2012 World Series of Poker

Event 33: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$440,238
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
2,795
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

JJ Liu Hits a Set

The player in the cutoff raised to 850, the button three-bet to 1,850, JJ Liu called in the big blind, the cutoff four-bet to 4,350, the button folded and JJ Liu made the call.

Flop: {K-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} {5-Hearts}

Both players checked.

Turn: {7-Hearts}

JJ Liu bet 13,000 and the cutoff called.

River: {4-Spades}

Both players checked and JJ Liu turned over {5-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} for the flopped set, her opponent mucked his hand and she moved up to 28,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
JJ Liu tw
JJ Liu
28,000 6,000

Tags: JJ Liu

Level: 9

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Jared Hamby Doubles Up

Level 8 : 200/400, 50 ante

We joined the action on the turn on a board of {7-Clubs} {5-Hearts} {9-Hearts} {4-Spades} and approx. 7,000 in the pot. The big blind checked, Jared Hamby moved all-in for 6,000 and the big blind called.

Hamby{4-Hearts} {4-Clubs}
Big Blind{J-Spades} {8-Diamonds}

The river was the {K-Spades} and Hamby doubled up to 14,000.

Tags: Jared Hamby

Kling's Flame Goes Out and Jaka's Lights Up

When we last saw the long blonde strands of Lauren Kling she was sitting pretty on a stack of 19,000 chips. She had just been moved to Table #2, two seats away from the gorgeous Nesrine Kourdourli, and the remaining eight men could not have been happier. Then Chris Dombrowski moved into town and Kling triple barrelled 800 (pre), 1,400 (flop), 2,600 (turn) and 12,500 (river) into his open arms and before you could say Rapunzel she was gone. The board was showing {A-} {10-} {8-} {2-} {Q-} (with three diamonds flop/turn) and Dombrowksi check-called all three streets holding {A-} {2-}. The net result is a 38,000 chip stack for Dombrowksi and nothing but reflective thinking for Kling.

Somewhere else in this vast cauldron of activity Faraz Jaka has just won a 1,000 flip to move up to 34,000 {7-Spades} {7-Diamonds} v {A-Hearts} {Q-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Dombrowski us
Chris Dombrowski
WSOP 1X Winner
38,000
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
34,000 11,500
Lauren Kling us
Lauren Kling
Busted

Tags: Chris DombrowksiFaraz JakaLauren Kling

Trips For Dunst

The action folded around to the player on the button who bet 600 and Tony Dunst called in the big blind. The flop was {A-Hearts} {10-Clubs} {7-Clubs} and Dunst check-called a 550 button bet. Moving onto the {9-Spades} turn and Dunst decided to change tact and lead. He bet 900 and the button called. Finally the {A-Diamonds} popped up on the river and Dunst bet 2,225. The player on the button called and then mucked his hand when he saw the {A-Clubs} {4-Spades} of Dunst.

Player Chips Progress
Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
WSOP 2X Winner
19,000 2,000

Tags: Tony Dunst

Silver Section: A Radoja Double, The Price Has Dipped and Middy Leads

We are currently fifteen-minutes into Level 8 and with 620 players left let us give you some news from the Silver section of the Brasilia Room.

In 2010, Mark Radoja same so close to winning his first-ever World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet when he finished in 3rd spot in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event. Then last year Radoja finally reached his goal - and slipped on the gold - when he won the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout event. Moving on to 2012 and he very nearly won back-to-back WSOP bracelets when he finished runner-up in Event #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed. So Radoja is on fire, but when we joined his table the heat was almost extinguished, and then this happened.

The player in the hijack raised to 750 and the button and small blind made the call. Radoja was seated in the big blind with 4,275 chips and he pushed them into the middle. The hijack made the call and we were heads-up to the flop with Radoja at risk of elimination.

