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

Level: 9

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

René Angélil Moving Up the Counts

René Angélil the husband of Celine Dion has steadily been increasing his stack all day. We recently saw him steal away a raised pot on a {a-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{a-Spades} board.

Player Chips Progress
René Angélil
René Angélil
56,000
Hiren Patel us
Hiren Patel
27,000
-1,000
-1,000
Joe Serock us
Joe Serock
26,000
21,000
21,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
24,000
13,000
13,000
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Max Pescatori it
Max Pescatori
18,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 4X Winner
StakeKings
Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
14,500
-1,500
-1,500
WSOP 1X Winner
James Akenhead gb
James Akenhead
9,000
-3,000
-3,000
Annie Duke us
Annie Duke
9,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: René Angélil

Marvin Making it Happen

The flop read {A-}{k-}{10-} and Marvin Rettenmaier bet out 2,375 from middle position after his opponent had checked to him. The early position player opted to move all in for around 15,000 and Rettenmaier made the call.

Rettenmaier: {a-}{k-}
Opponent: {A-}{j-}

Rettenmaier held top two pair while his opponent held top pair with a gut-shot straight draw. If Rettenmaier could avoid a queen he would win a sizable pot. The {5-} on the turn and the {7-} on the river sealed the deal and Rettenmaier now sits with around 85,000

Player Chips Progress
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
85,000
17,000
17,000

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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
StakeKings
Kenni Nguyen us
Kenni Nguyen
52,000
25,000
25,000
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
51,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
StakeKings
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
StakeKings
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
24,000
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
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
StakeKings
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

Level: 10

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Guillen Gone

We don't know exactly how the action went, but what we do know is Angel Guillen managed to get all in and at risk.

Guillen: {10-}{10-}
Opponent: {K-}{k-}

The board came {A-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{a-Spades}{j-Spades} and Guillen's pair of tens were not able to catch up and he was subsequently eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
Busted

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René Angélil Continues to Collect

René Angélil three-bet to 5,400 from the small blind after his opponent made it 2,400 from the button. The button made the call and both players were allowed to see the flop.

The flop came {6-Clubs}{7-Spades}{A-Spades} and Angélil checked. The button fired out for 4,000 and Angélil quickly made it 14,000. The button then grabbed up all of his chips and pushed them in the middle. Angélil only needed to put in about 5,000 more and he did just that.

Angélil: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}
Opponent: {k-Spades}{q-Spades}

As long as a spade didn't land on the turn or the river Angélil would be awarded the pot. The {j-Diamonds} on the turn wasn't a spade, but it did give the button another out. Now any ten could hit and Angélil would forfeit the pot. The {2-Diamonds} river though allowed Angélil to breathe easy, as he had won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
René Angélil
René Angélil
95,000
39,000
39,000

Tags: René Angélil

Lewis Leaves and D'Angelo Delivering

There are 315 players left with an average stack of 38,262 and here is the news from the Gold Section of the Brasilia Room.

Toby Lewis has left the building, eliminated at the hands of Ryan D'Angelo. Lewis flopped a flush draw and went with it while D'Angelo called with top-pair and held it. That elimination put D'Angelo on 45,000 but he has since tripled that stack and sits behind a hefty looking 130,000.

Some of the other big stacks in the Gold Section belong to Peter Gilmore (124,000), Shankar Pillai (100,000) and Daniel Chamberlain (100,000).

Bryan Pellegrino secured his first-ever live six-figure score when he finished runner-up to Nick Jivkov in Event #5: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em for $117,199, an event that Pellegrino went into the final table as the chip leader. We have just seen Pellegrino eliminate Petr Bartagon {10-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} v {K-Spades} {9-Spades} to move up to 40,000.

In other news, Marvin Rettenmaier has eliminated Nicholas Verkaik, pocket aces versus pocket jacks, to move him up to 83,000, and Steven Kerr has just dragged in a nice pot to put him up to 74,000 after flopping {K-Hearts} {K-Spades} {Q-Spades} holding {K-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} to glean 10,000 from his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan D'Angelo us
Ryan D'Angelo
130,000
84,000
84,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Peter Gilmore us
Peter Gilmore
124,000
Daniel Chamberlain us
Daniel Chamberlain
106,000
Shankar Pillai us
Shankar Pillai
100,000
52,000
52,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Marc Inizan fr
Marc Inizan
92,000
84,000
84,000
Nicholas Schwarmann us
Nicholas Schwarmann
90,000
30,000
30,000
Hayden Fortini us
Hayden Fortini
84,000
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
83,000
-2,000
-2,000
Richard Geyer us
Richard Geyer
82,000
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
80,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
75,000
23,000
23,000
Vadzim Markushevski by
Vadzim Markushevski
75,000
52,800
52,800
Jimmy Born us
Jimmy Born
72,000
4,000
4,000
Steven Kerr ca
Steven Kerr
70,000
21,000
21,000
Adria Balaguer mt
Adria Balaguer
63,000
-22,000
-22,000
Steve Billirakis us
Steve Billirakis
60,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Pascal LeFrancois ca
Pascal LeFrancois
59,000
16,000
16,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Pius Heinz de
Pius Heinz
54,000
42,300
42,300
Eric Brix
Eric Brix
51,000
4,000
4,000
Vadzim Kursevich by
Vadzim Kursevich
49,000
-19,000
-19,000
Fernando Brito pt
Fernando Brito
45,000
13,000
13,000
Scott Davies us
Scott Davies
42,000
-11,000
-11,000
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
Martin Staszko cz
Martin Staszko
41,000
21,500
21,500
Bryan Pellegrino it
Bryan Pellegrino
40,000
35,000
35,000
Steve Zolotow us
Steve Zolotow
39,000
29,000
29,000
WSOP 2X Winner

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Tags: Ryan D'AngeloToby Lewis