2012 World Series of Poker

Event 46: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$694,609
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$3,655,925
Entries
1,607
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Silver Section: Gonzalez, Moorman & Young Lead

Chris Moorman trying to find JP Kelly's stack
Chris Moorman trying to find JP Kelly's stack

With just 387 players remaining, the Red and Bronze sections of the Amazon room, look desolate. All of the players have been squeezed into the Silver and Gold sections and here is the news from the Silver part of that combination.

First some eliminations.

Newly crowned two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, Carter Phillips, has been eliminated. He moved his last few big blinds into the pot holding {Q-Clubs} {10-Clubs} and was pipped to the post by the {9-} {9-} of his opponent.

Tony Dunst has seventeen WSOP cashes to his name and that is how it is going to remain (until tomorrow at least). Dunst squeezing his last ounces of blood out of his stack with {A-} {Q-} only to run into {A-} {A-}.

Ryan Julius was seated on the shoulder of Dunst all day, and he too has been eliminated. Julius four-betting with {10-} {10-} before suffering the same fate as Dunst when he ran into a pair of aces.

Andrey Gulyy was our early chip leader, but he too has been driven into an early grave. Gulyy squeezing with {A-} {Q-} only to run into the brick wall cemented by the {10-} {10-} of Justin Young and Gulyy was out.

Also out are Chris Brammers conqueror Kharim Lehoussine, high-roller Igor Kurganov, Thibaud Guenegou, Michael Telker and Roberto Romanello.

Stuart Rutter was nearly joining them when he fell as low as 3,975, but he managed to double up with {6-Spades} {6-Clubs} v {K-Spades} {10-Clubs} and now has a 9,500 chip stack. Chris Moorman is eating people alive as he moves up to 90,000, Jordan Young is also growing his stack quicker than the world Jenga champion but none have more chips than Fabrizio Gonzalez. The Uruguayan has 100,000 chips and leads the Silver Section.

Player Chips Progress
Fabrizio Gonzalez uy
Fabrizio Gonzalez
100,000
Jordan Young us
Jordan Young
95,000
50,000
50,000
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
90,000
64,000
64,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Gerardo Godinez mx
Gerardo Godinez
88,450
David Elyashar il
David Elyashar
81,000
Stephen Mack us
Stephen Mack
72,000
Vadzim Kursevich by
Vadzim Kursevich
68,000
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
65,000
37,000
37,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
60,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Kenni Nguyen us
Kenni Nguyen
52,000
25,000
25,000
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
51,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching
Pascal LeFrancois ca
Pascal LeFrancois
43,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
40,000
26,000
26,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Justin Young us
Justin Young
35,000
14,000
14,000
Daniel Buzgon us
Daniel Buzgon
32,000
1,000
1,000
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
30,000
10,000
10,000
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
30,000
Hiren Patel us
Hiren Patel
27,000
Max Pescatori it
Max Pescatori
25,000
7,000
7,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
24,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Bryan Piccioli us
Bryan Piccioli
24,000
13,000
13,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
17,000
2,500
2,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
17,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Nam Le us
Nam Le
15,500
7,900
7,900
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
15,000
WSOP 2X Winner

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Tags: Chris MoormanFabrizio GonzalezJordan YoungStuart Rutter

Day 1 Concludes With Ryan D'Angelo On Top

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Ryan D'Angelo
Ryan D'Angelo

Last year in 2006's Event #36: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Marvin Rettenmaier ended the day with the chip lead. History did not repeat itself tonight though with Rettenmaier finishing the day near the top of the pack with 99,100. The person who does sits atop the chip count throne is Ryan D'Angelo who bagged 190,300 for the day.

With 1,607 players coming out for their chance at poker glory only 233 will be returning tomorrow with their bracelet dreams and chip stacks still intact. With the field size reaching over 1,500 play consisted of 11 levels today.

Some notables who will be making the rounds on day 2 are Vanessa Selbst who spent her day gathering chips; René Angélil, Martin Staszko, and Randy Lew. All these players fought tooth and nail to get where they are, and look to put themselves in prime positions to win the $694,609 first place money.

The day had its fair share of short comings with Nick Binger, Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Ivey, Erick Lindgren, and Tony Dunst all being eliminated early on.

Jason Somerville had an interesting time today almost proving the old adage "a chip and a chair" true. After losing a hand Somerville was left with a single green chip with 25. Somerville was able to turn that 25 into 1,100 and put himself in a position where moving all in wasn't his only move. Unfortunately his mini rush of doubling and tripling up could only last so long and we lost him in the chaos of the day.

Day 2 begins at 1:00 PM tomorrow in the Amazon room and we plan on playing down til 9 players are left, or until 10 levels are completed. Make sure to tune in here at PokerNews tomorrow for all the live WSOP updates.