Event 44: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 44: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Welcome to Event #44: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
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Good afternoon and welcome to Event #44: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em.
These are the competitions that the amateur players flock to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) for. A relatively inexpensive opportunity to sit and play poker with the likes of Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu. What other game or sport in the world allows fans and players to mix so up close and personal?
During last years event that is exactly what happened, as Kenneth Griffin secured his first ever live cash, $455,356 in prize money and a WSOP gold bracelet after overcoming a final table containing Andrew Teng and Antonio Esfandiari.
We are assuming that the attendance figure will head over the 1,500 mark and if it does we will be playing eleven levels of sixty-minutes. There will be a twenty-minute dinner break at the end of every two-levels, and a ninety-minute dinner break at the end of level-six.
The action starts at 12:00 PM and PokerNews will be bringing you all of the stories from Day 1 of Event #44 as it happens in the Brasilia, Amazon and Pavilion rooms.
Shuffle Up and Deal!
The players are still piling into the room (2,288 registered so far), the officials have finally switched off the women's billiards so the lads can watch England v Italy and the clock has struck noon.
It's time for Event #44 to kick-off, it's time to try and win World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold, it's time to shuffle up and deal.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/25
Ante: 0
Famous Faces in Brasilia Gold and Silver Sections
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3,000 | |
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3,000 |
It's a Big One!
Level 1
: 25/25, 0 ante
The One Drop tournament with a buy-in of $1,000,000 will commence on July 1st, but up until that time we will call these massive fields 'Big Ones'!
Today's event already has 2,492 players registered, there's a line at the cashier and up until the second break of the day players are allowed to buy in. The last $1,000 tournament at this WSOP drew a field of 2,795, and we're going to get very close to that number again today.
The previous $1,000 No Limit Hold'em had a first place prize of $440,238, which was taken home by Max Steinberg. He defeated Samuel Gerber heads up who took home $273,385.
Early News From The Silver Section
World Series of Poker (WSOP) Event #5: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em final tablist, John Eames, has found himself a nice view of the England v Italy match. He is seated right in front of the big screen. But Eames may want to keep his eye off the football, and instead on seat six because it contains the frame of Jude Ainsworth. Ainsworth is a phenomenal online player who can also throw his weight about in the live arena.
Also joining Eames and Ainsworth in the Silver Section of the Brasilia room include, Gabriel Nassif, Barry Shulman, Dylan Linde, Tony Cousineau and David Peters. Peters knows how to plough his way through a field of this size. Already this year he has scored a 7th place finish, for $70,8886, in Event #19: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, and in 2010, finished 2nd to Marcel Vonk in the $1,0000 WSOP event for $350,803. Here is Peters getting involved nice and early.
Peters raised to 75 in mid-position and Greg White made the call from the small blind. White proceeded to check-call two streets (100 & 225) on a 
board before both players checked at the sight of 
on fifth street. White tabled 
and Peters mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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3,000 | |
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2,675 | -325 |
Some More Names From Brasilia Tan and Red
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3,000 |
Straight No Good For Fish
As we walked up to Table 85 in the Brasilia room red section we noticed two top professionals. In seat two we saw Darryll Fish who was right next to 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Carlos Mortensen. As we looked down at the felt there was already a 
board out in a hand between these two players.
The action was on Fish who threw out 250 chips from the button with 375 chips in the pot. Mortensen was in the small blind and he opted to raise to 625. Fish gave it some thought before moving all in, and Mortesen snap-called.
Fish turned over 
, and reacted disgusted when Mortensen showed 
. Fish was drawing dead, and after a count of the chips it turned out Mortensen had him covered. Mortensen told him he himself got knocked out in a similar situation yesterday, but obviously that didn't help Fish who lost his chips before the start of the second level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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6,300 | 3,300 |
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Busted |
Level: 2
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0