2012 World Series of Poker

Event 9: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry
Day: 1b
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Ashkan Razavi
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
$781,398
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$4,595,400
Entries
3,404
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Event 9: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry

Day 1b Completed

Day 1b Concludes; Kornuth Leading

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante
John Juanda Searching For Bracelet Number Six
John Juanda Searching For Bracelet Number Six

Players have bagged and tagged for the evening and after nine and a half levels of poker, Adam Kornuth has emerged as the chip leader with an impressive 94,700 in chips. Following Kornuth on 89,900 is James Dambrosio.

Several notable players have been able to rise above the stiff competition in this event and earn themselves solid stacks going into Day 2. Among those returning tomorrow are Tony Dunst (38,700), Greg Mueller (37,000), Men Nguyen (31,000), Lars Bonding (29,500), Kathy Liebert (26,800), Mike Matusow (21,500), and Jake Cody (8,200)

John Juanda made a fantastic showing during play today and will be returning tomorrow with a stack of 70,600. Juanda saw himself gain a large amount of chips after the dinner break today when the board read {9-Spades}{4-Spades}{K-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}. When two players checked and a third bet 1,600, Juanda pushed out a raise to 4,800. The first two players folded and Juanda's opponent made it 9,600 and Juanda quickly called.

The river brought the {J-Diamonds} and Juanda's opponent moved 10,000 chips into the middle. Juanda moved all in and his opponent called, tabling {K-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for a flopped two pair. Juanda showed {j-Spades}{10-Diamonds} for a straight and was able to double up to 59,000. It was all uphill from there.

With a field this size, it was inevitable that many notable players found themselves felted before play ended. Eric Froelich, Gavin Smith, Steve O'Dwyer, Andy Frankenberger, Dwyte Pilgrim, Mario Ho, Freddy Deeb, and Yevgeniy Timoshenko are just a small sample size of the players to hit the rail today.

Team PokerStars had a fair showing today, with Jason Mercier (50,400) and Liv Boeree (57,700) thriving and moving on to Day 2. That being said, many of the PokerStars pros to enter the event today eventually found themselves walking to the rail. Those to enter and not find the fortunes that Mercier and Boeree found include Vanessa Selbst, Martin Staszko, Shane Schleger, Randy Lew, Vanessa Rousso, George Lind and Andre Akkari.

One name that continued to buzz around the Brasilia room was that of 2010 November-Niner Joseph Cheong. Cheong won his match going into the finals of Event 6: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Mixed-Max and at the same time was sitting on a stack of over 20,000 in Event 9. Once The Decision was reached that Cheong will play Aubin Cazals tomorrow morning at 9am, Cheong made an all or nothing move in Event 9.

After a raise to 2,300 from a late position player, Cheong moved all in for his remaining 21,000 from the big blind. His opponent called and showed {10-Hearts}{10-Spades} which was racing with Cheong's {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}. The tens held and Cheong was eliminated, and his table showered him with wishes of good luck and fortune for when he returns to the Rio tomorrow morning to play heads up for a gold bracelet.

The 260 remaining players from today's play will combine with the 254 runners from Day 1a for a grand total of 514 returning to Day 2. Giorgio Medici of Day 1a still leads the pack with the top stack of 106,500. Play will resume at 1pm local time and we will be here to provide you with all of the updates. Until tomorrow!

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Adam Kornuth
Adam Kornuth
94,700
James Dambrosio
James Dambrosio
89,900
Jovan Sudar
Jovan Sudar
85,800
Todd Thuan Bui
Todd Thuan Bui
84,000
Thomas Fuller us
Thomas Fuller
76,600
Vojtech Ruzicka
Vojtech Ruzicka
76,000
Arthur Morris
Arthur Morris
75,300
Samuel Grafton
Samuel Grafton
74,300
Avraham Lovton
Avraham Lovton
73,200
Greg Pohler
Greg Pohler
72,900
Ali Langari
Ali Langari
71,700
John Juanda id
John Juanda
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
70,600
Bryan Piccioli us
Bryan Piccioli
WSOP 2X Winner
70,200
Simon Hennessey
Simon Hennessey
68,000
Ben Mintz
Ben Mintz
65,700
Aaron Steury
Aaron Steury
65,500
Darren Wong
Darren Wong
65,300
Timothy Hebert
Timothy Hebert
63,300
Anthony Leshnack
Anthony Leshnack
61,000
Ryan Hall
Ryan Hall
60,400
Joseph Carr-Hill
Joseph Carr-Hill
59,700
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
57,700 11,200
Adam Richardson
Adam Richardson
57,300
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
WSOP 1X Winner
57,100
Gabriel Andrade
Gabriel Andrade
56,700

Some End-of-Day Counts

Here is a look at some of the big stacks and the notable names at the end of the night. An official and full end-of-day chip count list will be posted when made available.

Player Chips Progress
James Dambrosio
James Dambrosio
89,900
James Sudar
James Sudar
85,800
John Juanda id
John Juanda
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
70,600 3,100
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
50,400 10,400
Greg Mueller ca
Greg Mueller
WSOP 3X Winner
37,000 4,600
Men Nguyen us
Men Nguyen
WSOP 7X Winner
31,000 4,000
Lars Bonding dk
Lars Bonding
29,500 12,000
Kathy Liebert us
Kathy Liebert
WSOP 1X Winner
26,800 11,600
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
WSOP 4X Winner
21,500 -10,000
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
WSOP 1X Winner
21,200 -3,300
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
WSOP 1X Winner
12,400 -1,600
Chau Giang us
Chau Giang
WSOP 3X Winner
8,400 -2,150
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
WSOP 1X Winner
8,200 5,200

Cody Crippled

Jake Cody faced a bet of 2,600 from the cut off, instead of opting to simply call Cody moved in putting his opponent all in. A call was made and both players tabled their cards.

Cody: {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}
Opponent: {A-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

A {A-Spades}{2-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} flop looked like Cody was going to be adding a few thousand more chips to his medium sized stack. However with a {K-Spades} on the turn there was new hope for Cody's opponent who could now hit a queen and double up.

Indeed the {Q-Clubs} landed on the river and Cody's pot was stolen away from him and now sits below starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
WSOP 1X Winner
3,000 -3,800

Tags: Jake Cody

The Saga Continues, And Ends

"At least now you can get a good rest before tomorrow," one of the players at Joseph Cheong's table said to him as Cheong gathered his things and made his way out of the tournament area.

Just prior to the start of this level we filled everyone in about Joseph Cheong's troubles with scheduling his heads-up battle for the WSOP bracelet in the $5,000 Mix-Max event. It was going to conflict with Day 2 of this event, which he was looking set to be involved in. Well, that's not the case anymore as Cheong has just been eliminated.

In the hand in question, Cheong three-bet all in for around 21,000 after a player opened it up to 2,300. Cheong's opponent made the call and the two players turned their hands over.

Cheong: {a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}
Opponent: {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}

The board ran out with no help for Cheong as the dealer spread {6-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{3-Hearts}{8-Spades} along the felt. And with that it is time for Cheong to focus on the $5,000 Mix-Max event.

There is arguably no better consolation prize to busting a WSOP event, then the fact that in under 12 hours time you will be playing heads-up for a bracelet. Dozens of players wished him luck for tomorrow as Cheong headed out the door and so to do we here at PokerNews.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Joseph Cheong

Not Long Now

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

As per how yesterday finished up, this will be the last level of the night and the play will officially end at approximately half way through this level.

Level: 10

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100