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
Players Info - Day 1

Negreanu Out

Daniel Negreanu, who had been nursing a short stack for some time, has been eliminated.

In the first hand that crippled him, Negreanu opened to 1,000 from middle position and action folded around to the player on the button, who went all in for 8,650. It was folded back to Negreanu, who tanked and thought his decision through, as he normally does, out loud.

"I just don't believe you," Negreanu said. "The problem is I don't have much either."

"Ehh, I gotta go with my gut," Negreanu said as he committed calling chips.

Negreanu: {A-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}
Opponent: {3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}

"Ha, I knew you didn't have a super strong hand."

Unfortunately for Negreanu, the board ran out {A-Spades}{3-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} - leaving his opponent with treys-full of jacks and knocking Negreanu down to his last 500.

On the very next hand, a player in early position raised and Negreanu called all in for less directly behind him. Everyone else got out of the way and hands were revealed.

Negreanu: {A-Clubs}{6-Spades}
Opponent: {A-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}

The {10-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{4-Spades}{J-Hearts} board sealed the deal for Negreanu and he was sent to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
Busted

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

Parker Gifted Chips

We aren't exactly sure how the action went, but what we do know is that it seems like Brock Parker was just gifted a huge amount of chips. When we arrived at the table there was a {9-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} and Parker had {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}, while his all-in opponent had {j-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} out in front of him. The player was all in for over 20,000 and apparently was caught bluffing on the flop. Parker's opponent was screaming for an eight (giving him the straight), but the {k-Spades} on the turn and the {2-Clubs} on the river were not what he was looking for. Humble in defeat, the player shook Parker's hand and Parker continued stacking his new chips.

Player Chips Progress
Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
50,000 25,000

Tags: Brock Parker

Hall Scoops a Huge Pot

Galen Hall
Galen Hall

We caught up with the action in a three-handed pot on a {2-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{8-Diamonds} flop. Several thousand chips were already in the pot from the preflop action.

Terrence Chan checked from early position and his opponent in middle position fired 6,100 into the middle. Galen Hall quickly called from the hijack seat and Chan made the call as well.

The turn brought the {10-Hearts} and Chan checked again, prompting a 13,625 bet from the player in middle position. Hall immediately moved all in for 23,275 on top and Chan folded.

Hall's remaining opponent fell deep into the tank.

"Wowwwwww," he said.

After rocking back and forth and deliberating for a few minutes, he reluctantly committed his last 23,000. Hall flipped over {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds} for top set and his opponent tabled {K-Diamonds}{K-Spades} for an overpair.

The {4-Clubs} river bricked for Hall's opponent and he was sent to the rail.

Hall is up to 110,000 after that one.

Player Chips Progress
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
WSOP 1X Winner
110,000 65,000

Tags: Galen Hall

Bronze Section Counts

Player Chips Progress
Jordan Morgan us
Jordan Morgan
WSOP 1X Winner
70,000 38,000
Chris Bell us
Chris Bell
55,000 40,000
Tim West us
Tim West
50,000 26,000
Jordan Smith us
Jordan Smith
45,000 5,000
Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
40,500 26,500
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
35,000 12,500
Jordan Young us
Jordan Young
30,500 -500
Ana Marquez
Ana Marquez
29,000 12,000
Erik Cajelais
Erik Cajelais
26,100 600
Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
25,000 11,400
Men "The Master" Nguyen
Men "The Master" Nguyen
21,500
Salvatore Bonavena
Salvatore Bonavena
21,000 6,000
Matt Matros us
Matt Matros
WSOP 3X Winner
19,500 4,500
Amanda Musumeci us
Amanda Musumeci
17,600 -9,400
Jackie Glazier au
Jackie Glazier
WSOP 1X Winner
17,000 -25,000
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
12,300 -1,700
Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
WSOP 2X Winner
11,000 5,000
Martin Staszko
Martin Staszko
10,000 -4,000
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
WSOP 3X Winner
10,000 -12,000
Pius Heinz de
Pius Heinz
10,000 -2,000
Mark Radoja
Mark Radoja
9,200 -5,800
Jake Cody
Jake Cody
8,000 -8,500
Olivier Busquet
Olivier Busquet
7,700 -4,600
Steve Zolotow
Steve Zolotow
7,000 -8,000
George Lind
George Lind
5,000 -10,000

Duhamel Loses a Few

When we arrived at Table 37, Francesco Favia and Jonathan Duhamel were deeply involved in a hand. At this point there was a board showing {7-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{5-Spades} and Duhamel led out for 5,750. Favia was deep in the tank deciding what to do, eventually opting to make the call.

When a {9-Clubs} landed on the river, Duhamel slowly checked and his opponent quickly checked behind. Duhamel turned over his {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}, which would be sent sliding into the muck at the sight of Favia's {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}. Despite losing this hand, Duhamel still has plenty of chips.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
27,000 3,000

Tags: Jonathan DuhamelFranceso Favia

Level: 8

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

No More Red

Level 7 : 200/400, 50 ante

All the tables from the Red Section have been broken. The next section to break will be the Bronze Section.

Silver Section Counts

Player Chips Progress
David Williams us
David Williams
69,000 31,000
Nick Grippo
Nick Grippo
62,000
John Hennigan us
John Hennigan
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
55,500 23,500
James Dempsey
James Dempsey
53,000 6,500
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000 17,600
David Diaz us
David Diaz
WSOP 1X Winner
48,000 28,300
Hasan Habib
Hasan Habib
43,000 28,000
Humberto Brenes
Humberto Brenes
41,000 23,000
Jonathan Tamayo
Jonathan Tamayo
40,000
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
WSOP 2X Winner
36,000 31,000
Will Failla us
Will Failla
35,000 19,100
Ryan Eriquezzo us
Ryan Eriquezzo
WSOP 3X Winner
34,000
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
WSOP 1X Winner
30,000 -2,500
Dutch Boyd us
Dutch Boyd
WSOP 3X Winner
27,500 16,500
Frank Kassela
Frank Kassela
27,000 12,000
Nick Rampone
Nick Rampone
26,300 13,300
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
24,000 9,000
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
23,700 -10,800
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
23,500 13,500
Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
23,500 7,500
Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
WSOP 1X Winner
23,200 4,200
Alexander Kravchenko ru
Alexander Kravchenko
23,000 8,000
Peter Jetten
Peter Jetten
22,400 14,600
Neil Channing gb
Neil Channing
22,100 -900
Jason Somerville
Jason Somerville
22,000

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