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
Winner
Winning Hand
85
Prize
$368,593
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$1,602,510
Entries
587
Level Info
Level
8
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Hellmuth Takes Half of Ivey's Stack

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

When we reached the table, Phil Hellmuth and Phil Ivey were heads up with the board reading {4-Spades}{q-Spades}{10-Clubs}. Both players checked.

The turn was the {9-Clubs}, and Hellmuth led for 1,000. Ivey raised to 3,000, and Hellmuth quickly moved all in. Ivey thought for a moment before folding, leaving himself with just 5,500 chips.

Hellmuth now has around 16,000.

Tags: Phil HellmuthPhil Ivey

Ivey Out

Minutes after our last report, we noticed that Ivey's chair was empty again. It's not because he went back to Event 35 either - it's because he has zero chips.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
Busted
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Phil Ivey

Koon Crushes Opponent

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

A short-stacked opponent moved all in over a raise from Jason Koon, and the action folded back to Koon who reached for chips to call.

"I have a pretty one, buddy," Koon told his opponent.

Koon tabled {j-Spades}{10-Spades}, and was very much alive against his opponent's {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}. The {2-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{j-Hearts} flop propelled him into the lead, and the turn and river bricked {9-Diamonds}, {6-Spades} respectively.

Table 47 is now four-handed, with Koon, Tristan Wade, and two others looking to advance to Day 2.

Tags: Jason KoonTristan Wade

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Cards Back in the Air

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Cards are back in the air following the break. They will play two more levels and then they have the dinner break. Players can opt to play through the break for a level if they choose to.

Silver Wins Table 39

We have our first winner in Event 36: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout.

Max Silver was heads up with Jeff Shulman on Table 39, and Silver had a large lead. Silver extended the lead when he made jacks-full in a hand, and Shulman was left with less than ten big blinds. The two got all the chips in pre flop a few minutes later, and the hands were opened.

Silver{q-Clubs}{7-Hearts}
Shulman{k-Clubs}{q-Spades}

The board ran out {6-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{2-Clubs}......{7-Spades}, eliminating Shulman from the tournament, and sending Silver into Day 2.

Player Chips Progress
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
90,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jeff Shulman us
Jeff Shulman
Busted

Tags: Jeff ShulmanMax Silver

Hellmuth Steamed & Eliminated

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Phil Hellmuth steaming.
Phil Hellmuth steaming.

We caught Phil Hellmuth open for 900 and action folded around to Vitor Coelho in the big blind - who called. The flop came {3-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} and Coelho check-called 1,600. The turn came {J-Spades} and both players checked. The river brought the {3-Hearts}, Coelho bet 4,500 and Hellmuth tossed in a call.

Coelho tabled {9-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} for a straight and Hellmuth was beside himself. "Is this real?" Hellmuth wondered aloud, followed by some hushed and muttered curses. "F@#% man, what a bad beat," he mumbled before releasing his cards.

By time we finished typing the post we saw Hellmuth get up and leave the tournament after being eliminated.

Tags: CoelhoPhil HellmuthVitor

Kerr Advances

Steven Kerr was heads up with an opponent over on Table 56, and Kerr had him severely out-chipped. On the final hand, Kerr held {a-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}, and his opponent had {j-Clubs}{3-Spades}. The {2-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} flop gave his opponent a gut-shot straight draw, but the turn and river bricked {q-Hearts}, {2-Hearts} respectively.

Kerr advances to Day 2, although he denied being able to hit a clutch three-pointer.

Player Chips Progress
Steven Kerr ca
Steven Kerr
90,000
81,000
81,000

Tags: Steven Kerr