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

To The Rail

Usually we mean that players left the building, or at least the tournament area. Well not in this case since both Noah Boeken and David Williams can be found on the rail at the ESPN Main Feature Table.

As we speak the heads up between Theo Tran and Dung Nguyen is going on in the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em, and both Williams and Boeken are good friends with Tran. Tran is trailing in the match, but he's already got $377,565 locked up. The winner of this event will eventually go home with a massive $607,200 first place prize. PokerNews is covering this match and all the live updates can be found right here.

And now the stories of Williams and Boeken. Williams was very outspoken and quick when we asked him if anything special happened, "No," was his answer. Boeken had a better story.

The Dutch pro told us how he only lasted for 30 minutes in this event, and he got both three- and one outered in this short time span. He told us one hand in which he had {A-}{5-}{6-}{J-} double suited on a {5-}{5-Spades}{3-Spades}{q-}{A-} board. One bet went into the pot on every street after which Boeken got raised on the river. His opponent had aces and beat his full house.

This World Series of Poker hasn't been kind for Boeken, who hasn't had the run he was hoping for so far.

Player Chips Progress
David Williams us
David Williams
Busted
Noah Boeken nl
Noah Boeken
Busted

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Yeh Doing Well; Bluffs Opponent with Ten High

Omaha-8

Andrew Yeh is up to 14,000 after pulling off a nice bluff in a hand of Omaha at his table. According to Yeh, this is what happened.

Action was six ways to a {9-}{6-}{4-} rainbow flop and Yeh was acting from the small blind. He checked as did the big blind. The third player bet, the next two called and then the last player raised. Yeah called, the next player folded and the original bettor reraised. The two flatters in between folded before the last player called. Yeh also called to complete the action.

The turn was an offsuit {J-} and Yeh checked. The next player bet, the third player called and Yeh called.

The river paired the board with another {J-} and Yeh checked. The next player bet and the third player folded. Yeh put in a raise as he said he felt his opponent had some sort of low-drawing wrap hand. His opponent tanked for a little bit, then folded and Yeh showed {10-}{7-}{5-}{2-} for ten high.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Yeh us
Andrew Yeh
14,000
4,800
4,800
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Andrew Yeh

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Perry Friedman us
Perry Friedman
21,000
7,800
7,800
WSOP 1X Winner
George Danzer de
George Danzer
17,000
2,600
2,600
Andrew Barber us
Andrew Barber
15,000
-3,500
-3,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Marcel Luske nl
Marcel Luske
14,000
3,000
3,000
Andy Bloch us
Andy Bloch
14,000
-2,200
-2,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Tony Ma us
Tony Ma
12,400
3,900
3,900
WSOP 2X Winner
Scott Abrams us
Scott Abrams
12,000
-1,200
-1,200
WSOP 1X Winner
David Fox us
David Fox
10,500
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
10,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Yueqi Zhu cn
Yueqi Zhu
10,000
2,700
2,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Bryan Devonshire us
Bryan Devonshire
9,000
4,000
4,000
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
8,000
-5,400
-5,400
WSOP 5X Winner
Kevin Iacofano us
Kevin Iacofano
7,400
-1,600
-1,600
Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
7,200
1,600
1,600
WSOP 2X Winner
Mel Judah au
Mel Judah
7,000
3,800
3,800
WSOP 2X Winner
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
7,000
4,600
4,600
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
7,000
-500
-500
Brian Nadell us
Brian Nadell
5,500
300
300
Michel Abecassis
Michel Abecassis
4,600
-4,700
-4,700
Chris Bjorin se
Chris Bjorin
3,900
-300
-300
WSOP 2X Winner
Scott Bohlman us
Scott Bohlman
2,300
-3,500
-3,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
Busted
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman us
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

