Level: 6b
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - The Bicycle Casino
Main Event
Day: 1
Tuchman's Karate Lessons Paying Off
David Tuchman's karate lessons are paying off because now he's kicking butt.
He just scooped a nearly 15,000 chip pot after getting paid off by his opponent. With the board reading 
Tuchman had a bet of 5,000 in front of him. His opponent made the call and Tuchman showed 
for a flopped full house. His opponent showed a 
for flopped trips, but it wasn't enough.
Tuchman scooped the pot and moved up about 40,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
41,075
3,775
|
3,775 |
Tehan Taking Control
"This guy just raises with aces, and gets jacks and Ace-five to shove into him because he's that good." These were the words of table mate Jay "WhoJedi"Newnum in regards to Joe Tehan's newly acquired chips. Indeed it was a massive pot, as by our counts, Tehan is now sitting on about 125,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
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Acevedo Loses A Few
James Woods is not the only member of the acting community who is with us today. We also have Kirk Acevedo, who is mainly a TV actor, appearing in Oz, Fringe, and Prime Suspect, just to name a few. Well he is giving poker a shot today, and he is holding his own, as he is still here on the last level of the day.
We just caught Acevedo losing a small pot on a board that read 
. Acevedo called a bet of 4,000 from his opponent, and the two checked when the hit the river. Acevedo was shown 
by his opponent, and he wasn't able to beat it.
After that hand, Acevedo is sitting on 24,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
24,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Liebert Leading
Kathy Liebert is slowing building a monster stack and definitely has one of the bigger ones in the pavilion room.
In a recent hand we saw Liebert with a bet of 2,000 in front of her on a 
. Her opponent made a reraise to 6,500 and Liebert responded by moving all in.
"Ace ten no good?" Her opponent asked.
And after he finally folded, Liebert responded by saying, "Ace ten no good."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,500
27,250
|
27,250 |
|
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Now It's Nguyen at the Top
"There's a guy who just got a mountain of chips next to me," we heard from one of the players in the tournament. We went over to scope the situation out, and we saw that Toan Nguyen was the lucky player. He did indeed have a mountain, as by our estimation, he has 190,000, clearly in the lead at the moment.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
Lee Loses Again
Jason Lee recently busted out of flight 1a of the main event, and his flight 1b isn't going much better for him. on a flop of 
, Lee reraised his opponent to 2,800 total, which his opponent called.
On the 
turn, Lee bet out 4,800. His opponent looked at his cards, then at his chips, then raised to 17,000, enough to put Lee all in.
Eventually, Lee mucked, leaving himself with just over 10,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,700
10,700
|
10,700 |
Last Level of Day 1a
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
We are 40 minutes from wrapping up here in the main tournament room. When that times elapses, we will grab all of the top counts in the room and let you guys know!
Level: 12a
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Madsen Takes in a Big One.
With over 10,000 chips in the pot, and the board reading 
, Jeff Madsen just moved all in for 10,575. After a long spell in the tank, the player folded and Madsen moved up in the chip counts.
Madsen asked his opponent if he had top pair but didn't receive an answer.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
27,600
9,100
|
9,100 |
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