Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 6: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Mixed-Max
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
409
Level
24
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
2,000
Davidi Kitai Has Been Eliminated
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There is an empty chair where WSOP bracelet Davidi Kitai was residing just before the break. Here is David Sands and Gavin Smith debating about the finer details of the hand.
"Doc, do you know how Kitai was eliminated?"
"He called a bet against Gavin on an ace, six, eight…there was a four on the river because Gavin hit a sneaky two pair on the river and Kitai had ace-king for one pair."
"It was an ace, six, nine, eight, four board and David is missing the fact that I turned a flush draw," said Smith.
"Please don't report the flush draw because there is no evidence it happened," said Sands.
"It happened," said Smith.
Well whether it happened or not it seems Kitai is out at the hand of Smith 
losing to 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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38,000
23,000
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23,000 |
Ramdin Rollin'
Whenever we saunter past Victor Ramdin's table, the Team PokerStars Pro seems to be stirring up action. This time, we caught up with Ramdin and Eric Baldwin staring at a board of 
. Ramdin had bet 7,500 on the river and Baldwin was deep in the tank. With less than 1,000 chips behind, Baldwin made the call and mucked when Ramdin tabled 
for Jacks full.
Ramdin is now among the chip leaders here on Day 1, and Baldwin is on the short stack with less than five big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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68,000
48,500
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48,500 |
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925 | |
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Soaring Shorr
Shannon Shorr for those who might not know is a 26 year old professional player from Alabama who slowly seems to be gathering chips. In a recent hand we saw him call the all in of a short stack with . His opponent held a measly 
and after the dealer spread a 
Shorr was awarded the pot and not sits around 28,000.
Shorr who cashed in two events last year, including the main event is looking to make a strong run early in this year's WSOP.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
28,500
13,500
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13,500 |
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Win Some, Win Some More
2011 WSOP bracelet winner Jason Somerville is on the upward trend after sending a player to the rail just moments ago. Somerville, who won a $1,000 no-limit hold'em event last summer for $493,091, five-bet shoved with 
preflop and his opponent called off his entire stack with 
. The 
flop left Somerville without much of a sweat, and the turn and river bricked to increase his stack to 38,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000
5,000
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5,000 |
|
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The Table of Death
We recently reported on "The Table of Death" and the elimination of Chris Moorman.
With people dropping all over the room tables are being broken and spots are being filled with players. JC Tran also made an unnoticed exit from this death table, and who better to take his place than Phil Ivey. Tran who lost a big hand to Kruglov must have slipped away when he couldn't make anything out of his shortened stack. Ivey is now more than making up for the void left by Moorman and Tran at table #4 ensuring that this is the toughest table in the room.
Although some of the stacks are a little low, the competition is high.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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71,000
-1,000
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-1,000 |
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38,000
22,800
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22,800 |
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9,800
-3,200
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-3,200 |
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4,000
-800
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-800 |
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Frankenberger Back to the Grind
We were just talking to Andy Frankenberger during the break and he was telling us about his disappointment of finishing in 6th place in Event #3 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha for $28,409. We decided to head over to his table to see how he was managing his disappointment and despite having a tough table he seems to be getting right back into the swing of things.
WSOP bracelet holder Frankenberger is sharing a table with Martins Adeniya, Mohsin Charania and Brian Hastings and here are a few hands from that table.
There was a raise from the hijack seat and Frankenberger called on the button. The flop was 
and the player in the hijack seat bet 800. Frankenberger fired out a very quick raise to 2,000 and it was enough to win the pot. A few hands later, Frankenberger made it 500 from middle position, Charania called next door and the cutoff and big blind made it a four way flop. The dealer pushed down the 
and Frankenberger won another pot with a 1,500 bet.
Next we saw Martins Adeniya lose some chips. He raised to 500 in early position and the big blind made the call. The flop was 
and the big blind check-called a 650 Adeniya c-bet. On the turn there was the and this time the big blind check-jammed and Adeniya was forced to fold after expending 1,475 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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52,000 | |
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33,000 | |
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29,000 | |
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20,000 | |
Side Action
Level 5
: 100/200, 25 ante
Fantasy Poker has been all the rage with players coming into the series, which is why we're not too surprised with this next prop bet that we caught going on.
Gavin Smith, David "Doc" Sands, Scott Clements, and Darren Elias have an interesting prop bet for Saturday's Event #9: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry.
David "Doc" Sands walked us through the bet. All four of the players have drafted fantasy teams of seven players, five starters, and two alternates for the event. Each player already has themselves on their team. The player whose team cashes for the most money wins $100 from the other three players. If one of their players makes the final table, then they receive $300 from the other three players, and if one of their players wins, they receive $1,000 from each of the other three. All in all they could receive up to $4,200 total for the bet.
The players drafted snake style at their table in the Brasilia room. For the first round, Sands picked Jason Mercier, Clements picked Vanessa Selbst, Elias grabbed Sam Trickett, and Smith took Mohsin “Chicago Cards” Charania.
Quick Jen Harman Update
Jen Harman is sitting on 21,000 chips after winning this hand from the small blind. We caught the action on a flop of 
with three people in the pot and they had all checked. The turn card was the and Harman bet 950 and the big blind raised it to 2,200. There was a late position player who folded, Harman called and the river of was checked through. Harman won the pot with 
and her opponent mucked a lone .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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21,000
4,500
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4,500 |
Hennigan Shows Hellmuth the World
While walking around we noticed a growing hand between John Hennigan and Phil Hellmuth who seemed to be in quite the talkative mood. Hennigan started the hand off by making it 600 from early position. When action rolled around back to Hellmuth he put out a raise and mandated it be 1,800 to see a flop. Hennigan took his time before announcing raise and making it 5,300 total. This ignited Hellmuth and the talking began,
The Poker Brat announced to the table with what appeared genuine glee that "I love this!". The ever so silent Hennigan remained stoic while Hellmuth continued his playful rant.
"Either its queens, ace-king, or your dead" pause "One of these three" continued Hellmuth. After a while of pondering Hellmuth deposited his cards face up on the table showing everyone 
, his favorite hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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18,500 | |
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11,700
-3,100
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-3,100 |
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