Event 17: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-08-2012 22:26 UTC-7

Tables #10 & 11: Busquet and Benyamine Cruising

Here are the updates from Tables #10 & 11 and the biggest shakers are David Benyamine and Olivier Busquet

Table #10

Seat 4	Josh Bergman - 115,000
Seat 6	Shannon Shorr - 40,000
Seat 7	Mike McDonald - 58,000

Table #11

Seat 1	Patrick Cronin - 110,000
Seat 3	Jason Senti - 73,000
Seat 4	Keith Hawkins - 24,000
Seat 5	Steve Billirakis - 65,000
Seat 8	David Benyamine - 120,000
Seat 9	Olivier Busquet - 125,000

Player	Chips	Progress
Olivier Busquet	125,000 35,000	35,000
David Benyamine	120,000 61,000	61,000

Josh Bergman	115,000 15,000	15,000
Patrick Cronin	110,000 16,000	16,000
Jason Senti	73,000 32,000	32,000
Steve Billirakis	65,000 5,000	5,000

Mike McDonald	58,000 18,000	18,000
Shannon Shorr	40,000 16,000	16,000

Keith Hawkins	24,000

Tags: David Benyamine Olivier Busquet

06-08-2012 22:20 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Lichtenberger	110,000 61,000	61,000

Steve O'Dwyer	93,000 12,000	12,000
Guillaume Darcourt	89,000 32,000	32,000
James Calderaro	85,000 25,000	25,000

Antonio Esfandiari	62,500 31,500	31,500

Matt Giannetti	61,000
Matt Stout	60,000 30,000	30,000
Bryn Kenney	51,000 4,000	4,000

Ali Eslami	46,000

Amir Lehavot	40,000 20,000	20,000

Nicolas Levi	38,000 7,200	7,200
Eric Cloutier	30,000
Ryan Julius	22,000
Vinny Pahuja	21,000
Jon Aguiar	18,000 12,000	12,000

Lindgren Wins a Tense One

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Erick Lindgren has just won a nice tense pre flop pot.

Lindgren raised to 2,000 in mid-position, Faraz Bonyadi called in the hijack seat and Matt Marafioti three-bet to 7,900 from the cutoff. Back to Lindgren and he four-bet to 17,000 (leaving 16,000 behind). Bonyadi made the fold and Marafioti went into the tank (with 70,000 behind). Marafioti thought long and hard about his decision before eventually mucking what must have been a very strong hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Marafioti	70,000 45,400	45,400
Erick Lindgren	45,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Erick LIndgren Matt Marafiot

06-08-2012 22:09 UTC-7

Chris Moorman Bumps Off Mori Eskandani

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Mori Eskandani has just been eliminated in a cooler versus Chris Moorman. Eskandani woke up with {A-} {K-} at the same time Moorman found {K-} {K-} and that was the end of Eskandani's hopes of an Event #17 bracelet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Moorman	88,000 2,000	2,000

Mori Eskandani	Busted

Tags: Chris Moorman Mori Eskandani

06-08-2012 21:59 UTC-7

Allen Cunningham Eliminates Dan Kelly

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The 2010, $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed World Series of Poker bracelet winner, Dan Kelly has just been eliminated by Allen Cunningham.

The money went in on the turn with Kelly extremely short.

Board: {8-Spades} {5-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {J-Clubs}

Cunningham
Kelly

Kelly needed a club to survive but the {10-Spades} was not the card he wanted to see. Cunningham moved up to 50,000 and Kelly was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Cunningham	50,000 5,000	5,000

Dan Kelly	Busted

Tags: Allen Cunningham Dan Kelly

06-08-2012 21:55 UTC-7

Level 8 Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Farzad Bonyadi	142,000

Patrick Cronin	126,000
Pierre Neuville	105,000 27,000	27,000
Shaun Deeb	102,000 4,000	4,000

Josh Bergman	100,000
Keith Lehr	98,000 10,000	10,000

JP Kelly	95,000 4,000	4,000

Jeff Tims	93,000 900	900
Olivier Busquet	90,000 29,000	29,000
Noah Schwartz	76,000 16,000	16,000

Mohsin Charania	67,000

Steve Billirakis	60,000 34,000	34,000

David Benyamine	59,000 33,000	33,000

Shannon Shorr	56,000 45,100	45,100

Andy Frankenberger	54,000 3,000	3,000

Shawn Buchanan	50,000 8,400	8,400

Erik Seidel	46,000 4,000	4,000

Liv Boeree	45,000 12,200	12,200

Sorel Mizzi	43,000 8,000	8,000
Will Failla	41,000 19,000	19,000
John Juanda	39,000 9,200	9,200

Marco Traniello	37,000 33,500	33,500
Humberto Brenes	31,000 6,500	6,500

Fabrice Soulier	25,000

Jon Turner	21,000 12,200	12,200

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 0

06-08-2012 21:37 UTC-7

Matt Graham Eliminates Viffer

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David 'Viffer' Peat has been eliminated at the hands of the multiple World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Matt Graham. It was an all-in pre flop encounter with Graham coming from behind to topple Viffer's {10-} {10-} with his {K-} {J-} .

Here is Viffer talking to the delicious dish that is Sarah Grant.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Graham	32,000 9,000	9,000
David 'Viffer' Peat	Busted

Tags: David 'Viffer' Peat Matt Graham

06-08-2012 21:31 UTC-7

Table #12 Update: Eames Up and Down

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Here is the current position over at Table #12

Seat 1	Cary Katz - 81,000
Seat 2	Jason Senti - 41,000
Seat 3	Antonio Esfandiari - 94,000
Seat 4	Jeff Lisandro - 32,000
Seat 5	Steve Landfish - 125,000
Seat 7	Mike McDonald - 76,000
Seat 8	Ben Vinson - 70,000
Seat 9	John Eames - 5,300

The biggest change is between Eames and Vinson. A quick glance at the pair and we can see that Eames looks like he has swallowed an uncooked Brussell sprout and Ben Vinson looks redder than a radish, so it is safe to assume that Vinson has just crushed Eames in one way or another. A few minutes later and Eames was clawing himself back into contention.

Ben Vinson raised to 1,400 in mid-position and John Eames moved all-in for 5,300 from the hijack. The rest of the table moved out of the way, Vinson called and we had a showdown with Eames at risk of elimination.

Eames
Vinson

Board: {A-Hearts} {A-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {3-Diamonds}

A double up for Eames.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Landfish	125,000 10,000	10,000
Antonio Esfandiari	94,000 9,000	9,000

Cary Katz	81,000 4,000	4,000

Mike McDonald	76,000 34,600	34,600
Ben Vinson	64,000
Jason Senti	41,000 2,500	2,500
Jeff Lisandro	32,000 2,100	2,100

John Eames	11,000 46,000	46,000

Tags: Ben Vinson John Eames

06-08-2012 21:23 UTC-7

Kathy Liebert Eliminated By Reinhart

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Phil Ivey's right earhole is just about to get a breather!

Kathy Liebert has been eliminated at the hands of Terry Reinhart. We didn't see the hand but our investigations reveal that Reinhart rivered quad queens and Liebert rivered a boat with {K-} {10-} on a board of {K-} {Q-} {x-} {Q-} {Q-} .