Event 23: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-11-2012 18:40 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Owen Crowe	86,000
Steve Gross	63,000 51,000	51,000

Scott Montgomery	61,000 4,000	4,000

David "Doc" Sands	56,000 24,000	24,000
Jeff Blankern	45,000 9,000	9,000
Hiren Patel	45,000
Martin Jacobson	40,000 27,000	27,000

Andre Akkari	37,000 6,000	6,000

Joseph Cheong	33,000 20,000	20,000

Craig McCorkell	27,000

Kevin Saul	21,275 1,275	1,275
Mickey Petersen	20,000 10,000	10,000

Ryan Smith	18,000
Phil Collins	18,000 4,000	4,000
Jason Mercier	10,000 1,000	1,000

Nicolas Levi	9,000

Deeb And Moorman Banter

Remko Rinkema

Shaun Deeb and Chris Moorman are two of the most prolific online tournament players of the last five years, and the two have been sitting next two each other all day today. We just walked in on a big pot in which Moorman lost a lot of his chips, but luckily he was still smiling after getting crippled.

"If you wanna know how much Moorman has just look at this stack," Deeb said as he showed us a stack of chips containing the exact amount his rival had left. During that hand the following happened.

The player on the button raised to 600 and Moorman opted to three-bet from the big blind to 1,675. The button tanked for a bit before moving all in for 9,825 and with a wry smile on his face Moorman threw in the chips.

Chris Moorman
Opponent

"Sixes again?," Deeb laughed at Moorman who couldn't keep a straight face himself. The board ran out {K-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} knocking Moorman all the way down to just 2,700.

"I should've just set mined," Moorman said and Deeb started laughing again.

"But you still have ten big blinds left now," Deeb added to the banter and Moorman replied instantly.

"That's why I called. I got a 'get out of jail free card!'," Moorman said.

Both players kept going at it, and Deeb had the amount of chips ready in order to snap his opponent of in the upcoming blind battle. The player on the button wasn't gonna waste his opportunity to raise and made it 700. Moorman checked his cards and, as expected, moved all in. Deeb enquired about the button's stack but opted to lay this one down.

The player on the button probably wasn't paying attention to what just had happened to Moorman as he said, "I probably can't even fold for that much". Deeb and Moorman both started laughing again as the young kid realized his button raise probably wasn't the best move considering Moorman's short stack. After a while he folded and Moorman added some much needed chips to his stack without showdown.

Before we ran back to our laptop Deeb told his chips mainly came from Moorman when he four-bet all in for 45 big blinds in a button-small blind clash. Deeb called off with {A-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} and doubled through, the hand you could've guessed, pocket sixes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	21,000 7,000	7,000

Chris Moorman	3,000 6,000	6,000

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06-11-2012 18:20 UTC-7

Six Max in Color

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06-11-2012 18:17 UTC-7

Florian Flourishes

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The player seated on the button raised to 450 and Florian Langmann called in the big blind. The flop was {8-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} and Langmann check-called a 625 button bet. The turn of {6-Hearts} was checked through before we saw the {10-Clubs} on the river. Langmann bet 1,100 and the player on the button mucked his hand.

Langman now has 56,500

Player	Chips	Progress
Florian Langmann	56,500 1,500	1,500

Tags: Florian Langmann

06-11-2012 18:13 UTC-7

Seiver Hurts Akenhead

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When we last saw James Akenhead he was struggling on the short stack with around 3,000 in front of him. A change of table had resulted in a change of fortune until this happened.

We joined the action on a flop of {J-Hearts} {5-Spades} {4-Hearts} . Scott Seiver was seated in the big blind and James Akenhead was seated in the cutoff. Seiver bet 1,800 and Akenhead made the call. The turn was the {K-Diamonds} and Seiver bet 2,800, once again Akenhead called. Then on the river we saw the {3-Hearts} and Seiver bet 5,500. Akenhead took some more time on this one. He had 13,500 behind and you could tell it was a tough decision for him. In the end the chips went into the middle, Seiver turned over {Q-Spades} {Q-Hearts} and Akenhead mucked his hand.

Steve O'Dwyer is also sat on the same table and has 42,500.

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	68,000 17,000	17,000

Steve O'Dwyer	42,500 5,500	5,500
James Akenhead	8,000

Tags: James Akenhead Scott Seiver Steve O'Dwyer

06-11-2012 18:07 UTC-7

David Singontiko Eliminates Ben Vinson

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Level 6 : 150/300, 25 ante

World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner David Singontiko raised to 400 in the hijack seat, Griffin Benger called in the cutoff before Ben Vinson three-bet to 1,500 from the big blind. Singontiko four-bet to 3,900, Benger folded, Vinson moved all-in for a few chips more and Singontiko called.

Singontiko
Vinson

Board: {K-Hearts} {K-Spades} {5-Hearts} {K-Clubs} {4-Hearts}

"That will win a lot of pots," said Vinson referring to the quads of Singontiko.

Tags: Ben Vinson David Singotinko

06-11-2012 18:05 UTC-7

Just 396 Players Remain

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Remko Rinkema

Level 6 : 150/300, 25 ante

The average stack right now is 21,000 chips or 70 big blinds.

06-11-2012 18:04 UTC-7

Bellande Busto

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Remko Rinkema

Jean-Robert Bellande just got eliminated. We walked up to his tabled when he raised from the small blind and got put all in by the player in the big blind. Bellande didn't have much left behind and called off his remaining chips.

Jean-Robert Bellande
Opponent

The board ran out {A-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {5-Hearts} {2-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} keeping the nine kicker in play. Bellande left the room and we are already under 400 players left with 40 minutes on the clock before the start of the dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Robert Bellande	Busted

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06-11-2012 18:00 UTC-7

Some Action From The Gold and Silver Quarters of the Brasilia Room

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Here are some snippets from the Gold and Silver sections of the room.

Brandon Cantu is short over at Table #11. We just saw him moving his last 4,725 into the pot over an Andy Lichtenberger button raise. Lichtenberger decided he wanted to keep his 36,000 chips and folded his hand.

Dan Kelly just moved all of his chips into the middle as well, albeit it a little bit more creatively than Cantu. Dan Kelly was seated in the big blind and his opponent was seated on the button. Kelly had moved all-in on a board of {5-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {3-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} and his opponent folded. The player seated to the right of Kelly told us the action.

"The button raised and Kelly called in the big blind. Kelly then check-raised to 1,150 on the flop, the button raised to 2,500, Kelly raised to 3,600 and the button flatted. Kelly then open shoved the turn."

Last time we reported on Bertrand "ElKy" Grospellier he was at a lowly 2,200. Its seems he has had a mini revival because he is now up to 22,000.