2012 World Series of Poker

Event 37: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix
Day: 2
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Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ax2x3x5x6x
Prize
$271,312
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$1,085,175
Entries
477
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 477
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Players Look to Mix It Up as the March to the Money Begins

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway
Scotty Nguyen wants to win some money, baby!
Scotty Nguyen wants to win some money, baby!

On Tuesday night, the 2012 World Series of Poker kicked off Event #37: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix, which featured alternating rounds of Triple-Draw 2-7, Limit Hold'em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, Stud 8, No-Limit Hold’em, and Pot Limit Omaha. After eight levels of play, the field of 477 players was reduced to just 209.

Emerging as the chip leader was respected pro Dan Kelly, who bagged up a healthy 56,800. Given his stack and experience, he’s primed to make a run at the $271,312 first-place prize; likewise, Brendan Taylor (45,275), Jake Abdalla (43,750), Freddy Deeb (38,350) and Jeff Madsen (37,075) all bagged up top ten stacks.

In addition, a plethora of other notables will be returning to action including Ylon Schwartz (34,400), Anthony Nguyen (34,250), Marco Traniello (33,300), Greg Raymer (27,525), Barry Greenstein (25,000), Daniel Negreanu (19,575), Scotty Nguyen (11,300), Eugene Katchalov (8,225) and Bertrand “ElkY” Grosspellier (6,525), just to name a few.

Who will be the next to add their name to the list of Eight-Game Mix winners?

Former Eight-Game Mix Champions

YearPlayerEntrantsPrize
2011John Monnette489$278,144
2010Sigurd Eskeland453$260,497
2009Jerrod Ankenman412$241,637
2008*Anthony Rivera192$483,688

*Featured $10,000 buy-in.

Cards will be back in the air on Wednesday at 2 PM PST, which is about an hour from now. Be sure to join us then as we make our way to the money at 48 and then onward to the final table, or at least as close as we can get.

Idema Misses, Fitoussi Doubles Up

Remko Rinkema
Remko Rinkema
Freddy Deeb consoling Bruno Fitoussi after his second place finish in the 2007 $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship
Freddy Deeb consoling Bruno Fitoussi after his second place finish in the 2007 $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship

Two World Series of Poker heavy weights just clashed in a big pot which gave one a double up, and the other something to complain about.

Daniel Idema is known for his amazing Limit Hold'em skills as he finished first and second in the $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship in back to back years. French pro Bruno Fitoussi claimed his fame when he finished second in the 2007 $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship to Freddy Deeb.

Limit Hold'em

High stakes online pro Ben Tollerene raised under the gun to 3,000 after which Fitoussi, who was under the gun +1, three bet to 4,500. Action got folded to Idema, who was in the cutoff, and he made it 4,500. Both Tollerene and Fitoussi called giving us three-way action on the flop.

The flop came down {2-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{2-Spades} and Tollerene checked to Fitoussi who fired out 1,500. Idema raised, Tollerene folded and it was back on Fitoussi. He made it 4,500 after which he had only 1,100 left behind.

"Alright, let's party," Idema said after verifying Fitoussi's stack, and the remaining chips went into the pot.

Daniel Idema{A-Hearts}{K-Spades}
Bruno Fitoussi{8-Spades}{8-Diamonds}

The turn brought the {3-Clubs} and the river the {q-Spades} giving Fitoussi more than a double up.

"One day I'll get there with ace-king," Idema sighed. He was knocked down to 46,000 while Fitoussi got his stack back up to 32,000. Interestingly enough Fitoussi's opponent in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E., Freddy Deeb, is also still in contention in this event!

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Daniel Idema ca
Daniel Idema 		46,000
9,000
 9,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi 		32,000
19,400
 19,400
Profile photo of Ben Tollerene us
Ben Tollerene 		10,000
15,000
 15,000

Tags: Ben TollereneBruno FitoussiDaniel Idema

Raymer Fossilized

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway
Grey Raymer
Grey Raymer

No Limit Hold'em:

We saw 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Greg Raymer preparing to sign a fossil, which is his custom after being eliminated from a tournament. Gavin Griffin was to be the beneficiary, but told his victim to keep it and pass it along as he'd no doubt lose it, which he said he did to a copy of Barry Greenstein's book, Ace on the River, after having eliminated him in a past tournament.

