Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 17: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,682,600
Entries
179
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0
Delayed Level Three
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Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Hi folks, we are back after a short delay for the World Series of Poker bracelet ceremonies. Andy Bloch and Brian Hastings have just received their bracelets from Jack Effel and we are ready to crack on.
A Double Up For Erik Seidel; Josh Arieh The Victim
We have just glided past Table #7 as the dealer was handing Erik Seidel a nice pot. After some discussion with a watching journalist we understand that Seidel and Arieh got all of their money into the pot pre-flop; Arieh raising to 500 and then after four players called, John Juanda made it 3,200 to play. Erik Seidel then made it 6,000, Arieh bumped it up to 22,500, Juanda folded and Seidel called.
| Seidel |   |
| Arieh |   |
Board: 
Erik Seidel moves up to 50,000 and Arieh is down to 8,000 and change.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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8,000
-22,000
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-22,000 |
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Benyamine's Curiosity Pays Off
Martins Adeniya opened with a raise to 425 from the cutoff and David Benyamine put in a three-bet to around 1,300 from the button. Action folded back around to Adeniya, who made the call, and the dealer rolled out a flop of 
. Adeniya check-called a bet of 1,750, and the 
fell on the turn. Both players slowed down with a check, leading to the 
on the river. This time, Adeniya took the lead by firing 2,150. Benyamine thought for a minute before cutting out enough chips for a call and tossing them into the pot. He tabled 
for a rivered pair of sixes, and Adeniya mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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40,000 | |
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35,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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Tough Beat For Mori Eskandani
ESPN Head of Production Mori Eskandani has had to leave Event 17 $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em due to a family emergency. The table have just been told that his 35,000 stack will be blinded away unless Eskandani returns. Everyone at Pokernews wishes Eskandani the very best.
The Eskandani stack is standing tall and proud at Table #15 and it is surrounded by talent. Former November Niner and super-talented cash game coach Jason Senti is seated in seat 1 with 20,000 chips, Tom Marchese has the 2 seat with 26,000 chips, Matt Marafioti has the 3 seat with 39,000 chips, David "Bakes" Baker is in seat 4 with 38,000 chips, Andrey Pateychuk takes seat 6 with 37,000 chips and Mickey Petersen closes the table in seat 9 with 33,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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39,000 | |
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38,000 | |
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37,000 | |
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35,000 | |
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33,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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26,000 | |
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20,000 | |
Boeree Joins Table #6
Liv Boeree has just joined the glittering array of talent on Table #6. Boeree, who finished 2010 in 14th place in the all time money list earning $1,827,732, has taken the 9 seat. Boeree has one cash under her glitzy 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) belt, finishing in 84th place in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry event.
Also seated on that table is Griffin Benger. Now that name may not be that familiar to the thousands of live poker fans out there so let's bring you up to speed. Benger is one of the biggest online multi-table tournament professionals on the planet. Under the moniker of Flush_Entity, Benger has won over $3 million taking down some of the biggest tournaments online.
Here are a few hands with Benger and Boeree in action.
After just losing a small pot to Humberto Brenes, Benger opened up the action with a 450 bet from early position. The action folded around to Brenes in the big blind, "you wanna play with me?" Brenes mouthed before making the call. The flop was 
and Brenes check-called a 525 Benger c-bet and that endeth the action. Both players checked down the 
and on the turn and river respectively and Benger won the pot with 
for a pair of sevens. Brenes showed 
.
Next we had Boeree tangling with Dan Kelly. The WSOP bracelet winner Kelly raised to 500 in the cutoff and Boeree made the call from the button. Both blinds folded and we were heads-up to the flop. The dealer laid the 
on the felt and Boeree called a 700 Kelly c-bet. The turn was next and the and this time the action was reversed as Kelly check-called a 1,000 Boeree bet. Finally, the pair saw the 
and both players tapped the felt. The hand went to Kelly who tabled 
for the nut flush that got there on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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47,000
7,000
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7,000 |
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34,000 | |
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33,000
3,000
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3,000 |
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30,000 | |
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29,000 | |
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28,800 | |
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20,000
-3,000
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-3,000 |
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Crowe Coolered by Busquet
We walked over to Table 11 to find Owen Crowe, Olivier Busquet and another player staring at a flop of 
. Busquet was on the button and after action had checked over to him, he led out for around 1,200. Crowe check-raised to 3,600 from the big blind, and the other player cold-called. Busquet , however, wasn't deterred; he put in a three-bet worth 9,000. The entire table was now watching intently.
Crowe opted to call with around 17,600 chips behind and the other player released. The 
fell on the turn and Crowe checked again. Busquet slid 10,000 into the middle and Crowe went into the tank. He hemmed and hawed over his options before moving all in. Busquet took no time in making the call.
Busquet:
Crowe: 
Both players had flopped flushes, and while Busquet held the nut flush, Crowe had two outs to a straight flush. As Crowe stood up from hit seat the dealer rolled over the on the river, sending Crowe to the rail. Busquet is one of the early leaders with around 70,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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70,000 | |
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Busted |
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
Roberto Romanello is an Early Casualty
Earlier we reported how Roberto Romanello started the day in the worse way, losing large percentage of his stack in a hand against Robert Mizrachi. We have just been back to his table to see how he has reacted to that loss and he is gone. Eugene Katchalov filled us in with details of the demise of the dragon.
The action was in the first level and Romanello raised to 300 from the cutoff, the small blind called, the big blind raised to 1,050, Romanello made it 3,000, the small blind folded and the big blind called. The flop was 
(two spades) and all of the money went into the middle after the big blind had check-raised to 12,000 and Romanello moved all-in for his remaining 16,000. Romanello turned over 
for the over-pair and the big blind turned over for the flush draw. The turn and river were both ladies and Romanello was eliminated against the trips of the big blind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Counts From Around The Room
This field is absolutely stacked, so we'll do our best to keep up with the chip counts today. Here's a look at some of the notables midway through Level 4.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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44,000
-3,000
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-3,000 |
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41,500
6,500
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6,500 |
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36,000 | |
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33,800
3,800
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3,800 |
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29,500 | |
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29,000
-1,000
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-1,000 |
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28,000
-800
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-800 |
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27,500 | |
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26,200 | |
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23,400 | |
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23,000 | |
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22,600 | |
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19,500
-500
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-500 |
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11,000 | |
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8,000 | |
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