2012 World Series of Poker

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

Pocket Kings... Who Needs Them?

Level 2 : 25/50, 0 ante

David Pham raised to 75, Paul Lee three-bet to 200, Russ Medlin made the call as did Pham. So a menage a trois heading to the flop and the dealer showed everyone {10-} {7-} {3-}.

Pham checked, Lee bet 300, Medlin raised to 800, Pham folded and Lee moved all-in. Action back to Medlin who incredibly folded pocket kings face-up. Was it a good read? Yes it was because Lee showed pocket aces!

"He's the best," said David Pham in admiration of the Medlin fold.

Tags: David PhamPaul Lee

Level: 3

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

Some Chip Counts

Here are some chip counts from the Amazon Room.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Carter Gill us
Carter Gill
10,000
5,500
5,500
Profile photo of Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
8,500
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
6,500
WSOP 7X Winner
Profile photo of John Juanda id
John Juanda
6,000
1,500
1,500
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
5,800
1,300
1,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Tristan Wade us
Tristan Wade
4,800
300
300
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jean-Robert Bellande us
Jean-Robert Bellande
4,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jimmy Fricke us
Jimmy Fricke
4,100
-400
-400
Profile photo of Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
4,100
-400
-400
WSOP 11X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
4,000
-500
-500
Profile photo of Garry Gates us
Garry Gates
3,900
Profile photo of Jonathan Aguair
Jonathan Aguair
2,450
Profile photo of Tim Duckworth au
Tim Duckworth
1,750
Profile photo of Scott Baumstein us
Scott Baumstein
800
-3,700
-3,700
Jaka Coaching

Trickett The Chip Hoover

Sam Trickett has got two mighty towers of green 25 chips signifying his level of activity. That level of activity must be paying dividends as he currently has 15,000 chips despite losing this pot.

Trickett raised to 250 in the hijack seat and both the cutoff and the big blind joined in the fun. The flop was {A-Clubs} {K-Clubs} {J-Hearts} and Trickett bet 375 once checked to, but was forced to lay down his hand after a 700 raise from the cutoff.

Player Chips Progress
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Sam Trickett
15,000
7,000
7,000

Tags: Sam Trickett

Mackey Sends Saul Packing

James Mackey, one of the youngest WSOP bracelet winners of all time when he was just 21 and four months old, just busted Kevin Saul. Saul and Mackey were sitting next to each other, and in a blind battle things heated up.

Mackey told us Saul limped from the small blind and with {K-}{Q-} the bracelet winner decided to raise. His raise got called and the flop brought out {Q-}{8-}{4-} with two spades. Saul check-raised the 200 bet to 550 and Mackey put his opponent all-in for a total of 2,500. Saul called with {Q-}{J-} and was trailing against {K-}{Q-}. No help for the former WPT Bellagio Cup winner and Mackey raked in the chips.

Player Chips Progress
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James Mackey
10,000
5,500
5,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Kevin Saul us
Kevin Saul
Busted

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Chino "Funtime" Rheem

Chino Rheem is having a great time in the field today. He is pushing out a great vibe and his table are all playing along. We just joined the action with Rheem facing a quirky decision. There seemed to have been a raise from under the gun from a short stack and Rheem had three-bet, one seat to his left, making it 625 to play. The original raiser had clicked it back to 1,225 and Rheem was laughing as he contemplated his thoughts openly to the table.

"I am 99% sure that I do not have the best hand," laughed Rheem.

His opponent only had around 1,250 in front of him.

"I can fold right?" Said Rheem.

Eventually Rheem made the call and asked the dealer for a very specific flop. In the meantime his opponent had moved all-in in the dark.

Flop: {K-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {5-Clubs}

"I call," said Rheem.

"You got Jacks?" Asked his opponent.

Rheem turned over {J-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} and his opponent turned over {A-Clubs} {A-Spades}. Rheem was still apologising when the dealer put a four flush out there with the {2-Clubs} on the turn. The {A-Diamonds} on the river didn't change anything and Rheem had doubled up his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
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Chino Rheem
10,000
-1,500
-1,500

Tags: Chino Rheem

Hello Hellmuth!

Phil Ivey stole the shine of Phil Hellmuth who also decided to play the first event this summer. Hellmuth snuck in quietly and currently he is sitting in the Amazon Room. The 11-time WSOP bracelet winner has 6,600 chips and with his sunglasses and headphones on he looks to be extremely focussed to do good in this first event.

Player Chips Progress
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Phil Hellmuth
6,600
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings

Tags: Phil Hellmuth