Level: 4
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
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
Ivey Replaces Jacobson
Phil Ivey's first table just broke and he is now seated directly to the right of British top pro's James Dempsey and Richard Ashby. Ivey is sitting in the former seat of Martin Jacobson who is no longer in the tournament. Dempsey and Ashby are playing Chinese Poker on their phones in between hands and it seems like Ivey is looking over at his neighbors to get in on this action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,800 | 3,300 |
|
5,200 | 700 |
|
3,900 | -200 |
|
Busted |
PokerNews Podcast: WSOP Kickoff with Tom Marchese
Level 3
: 50/100, 0 ante
Today marked the first day of the PokerNews Podcast from the 2012 World Series of Poker. Kristy Arnett hosts alongside Donnie Peters, Remko Rinkema and Danielle Barille with the first guest of the summer, World Poker Tour $100,000 Super High Roller winner Tom Marchese.
Check it out and be sure to subscribe on iTunes.
Baldwin & Middleton Leave; Mortensen Takes a Pew
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We reported earlier that Table 24 was a little bit meaty, well there has been a few developments since then. Firstly, Eric Baldwin eliminated Tom Middleton. The man known as Middy found himself short when he moved all-in from the blinds over a button raise from Baldwin. Middleton held 
and Baldwin's 
held up.
Then Baldwin left the tournament at the hands of Kenny Hallaert. There was a limper in the pot before Baldwin made it 350 from the cutoff. Hallaert squeezed for 1,050 in the big blind and after the original limper folded Baldwin made it 1,950, leaving 6,500 behind. Hallaert decided to apply maximum pressure and moved all-in and Baldwin called.
| Hallaert |  |
| Baldwin | |
So Hallaert was going to have to get lucky and lucky he got. An ace on the flop sending Baldwin out of the tournament and Hallaert up to 16,000. Baldwin and Middleton leave and the former WSOP Main Event and multiple bracelet winner Carlos Mortensen sits down.
No rest for the wicked!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,000 | 11,500 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Hello Hellmuth!
Phil Ivey stole the shine of Phil Hellmuth who also decided to play the first event this summer. Hellmuth snuck in quietly and currently he is sitting in the Amazon Room. The 11-time WSOP bracelet winner has 6,600 chips and with his sunglasses and headphones on he looks to be extremely focussed to do good in this first event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,600 |
Chip Counts from Amazon Room
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,500 | 6,000 |
|
6,500 | 2,000 |
|
6,000 | 1,500 |
|
5,600 | 1,100 |
|
5,500 | 1,000 |
|
5,500 | |
|
4,500 | |
|
3,200 | -1,300 |
|
2,300 | |
|
1,300 |
Chino "Funtime" Rheem
Chino Rheem is having a great time in the field today. He is pushing out a great vibe and his table are all playing along. We just joined the action with Rheem facing a quirky decision. There seemed to have been a raise from under the gun from a short stack and Rheem had three-bet, one seat to his left, making it 625 to play. The original raiser had clicked it back to 1,225 and Rheem was laughing as he contemplated his thoughts openly to the table.
"I am 99% sure that I do not have the best hand," laughed Rheem.
His opponent only had around 1,250 in front of him.
"I can fold right?" Said Rheem.
Eventually Rheem made the call and asked the dealer for a very specific flop. In the meantime his opponent had moved all-in in the dark.
Flop: 
"I call," said Rheem.
"You got Jacks?" Asked his opponent.
Rheem turned over 
and his opponent turned over 
. Rheem was still apologising when the dealer put a four flush out there with the 
on the turn. The 
on the river didn't change anything and Rheem had doubled up his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,000 | -1,500 |
Mackey Sends Saul Packing
James Mackey, one of the youngest WSOP bracelet winners of all time when he was just 21 and four months old, just busted Kevin Saul. Saul and Mackey were sitting next to each other, and in a blind battle things heated up.
Mackey told us Saul limped from the small blind and with the bracelet winner decided to raise. His raise got called and the flop brought out 
with two spades. Saul check-raised the 200 bet to 550 and Mackey put his opponent all-in for a total of 2,500. Saul called with and was trailing against . No help for the former WPT Bellagio Cup winner and Mackey raked in the chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,000 | 5,500 |
|
Busted |
Trickett The Chip Hoover
Sam Trickett has got two mighty towers of green 25 chips signifying his level of activity. That level of activity must be paying dividends as he currently has 15,000 chips despite losing this pot.
Trickett raised to 250 in the hijack seat and both the cutoff and the big blind joined in the fun. The flop was and Trickett bet 375 once checked to, but was forced to lay down his hand after a 700 raise from the cutoff.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,000 | 7,000 |
Some Chip Counts
Here are some chip counts from the Amazon Room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,000 | 5,500 |
|
8,500 | 4,000 |
|
6,500 | |
|
6,000 | 1,500 |
|
5,800 | 1,300 |
|
4,800 | 300 |
|
|
4,500 | |
|
4,100 | -400 |
|
|
4,100 | -400 |
|
4,000 | -500 |
|
3,900 | |
|
|
2,450 | |
|
1,750 | |
|
800 | -3,700 |