Event 39: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-21-2012 23:01 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Rast	190,000 -15,000	-15,000

Dominykas Karmazinas	174,000 104,000	104,000
Nikolai Yakovenko	157,000 -3,000	-3,000
Richard Ashby	150,000

Mohsin Charania	144,000 4,000	4,000

Matthew Kirk	126,000 7,000	7,000
Hans Winzeler	107,000 23,000	23,000
Konstantin Buecherl	93,000
Josh Tieman	60,000 31,000	31,000
Joe Beevers	60,000 26,000	26,000
Romik Vartzar	59,000 22,000	22,000
John Racener	57,000 3,000	3,000

Huck Seed	55,500 20,200	20,200

Ryan Schmidt	50,000 18,500	18,500
Chris DeMaci	42,000 -13,000	-13,000
Cary Katz	29,500 19,500	19,500

David Sands	25,000 16,000	16,000
Naoya Kihara	18,000 -16,000	-16,000

Gary Benson	Busted

Brent Roberts	Busted

Tristan Clemencon opened to 800 from early position, and three players called, including Bryn Kenney on the button, and Martin Staszko from the small blind. The flop came down {k-Hearts} {2-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} , and the action checked to Kenney, who tossed 2,000 forw. Staszko potted, making it 9,600, and Clemencon re-potted. The action folded back to Staszko, who called all in.

Staszko
Clemencon

The turn and river came {q-Clubs} , {3-Diamonds} respectively, and Clemencon won the pot.

"Bad luck," Staszko muttered, then left.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tristan Clemencon	47,000 20,900	20,900
Martin Staszko	Busted

Tags: Martin Staszko Tristan Clemencon Bryn Kenney

06-21-2012 23:22 UTC-6

Break

[user101598]

Level 8 : 400/800, 0 ante

The players are on their final 20-minute break of the day.

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 0

06-21-2012 23:51 UTC-6

Cameron Loses To Quads... Again

donpeters

Mike Cameron has just lost to quads... again. This time on the {6-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {K-Clubs} board, Cameron moved all in against Will "The Thrill" Failla, but was met with a snap-call.

Failla held the {8-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {5-Spades} {4-Spades} for quad fives and Cameron was in disbelief, again, that he had run into quads. Cameron only showed two cards, the {10-Spades} {10-Clubs} for a full house on the turn.

Before the last break, Cameron lost to Mohsin Charania in a quads-over-quads battle. Still, Cameron has chips, but things just don't seem to be going his way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Will Failla	75,000 29,000	29,000
Mike Cameron	27,000 -43,000	-43,000

Tags: Mike Cameron Will Failla

06-22-2012 00:10 UTC-6

Raise or Call?

[user101598]

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 0 ante

When we reached Table 6 moments ago, there was an orange T5,000 chip laying in front of Dylan Kovachev. After examining the table, we could see that there were two limps in front from David Benyamine and Keith Lehr. Evidently, Kovachev had tossed out the oversized chip and said, "raise" a little too late.

"He said it after the chip hit the deck," the dealer told a floorperson.

Lehr agreed, saying that the player had intended to raise, but didn't act accordingly. Aubin Cazals, who won Event 6: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Mixed-Max, sided with Kovachev however, saying that he announced raise before the chip hit the felt.

The floorperson asked Leif Force, another 2012 WSOP bracelet winner, for his opinion, but he didn't want to get involved because he wasn't in the hand. Eventually, the floor ruled it a call. Sam Trickett proceeded to complete from the small blind, and the player in the big blind checked.

The dealer fanned {j-Clubs} {a-Diamonds} {4-Spades} , and the action checked to Kovachev.

"How much is in the pot?" he asked the dealer, irritated.

The entire tabled laughed, and Kovachev opted to bet 2,200. The action folded to Lehr, who raised the pot.

"Let me guess," Kovachev blurted. "You have jacks?"

Kovachec folded.

"You've got a lot of imagination," Kovachev added. "Making sure you can limp in with jacks."

