Event 34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six-Handed Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-18-2012 20:02 UTC-6

Phil Ivey Plays One Hand, Doubles Up and Then Leaves

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Unbeknown to us, Phil Ivey, had pre-registered for this tournament, and his stack had been slowly blinding away as he quietly made his way onto the final table of Event #32 $10,000 H.O.R.S.E where he lies 3rd in chips.

He was on a twenty-minute break in the H.O.R.S.E and so he popped over the Brasilia room, played one hand, doubled up, picked himself up and walked back out again. Just a typical day in the life of Phil Ivey.

The button made the raise to 1,000, Erick Lindgren called in the small blind and Phil Ivey also called in the big. The flop was {7-Clubs} {3-Spades} {3-Diamonds} , Lindgren checked, Ivey bet 3,000, the button put Ivey all-in (for 8,700), Lindgren folded and Ivey called.

Ivey
Opponent

The turn was the {8-Spades} and river {A-Clubs} and Ivey doubled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	18,000

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06-18-2012 20:10 UTC-6

Don Nguyen Wins a 110k Pot With Ace-High

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Unfortunately, we missed the action, but Don Nguyen and Kevin Boudreau just managed to create an 110,000 monster pot on a flop of {9-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} . When the cards were turned over, Boudreau had just a pair of nines and with a gutshot and Nguyen had ace-high.

Nguyen
Boudreau

The turn {4-Hearts} and river {4-Spades} combined to give Nguyen the 110,000 pot with ace-high. Boudreau was down to chip dust.

Player	Chips	Progress
Don Nguyen	110,000 34,500	34,500
Kevin Boudreau	3,400

Tags: Don Nguyen Kevim Boudreau

06-18-2012 20:11 UTC-6

Dinner Break

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Level 6 : 200/400, 0 ante

The players are on a ninety-minute dinner break

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 0

06-18-2012 22:04 UTC-6

News From The Gold Section: Melki Loses His Grip; MacPhee Now Leads

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The landscape of this tournament is changing and changing quick. Our early front-runner, Jack Melki is going backwards and the likes of Kevin MacPhee (121,000), Don Nguyen (110,000), Karim Jomeen (110,000) & Tommy Le (103,500) have raced past the man from France. Melki has lost two-thirds of his stack and looks a sullen sight behind the 40,000 strewn in front of him. Shaun Deeb seems to have stuffed his face full of Melki chips during the dinner break - Deeb sits to his right with 70,000 chips.

In other news from the Gold Section we have just lost Williams Reynolds.

Stephane Albertini raised to 1,200 in first position and there were four callers including Williams Reynolds in the big blind. The flop was {Q-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} , Reynolds checked, Albertini bet 3,600, the hijack folded, Andy Bloch called from the button as did Reynolds in the big blind. The turn card was the {6-Spades} and Reynolds moved all-in for 15,050, Albertini called and Bloch mucked.

"I have a pair. Do you have a straight?" Asked Reynolds.

Albertini did have the straight, but still needed to fade a card or two before his victory was secured.

Albertini
Reynolds

The river bricked for Reynolds and Albertini has eliminated him from the competition.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin MacPhee	121,000

Don Nguyen	110,000 40,000	40,000
Karim Jomeen	110,000
Tommy Le	103,500 60,500	60,500

Fabrice Soulier	94,000 68,000	68,000

Luke Schwartz	82,000 25,500	25,500

Sebastian Bastian	77,000
Shaun Deeb	70,000 13,000	13,000

Davidi Kitai	67,000 45,400	45,400

Alex Outhred	61,000 12,000	12,000
Tom Marchese	56,000 39,100	39,100

Stephane Albertini	55,000
	54,000
David Benyamine	50,000 35,000	35,000

Padraig Parkinson	50,000 35,000	35,000
Mohsin Charania	45,000 34,400	34,400

	45,000
Oleksii Kovalchuk	44,000 18,000	18,000

John O'Shea	44,000
Chance Kornuth	43,500 28,500	28,500

	41,000
Jack Melki	40,000 -30,000	-30,000
Christian Harder	40,000 25,000	25,000
Karen Sarkisyan	40,000 8,000	8,000
	38,000

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Tags: Jack Melki Kevin MacPhee

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 0

06-18-2012 22:25 UTC-6

Silver Section News: Bloms is Gone; Merrifield Still Leads

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There are only 144 players left and that means most of the crowd is now squeezed into the Gold section as snug as a bug in a rug. There are just four tables left in the Silver Section and the glaring omission is Viktor Blom. We believe he was vanquished by Todd Boghosian who now has 75,000 chips.

