2012 World Series of Poker

Event 20: $5,000 Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$206,760
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$780,200
Entries
166
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0

Let's Get to Know Yu

Level 4 : 200/400, 0 ante

Ben Yu is no slouch on the felt. That is no more evident than here at the World Series of Poker where he has amassed 12 cashes over the last few years. One of those cashes was a 2nd-place finish in the $1,500 Limit Holdem Shootout event at the 2010 WSOP. He is in today's field and will be looking to go one spot further than that finish, which will of course see him taking down a gold bracelet.

We recently watched Yu take part in a hand that went a little like this. Folded to Yu on the button, he flicked in a raise. The small blind then three-bet and Yu made the call. As a {7-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} board was dealt on the felt as Yu called down bets on every street. In the end, Yu would send his cards into the muck as his opponent turned over {j-Clubs}{j-Hearts}.

Despite being on the losing end of the above hand, Yu is certainly one of the tougher players in today's field.

Tags: Ben Yu

Level: 4

Limits: 200/400

Ante: 0

Pilgrim Doesn't Get There

When we arrived at Table 361, there was a board showing {2-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{a-Clubs}{10-Spades}{a-Spades} and Dwyte Pilgrim led out with a bet of 400 on the river. He was up against one opponent and they flicked out a 1,000-denomination chip.

"See, i told you i aint playing nothing less than jacks today," said Pilgrim as he tabled {q-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} and waited to see his opponent's hand.

"She said raise," quipped the player on Pilgrim's right.

"Oh, shit, so you got me beat then," said Pilgrim as he put in the extra chips to make the call.

He was right, his hand was beat. The player turned over {k-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} and took down the pot with a straight. Despite losing that hand, Pilgrim has had a pretty solid start today and sits with plenty of chips.

Player Chips Progress
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
20,000
9,000
9,000

Tags: Dwyte Pilgrim

More Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Jennifer Harman us
Jennifer Harman
14,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Todd Witteles us
Todd Witteles
14,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
14,000
-4,000
-4,000
$25K Fantasy
JC Tran us
JC Tran
13,500
-5,000
-5,000
Gabriel Nassif fr
Gabriel Nassif
13,000
-2,000
-2,000
Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
13,000
-500
-500
WSOP 2X Winner
Mike Thorpe us
Mike Thorpe
13,000
-2,000
-2,000
Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
12,000
-1,600
-1,600
WSOP 6X Winner
Michele Limongi it
Michele Limongi
12,000
-3,000
-3,000
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
11,000
-2,500
-2,500
Bill Chen us
Bill Chen
11,000
-4,400
-4,400
WSOP 2X Winner
David Chiu us
David Chiu
10,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
10,000
3,200
3,200
Daniel Idema ca
Daniel Idema
9,000
-500
-500
WSOP 3X Winner
John Monnette us
John Monnette
7,500
-2,700
-2,700
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
Annie Duke us
Annie Duke
5,500
-3,500
-3,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Jameson Painter us
Jameson Painter
5,000
-10,000
-10,000
Diego Cordovez us
Diego Cordovez
5,000
-10,000
-10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jeff Shulman us
Jeff Shulman
5,000
-2,500
-2,500
Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
2,000
-14,800
-14,800
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

A Round of Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Shawn Keller us
Shawn Keller
31,000
16,000
16,000
David "ODB" Baker
David "ODB" Baker
21,000
-2,000
-2,000
Tyler Bonkowski ca
Tyler Bonkowski
20,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
19,000
6,800
6,800
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
18,000
2,600
2,600
Terrence Chan ca
Terrence Chan
18,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Richard Lyndaker us
Richard Lyndaker
17,500
2,500
2,500
Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
16,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jesse Martin us
Jesse Martin
16,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
16,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Alexander Kuzmin ru
Alexander Kuzmin
15,000
Matt Hawrilenko us
Matt Hawrilenko
15,000
-1,500
-1,500

Baker Raking Them In

David "ODB" Baker has been able to see his stack increase to well over 20,000, courtesy of multiple small pots. We recently arrived at Baker's table with a flop showing {9-Spades}{7-Clubs}{2-Hearts} and Baker and an opponent committing one bet to see a {4-Hearts} hit the turn. This time Baker's opponent would bet and Baker raise. A call and the {5-Diamonds} would complete the board. Baker's opponent would opt to check here and Baker flicked in a bet. The player wanted no part of this hand and sent the nice little pot to Baker.

Player Chips Progress
David "ODB" Baker
David "ODB" Baker
23,000
9,000
9,000

Tags: David "ODB" Baker

New Table Open

A new table has opened after the break here in Event 20 and it certainly features some poker chops, with Mario Ho, Chad Brown, Mike Sowers and Matt Glantz all sitting at the felt.

Glantz is fresh off his 7th-place finish in the $1,500 6-Max event earlier today and will be looking for an even better result here. Brown, Ho and Sowers are also some players to be feared, as they will be looking to post a deep run during this year's World Series of Poker.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Sowers us
Mike Sowers
15,000
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
15,000
$25K Fantasy
Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
15,000
$25K Fantasy
Chad Brown us
Chad Brown
15,000

Tags: Chad BrownMaria HoMatt Glantz

Harman Enters

We have returned from the break with an extra few registrations, bringing the grand total so far to 137. One of those players is Jennifer Harman and she has been seated on the right of none other than Annie Duke.

Harman has more than $2.5 million in tournament winnings on her resume, including two World Series of Poker gold bracelets. One of those bracelets was in a $5,000 Limit Holdem event in 2002. She will be one to watch here in this event.

Player Chips Progress
Jennifer Harman us
Jennifer Harman
15,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Jennifer Harman

Level: 3

Limits: 200/400

Ante: 0