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

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
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings
David Peters us
David Peters
3,050
-1,450
-1,450
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Tommy Vedes us
Tommy Vedes
2,800
-1,700
-1,700

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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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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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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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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Tags: Sam Trickett

Level: 7

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 75

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
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
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
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
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Jim Collopy us
Jim Collopy
8,500
50
50
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner
Chad Brown us
Chad Brown
7,600
-3,400
-3,400
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
7,500
500
500
$25K Fantasy
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

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
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

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