Daniel Negreanu is still in his original seat. His glasses are on so I guess it's time to concentrate. Negreanu has remained stagnate on 31,000. The 2012 World Series of Poker Player of the Year, Ben Lamb, is also in the Silver Section and he is looking ominous; 99,000 for the man known as Lamb. But still riding high and leading the entire field is Steve Merrifield on 135,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Merrifield	130,000 -3,000	-3,000
Ben Lamb	99,000 39,000	39,000

David Burn	88,000 31,000	31,000
Todd Boghosian	75,000
Dermot Blain	67,000 50,500	50,500
Bryn Kenney	66,000 12,000	12,000

Jon West	61,000 -15,000	-15,000
James Akenhead	36,000 19,500	19,500
Daniel Negreanu	31,000 -1,272	-1,272

Sam Stein	21,000 -17,000	-17,000
Andy Frankenberger	20,000 14,000	14,000

Allen Cunningham	12,000 -5,000	-5,000

Viktor Blom	Busted

Tags: Ben Lamb Daniel Negreanu Viktor Blom

06-18-2012 22:43 UTC-6

Ivey is Out and Junglen Looking Good

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Phil Ivey is not going to make another final table here in Event #34. He is the short stack with 6 remaining in Event #32: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E and during the break he came back to this event to play a few hands. During that time he picked up {A-} {A-} {Q-} {Q-} and got it in against Bruno Fitoussi holding {10-} {10-} {8-} {8-} . Fitoussi hitting the board harder than Ivey and he was sent back to his final table duties in the H.O.R.S.E.

Adam Junglen had a mighty fine World Series last year, making two final tables. We just caught him in an interesting hand against the Irishman John O'Shea.

We caught the action on a flop of {A-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} with around 3,000 in the pot. O'Shea was seated in the small blind with Junglen in the hijack seat. O'Shea check-called a 2,500 Junglen bet before doing the same on the turn {2-Hearts} for 4,800. Eventually fifth street was brought out of the deck and it was {5-Spades} . O'Shea checked for the third time and Junglen bet 10,100. Tank-time for O'Shea and after a few minutes he folded his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Junglen	80,000
Bruno Fitoussi	48,500 13,500	13,500
John O'Shea	42,000 -2,000	-2,000
Phil Ivey	Busted

Tags: Adam Junglen Bruno Fitoussi John O'Shea Phil Ivey

06-18-2012 23:25 UTC-6

Stein Out, Melki Melts & Monro Rises from Nowhere

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With 15-minutes left of Level 8 there are 114 players remaining and an average stack of 55,132. We have just had a peruse along Tables #10-19 and have a lot of news to break.

World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder Sam Stein is out; eliminated at the hands of Rory Matthews. Stein was down to his last few thousand when he opened for 2,100, the button called, Matthews raised pot (9,000), Stein called and the button folded leaving the pair heads-up.

Matthews
Stein

Board: {9-Clubs} {8-Spades} {5-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} {7-Hearts}

Matthews with two-pair and Stein was out.

We reported earlier that our former chip leader, Jack Melki, was free-falling down the leader board, and we can now report that he has hit the bottom hard and he won't be getting back up.

He opened to 2,000 in the cutoff before Naoya Kihara three-bet to 6,900 on the button. Melki didn't even think before making the call and they both shared a flop of {J-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} .

"Pot," said Melki.

It didn't matter what the price was because Kihara moved all-in.

"I call…I am tired," said Melki.

Kihara
Melki

The turn {A-Hearts} and river {A-Clubs} finished off the board and Kihara had eliminated the man who had 70,000 chips when the blinds were only 100/200.

That hand placed Naoya Kihara on an impressive looking 108,000, but that was nothing compared to Joe Monro. Monro with fourteen WSOP cashes on his record has somehow amassed 152,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Monro	152,000
Chris De Maci	117,000
David Burn	117,000 29,000	29,000
Karim Jomeen	117,000 7,000	7,000
Naoya Kihara	108,000
Tommy Le	106,000 2,500	2,500

Artem Metalidi	93,700 73,700	73,700
Fabrice Soulier	91,000 -3,000	-3,000

Shaun Deeb	85,000 15,000	15,000

Jason DeWitt	80,000

Bryn Kenney	80,000 14,000	14,000

David Benyamine	78,000 28,000	28,000

Dan Shak	72,000 27,000	27,000
Markus Ristola	68,000
Antony Lellouche	60,000 31,000	31,000
Padraig Parkinson	59,000 9,000	9,000
David Chiu	46,500 -7,500	-7,500
Ilah Boujenah	41,000 6,000	6,000
Humberto Brenes	22,000 -6,000	-6,000

Bertrand Grospellier	20,000 -8,000	-8,000

Kenny Tran	17,500 -20,500	-20,500
Sam Stein	Busted
Jack Melki	Busted