Event 38: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-20-2012 15:54 UTC-6

Will Have to Make Do

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John Racener is one of the latest players to be spotted in the field. Here is on Twitter telling us how he would like a few more starting chips.

racener John Racener Playing the 1500 nlh event as we speak. Wish we could get a lil more starting chips but I'll have to make due with these June 20 2012

For those who aren't familiar with Racener, you might recognize his name from the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event. Racener was part of the November Nine that year and ended up finishing in 2nd place to take home a whopping $5,545,955 in prize money.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Racener	4,500

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06-20-2012 16:10 UTC-6

Pavilion Room Snapshot

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Here is how a few players seated in the Pavilion Room are doing in these early stages of the day. You may not be familiar with some of the names, so let us give you a quick snapshot of who some of these players are.

John Eames and James Dempsey are both from England and currently have more than $3 million in tournament winnings between them. Eames already has one final table at this year's World Series of Poker, finishing 8th in Event 5: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em. Dempsey won his first and only gold bracelet in 2010 when he took down the $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em event. Dempsey also finished 2nd in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Low event in the same year.

Scott Clements has more than $5 million in tournament winnings on his record, including 2 gold bracelets. They both came in Omaha events, with that game his specialty as he widely considered one of the best Omaha players in the world. PokerNews' Chad Hollowawy recently interviewed Clements about how he turned $4,400 into two World Poker Tour wins.

Shawn Buchanan is considered one of the best poker players in the world. Period. Buchanan has come close to winning gold bracelets on several occasions, but fell short each time, and as such is widely regarded as being in the "best players without a bracelet" club. Buchanan again came close to a bracelet just last week when he finished 6th place in the $2,500 2-7 Lowball event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Senti	11,000 6,500	6,500
Shawn Buchanan	9,900

Lauren Kling	7,200 5,400	5,400
David Vamplew	5,200
Michael Mizrachi	4,900

Gabriel Nassif	3,800 -700	-700
Steve O'Dwyer	3,500 -1,000	-1,000
John Eames	3,300
James Dempsey	2,700

Fabrice Soulier	2,700

Tony Dunst	2,300 -1,000	-1,000

Scott Clements	2,200

Joe Cada	2,100

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06-20-2012 16:17 UTC-6

Dutch on His Way

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Following his elimination from Event 37: $2,500 8-Game Mix, Dutch Boyd is now going to sit it out here in the no-limit hold'em event.

DutchBoyd Dutch Boyd Out of the 8mix... gave it the good ol college try. On to 1500nl. June 20 2012

Player	Chips	Progress
Dutch Boyd	4,500

Level: 4

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

06-20-2012 16:35 UTC-6

Monnette Left for Dead

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John Monnette is going to be the man to catch on the 2012 WSOP Player of the Year leaderboard, but will need to do some work if he wants to add any point to his tally in this event.

We recently arrived at Monnette's table with him opening the pot to 250 from early position. The player directly on his left made the call and then it was on the player on the button. He raised it up to 1,350 and the action was back on Monnette. After just a few moments, Monnette shoved his stack all-in and the player next to him got out of the way. Back on the button and he called all-in.

Monnette:

Opponent:

By the time the board had run out {3-Spades} {3-Hearts} {j-Diamonds} {q-Spades} , Monnette was looking good to almost double-up, but the {k-Spades} on the river had other ideas as Monnette took a big hit to his stack. Readers may recall that just two days ago Monnette finished 2nd in the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E Championship, seeing his record at the 2012 WSOP include a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	900

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06-20-2012 16:41 UTC-6

A Few Photos From Day 1

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06-20-2012 16:49 UTC-6

Big Names in the Amazon

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Here is how a few of the notable names in the Amazon Room are doing right now. As you can see, each of these players has managed to see their chips increase well over the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Juanda	9,000 4,500	4,500

Yevgeniy Timoshenko	8,500 2,300	2,300
Kathy Leibert	7,300 2,400	2,400
Martin Staszko	6,400 1,900	1,900

06-20-2012 16:57 UTC-6

Little Down

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Jonathan Little never gained any momentum in the tournament today as he hast busted from the event. For those unfamiliar with Little, he has written a popular poker strategy book which PokerNews' Kristy Arnett recently interviewed him about.

JonathanLittle Jonathan Little I never got anywhere near off the ground in the $1500. I also got it in really bad 3 times. Not a good showing. Cash games now. June 20 2012

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Little	Busted

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06-20-2012 17:03 UTC-6

Cheong Charging Already

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Joseph Cheong has had a great start to the 2012 World Series of Poker and that continued again today when he finished in 9th in Event 34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed. His bust occurred only half an hour ago and since then he has managed to take a seat in this tournament and even double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Cheong	8,500

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06-20-2012 17:15 UTC-6

A Few Counts From the Brasilia Room

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Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Demidov	11,200 6,700	6,700

Dennis Phillips	11,200 -1,800	-1,800
Eric Froehlich	9,800

Dominik Nitsche	9,200 4,700	4,700

Andrew Lichtenberger	8,300

Dwyte Pilgrim	6,800 1,200	1,200
Chad Brown	6,600 2,100	2,100

JC Tran	5,400
Jim Collopy	5,400 1,900	1,900

Daniel Negreanu	4,700

Dan Smith	4,625 125	125

Mike Matusow	1,300