Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Our remaining 108 players can now look forward to a minimum $5,019 payday for their efforts - the money bubble has burst.
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 23: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed
Day: 2
Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$2,522,520
Entries
924
Level
28
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 924
Filter
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Now that we are just a couple eliminations from the money, the tournament director has announced that hand-for-hand play will resume until the money bubble has burst.
We were unfortunately unable to catch the hand, however, David "Doc" Sands has busted after losing a critical race situation.
Doc_Sands David Doc Sands Ran stack up from 24 to 45k w/o showdown. Then lose 99 to ATs aip to bust 4 spots short of the money. #sigh
June 12 2012
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
If you look into the live tournament record of Kyle Weir you won't find too much to set your pulse racing. With only $12,665 in live tournament earnings to his name he ranks as the 45,579th player in the all-time money list! But dig a little deeper and you realise that Weir is experiencing his poker heater.
Kyle Weir is the man who won the $10 million Sunday Million on PokerStars for a juicy $1,146,574 and right on cue he is scheduled for a deep run in a live event. In his second hand of the day he eliminated an opponent in a huge pot 
versus 
and we just saw him dispose of another opponent holding 
on a 
board versus the 
of his opponent.
Weir now has 264,000 and must have a confident streak going through him that is going to shine.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
264,000
125,600
|
125,600 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Action folded around to Gavin Smith on the button, who raised to 2,300. His opponent in the small blind re-raised to 5,300. The big blind got out of the way and Smith flatted to see a flop.
Flop: 
The small blind led out for 6,000 even. Smith eyed him carefully and decided to call. Smith's opponent slowed down on the 
and checked. Smith quickly flung out a 8,500 bet and his opponent hastily mucked.
The former-taxi-driver-turned-poker-pro, who has more than $5 million in tournament winnings, is up to 90,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
25,200
|
25,200 |
Tristan Wade is no longer in the tournament area. Athanasios Polychronopoulos has just told us that his demise came in a blind battle with Liv Boeree. Boeree open shoved from the small blind holding ace-jack suited and Wade called off his final 12BB with jack-ten suited. The Boeree hand held up and she now has 69,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
69,000
20,100
|
20,100 |
|
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|
Busted | |
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In 2006 when computers didn't exist, dinosaurs still roamed the earth and people only played poker in places called card rooms and saloons Paul Kobel won a World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet. He is a proud and very charming man and the tournament will be poorer from his absence.
He started the day with a mountain to climb with only 12,600 chips, and Florian Langmann has just made sure he will not reach the summit.
We joined the action on a flop of 
and Kobel check-called a jam by Langmann. Langmann turned over 
and Kobel had the better hand with 
. The turn card reversed the situation and the river 
confirmed the exit of Kobel.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
We caught up with the action on a four-handed 
flop. Both players in the blinds checked to the player under-the-gun, who bet 3,600. Freddy Deeb called from the button and the blinds folded.
The turn brought the and both players opted to check, however, when a 
landed on the river, Deeb's opponent once again checked - prompting a 7,000 bet from Deeb. His opponent immediately mucked.
The two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner is up to 90,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
11,300
|
11,300 |
|
||
Towards the latter stages of Day 1 a certain Aaron 'aejones' Jones was stealing the show. He needed a cart-horse to move his chips from table to table he had that many. Then he sat down to the right of Jeff Manza and his stack stacking to droop instead of grow. Manza finally overcame Jones in the last hour to take the chip lead and the pair are seating next to each other once more. The table is a cracker and is sure to hold our attention for most of the day.
| Seat 2 | Ryan Fair |
| Seat 3 | Kevin Saul |
| Seat 4 | Jeff Manza |
| Seat 5 | Aaron Jones |
| Seat 5 | Eugene Katchalov |
If you survive through this table then you know you have earned it. Here is Jones starting the day in the same way as he finished it - losing chips.
We joined the action on a flop of 
and Kevin Saul bet 2,700 from the small blind. Aaron Jones was seated in the big blind and he made a raise. Before we could count it Saul moved all-in and Jones called.
| Saul |   |
| Jones |   |
The turn was the and river and Saul had doubled up to 97,000. Jones was down to 135,000.
"I just don't want to bubble," said Saul who was shaking his leg like he had drunk twenty cans of red bull.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000
47,900
|
47,900 |
|
97,000
57,600
|
57,600 |
