2012 World Series of Poker

Event 49: $1,500 Ante-Only No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
$256,691
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,267,650
Entries
939
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 939
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A Few Early Random Counts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of John Eames gb
John Eames
14,000
9,500
9,500
Profile photo of Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
11,000
Team Lucky
Profile photo of Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
8,200
3,700
3,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
8,000
3,500
3,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
7,900
3,400
3,400
Profile photo of Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
7,600
3,100
3,100
WSOP 7X Winner
Profile photo of Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
7,300
WSOP 2X Winner
Run It Once
pokerstars
Profile photo of Greg Raymer us
Greg Raymer
7,100
3,800
3,800
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Stephen O'Dwyer
Stephen O'Dwyer
6,200
1,700
1,700
Profile photo of Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
6,000
1,500
1,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Melanie Weisner us
Melanie Weisner
5,600
1,100
1,100
Profile photo of Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
5,300
800
800
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Grant Levy au
Grant Levy
4,100
400
400
Profile photo of David Williams us
David Williams
2,600
1,900
1,900
WSOP 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Kathy Liebert us
Kathy Liebert
600
3,900
3,900
WSOP 1X Winner

ElkY Down, Eugene Enters

When we arrived at Betrand Grospellier's table, there was a board showing {3-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and "ElkY" was in the hand against one opponent. At this point there was around 500 already in the pot and Grospellier checked. His opponent bet 250 and Grospellier called.

The {2-Hearts} completed the board on the river and again Grospellier checked. His opponent bet 600 and Grospellier called. When Grospellier's opponent tabled {10-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}, his stright was enough to see Grospellier's cards into the muck.

In other news, Eugene Katchalov sat down at the table right next to Grospellier's during this hand.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
4,500
WSOP 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
2,500
2,000
2,000
WSOP 2X Winner
pokerstars

Tags: Betrand GrospellierEugene Katchalov

Not For the Squeamish

Level 2

PokerNews has been covering tournaments for a long time, all over the world, but another very unique situation occurred.

A floorman pulled a player from the table because he had bloody sores on his arms. Apparently, the play had some sort of ointment he was using to treat the wounds, but no bandages, leaving the sores open. The player in question did not speak English as his first language and there was some difficulty in communicating that he was posing a health hazard to others.

"I've done nothing, it's OK," the player pleaded with the floor.

"Sir, I can't have you with open sores at the table," the floorman firmly, but politely stated. The floorman's goal was to have the player's arm wrapped and bandaged.

The player then took his case to the Tournament Supervisor at the podium. He got the same answer — he needed to have some sort of bandage put on the sores. From there, the player was escorted to with security personnel to have his arm bandaged.

Raymer Shoves to Regain Some

Greg Raymer didn't have a great start to the day, seeing his stack dip to around 1,500. He has won some of those chips back though. When we were at the table, there was a board showing {q-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{j-Spades} and there were two players to act before Raymer on the turn. One player checked, another bet 400 and it was on to Raymer. After just a few moments, Raymer shoved for around 2,000 in chips. The player who checked, quickly folded, and it was back on the aggressor. The player opted to let his hand go and Raymer raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Greg Raymer us
Greg Raymer
3,300
1,200
1,200
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Greg Raymer

Who Else Wants to Play?

Every time we stand up we come across more friendly faces.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of David Doc Sands
David Doc Sands
4,500
Profile photo of Ryan Tepen us
Ryan Tepen
4,500
Profile photo of Kevin Saul us
Kevin Saul
4,500
Profile photo of Eoghan O'Dea ie
Eoghan O'Dea
4,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Andy Seth us
Andy Seth
4,500
Profile photo of Marco Traniello it
Marco Traniello
4,500
Profile photo of Jon Turner us
Jon Turner
4,500
$25K Fantasy
Profile photo of Kara Scott ca
Kara Scott
4,500
888poker
Profile photo of Jennifer Shahade us
Jennifer Shahade
4,500
pokerstars
Profile photo of Jennifer Tilly us
Jennifer Tilly
4,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Cherish Andrews us
Cherish Andrews
4,500
Profile photo of Barry Shulman us
Barry Shulman
4,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Ryan Eriquezzo us
Ryan Eriquezzo
4,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Andy Philachack us
Andy Philachack
4,500
Profile photo of Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
4,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Leo Wolpert us
Leo Wolpert
4,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
4,500
Profile photo of Oleski Kovalchuck
Oleski Kovalchuck
4,500
Profile photo of Josh Roteberg
Josh Roteberg
4,500
Profile photo of Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
4,500
Profile photo of Bryan Micon ag
Bryan Micon
4,500
Profile photo of Amanda Baker us
Amanda Baker
4,500

Level: 2

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Engel Hurting Early

When we arrived at Ari Engel's table he was involved in a small pot that saw him and one opponent play it down on a {2-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{k-Hearts} board. Angel brought it in with a 25 chip preflop and only the player on the button made the call. On the flop, Engel led for 100 and his opponent called.

When both players checked the turn and river, Engel would muck his cards at the sight of his opponent's {j-Spades}{7-Spades}. Event though that was a small pot, Engel has struggled early and is down to only 700 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
700
3,800
3,800
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Ari Engel

Early Numbers

Level 1

For those interested, there are currently just shy of 700 players entered into today's event. That is pretty low for a $1,500 hold'em event, but it's extremely early days here and this event still has its training wheels on.