We just mentioned David "Doc" Sands and Erika Moutinho are seated within close view as we just mentioned, but also right nearby is Tony Cousineau. Cousineau is 17th on the list for All-Time World Series of Poker Cashes with 51. He's just one cash behind Brent Carter, "Miami" John Cernuto and David Chiu, which is very good company.
Now although Cousineau holds so many WSOP cashes, he has yet to win a gold bracelet. He's come close a few times with six final tables, but he's never finished better than fourth place. Below are the six WSOP final table results Cousineau has to his credit.
Last year in the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event, David "Doc" Sands and his now fiancé Erika Moutinho ran deep, finishing in 30th and 29th, respectively. Both of them earned $242,636. Here in Event 19: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, Moutinho has taken her seat just a few feet in front of us while Sands is seated over at the diagonally adjacent table about 20 feet away.
Moutinho and Sands seated together at the feature table in last year's WSOP Main Event
Coupling Moutinho's recent success on the felt with Sands' very stout record, the two are presently considered one of the best poker couples around, if not the best. We'll be sure to keep an eye on them here today as they start up another quest for a gold bracelet.
The cards are in the air for Event 19. There will be a 20-minute break every two levels, a 90-minute dinner break after the sixth level and a total of 11 levels played on Day 1.
Welcome back to PokerNews' coverage of the 2012 World Series of Poker. Today's noon event is another $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em and it's going to be a big one.
The first $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event attracted a field of 2,101 players. Brent Hanks earned his first gold bracelet with the win and pocketed a whopping $517,725. Another couple thousand players are expected to be in action for this one.
The cards are scheduled to be in the air at 12:00 PM local time here in Las Vegas at the Rio. Stay tuned for the coverage/
