2012 World Series of Poker

Event 46: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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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
Players Left 1 / 1,607
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Amazonian Players

Tables in the Amazon room are slowly being broken down and players are being moved to the Brasilia. A few notables down the hall who haven't been moved yet are Justin Bonomo, Erick Lindgrin, and Joe Cada.

Cada actually was getting involved in a pot when we were over there and this is what we saw. The flop read {q-Spades}{4-Spades}{2-Hearts} and Joe Cada bet out 1,400 from the small blind. A player in middle position made the call and the cut-off folded.

The {6-Clubs} on the turn brought checks from both players, but a {8-Clubs} river allowed for Cada to move all in for 4,550. The middle position player folded and Cada was awarded the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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James Akenhead
11,000
Profile photo of Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
9,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
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Joe Cada
9,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
pokerstars
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JJ Liu
9,000
Profile photo of Vanessa Rousso us
Vanessa Rousso
9,000
pokerstars
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Steve O'Dwyer
7,000
Profile photo of Max Pescatori it
Max Pescatori
6,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
6,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Cherish Andrews us
Cherish Andrews
6,000
Profile photo of Steve Zolotow us
Steve Zolotow
5,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Joe Serock us
Joe Serock
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Gavin Smith ca
Gavin Smith
5,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Erick Lindgrin
Erick Lindgrin
4,300

Tags: Joe Cada

Level: 5

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

The Sorrowful Silver Bunch

Antonio Esfandiari has disappeared
Antonio Esfandiari has disappeared

There are a host of notable names missing from the Silver Section. Olivier Busquets, Vitaly Lunkin, John Eames, Dominik Nitsche and Gabriel Nassif are all missing and presumed bust.

In other eliminations, Kyle Weir moved his last few chips into the middle with pocket sevens and ran into pocket queens, Nicolas Yunis lost a chunk of his stack in a hand against Ivan Mamuzic. Yunis was holding {K-} {K-} versus the {A-} {7-} of Mamuzic and a cruel ace hit the flop sending Yunis down to 1,300 chips. Then Yunis put those little babies into the middle with {K-} {10-}, ran into {A-} {K-} and never saw them again.

Antonio Esfandiari is also out of Event #46 after moving all in on a monotone diamond board holding {A-Diamonds} {J-} and finding himself behind to a set and a king-high flush. We don't care how many magic tricks he has, he just ain't getting out of that one! (Thanks to Paul Y for the info)

One person who did not join the elimination station was Ryan Julius. He raised to 400 on the button, the small blind three-bet to 1,100, Julius moved all-in for 2,050 more and his opponent called.

Julius{Q-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts}
Small Blind{A-Hearts} {8-Hearts}

Board: {K-Hearts} {K-Spades} {2-Clubs} {K-Clubs} {4-Diamonds}

A full-house for Julius and he moved up to 6,450.

The top dog in the Silver Section is the Russian Andrey Gulyy who has 47,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Andrey Gulyy ru
Andrey Gulyy
47,000
Profile photo of Daniel Buzgon us
Daniel Buzgon
36,000
Profile photo of Zachary Korik us
Zachary Korik
23,000
15,500
15,500
Profile photo of Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
22,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Kenni Nguyen us
Kenni Nguyen
20,000
12,500
12,500
Profile photo of Hiren Patel us
Hiren Patel
17,700
1,700
1,700
Profile photo of Jon Aguiar
Jon Aguiar
17,400
600
600
Profile photo of Jordan Young us
Jordan Young
15,500
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Michael Telker us
Michael Telker
12,000
4,500
4,500
Profile photo of Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
12,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Nam Le us
Nam Le
8,000
Profile photo of Chris Brammer gb
Chris Brammer
7,800
500
500
Profile photo of Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
7,400
4,600
4,600
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Bernard Guigon fr
Bernard Guigon
6,500
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Ryan Julius us
Ryan Julius
6,450
1,050
1,050
Profile photo of Nicolas Yunis
Nicolas Yunis
Busted
Profile photo of Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Kyle Weir us
Kyle Weir
Busted
Profile photo of Gabriel Nassif
Gabriel Nassif
Busted
pokerstars
Profile photo of Olivier Busquets
Olivier Busquets
Busted
Profile photo of John Eames gb
John Eames
Busted
Profile photo of Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
Busted
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner
StakeKings

Tags: Antonio EsfandiariKyle WeirNicolas YunisRyan Julius

Boeree Busted

Liv Boeree moved all in for around 4,000 after a player in early position raised it up. The table folded around to the original raiser and he made the call.

Boeree: {8-Hearts}{8-Spades}
Opponent: {Q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}

The board came {9-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{7-Spades} and Boeree was not able able to catch up. The pair of queens was awarded the pot and Boeree was sent on her way.