Radoja{7-Hearts} {7-Spades}
Hijack{K-Hearts} {Q-Spades}

Board: {A-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} {5-Spades} {8-Clubs} {7-Clubs}

Radoja's fire finds a new spark.

In further news our former chip leader Eric Price has managed to drop 20,000 chips and now has 40,000. Other players with impressive chip stacks in the Silver area include Jay Ishimaru (32,000), Andy Frankenberger (34,000), Vitaly Meshcheriakov (32,000), Dave Westfall (40,500) and our new chip leader Tom 'Middy' Middleton (42,000).

Player Chips Progress
Tom Middleton gb
Tom Middleton
43,000
Dave Westfall
Dave Westfall
40,500
Jordan Cristos us
Jordan Cristos
40,000
Eric Price
Eric Price
39,000 -21,000
Andy Frankenberger us
Andy Frankenberger
WSOP 2X Winner
34,000
Jay Ishimaru us
Jay Ishimaru
32,000
Vitaly Meshcheriakov ru
Vitaly Meshcheriakov
32,000
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
31,000 12,000
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
22,500 7,500
JJ Liu tw
JJ Liu
22,000 8,700
Thiago Nishijima br
Thiago Nishijima
WSOP 1X Winner
20,000
Phillippe Ktorza fr
Phillippe Ktorza
18,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
18,000 16,050
David Peters us
David Peters
WSOP 2X Winner
17,500 9,500
Zimnan Ziyard gb
Zimnan Ziyard
17,000 14,400
Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
WSOP 2X Winner
17,000 14,000
Samuel Chartier ca
Samuel Chartier
16,000 5,100
Jack Ellwood gb
Jack Ellwood
15,000 6,500
David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
15,000 12,000
Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
WSOP 2X Winner
13,000 4,000
Men Nguyen us
Men Nguyen
WSOP 7X Winner
11,000 -3,000
Mark Radoja ca
Mark Radoja
WSOP 2X Winner
9,600 2,600
Athanasios Polychronopoulos us
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
WSOP 2X Winner
8,000 -5,500
Jon Spinks gb
Jon Spinks
6,000
Brent Hanks us
Brent Hanks
WSOP 1X Winner
4,000 -5,000

Tags: Mark RadojaTom Middleton

Level: 8

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

More Gold Section News: Tayfeh v McCorkell

Mohsen Tayfeh is the new chip leader within the Gold Section of the Brasilia room. He currently has 35,000 chips after winning the following hand on Table #3.

Robert Deppe raised to 600 in mid-position, Tayfeh called in the cutoff, as did Craig McCorkell on the button and Nesrine Kourdourli in the big blind. Four people shared a flop that contained more hearts than a card on Fathers day - {8-Hearts} {7-Hearts} {5-Hearts}. The action checked around to Tayfeh and he bet 1,250 and only McCorkell showed the interest to proceed to fourth street. The {6-Hearts} was next and this time Tayfeh check-called a 2,900 McCorkell bet. Finally we had the {9-Clubs} and Tayfeh mouthed the words, "all-in," and McCorkells hand was all-out!

"Don't report that hand," said McCorkell (whoops-a-daisy)

Player Chips Progress
Tim Ryan
Tim Ryan
35,000 8,000
Mohsen Tayfeh de
Mohsen Tayfeh
35,000
Andy Lichtenberger
Andy Lichtenberger
27,000
Kim Pham
Kim Pham
24,000 -5,000
Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
20,000 -500
Andrew Teng gb
Andrew Teng
19,600 9,600
Alessandro Longobardi it
Alessandro Longobardi
16,800
Nesrine Kourdourli fr
Nesrine Kourdourli
16,000
Robert Deppe mx
Robert Deppe
16,000
Mihai Manole ro
Mihai Manole
15,000 7,000
Craig McCorkell gb
Craig McCorkell
WSOP 1X Winner
10,000
Michael Telker us
Michael Telker
Busted

Tags: Craig McCorkellMohsen Tayfeh