Event 2: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 2: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,836,350
Entries
2,101
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Welcome to Day 1 of Event 2: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
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This is it folks! The waiting is finally over! The very best poker players in the world all under one roof - the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. It is of course the World Series of Poker and in a little over 60-minutes we will be kicking off the first big field event, when cards are thrown everywhere in Event #2: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em.
Last year we had to wait until Event #18 before we had our first $1,500 NLHE event. That event drew in a starting field of 3,157 players and Foster Hays walked away with $735,400 and the coveted WSOP gold bracelet.
Let's hope that the Memorial Day hangovers are gone, because the WSOP bracelet hunt is well and truly on!
Action is planned to start at 12:00 noon and all the action will flow through your screens from Pokernews.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/25
Ante: 0
Let's Go!
The cards are in the air! Let's find out who showed up for the first open event of the 2012 WSOP!
Some Names
The players are widely spread across the Brasilia, Pavillion and Amazon Room and these are some of the first we ran into. Today's field is already up to 1,876, but with registration still open that number will rise quickly!
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Newly Minted Marchese is in the House
Level 1
: 25/25, 0 ante
Tom Marchese has a great big smile on his face and who can blame him. The WSOP schedule can be a pressure cooker for all professional players and a good start to the campaign is just the ticket to release some much needed steam. Marchese comes into this event having won $1,308,405 in the recent WPT Super High Roller, and can relax as he starts his WSOP schedule. Here he is in action:
The player in the cutoff limped into the pot and Marchese and the big blind both checked. The flop was 
and Marchese decided to take the initiative with a bet of 50. The big blind made the call before a raise from the cutoff forced both blinds to lay down their hands.
You Are Out Of Here!
Level 1
: 25/25, 0 ante
Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu is starting action next to the most successful female player in the game. We are of course talking about WSOP bracelet winner Kathy Liebert. Both Negreanu and Liebert are in their seats and raring to go but where is the dealer?
The dealer made a complete hash of the first hand of the day and he was immediately pulled from the tournament floor and sent for some extra tuition. It's good to see that the eyeballs of the tournament floor are doing their job right from the off.
Aces versus Kings!
Level 1
: 25/25, 0 ante
Playing in a WSOP event is a dream come true for most of the population but it can also be a nightmare!
James Young has just eliminated 2010 WSOP Player of the Year, Frank Kassela, early in level one. Young was holding aces, and Kassela held kings, and that was all she wrote.
| Young |   |
| Kassela |   |
Board: 
A dream start for Young who has doubled up to 9,000.
We All Know These Guys!
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Early Profits For Lichtenberger
We just caught the action on a 
board when two players checked to Andrew Lichtenberger. He threw out 1,625 and got called by the player in the small blind. The third player folded and Lichtenberger tabled 
for a flopped set. His opponent flashed 
and threw his top two pair in the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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7,800 | 3,300 |