2012 World Series of Poker

Event 26: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10764
Prize
$361,797
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$1,607,970
Entries
589
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
0

Event 26: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

Day 1 Completed

Day 1 Concludes; Ressler Leads

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Day 1 of Event 26: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha has concluded and it was a fun day on the felt. As expected, there was plenty of action in this event as the field was cut from 589 down to 138. Tomorrow's Day 2 will see the money bubble burst en route to setting the final table.

Leading the way after Day 1 was Joseph Ressler with 122,100 in chips. Other notable names bagging up heaps include Galen Kester (111,000), Matt Perrins (85,600) and Thomas Chambers (80,100). They'll all be bunched at the top of the counts, but we can't forget about many of the players below them on the leaderboard. Also returning for Wednesday's Day 2 will be Scott Clements, Chance Kornuth, John Racener, Tex Barch, Nacho Barbero and Robert Williamson III.

Defending champion Sam Stein is still in contention to defend his title and successfully bagged up 48,300 in chips. Also still alive, but barely, is Phil Ivey. He didn't play a single hand in this tournament today and was blinded off all day long. His stack of 700 will return tomorrow for Day 2.

Of those to fall short of advancing were Daniel Negreanu, Lex Veldhuis, Josh Arieh, Huck Seed, David Williams, Phil Hellmuth and Jason Mercier. Mercier was eliminated by Clements after getting the money in on the {10-Spades}{9-Spades}{2-Hearts} flop with the {A-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{4-Spades}. His overpair and flush draw whiffed against the {A-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{7-Spades} for Clements after a turn {2-Diamonds} and river {10-Diamonds}.

On Wednesday, the cards will be in the air for Day 2 at 2:00 PM. PokerNews will be back in action for all of the coverage, so be sure to join us then. You can also find plenty of more coverage from the 2012 World Series of Poker on our Live Reporting Pages. Until then, thanks for following along and goodnight from Las Vegas!

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Joseph Ressler us
Joseph Ressler
122,100
Profile photo of Galen Kester us
Galen Kester
111,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Isaac Hagerling us
Isaac Hagerling
95,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Vadzim Kursevich by
Vadzim Kursevich
92,400
Profile photo of Viacheslav Igin ru
Viacheslav Igin
90,300
Profile photo of Matt Perrins gb
Matt Perrins
85,600
40,600
40,600
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Ryan Franklin us
Ryan Franklin
82,700
Profile photo of Quentin Lae fr
Quentin Lae
80,700
Profile photo of Tom Chambers us
Tom Chambers
80,100
Profile photo of Justin Conley us
Justin Conley
78,300
Profile photo of Jamie Robbins us
Jamie Robbins
77,000
Profile photo of Guillaume Darcourt fr
Guillaume Darcourt
75,500
66,500
66,500
Profile photo of Igor Sharaskin ru
Igor Sharaskin
69,500
Profile photo of Mike Gorodinsky us
Mike Gorodinsky
67,100
58,100
58,100
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Raul Paez es
Raul Paez
66,800
Profile photo of Tristan Clemencon fr
Tristan Clemencon
66,000
52,000
52,000
Profile photo of Ilkka Heikkila fi
Ilkka Heikkila
63,000
Profile photo of Joshua Gibson us
Joshua Gibson
62,000
Profile photo of Nacho Barbero ar
Nacho Barbero
61,300
-2,700
-2,700
Profile photo of Scott Stanko us
Scott Stanko
60,300
Profile photo of Kyle Bowker us
Kyle Bowker
59,100
29,100
29,100
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Sandeep Pulusani us
Sandeep Pulusani
59,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Jan-Peter Jachtmann de
Jan-Peter Jachtmann
58,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jaspal Brar ca
Jaspal Brar
58,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Adam Heger us
Adam Heger
58,200

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1996 WSOP Main Event Champ Falls

After getting knocked down to 3,450 in chips recently, Huck Seed's tournament has ended.

Seed attempted to battle back and put in a raise to 2,100 from under the gun. Whether or not he had a good hand, we don't know, but we do know that everyone folded and Seed picked up the blinds for 900. That brought him to 4,350, but he would go out two hands later.

A player limped in from early position when it was Seed's big blind and action folded to the small blind, who happened to be the same player that just doubled through Seed. He completed the bet and then Seed checked his option in the big blind.

The flop rolled out {J-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{3-Hearts} and action checked around to see the {7-Diamonds} land on the turn. The small blind and Seed checked to the limper. He bet 1,800 and the small blind folded. Seed check-raised all in for 3,750. His opponent took some time while giving a speech and then called. He even said that he would like to trade hands with Seed. Here's what the hands were.

Seed: {K-Spades}{J-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{5-Clubs}
Opponent: {A-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{2-Hearts}

Despite wanting to trade hands with Seed, the player actually held the best of it with a set of sevens. Seed had top two pair. The river completed the board with the {Q-Spades} and Seed was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Huck Seed us
Huck Seed
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Huck Seed

Quick Hits

  • Chino Rheem has moved up to 33,000 in chips after busting a player with the {A-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{Q-Spades}{7-Clubs} versus the {K-Spades}{K-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}. The flop, turn and river ran out {10-Clubs}{7-Spades}{3-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}.
  • Jarred Solomon was eliminated by Ted Lawson and Jim Collopy was eliminated on another table.
  • Nacho Barbero sent an opponent home to climb to 64,000 in chips. His {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}{10-Spades} was all in on the {J-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{3-Spades} flop against {K-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{10-Spades}. After a turn {J-Hearts} and river {2-Clubs}, Barbero won the pot and eliminated his opponent.
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Nacho Barbero ar
Nacho Barbero
64,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
33,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Jarred Solomon za
Jarred Solomon
Busted
Profile photo of Jim Collopy us
Jim Collopy
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Nacho BarberoChino RheemJarred SolomonJim CollopyTed Lawson

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