Level: 6
Limits: 300/600
Ante: 0
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 20: $5,000 Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$780,200
Entries
166
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0
Great Value in Registering Late
Well, we might be just a tad sarcastic about that. The table filled with players who late registered is located just outside the tan section of the Amazon Room and it's filled with superstars. We feel very sorry for the unknown player in seat eight who will have to go up against these monsters.
| Seat | Name | WSOP Bracelets | Live Tournament Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erick Lindgren | 1 | $8,457,544 |
| 2 | Shawn Buchanan | 0 | $4,678,970 |
| 3 | Greg Mueller | 2 | $1,989,989 |
| 4 | Mark Radoja | 1 | $1,197,755 |
| 5 | John Juanda | 5 | $12,378,559 |
| 6 | Nick Schulman | 1 | $5,118,771 |
| 7 | Huck Seed | 4 | $7,260,200 |
| 8 | Unkown | - | - |
| 9 | Dan Kelly | 1 | $2,219,790 |
In total these guys have won 15 WSOP gold bracelet and their live tournament earnings add up to well over 43 million dollars! We're pretty sure none of these players is happy with this table, but maybe it's a good time to catch up, since most of them will know each other pretty well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
17,000 | |
|
17,000 | |
|
16,000 | |
|
16,000 | |
|
15,500 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
8,000 |
Hands From The Floor
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A bit of a walk around the tournament floor and here are some of the little hands that have recently played out.
- One opponent check-called every street of a board showing
against Eric Froehlich. At the end, Froehlich tabled his 
and took down the pot. - Jeff Shulman and one opponent took to a
flop. Shulman called a bet on the flop to see a 
hit the turn. A check on the turn and the completed the board. Both players again checked and Shulman mucked his cards as his opponent's 
took down the hand. - Maria Ho opened the pot and Mike Sowers three-bet. Ho called and a
flop hit the felt. Ho opted to check and Sowers quickly fired out a bet. Too strong for Ho as she sent her cards into the muck and the pot to Sowers.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
19,000 | 3,500 |
|
12,000 | -1,500 |
|
12,000 | -5,500 |
|
9,500 | 500 |
Prize Pool and Payouts
Level 5
: 300/600, 0 ante
Tournament director Kevin Ferguson just announced the payouts and prize pool for this event. In total 166 players signed up creating a total prize pool of $780,200. The winner of this event will walk home with $206,760 while the 18th place min-cash will be worth $11,071. At the moment there are 154 players remaining, which means the average stack is 16,169 or 26 big bets.
| 1 | $206,760 |
| 2 | $127,773 |
| 3 | $92,562 |
| 4 | $68,322 |
| 5 | $51,344 |
| 6 | $39,259 |
| 7 | $30,529 |
| 8 | $24,139 |
| 9 | $19,395 |
| 10-12 | $15,830 |
| 13-15 | $13,138 |
| 16-18 | $11,071 |
Goners
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Some More Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,000 | 6,000 |
|
17,000 | 2,000 |
|
17,000 | 3,000 |
|
17,000 | 2,000 |
|
16,000 | 1,000 |
|
16,000 | |
|
16,000 | 2,000 |
|
16,000 | 1,000 |
|
16,000 | -1,500 |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | -1,000 |
|
14,000 | -1,000 |
|
11,000 | -7,100 |
|
11,000 | -1,000 |
|
10,000 | |
|
|
9,000 | -6,000 |
|
8,000 | 1,000 |
|
7,000 | -8,000 |
|
4,000 | -3,500 |
|
2,400 | 1,600 |
Pilgrim Loses Some
When Dwyte Pilgrim and one opponent took to a 
flop, Dwyte looked to his opponent asked how much he had left. It was around 2,500 - or just over four big bets.
On the flop, Pilgrim flicked out a bet and his opponent called. As the dealer readied the turn card, Pilgrim said, "I gotta see if you fold on the turn," and he bet again. Another call and the last card would hit the felt.
River:
This time Pilgrim would stop betting and say, "pocket sevens," before he showed his hand. His opponent turned over 
and Pilgrim flashed his 
before they went flying into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,500 | -5,500 |
Two Pair For Harman
Jennifer Harman and Annie Duke are sitting next to each other only to be separated by the dealer. We haven't seen any clashes between the two but it's very likely there have already been some blind battles.
Duke is currently third on the all-time money leaderboard with $4.2 in live tournament earnings while Harman is in sixth with $2.6 million. We are dealing with two of the most successful women in poker in this tournament and it was just Harman who managed to take down a nice pot against one of the other players.
Harman called a raise from the player in the hijack when she was on the button and after both blinds folded the flop came down 
. Harman called a 300 chip bet and the turn was the . Her opponent bet again and Harman opted to raise making it 1,200. The call was made quickly and the river was the 
. Harman's opponent called another 600 and mucked when she tabled 
.
Harman is up there with a nice stack while Duke came all the way back up to just a couple of bets below the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | 6,000 |
|
11,800 | 6,300 |
Happy About the Structure
As we stated earlier, the players are seeming to be quite happy with the structure change to this year's Limit Holdem event. Terrence Chan seems to be happy, as he stated on Twitter just a few minutes ago.
tchanpoker Terrence Chan 18100 after four levels, which were really just one long level. Which is how it should be, for the record. #wsop20
June 09 2012
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
18,100 | 100 |
Count Update
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
29,500 | -7,500 |
|
|
27,000 | 6,000 |
|
24,000 | 8,000 |
|
23,000 | 11,000 |
|
23,000 | 8,000 |
|
|
22,000 | 2,000 |
|
19,500 | 4,500 |
|
17,500 | 4,000 |
|
|
17,500 | 2,500 |
|
17,000 | -1,000 |
|
16,500 | 500 |
|
16,300 | 5,300 |
|
|
15,500 | -4,000 |
|
15,500 | 2,000 |
|
14,000 | -1,000 |
|
|
14,000 | -1,000 |
|
13,500 | -1,500 |
|
|
13,500 | 8,500 |
|
13,000 | -2,000 |
|
|
13,000 | |
|
13,000 | |
|
12,500 | -2,500 |
|
10,000 | 1,000 |
|
|
8,000 | -5,000 |