Event 43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-23-2012 23:35 UTC-7

Eliminations - Some Old, Some New

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Player	Chips	Progress
Hoyt Corkins	Busted

Carlton Everett	Busted
Kevin Saul	Busted
Kyle Cartwright	Busted

Ryan D'Angelo	Busted

Matthew Hankins	Busted
AP Phahurat	Busted
Matt Marafioti	Busted
Lauren Kling	Busted
Jonathan Little	Busted

Nam Le	Busted
Joe Serock	Busted

JC Tran	Busted

Nachman Berlin	Busted
Mark "Pegasus" Smith	Busted
David Diaz	Busted

Ari Engel	Busted

Kat Bowen	Busted
Jonathan Lane	Busted
Rex Clinkscales	Busted
Chris Moorman	Busted

Tony Dunst	Busted

Austen Johnson	Busted
Aaron Overton	Busted
Michael Gathy	Busted

06-23-2012 23:34 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
James Mackey	95,000 24,000	24,000

Owen Crowe	51,000
James Calderaro	50,000

Erik Cajelais	46,000 16,000	16,000

Sam Barnhart	45,000 5,000	5,000
Cherish Andrews	44,000 10,000	10,000
Matthew Affleck	37,000 17,000	17,000
Mike Sowers	23,000 7,000	7,000
Chris Bjorin	15,000 10,000	10,000

Victor Ramdin	14,000 4,000	4,000

Tommy Vedes	13,000 18,000	18,000
Tom Marchese	10,000 13,000	13,000

Radoja Had His Man

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Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Mark Radoja opened for 1,225 from the cutoff and the player on the button moved all in. The blinds released and Radoja called.

Radoja: {A-Hearts} {K-Clubs}
Opponent: {A-Spades} {Q-Spades}

The board ran {5-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} {2-Hearts} {8-Spades} {2-Diamonds} and the when the deuce hit the river Radoja was not happy. A lock of a hand and some easy chips were erased by the board having two pair and they chopped the pot.

Tags: Mark Radoja

06-23-2012 23:20 UTC-7

A Few More Chip Counts

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Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Amit Makhija	51,000 36,000	36,000
Neil Channing	43,000 27,000	27,000
Chino Rheem	37,000 9,000	9,000
Andrew Lichtenberger	36,000

Balazs Botond	30,000 17,000	17,000
Scott Bohlman	30,000 5,000	5,000

Amanda Baker	28,000 3,500	3,500
Andy Frankenberger	26,000 1,000	1,000

Tim Finne	21,000

06-23-2012 23:08 UTC-7

Dey's Day Over

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Andrew Dey just walked by the media desk and told us how his day ended. He moved his last 16,000 in preflop holding pocket kings. He was called by someone holding pocket fours.

A four on the board ended his day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Dey	Busted

Tags: Andrew Dey

06-23-2012 23:02 UTC-7

Huy Just Keeps Nguyening

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We caught up with WSOPC standout Huy Nguyen on the button in a three-way pot. The board showed {J-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} and Nguyen bet 1,025 after action was checked to him. One player folded but another called.

The turn came {4-Spades} and both players checked. The river came {Q-Clubs} , the unknown player bet 2,000 and Nguyen quickly raised to 5,200. His opponent thought for a minute and then tossed his cards away.

Player	Chips	Progress
Huy Nguyen	42,000 6,000	6,000

Tags: Huy Nguyen

06-23-2012 22:58 UTC-7

Lew Chipping Up

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Mickey Doft

Randy Lew is up to about 43,000, busting a short-stacked opponent. Lew's {A-Spades} {K-Spades} held up against his opponent's {A-Diamonds} {J-Spades} when the board rolled out {Q-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {3-Clubs} {K-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} .

Player	Chips	Progress
Randy Lew	43,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Randy Lew

06-23-2012 22:55 UTC-7

The Champ is Crushing

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PokerStars Team Pro and reigning WSOP Main Event Champion Pius Heinz is crushing this event. We haven't been able to catch him in any substantial hands but he is among the leaders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pius Heinz	62,000 47,000	47,000

Tags: Pius Heinz

06-23-2012 22:55 UTC-7

Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Outhred	41,000 12,000	12,000
Huy Nguyen	36,000 10,000	10,000
Mark Radoja	33,000 4,000	4,000

Randy Lew	31,000 7,500	7,500

Shawn Busse	29,000 16,500	16,500

Brandon Steven	29,000
David Vamplew	26,000 11,000	11,000
Christina Lindley	14,000 1,000	1,000
Angel Guillen	14,000 8,700	8,700

Kevin Saul	13,000 8,500	8,500
Khiem Nguyen	13,000
Pat Pezzin	10,000 1,000	1,000
Todd Terry	8,500 1,200	1,200
Leif Force	7,000 9,000	9,000

Jon Aguiar	Busted
Barry Greenstein	Busted