Event 2: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

05-29-2012 01:12 UTC-6

Here's Some of the Biggest Stacks in the Room

MrCleverFox

Player	Chips	Progress
Sadan Turker	95,000
Jean-Robert Bellande	83,000 5,000	5,000

David 'Doc' Sands	81,000 6,000	6,000
Evan McNiff	80,000 -5,000	-5,000
Todd Keikoan	75,000
Andras Stumpf	71,000
Michael Kaufman	70,000

Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande David 'Doc' Sands

05-29-2012 01:13 UTC-6

Bergeron Busto

Happy_Freaked

We forgot to mention this earlier, but Craig Bergeron is no longer in the tournament. Brent Hanks brought us up to speed with what happened to the former EPT, WPT and WSOP finalist. Bergeron was all-in with kings for his final 6,000 chips against {A-} {Q-} . The board ran out {K-} {J-} {X-} {X-} {10-} and Bergeron was out of here.

Hanks is doing good with 40,000 chips while Dan Smith is also at this table with 11,800.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brent Hanks	40,000 10,000	10,000

Danny Smith	11,800 -200	-200
Craig Bergeron	Busted

Tags: Brent Hanks Craig Bergeron Dan Smith

05-29-2012 01:20 UTC-6

Golden Quarter Chip Counts

[user169505]

Player	Chips	Progress
Sadan Turker	95,000
Kwinsee Khoa Tran	92,000
David 'Doc' Sands	91,000 10,000	10,000
Mike Lee	89,000 37,000	37,000
Andrew Badecker	70,000 22,000	22,000

Layne Flack	52,000 5,000	5,000

JP Kelly	46,000 23,000	23,000

John Juanda	35,000 4,000	4,000

Harrison Gimbel	30,000 12,500	12,500

Dmitry Vitkind	29,000
Andrew Lichtenberger	24,000 6,000	6,000

Allen Cunningham	22,000 16,000	16,000

Dylan Linde	18,000 -20,000	-20,000

John Eames	18,000
Phil Hellmuth	14,000 10,000	10,000

McLean Karr	10,000 5,500	5,500
Eli Elezra	10,000 1,000	1,000

Jason Mercier	8,000 -1,000	-1,000

Garry Gates	7,000 -10,300	-10,300

05-29-2012 01:23 UTC-6

Vitkind Rivers The Flush

[user169505]

Dmitry Vitkind raised to 1,700 in early position and the player in the hijack seat made the call. The flop was {A-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} {3-Hearts} and Vitkind c-bet 2,000 and his opponent called. The turn card was the {6-Hearts} and this time things went a little differently when Vitkind check-called a 6,000 bet. The river card was the {J-Hearts} and both players checked and Vitkind won the pot with {A-Hearts} {10-Clubs} for the rivered nut flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dmitry Vitkind	40,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Dmitry Vitkind

05-29-2012 01:35 UTC-6

Silver Chip Counts

[user169505]

Player	Chips	Progress
Evan McNiff	80,000
Brandon Cantu	80,000 -7,600	-7,600

Deepak Bhatti	79,000 19,000	19,000
Jean-Robert Bellande	72,000 -11,000	-11,000

Andras Stumpf	70,000 -1,000	-1,000
Peter Campo	63,000 8,000	8,000
Vanessa Selbst	28,000 -14,800	-14,800

Kenny Hallaert	22,000 -13,000	-13,000

Vanessa Rousso	13,000 -20,000	-20,000

Gavin Griffin	12,000 12,000	12,000

Danny Smith	8,000 -3,800	-3,800

05-29-2012 01:38 UTC-6

Donny Mizrachi Gets His Kings Crushed

Happy_Freaked

The player in the under the gun position just shoved for 10,600 and the action got folded around to Donny Mizrachi who made the call. The player in the big blind tanked for a bit but ended up folding after which we saw the following showdown.

Donny Mizrachi
Opponent

The board ran out {A-Diamonds} {8-Clubs} {6-Hearts} {2-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} giving Mizrachi's opponent a pair of aces and the win. Mizrachi still has around an average stack with 80 minutes left in the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Donny Mizrachi	25,000 -16,000	-16,000

Tags: Donny Mizrachi

05-29-2012 01:41 UTC-6

Vanessa Rousso Vanquished

MrCleverFox

We didn't not see the hand, but we caught Vanessa Rousso walking out the door. She had been nursing stack of about 9,000 and got all her money in with {8-} {8-} versus {10-} {10-} . She apparently didn't catch up as she left the building in quite a hurry.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vanessa Rousso	Busted

Tags: Vanessa Rousso

05-29-2012 01:43 UTC-6

Elezra Crushing, Hastings Done

Happy_Freaked

Eli Elezra is all smiles after he just busted Brian Hastings. Elezra raised to 1,800 and two seats to his left Hastings moved all-in for around 13,000 chips. The player to his left tanked for a bit before folding and Elezra said, "I don't like it, and my hand is not that strong", as he made the call. Hastings smiled and said he wasn't that strong either as we witnessed the following showdown.

Eli Elezra
Brian Hastings

The board ran out {Q-Spades} {3-Spades} {5-Hearts} {6-Hearts} {4-Clubs} giving Elezra another knock out. "I came to this table with 1,800", he smiled while stacking his chips. After chipping up Elezra called with {K-} {5-} after someone had decided to limp. "You know how I like to see flops", he added with a smile. The flop brought {K-Spades} {5-Spades} {3-Spades} and Elezra got all his chips into the pot against {A-Spades} {A-} for a 45,000 chip pot. His hand held up and after that he kept chipping up by busting some short stacks. The only player he hasn't been winning against was the player on his left, Adam Wessley.

"This fucking guy on my left has 80 dimes and all I wanted was to cover him!", Elezra laughed. Adam Wessley and Elezra had been battling, because the high stakes professional pointed out he got bluffed by ten high earlier. After counting his stack Elezra shouted, "Booom! Now I wanna see him messing with me!", as both players started laughing again. Elezra is up to 87,000 chips and one of the chip leaders of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eli Elezra	87,000 77,000	77,000

Adam Wessley	80,000

Tags: Brian Hastings Eli Elezra

05-29-2012 01:56 UTC-6

Hellmuth Hits a Four.

MrCleverFox

An under the gun player raised to 1,600. Phil Hellmuth, who started the hand with about 14,000, called from under the gun + 2, and a player in middle position reraised all-in over the top for 6,000. Action folded back to the under the gun raiser, who folded. Hellmuth quickly called the extra 4,400.

Hellmuth was holding {4-Spades} {4-Clubs} and his opponent had {J-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} . It wasn't looking good for Hellmuth until the flop fell {8-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {5-Spades} .