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

D'Angelo Shines in the Bronze Section; Kalmar is Out

Ryan D'Angelo
Ryan D'Angelo

Ryan D'Angelo has cashed in 4 World Series of Poker (WSOP) events this year, but his greatest WSOP achievement to date remains his 3rd place finish in the $2,000 version of this event held in 2008. He took home $326,812 in that event after losing out to Marco Johnson and the eventual winner Alexandre Gomes. D'Angelo has just removed another man with a WSOP history. Jon Kalmar will be remembered as the British punk who finished 5th in the WSOP Main Event the year that Jerry Yang took down the title.

The table told us that there were a trio of limpers into the pot that included D'Angelo. Kalmar raised to 725, D'Angelo then raised to 1,850 to clear out the debris, Kalmar moved all-in and D'Angelo called.

Kalmar{Q-} {J-}
D'Angelo{K-} {K-}

The board produced no miracles for Kalmar and he was out. Meanwhile D'Amgelo moved up to 37,000.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan D'Angelo us
Ryan D'Angelo
WSOP 1X Winner
37,000
James Dempsey gb
James Dempsey
WSOP 1X Winner
16,000 8,500
David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
12,400 4,900
Andrea Benelli it
Andrea Benelli
12,000
Michael Greco us
Michael Greco
10,000 2,500
David Peters us
David Peters
WSOP 2X Winner
8,600 1,100
Bryan Devonshire us
Bryan Devonshire
8,600 1,100
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
8,500
Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
8,400 900
Bryan Pellegrino it
Bryan Pellegrino
8,000
Alessandro Longobardi it
Alessandro Longobardi
8,000
Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
WSOP 2X Winner
8,000
Pratyush Buddiga us
Pratyush Buddiga
7,900 400
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
WSOP 2X Winner
7,600 100
David Sands us
David Sands
7,500 1,600
Andy Frankenberger us
Andy Frankenberger
WSOP 2X Winner
6,500
Jason Senti us
Jason Senti
6,000
Martin Staszko cz
Martin Staszko
5,300 -2,200
Max Silver gb
Max Silver
WSOP 1X Winner
5,200 -2,300
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
4,800 -2,700
David Williams us
David Williams
4,375
Kory Kilpatrick us
Kory Kilpatrick
WSOP 1X Winner
3,400 -4,100
Jon Kalmar
Jon Kalmar
Busted

Tags: Jon KalmarRyan D'Angelo

A Chip and a Chair

A quick walk around the Pavilion room saw Dennis Phillips collecting chips putting him around 12,000, Tim West sitting with around 10,000, and Andre Akkari cashing in on a few pots.

The one person that stuck out the most was Jason Somerville who appeared to have no chips in front of him. Somerville seemed to be just sitting at his table watching the action, but he was dealt a hand and we saw him plop his last green chip on top of his cards. We don't know what happened, but Somerville was sitting with one chip worth 25.

Somerville then put his last chip in and another player raised it up to 400. The rest of the table folded and Somerville found himself at risk.

Somerville: {k-Spades}{4-Hearts}
Opponent: {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}

The board came {a-}{a-}{9-}{6-}{3-} and Somerville was awarded his double up, and was pushed his 125 chip pot.

A few hands later when we went back to check up with Somerville we saw he was sitting with 350. A player in middle position had raised to 400, the small blind had called and Somerville moved all in from the big blind.

The flop came {5-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{6-Spades} and both of Somerville's opponents checked. We had a repeat of action on the {2-Hearts} turn, and again on the {4-Diamonds} river with both players checking.

Somerville announced he had a pair of fours and flipped over {10-Hearts}{4-Clubs}, the small blind then said "sorry man" and flipped over his {9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} like he had the best hand. Nine high however was not going to win the hand. The middle position mucked and Somerville collected the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Dennis Phillips us
Dennis Phillips
12,000 9,000
Tim West us
Tim West
10,500 3,000
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
10,000 2,500
Maria Mayrinck br
Maria Mayrinck
8,000 500
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
8,000
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
6,000 -1,500
Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
6,000 -1,500
Jeff Shulman us
Jeff Shulman
5,500 -2,000
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
5,500 -2,000
Melanie Weisner us
Melanie Weisner
4,500
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
WSOP 5X Winner
1,400 -6,100
Jason Somerville us
Jason Somerville
WSOP 1X Winner
1,100

Tags: Jason Somerville

Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

A Bronze Section Brimming With Brilliance

Pius Heinz - the WSOP ME Champion is in the house
Pius Heinz - the WSOP ME Champion is in the house

The Bronze Section is brimming with quality including our reigning World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion Pius Heinz. Heinz has had a very quiet 2012 since winning his whopping $8,715,368 first prize with just one cash in January, but he is performing well thus far with 12,600 chips after raking in a decent sized pot against the Romanian Mihai Manole.

