2012 World Series of Poker

Event 9: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry
Day: 2
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

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Josh Mancuso
Josh Mancuso
117,000
117,000
117,000
Anthony Spinella us
Anthony Spinella
107,000
61,900
61,900
WSOP 1X Winner
Barry Shulman us
Barry Shulman
83,000
55,600
55,600
WSOP 2X Winner
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
83,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Mickey Petersen dk
Mickey Petersen
72,000
20,200
20,200
Scott Fischman us
Scott Fischman
70,000
34,700
34,700
Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
65,000
13,100
13,100
Claire Renaut fr
Claire Renaut
63,000
9,800
9,800
Jacobo Fernandez us
Jacobo Fernandez
63,000
8,100
8,100
Samantha Cohen us
Samantha Cohen
52,000
-10,000
-10,000
Jonathan Tamayo us
Jonathan Tamayo
51,000
12,900
12,900
Amnon Filippi us
Amnon Filippi
48,000
14,200
14,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Jerry Yang us
Jerry Yang
48,000
33,600
33,600
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
48,000
-13,000
-13,000
Jordan Morgan us
Jordan Morgan
39,000
-15,400
-15,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Andy Seth us
Andy Seth
36,000
23,800
23,800
Blair Rodman us
Blair Rodman
35,000
11,500
11,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Brian Lemke us
Brian Lemke
34,000
-3,300
-3,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Tom Schneider us
Tom Schneider
34,000
16,900
16,900
WSOP 4X Winner
Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
32,000
1,800
1,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Billy Kopp us
Billy Kopp
32,000
5,700
5,700
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
31,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Matt Woodward us
Matt Woodward
29,000
-3,700
-3,700
Shawn Busse us
Shawn Busse
26,000
-21,400
-21,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Kristy Arnett us
Kristy Arnett
20,000
-2,000
-2,000
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Kessler's $7,000 iPad

Allen Kessler
Allen Kessler

As we were walking between the tables looking for hands, we couldn't help but overhear Allen Kessler talking to his fellow tablemates about a casino promotion he took part in — wherein players could win an iPad after accumulating a minimum amount of points based on play.

"It cost me $7,000 [to get enough points]," Kessler said, "...but I got the iPad."

Good beat?

Kessler is having a good day so far and is currently sitting on 50,000.

Player Chips Progress
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
50,000
41,600
41,600

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Hays Up to 50K; Says Hello Dad

Foster Hays won Event 18: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em last year for $735,400. He's currently up to about 50,000 in chips and would like to give a shout out to his Dad.

"Hi Dad!" was the message from Hays with a big smile. Hopefully the smile grows as the players grow closer to the money and Hays inches towards another big WSOP score.

Player Chips Progress
Foster Hays us
Foster Hays
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Vamplew Winning Chips

David Vamplew
David Vamplew

David Vamplew has had quite the start to the day, seeing his stack rise above 60,000. We recently watched Vamplew fire out a bet of 11,400 on a board showing {8-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{9-Spades}{k-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}. There was one opponent behind him and they were deep in thought as Vamplew simply stared down at the felt. Eventually the player opted to fold and send the pot to Vamplew.

Player Chips Progress
David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
61,000
24,500
24,500

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Dunst Doing It Early

Tony Dunst didn't start with a huge chip stack today, thanks in part to rumbling with Liv Boeree yesterday. He isn't at Boeree's table today (she is just one table away though) and so far it seems to be paying off.

We recently saw Dunst go up against one opponent on a board showing {8-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{4-Spades}{10-Spades}. There was a fair chunk of change in the pot at this point, but both players opted to check the river. At this point Dunst turned over his {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds} and his opponent flashed {a-}{q-}, not good enough for Dunst's big-slick.

Player Chips Progress
Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
40,000
1,300
1,300
WSOP 2X Winner

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Chopping Cody

When we arrived Jake Cody's table there were three players turning their hands over preflop. Cody was all-in holding {a-Spades}{j-Hearts}, the player on his right was the shortest stack and was also all-in, with him holding {k-Clubs}{8-Spades}. The player with the most chips and who had Cody and the other player covered held {a-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}.

When the board ran out full of bricks, the shortest-stacked player would be heading home, while Cody would be taking down the chopped pot to survive and pick up a few extra chips in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
12,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Mercier Slipping

We caught up with the action in a heads-up pot with PokerStars Team Pro Jason Mercier against a lone opponent. It appeared Mercier had 3-bet an early-position opponent to 4,700 from middle position. His opponent decided to flat.

The flop came {2-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds} and Mercier's opponent checked to him, prompting a 3,300 continuation-bet from Mercier. His opponent called again.

The turn brought the {5-Clubs} and both players checked. However, when a {6-Clubs} landed on the river, Mercier's opponent led out for approximately 10,000. Mercier looked a bit disgusted before mucking his hand.

After that hand - Mercier is down to 26,000.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
26,000
-24,400
-24,400

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Solomon Swallows Chips

Jarred Solomon is doing just fine over on his table. We recently saw him take down a nice little pot against one opponent. When we arrived at the table there was a board showing {j-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{5-Spades} and Solomon's opponent was sliding out a bet. A call from Solomon and the final card would be dealt on the felt.

River: {10-Hearts}

Solomon's opponent checked and after plenty of though, Solomon tipped out a bet of 7,800. His opponent decided to call and was not happy to see Solomon turn over {a-Spades}{10-Diamonds}, hitting trips on the river to take down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Jarred Solomon za
Jarred Solomon
44,000
6,500
6,500

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Benyamine Booms

When we came to David Benyamine's table there was a board showing {2-Spades}{6-Clubs}{q-Spades}{5-Diamonds} and Benyamine was involved in a hand with one opponent.

Benyamine was on the button and the play was checked to him. Benyamine fired out 4,900 and his opponent quickly made the call.

River: {10-Clubs}

The player again checked to Benyamine and he slid out a bet of 13,700. The player didn't look too happy as he shrugged and announced the call. His shrug was right on the money, his call was not. Benyamine turned over {6-Spades}{6-Hearts} for a set of sixes and raked in the nice pot to sit with around 80,000.

Player Chips Progress
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
80,000
80,000
80,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Elezra Out

Eli Elezra - grumpy, and out
Eli Elezra - grumpy, and out

WSOP bracelet winner and high-stakes cash game regular Eli Elezra will have to wait for another event for WSOP glory as he has just busted.

Elezra opened for 2,200 from middle position and one of his opponents from late position re-raised enough to put Elezra all in for his last 17,000. Elezra counted down his stack many times before finally committing his stack to the middle and putting his tournament life at risk.

Elezra: {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}
Opponent: {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts}

The {9-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{9-Clubs} flop was safe for Elezra, however, the {A-Diamonds} turn and {A-Clubs} river left his opponent with a full-house, which was good enough to scoop the pot and knock Elezra out of the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
Busted
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

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