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

Some Counts Before Dinner

Player Chips Progress
Layne Flack us
Layne Flack
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
45,000 23,200
Annette Obrestad no
Annette Obrestad
WSOP 1X Winner
36,000 10,500
Scott Montgomery ca
Scott Montgomery
WSOP 1X Winner
33,000
Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
30,000 6,000
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
27,000 4,500
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
21,000 12,000
Andy Frankenberger us
Andy Frankenberger
WSOP 2X Winner
21,000 9,800
Ronald Lee us
Ronald Lee
16,000 -100
Nam Le us
Nam Le
14,000 -1,500
Jennifer Harman us
Jennifer Harman
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
14,000
Steve Brecher us
Steve Brecher
10,600 -3,900
Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
10,300
Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
WSOP 2X Winner
10,000 -600
Ivan Demidov ru
Ivan Demidov
5,200 -2,300
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
Busted
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
Busted
Amanda Musumeci us
Amanda Musumeci
Busted
James Dempsey gb
James Dempsey
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Busquet Crippled

Olivier Busquet recently took a seat in the Brasilia room with nearly 30,000, but a recent hand has left him critically short.

We missed the exact preflop action, but caught up just as Busquet's lone opponent was getting all in against him for 26,000.

Busquet: {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}
Opponent: {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}

The {A-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} flop looked good for Busquet, however, the {10-Hearts} turn left him in dire straights. The {2-Spades} river was no help to Busquet and his opponent doubled through him.

Busquet was left with just 2,000 following the hand and was busted shortly thereafter.

Player Chips Progress
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
2,000

Tags: Olivier Busquet

Heinz Doubles

A player in middle position raised and action folded over to Pius Heinz in the big blind, who went all in for his last 3,750. His opponent called and hands were revealed.

Heinz: {5-Spades}{5-Clubs}
Opponent: {A-Spades}{J-Clubs}

The {7-Spades}{4-Spades}{8-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} board was safe for Heinz and he doubled up to 7,700.

Player Chips Progress
Pius Heinz de
Pius Heinz
7,700 2,100

Tags: Pius Heinz

Cody Crushed by River

In what would be Jake Cody's final hand of the tournament, Cody opened to 750 from the hijack and found one caller in the big blind.

Cody's opponent checked the {10-Spades}{5-Hearts}{8-Spades} flop and Cody announced a 900 bet. His opponent immediately raised to 9,000 - which was enough to put Cody all in. Cody appeared a little put off, but he committed his last 8,000 after re-checking his hand.

Cody: {A-Spades}{6-Spades} for the nut flush draw.
Opponent: {7-Spades}{9-Hearts} for an open-ended straight draw.

Cody was actually ahead and would remain ahead on the {10-Clubs} turn, however, a cruel {6-Clubs} river gave his opponent a straight and Cody was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Jake Cody

Level: 6

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Pilgrim Runs into Rockets

Dwyte Pilgrim
Dwyte Pilgrim

Action folded over to the player on the button, who opened to 500. The small blind folded and Dwyte Pilgrim took a peak at his cards and pushed his remaining 3,000 and change into the middle. His opponent snap called.

Pilgrim: {3-Clubs}{4-Clubs}
Opponent: {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}

"That's the hand you need in this kind of situation," Pilgrim said, referring to his own cards.

Unfortunately for Pilgrim, the {J-Spades}{10-Spades}{7-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{A-Clubs} board left his opponent with a set of aces and by far the best hand and Pilgrim was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
Busted

Tags: Dwyte Pilgrim

Flack Fires Away

Layne Flack
Layne Flack

Layne Flack opened to 450 from early position and action folded all the way around to the player in the big blind, who made the call for a heads-up pot.

The flop came {K-Clubs}{A-Clubs}{K-Spades} and Flack's opponent checked, prompting a 600 bet from Flack. His opponent called and the turn brought the {4-Diamonds}. The big blind again checked and Flack had no intention of slowing down, as he fired 1,200 into the middle. Flack's opponent gave it some thought and gave up his hand.

Flack is now sitting on 21,800.

Player Chips Progress
Layne Flack us
Layne Flack
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
21,800 3,200

Le's Stack Straightened Out a Bit

Nam Le opened to 450 from the hijack position and found one caller in the big blind.

The flop brought a {8-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{9-Hearts} and Le's opponent check-called a 600 continuation bet from Le. Both players checked the {K-Diamonds} turn, but Le's opponent fired a hefty 2,100 into the middle after a {6-Diamonds} completed the board. Le called fairly quickly and his opponent turned up {10-Clubs}{7-Clubs} for a rivered straight. Le took a look at his cards and tossed them into the muck.

Le has 15,500 after the hit to his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Nam Le us
Nam Le
15,500 -2,700

Tags: Nam Le