Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
Most tables are currently short handed. A few are heads up and many are three-handed. There are still a handful of tables with five to seven people.
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 36: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 1
Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$1,602,510
Entries
587
Level
8
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 587
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Gordon Vayo has defeated his table and will advance to the next round.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 |
Jared "TheWacoKidd" Hamby has been eliminated from Event 36: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout. Hamby three-bet jammed from the blinds with 
, and his opponent called with 
.
The 
flop gave his opponent a flush draw to go with his two overcards, and the 
on the turn gave him said flush. Hamby needed an eight or a six to survive, but another nine - the 
- bricked on the river, eliminating him from the event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
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Level 5
: 200/400, 50 ante
There are several heads up matches going on right now in the Brasilia Room.
2009 November Niner Antoine Saout is currently heads up with a slight chip lead over on Table 31. Barry Greenstein is on Table 2, and is one elimination away from making Day 2. While Barney Boatman and Heather Sue Mercer are heads up right next door on Table 1.
Level: 6
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Chance Kornuth has the rest of the evening off after winning his table. He'll be back tomorrow with 90,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 | |
|
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Level 6
: 300/600, 75 ante
Current 2012 WSOP Player of the Year Standings
| Place | Player | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Monnette | 524.25 |
| 2 | Phil Ivey | 494.70 |
| 3 | Andy Frankenberger | 384.66 |
| 4 | Phil Hellmuth | 368.70 |
| 5 | Brian Hastings | 303.00 |
| 6 | David “Bakes” Baker | 302.00 |
| 7 | Ashkan Razavi | 274.06 |
| 8 | Aubin Cazals | 251.00 |
| 9 | Michael Gathy | 250.00 |
| 10 | Clifford Goldkind | 240.00 |
Fernando Brito and Thiago Nishjima have both won their nine-handed tables and will be advancing on with 81,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
81,000 | |
|
|
81,000 |
Antonio Esfandiari opened to 1,200 with the button, and Grayson Ramage three-bet to 3,600. Esfandiari called.
The dealer fanned 
, and Ramage tanked for a bit before leading out for 2,700. Esfandiari tank-called.
The turn was the 
, and Ramage tanked again. He dropped 5,300 in front of him, and Esfandiari stared him down. He eventually gathered five yellow T1,000 chips and three black T100 chips, and threw them forward.
The 
completed the board, and Ramage moved all in for a pot-sized bet. Esfandiari studied Ramage more intensely than he had on the first two streets, and eventually made the call.
Ramage tabled 
for nine-high, and Esfandiari showed 
for ace-high. Ramage left the Brasilia Room, and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier gave Esfandiari props for the call.
"These wizards think they can run me over," Esfandiari told us, grinning.
Esfandiari and Grospellier are now heads up for a trip to Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Paul Kemp had a very large chip lead heads up against Barry Greenstein, and Greenstein was unable to string a few hands together. On the final hand, Greenstein jammed on the button with 
, and Kemp snapped him off with two jacks. The board ran out 
, and Greenstein was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 | |
|
Busted | |
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