Event 20: $5,000 Limit Hold'em
Day 1 Started
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
Time to Take it to the Limit
![[user162117]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
Welcome to the Rio yet again for more action here at the 2012 World Series of Poker. Tonight sees the beginning of Event 20: $5,000 Limit Hold'em. It's going to be a stacked field full of recognizable faces, so make sure to tune in.
In the past this event has been played with a $10,000 buy-in, but that has changed this year as Event 20 becomes the new championship of Limit Holdem. It can be argued that this event belongs to Daniel Idema as he took down the $10,000 Limit Holdem Championship in 2011 and finished runner-up in the same event in 2010. Stats don't lie and so Idema will be one to watch tonight.
Some of the other recent Limit Holdem final table alumni at the WSOP include the likes of Barry Greenstein, Michael Mizrachi, Justin Smith and Andy Bloch, and that's only in the last few years.
We are sure some of the biggest names in poker, new and old, will be ready to get their min-raise on here in Event 20, so don't miss all the action as it kicks of in just over half an hour at 5:00 PM. Keep you browsers locked to PokerNews!
Level: 1
Limits: 200/400
Ante: 0
Today's Plan
Level 1
: 200/400, 0 ante
We are playing Limit Hold'em today and for all you guys keeping up to date with these tournaments over the last couple of years there is one big change. Instead of raising the blinds every hour the same level will be played in the first four. There will be a 15 minute break after the first two levels and a 30 minute one after four. Registration will be open until the end of the 30 minute break. Let's have some Limit Hold'em fun today!
A First Look Around The Room
There are 90 players registered at the moment and these are some of the players we already recognized. Registration will be open for another four levels.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 |
Idema Loses One Early
With a 1st and 2nd place in the last two Limit Holdem Championship events at the World Series of Poker, a lot of the attention will be on Daniel Idema today. He has taken a small hit to his stack early here, but it's Limit Holdem, so there is still plenty of time. In the hand in question, Idema and one opponent took to a 
flop in a raised pot. We then saw both players commit a bet and raise on the flop before the dealer slammed a 
on the turn. Idema threw in another bet on the turn and a call would see an 
complete the board on the river. This time both players tapped the table and turned their hands over.
Idema's 
wasn't strong enough for the 
of his opponent and so his chips went in the opposition direction.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,800 | -1,200 |
Entries So Far
Level 1
: 200/400, 0 ante
There are currently 107 players entered in today's event. That is quite low, but we expect the number to increase dramatically as late registration is open for more than four hours.
More Filter In
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
15,000 |
Aces For Chen
We just caught a nice hand with Bill Chen that started off with a raise to 400 after which Chen made it 600. The action got folded to the player in the big blind who called, as did the initial raiser.
The flop came down 
and it got checked to Chen who bet 200, and he got check-raised right away. The third player folded and Chen called. The turn was the and Chen called a 400 chip bet. The river was the 
and Chen called another bet. His opponent tabled 
and Chen took it down with 
.
An little early win for Chen who is up to 19,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
19,000 | 4,000 |
Time For More Limit Success
Eric Froehlich burst onto the poker scene many years ago and it was arguably thanks to this very game known as Limit Holdem. In 2005, Froehlich took down his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet in the $1,500 Limit Holdem event. Today is a larger buy-in event, but the field size is only a pittance of the 1,049 players who took part in Froehlich's bracelet win. For that effort Froehlich took home $303,908 and he will be looking to see similar success here today. It hasn't been a great start so far, but he has plenty of time, and game, to make a run at this bracelet.
efropoker eric froehlich First hand of the limit, kq vs k8 on the kxx. Get some bets in. No bonus points for guessing the river.
June 09 2012
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,200 | -1,800 |