There are also some cracking tables such as Table #62 housing the likes of the young British hotshot, Mathew Frankland, former November Niner Joseph Cheong and one of the most famous faces in poker Liv Boeree. Of the three players it is Frankland who has started the better and he told us about a recent flush over flush hand versus Claudio Cecchi where he was hoping for a little bit more than the 2,950 that he actually got out of his three streets of value. The heart flush hit on the turn with Frankland holding {A-Hearts} {7-Hearts} in position and Cecchi holding {9-Hearts} {4-Hearts} in the big blind.

One of our latest WSOP champions, Craig McCorkell, also has a tough table. He is accompanied by the German online and live star Michael Eiler, Aaron 'aejones' Jones and Chris McClung and how about Table #60, which contains the likes of Leo Margets, and WSOP bracelet holders Jason DeWitt and Scott Montgomery.

Last but not least we have a European rap star and a WSOP veteran in the house. Bruno 'Kool Shen' Lopes is seated at Table 49 with 11,700 chips and some recent form. Kool Shen has won nearly $500,000 in the year 2012. Then you have Tom 'The Shamrock Kid' McCormick who has over $500,000 in WSOP earnings and forty WSOP cashes. The Shamrock Kid currently leads the way with 22,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Tom McCormick us
Tom McCormick
22,000
Bruno Lopes fr
Bruno Lopes
Winamax
11,600
Mathew Frankland gb
Mathew Frankland
11,460
Pius Heinz de
Pius Heinz
11,260
Bryan Piccioli us
Bryan Piccioli
WSOP 2X Winner
11,000
Koen De Visscher be
Koen De Visscher
10,000
Jason DeWitt us
Jason DeWitt
WSOP 2X Winner
9,000
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
8,500
Foster Hays us
Foster Hays
WSOP 1X Winner
8,500
Craig McCorkell gb
Craig McCorkell
WSOP 1X Winner
8,000
Salman Behbehani us
Salman Behbehani
8,000
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
WSOP 1X Winner
8,000 500
Aaron Jones us
Aaron Jones
7,000
Mihai Manole ro
Mihai Manole
7,000
Sam Holden gb
Sam Holden
6,500
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
WSOP 1X Winner
6,500
Chris McClung ca
Chris McClung
5,600
Michael Eiler de
Michael Eiler
4,700
Kristijonas Andrulis lt
Kristijonas Andrulis
4,400
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
WSOP 1X Winner
4,300
Scott Montgomery ca
Scott Montgomery
WSOP 1X Winner
3,700 -3,800
Chris De Maci
Chris De Maci
1,850

Tags: Bruno LopesCraig McCorkellMathew FranklandPius Heinz

Red Hot

Over in the red section things are moving along pretty normally. Gavin Smith, Eric Froehlich, Victoria Coren, and Isaac Haxton all have dipped a little below starting stack, but with the blinds still so low there is plenty of time to kick things in to high gear and start collecting chips.

Eric Baldwin is also mixing it up over in red, we recently caught up to him with a {k-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{j-Clubs} board exposed. Baldwin faced a bet from a player in middle position for 1,275. Baldwin in late position made the call and the dealer exposed the {a-Spades} for the river. Both players took their time letting seconds drip off the clock before each on knuckled the felt for a check.

Baldwin flipped over {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} for top two pair and his opponent reacted by mucking his hole cards. Baldwin now sits around 9,000.

A couple of tables over we saw Nick Binger call a 250 raise from the button preflop. The flop came {Q-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{a-Spades} and Binger's opponent in the under the gun position bet out 275. Binger's response was to raise it to 725.

The {j-Spades} on the turn slowed the under the gun player down and saw a check. Binger bet out 1,025 and a call was made.

The {4-Diamonds} on the river brought with it an all in bet from Binger's opponent, a bet that would put the shorter stacked Binger all in. Binger was visible confused by the bet and took his time deciding his best option. In the end Binger made the call and was saddened to see his opponent flip over {4-Spades}{5-Spades}, a hand Binger couldn't beat. Binger mucked his cards, wished everyone good luck and made his exit.

Player Chips Progress
Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin
WSOP 2X Winner
9,000
Gavin Smith us
Gavin Smith
6,700
Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
WSOP 2X Winner
6,500
Victoria Coren gb
Victoria Coren
6,300 -1,200
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
WSOP 1X Winner
4,500 -3,000
Barry Shulman us
Barry Shulman
WSOP 2X Winner
2,500
Nick Binger us
Nick Binger
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Eric BaldwinNick Binger

Pavilion Players

Erika Moutinho
Erika Moutinho

With tables now filled almost all players are playing are nine-handed and the rattling of chips is the only noise that can be truly deciphered. Play for Event 46 has been extended to the Pavilion room and after a recent walk-through here is what we have noticed.

