2012 World Series of Poker

Event 23: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
66
Prize
$567,624
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$2,522,520
Entries
924
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Aces Twice For Langmann

German pro Florian Langmann is known for his runner up finish in EPT London 2007 for just under $700,000, and finishing fourth in the €25,000 Monte Carlo High Roller in 2009 for $247,000. He's been having a great day so far picking up aces twice in big pots.

He told us about winning a 30,000 chip pot with aces against kings, and just knocked out Doug Lee in another big pot. Langmann raised to 500 and Lee three-bet him to 2,100. Action got folded back to Langmann who put in 3,700 after which Lee went all in for right around 11,000. Langmann snap-called.

Florian Langmann{A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}
Doug Lee{A-Spades}{Q-Spades}

The board ran out {3-Hearts}{J-Spades}{4-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{3-}, and the German added some more chips to his big stack.

Player Chips Progress
Florian Langmann de
Florian Langmann
55,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Doug Lee ca
Doug Lee
Busted

Tags: Florian LangmannDoug Lee

Level: 6

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

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

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.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
36,000
13,000
13,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Dan Kelly us
Dan Kelly
22,000
8,500
8,500
Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier
Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier
22,000
19,800
19,800
Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
5,300
-4,700
-4,700
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Andy LichtenbergerBertrand GrospellierBrandon CantuDan Kelly

Bellande Busto

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{A-Hearts}{8-Hearts}
Opponent{A-Spades}{9-Diamonds}

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 us
Jean-Robert Bellande
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande

David Singontiko Eliminates Ben Vinson

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{A-Spades} {K-Diamonds}
Vinson{J-Hearts} {J-Clubs}

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 VinsonDavid Singotinko

Seiver Hurts Akenhead

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 us
Scott Seiver
68,000
17,000
17,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
42,500
-5,500
-5,500
James Akenhead gb
James Akenhead
8,000

Tags: James AkenheadScott SeiverSteve O'Dwyer

Florian Flourishes

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 de
Florian Langmann
56,500
1,500
1,500
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Florian Langmann