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

Shawn Buchanan Eliminated

Shawn Buchanan just got all the money into the middle in excellent shape but ended in fatal shape. He was holding {A-} {Q-} for two pair versus his opponent holding {A-} {K-}. We believe the money went in on the turn and a cruel {K-} on the river brought his opponent a broadway straight and Buchanan was out.

Player Chips Progress
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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Flush For Flack

Layne Flack is building towers over in the Gold section of the room and here he is in action.

There was a raise to 525 from middle position, the cutoff called as did Flack on the button. The flop was {9-Clubs} {8-Spades} {3-Hearts} and the action checked to the cutoff who bet 1,400. Flack made a very quick call, the original raiser folded and we were heads up going to fourth street. The turn was the {Q-Hearts} and the cutoff bet 3,400 and Flack made a very quick call. This pot was getting quite big and when the river {7-Hearts} hit the felt Flack put the player in the cutoff all-in, once checked to. The cutoff tanked for a good while, including an attempted stare down with Flack which left both players laughing. Eventually the cutoff folded and Flack showed him {K-Hearts} {9-Hearts} for the flush.

Player Chips Progress
Layne Flack us
Layne Flack
42,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

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Jinxing Bellande

"Hey bro!", Jean-Robert Bellande shouted at yours truly who walked over and received a friendly fist bump. We noticed Bellande was in a hand and wrote down the action. The board read {4-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} and Bellande check-raised his opponent all-in for 6,675. After the call we saw the following showdown:

Jean-Robert Bellande{4-Spades}{6-Spades}
Opponent{8-Spades}{8-Clubs}

The river was the {J-Hearts} and Bellande lost a big pot. "Thanks!", he said sarcastically, "You can go now" he laughed as his opponent was stacking the new found chips. Bellande is still doing very well with a 27,000 chip stack, but he isn't likely to call over anymore reporters today!

Player Chips Progress
Jean-Robert Bellande us
Jean-Robert Bellande
27,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Counts From Red

Player Chips Progress
Allen Cunningham us
Allen Cunningham
23,000
18,500
18,500
WSOP 5X Winner
Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
19,000
13,400
13,400
WSOP 2X Winner
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
16,000
John Eames gb
John Eames
15,000
McLean Karr us
McLean Karr
12,500
David Singer us
David Singer
12,000
Bruce Buffer us
Bruce Buffer
9,500
David Pham us
David Pham
8,500
4,000
4,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
8,200
3,700
3,700
WSOP 2X Winner
David 'Doc' Sands
David 'Doc' Sands
6,400
-300
-300
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
6,200
3,400
3,400
WSOP 2X Winner
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
4,500
-700
-700
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
David Peters us
David Peters
3,050
-1,450
-1,450
WSOP 2X Winner
Tommy Vedes us
Tommy Vedes
2,800
-1,700
-1,700

Prize Pool Information

Level 6 : 100/200, 25 ante

There has just been an announcement that the total prize pool is $2,836,350. 216 players are going to receive at least $2,893 and the winner of the WSOP Event #2 gold bracelet will take home $517,725.

Stammen Doing Well

We caught a hand he just lost, but nevertheless he's doing very well in today's event. Keven Stammen just went heads up to the flop that brought out {7-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{3-Spades}. Both players checked. The turn was the {5-Diamonds} and he called a 1,650 bet. The river was the {5-Hearts} and now he called 2,050. Stammen mucked when his opponent showed {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} but he still has a much bigger stack than his opponents.

Player Chips Progress
Keven Stammen us
Keven Stammen
24,000
19,500
19,500
WSOP 1X Winner

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