who was in the cut-off, opted to three bet to 82,000 right away. Nobody wanted to play with Selbst who took down this pot without seeing a flop.

Tags: Michael KaufmanVanessa Selbst

The First Few Hands

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

The first two hands go to Ryan Schmidt and Brent Hanks who both take the blinds and antes with uncontested raises.

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Andrew Badecker raised to 43,000 and Abdyl Konjuhi three-bet to 193,000, one seat to his left, and Badecker mucked his hand.

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Richard Parks raised to 40,000 in the hijack seat and took the blinds and the antes.

Tags: Abdyl KonjuhiAndrew BadeckerRichard ParksRyan Schmidt