2012 World Series of Poker

Event 43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
44
Prize
$654,380
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,739,500
Entries
2,770
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Fist Bumps for the Table

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

We told you about David "Doc" Sands' elimination a little while ago. Well the player that called the clock after 20 seconds was just eliminated.

We've never seen a table happier to see a player go. The remaining players all fist bumped each other and the player that knocked him out got a special congratulations.

The Plan for Ten to Nine

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

There are just two tables remaining in the Bronze Section of the Brasilia Room. Once those tables are broken only Silver and Gold will remain.

From there, as players are eliminated each table will go from ten-handed to nine-handed. Once all tables are at nine then they will break from there. But more than likely some tables will end the evening ten-handed.

Payout Information

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante
PlacePayout
1$654,380
2$406,409
3$286,633
4$207,019
5$151,338
6$111,961
7$83,802
8$63,459
9$48,614
10-12$37,657
13-15$29,505
16-18$23,372
19-27$18,725
28-36$15,182
37-45$12,415
46-54$10,284
55-63$8,601
64-72$7,255
73-81$6,208
82-90$5,347
91-99$4,674
100-135$4,113
136-171$3,665
172-207$3,291
208-252$2,992
253-297$2,730

Queens For Nguyen

After the under-the-gun player opened to 1,600, the next player to act three-bet to 3,400. Huy Nguyen called from middle position, the original raiser called, and the flop fell {9-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{7-Hearts}.

The UTG player checked it to the three-bettor who bet 4,400. Only Nguyen called to see the {5-Spades} turn. Both checked and did the same when the {8-Hearts} river fell.

Nguyen tabled {Q-Clubs}{Q-Spades}, besting his opponent's hand to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Huy Nguyen us
Huy Nguyen
50,000
8,000
8,000

Tags: Huy Nguyen

Level: 11

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Sanchez Cripples Cajelais and Busts Marchese

Just before end of Level 10, Tom Marchese went all in for about 6,200 from middle position. Erik Cajelais three-bet to 12,000 on the button to isolate, but Andres Sanchez in the big blind four-bet all in for 53,600 after about 90 seconds in the tank. Cajelais called and we had about a 115,000-chip pot on our hands.

Marchese: {K-Spades}{5-Hearts}
Cajelais: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Spades}
Sanchez: {A-Spades}{K-Hearts}

Sanchez took it down when the board ran out {A-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}, ending Marchese's tournament and leaving Cajelais very short on chips.

A few hands later, Cajelais busted.

Player Chips Progress
Andres Sanchez
Andres Sanchez
115,000
62,000
62,000
Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Andres SanchezErik CajelaisTom Marchese

A Few Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
92,000
55,000
55,000
$25K Fantasy
Pius Heinz de
Pius Heinz
88,000
11,000
11,000
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
85,000
29,500
29,500
Mark Radoja ca
Mark Radoja
70,000
37,000
37,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Jordan Young us
Jordan Young
56,000
11,000
11,000
Engelberth Varela ve
Engelberth Varela
40,000
Shawn Busse us
Shawn Busse
35,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
34,000
-12,000
-12,000
Nick Mitchell
Nick Mitchell
33,000
-1,000
-1,000
Andy Frankenberger us
Andy Frankenberger
17,000
-17,000
-17,000
WSOP 2X Winner
David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
11,000
-15,000
-15,000
Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
9,000
-5,000
-5,000
Christina Lindley us
Christina Lindley
Busted