Event 59: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1b | 2012 World Series of Poker

07-05-2012 17:18 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Tepen	12,000 8,600	8,600
Robert Iler	10,300 7,300	7,300
Cherish Andrews	10,200 -300	-300
Athanasios Polychronopoulos	6,800 3,800	3,800

Luigi Kwaysser	6,500 3,500	3,500
Salvatore Bonavena	5,200

Melanie Weisner	4,600 1,600	1,600
Neil Channing	3,700 700	700
Leo Wolpert	3,500 500	500

Jennifer Shahade	3,125

Eric Baldwin	3,000

Ylon Schwartz	2,100 -900	-900

Chad Brown	2,000 -1,000	-1,000

Nachman Berlin	1,200 -1,800	-1,800

Phillips Runs into Aces

Dan O'Hair

A player in middle position opened to 400 and found one caller in Dennis Phillips from the cutoff.

Both players checked the {7-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} flop. Phillips' opponent checked again on the {Q-Spades} , prompting a 550 bet from Phillips. His opponent then check-raised to 1,550. Phillips called after some thought.

The {9-Spades} completed the board and Phillips' opponent fired another 1,550 into the middle - sending Phillips deep into the tank. He eventually flung in a call after much deliberation and his opponent tabled {A-Diamonds} {A-Clubs} for pocket aces. Phillips revealed he had the {K-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} and mucked.

Phillips is down to his last 1,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dennis Phillips	1,000 -2,000	-2,000

Tags: Dennis Phillips

07-05-2012 17:24 UTC-6

Main Event Mustache

[user196975]

Level 4 : 75/150, 0 ante

Eric Baldwin has re-introduced his signature mustached look. He's grown it out a few other times and really sports it during baseball playoffs.

"I wasn't going to grow it in until the Main Event," Baldwin said. "But it was just too perfect with the 4th of July party."

He plans to keep the mustache throughout the Main Event. We can only hope he makes the final table and will have sport the Main Event Mustache for several more weeks.

Tags: Eric Baldwin Eric Baldwin's Mustache

07-05-2012 17:27 UTC-6

Barbero Nearly Felted

[user196975]

Jose "Nacho" Barbero took a massive hit to his stack. He had pocket tens and shoved on the button. A middle position raiser called holding pocket kings. The board ran {5-Spades} {A-Diamonds} {J-Spades} {10-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} and Barbero is left with just 75.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Barbaro	75

Tags: Jose Barbero

07-05-2012 17:27 UTC-6

Back In a Flash

[user196975]

Level 4 : 75/150, 0 ante

The field is on another 20 minute break and so are we.

Level: 5

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

07-05-2012 17:44 UTC-6

Cards Back in the Air

Dan O'Hair

Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

Players have returned from break and taken their seats. Cards are now back in the air!

07-05-2012 17:48 UTC-6

Assorted Counts at the Break & Late Reg Players

[user196975]

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Tepen	13,300 1,300	1,300
Matthew Hankins	8,250 5,250	5,250
Jennifer Leigh	7,000 3,100	3,100
Matthew Affleck	6,800 2,800	2,800
Andy Frankenberger	6,700 -2,600	-2,600

Tim Duckworth	3,675
Vinny Pahuja	3,600
Lauren Kling	3,000
Joe Cada	3,000

07-05-2012 17:58 UTC-6

Rubie's Raise Takes One Down

Dan O'Hair

We caught up with the action on a {7-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} {9-Clubs} flop with three players.

The player in the big blind led out for 600 and Brendon Rubie raised to 1,5000 from the cutoff seat. His opponent on the button folded, as did the original bettor after some thought.

Rubie, who recently placed second in Event 28: No-Limit Hold'em Four Handed, is sitting on 5,600 at the moment.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brendon Rubie	5,600 2,100	2,100

Tags: Brendon Rubie

07-05-2012 18:05 UTC-6

Cada In, Cada Out

Shamus

2009 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Joe Cada's stay in Event 59 was especially brief, lasting only a few hands.

Shortly late registering and sitting down for his first hand at the start of Level 5, Cada lost most of his stack and found himself down to just 675 chips. That's when Cada open-pushed from early position with {k-} {9-} and saw an opponent reraise-shove with {7-} {7-} to clear the field. A {7-} flopped, Cada never caught up, and he's gone before his seat even got warm.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Cada	Busted

Tags: Joe Cada