2012 World Series of Poker

Event 54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a2
Prize
$500,075
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,898,900
Entries
3,221
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 3221
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Lew Top Dog in Bronze

A recent walk through of the bronze section lead to the discovery of Randy Lew. Not only did we find Mr. Lew, but we also found around 8,000 sitting in front of him. While we were counting chips we noticed him kind of get involved in an interesting hand.

The under the gun player made it 150 to see a flop, and action folded around to Lew on the button. Lew made the call, as did the small and big blind. Four players saw the {3-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{j-Clubs} flop. The small blind immediately moved all in and the big blind went deep into the tank. The big blind was obviously befuddled and wanted to make the call, in the end though he threw it away. The under the gun player called, and Lew folded.

Under The Gun: {Q-}{Q-}
Small Blind: {9-}{9-}

The big blind player immediately made it clear he folded {K-}{j-} and was super relieved both players had him beat. The dealer then put out the {k-} on the turn. The big blind player then said "would have been dangerous if I saw that!". The dealer then spread the {J-} for the river and the big blind threw his fist down on the felt in frustration.

A few tables over sits recent bracelet winner Joey Wiessman who happened to be getting involved in a pot. The flop read {Q-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{8-Spades} and three people checked to Weissman who sat on the button. Weissman opted to bet out 225. A player in early position made the call while the rest folded.

The {6-Hearts} on the turn saw another check from the early position player and a bet of 350 from Weissman. A call was made and the dealer released the {5-Spades} for the river. Both players checked and the early position player showed {J-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} for a pair of jacks. This was seemingly good enough to take the hand as Weissman mucked.

Player Chips Progress
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Randy Lew
8,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Joey Weissman us
Joey Weissman
3,200
WSOP 1X Winner
StakeKings
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Tommy Vedes
3,200

Tags: Joey WeissmanRandy Lew

Level: 3

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

Poker in the Pavilion

With players being drained from the Amazon room, and directed to the Brasilia and Pavilion room we continue to find players. Most recently we noticed Jon Turner and Men Nguyen sharing shoulder space. Turner recently made a deep run in Event 46: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em, and even possessed the chip lead for a good part of day 2, but a few bad spots caused him to make an early exit. Today he looks primed to chase the bracelet.

Other players in the pavilion with a decent sized stack are David "ODB" Baker, Paul Magriel, and Jonathan Aguiar.

The screens are reading 3,112 entrants, but that is set to rise with over an hour and 20 minutes of registration still open.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
8,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Paul Magriel us
Paul Magriel
7,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Maria Mayrinck br
Maria Mayrinck
5,500
2,500
2,500
Profile photo of Jonathan Aguiar pt
Jonathan Aguiar
5,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
4,800
1,800
1,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
4,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Run It Once
pokerstars
Profile photo of Mickey Peterson
Mickey Peterson
4,200
1,200
1,200
pokerstars
Profile photo of Jon Turner us
Jon Turner
3,800
$25K Fantasy
Profile photo of Adam Levy us
Adam Levy
3,600
100
100
StakeKings
Profile photo of Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
3,300
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Chris DeMaci
Chris DeMaci
3,200
Profile photo of Men Nguyen vn
Men Nguyen
2,800
WSOP 7X Winner
Profile photo of Andy Frankenberger us
Andy Frankenberger
2,400
800
800
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Andrew Black us
Andrew Black
2,100
Profile photo of Scott Montgomery ca
Scott Montgomery
2,100
900
900
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Joe Tehan us
Joe Tehan
1,800
Profile photo of Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
1,700
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
1,200
1,800
1,800
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
pokerstars
Profile photo of David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
600
2,400
2,400

Level: 4

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

Filippi Falls

We managed to find Amnon Filippi right as an opponent three-bet all in for around 1,275 into him. Filippi made the call and found himself behind.

Filippi: {6-}{6-}
Opponent: {9-}{9-}

The board came out {k-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{3-Hearts} and Filippi lost a chunk of his stack. A few hands later Filippi was eliminated and sent to the rail.

Matt Matros is also here today, the 2012 bracelet winner is currently above average stack. Another player who is having a good 2012 is Shaun Deeb. Deeb won $1,00, 000 last night after getting heads up against Gus Hansen in the One Drop Mega satellite. Sharing the table with Deeb is Matt Stout. Stout made a deep run early this series, but ultimately came up short finishing third in Event 33: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em.

Player Chips Progress
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Matt Stout
8,500
Profile photo of Matthew Matros us
Matthew Matros
4,100
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
2,900
Team Lucky
WSOP 8X Winner
Profile photo of Will Failla us
Will Failla
2,600
Profile photo of John Pham
John Pham
2,000
Profile photo of Rep Porter us
Rep Porter
900
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Amnon Filippi us
Amnon Filippi
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Matt StoutShaun DeebAmnon Filippi

Big Hands and Big Stacks in Pavilion

Walking around the Pavilion we noticed a commotion at one of the tables, apparently three players were all in. The shortest stack of the three had {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}, while the second shortest had {K-Spades}{k-Hearts}. The player with the most chips was Clayton Fletcher who held {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs}.

Unless some miracle happened Fletcher was going to win a large pot. The board came {Q-Spades}{10-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds} and Fletcher secured the substantial pot.

Other players in the field with decent sized stacks are David "ODB" Baker, and Faraz Jaka who have both crossed the 10,000 chip mark.

Player Chips Progress
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David "ODB" Baker
15,000
7,000
7,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
14,000
9,200
9,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Maria Mayrinck br
Maria Mayrinck
7,000
1,500
1,500
Profile photo of Jon Turner us
Jon Turner
5,000
1,200
1,200
$25K Fantasy
Profile photo of Mickey Peterson
Mickey Peterson
5,000
800
800
pokerstars
Profile photo of Chris DeMaci
Chris DeMaci
4,500
1,300
1,300
Profile photo of Andrew Black us
Andrew Black
3,400
1,300
1,300