A Round of Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Norman Chad us
Norman Chad
24,000
11,600
11,600
Tom Koral us
Tom Koral
22,000
5,500
5,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Dylan Linde us
Dylan Linde
18,000
10,500
10,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
15,000
2,500
2,500
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
14,000
6,200
6,200
WSOP 4X Winner
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
13,000
5,500
5,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Christopher George us
Christopher George
13,000
7,800
7,800
Greg Raymer us
Greg Raymer
12,600
4,400
4,400
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Bryan Micon ag
Bryan Micon
12,600
1,600
1,600
Joe Tehan us
Joe Tehan
10,700
5,700
5,700
Mike Wattel
Mike Wattel
9,600
1,100
1,100
Tommy Hang us
Tommy Hang
9,000
Alan Boston
Alan Boston
8,300
6,700
6,700
John Juanda id
John Juanda
8,100
600
600
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Pat Pezzin ca
Pat Pezzin
5,000
-2,200
-2,200
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
4,300
-3,200
-3,200
Gary Benson au
Gary Benson
4,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Thayer Rasmussen us
Thayer Rasmussen
2,700
1,200
1,200
Steven McLoughlin us
Steven McLoughlin
2,600
-5,400
-5,400
David Sklansky us
David Sklansky
2,300
-3,700
-3,700
WSOP 3X Winner
Tom Schneider us
Tom Schneider
1,600
-11,000
-11,000
WSOP 4X Winner
David Singer us
David Singer
875
875
875

Some More Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Can Kim Hua us
Can Kim Hua
19,000
6,000
6,000
Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
18,000
10,500
10,500
Dan Kelly us
Dan Kelly
18,000
5,000
5,000
Mickey Appleman us
Mickey Appleman
17,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Richard Ashby gb
Richard Ashby
16,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Melissa Burr us
Melissa Burr
15,000
-9,500
-9,500
Brett Jungblut us
Brett Jungblut
13,000
3,600
3,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Vladimir Schemelev
Vladimir Schemelev
12,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Barry Shulman us
Barry Shulman
11,000
2,300
2,300
WSOP 2X Winner
Al Barbieri us
Al Barbieri
11,000
3,800
3,800
Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
11,000
-1,300
-1,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Cyndy Violette us
Cyndy Violette
10,400
3,400
3,400
WSOP 1X Winner
John Monnette us
John Monnette
9,800
800
800
WSOP 5X Winner
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
9,500
-3,500
-3,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Jimmy Fricke us
Jimmy Fricke
8,700
1,200
1,200
Jesse Martin us
Jesse Martin
8,200
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
6,100
-5,900
-5,900
George Lind III
George Lind III
5,000
-2,500
-2,500
Scott Fischman
Scott Fischman
3,500
-3,500
-3,500
Kevin Macphee
Kevin Macphee
3,500
Eric Buchman us
Eric Buchman
1,600
-8,600
-8,600
WSOP 2X Winner
Jim Collopy us
Jim Collopy
1,500
-3,500
-3,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Gavin Smith us
Gavin Smith
1,100
-4,900
-4,900

Break Time

Level 6

We are on the last break of the day. Two more levels are left to be played, after this short interruption.

Level: 7

Blinds: /

Ante:

Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
John Cernuto us
John Cernuto
23,500
10,500
10,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Amnon Filippi us
Amnon Filippi
18,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Allen Bari us
Allen Bari
17,500
-8,500
-8,500
WSOP 1X Winner
George Danzer de
George Danzer
14,000
-3,000
-3,000
Chip Jett us
Chip Jett
13,000
4,000
4,000
Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
10,500
-2,400
-2,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
10,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Andy Bloch us
Andy Bloch
9,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Bryan Devonshire us
Bryan Devonshire
8,700
-300
-300
Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
6,900
-300
-300
WSOP 2X Winner
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
5,300
-2,700
-2,700
WSOP 5X Winner
Jon Spinks gb
Jon Spinks
4,500
Michel Abecassis
Michel Abecassis
3,600
-1,000
-1,000
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
3,500
-4,500
-4,500
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Tony Cousineau us
Tony Cousineau
1,800
-3,700
-3,700