2012 World Series of Poker

Event 11: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j2a7
Prize
$265,221
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,309,500
Entries
970
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
0

Williams Has Too Many Full Houses

It's been a good start to the level for David Williams. When we got to the table, Williams was heads up with another player on a flop of {a-Hearts}{5-Spades}{5-Hearts}. It was checked to Williams, who fired out 1,800. His opponent called, and the turn was the {3-Spades}. His opponent moved all in for his last 2,100, and Williams beat him into the pot.

Williams: {5-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{2-Spades}
Opponent: {q-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}

WIlliams had fives full of threes, which left his opponent drawing dead. The meaningless river was the {2-Hearts}, causing Williams to say "hey I have another full house!". He didn't need it though, as the original full house played. Williams collected the bounty, and upped his stack to 16,000.

Player Chips Progress
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David Williams
16,000
11,500
11,500

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Force Falling Back

Leif Force shot up to a ginormous chip stack in the first two levels of the day, but he has slowly been falling back down to earth since then. We just caught a pot that knocked a few thousand more off his stack. A short stacked opponent got his chips in preflop against Force, and Force was behind.

Opponent: {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{2-Spades}
Force: {k-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}

Force simply let out a playful "boooo" when he saw his opponents hand. Both players had flush draws, but Force's diamonds were better. The flop was a disaster for Force, coming {9-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}. That gave his opponent a set, and left Force looking for running diamonds or a jack. The turn was the {q-Spades}, and the river was the {2-Diamonds}.

Force still has a bunch of chips at 16,000, but it's less then he had a couple of levels ago.

Player Chips Progress
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Leif Force
16,000
-9,000
-9,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Leif Force

An Orbit with Vanessa Selbst

Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante
We tried to catch an orbit with Vanessa Selbst but we may have coolered her.
We tried to catch an orbit with Vanessa Selbst but we may have coolered her.

The daily grind of tournament poker can be a mind-numbing grind that leaves players looking for other entertainment options. To give an inside look for our readers we spent an orbit with Vanessa Selbst.

Hand 1 - Seated in the cutoff she folded preflop. She picked up her iPhone and played a round of Scramble With Friends. She scored 1,004 in a second round match.

Hand 2 - Selbst limps for 200 along with four other players then the big blind moved all in for 900. All other players folded but Selbst called.

Selbst: {J-Spades} {10-Clubs} {9-Spades} {3-Spades}
Opponent: {K-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} {3-Clubs}

The board ran {J-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {4-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} and Selbst flopped a straight and rivered a queen-high straight ending her opponent's day.

Hand 3 - She folded preflop and went back to her phone. She started a new game of Scramble With Friends.

Hand 4 - Selbst paused her game to fold preflop and watch some of the action. She made some small talk with her neighbor to her left.

Hand 5 - From Under the Gun she folded preflop and went back to her paused game of Scramble With Friends. She finished the round with a score of 1,115.

Hand 6 - From the big blind Selbst checked when one player and the small blind limped preflop. The flop came {4-Spades} {2-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}, the small blind checked, Selbst bet 300 and both opponents folded.

Hand 7 - The player on the button opened to 450, Selbst called from small blind and the big blind re-raised to 1,800. The button folded and Selbst thought for a minute and then said, "Okay, let's gamble," and tossed in the call.

The flop came {5-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {4-Spades}, Selbst checked, the big blind moved all in and Selbst called.

Selbst: {K-Hearts} {J-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {8-Spades}
Opponent: {7-Clubs} {6-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {4-Clubs}

Her opponent's straight draw hit on the turn when it fell {3-Spades} and was drawing dead when the river came {Q-Hearts}. Selbst busted from the tournament, packed up her things and left the Brasilia Room without even a sigh.

Tags: Vanessa Selbst

Level: 6

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

Various Counts from Around the Room

Player Chips Progress
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Ryan Tepen
33,000
28,500
28,500
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Sorel Mizzi
25,000
20,500
20,500
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Ryan D'Angelo
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Leif Force
24,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Steve Zolotow
23,500
19,000
19,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Layne Flack
21,000
16,500
16,500
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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AP Phahurat
20,000
15,650
15,650
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JC Tran
17,000
12,500
12,500
WSOP 2X Winner
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Jim Collopy
16,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Alan Le
Alan Le
15,800
11,300
11,300
Profile photo of Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
14,000
12,500
12,500
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Chris Tryba
12,500
5,700
5,700
WSOP 1X Winner
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Dan Shak
9,200
-4,800
-4,800
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Guilluame Darcourt
7,800
-1,400
-1,400
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Chris Moorman
7,400
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Gavin Smith
6,800
2,300
2,300
Profile photo of Christina Lindley us
Christina Lindley
6,700
2,200
2,200
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Shannon Shorr
6,500
2,000
2,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Phil Hellmuth
6,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings
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Terrence Chan
5,200
700
700
WSOP 1X Winner
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David "Bakes" Baker
5,000
WSOP 3X Winner
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Will Failla
2,500
-3,000
-3,000
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James Dempsey
2,400
-2,100
-2,100
WSOP 1X Winner
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Rob Mizrachi
Busted
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Tim West
Busted

Payouts Posted

Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

You can click the payouts tab to see all of them, but here are the highlights. 970 players entered the event, and 117 of them will walk away with a thicker wallet. The first payout is $2,488, and the top 15 players will lock up a five figure pay day. The big prize? $265,211 and a shiny gold WSOP bracelet.