2012 World Series of Poker

Event 33: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$440,238
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
2,795
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Event 33: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1 Started

Welcome to Event#33 $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em

WSOP bracelet
WSOP bracelet

The $1,000 World Series of Poker (WSOP) events are the ones where dreams can come true. Last year saw 3,144 entries and the eventual winner was Markus Schmid, who took home $488,283 and a WSOP gold bracelet. The win dwarfed Schmid's previous best of $5,620 earned in a WSOP event during 2010. Schmid is alive and well and has already had two cashes so far this series in Event #16 & 19 respectively.

Event #33 is a 3-day event and today is Day 1. Our schedule consists of eleven-sixty minute levels. There will be a twenty-minute break after every 2-levels and a ninety-minute dinner break at the end of level 6. Will another Markus Schmidt step up to the plate and have the WSOP of their lives? Find out by joining PokerNews for all of the action.

We start at 12:00 PM live and direct from the Brasilia room in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino.

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/25

Ante: 0

Shuffle Up and Deal!

Jack Effel has just announced that we in the midst of the biggest World Series of Poker (WSOP) weekend in history. There will be a bracelet ceremony during the first break.

Let's get this party started.

Players With Big Field Experience

Brent Hanks is back in the thick of it
Brent Hanks is back in the thick of it

We already have 2,439 players scattered around the Brasilia, Pavilion and Amazon room today so please bear with us as we try to cram in as many stories and as much action as we can.

So who has showed up on time in the Brasilia room?

The Romanian Mihai Manole is in the house bright and early. Manole has over $1.5 million in live tournament earnings. This includes eleven World Series of Poker (WSOP) cashes and two final tables. Manole once navigated his way through the choppy field of 2,543 entrants to finish third in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event won by Michael Linn in 2010.

WSOP bracelet holder Scott Montgomery has also arrived bright and early. Montgomery found his way through 3,102 people on his way to his WSOP victory in a 2010 $1,000 event, so another one with big field experience. Montgomery is also on a little run of form after bubbling Event #23: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six-Handed) just a few short days ago.

Another punctual WSOP bracelet holder is Kathy Liebert. Liebert has amassed $990,767 through her 36 WSOP cashes and is dressed in her usual purple attire. Lieberts bracelet came in a $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout event held in 2004.

Last but not least we have one of our most recent WSOP bracelet holder in the form of Brent Hanks. Hanks found his way through a field of 2,101 players in the second event of this series. He took home $517,725 after besting a final table that included Vanessa Selbst, Andrew Badecker, JP Kelly and Jacob Blazeley. Hanks on the hunt for bracelet number two.

Tags: Brent HanksKathy LiebertMihai ManoleScott Montgomery

Brasilia Room Runners

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Todd Terry us
Todd Terry
3,000
Profile photo of Ali Eslami us
Ali Eslami
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Bryan Devonshire us
Bryan Devonshire
3,000
Profile photo of Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
3,000
Profile photo of Jon Aguilar
Jon Aguilar
3,000
Profile photo of Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Kyle Weir us
Kyle Weir
3,000
Profile photo of Barny Boatman gb
Barny Boatman
3,000
Profile photo of David Singontiko us
David Singontiko
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
3,000
Profile photo of Brent Hanks us
Brent Hanks
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Kathy Liebert us
Kathy Liebert
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Steve Watts gb
Steve Watts
3,000
Profile photo of Scott Montgomery ca
Scott Montgomery
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
Profile photo of John Eames gb
John Eames
3,000
Profile photo of Roberto Romanello gb
Roberto Romanello
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
3,000
Profile photo of Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
3,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Alexander Venovski us
Alexander Venovski
3,000
Profile photo of Mihai Manole ro
Mihai Manole
3,000

Margets Getting It In

Leo Margets is one of the most recognisable female poker players on the European circuit. The diminutive Spaniard has won over $700,000 in a career spanning 4-years. She first came to prominence on the world scene after finishing in 27th place in the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, proving she has once found the right combination of skill and luck to get through a very deep field. She took home $352,832 for the performance that kick-started her career. Here is Margets getting it all-in during one of her first hands.

We caught the action on a flop of {10-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} {6-Hearts} and three players in the pot. The big blind had bet 150, Margets had raised to 550 a few seats over and her next door neighbour had also made the call. We were waiting for the decision of the big blind and he called. The turn card was the {4-Diamonds} and the big blind checked to Margets who moved all-in for 2,350. The player to her direct left really wanted to call, but in the end mucked his hand, as did the big blind, and Margets scooped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
4,250
1,250
1,250
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax

Tags: Leo Margets

Level: 2

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0