2012 World Series of Poker

Event 44: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Rocco Palumbo
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
$464,464
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,654,100
Entries
2,949
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Break

Level 4 : 75/150, 0 ante

The second break of the day has just started. We will be back in 20 minutes.

Level: 5

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Red Section Review (Part 1)

Moutinho being consoled by The Doc after being eliminated in last years WSOP ME in 29th place
Moutinho being consoled by The Doc after being eliminated in last years WSOP ME in 29th place

We have just raced around the red section and do you know what we saw? Well let us tell you.

We cannot find the Spanish duo of Carlos Mortensen and Leo Margets. We believe Margets was eliminated in a flip - {J-} {J-} v {A-} {Q-} - but cannot find out whether Mortensen was eliminated or moved. For now we are going to assume he is busto, until we spot otherwise.

Another red-section player who is more aesthetically pleasing to the eye is Erika Moutinho. Moutinho reached notoriety when she finished in 29th place in last years World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event where she cashed for $242,636 (just one place behind her fiance David 'Doc' Sands). Moutinho has just been eliminated {A-} {3-} versus {4-} {4-} in a pre flop battle.

Contrasting fortunes for Jameson Painter and Joseph Cheong. Painter arrived on time and then departed not long after, whilst Cheong arrived late and has just doubled up. Painter was out {A-} {Q-} versus {Q-} {Q-} in another of the notorious $1k flips and Cheong doubled up {K-} {Q-} versus {K-} {10-}.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
6,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Kristijonas Andrulis lt
Kristijonas Andrulis
5,600
-200
-200
Amit Makhija us
Amit Makhija
2,700
1,575
1,575
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
Jameson Painter us
Jameson Painter
Busted
Erika Moutinho us
Erika Moutinho
Busted
Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Carlos MortensenErika MoutinhoJameson PainterJoseph CheongLeo Margets

Red Section Review (Part 2)

Some more news from the Red Section of the Brasilia Room and it involves more bust-outs.

The former World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion Greg Raymer is out courtesy of a double clothesline delivered by Matt Stout and Jeff James. Stout delivered most of the damage after Raymer and Stout got it all in on a board of {10-} {9-} {6-} (rainbow) with Raymer holding {7-} {7-} and Stout holding {K-} {K-} (Raymer check-raising to 850 before calling a 2.5k shove). Then he got his final few chips all-in with {K-} {10-} and Jeff James eliminated him holding {A-} {8-}.

With 3 WSOP bracelets and $1,608,189 in WSOP cashes, John Cernuto, just loves the series, but the former air traffic controller is going to have to try again next time after dive bombing out of this one. He has been eliminated by Akmaral Atygozhina after she flopped a set of tens. We believe Cernuto hit an open ended straight draw that never got there.

Last but not least we lost Fernando Brito. Brito has earned nearly $1 million playing live poker, with most of his success coming in European fields. Brito was eliminated by Jason Maurice in a three way all-in. Maurice held {Q-} {Q-}, Brito {8-} {8-} and the third opponent {A-} {J-}. Maurice eliminated both opponents and now has 12,000.

Player Chips Progress
Dutch Boyd us
Dutch Boyd
13,000
9,100
9,100
WSOP 3X Winner
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
10,400
7,400
7,400
Kevin Iacofano us
Kevin Iacofano
8,800
5,800
5,800
Jared Jaffe
Jared Jaffe
7,200
4,200
4,200
Juan Manuel Pastor es
Juan Manuel Pastor
5,400
PokerStars
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
3,500
-4,000
-4,000
Michael Eiler de
Michael Eiler
2,600
Michael Gathy be
Michael Gathy
2,300
-700
-700
WSOP 3X Winner
Ty Reiman us
Ty Reiman
Busted
Greg Raymer us
Greg Raymer
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
John Cernuto us
John Cernuto
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner
Fernando Brito pt
Fernando Brito
Busted

Tags: Akmaral AtygozhinaGreg RaymerJohn CernutoMatt Stout

Level: 6

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Vonk, Kenney, Madsen and Nishijima Are Out

A spate of eliminations to report from the Bronze Section in the Brasilia Room.

