Event 34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six-Handed Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-18-2012 17:14 UTC-6

A Few More Chip Counts From The Gold Section

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Player	Chips	Progress
Artem Metalidi	28,000 13,000	13,000
Matt Jarvis	24,000
Antony Lellouche	23,000 1,400	1,400
Padraig Parkinson	17,000 2,000	2,000
Eric Froehlich	16,000 -3,900	-3,900

Martins Adeniya	6,300

06-18-2012 17:29 UTC-6

Bronze Section: Schwartz Really Does Pay-Off Trinh

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There are only 7-tables remaining in the Bronze Section as our field shrinks like a pair of 1970s skinny jeans. In just 3-mins time the end of Level 4 will be reached and the final numbers and prize pool should be with us, so keep your eyes open for that. In the meantime let's give you a hand involving Dominykas Karmazinas and Sorel Mizzi, and a story where Toan Trinh finds himself $50 the richer.

Sorel Mizzi raised to 400 on the button, the small blind called before Dominykas Karmazinas three-bet to 1,600 from the big blind. Mizzi made the call, the small blind folded and pair were heads-up to the flop. The dealer gave them the {A-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} and Mizzi called a 2,300 Karmazinas bet. The turn card was the {J-Hearts} and Karmanizas bet 6,000; this time Mizzi folded.

Karmazinas started laughing and showed Mizzi {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} .

"You were good," said Mizzi.

One table over and Luke Schwartz was having a tete-a-tete with Toan Trinh. Now Trinh may not be a household name to you, but he is having a fabulous World Series of Poker (WSOP) with 14th and 7th place finishes respectively. The pair were staring at a board of {9-Spades} {4-Clubs} {2-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} and Trinh had check-raised Schwartz to 6,000.

"I will give you $50 if you show me worse than {10-} {9-} ," said Schwartz before folding.

Trinh turned over {9-Clubs} {4-Spades} {J-Spades} {8-Clubs} to show an inferior hand and Schwartz handed him $50.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luke Schwartz	56,500

Dominykas Karmazinas	37,500
Toan Trinh	34,000
Sorel Mizzi	26,000 13,000	13,000
JP Kelly	25,000 17,000	17,000

Dermot Blain	21,500 7,500	7,500
Brian Hastings	21,400 7,400	7,400

Shawn Buchanan	19,000

Mike Watson	7,000 -3,650	-3,650
Nick Binger	2,800 -4,400	-4,400

Tags: Dominykas Karmazinas Luke Scwartz Sorel Mizzi Toan Trinh

06-18-2012 17:39 UTC-6

Break Time

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Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

The players are 9-minutes into a twenty minute break.

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

06-18-2012 18:24 UTC-6

Gold Section Eliminations

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Looking through the field we seem to have lost our reigning champion Jason Mercier. Joining Mercier on the sidelines include Vanessa Selbst, who was eliminated by Lee Watkinson, John Kabbaj and John Racener, who was eliminated by Vadzim Kursevich.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mercier	Busted

Vanessa Selbst	Busted

John Kabbaj	Busted

John Racener	Busted

Tags: Jason Mercier John Kabbaj John Racener Vanessa Selbst

06-18-2012 18:33 UTC-6

Phil Galfond and Jonathan Duhamel Are Out

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Two top quality players have left the competition meaning we have 306 players in the field.

World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Phil Galfond has been eliminated by Padraig Parkinson. Galfond found himself extremely short before getting his short change in the middle on a flop of {K-Diamonds} {J-Spades} {6-Hearts} .

Parkinson
Galfond

Board: {K-Diamonds} {J-Spades} {6-Hearts} {A-Hearts} {4-Diamonds}

Set over set and Galfond was out.

Then our former 2010 WSOP Main Event Champion Jonathan Duhamel was eliminated by Fabrice Soulier. The money went into the middle on the turn with {9-} {8-} {3-} {K-Spades} showing on the board. Duhamel had {8-} {8-} {2-} {2-} for the set and Soulier had {10-} {7-} {6-} {x-} for the straight-draw. The {10-} arrived on the river, completing the straight for the Frenchman, and Duhamel was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabrice Soulier	46,000 17,000	17,000

Padraig Parkinson	20,000 3,000	3,000
Phil Galfond	Busted

Jonathan Duhamel	Busted

Tags: Fabrice Soulier Jonathan Duhamel Padraig Parkinson Phil Galfond

06-18-2012 18:49 UTC-6

Gold section Chip Counts: Jack Melki Still Leads

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Jack Melki just seems to be going from strength to strength in the Gold section of the room. He is now on 95,500 but there are a few players catching him slowly. One player is Don Nguyen, who has just eliminated Shawn Buchanan, to move up to 75,500 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Melki	95,500 25,500	25,500
Don Nguyen	70,000
Davidi Kitai	57,000 14,000	14,000

