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

06-19-2012 22:17 UTC-6

Break

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We will be back in 30 minutes with four more levels of Mixed Game action!

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06-19-2012 22:52 UTC-6

Twitter Talk From the Break

Chad Holloway

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tchanpoker Terrence Chan 15675 back from quasidinner in the 8-game. Won a PLO pot value betting a 7-high flush on 3 streets. #wsop36 June 19 2012

NDGrinder Aaron Steury 11,825 on 30 min dinner June 19 2012

PearlJammed Jon Turner 15.6k at dinner break in $2500 8 game, no big nl or plo pots, just steady climb, mostly in stud games June 19 2012

REALJenHarman Jennifer Harman Playing the 2500 8 game mix. I have around 9k in chips. We started with 7500. All tournaments should be mixed games. #neverbored June 19 2012

06-19-2012 23:05 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Tepen	20,000 3,000	3,000
Daniel Idema	17,000 -6,000	-6,000

Jeff Madsen	15,000 -3,000	-3,000

Leif Force	14,000 6,500	6,500

Ylon Schwartz	14,000 6,500	6,500

Allen Kessler	14,000 6,500	6,500

John Monnette	12,000 2,500	2,500

Anthony Lellouche	11,500
Dan Kelly	9,500 -5,500	-5,500
Fabrice Soulier	9,000 1,500	1,500

Gavin Smith	8,200 700	700
Jonathan Duhamel	7,000 -500	-500

Richard Ashby	6,600 -900	-900

Matt Woodward	6,500 -1,000	-1,000
Jim Collopy	6,500

Gary Benson	5,600 -1,900	-1,900

Michael Mizrachi	5,500

Allen Bari	5,300 -2,200	-2,200

Brock Parker	5,000
Bryan Devonshire	2,600 -4,900	-4,900
Matt Glantz	2,400 -5,100	-5,100

The Phils Have Arrived

Chad Holloway

Limit 2-7 Triple Draw:

"Is this for real?" we heard Phil Hellmuth asked over at Table 360. The 12-time bracelet winner was a late entrant and had the honor of being seated next to Gavin Smith; however, Hellmuth's rhetorical question was in reference to his hand, which he raised from the button.

Smith folded from the small blind, and after the big did the same, Hellmuth revealed {9-} {7-} {5-} {4-} {3-} . "I guess that's how you get to the final table all the time," Smith said. "You and Ivey get dealt the nuts all the time. The only difference is his hands hold up."

Speaking of Ivey, he has also entered our tournament, doing a little double dipping while Event 35: $2,500 Mixed Hold'em, where he is sixth in chips out of 21, is on dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	7,500

Phil Hellmuth	7,500

Tags: Phil Hellmuth Gavin Smith Phil Ivey

06-19-2012 23:09 UTC-6

Chip Counts Part 2

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Player	Chips	Progress
Gavin Griffin	22,000 1,000	1,000

Jameson Painter	16,000 -500	-500
Michael Binger	14,000 6,500	6,500
Stephen Chidwick	14,000 6,500	6,500

Brett Richey	9,500 2,000	2,000
David Bach	7,700

Jimmy Fricke	7,400 -1,100	-1,100
Michael Chow	7,100 -400	-400

Xuan Liu	7,000 -500	-500
Erik Seidel	6,700 -800	-800

Matt Wood	6,500 -1,000	-1,000
Lee Goldman	6,500 -1,000	-1,000
Bryan Micon	6,500 -1,000	-1,000
Ben Yu	6,000 -1,500	-1,500

Steve Sung	5,500

Greg Mueller	5,400

John Juanda	5,000

Scott Clements	5,000

Sorel Mizzi	3,400
Alexander Kravchenko	2,400 -3,800	-3,800

06-19-2012 23:25 UTC-6

Ankenman Looking for Another Mixed Title

Chad Holloway

Limit Hold'em:

Back in 2009, Jerrod Ankenman topped a field of 412 players to win this very event, good for $241,637. Ankenman is back in action and looking to capture the title once again, and he appeared to be off to a good start.

In a recent hand, Ankenman three-bet to 500 after the cutoff had raised. The small blind called, as did Brandon Cantu in the big, and the cutoff came along, making it four-way to the {Q-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {8-Spades} flop.

The cutoff bet again when action checked to him, which Ankenman and Cantu called. When the {6-Clubs} turned, it went check-check to Ankenman and he bet. Cantu quickly folded while the cutoff made the call and then checked the {3-Diamonds} river.

"I don't know what you've got," Ankenman admitted before checking behind and showing {Q-Spades} {10-Clubs} , which proved good against the cutoff's {J-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} .

Meanwhile it appears both Scott Clements and Shawn Buchanan have been eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jerrod Ankenman	12,000 4,500	4,500

Scott Clements	Busted

Shawn Buchanan	Busted

Tags: Scott Clements Shawn Buchanan Jerrod Ankenman

06-19-2012 23:26 UTC-6

The Godfather Has Arrived

Chad Holloway

We just spotted the "Godfather of Poker" Doyle Brunson in the field, which is quite the treat considering his tournament schedule is fairly light these days.

Player	Chips	Progress
Doyle Brunson	7,500

Tags: Doyle Brunson

06-19-2012 23:28 UTC-6

Chip Counts Part 3

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Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	18,000 10,500	10,500

Josh Arieh	13,000

John Cernuto	13,000 5,500	5,500

Jerrod Ankenman	13,000 1,000	1,000

Bryn Kenney	13,000

Bruno Fitoussi	12,700 5,200	5,200
Alex Dovzhenko	11,400 3,900	3,900
David Sands	10,000
Steve Zolotow	10,000

Dutch Boyd	9,600 2,100	2,100

Erick Lindgren	8,200

Jason Mercier	8,000 500	500

Brandon Cantu	8,000 500	500

Cory Zeidman	6,800

Eli Elezra	6,600

Chris Bjorin	5,500

Martin Staszko	4,500 -3,000	-3,000

Pat Pezzin	4,300
Brian Rast	3,200 -4,300	-4,300

Andrew Robl	2,700 -4,800	-4,800
Marcel Luske	Busted

06-19-2012 23:31 UTC-6

Chip Counts Part 4

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Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Turner	14,500 7,000	7,000
Freddy Deeb	14,000

Daniel Negreanu	13,200 5,700	5,700

Terrence Chan	13,000 5,500	5,500

Chip Jett	12,000 -4,000	-4,000
Chino Rheem	12,000

Kirk Morrison	12,000 4,500	4,500

Matt Hawrilenko	10,800 3,300	3,300
Jon Spinks	10,600 3,100	3,100
Ali Eslami	9,500

Cary Katz	8,600 1,100	1,100

David Chiu	8,000

Eoghan O'Dea	7,500
Doyle Brunson	7,100 -400	-400

John Hennigan	7,000

Andy Bloch	7,000 -500	-500

Eric Wasserson	6,200

Scott Fischman	6,000
Christopher George	5,200 -2,300	-2,300
David Singer	4,600
Dylan Linde	1,600 -5,900	-5,900