Event 37: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-20-2012 01:08 UTC-7

Chip Counts from the Tan Section

Chad Holloway

Player	Chips	Progress
Ylon Schwartz	30,000 16,000	16,000

Gavin Griffin	29,000 2,500	2,500

Dan Kelly	28,000 18,500	18,500
Eric Crain	26,000 4,000	4,000
Barry Greenstein	25,000 8,000	8,000

Daniel Idema	25,000 8,000	8,000

Jameson Painter	22,500 6,500	6,500
Greg Mueller	21,500 16,100	16,100

Brett Richey	13,000 3,500	3,500
Todd Brunson	13,000

Gavin Smith	12,000 3,800	3,800
Stephen Chidwick	11,000 3,000	3,000

Men Nguyen	9,000 3,000	3,000

Bryan Micon	9,000 2,500	2,500
Tommy Vedes	8,150 3,850	3,850
John Monnette	7,500 4,500	4,500

Victor Ramdin	7,500

Brock Parker	7,000 2,000	2,000
George Danzer	Busted

06-20-2012 01:03 UTC-7

The Last Level

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Remko Rinkema

Level 8

With 264 players remaining we have reached the last level of the day.

Level: 8

Blinds: /

Ante:

06-20-2012 00:56 UTC-7

Crain Makes Nice Call to Send Chen to the Rail

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Chad Holloway

No Limit Hold'em:

With 5,500 in the pot and a board reading {9-Spades} {2-Spades} {10-Hearts} {4-Hearts} , Bill Chen moved all in for 7,375, putting the pressure on Eric Crain. The latter, who had the bigger stack, looked a bit perplexed by the bet, and after a little thought, he made the call.

Showdown
Crain: {A-Clubs} {10-Spades}
Chen: {J-Spades} {10-Diamonds}

"Wow," Chen said with a hint of surprise in his voice. "Good call."

"We'll see," Crain said in anticipation of the river. Indeed it was a good call as the {7-Hearts} blanked and he laid claim to the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Crain	22,000 13,000	13,000
Bill Chen	Busted

Tags: Bill Chen Eric Crain

06-20-2012 00:48 UTC-7

In Memorium

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Chad Holloway

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Seidel	Busted

David Bach	Busted

Steve Landfish	Busted
Jonathan Duhamel	Busted

Dan Shak	Busted
Ali Eslami	Busted

David Sands	Busted
Brandon Cantu	Busted

Kirk Morrison	Busted

06-20-2012 00:39 UTC-7

Who's Allen Bari?

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Remko Rinkema

Allen Bari after his bracelet win back in 2011

Allen Bari has $2,765,110 in live tournament earnings. Allen Bari has a WSOP gold bracelet from 2011, when he won $874,116 beating Maria Ho heads up in the $5,000 No Limit Hold'em tournament. Allen Bari also has quite a big ego.

Cyndy Violette was familiar with none of these things.

"I just bet Allen $100 that Cyndy didn't know who he was," Matt Glantz just told us while everyone at the table was joking around.

"I even said, 'Do you know Allen?' about five minutes before I made the bet," Glantz smiled as he also asked Greg Raymer if he knew who the guy on his direct left was.

"Allen Boring right?" Raymer said with a straight face after which the whole table started laughing.

"How's your ego doing?" we asked Bari who smiled and said, "It's still pretty big".

Glantz and Bari are having a lot of fun together at their stacked table, which also includes David Sklansky and Ryan Tepen. While we were standing at the table the following hand went down as well.

2-7 Triple Draw

Ryan Tepen raised from the button to 800, Matt Glantz called in the small blind and Allen Bari three-bet from the big blind, after which both his opponents called.

Glantz needed three cards, Bari stood pat and Tepen took two cards on the first draw.

Both Glantz and Tepen called Bari's bet. On the second draw Glantz and Tepen both needed two cards. This time only Glantz called Bari's bet as we went to the third and final draw.

Glantz took one more card and obviously Bari stood pat again. Glantz check-folded to Bari's 800 chip bet and this got Bari up to well over twice the starting stack.

