Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six-Handed
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,969,300
Entries
419
Level
26
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0
Current 2012 WSOP Player of the Year Standings
Level 3
: 75/150, 0 ante
Current 2012 WSOP Player of the Year Standings
| Place | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Frankenberger | 384.66 |
| 2 | Phil Ivey | 383.55 |
| 3 | John Monnette | 319.50 |
| 4 | Brian Hastings | 303.00 |
| 5 | Ashkan Razavi | 274.06 |
| 6 | Aubin Cazals | 251.00 |
| 7 | Michael Gathy | 250.00 |
| 8 | Clifford Goldkind | 240.00 |
| 9 | Phil Hellmuth | 240.00 |
| 10 | Simon Charette | 237.50 |
Silver Section: Negreanu Short, Nacho Angry; Lizano & Silver Leave
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The Silver Section is very quiet at the moment, both in terms of action and noise. There are a lot of standout tables in the field but this one looks particularly interesting.
Table #40
| Seat 1 | Nam Le |
| Seat 2 | Adam Coviensky |
| Seat 3 | Ben Lamb |
| Seat 4 | Tommy Vedes |
| Seat 5 | Manuel Bevand |
| Seat 6 | Roberto Romanello |
Here is a hand from that table that went the way of Vedes.
We caught the action on a flop of 
, Vedes checked, Bevand bet 900, Le folded and Vedes called. The turn card was the 
and both players checked before we saw the 
on the river. Vedes bet 1,800 and after a long dwell, Bevand folded.
Elsewhere the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event final tablist, Max Silver, has been eliminated at the hands of Ryan Lenaghan. The money went in on a flop of 
. Silver held 
for two-pair and Lenaghan held 
for the draws. The turn 
completed a flush for the latter and the 
river just confirming the exit of Silver.
The Spaniard Jesus Cortes Lizano has just busted as well. Lizano had a pair of kings and lost his stack to Jon West when an ace turned up on the flop. Another player who is slowly edging towards life-support is Daniel Negreanu. 13BB is not a lot when you are playing six-handed Pot-Limit Omaha, and that is what Kid Poker has in front of him right now.
Finally, when we left the Silver Section, Jose 'Nacho' Barbero, hads steam coming out of his ears and here is why. Karen Sarkisyan raised to 350 in the hijack seat, Christian Harder called in the cutoff and Barbero three-bet to 1,500 on the button. Sarkisyan four-bet to 5,350, Harder folded, Barbero moved all-in and Sarkisyan called the extra few thousand.
| Sarkisyan |    |
| Barbero | |
Board: 
Barbero slammed his chips into the table beneath the weight of his fist. He looked at Sarkisyan, then to his friend on the rail, and he was not happy at the outcome one little bit. Sarkisyan looked like he eats raw meat for fun and just gave Barbero a little tentative stare.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
41,000 | |
|
34,000 | 14,000 |
|
25,000 | 10,000 |
|
20,000 | 5,000 |
|
20,000 | |
|
20,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
19,600 | |
|
18,000 | 3,000 |
|
18,000 | 3,000 |
|
18,000 | 3,000 |
|
17,900 | |
|
17,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
16,000 | |
|
15,800 | -4,200 |
|
15,500 | 500 |
|
14,800 | |
|
14,000 | -1,000 |
|
13,525 | -1,475 |
|
12,700 | |
|
12,000 | -3,000 |
|
9,000 | -6,000 |
|
8,000 | -7,000 |
|
6,800 | -8,200 |
|
5,150 | -9,850 |
|
4,300 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Break Time
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
The players are the first twenty-minute break of the day
Not a Great Start For Our Defending Champion
Level 2
: 50/100, 0 ante
Our defending champion Jason Mercier is not having a good day. He is down to his last 5,000 and this is how he has described events through his Twitter feed.
"Down to my last bullet in this 5k plo.. Lost 10k pot as 80% fav, then 13k pot as 54% fav. Then 9k pot 3 way all in pre as 50% fav."
Some More Players
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,000 | |
|
|
21,700 | 6,700 |
|
21,600 | |
|
19,900 | |
|
17,300 |
The Gold Section is Filling Up; Leif Force in Action
There are not many seats left in the Gold Section of the Brasilia Room as the attendance figure increases to 348 players. One man in the midst of the action, when we were walking around the area, was Leif Force. The recent World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner (Event #3: $3,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha) was involved in back-to-back pots with Erik Cajelais and Melki Jack.
We joined the action on the flop of 
and four players in the hand. Cajelais bet first, making it 2,200 to play, and only Force made the call. The turn card was the and both players decided to play for the spare change that they each had in front of them.
| Force |   |
| Cajelais |   |
The two-pair of Cajelais gave him the lead with one more card to come. The dealer peeled over the and Cajelais was not happy. "PLO!" Grumbled Cajelais as he was forced to hand 3,075 more to Leif.
After that hand Cajelais had 14,400 and Force was up to 27,500. Then in the very next hand Force got embroiled with a flop all-in against Jack Melki. The flop was 
and here were the state of affairs.
| Jack |   |
| Force |   |
So a straight for Melki and Force was looking for a higher Broadway straight. The turn 
and river 
kept the pot moving in the direction of Melki who now had 20,000 whereas Force was down to 19,600.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,000 | |
|
21,600 | |
|
19,600 | |
|
19,500 | |
|
18,000 | |
|
16,900 | |
|
16,000 | |
|
15,500 | |
|
14,600 | |
|
14,400 | |
|
5,300 | -9,700 |
A Peek at the Bronze Section
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
17,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
14,900 | |
|
14,800 | |
|
14,000 | |
|
14,000 | |
|
14,000 | |
|
13,000 | |
|
12,000 | |
|
10,650 | |
|
10,600 | |
|
7,200 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0