"I'll set it aside," Raymer explained. "Then, if you win this tournament, I'll give it to you and you'll need to put it in a very expensive case, but you'll have to buy it."

After Raymer exited, Griffin informed us that the champ had shipped for 14,000 from cutoff with {8-Spades}{9-Spades} and he made the call with {A-Diamonds}{K-Hearts} from the small blind. The board ran out {Q-}{4-}{3-}{4-}{A-} and that was the end of that.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Gavin Griffin us
Gavin Griffin 		60,000
23,500
 23,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Greg Raymer us
Greg Raymer 		Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Gavin GriffinGreg Raymer

Schwartz Over Six Figures

Remko Rinkema
Remko Rinkema
Noah Schwartz
Noah Schwartz

Noah Schwartz has just became the second player we noticed, after Jeff Madsen, who eclipsed the 100,000 chip mark. And it was in, probably, his best game.

As of today Schwartz has over 2.5 million dollars in live tournament earnings, this year already being the best of his career with $682,763. A cash today in this event would be Schwartz' his first non Hold'em or Omaha cash ever, and it's looking very good for him so far!

No Limit Hold'em

An unknown player raised to 1,500 from the hijack, after which Daniel Idema made the call from the small blind. Schwartz was in the big blind, and he put out a three-bet to 7,200. The initial raiser moved all in for right around 23,000 and Idema folded his hand. Schwartz's intentions were very clear as he snap-called.

Noah Schwartz{9-Hearts}{9-Spades}
Opponent{A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}

The board ran out {A-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} and Schwartz raked in this big pot. Idema claimed he had folded {q-}{J-}, but seeing a river card would've probably been impossible with these two hands clashing.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz 		116,000
31,000
 31,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Daniel IdemaNoah Schwartz

Couden Leads the Final 27, Ankenman Looking For Second Eight-Game Bracelet

Remko Rinkema
Remko Rinkema
Level 18
Barry Greenstein is still in the hunt for his fourth bracelet
Barry Greenstein is still in the hunt for his fourth bracelet

Day 2 of the $2,500 Eight-Game Mix tournament started with 209 players out of the 477 that signed up, and after ten levels of play only 27 remain. Tomorrow we're going to see a hard fought battle between these players, all of which are trailing Joseph Couden, who's currently leading the pack with 303,300.

The day started slow, though last year's winner John Monnette was amongst the first to bust out. The money was nowhere near and lots of poker still needed to be played.

Big name pro's that fell short of the money included Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier, Gavin Smith, Vitaly Lunkin and Daniel Negreanu. The eventual money bubble only lasted a couple of hands since Matt Glantz was crippled down to just 500 chips a few hands earlier. He was all in on his big blind, and couldn't beat 2011 $1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo bracelet winner Francesco Barbaro who made a flush.

One of the players that was also close to busting out, Jerrod Ankenman, grinded himself through a tough stretch after which he went on a serious heater. Ankenman won this event back in 2009 and could be looking at another title as he will return back with 215,900 on the final day, and a very good shot at his second bracelet.

Ylon Schwartz, winner of Event #27 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E., reached the money in this event for the second year in a row, but fell short of a second bracelet as he busted in 40th place for $5,599. In the money we also lost high profile players Chris Bjorin, Noah Schwartz, Bruno Fitoussi and John D'Agostino, but there was also good news, because an amazing 14 bracelet winners are still left in the field.

Barry Greenstein is going for number four while Rep Porter, Steve Zolotow, Jeff Madsen, Freddy Deeb, Greg Mueller and Jennifer Harman will all try to get their third. Matt Hawrilenko, Cory Zeidman, Konstantin Puchkov, Michael Chow, Steve Sung, Donnacha O'Dea, Chris Viox and Ankenman all have one bracelet and look to add another to their resumé.

Players will be coming back tomorrow at 2:00 PM local time, and the goal is to play down to a winner. It will be a long day, but PokerNews will be with you all throughout the final stages of this tournament.

Tags: Jerrod AnkenmanJoseph Couden