2012 World Series of Poker

Event 41: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
107
Prize
$742,072
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$3,805,620
Entries
1,394
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Welcome to Event #41: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em

The prize at the end of the tunnel.
The prize at the end of the tunnel.

Good morning and welcome back to the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino, where players are preparing to compete in this World Series of Poker’s first and only full-ring $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em buy-in event!

Unlike the several $1,000 and $1,500 No-Limit events that feature shorter stacks and massive fields, the players willing to pony up for this event will begin with stacks of 9,000, which arguably allows for more strategic deep-stacked play. In any case, we don’t expect there will be an abundance of soft spots in today’s field!

Interestingly, there were no $3,000 No-Limit Hold’em events during last year's WSOP . The last $3,000 full-ring No-Limit event occurred in 2010, when Ryan Welch won his first bracelet in Event #51: $3,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em.

Will we see a new face claim a WSOP gold bracelet? Or will victory go the way of a well-known and experienced pro? Play is set to begin at 12:00 PM PST, so stay tuned right here at PokerNews as we provide you with action from floor all throughout Day 1!

Khan, Solomon Top Day 1; Allisen and Nguyen Close Behind

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante
Jarred Solomon - one of the leaders
Jarred Solomon - one of the leaders

After ten levels of play without delay, Day 1 of Event 41: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em is history. Today's event drew an impressive 1,394 player field, which generated a $3,805,620 prize pool. Best positioned heading into Day 2 is Hafiz Khan, who managed to bag up a firm chip lead of 189,100. Not *too* far behind are Jarred Solomon with 167,500, Darren Elias with 134,300 and Kennii Nguyen, who bagged up 125,000.

After all the dust settled, 324 players survived and will come back tomorrow to play Day 2. Among them include Shannon Shorr (46,500), Martin Staszko (35,500), Layne Flack (58,000), Annette Obrestad (38,800), Andy Frankenberger (33,300) and Brock Parker, who bagged up a respectable 97,500 after being chip leader through part of the day.

Those who fell short include Barry Greenstein, Vanessa Selbst, Randy Lew, David Williams, Jonathan Duhamel, Dwyte Pilgrim, Bertrand Grospellier and defending Main Event Champion Pius Heinz.

Nguyen is poised to make another deep run, which will complement his recent second-place finish in Event 19: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em.

Fellow big-stack Parker is also looking to make another deep run. Parker recently earned a 5th-place finish in Event 25: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout. Parker has already earned two World Series of Poker bracelets (both in 2009) and has live-tournament winnings that exceed $1.1 million.

Play is set to resume tomorrow at 1:00 PM PST in the Amazon Room, where our remaining 324 combatants will play out ten more levels. Be sure to stick with us here at PokerNews to follow all the action and we race our way to a final table.

Until then, goodnight from Las Vegas!

Tags: Brock ParkerJarred SolomonKennii Nguyen