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

05-28-2012 17:28 UTC-6

Chipcounts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Gavin Smith	23,000 18,500	18,500
Vanessa Rousso	20,000 12,500	12,500

David Plastik	17,000 12,500	12,500
Kenny Hallaert	15,000 -1,000	-1,000
Jonathan Little	14,000
Ryan D'Angelo	13,500 9,000	9,000

Gavin Griffin	11,000 6,500	6,500

Phil Collins	9,000
David 'Doc' Sands	6,700 -2,300	-2,300
George Lind	2,850 -1,650	-1,650
Allen Kessler	Busted
Matt Waxman	Busted

Matt Marafioti	Busted
Dan Kelly	Busted
Daniel Negreanu	Busted

Bryan Micon	Busted
Xuan Liu	Busted
Jennifer Leigh	Busted
Brock Parker	Busted

Level: 5

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

05-28-2012 18:14 UTC-6

Maria Ho Removes Phil Ivey From The Equation

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The 2011 World Series of Poker missed the great man Phil Ivey, so it is good to see him back in action in 2012. Unfortunately, Phil Ivey fans will have to wait for another event to see some Ivey action, after he was eliminated at the soft and tender hands of Maria Ho.

Ho raised to 450 in the hijack seat, Ivey jammed for 1,600 in the small blind and Ho made the call.

Ho
Ivey

So Ivey was hoping to fade a jack, and the flop of {9-Spades} {3-Spades} {2-Hearts} did just that. The {7-Diamonds} on the turn added any eight to Maria Ho's outs and lo and behold the {8-Diamonds} turned up on the river. Then a mini drama as the dealer mucked Maria Ho's hand! The players on the table told the dealer that Ho had hit a straight, and the two cards were retrieved from the muck.

Ivey is out and Ho now has 10,700.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Ho	10,700 5,200	5,200
James Dempsey	7,500 2,300	2,300

Richard Ashby	4,000 -3,800	-3,800

Phil Ivey	Busted

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05-28-2012 18:20 UTC-6

Some Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Robert Bellande	19,000 8,500	8,500

Shaun Deeb	14,000

Oliver Busquet	7,000 2,500	2,500
Jason Mercier	6,000

Eugene Katchalov	5,500 1,000	1,000

Phil Hellmuth	5,200 -1,400	-1,400

Anthony Yeh	5,200
Bryn Kenney	5,000

Eric Mizrachi	4,000 -200	-200
Tristan Wade	3,200 -1,600	-1,600

05-28-2012 18:21 UTC-6

Mike Leah Cut in Half

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The action folded around to Mike Leah in the small blind and he made a standard raise before the big blind moved all-in for 2,700. Leah made the call and we had a blind on blind showdown.

Big Blind
Leah

Board: {J-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {J-Spades}

Then in the next hand Leah opened to 400 from the button and the same player moved all-in again. Leah stared into the temple of his opponent and smiled before eventually mucking his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Leah	3,600 -900	-900

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05-28-2012 18:24 UTC-6

Brasilia Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Carter Phillips	21,000 -11,000	-11,000

Dan Kelly	21,000 21,000	21,000
Tom Marchese	18,000 13,500	13,500

JJ Liu	18,000 13,500	13,500
Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier	17,000 12,500	12,500

David Vamplew	17,000 -3,000	-3,000
Jamie Rosen	16,000 11,500	11,500
Andrey Pateychuk	13,000 8,500	8,500
Heath Herring	11,000 5,000	5,000

05-28-2012 18:27 UTC-6

Small Pot For Marchese

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Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

Tom Marchese raised to 400 in the cutoff and the big blind made the call. The flop was {A-Hearts} {J-Hearts} {8-Spades} and both players checked. The turn was the {3-Diamonds} and the big blind check-called a 200 Marchese bet. Then on the river we saw the {2-Clubs} and both players checked.

Marchese
Big Blind

Marchese picked up the small pot with a pair of jacks.

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05-28-2012 18:28 UTC-6

Small Flush For Schwartz

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Noah Schwartz just won a big pot which got his stack up to around 18,000. We caught the action on the turn when the board read {8-Spades} {J-Clubs} {Q-Spades} {J-Spades} . Schwartz had a 1,400 bet out in front of him after which his opponent had moves all-in for around 5,700 additional chips. Schwartz tanked for a long time and eventually made the call tabling {5-Spades} {4-Spades} . His opponent showed {A-Spades} {3-Hearts} and after the river brought out the {7-Hearts} Schwartz raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Noah Schwartz	18,000 13,500	13,500

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05-28-2012 18:31 UTC-6

Elezra Stays Alive

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Eli Elezra just won an important all-in which kept his tournament hopes alive. Pre flop Elezra got his final 1,625 in the middle with {A-Clubs} {Q-Spades} against {K-Diamonds} {10} and the board ran out {J-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} . Elezra was drawing to two outs. The river was the {A-Hearts} and that saved the cheerful high stakes player who will have to fight against Anthony Yeh and David Plastik, who are both sitting on his left, some more.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eli Elezra	3,600

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05-28-2012 18:47 UTC-6

No More Devo

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Bryan Devonshire just busted todays event. He got his 4,200 stack into the middle pre flop against the player on his right. This didn't end well for last years 12th place finisher in the Main Event. We witnessed the following showdown.

Bryan Devonshire
Opponent

The board ran out {8-Diamonds} {7-Spades} {2-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} {J-Spades} ending Devonshire tournament day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Devonshire	Busted

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