Luke Schwartz	50,000 -6,500	-6,500

Tommy Le	43,000

David Williams	35,000 1,000	1,000

Antony Lellouche	33,000 10,000	10,000
Florian Langmann	31,000 -10,500	-10,500

Rinat Bogdanov	30,000 16,000	16,000
Toan Trinh	30,000 -4,000	-4,000
Matt Jarvis	30,000 6,000	6,000
Chance Kornuth	24,000 1,000	1,000

Bruno Fitoussi	22,000 7,200	7,200
Artem Metalidi	20,000 -8,000	-8,000
Jason Senti	19,000 -3,000	-3,000
David Sands	18,000 -3,000	-3,000
Bertrand Grospellier	17,000

Erik Seidel	15,000

Eric Froehlich	14,000 -2,000	-2,000

Lee Watkinson	12,000

Aaron Jones	11,500 1,000	1,000
Tom Marchese	10,100 3,800	3,800

George Lind	6,400 -1,725	-1,725

Michel Abecassis	5,000 -9,900	-9,900
Andy Bloch	4,100 -9,900	-9,900

Tags: Jack Melki Shawn Buchanan Don Nguyen

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 0

06-18-2012 19:35 UTC-6

Silver Section: Negreanu Comes Back & But Merrifield Leads

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There are 240 players left and thirty-seven minutes before the players depart for a ninety-minute dinner break. In the meantime, let us give you an update of what is happening in the dwindling area of the Silver Section.

Our first piece of news concerns Daniel Negreanu. The last time we saw him (admittedly a while ago) he was down to 14BB. Since then he has had a great few levels and now has 33,000 in front of him and seems to be playing within himself.

The man needing a carthorse to carry his chips around is Steve Merrifield. Merrifield went deep in Event #26: $3,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em where he finished in 17th spot for $13,2828. Merrifield currently has 133,000 and is our chip leader.

In other Silver Section news Karen Sarkisyan has eliminated Nacho Barbero in a nut flush versus second nut flush scenario (It seems Sarkisyan had Barbero's number today), and we have just caught Joseph Cheong doubling up.

We caught the action on a flop of {8-Spades} {7-Spades} {4-Clubs} and Cheong was heads-up and in position. His opponent bet 1,500, Cheong made the call and we moved onto the turn card where we saw the {5-Clubs} . Cheong's opponent bet 3,000, Cheong raised pot, his opponent moved all-in and Cheong called.

Cheong
Opponent

So both players had the same straight, but Cheong was free rolling with the club flush draw, and lo and behold the dealer pulled that particular rabbit out of the hat - {10-Clubs} .

With that stroke of fortune, Cheong moved up to 43,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Merrifield	133,000
Jon West	76,000 35,000	35,000
David Burn	57,000
Bryn Kenney	54,000

Dan Shak	54,000 34,400	34,400
Alex Outhred	49,000
Joseph Cheong	43,000 23,000	23,000

Kevin MacPhee	43,000 31,000	31,000

David Benyamine	40,000 22,000	22,000

Sam Stein	38,000 18,000	18,000
Kenny Tran	38,000
Erick Lindgren	34,500 19,500	19,500

Daniel Negreanu	33,000 27,850	27,850

Karen Sarkisyan	32,000
Tristan Clemencon	28,500 8,500	8,500
Mike Sexton	28,000

Oleksii Kovalchuk	26,000

Guillaume Darcourt	24,500 6,500	6,500
Huck Seed	23,000

Humberto Brenes	20,000

Stephen Chidwick	20,000

James Akenhead	16,500
Dermot Blain	16,500 -5,000	-5,000
Eoghan O'Dea	12,000
JP Kelly	9,000 -16,000	-16,000

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Tags: Daniel Negreanu Joseph Cheong Karen Sarkisyan Nacho Barbero Steve Merrifield

06-18-2012 19:41 UTC-6

Quickfire Gold Section News & Prize Pool Information

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Jason Senti and Yevgeniy Timoshenko have both busted and Shaun Deeb now has 57,000 chip-a-roos.

The total player field stalled at 419 players and it created a total prize pool of $1,969,300. 42 players get paid and the minimum payout is $9,748. The first prize has a reserve of $512,029 and a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet.

Come and get it!

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	57,000

Jason Senti	Busted
Yevgeniy Timoshenko	Busted

Tags: Jason Senti Shaun Deeb Yevgeniy Timoshenko