2012 World Series of Poker

Event 50: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$952,694
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$4,704,700
Entries
1,001
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
15,000

Table 9 Giving Table 19 Run For It's Money

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

We've told you throughout the day that Table 19 is swimming with sharks. Well Table 9 could give Table 19 a serious challenge.

Seated at the table are:

  • Shaun Deeb
  • Steve Billirakis
  • Jordan Morgan
  • Nick Maimone
  • Huck Seed

Few Counts at the Break

Player Chips Progress
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
WSOP 1X Winner
117,000 7,000
Nick Maimone us
Nick Maimone
101,000 10,000
Shankar Pillai
Shankar Pillai
85,000
Matt Gianetti
Matt Gianetti
56,500
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
50,000 23,000
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000
David ODB Baker us
David ODB Baker
41,500 24,700
Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
WSOP 1X Winner
40,000 16,800
Dani Stern
Dani Stern
40,000
Ryan Eriquezzo us
Ryan Eriquezzo
WSOP 3X Winner
38,000 4,000
Ray Henson
Ray Henson
32,000
Peter Jetten
Peter Jetten
32,000 9,600
Brian Hastings
Brian Hastings
27,000
Jennifer Harman us
Jennifer Harman
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
17,500
Lee Childs
Lee Childs
17,000 17,000
Eugene Katchalov
Eugene Katchalov
9,000 -6,000
Andy Seth
Andy Seth
5,800

Level: 9

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Break Time

Level 8 : 250/500, 50 ante

The players have been sent on their final 20-minute break of the day. Just two more levels and it will all be over on Day 1.

Williams On the Rise

We caught up with the action on a {J-Clubs}{Q-Spades}{3-Spades} flop, where David Williams was in a a heads-up pot against an opponent. Williams had called a check raise from his opponent in the small blind, but the dealer scooped the chips into the middle before we could get the amounts.

Both players checked the {9-Diamonds} turn, however, when Williams' opponent checked again on the {8-Spades} river, Williams fired 4,000 into the middle. His opponent thought it over and mucked.

Williams has been putting in some work this level and is currently sitting on 90,000.

Player Chips Progress
David Williams us
David Williams
90,000 21,000

Tags: David Williams

Gold Counts

Player Chips Progress
Tommy Vedes us
Tommy Vedes
100,000 45,000
Nick Maimone us
Nick Maimone
91,000 31,000
Jordan Morgan us
Jordan Morgan
WSOP 1X Winner
69,400 -600
Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
WSOP 2X Winner
55,000 -5,000
Sam Stein us
Sam Stein
50,000 13,500
Timothy Adams
Timothy Adams
48,000
Anthony Gregg us
Anthony Gregg
WSOP 1X Winner
42,800
Ali Eslami
Ali Eslami
41,000 -12,000
Peter Eastgate dk
Peter Eastgate
WSOP 1X Winner
41,000 20,500
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
WSOP 1X Winner
36,000 18,000
Steve Billirakis us
Steve Billirakis
WSOP 2X Winner
35,000
Jeffrey Lisandro au
Jeffrey Lisandro
WSOP 6X Winner
35,000 -5,000
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
34,000 2,600
Ray Henson
Ray Henson
32,000 11,000
Erik Cajelais
Erik Cajelais
32,000 5,900
Huy Nguyen us
Huy Nguyen
31,000 13,000
Bill Chen us
Bill Chen
WSOP 2X Winner
31,000 11,500
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
30,000 14,400
Amit Makhija us
Amit Makhija
30,000 -1,500
Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
28,500 -11,500
Chad Brown
Chad Brown
26,000 13,800
Dennis Phillips us
Dennis Phillips
25,000 3,000
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
WSOP 5X Winner
24,900 -9,100
Manh Nguyen
Manh Nguyen
24,000
Shaun Deeb
Shaun Deeb
23,000 -14,100

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Opposite Ends of the Scale

While Jason Senti has well under the average chip stack (currently 30,895), Freddy Deeb has almost double the average. We recently watched the two players take part in a hand on their respective tables.

  • We arrived at Senti's table with a flop showing {q-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{a-Hearts} and Senti involved in the pot with two opponents. One player checked behind Senti and then Senti bet 1,725. The player next to act folded and then Senti was check-raised to 3,800. Senti tanked before letting his hand go.
  • The action on Deeb's table started with a raise to 1,450 from early position. Deeb called out of the small blind and then both players checked the {6-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{8-Spades} flop. On the {4-Clubs} turn, Deeb led out for 3,000 and his opponent folded, sending the pot to Deeb.
Player Chips Progress
Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
WSOP 2X Winner
60,000 24,000
Jason Senti
Jason Senti
21,000 2,800

Tags: Freddy DeebJason Senti