Update: The Defending Champion - Amir Lehavot
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Last year this event drew in 249 entries thus creating a first prize of $573,456. That prize money now resides in the bank of choice of Amir Lehavot. The former number one is sat at Table 1 and he is joined by Nicolas Levi. The pair should be familiar with each other because Levi finished in 6th place in last years final table earning $114,525.
Here is a short update on Table #1.
During the time that we observed the table Lehavot was extremely quiet. The man with all of the green 25 chips is Brandon Meyers, a sure sign that he is one of the most active players at the table. Meyers is seated in the 9 seat with a stack of around 42,000 chips.
Guillaume Darcourt is occupying seat number 4 and is up to 48,000 after winning this three-way flop. Meyers raised to 700 from middle position, Darcourt called in the small blind before the big blind squeezed to 2,600. Both Meyers and Darcourt made the call and we were three-way to the flop of 
. Darcourt checked, the big blind bet 5,600, Meyers folded and Darcourt made the call. The turn 
was checked through and the last card was the 
. Darcourt bet 8,500 and the big blind folded his hand.
Seat number 3 goes to Andy Lichtenberger who has 49,000 chips. Lichtenberger has two 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) cashes to his name already, finishing in 124th place in Event #2 and 32nd in Event #12. Here he is taking a pot away from the aggressive Meyers.
Meyers raised to 700 in early position and four callers later a quintet shared a flop of 
. Meyers was the first to bet, when he made it 1,500, and only Lichtenberger made the call. The turn card was the 
and Meyers surrendered his hand after Lichtenberger bet 3,000 when checked to.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
49,000 | |
|
48,000 | 18,000 |
|
42,000 | |
|
30,800 | |
|
30,600 | 600 |
|
20,000 |
(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 flush draw. The turn and river were both ladies and Romanello was eliminated against the 
. 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.
on the river, sending Crowe to the rail. Busquet is one of the early leaders with around 70,000.
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 
.
on the felt and Boeree called a 700 Kelly c-bet. The turn was next and the 
and both players tapped the felt. The hand went to Kelly who tabled 
. Adeniya check-called a bet of 1,750, and the 
