2012 World Series of Poker

Event 44: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Rocco Palumbo
Winning Hand
a♦9♦
Prize
$464,464
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,654,100
Total Entries
2,949
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 2,949
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Silver Section Review: Filippi Dominating

Amnon Filippi dominating
Amnon Filippi dominating

The trio of Amnon Filippi, Melanie Weisner and Pascal LeFrancois have been split up with the only remaining player in his original seat being the World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner LeFrancois. Weisner has been eliminated after losing a string of pots culminating in a negative flip - {A-} {K-} v {Q-} {Q-}. Filippo is not out though, instead he has been moved, and he needed a wheelbarrow to help him with his chips - 175,000 at the last count! He must have been running well on his new table because he just showed down pocket queens after forcing to Kevin Elia to lay down a hand prompting a player to shout, "man how can you run so hot?"

A whole host of other notable names have bitten the dust along with Weisner. Padraig Parkinson has been eliminated after running {K-} {K-} into {A-} {7-} of all hands. An ace on the river sending the Irishman out of the Brasilia Room. Mohsin Charania has been eliminated after running {A-} {10-} into {Q-} {Q-} pre flop, and we have also lost David Williams, Florian Langman and Pierre Neuville.

Joining Filippi at the top end of the charts are WSOP bracelet holder Mikhail Lakhitov (105,000), Kevin Elia (77,000), Jude Ainsworth (74,000), Julian Parmann (70,000) & Stanislaw Kretz (63,000).

There are 333 players left with fifteen minutes remaining of Level 10. The average stack is now 26,568.

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Tags: Amnon Filippi

Antonius is a Huge Fish; Schindler on Top

Sometimes the game of poker can be tough. Spare a thought for young Jake Schindler who has had to talk to Maya Antonius all day. Now that honor would have put many a man of his game, but not Schindler, instead he has moved into our chip lead with 70,000 chips.

"I just ran good in the beginning and managed to get a stack big enough so I could play poker," said Schindler.

During one of their conversations Mrs Antonius told Schindler that her husband was playing in the $50k and when he asked her who her husband was she told him it was Patrik Antonius.

"Antonius? He is a huge fish," said Schindler in jest.

Tags: Jake SchindlerMaya Antonius

Level: 10

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Gold Section Recap: Racener and Leon Out; Kornuth Looking Good

Is that the bass player from Duran Duran?
Is that the bass player from Duran Duran?

We are halfway through Level 9 and there are four-hundred and seventy players remaining. Here is a quick recap of the shenanigans in the Gold Section.

Peter Walsworth was one of our early chip leaders and now he is one of our post dinner fatalities. The last time we checked on him he was sat on a stack of around 39,000 (double the average). Paul Berende told us that he bluffed most of them to the player seated to his right, before losing the rest in a rather unfair heads-up match with {A-} {2-} versus the {A-} {K-} of Berende.

Christian de Leon has also been eliminated in the cruelest of fashions. Jaspal Brar opened from the button, De Leon moved all-in for around 5,000 and Brar called. De Leon held {J-} {J-} and Brar {9-} {9-}. The flop was {9-} {3-} {3-} and the rest is all water under the bridge.

Our final, notable, casualty in the Gold section is former November Niner John Racener. Mathew Frankland was kind enough to talk us through the Racener exit. Frankland opened, David Stephen called before Racener three-bet, Frankland folded and Stephen called. The action checked through on a board of {Q-} {x-} {x-} {K-} {10-}, Stephen bet 2,500, Racener raised, Stephen moved all-in and Racener called. Stephen turned over {A-} {J-} for the nuts and Racener mucked what Frankland believes was pocket tens.

The players moving at the right end of the counts include Adam Heger, Tucker Hummel, Mazin Khoury, Robert Jin and Adam Kornuth.

Post Note: Mathew Frankland has just come and taken his phone out of the charge with a face like a slapped fish, courtesy of losing a 30k flip.

Tags: Adam KornuthChristian de LeonJohn RacenerPeter Walsworth

Level: 9

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Bronze Section Review: A Gift For Hinkle

Look at that hat!
Look at that hat!

With five-hundred and sixty players remaining Blair Hinkle has just been handed a gift to take him to the top of the chip counts. The ink is not yet dry on the paycheck that Blair Hinkle received for his 4th place finish in Event #38: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, and he is at it again. The World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder won $192,734 for that finish, and although there is a long way to go, he is sitting pretty at the top once more.

The player in the hijack seat raised to 800, Hinkle three-bet to 2,200 out of the big blind, the hijack four-bet to 6,200 and Hinkle moved all-in. The player in the hijack removed his ear plugs and if he wasn't thinking seriously about this hand before, he was now. A few minutes passed without any movement from Hinkle and any sign of a decision from his opponent. Eventually the clock was called and the hijack decided it was time to play.

"OK…I call," said the hijack.

Hinkle, who was wearing a white fisherman's hat, turned over {K-Clubs} {K-Hearts} and the hijack sheepishly turned over {A-Clubs} {2-Hearts}. The jaw of Ryan Julius (who was watching the hand) just dropped in a, "why doesn't that ever happen to me?" type of look.

The board ran out {J-Hearts} {10-Spades} {5-Clubs} {4-Spades} {8-Diamonds}, the hijack left and the rest of the table started laughing.

"It must be the hat," said Julius.

In the very next hand the action folded around to Hinkle who raised in the small blind and the big blind folded.

"Did you see that? He had kings again," said Julius.

Tags: Blair Hinkle

Amanda Musumeci Is Out

To be fair, Amanda Musumeci looks more of a Porsche kind of girl than a Renault, and she will be liking Renault's even less, after being eliminated at the hands of one. It was a pre flop confrontation with Musumeci holding pocket eights and Thomas Renault holding pocket jacks. The flop was eightless, straightless, flushless and anything else-less and Musumeci was out.

Tags: Amanda Musumeci

Level: 8

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

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