2012 World Series of Poker

Event 42: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak94
Prize
$228,014
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
393
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Marcel Luske nl
Marcel Luske
13,500 1,500
Andrew Barber us
Andrew Barber
WSOP 1X Winner
12,000 2,200
Tony Ma us
Tony Ma
WSOP 2X Winner
11,000 500
Andy Bloch us
Andy Bloch
WSOP 1X Winner
10,900 -1,200
Timothy Burt us
Timothy Burt
9,500 700
Yueqi Zhu cn
Yueqi Zhu
WSOP 1X Winner
9,100 1,800
Scott Abrams us
Scott Abrams
WSOP 1X Winner
8,500 1,500
Barry Shulman us
Barry Shulman
WSOP 2X Winner
8,400 -1,600
Doug Carli
Doug Carli
7,500 1,600
Perry Friedman us
Perry Friedman
WSOP 1X Winner
7,500 -4,600
Chip Jett us
Chip Jett
7,400 400
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
7,400
Scott Bohlman us
Scott Bohlman
WSOP 1X Winner
6,900 1,100
Mel Judah au
Mel Judah
WSOP 2X Winner
6,100 -1,900
Yarron Bendor us
Yarron Bendor
6,100 300
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman us
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman
WSOP 1X Winner
3,400 -500
Jeff Madsen us
Jeff Madsen
WSOP 4X Winner
2,400 -4,100

Level: 4

Blinds: /

Ante:

Taking it Easy

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.

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
David Elfan
David Elfan
14,900
Allen Bari us
Allen Bari
WSOP 1X Winner
11,300 -700
Andrew Yeh us
Andrew Yeh
WSOP 1X Winner
9,200 1,700
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
9,200 1,700
Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
WSOP 1X Winner
9,000 1,500
Tony Cousineau us
Tony Cousineau
9,000 1,500
Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
8,700
Benjamin Scholl
Benjamin Scholl
8,500 1,000
John Cernuto us
John Cernuto
WSOP 3X Winner
8,000 500
Michael Moed
Michael Moed
7,600 -1,900
Jan Fisher
Jan Fisher
7,400 -100
Matt Graham us
Matt Graham
7,100 -1,300
David Chiu us
David Chiu
WSOP 5X Winner
7,000 -500
Michael Gathy be
Michael Gathy
WSOP 3X Winner
5,600 -1,900
Bart Hanson us
Bart Hanson
5,500 -2,000
Meng La
Meng La
WSOP 1X Winner
5,100
Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
WSOP 2X Winner
4,400 -3,100

Graham and Bari Chop One Up

Stud-8

Allen Bari{x-}{x-} / {7-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} / {x-}
All in player{x-}{x-} / {9-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{4-Spades}{4-Clubs} / {x-}
Matt Graham{x-}{x-} / {J-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{a-Clubs} / {x-}
Joe Hachem{x-}{x-} / {3-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{x-} - 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 us
Allen Bari
WSOP 1X Winner
12,000 4,500
Matt Graham us
Matt Graham
8,400 900

Tags: Matt GrahamAllen BariJoe Hachem

Shulman Picks Up a Pot

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.

Player Chips Progress
Barry Shulman us
Barry Shulman
WSOP 2X Winner
10,000 1,300

Tags: Barry ShulmanKonstantin PuchkovYuebin Guo

Level: 3

Blinds: /

Ante: