Event 2: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Completed
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 2: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,836,350
Entries
2,101
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Official Day 1 Chip Counts (full)
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
158,100 | |
|
155,900 | |
|
142,400 | |
|
130,100 | |
|
125,500 | 62,500 |
|
109,200 | |
|
105,600 | |
|
|
99,700 | |
|
|
95,300 | |
|
|
95,200 | |
|
|
93,300 | |
|
90,300 | 10,300 |
|
|
90,100 | |
|
88,300 | |
|
85,600 | |
|
83,300 | |
|
83,300 | |
|
79,300 | |
|
|
78,200 | |
|
75,000 | |
|
74,900 | |
|
74,500 | |
|
73,500 | |
|
72,900 | -19,100 |
|
72,400 |
Sadan Turker Leads Event #1 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
After 11-hours of poker, Event #2 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em has managed to whittle itself down to 240 players from a huge field of 2,101. We didn't make the money but boy were we close. The man with more chips than anyone else is Sadan Turker, who bagged and tagged an impressive haul of 158,100 chips. Turker is no stranger to finding his way through huge fields after finishing 2nd in last years $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em event. That event contained 4,178 entries and he earned $377,411 for that finish, but there is $517,725 up for grabs if he can go one place further this time around.
Hot on the heels of Turker are WSOP bracelet winner Eli Elezra with 155,900, Ryan Snickles with 142,400 and multiple WSOP bracelet winner Brandon Cantu with 130,100. Other superstars of poker returning for Day 2 are the likes of Phil Hellmuth with 44,600, Jason Mercier with 41,900, John Juanda with 60,700 and Vanessa Selbst with 52,300.
Day 2 will commence in the Amazon room at 13:00 where the money bubble will be breached, so make sure you join us at Pokernews for all of the action.
Big Stacks And Notables at the End of Day 1
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
158,100 | 63,100 |
|
|
155,900 | 48,900 |
|
|
142,400 | |
|
|
130,100 | 25,100 |
|
|
109,200 | 20,200 |
|
|
88,300 | 9,300 |
|
|
74,500 | 21,500 |
|
|
72,400 | |
|
69,700 | 29,700 |
|
69,500 | -26,500 |
|
60,700 | 25,700 |
|
58,900 | -13,100 |
|
55,500 | |
|
52,300 | 9,300 |
|
|
47,900 | -32,100 |
|
46,700 | -7,300 |
|
44,600 | 14,600 |
|
43,100 | 3,100 |
|
41,900 | -6,100 |
|
40,400 | 22,400 |
|
40,200 | 25,200 |
|
37,100 | |
|
|
37,100 | 5,100 |
|
29,300 | 7,300 |
|
15,300 |
Four More Hands
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
That's when the day will be done. We will not make the money as there are 252 players remaining at the moment.
Selbst Stacking Chips
We caught this hand on the turn, with the board reading 
. Selbst, who was under the gun, checked, and her opponent checked as well.
The river was the 
and Selbst began counting out a bet, but before she could even put it in the pot, her opponent instamucked.
Selbst has been slowly chipping up and is now sitting around 43,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
43,000 | 15,000 |
The Rise of Mercier
Jason Mercier has been on the rise in the last level as he went from just 8,000 chips all the way up to 48,000. He told us what happened and we quickly wrote down what the champ had to say.
First he jammed from the button with 
and the big blind called with 
. "I won", Mercier said as he moved on to the next big pot. Mercier raised with 
and got called by a short stack after which the flop brought out 
. Mercier bet 1,100 and his opponent moved all-in for 8,000 chips. Mercier called and was up against 
. He won.
The third and final hand he told us started with an under the gun raise from Mercier. The big blind called and on a 
board his opponent check-called on all streets. "The river was all-in", Mercier said who is now sitting pretty comfortable with an above average stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,000 | 40,000 |
A Pair of JP Kelly Hands
Here are two hands involving JP Kelly. In the first hand JP Kelly must have raised and then called a three-bet jam for just under 10,000. When the cards were turned over JP Kelly had 
and his opponent had 
. The ace high held true and JP Kelly shipped some chips to his left.
Then JP Kelly raised to 2,200 in first position and the small blind called. The action checked through to the river on a board of 
and Kelly picked up the pot with an uncontested bet of 4,200.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000 | -6,000 |
The Payouts
Level 11
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1st | $517,725 |
| 2nd | $322,294 |
| 3rd | $224,029 |
| 4th | $161,345 |
| 5th | $117,921 |
| 6th | $87,231 |
| 7th | $65,377 |
| 8th | $49,621 |
| 9th | $38,106 |
| 10th-12th | $29,923 |
| 13th-15th | $23,655 |
| 16th-18th | $18,890 |
| 19th-27th | $15,287 |
| 28th-36th | $12,479 |
| 37th-45th | $10,324 |
| 46th-54th | $8,565 |
| 55th-63rd | $7,204 |
| 64th-72nd | $6,112 |
| 73rd-81st | $5,261 |
| 82nd-90th | $4,538 |
| 91st-99th | $3,970 |
| 100th-135th | $3,531 |
| 136th-171st | $3,176 |
| 172nd-216th | $2,893 |
Flipping Flack
There was a 2,000 raise from early position and Layne Flack three-bet to 5,500 from the button. The initial raiser moved all-in and Flack called immediately.
| Initial Raiser |  |
| Layne Flack |  |
As the dealer was laying out the board the young lad with the queens had stress etched all over his face. Flack meanwhile had seen it all before, and looked cool as a cucumber - refrigerated of course.
Board: 
When the queen hit the river the young lad fist pumped and then quickly pulled his reactions back in before anyone could see them. He was literally shaking as he pulled in his haul.
"Nice hand," said Flack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
53,000 | 1,000 |