2012 World Series of Poker

Event 28: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Four-Handed
Day: 1
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Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$392,476
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$1,706,250
Total Entries
750
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 750
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Heads Up at Table 70

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

Sean Getzwiller and Josh Evans have been playing heads up for an entire level over on Table 70.

"I want to play heads up," Chance Kornuth said from an adjacent table.

Shaun Deeb, who was at a third table, agreed.

"One of them has an edge," Deeb said. "I'm not going to say who though."

Getzwiller and Evans were playing the popular "box game" as well. To win, you have to fold your two cards into the box designated for the flop, turn, and river, without touching the lines. The two were playing for $20 a toss.

"Hey," Deeb piped up again. "Are you guys just folding and taking that guys stack?"

There was a third stack at the table that was blinding out, but Getzwiller and Evans weren't just folding every hand.

"Why are you even thinking of that?" Kornuth shouted to Deeb. "Just because you have no integrity...and no shoes..."

We didn't understand the latter part of that statement until we looked down at Deeb's feet, and saw that they are bare.

While we were leaving, a third player sat down with a bag of chips, so the heads-up match is finally over - for now.

Tags: Shaun DeebChance KornuthJosh EvansSean Getzwiller

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

A Few More Friends

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
7,500
WSOP 6X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Peter Jetten ca
Peter Jetten
7,500
Profile photo of Shane Schleger us
Shane Schleger
7,500
pokerstars
Profile photo of Andy Seth us
Andy Seth
7,500
Profile photo of Carter Phillips us
Carter Phillips
7,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Pratyush Buddiga us
Pratyush Buddiga
7,500
Profile photo of Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
7,500
Team Lucky
WSOP 7X Winner
Profile photo of Anthony Gregg
Anthony Gregg
7,500
Profile photo of Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
7,500
Profile photo of Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
7,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Kevin Iacofano us
Kevin Iacofano
7,500
Profile photo of John Dolan us
John Dolan
7,500
Profile photo of James Mackey us
James Mackey
7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Russell Crane us
Russell Crane
7,500
Profile photo of Sam Stein us
Sam Stein
7,500
Profile photo of Thayer Rasmussen us
Thayer Rasmussen
7,500
Profile photo of Jesse Martin us
Jesse Martin
7,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Ryan Olisar us
Ryan Olisar
7,500
Profile photo of Joe Elpayaa us
Joe Elpayaa
7,500
Profile photo of Matt Jarvis ca
Matt Jarvis
7,500

Veldhuis Building Early

Lex Veldhuis opened to 125 from the button and found one caller in Dan O'Brien from the big blind.

The flop came {J-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{5-Clubs} and both players checked. O'Brien checked again when a {8-Diamonds} fell on the turn and Veldhuis led out for 150. O'Brien then check-raised to 550, which caused Veldhuis to pause, but he tossed in a call anyways.

The river came the {A-Hearts} and this time O'Brien fired out 1,800. Veldhuis non-nonchalantly threw in a call and O'Brien revealed {6-Spades}{7-Spades} for a busted straight draw. Veldhuis tabled {9-Spades}{8-Clubs} for trip eights and scooped the pot.

Veldhuis is up to 12,500 in the early going.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Lex Veldhuis nl
Lex Veldhuis
12,500
5,000
5,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
4,000
3,500
3,500

Tags: Lex Veldhuis

Kornuth Moves All In

"How much do you have?" we heard Chance Kornuth ask an opponent moments ago.

The board was completed {8-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}, and Kornuth was the first to act. When his opponent showed that he had around 5,000 behind, Kornuth tanked for a bit then moved all in.

His opponent immediately mucked, and Kornuth raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
10,000
2,500
2,500
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Chance Kornuth

More Notables

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andrew Robl us
Andrew Robl
7,500
Profile photo of Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
7,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
7,500
Profile photo of Adam Junglen us
Adam Junglen
7,500
Profile photo of David Pham us
David Pham
7,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Marco Traniello it
Marco Traniello
7,500
Profile photo of Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
7,500
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Matt Matros us
Matt Matros
7,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Ryan D'Angelo us
Ryan D'Angelo
7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Thomas Keller us
Thomas Keller
7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Aaron Jones us
Aaron Jones
7,500
Profile photo of Brent Hanks us
Brent Hanks
7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jim Collopy us
Jim Collopy
7,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Amit Makhija us
Amit Makhija
7,500
Profile photo of Stuart Rutter gb
Stuart Rutter
7,500
Profile photo of Matt Graham
Matt Graham
7,500
Profile photo of Bill Klein us
Bill Klein
7,500
Profile photo of Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
BetMGM Poker
Profile photo of Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jerry Yang us
Jerry Yang
7,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Alex Venovski us
Alex Venovski
7,500
Profile photo of Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
7,500
pokerstars
Profile photo of Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
7,500
WSOP 11X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT Global

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Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

Event #28: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Four-Handed to Begin Shortly

WSOP bracelet (Photo courtesy of Jason of Beverly Hills)
WSOP bracelet (Photo courtesy of Jason of Beverly Hills)

Hello and good morning from the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, where players are beginning to settle in for an all-new event this year: No-Limit Hold'em Four-Handed.

Now, if you thought six-handed Hold'em was action packed, you ain't seen nothing yet. Players will be dishing out blind money in at least half of the hands they play, which means no one will have the luxury of sitting back and waiting for premium cards. Rather, if players wish to stay afloat - they will have to press the action and make decisions far more frequently than if it were a full-ring game.

Play is set to begin at 12:00 PM local time. Stay tuned with us here at PokerNews for coverage that is sure to contain anything but ABC poker!