Allen Bari's ego might have taken a little beat from Cyndy Violette, but since his chip stack is looking good that might've already been forgotton.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Bari	16,400 11,100	11,100

Greg Raymer	9,000 3,700	3,700

David Sklansky	8,500 10,000	10,000

Cyndy Violette	7,000 500	500

Matt Glantz	6,000 3,600	3,600

Tags: Allen Bari Cyndy Violette Matt Glantz

06-20-2012 00:36 UTC-7

Raymer vs. Sklansky vs. Tepen in Three-Way All-In Hand

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Chad Holloway

No Limit Hold'em:

After the player in the hijack raised to 500, Greg Raymer three-bet to 1,500 from the button. David Sklansky was in the small blind with a stack of 6,000 and opted to four-bet all in. Much to the surprise of the table, Ryan Tepen, who was the big stack, moved all in over the top from the big blind. The original raiser got out of the way while Raymer simply shrugged and said, "Call."

Showdown
Raymer: {Q-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds}
Tepen: {A-Spades} {K-Diamonds}
Sklansky: {A-Clubs} {A-Hearts}

Three big hands created a monster pot, but it was Sklansky out in front with Raymer leading for the side pot. We'd like to say there was some craziness to come, but the fact of the matter is the board ran out a dry {3-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} and Sklansky tripled to 18,500; meanwhile, Raymer claimed the 5,300 side pot and Tepen was knocked down to 5,300.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Sklansky	18,500 13,000	13,000

Ryan Tepen	6,500 13,500	13,500
Greg Raymer	5,300 1,800	1,800

Tags: Greg Raymer David Sklansky Ryan Tepen

06-20-2012 00:24 UTC-7

Seed's Stack Sprouts

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Chad Holloway

Pot Limit Omaha:

With 1,350 in the pot and a flop of {9-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {4-Spades} , Ali Eslami checked from the small blind and the player in the big did the same. That put action on the 1996 World Series of Poker Main Event champ, Huck Seed, who wasted little time in betting 500. Both his opponents made the call and it was off to the {8-Hearts} turn.

This time Eslami took the initiative and led out for a pot-sized bet, which was 2,850. The big blind proceeded to raise all in for 5,775, which Seed called. The big blind thought the action was over and briefly tabled his hand, which allowed Eslami, who had just 1,500, to catch a peak. He obviously didn't like what he saw as he laid down his hand.

Showdown
Seed: {9-Clubs} {9-Hearts} {10-Hearts} {6-Hearts}
Big Blind: {4-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {A-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds}

Seed had his opponent drawing to the case four, which didn't come as the {J-Hearts} appeared on the river. With that, Seed scored the elimination, chipped up to 26,000, and left Eslami on a short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Huck Seed	26,000

Ali Eslami	1,500 8,000	8,000

Tags: Ali Eslami Huck Seed

06-20-2012 00:18 UTC-7

Say Goodbye to . . .

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Chad Holloway

Player	Chips	Progress
Doyle Brunson	Busted

Pat Pezzin	Busted
Abe Mosseri	Busted

Jimmy Fricke	Busted
David Williams	Busted

Jason Mercier	Busted

Bret Jungblut	Busted
David Singer	Busted

06-20-2012 00:05 UTC-7

Twitter Updates

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Remko Rinkema

JeffMadsenobv Jeff Madsen Raping and pillaging got 50k #swagwagon June 19 2012

TexDolly Doyle Brunson Felt a little flutter I'n my chest at the poker tournament so I got up and left. Can't play cash and tourneys. Too long June 19 2012

NHGG Gavin Griffin Last break of the night I think? 31.5k 400/800 limit games, 100/200 big bets. 50 ante in nl I think June 19 2012

DutchBoyd Dutch Boyd 9,300. June 19 2012

NDGrinder Aaron Steury 15,725 last break lost a decent size PLO pot to @REALJenHarman just gonna fold everything in that silly game from now on June 19 2012

barrygreenstein Barry Greenstein My new table has rayD, YlonS, Ralph Perry, jon duhamel, Dan Kelly, and Brock Parker. 320 left. Avg 11k. I have 17k. #wsop37 June 19 2012

RealKidPoker Daniel Negreanu @dnchips 13,950 end level 6 #wsop37 started with 477 players down to 328 now pays top 48. Just happy to still be here. June 19 2012

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Madsen	50,000 35,000	35,000

Gavin Griffin	31,500 9,500	9,500

Barry Greenstein	17,000 1,500	1,500

Daniel Negreanu	13,950 750	750

Dutch Boyd	9,500 100	100