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Level 5
: 100/200, 0 ante
The numbers have been crunched and this is what we have.
Total entrants = 2,795
Total Prizepool = $2,515,500
Places paid = 297
Min-Cash = $1,836
First Prize = $440,238
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 33: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
2,795
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
JJ Liu Moving Along Nicely
JJ Liu has 22 World Series of Poker (WSOP) cashes dating back as far as 1996, and she now has 13,300 chips after getting it in 
v 
to take 3,075 from her eliminated opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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13,300 |
Movers and Shakers in The Red Section
The legend of Costa Rica, and two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, Humberto Brenes has just joined the table occupied by Kyle Weir and John Juanda. Brenes has settled in nicely and has 14,000.
Jeff Sluzinski is having a great WSOP. He finished in 38th place in Event #19: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em for $10,721 and now has a pre-dinner snack of 35,000 chips. How did he win them?
"I just got aces a lot that's all," said Sluzinski.
But Sluzinski's pile of chips is nothing compared to the pre dinner chip leader. That honor belongs to Eric Price who has amassed 60,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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60,000 | |
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35,000 | |
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29,000 | |
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21,700 | |
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19,000 | |
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15,000
12,000
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12,000 |
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15,000
10,600
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10,600 |
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14,000
11,000
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11,000 |
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14,000 | |
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14,000 | |
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13,000 | |
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10,000
6,400
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6,400 |
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8,500 | |
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7,000 | |
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7,000
-5,500
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-5,500 |
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7,000
-2,500
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-2,500 |
Affleck Continues to Climb
There was a raise from under the gun to 500 and Matt Affleck made the three-bet from the button to 1,250. The initial raiser called and the dealer placed three cards down onto the felt - 
. The initial raiser checked, Affleck bet 1,600 and the initial raiser called. Onto the turn and the and the initial raiser check-folded to an Affleck all-in bet. Matt Affleck is now up to 20,500 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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20,500
9,100
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9,100 |
Dinner Break
Level 6
: 100/200, 25 ante
The remaining 830 players are on a ninety-minute dinner break
Level: 7
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Gold Section Review: Richard Hughes & Dylan Hortin
When we first walked around the Gold Section there was one man who stood a good 10,000 ahead of his competitors and he was a multiple World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder. Ryan Hughes holds bracelets in two different formats of Seven Card Stud, but has scores in virtually every game there is. In short, this kid can play poker. But we did say WAS 10,000 ahead of everyone else. Here are two pots involving Hughes - one good and one…not so good.
A man with slicked back grey hair and silver rimmed glasses raised to 700 in early position. The action folded around to Hughes, in the cutoff, and he made the call. The flop was 
and the initial raiser check-called a 1,100 Hughes bet. Pot control was the order of the turn, when both players checked at the sight of the 
. Finally we saw the 
on fifth street and the initial raiser check-called a 4,200 Hughes bet. Hughes calmly turned over 
, like all players holding winning hands do, and the initial raiser flipped over a frustrated looking 
.
Then Dylan Hortin raised from mid-position before Hughes three-bet to 1,600. Back to Hortin and he immediately made it 3,475, Hughes then made it 5,600, Hortin announced all-in and Hughes called.
| Hortin |   |
| Hughes |  |
Board: 
The total all-in bet by Hortin was 15,450 and he moved slightly ahead of Hughes on 32,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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32,000 | |
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30,000 |
More Gold Section News: Tayfeh v McCorkell
Mohsen Tayfeh is the new chip leader within the Gold Section of the Brasilia room. He currently has 35,000 chips after winning the following hand on Table #3.
Robert Deppe raised to 600 in mid-position, Tayfeh called in the cutoff, as did Craig McCorkell on the button and Nesrine Kourdourli in the big blind. Four people shared a flop that contained more hearts than a card on Fathers day - 
. The action checked around to Tayfeh and he bet 1,250 and only McCorkell showed the interest to proceed to fourth street. The 
was next and this time Tayfeh check-called a 2,900 McCorkell bet. Finally we had the 
and Tayfeh mouthed the words, "all-in," and McCorkells hand was all-out!
"Don't report that hand," said McCorkell (whoops-a-daisy)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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35,000
8,000
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8,000 |
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35,000 | |
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27,000 | |
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24,000
-5,000
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-5,000 |
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20,000
-500
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-500 |
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19,600
9,600
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9,600 |
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16,800 | |
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16,000 | |
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16,000 | |
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15,000
7,000
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7,000 |
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10,000 | |
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Busted | |
Level: 8
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Silver Section: A Radoja Double, The Price Has Dipped and Middy Leads
We are currently fifteen-minutes into Level 8 and with 620 players left let us give you some news from the Silver section of the Brasilia Room.
In 2010, Mark Radoja same so close to winning his first-ever World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet when he finished in 3rd spot in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event. Then last year Radoja finally reached his goal - and slipped on the gold - when he won the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout event. Moving on to 2012 and he very nearly won back-to-back WSOP bracelets when he finished runner-up in Event #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed. So Radoja is on fire, but when we joined his table the heat was almost extinguished, and then this happened.
The player in the hijack raised to 750 and the button and small blind made the call. Radoja was seated in the big blind with 4,275 chips and he pushed them into the middle. The hijack made the call and we were heads-up to the flop with Radoja at risk of elimination.
| Radoja | |
| Hijack |  |
Board: 
Radoja's fire finds a new spark.
In further news our former chip leader Eric Price has managed to drop 20,000 chips and now has 40,000. Other players with impressive chip stacks in the Silver area include Jay Ishimaru (32,000), Andy Frankenberger (34,000), Vitaly Meshcheriakov (32,000), Dave Westfall (40,500) and our new chip leader Tom 'Middy' Middleton (42,000).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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43,000 | |
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40,500 | |
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40,000 | |
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39,000
-21,000
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-21,000 |
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34,000 | |
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32,000 | |
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32,000 | |
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31,000
12,000
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12,000 |
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22,500
7,500
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7,500 |
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22,000
8,700
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8,700 |
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20,000 | |
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18,000 | |
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18,000
16,050
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16,050 |
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17,500
9,500
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9,500 |
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17,000
14,400
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14,400 |
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17,000
14,000
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14,000 |
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16,000
5,100
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5,100 |
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15,000
6,500
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6,500 |
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15,000
12,000
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12,000 |
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13,000
4,000
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4,000 |
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11,000
-3,000
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-3,000 |
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9,600
2,600
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2,600 |
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8,000
-5,500
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-5,500 |
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6,000 | |
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4,000
-5,000
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-5,000 |
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