World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder, Marcel Vonk, has been eliminated in a flip. It was {A-} {K-} versus {10-} {10-}, Vonk missed and the dealer ushered him away from the table.

Former WSOP final tablist, Tyler Kenney, has been eliminated by Roman Valerstein.

"The kid was three-betting me all day and then I found sixes," said WSOP Circuit final tablist Valerstein. He was referring to the pre-flop raising war which Kenney lost {A-} {K-} versus {6-} {6-}.

Thiago Nishijima was eliminated by Kevin Olsta in a cooler - {Q-} {Q-} versus {A-} {A-}.

Last but not least, Jeff Madsen has been eliminated. There was an open from first position and Mike Cantrell called before Madsen also called in the big blind. The flop of {Q-} {5-} {3-} (two clubs) was checked through and then we had the {10-Clubs} on the turn. Madsen jammed for a little over pot (10BB), there was a fold and Cantrell called holding a set of fives. Madsen showed down {Q-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} and was dead meat.

Player Chips Progress
Marcel Vonk nl
Marcel Vonk
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Jeff Madsen us
Jeff Madsen
Busted
WSOP 4X Winner
Thiago Nishijima br
Thiago Nishijima
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Tyler Kenney us
Tyler Kenney
Busted

Tags: Jeff MadsenMarcel VonkThiago Nishijima

End of Level Six News: Eames & Carter Out; Miles & Walsworth Over 30k

The tournament has peaked at 2,949 entries and at present there are 1,089 players left. That attendance figure surpasses that of last years event meaning that our prize money is a little bit larger.

We have $2,654,100 in the prize fund and 297 players will receive a guaranteed $1,937 for their troubles. The top prize is going to be $464,464, but we are going to have wait a few days more before we find out whose bank balance that will be displayed on.

In other news the Englishman Mathew Frankland has late regged and doubled up immediately. Frankland found {A-} {K-}, Jay Perkins found {Q-} {Q-} and Frankland out-flipped and out-flopped him. Two Englishmen who are no longer in the tournament are Daniel Carter and John Eames. Both players refusing to tell us how they were eliminated because their departures were too embarrassing. There you are then.

Timothy Miles and Peter Walsworth are two players in the Gold section with over 30,000 in chips. Miles just eliminated an opponent holding {A-Hearts} {8-Hearts} versus {Q-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} when the board ran out {K-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {5-Spades} {3-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} moving Miles up to 30,000. Walsworth has 36,000.

Player Chips Progress
Peter Walsworth us
Peter Walsworth
36,000
Timothy Miles us
Timothy Miles
30,000
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
21,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
17,500
PokerStars
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
16,500
13,900
13,900
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Christian de León
Christian de León
13,000
10,000
10,000
PokerStars
Heinz Kamutzki de
Heinz Kamutzki
9,000
6,000
6,000
Jimmy Fricke us
Jimmy Fricke
7,400
John Racener us
John Racener
7,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Mathew Frankland gb
Mathew Frankland
6,000
Paul Berende nl
Paul Berende
4,400
-2,100
-2,100
Amanda Musumeci us
Amanda Musumeci
3,500
1,300
1,300
Daniel Carter gb
Daniel Carter
Busted
John Eames gb
John Eames
Busted

Tags: Daniel CarterJohn EamesMathew FranklandPeter WalsworthTimothy Miles

Level: 7

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Gold Section Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Timothy Miles us
Timothy Miles
42,000
12,000
12,000
Peter Walsworth us
Peter Walsworth
39,000
3,000
3,000
Paul Berende nl
Paul Berende
23,000
18,600
18,600
Kevin Iacofano us
Kevin Iacofano
20,000
11,200
11,200
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
20,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
17,000
-500
-500
PokerStars
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
17,000
500
500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Mathew Frankland gb
Mathew Frankland
15,500
9,500
9,500
Christian de León
Christian de León
15,500
2,500
2,500
PokerStars
Heinz Kamutzki de
Heinz Kamutzki
9,000
John Racener us
John Racener
8,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Amanda Musumeci us
Amanda Musumeci
5,500
2,000
2,000