Level: 10
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 46: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$3,655,925
Entries
1,607
Level
32
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
I Want to Break Free
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Level 9
: 300/600, 75 ante
Players are now on their final 20 minute break of the night.
Silver Section: Gonzalez, Moorman & Young Lead
With just 387 players remaining, the Red and Bronze sections of the Amazon room, look desolate. All of the players have been squeezed into the Silver and Gold sections and here is the news from the Silver part of that combination.
First some eliminations.
Newly crowned two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, Carter Phillips, has been eliminated. He moved his last few big blinds into the pot holding 
and was pipped to the post by the 
of his opponent.
Tony Dunst has seventeen WSOP cashes to his name and that is how it is going to remain (until tomorrow at least). Dunst squeezing his last ounces of blood out of his stack with 
only to run into .
Ryan Julius was seated on the shoulder of Dunst all day, and he too has been eliminated. Julius four-betting with 
before suffering the same fate as Dunst when he ran into a pair of aces.
Andrey Gulyy was our early chip leader, but he too has been driven into an early grave. Gulyy squeezing with only to run into the brick wall cemented by the of Justin Young and Gulyy was out.
Also out are Chris Brammers conqueror Kharim Lehoussine, high-roller Igor Kurganov, Thibaud Guenegou, Michael Telker and Roberto Romanello.
Stuart Rutter was nearly joining them when he fell as low as 3,975, but he managed to double up with 
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and now has a 9,500 chip stack. Chris Moorman is eating people alive as he moves up to 90,000, Jordan Young is also growing his stack quicker than the world Jenga champion but none have more chips than Fabrizio Gonzalez. The Uruguayan has 100,000 chips and leads the Silver Section.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | |
|
95,000 | 50,000 |
|
90,000 | 64,000 |
|
88,450 | |
|
81,000 | |
|
|
72,000 | |
|
68,000 | |
|
65,000 | 37,000 |
|
60,000 | |
|
|
52,000 | 25,000 |
|
51,000 | |
|
43,000 | |
|
40,000 | 26,000 |
|
35,000 | 14,000 |
|
32,000 | 1,000 |
|
30,000 | 10,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
27,000 | |
|
25,000 | 7,000 |
|
24,000 | |
|
24,000 | 13,000 |
|
17,000 | 2,500 |
|
17,000 | -1,000 |
|
15,500 | 7,900 |
|
15,000 |
Marvin Making it Happen
The flop read 
and Marvin Rettenmaier bet out 2,375 from middle position after his opponent had checked to him. The early position player opted to move all in for around 15,000 and Rettenmaier made the call.
Rettenmaier:
Opponent: 
Rettenmaier held top two pair while his opponent held top pair with a gut-shot straight draw. If Rettenmaier could avoid a queen he would win a sizable pot. The 
on the turn and the 
on the river sealed the deal and Rettenmaier now sits with around 85,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000 | 17,000 |
René Angélil Moving Up the Counts
René Angélil the husband of Celine Dion has steadily been increasing his stack all day. We recently saw him steal away a raised pot on a 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
56,000 | |
|
|
27,000 | -1,000 |
|
26,000 | 21,000 |
|
|
24,000 | 13,000 |
|
|
18,000 | 6,000 |
|
|
14,500 | -1,500 |
|
9,000 | -3,000 |
|
9,000 | 5,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Break It Up
Level 8
: 250/500, 50 ante
Players are now on a 20 minute break.
Melanie Weisner Busts
Level 8
: 250/500, 50 ante
melanieweisner Melanie Weisner Bust, played another cataclysmic combination of very good and very bad hands, need part 2 of the reset tomorrow #mountains
June 25 2012
Aaron Jones Eliminates Craig McCorkell
Level 8
: 250/500, 50 ante
World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Craig McCorkell is no longer in his seat. We asked Aaron 'aejones' Jones to describe the fate of the young lad from the UK and this is what he said, "I cold four-bet him with kings and he had ace-king."
Jones now has 20,000.
A King on the River For Rettenmaier
Marvin Rettenmaier is having the year of his life. In fact since he started recording results in 2009 he is always having the year of his life!
| Year | Prize |
|---|---|
| 2012 | $1,591,100 |
| 2011 | $827,953 |
| 2010 | $510,362 |
| 2009 | $32,150 |
Here is Rettenmaier moving up to 47,000 chips with a hand we caught on a flop of 
. There were three players involved in the hand, the big blind, Marvin Rettenmaier (EP) and Justin Bonomo (EP) and they all checked. The turn card was the 
and the big blind led with a bet of 800 and both players called. Finally we saw the 
on fifth street, the big blind checked, Rettenmaier bet 2,725, Bonomo folded and the big blind got up out of his chair for a closer look at the board. His face moved into several different poses - none of them happy - and then he finally called. Rettenmaier turned over 
and he scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
47,000 | 25,500 |