Event 45: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-25-2012 00:47 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Lyle Berman	228,000 38,000	38,000

Abe Mosseri	198,000 23,000	23,000

David Grey	160,000 10,000	10,000
Patrik Antonius	147,000 12,000	12,000

Cory Zeidman	140,000 26,400	26,400

Jon Turner	122,500 7,500	7,500

Mike Wattel	116,000 34,000	34,000

Eric Rodawig	85,000 7,000	7,000

Player	Chips	Progress
John Esposito	215,000 8,000	8,000

John Monnette	178,000 13,900	13,900

Tom Chambers	171,000 16,000	16,000
Hoi Cheung	139,000 8,600	8,600
David Bakes Baker	139,000 20,500	20,500

Doyle Brunson	132,000 18,400	18,400

Ville Wahlbeck	130,000 33,500	33,500

Brian Hastings	100,000 36,000	36,000

Kassela Plays it Slow

Remko Rinkema

No-Limit Hold'em

Josh Arieh raised under the gun to 2,000 and Frank Kassela called in middle position. Danny Fuhs called from the button and both blinds, David Chiu and Daniel Alaei, called as well.

The flop came down {8-Spades} {5-Clubs} {4-Spades} and after two checks Arieh bet 5,200. Kassela was the only player that called.

The turn was the {J-Clubs} and Arieh checked. Kassela threw out 8,500, and the third place finisher of the 2004 WSOP Main Event called. The river was the {3-Clubs} and both players checked.

"Sixes," Arieh announced after which Kassela quickly turned over {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} . Arieh mucked and Kassela raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Kassela	182,000 45,000	45,000

Josh Arieh	93,000 57,000	57,000

Tags: David Chiu Frank Kassela Josh Arieh

06-25-2012 01:00 UTC-7

Small One for Ashby

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Chad Holloway

Limit Hold'em

Action folded to Bruno Fitoussi in the cutoff and he put in a raise. Lyle Berman made the call from the button, and then Richard Ashby three-bet from the small blind. Both Fitoussi and Berman made the call, but both players folded when Ashby bet the {Q-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {2-Clubs} flop.

Despite winning that small pot, Ashby is down considerably from the last time we checked in with him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lyle Berman	254,000 26,000	26,000

Bruno Fitoussi	244,000 7,400	7,400
Richard Ashby	112,000 42,400	42,400

Tags: Richard Ashby Lyle Berman Bruno Fitoussi

06-25-2012 01:02 UTC-7

A Round of Chip Counts

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Remko Rinkema

Player	Chips	Progress
David ODB Baker	228,000 8,000	8,000
Ben Yu	208,000 50,000	50,000

Gus Hansen	195,000 26,700	26,700

David Benyamine	185,000 47,000	47,000

Jon Spinks	183,000 6,500	6,500
John Hennigan	170,000 5,200	5,200

Eric Cloutier	170,000 5,000	5,000
Naoya Kihara	164,000 18,900	18,900

Stephen Chidwick	155,000 29,000	29,000

Shawn Buchanan	149,000 16,000	16,000

Mike Sexton	126,600 17,400	17,400

Eugene Katchalov	114,000 29,600	29,600

Daniel Negreanu	112,000 8,500	8,500

John Juanda	108,000 13,100	13,100

Brett Richey	105,000 15,000	15,000
Justin Bonomo	51,000 5,900	5,900

06-25-2012 01:04 UTC-7

Break

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Remko Rinkema

Level 4

The players are on the final break of the day. In 15 minutes we will play one more 100-minute level.

06-25-2012 01:09 UTC-7

Chip Counts on Break

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Remko Rinkema

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Kravchenko	243,000 8,000	8,000

Keith Gipson	240,000 32,000	32,000
Danny Fuhs	238,000 2,000	2,000
Daniel Alaei	224,000 24,000	24,000

Jason Mercier	216,000 20,000	20,000

Andy Bloch	215,900 9,100	9,100

Shaun Deeb	180,000 67,000	67,000

Antony Lellouche	172,000 6,300	6,300
Frank Kassela	170,000 12,000	12,000

David Chiu	146,000 40,000	40,000

Chris Klodnicki	146,000 17,400	17,400

Chris Lee	140,000 2,400	2,400
Justin Smith	118,000 33,000	33,000
Josh Arieh	115,000 22,000	22,000

Phil Ivey	110,000 4,600	4,600

Owais Ahmed	100,000 30,600	30,600

Bryn Kenney	87,000 2,000	2,000

Anton Allemann	20,100 5,600	5,600

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06-25-2012 01:33 UTC-7

Allen Kessler Wants to Know . . . Where the Ladies At?

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Chad Holloway

Level 5

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06-25-2012 01:43 UTC-7

Blom Puts Wattel to the Test

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Chad Holloway

Pot-Limit Omaha

We caught the action with 14,400 in the pot and a board reading {8-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {6-Clubs} . Viktor "Isildur1" Blom had just bet 12,000 from the hijack and received a call from Mike Wattel in the cutoff. When the {7-Clubs} appeared on the river, Blom announced a pot-sized bet of 38,400 while remaining still.

The dealer signaled for Blom to put out chips, which the Swede did. Wattel then hit the tank for a couple of minute, during which Blom did his best to impersonate a statue. He swayed a bit, but it didn't seem to make much difference to Wattel as he shook his head and sent his cards to the muck.