2012 World Series of Poker

Event 38: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Dung Nguyen
Winning Hand
q10
Prize
$607,200
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
2,502
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Late Count Update

Player Chips Progress
Layne Flack us
Layne Flack
125,000
84,000
84,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
80,000
29,000
29,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Jim Collopy us
Jim Collopy
60,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Tommy Vedes us
Tommy Vedes
52,000
7,000
7,000
David Pham us
David Pham
50,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Lauren Kling us
Lauren Kling
50,000
20,000
20,000
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
45,000
-500
-500
WSOP 3X Winner
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
43,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Justin Barnum us
Justin Barnum
26,700
3,800
3,800
Gabriel Nassif fr
Gabriel Nassif
24,000
13,900
13,900
Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
21,000
7,500
7,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Richard Toth hu
Richard Toth
21,000
-12,000
-12,000
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
19,500
-4,500
-4,500
WSOP 1X Winner
John Racener us
John Racener
13,000
-18,500
-18,500
WSOP 1X Winner

Big Stack Hunting

Here is how some of the largest stacks in the room look right now. Out of the approximately 333 players remaining, seemingly none come close to the stack of Alex Phahurat.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Phahurat
Alex Phahurat
164,000
24,000
24,000
Michael Benvenuti us
Michael Benvenuti
120,000
Tom Liddell
Tom Liddell
105,000
Marcus Gurly
Marcus Gurly
99,000
Gergely Meszaros hu
Gergely Meszaros
98,000
-6,000
-6,000

Final Level of the Night

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Approximately 351 players are about to take part in the final level of the night. Within 60-minutes time, the surviving players will be bagging their chips and returning tomorrow.

Level: 11

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Clements Claims Two

We just watched Scott Clements take down two pots in just as many minutes. This is how they wen't down.

  • The first one saw Clements and one opponent take to a {4-Spades}{k-Clubs}{8-Clubs} flop. Clements checked and his opponent bet 2,100. Clements made a quick call and the {a-Clubs} turn was dealt. This time Clements led, throwing out a bet of 2,100. It was too much for his opponent as they folded.
  • The second hand saw Clements and one opponent both check on a {5-Hearts}{q-Spades}{5-Diamonds} flop. On the turn ({8-Diamonds}), Clements' opponent led for 2,500 and Clements called. The {q-Clubs} river would see Clements' opponent check and then Clements shove all in, with his opponent having around 16,000 behind. It was enough to scare the player away and Clements took down another pot.
Player Chips Progress
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
45,500
23,500
23,500
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Scott Clements

Run Good Alex

Alex Phahurat and all his chips
Alex Phahurat and all his chips

Alex Phahurat is currently sitting behind what is easily the largest stack in the room. He is also wearing a patch which says "Run Good" on it. We think the patch may have magical powers, but we can't be sure, we will have to wait until the end of the night to see.

Player Chips Progress
Alex Phahurat
Alex Phahurat
140,000

Tags: Alex Phahurat

Smith Smuggling Chips

Dan Smith is sitting behind a healthy stack, with some of those chips courtesy of a hand we just witnessed. When we arrived at the table there was a {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{4-Spades} flop showing and one player was leading out for 4,100. Smith made the call while a couple of other players got out of the way and we took to a {6-Diamonds} turn.

On the turn, both Smith and his opponent checked and a {7-Clubs} landed on the river. This time when Smith's opponent checked, Smith slid out a stack of around 10,000 in chips. His opponent quickly folded and Smith took down the handy pot.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
35,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Dan Smith