2012 World Series of Poker

Event 2: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$517,725
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,836,350
Entries
2,101
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Hellmuth & Brown

Phil Hellmuth has just moved his experienced bottom onto the same table as Team PokerStars Pro Chad Brown. He is looking serious. The shades are off and the spectacles are on. He is sat on a stack of around 11,000 and here are a few hands from his table.

There was a limp from first position, Brown called in the small blind and the big blind checked his option. The flop was {J-Hearts} {7-Spades} {6-Clubs} and both blinds checked to the under the gun limper, who bet 700. Brown made the call, the big blind folded and the dealer handed the pair the {K-Clubs} on the turn. Both players checked the turn and the river card was the {7-Clubs}. Brown bet 1,500 and the under the gun limper folded handing Brown the pot.

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Phil Hellmuth raised to 900 in the cutoff and the big blind called. The flop was {10-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {9-Clubs} and a 1,200 Hellmuth c-bet took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
11,000
6,500
6,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Chad Brown us
Chad Brown
9,500
1,900
1,900
PokerStars

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Chip Counts Red and Silver Section

Tables are breaking fast and we got a round of chip counts from the red and silver sections of the Brasilia Room.

Player Chips Progress
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
42,800
26,800
26,800
Donny Mizrachi
Donny Mizrachi
41,000
28,000
28,000
Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
31,000
13,000
13,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Brent Hanks us
Brent Hanks
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Craig Bergeron us
Craig Bergeron
30,000
25,500
25,500
Andrew Teng gb
Andrew Teng
28,000
Ty Reiman us
Ty Reiman
26,000
21,500
21,500
Keven Stammen us
Keven Stammen
25,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
24,000
4,000
4,000
Jean-Robert Bellande us
Jean-Robert Bellande
24,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
20,800
5,800
5,800
Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
19,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Terrence Chan ca
Terrence Chan
19,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Matt Woodward us
Matt Woodward
18,000
Scott Baumstein us
Scott Baumstein
17,000
16,200
16,200
Vanessa Rousso us
Vanessa Rousso
17,000
-3,000
-3,000
PokerStars
Cyriel Dohmen nl
Cyriel Dohmen
17,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
15,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
15,000
10,500
10,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Matt Jarvis ca
Matt Jarvis
14,000
9,500
9,500
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
14,000
9,500
9,500
WSOP 6X Winner
Gavin Smith us
Gavin Smith
14,000
-9,000
-9,000
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
11,000
Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
8,500
500
500
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Frank Calo
Frank Calo
7,200
2,700
2,700

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Lee Calls Marchese Down to the Death

Tom Marchese could not shake off Mike Lee
Tom Marchese could not shake off Mike Lee

Tom Marchese has just fired three of his best barrels into the welcoming arms of Mike Lee, and he is no longer ranked amongst the remaining 750 players in this tournament.

We have been told that Lee opened up the action before calling a Marchese three-bet. The board ran out {Q-} {10-} {4-} {4-} {2-} and Marchese fired three-barrels including a 5,000 river shove, and Lee called all the way with 3rd pair - {6-} {6-}. Marchese was holding {A-} {J-} for the missed draw.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Lee
Mike Lee
52,000
Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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Elezra Remains Below Average

Eli Elezra limped in first position and three people joined him (including the two blinds). The flop was {A-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} and the action checked to the player sat in last position and he bet 650. The two blinds folded and Elezra check-raised to 2,200, leaving himself 3,500 behind and it was enough to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
9,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Eli Elezra

Chip Counts Gold Section

Player Chips Progress
Layne Flack us
Layne Flack
40,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Dylan Linde us
Dylan Linde
38,000
33,500
33,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Harrison Gimbel us
Harrison Gimbel
17,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Ashton Griffin us
Ashton Griffin
12,000
5,000
5,000
Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
11,500
3,300
3,300
WSOP 2X Winner
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
11,500
3,000
3,000
PokerStars
James Dempsey gb
James Dempsey
11,000
3,500
3,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Erika Moutinho us
Erika Moutinho
10,900
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
9,500
2,500
2,500
Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
9,000
5,400
5,400
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Jim Collopy us
Jim Collopy
8,500
50
50
WSOP 3X Winner
Chad Brown us
Chad Brown
7,600
-3,400
-3,400
PokerStars
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
7,500
500
500
Shawn Busse us
Shawn Busse
6,000
500
500
WSOP 1X Winner
Tristan Wade us
Tristan Wade
3,500
-500
-500
WSOP 1X Winner
Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
Busted

Level: 7

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 75

Trickett Update

Level 6 : 100/200, 25 ante

Ran good in like 20 pots but then lost KK vs AA for 28k pot!! Back down to 20k
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