Level: 3
Blinds: 50/100
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
An Early Round of Shots
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Break Time
Level 2
: 25/50, 0 ante
The players are on their first 20-minute break of the day.
Pocket Kings... Who Needs Them?
Level 2
: 25/50, 0 ante
David Pham raised to 75, Paul Lee three-bet to 200, Russ Medlin made the call as did Pham. So a menage a trois heading to the flop and the dealer showed everyone 
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Pham checked, Lee bet 300, Medlin raised to 800, Pham folded and Lee moved all-in. Action back to Medlin who incredibly folded pocket kings face-up. Was it a good read? Yes it was because Lee showed pocket aces!
"He's the best," said David Pham in admiration of the Medlin fold.
Cody Down to 2.1K
In 2011, Event 2 was won by Jake Cody. That time it was the $25,000 No-Limit Heads-Up Championship and a not too shabby $851,192 for the young Englishman. He starts the day alongside Martins Adeniya and Alessandro Speranza and has some work to do after the following hand.
Cody raised to 150 in the cutoff and the small blind made the call. The flop was 
and the small blind check-called a 200 Cody bet. The turn was the 
and the same action ensued; this time for 400. Finally the pair were dealt the 
on the river and the small blind checked for a third consecutive time. Cody peered at his opponent before betting 600 and the reaction was an all-in jam for around 1,000 more. Cody quickly released his hand and now has 2,100 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,100 | -2,400 |
Rheem Doing Good
We caught the final part of a hand in which Chino Rheem folded, but nevertheless he is doing very well today. The board read 
and Rheem check-folded to a 1.025 bet after pondering for a couple of minutes. He tried to get information out of his opponent, but the talk didn't help him.
Freshly crowned WPT Championship winner Marvin Rettenmaier also joined the action a couple of tables over. The German Tweeted about walking into Rheem who was out for more than just congratulating him. "Just arrived, @ChinoRheem goes: "hey, u wanna borrow me some money - u just won a lot, right?" :D Give him some credit for his humour! #WSOP". The atmosphere at the Rio is really good and everybody seems full of energy to make it another memorable summer!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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11,500 | 7,000 |
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5,000 |
Quick Exit For Barry
Barry Greenstein didn't have the start he was hoping for at this years WSOP. We witnessed Greenstein's bustout hand as he was all-in for a small amount of chips against two players. On a 
both players checked and on the river a small 500 chip bet was thrown out. This bet got called and Greenstein showed his 
. That wasn't nearly enough to stay in the tournament as he was up against 
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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IVEY, IVEY, IVEY!
That's the buzz going around at the Rio right now. Mr. Phil Ivey is back after missing out on last year's WSOP, and since he is already in this first No-Limit Hold'em event we expect to see him in action every single day.
For all you rail birds out there it will be hard to catch a glimpse of Ivey who is situated in the Tan section of the Amazon Room. Make sure to keep following us as we try to bring you all the important Ivey hands!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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4,500 |
The Amazon Room
And as expected the Amazon Room is also packed with big name players!
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Texas Crazy Horse
We joined the action in a multi-way limped pot and our attention was focussed on the behemoth seated in the big blind. The retired MMA fighter Heath "Crazy Horse" Herring is that behemoth and here he is playing down to the river.
The flop was 
and the action checked through to the player in the cutoff who bet 150. Herring made the call before there was a check-raise to 450 from a player seated in early position. The original raiser folded but Herring made the call.
Turn:
Herring tapped the felt and his opponent reached into his stack in double quick time. The bet was 525 and Herring made a very quick call.
River: 
Another quick tap of the felt from Herring and this time his opponent slowed down. He considered just checking back but eventually decided to bet 700. Herring was wearing a t-shirt with the slogan, "I am not lying," emblazoned on it and he wasn't. The Texas Crazy Horse made the call and the end result was a split pot.
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
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6,000 |