Event 42: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-22-2012 20:22 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
George Danzer	13,200 300	300

Michel Abecassis	8,700 3,300	3,300
Kevin Iacofano	8,200 3,900	3,900
Erik Seidel	8,000 600	600

Adam Friedman	7,500 500	500

Chris Bjorin	5,400 1,850	1,850

Brian Nadell	4,000 1,500	1,500

Day 1 Photos

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Donnie Peters

Allyn Jaffrey Shulman sporting some bling

06-22-2012 20:16 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

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Donnie Peters

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcel Luske	13,500 1,500	1,500

Andrew Barber	12,000 2,200	2,200

Tony Ma	11,000 500	500

Andy Bloch	10,900 1,200	1,200

Timothy Burt	9,500 700	700
Yueqi Zhu	9,100 1,800	1,800

Scott Abrams	8,500 1,500	1,500

Barry Shulman	8,400 1,600	1,600

Doug Carli	7,500 1,600	1,600
Perry Friedman	7,500 4,600	4,600

Chip Jett	7,400 400	400
Stephen Chidwick	7,400

Scott Bohlman	6,900 1,100	1,100

Mel Judah	6,100 1,900	1,900

Yarron Bendor	6,100 300	300
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman	3,400 500	500
Jeff Madsen	2,400 4,100	4,100

Level: 4

Blinds: /

Ante:

06-22-2012 20:13 UTC-7

Taking it Easy

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Remko Rinkema

Level 3

In a field like this many players will know each other, since the amount of rookies is very, very, low. The combination of these two tournaments isn't something for the young internet wizards, and by playing in this one you show your peers that poker is not just about No Limit Hold'em.

So far the day has been fairly quiet, but as it goes on scooping that one big pot could mean the difference between contending and seeing your tournament ending.

06-22-2012 20:01 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
David Elfan	14,900
Allen Bari	11,300 700	700

Andrew Yeh	9,200 1,700	1,700

Leo Margets	9,200 1,700	1,700

Chris Tryba	9,000 1,500	1,500

Tony Cousineau	9,000 1,500	1,500
Joe Hachem	8,700

Benjamin Scholl	8,500 1,000	1,000
John Cernuto	8,000 500	500

Michael Moed	7,600 1,900	1,900
Jan Fisher	7,400 100	100
Matt Graham	7,100 1,300	1,300
David Chiu	7,000 500	500

Michael Gathy	5,600 1,900	1,900

Bart Hanson	5,500 2,000	2,000
Meng La	5,100

Yuval Bronshtein	4,400 3,100	3,100

06-22-2012 19:53 UTC-7

Graham and Bari Chop One Up

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Remko Rinkema

Stud-8

Allen Bari	/ /
All in player	/ /
Matt Graham	/ /
Joe Hachem	/ - Fold

It doesn't happen too often that we get to cover a hand with three World Series of Poker winners. But we just saw one between Matt Graham, Allen Bari, Joe Hachem and an unknown player. Bari and Graham both took half of this player's chips as he got eliminated.

We caught the action on fifth street when the short stack in this hand moved all in after a series of raises. All three of his opponents stayed in the pot. On sixth street there was betting on the side and Hachem folded his cards. Seventh street got checked down, and Graham turned over {6-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} for a six-five-four-three-ace low. Bari showed {A-Spades} {3-Hearts} {J-Hearts} and had made aces up.

The all in player showed the {9-Clubs} , but his two pair came up short. He was knocked out and both Bari and Graham took his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Bari	12,000 4,500	4,500

Matt Graham	8,400 900	900

Tags: Matt Graham Allen Bari Joe Hachem

06-22-2012 19:25 UTC-7

Shulman Picks Up a Pot

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Remko Rinkema

Omaha-8

We caught the action on the turn in a hand between Barry Shulman, Yuebin Guo and Konstantin Puchkov when the board read {K-Hearts} {J-Spades} {4-Clubs} {3-Clubs} . Shulman was in the small blind and he bet 300. Guo, who finished third in the 2007 $5,000 H.O.R.S.E., made the call as did the 2010 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. winner Konstantin Puchkov.

The river was the {10-Hearts} and Shulman checked. Guo fired out 300, Puchkov tank-folded and Shulman made the call. Guo turned over {3-Hearts} {3-Spades} {x-} {x-} and mucked when Shulman tabled {K-Spades} {K-Diamonds} {10-Spades} {9-Hearts} . The 2009 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event winner added some chips to his stack, and he's now up to 10,000.