So, where will Boeree go now? Probably back to Vanessa Rousso's mansion here in Las Vegas, which is Boeree's temporary home for the summer, along with many other ladies of poker. Check it out:

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Liv Boeree

Good as Gold

Maria Ho
Maria Ho

Over in the gold section Maria Ho has been battling it out trying to add to her stack. On one hand we saw her get check-raised after she bet out 400 on a {5-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{a-Hearts} board. After a few moments she threw it away. A couple of hands later she called a bet by her opponent on the river and was shown an eight high flush that she couldn't trump.

Finally we saw her check-call a bet of 600 after the board read {j-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}. A river {q-Spades} brought another check from Ho, and a bet of 2,200 from her opponent. After some more contemplation Ho threw it away again. Despite this small spiral downward Ho still sits with right around 20,000.

Lars Bonding is also here in the section and we caught up to him as he was raising it up to 500 preflop. The table folded around to the big blind who made the call.

The dealer released a {8-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} flop and both players checked. The {3-Hearts} on the river seemingly changed nothing and both players checked for the second time.

The {10-Spades} on the river caused the big blind to bet, and Bonding quickly made the call. The big blind flipped over {A-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}, while Bonding showed {A-Clubs}{j-Diamonds} for a better ace high.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ryan D'Angelo us
Ryan D'Angelo
33,500
3,500
3,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
26,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Run It Once
pokerstars
Profile photo of Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
20,000
11,500
11,500
Profile photo of Bryan Devonshire us
Bryan Devonshire
17,000
8,400
8,400
Profile photo of David Sands us
David Sands
16,000
8,500
8,500
Profile photo of Lars Bonding dk
Lars Bonding
13,000
Profile photo of Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
11,000
3,400
3,400
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Tim West us
Tim West
11,000
500
500
Profile photo of Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
7,800
600
600
WSOP 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Justin Schwartz us
Justin Schwartz
7,000
Profile photo of David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
2,300
10,100
10,100

Tags: Lars BondingMaria Ho

Jaka Out

Over in the red section we found Faraz Jaka all in with the board reading {3-}{5-}{3-}{6-}{4-}. Jaka was holding {A-}{9-} and his opponent possessed {A-}{7-} for a straight. With that Jaka made his exit.

A few other players who are no longer in their seats are Eric Froehlich and Jennifer Tilly, we can only assume that they have been eliminated.

A couple of tables over we found Victoria Coren playing a hand against 3 other players with a board reading {3-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{9-Spades}. With over 6,400 in the pot already we know there was some sort of betting preflop. Coren sat on the button and after all three players checked to her she moved all in for around 8,000. All three players folded and Coren collected the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Victoria Coren
Victoria Coren
15,000
8,700
8,700
pokerstars
Profile photo of Gavin Smith ca
Gavin Smith
13,000
6,300
6,300
Profile photo of Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin
9,200
200
200
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
9,000
Profile photo of Max Steinberg us
Max Steinberg
7,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Jennifer Tilly us
Jennifer Tilly
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Faraz JakaVictoria Coren

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

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
Profile photo of Steven Karr
Steven Karr
30,000
Profile photo of Evan Schwartz us
Evan Schwartz
28,000
Profile photo of Craig McCorkell gb
Craig McCorkell
20,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Salman Behbehani us
Salman Behbehani
20,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Dennis Phillips us
Dennis Phillips
18,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Tom McCormick us
Tom McCormick
16,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Bruno Lopes fr
Bruno Lopes
13,000
1,400
1,400
Winamax
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Michael Eiler
12,400
7,700
7,700
Profile photo of Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
12,300
5,800
5,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Pius Heinz de
Pius Heinz
11,700
440
440
WSOP 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Bryan Piccioli us
Bryan Piccioli
11,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Scott Montgomery ca
Scott Montgomery
10,000
6,300
6,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Koen De Visscher be
Koen De Visscher
10,000
Profile photo of Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
10,000
1,500
1,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
Profile photo of Mihai Manole ro
Mihai Manole
9,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
7,400
600
600
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Sam Holden gb
Sam Holden
6,800
300
300
Profile photo of Mathew Frankland gb
Mathew Frankland
6,600
4,860
4,860
Profile photo of Foster Hays us
Foster Hays
6,200
2,300
2,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jason DeWitt us
Jason DeWitt
6,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Kristijonas Andrulis lt
Kristijonas Andrulis
6,000
1,600
1,600
Profile photo of Aaron Jones us
Aaron Jones
5,200
1,800
1,800
Profile photo of Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Chris De Maci
Chris De Maci
Busted
Profile photo of Chris McClung ca
Chris McClung
Busted

Tags: Chris De MaciChris McClungJoseph CheongSteven Karr