Event 13: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-06-2012 01:55 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
J.C. Tran	20,800 13,700	13,700
Roland Israel	19,000 14,500	14,500
Men Nguyen	16,800 12,300	12,300

Randy Lew	14,800 200	200

Eric Buchman	13,500 9,950	9,950

Jennifer Leigh	13,000 8,500	8,500
Jonathan Tamayo	12,700 8,200	8,200

Mike Thorpe	11,800 7,300	7,300
Anh Van Nguyen	11,300 6,800	6,800
Huck Seed	11,000 5,700	5,700

Chad Brown	8,800 1,350	1,350

Dutch Boyd	7,900 1,400	1,400

Humberto Brenes	6,800 1,500	1,500

David Benyamine	6,600 3,450	3,450

Fabrice Soulier	4,000 500	500

Jimmy Fricke	Busted
Jeff Shulman	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Glantz	10,700 4,050	4,050

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Grizzle	Busted
Brett Richey	Busted
Bill Chen	Busted

One for Benvenuti with Queens

Donnie Peters

Michael Benvenuti fired a bet on the {A-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {9-Spades} board into Limit Hold'em gold bracelet winner Dutch Boyd. Boyd raised and Benvenuti made the call.

The river paired the board with the {A-Hearts} and Benvenuti checked. Boyd paused for a tiny bit, then checked behind. Benvenuti tabled the {Q-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} and Boyd mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Benvenuti	13,500
Dutch Boyd	6,500 2,000	2,000

Tags: Michael Benvenuti Dutch Boyd

06-06-2012 01:30 UTC-6

Cocktails!

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Donnie Peters

Level 7 : 400/800, 0 ante

Okay, so it's no big secret that Limit Hold'em isn't exactly the most exciting game of the bunch, but it seems the game is so dull and robotic that it's driven many of the players to start drinking, and some of them quite heavily.

Earlier today when the players in Event 12: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em were awaiting the draw to be released, Brett Richey was seen chatting with a few of them, beer in hand. This was around noon today. We're not sure how many drinks Richey has had, but we can tell you that when he showed up at approximately 9:40 PM tonight in this event, he was quite lubed up. He's continued to drink and have a good time at his table. No one said fun in poker was a bad thing, right?

While Richey's cocktails may be flowing in with a smile, Jason Mercier is seated across the room and doesn't look too happy. Earlier in the day, Mercier played in Event 12 sporting a LeBron James Miami Heat jersey. He's since removed the jersey and only has on the shirt that was under it. What's more is that Mercier has readily had a few drinks in front of him. Maybe to ease the pain of the important loss to the Boston Celtics tonight or maybe because Limit Hold'em can just be too boring to do anything else but drink. Either way, he's still sharing some laughs, mainly with the player on his left, Rep Porter.

Sam Grizzle is another player who's tossing a few back tonight. Heck, he's been throwing drinks back since the beginning of the Series. Men "The Master" Nguyen is right up there with Grizzle in the drinks-consumed department. Just now, "Cocktails!" was the cry from the back of the Orange Section in the Amazon Room and it was from Nguyen. When the server got there he promptly ordered two Coronas.

Another player in the field is quite drunk, to be honest. In fact, on the recent break when the color-up happened, he mistakenly gave away about 7,000 worth of chips to the dealer. The tournament staff had to verify where the chips came from and who they belonged to on video surveillance before returning them to the player. That player seemed fairly sure the chips weren't his at first, but then when the tournament staff came back to give him the chips citing what they say on the cameras, he was adamant that they were indeed his.

This same player was also recently seen wandering between the tables and having a good few laughs with some of his neighbors in the event when a dealer waiting to push out another dealer accidentally bumped into him. Well, the player really bumped the dealer. The player tossed his arms up and seemed drawn back. He was ready to have a joke with it and said, "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! I'm a married man, you gotta watch where your hands are touching!" He then pointed towards his crotch area and motioned a bit. "You can talk me anywhere, but there! I'm married, let's be careful here."

Numerous others in the field have alcoholic beverages in front of them and the spirit of the tournament is a light and fun one. When you can only lose one more bet most of the time, a few drinks never hurt anyone.

Tags: Men Nguyen Brett Richey Jason Mercier Sam Grizzle

06-06-2012 01:29 UTC-6

Grind It Up

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The action folded to Michael Mizrachi, who raised on the button. The player in the small blind re-raised, and the action folded back to The Grinder, who called. The flop fell {q-Hearts} {q-Diamonds} {9-Spades} , and the player in the small blind led out. Mizrachi raised, and the player called.

On the turn ( {10-Hearts} ), and the river ( {4-Clubs} ), and player in the small blind check-called bets from The Grinder, who tabled {9-Hearts} {7-Spades} . His opponent mucked, and Grinder is back above 20,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Mizrachi	20,500 2,500	2,500

Tags: Michael Mizrachi

06-06-2012 01:21 UTC-6

Updated Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Rep Porter	27,000 22,500	22,500

John Racener	21,000 16,500	16,500

Randy Lew	15,000 7,300	7,300

Isaac Haxton	13,500 6,300	6,300

Nacho Barbero	9,500 5,000	5,000

Jason Mercier	8,800 4,300	4,300

Ben Yu	6,200 1,700	1,700

David Sklansky	3,200 1,300	1,300

Andrey Zaichenko	1,600 2,900	2,900

Daniel Negreanu	Busted

06-06-2012 01:19 UTC-6

Hawrilenko Busted

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Matt Hawrilenko got the remainder of his stack in the middle on a flop of {6-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {10-Clubs} . Hawrilenko held {a-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} for top-pair-top-kicker, but it was no good against his opponent's pocket queens. The turn and river came {4-Hearts} , {6-Clubs} respectively, and Hawrilenko hit the rail.