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

Chip Counts Brasilia Room Silver Section

Player Chips Progress
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
51,000
42,000
42,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Aaron Jones us
Aaron Jones
29,000
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
23,000
7,000
7,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Gavin Smith us
Gavin Smith
15,500
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
15,000
6,000
6,000
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
13,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
12,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
12,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Max Greenwood ca
Max Greenwood
11,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier fr
Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier
11,000
Allen Bari us
Allen Bari
10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Sam Stein us
Sam Stein
10,000
Mickey Petersen dk
Mickey Petersen
10,000
-2,000
-2,000
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Joep van den Bijgaart nl
Joep van den Bijgaart
10,000
Ankush Mandavia us
Ankush Mandavia
9,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Jonathan Aguiar pt
Jonathan Aguiar
9,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Shawn Busse us
Shawn Busse
9,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Athanasios Polychronopoulos us
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
9,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Manuel Bevand fr
Manuel Bevand
8,500
-500
-500
Daniel Alaei us
Daniel Alaei
8,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
8,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
7,500
-5,200
-5,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Martins Adeniya gb
Martins Adeniya
7,500
Jarred Solomon za
Jarred Solomon
7,000
Mark Radoja ca
Mark Radoja
7,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Jerry Yang is in the House

Former World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Champion Jerry Yang is in the building. He already has one 2012 WSOP cash sewn up after finishing in 153rd place in the $1,500 No-Limit Re-Entry Event. Here is he getting involved in a strange hand with Vojtech Ruzicka.

Ruzicka raised to 450 in the hijack seat, Jerry Yang called in the cutoff and the big blind also called. The flop was {J-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {2-Clubs}, the big blind checked, Ruzicka bet 550 and Yang folded. Ruzicka then threw his hand into the muck and the dealer went to hand him the pot. This was, of course, before the player in the big blind reminded everyone that he was still playing! Own goal by Ruzicka, because as the dealer told him, "I can't retrieve your hand from the muck darling." The pot was given to the big blind by default and Ruzicka was left looking redder than a radish.

Vojtech Ruzicka has already cashed three times in this series and has 17k in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Vojtech Ruzicka cz
Vojtech Ruzicka
17,000
Jerry Yang us
Jerry Yang
7,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Jerry YangVojtech Ruzicka

Gabriele Lepore Eliminates Sammy 'Slacker' Grafton

Sammy Grafton is a UK pro who is having the year of his life. The man known as "Slacker" by his friends and the online moniker of "SamSquid" recently took down Event #2 SCOOP for over $230,000. He has already cashed in two World Series of Poker (WSOP) events this year and finished 14th in this event last year. Unfortunately, Slacker has just been eliminated after running his pocket queens into the pocket aces of Gabriele Lepore who is now sat with 27,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Gabriel Lepore
Gabriel Lepore
27,000
Samuel Grafton
Samuel Grafton
Busted

Tags: Gabriele LeporeSamuel Grafton

Freddy Deeb Eliminates Soi Nguyen

Freddy Deeb
Freddy Deeb

Freddy Deeb has just removed Soi Nguyen from the $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em equation after the pair played for stacks on a flop of {J-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} {3-Diamonds}. Deeb was holding {A-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} and Nguyen {A-Clubs} {J-Clubs}. The turn {6-Diamonds} brought in the flush for Deeb and and the unnecessary {4-Clubs} finished off the board. Nguyen was out and Deeb moved up to 29,000.

Player Chips Progress
Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
29,000
21,000
21,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Soi Nguyen us
Soi Nguyen
Busted

Tags: Freddy DeebSoi NGuyen

Chip Counts Brasilia Room Bronze Section

Player Chips Progress
Scott Montgomery ca
Scott Montgomery
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
31,000
-14,000
-14,000
Kevin Saul us
Kevin Saul
20,000
Paul Kobel us
Paul Kobel
17,550
8,550
8,550
Jon Spinks gb
Jon Spinks
15,000
Phil Collins us
Phil Collins
14,000
7,600
7,600
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
13,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
13,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Darryll Fish us
Darryll Fish
12,500
Steve Gross us
Steve Gross
12,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jamie Gold us
Jamie Gold
11,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Kathy Liebert us
Kathy Liebert
9,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
9,500
-19,500
-19,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
9,000
Erick LIndgren us
Erick LIndgren
8,400
-600
-600
WSOP 2X Winner
William Reynolds us
William Reynolds
8,000
Amit Makija
Amit Makija
7,000
Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
4,500
-4,500
-4,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Matt Marafioti ca
Matt Marafioti
4,500
Hans Winzeler us
Hans Winzeler
3,000
Roberto Romanello gb
Roberto Romanello
2,500
-1,700
-1,700
WSOP 1X Winner

Chip Counts Brasilia Room Red Section

Player Chips Progress
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
48,000
39,000
39,000
Jeff Blankern
Jeff Blankern
36,000
Anthony Spinella us
Anthony Spinella
34,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
29,000
Greg Mueller ca
Greg Mueller
24,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
24,000
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
21,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Rep Porter us
Rep Porter
20,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Josh Brikis us
Josh Brikis
18,000
Doug Lee ca
Doug Lee
14,000
Amanda Musumeci us
Amanda Musumeci
13,000
Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
12,500
Matt Berkey us
Matt Berkey
12,000
Salman Behbehani us
Salman Behbehani
11,000
Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
10,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
10,000
1,000
1,000
Nick Binger us
Nick Binger
9,500
500
500
WSOP 1X Winner
Dylan Linde us
Dylan Linde
9,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Christina Lindley us
Christina Lindley
8,500
Anton Makievskyi
Anton Makievskyi
7,000
Carter Phillips us
Carter Phillips
6,700
WSOP 2X Winner

Level 4 Action

Former November Niner Jason Senti is doing well and has 30,000 chips. He is seated to the direct left of JP Kelly and while we were at the table Kelly had jammed for 6,250 but did not get any takers.

Joey Spanne just eliminated Chris McClung after rivering jacks-full on a {4-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} {4-Spades} {J-Spades} board. McClung calling off the shove on the river. Spanne now has 36,000 chips.

Last but not least Kyle Bowker has doubled up. He got it all in holding pocket tens and flopped a set against his opponents {K-Hearts} {Q-Spades}. Bowker has 22,000.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Senti us
Jason Senti
30,000
10,000
10,000
Kyle Bowker us
Kyle Bowker
22,000
13,000
13,000
WSOP 1X Winner
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
9,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Jason sentiJoey SpanneJP KellyKyle Bowker

Matt 'Pez' Perrins Eliminates Ana Marquez

Matt 'Pez' Perrins is a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder. He won his little piece of gold during last years series when he took down the $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball event despite having never played the game before in his life!

Pez has just become one of the most hated men on his table after eliminating the gorgeous Ana Marquez (and boy was she looking gorgeous today). Perrins raised under the gun and there was a caller before Marquez squeezed out a three-bet from the small blind. Perrins made the call and the flop was {4-} {4-} {5-}. Marquez bet and Perrins just called. The turn was the {2-} and Marquez moved all-in and Perrins called it off.

Perrins{A-Clubs} {A-Hearts}
Marquez{A-Spades} {K-Diamonds}

The river bricked off and Perrins doubled up to 29,000 and Marquez was out.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Perrins gb
Matt Perrins
29,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Ana Marquez es
Ana Marquez
Busted
PokerStars

Tags: Ana MarquezMatt Perrins