Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$329,400
Entries
732
Level
21
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
4,000
Play Resumes....Again
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Cards are back in the air and we suspect the money bubble this level. Play will resume for just 3 more levels before play ends for the day.
Time for a Break
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Players are now on their penultimate break of the evening. Cards will be back in the air in twenty.
Vaca Vanquishes Another
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We don't know exactly how the action went preflop, but what we do know is when we got to the table Nicolas Vaca had his opponent all in with five cards to come.
Vaca: 
Opponent: 
With a 
board, Vaca was able to rake in a 14,000 chip pot putting him near the top of the chip leaders in this tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
52,000 | 16,000 |
Nearing the Top 100
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
Action has slowed down a good amount in this last level, as we are slowly creeping to the top 100 players. Once we get down to the final 99, we will be exactly two tables away from the money. Until then, we expect that play will continue to be slow, as the short stacks will look to sure up a pay day.
Green's Stack Takes a Hit
Action folded around to Shawn Patrick Green, who opened for 2,000. The player in the big re-raised all in for just over a thousand more and Green shrugged and quickly called.
Green: 
Big blind: 
Green was ahead going into the flop, however, the board came 
and Green's opponent doubled through him with a pair of jacks.
Green is currently sitting with 17,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
17,000 | 1,600 |
New Chips In Play
Level 8
: 400/800, 100 ante
The tournament staff has begun the process of coloring up the green T25 chips, and they have started to add in the orange T5,000 chips. Getting accurate counts is about to get a lot easier!
Carisa Explains It All
One of the biggest stacks in the room belongs to Carisa Schweisberger, one of the many women left in the field.
Most recently we watched her dispatch one of her opponents when her held up against a player's 
all in preflop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000 |
Tian Taken Out
Haiyan Tian's roller coaster day has come to an end just a couple tables short of the money. We didn't catch the hand that crippled her, but we saw that she only had three stacks of green chips left. For those of you following at home, those are only worth 25 each, so she was severely short. Action folded around to her in the cutoff, and she shoved all in for her last 1,500. The button folded, and the small blind quickly moved in a stack of about 8,000 into the middle. The big blind folded, and the players tabled their cards.
Tian: 
Opponent: 
TIan had live cards, and both players caught a piece of the flop, which came down 
. Tian would still need some help to survive, but the door was slammed on her when the 
hit the river. The meaningless card was the 
, and Tian got up with a smile on her face, and headed to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Wilmot's Winning Ways
Haiyan Tian started out a recent hand from middle position by making it 1,525 preflop. She received a call from Erica Falcone in late position, and Matthew Wilmot in the big blind.
After a 
flop was released on the felt, Wilmot checked and Tian put out a bet of 4,525. Falcone quickly got out of the way and Wilmot quickly moved all in. Tian playfully upset went into the tank. After a minute or so of measuring out chips and pondering Tian confidently made the call.
Tian held 
for a pair of kings, which was well ahead of Wilmot's 
which was a pair of eights. Things changed quickly after the 
fell on the turn. Tian would have to hit a diamond or a king in order to catch up. She received no such luck as the 
hit the river giving Wilmot quads.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000 | 30,000 |
|
|
1,500 | -7,900 |