2012 World Series of Poker

Event 46: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$694,609
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$3,655,925
Entries
1,607
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Bronze Section Eliminations: McClung, De Maci and Cheong Are Out

Joseph Cheong has been eliminated
Joseph Cheong has been eliminated

A quick skirt around the Bronze Section of the Brasilia Room reveals three notable eliminations. Chris McClung was eliminated in rather unfortunate circumstances. He managed to get it in good on a board of {9-} {6-} {x-} {2-} holding {K-} {K-} versus {9-} {8-}, but his opponent spiked an {8-} on the river to send the Canadian packing.

Chris De Maci was the recent runner-up to our first ever Japanese World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Naoya Kihara. That event was Event #34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six Handed and De Maci earned $316,308 for that close shave. He was extremely short when we last did a swoop and can confirm that he has been eliminated in the two-card version of things.

A final notable who is no longer spraying chips around is the cheeky-chappie known as Joseph Cheong. He was eliminated by Steven Karr who now has 30,000 chips - more than anyone else in the Bronze section - and it was a barnstormer of a hand.

We believe that Karr opened to 425 from early position and both Liv Boeree and Mathew Frankland called before Joseph Cheong three-bet from the button making it 1,350. The player in the small blind moved all-in for approx. 4,000, Karr also moved all-in and Boeree and Frankland (pocket tens) both folded.

Karr{A-} {A-}
Cheong{K-} {K-}
Small Blind{A-} {K-}

So a cooler for all and after five communities were hung, drawn and quartered Cheong and the small blind were out, whilst Karr moved up to 30,000.

Player Chips Progress
30,000
Evan Schwartz us
Evan Schwartz
28,000
Craig McCorkell gb
Craig McCorkell
WSOP 1X Winner
20,000 12,000
Salman Behbehani us
Salman Behbehani
20,000 12,000
Dennis Phillips us
Dennis Phillips
18,000 6,000
Tom McCormick us
Tom McCormick
16,000 -6,000
Bruno Lopes fr
Bruno Lopes
Winamax
13,000 1,400
Michael Eiler de
Michael Eiler
12,400 7,700
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
WSOP 1X Winner
12,300 5,800
Pius Heinz de
Pius Heinz
11,700 440
Bryan Piccioli us
Bryan Piccioli
WSOP 2X Winner
11,000
Scott Montgomery ca
Scott Montgomery
WSOP 1X Winner
10,000 6,300
Koen De Visscher be
Koen De Visscher
10,000
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
10,000 1,500
Mihai Manole ro
Mihai Manole
9,000 2,000
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
WSOP 1X Winner
7,400 -600
Sam Holden gb
Sam Holden
6,800 300
Mathew Frankland gb
Mathew Frankland
6,600 -4,860
Foster Hays us
Foster Hays
WSOP 1X Winner
6,200 -2,300
Jason DeWitt us
Jason DeWitt
WSOP 2X Winner
6,000 -3,000
Kristijonas Andrulis lt
Kristijonas Andrulis
6,000 1,600
Aaron Jones us
Aaron Jones
5,200 -1,800
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Chris De Maci
Chris De Maci
Busted
Chris McClung ca
Chris McClung
Busted

Tags: Chris De MaciChris McClungJoseph CheongSteven Karr