The Pavilion room consists of plenty of players, a few you might recognize are Chino Rheem, Humberto Brenes, Jeff Madsen, Brent Hanks, and Jason Lester.

Lester boasts over $2,253,059 in live casino winnings and just made his first 2012 World Series of Poker cash a few days ago in Event 38: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. Unfortionately a 19th place finished prevented him from WSOP gold. A good run today though could put himself in position to make another deep run.

Another player in the field is Jennifer Tilly. The Academy Award nominee is currently sharing elbow space and a few laughs with Matt Stout. Jeff Madsen and Tim West both are at the same table, as are Andre Akkari and Erika Moutinho.

Moutinho managed to be getting involved in a growing pot as we walked by, and this is what we saw. The board read {2-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} and a player in late position fired out 400 after a handful of players in front of him knuckled the felt. Moutinho in the cut-off made the call and the rest of the table folded.

The {9-Hearts} on the turn prompted a check from the late position player and a bet of 650 from Moutinho. A call was made and both players were witness to the {9-Diamonds} on the river. Another check from Moutinho's opponent allowed for a bet of 1,100 to be placed by Moutinho. The late position player min-raised and Moutinho completed the call.

Cards were tabled and the late position player flipped over {K-}{k-}, and Moutinho countered with {3-Hearts}{3-Spades} for a full house threes over nines. With that hand Moutinho surpasses the 10,000 mark and sits with around 11,000.

Player Chips Progress
Erika Moutinho us
Erika Moutinho
11,000
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
7,500
Jeff Shulman us
Jeff Shulman
7,500
Jennifer Tilly us
Jennifer Tilly
WSOP 1X Winner
7,500
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
7,500
Jason Lester us
Jason Lester
WSOP 1X Winner
7,500
Maria Mayrinck br
Maria Mayrinck
7,500
Jeff Madsen us
Jeff Madsen
WSOP 4X Winner
7,500
Brent Hanks us
Brent Hanks
WSOP 1X Winner
7,500
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
7,500
Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
7,500
Tim West us
Tim West
7,500
Dennis Phillips us
Dennis Phillips
3,000 -4,500

Tags: Erika MoutinhoJason LesterJennifer Tilly

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

Internet Wizards Cast a Spell on the Silver Section

It seems as though the Internet whizz kids have all decided to ply their trade in the Silver Section of the Brasilia Room today. Michael 'muchenHB' Telker, Chris 'NigDawG' Brammer, Kyle 'First-Eagle' Weir and the highly thought out name of Jack 'jackellwood' Ellwood just a few of the names of youngsters who have bled the Internet banks dry.

So those are the wizards, but we also have a magician. Antonio Esfandiari has had a great World Series with 5 cashes which includes a 3rd place finish in Event #36: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout and he is doing some wheeler dealing on his phone in the Silver Section.

Here are two hands that we picked up during our little trip and they involve one of those Internet wizards Chris Brammer and Hirel 'Sunny' Patel.

There was an early position limper before Brammer raised to 225 in the cutoff. Seth Fischer called on the button and the original limper made it a threesome. The flop was {A-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} and it was left to Brammer to c-bet for 350 and only Fischer called. The turn {7-Hearts} was checked through before a 500 bet by Fischer picked up the pot on the {8-Clubs} turn.

Nicolas Yunis raised to 200 in early position, Ivan Mamuzic three-bet to 425 in mid-position, Hiren Patel four-bet to 750 from the hijack, Mamuzic five-bet to 1,825 and Patel folded.

Player Chips Progress
Hiren Patel us
Hiren Patel
68,500
Chris Brammer gb
Chris Brammer
8,300
Jon Aguilar
Jon Aguilar
7,500
Bernard Guigon fr
Bernard Guigon
7,500
Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
WSOP 2X Winner
7,500
Jordan Young us
Jordan Young
7,500
John Eames gb
John Eames
7,500
Zachary Korik us
Zachary Korik
7,500
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
WSOP 4X Winner
7,500
Kenni Nguyen us
Kenni Nguyen
7,500
Michael Telker us
Michael Telker
7,500
Kyle Weir us
Kyle Weir
7,500
Nicolas Yunis cl
Nicolas Yunis
7,500
Gabriel Nassif
Gabriel Nassif
7,500
Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
WSOP 3X Winner
7,500
Kenny Halleart
Kenny Halleart
7,500
Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
7,500
Ryan Julius
Ryan Julius
7,500
Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
WSOP 2X Winner
7,500
Olivier Busquets
Olivier Busquets
4,000
Jack Ellwood gb
Jack Ellwood
3,500

Tags: Antonio EsfandiariChris BrammerHiren PatelIvan MamuzicJack EllwoodKyle WeirMichael TelkerSeth Fischer