Event 39: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-21-2012 16:33 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Poche	80,000 50,000	50,000
Daniel Alaei	74,000 22,000	22,000

Noah Schwartz	70,000 12,000	12,000

Andy Seth	66,000 36,000	36,000
Vanessa Selbst	36,000 6,000	6,000

Dario Alioto	33,000 3,000	3,000

Shawn Buchanan	32,000 2,000	2,000

Andrew Lichtenberger	29,000 -1,000	-1,000

Nick Binger	24,000 -6,000	-6,000

Erik Seidel	23,000 -7,000	-7,000

Allen Cunningham	22,000 -8,000	-8,000

Mike Matusow	18,000 -12,000	-12,000

Len Ashby	10,200 -19,800	-19,800
Ville Wahlbeck	9,000 -21,000	-21,000

Robert Mizrachi	8,000 -22,000	-22,000

Khiem Nguyen	3,500 -19,500	-19,500

Sebastian Bastian, who finished twelfth in Event 34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six-Handed, is in the field today, and sporting the same red, feathery hat he wore during his deep run. Moments ago, Mike Matusow and Noah Schwartz offered to buy his hat, but Bastian refused, citing that it helps his poker face.

"Come on," Matusow bargained. "I've got a [UNLV] Rebels hat, and Noah has...what kind of hat is that?"

"Gucci," Schwartz answered.

"Gucci," Matusow echoed. "A rebels hat and a Gucci hat."

Bastian still refused, but he allowed Matusow to try it on.

"This has to be me," Matusow announced. "I feel good."

"I guarantee your cards will change too," Schwartz added.

Bastian asked for a percentage of Matusow's winning while wearing the hat, but Matusow let him down, folding the only hand he played wearing it.

"I never win a pot, buddy," Matusow lamented.

Tags: Mike Matusow Noah Schwartz Sebastian Bastian

06-21-2012 16:49 UTC-6

More Chip Counts

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Austin Scott	65,000 38,500	38,500

Jens Kyllonen	49,000 19,000	19,000
Nenad Medic	45,000 15,000	15,000

Jason Mercier	42,000 12,000	12,000

David Sands	36,000 6,000	6,000
Ludovic Lacay	34,000 4,000	4,000
Ben Lamb	31,000 1,000	1,000

Brock Parker	28,000 -2,000	-2,000
Vadzim Kursevich	25,000 -5,000	-5,000
Sam Stein	23,000 3,000	3,000
Ben Tollerene	21,000 -9,000	-9,000
Eric Froehlich	17,000 -13,000	-13,000

Chance Kornuth	15,000 -29,000	-29,000

Jordan Smith	13,000 -17,000	-17,000
Scott Bohlman	10,000 -20,000	-20,000

Sorel Mizzi	9,000 -1,000	-1,000
Joseph Cheong	Busted

06-21-2012 16:54 UTC-6

Tieman Chips Up

[user101598]

When we reached Table 1 in the Gold Section of the Brasilia Room, the flop and turn had already been dealt {10-Spades} {2-Spades} {9-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} . A player checked to Josh Tieman, who bet 3,500. His opponent called.

The {7-Diamonds} completed the board and Tieman's opponent checked again. Tieman tossed out 6,000, and his opponent called.

Tieman tabled {a-Clubs} {q-Spades} {j-Clubs} {3-Clubs} for a queen-high straight, and his opponent mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Tieman	26,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Josh Tieman

06-21-2012 17:01 UTC-6

And More Chip Counts

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Josh Arieh	69,000

Hans Winzeler	56,000
Alexander Kravchenko	56,000 26,000	26,000

Tom Chambers	47,000
David Benyamine	46,000 4,000	4,000

David Chiu	44,000 14,000	14,000

Keith Lehr	42,000

Brian Hastings	41,000 11,000	11,000

Mohsin Charania	36,000 6,000	6,000

Roland Israelashvili	32,000 2,000	2,000
John Juanda	30,000

Aubin Cazals	22,000

Dan Kelly	12,000
Erick Lindgren	8,500

06-21-2012 17:09 UTC-6

Izzy in the Hizzy

[user101598]

Viktor "Isildur1" Blom has just entered Event 39: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha, and he's seated directly next to Jens Kyllönen, who's already committed to playing the $1 million Big One for One Drop.

In the first hand we saw Blom play, he opened to 700 from middle position, and a player on the button called. The dealer fanned {5-Spades} {3-Spades} {5-Clubs} , and Blom eyed his opponent's stack.

"How much do you have?" he asked.

"Two-thousand," his opponent answered.

Blom grabbed two black T100 chips and a single yellow T1,000 chip, then tossed them forward. His opponent mucked, and Blom raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Viktor Blom	31,000 1,000	1,000

Tags: Viktor Blom

06-21-2012 17:15 UTC-6

And More Chip Counts

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Chartier	58,000 28,000	28,000
Michael Mizrachi	48,000 18,000	18,000

Peter Jetten	47,000 17,000	17,000
Matt Graham	43,000
John Kabbaj	43,000 13,000	13,000

Chance Kornuth	37,000 22,000	22,000

Michael Binger	34,000
Burt Boutin	33,000 3,000	3,000

Martin Staszko	29,500 -500	-500

Andy Frankenberger	27,500 -2,500	-2,500

Jeff Lisandro	27,000 -3,000	-3,000

Antoine Saout	26,000 -4,000	-4,000
Brandon Cantu	24,000

JC Tran	22,000 -8,000	-8,000
George Lind III	20,000 -10,000	-10,000

William Reynolds	15,000
Naoya Kihara	12,500

06-21-2012 17:23 UTC-6

Bloch Boasts Stack

[user101598]

Andy Bloch was faced with a raise and two calls, and opted to three-bet to 3,650 preflop. The original raiser and the second caller came along for the ride. The flop fell {10-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {3-Clubs} , and the original raiser led out, pushing his whole stack forward. He was only allowed to bet 12,000 however, the other couple hundred chips would have to stay behind.