"I do have a lot of imagination," Lehr agreed.

"I like your imagination," Kovachev spat. "And your jacks."

The beef was quickly squashed, when the two decided to literally hug it out.

"I like this table," Force interjected after the miniature altercation. "I don't need to text or listen to music anymore."

Tags: Leif Force David Benyamine Keith Lehr Dylan Kovachev Sam Trickett Aubin Cazals

06-22-2012 00:22 UTC-6

Cada Doubles

[user101598]

2009 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Joe Cada, who just finished runner-up to Carter Phillips in Event 31: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, recently doubled up over on Table 7. We unfortunately missed the action, but when we arrived at the table, the board was {3-Hearts} {10-Spades} {q-Hearts} {3-Clubs} {q-Spades} , and Cada had {a-Clubs} {a-Diamonds} {q-Clubs} {5-Clubs} spread out in front of him.

Cada was all in for 31,800, and with around 10,000 chips in the pot, he's up to roughly 74,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Cada	74,000 53,000	53,000

Tags: Joe Cada

06-22-2012 00:22 UTC-6

Big Pot for Sage as He Doubles Through Rast

donpeters

From under the gun, Benjamin Sage raised to 2,500. David "Doc" Sands was in the next seat and made the call. Action then folded a couple of spots over to Brian Rast in the hijack seat. He put in a reraise to 10,500. Play folded over to the big blind and that's where Matthew Kirk was positioned. He tanked for a bit, but eventually folded his hand, although it seemed as though he didn't want to. After that, Sage called and Sands called.

The flop rolled out {A-Clubs} {K-Spades} {4-Clubs} and both Sage and Sands checked to Rast. He fired a bet of 21,000. Sage went into the tank for a minute or two before grabbing a pile of chips and tossing them into the middle for a reraise. Sands quickly folded and then Rast requested a count. Sage's reraise was for 68,000 and he had a little under 30,000 behind.

Rast tanked long and hard, looking pained by the decision he was confronted with. After a few long minutes, he announced that he was all in and Sage quickly called.

Sage turned over the {A-Spades} {A-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {2-Hearts} for top set of aces and a gutshot straight draw to the wheel. Rast held the {A-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {J-Hearts} {3-Hearts} for top two pair.

After the turn brought the {4-Spades} to pair the board and give Sage a full house, Rast was drawing dead. The river completed the board with the {Q-Hearts} .

Sage was all in on the flop for 95,500 total and doubled to nearly 225,000 in chips. Rast was knocked all the way back to approximately 20,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Sage	224,000
Brian Rast	21,000 -169,000	-169,000

David Sands	20,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: Benjamin Sage Brian Rast David Sands Matthew Kirk

06-22-2012 00:26 UTC-6

Mercier Flirting with 200K

donpeters

Dermot Blain checked the {K-Spades} {K-Diamonds} {10-Spades} flop and Sam Stein slid out a 4,100-chip bet. Jason Mercier called and Blain folded.

The turn brought the {10-Hearts} and Stein passed the action to Mercier. He bet 8,300 and Stein quickly mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mercier	196,000 5,000	5,000

Sam Stein	57,000 8,000	8,000
Dermot Blain	41,000 -14,000	-14,000

Tags: Sam Stein Jason Mercier Dermot Blain

06-22-2012 00:32 UTC-6

RW3 Busts Opponent

[user101598]

RW3 wasn't the first overall pick in the 2012 NFL Draft, but he does have over 100K chips.

After a series of preflop bets and raises, Robert Williamson III was faced with an all-in bet from an opponent. RW3 reluctantly called, and the hands were opened.

RW3: {9-Spades} {8-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {4-Spades}
Opponent: {a-Hearts} {k-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {2-Clubs}

"I should've examined your stack more carefully," RW3 admitted. "At least I have two live suits."

It's a good thing his diamonds were live, because the board ran out {9-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} {q-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {j-Diamonds} , giving him a winning flush. His opponent was eliminated, while RW3's stack ballooned to over 100,000 chips.