2012 World Series of Poker

Event 54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
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

A Host of Stacks Rise Up From The Silver Section

With 670 players left and an average stack of 9,600 let's give you some news from the Silver Section.

The Brazilian Joao Simao and the American pairing of Will Jaffe and Jason Helder are both making good progress with 67,000 and 55,000 respectively. Also Justin Schwartz has just taken a big pot from Steven Van Zadelhoff to move up to 57,000.

Muhamet Perati is a player who is getting lost in the midst of his growing stack of ante chips. Here he is moving up to 65,000 with the mighty {7-Spades} {5-Hearts} proving that when you run hot…you run hot.

The cutoff raised to 725 and Perati called in the big blind. The action checked through to the turn on a board of {10-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {2-Spades} {7-Hearts} before Perati bet 1,125 and his opponent quickly called. The river card was the {5-Clubs} and Perati fired a second salvo worth 3,800. His opponent started to make strange shapes with his face, but he finally called. Perati flipped over the {7-Spades} {5-Hearts} and his opponent mucked.

The English duo of Chris Moorman and John Eames are sitting on side to side tables. Moorman currently has 22,200 chips and Eames has 13,000 after losing a few in the following hand.

A player in early position raised to 900, Eames three-bet to 2,100 in the cutoff and an older gentlemen flew into the pot with an all-in shove from the blinds. The original raiser folded and the decision was back on Eames.

"Could you have thought about it just for a little bit," Eames said before reluctantly folding his hand.

Players who seem to have waved bye-bye to this event include Andreas Hoivold, Ray Henson, David Peters, Isaac Haxton, Leo Margets, Leonid Bilokur, Nacho Barbero and Luca Moschitta.

Player Chips Progress
Joao Simao
Joao Simao
67,000
Will Jaffe us
Will Jaffe
WSOP 1X Winner
67,000
Muhamet Perati it
Muhamet Perati
65,000
Justin Schwartz us
Justin Schwartz
57,000 29,000
Jason Helder us
Jason Helder
55,000
Andrew Dean us
Andrew Dean
45,000
Owen Crowe ca
Owen Crowe
38,000
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
WSOP 1X Winner
24,000 17,000
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
WSOP 1X Winner
22,200 5,200
Mihai Manole ro
Mihai Manole
21,000 14,000
Alex Kravchenko ru
Alex Kravchenko
14,000 2,000
John Eames gb
John Eames
13,000 1,000
David Singontiko us
David Singontiko
WSOP 1X Winner
10,000 3,000
Ogjnen Sekularac
Ogjnen Sekularac
9,000 -2,500
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
WSOP 1X Winner
8,500 1,250
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
WSOP 2X Winner
8,000 3,000
Ylon Schwartz us
Ylon Schwartz
WSOP 1X Winner
6,000 800
Adam Levy us
Adam Levy
4,000 -1,700
Andreas Hoivold no
Andreas Hoivold
Busted
David Peters us
David Peters
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted
Ray Henson us
Ray Henson
Busted
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Nacho Barbero ar
Nacho Barbero
Busted
Leonid Bilokur ru
Leonid Bilokur
Busted
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
Busted

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Tags: John EamesMuhamet Perati

Alessio Isaia Eliminated By William Spohn

We reported earlier how Alessio Isaia had flopped a straight only to be outdrawn by the full house of Chris Arvanitis. He then quadrupled up before being eliminated by Williams Spohn. We don't know the exact details but Isaia was all-in holding pocket treys and Spohn held {K-} {10-}. The flop ran out with a Broadway straight and the man with $2 million in live tournament earnings is out.

Player Chips Progress
Alessio Isaia it
Alessio Isaia
Busted

Tags: Alessio IsaiWilliam Spohn

Weissman and Boyd Winning

We don't know exactly what happened, but with a {4-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} board exposed Joey Weissman was being pushed a double up. Weissman had {8-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for the flopped straight. We don't know what his opponent had, but we know it couldn't beat Weissman.

A table over sits Dutch Boyd who happened to be playing a hand as well. The flop read {3-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{6-Spades} and both players checked. The {Q-Diamonds} on the turn brought a bet of 1,200 from Boyd. The later position player moved all in and Boyd snap called.

Boyd: {3-}{3-}
Opponent: {A-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}

Boyd has his opponent drawing dead and was going to take down yet another pot.

Player Chips Progress
Dutch Boyd us
Dutch Boyd
WSOP 3X Winner
31,000 7,000
Joey Weissman us
Joey Weissman
WSOP 1X Winner
28,000 16,500

Tags: Dutch BoydJoey Weissman

Level: 8

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Golden Section: Craig On Top; Isaia Faltering

Michael Craig has 6 World Series of Poker (WSOP) cashes to his name, including a 2nd place finish in the 2009 $2,500 Seven Card Stud event for $116,405. Craig is currently the man with the largest stack in the Golden Section and is residing at Table 14.

Not far behind Craig is the Canadian Chris Arvanitis who just moved up to 45,000 after crushing the spirit of the Italian Alessio Isaia. We joined the action with three players each with 4,250 splayed in front of them. There was a young lady all-in in the cutoff, Isaia in mid-position and Arvanitis in the hijack seat. The dealer gave the three of them the glitzy looking flop of {K-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds}. Isaia was first to act and he bet 4,250 and Arvanitis immediately announced all-in. Isaia didn't look very happy but he made the call and was ahead when the cards were turned over.

Arvanitis{K-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}
Isaia{10-Clubs} {9-Clubs}
Cut Off{8-Hearts} {8-Clubs}

So Isaia was ahead and as no-one had the flush outs he was just trying to fade a king, queen or a strange set of runner-runner combinations.

Turn: {K-Hearts}

Arvanitis filled up and the River {Q-Hearts} concluded the action. Isaia was forced to hand over 15,300 chips leaving him with just 800 chips.

Isaia then folded the next hand before moving all-in for 750. He was called in 2 spots until the big blind moved all-in to isolate the Italian and it worked.

Isaia{A-Clubs} {7-Clubs}
Big Blind{8-Diamonds} {8-Spades}

Board: {A-Hearts} {J-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {5-Diamonds}

Alessio Isaia quadruples up to 3400

Player Chips Progress
Michael Craig us
Michael Craig
59,000
Chris Arvanitis
Chris Arvanitis
45,000
James Keys
James Keys
25,000
Huck Seed us
Huck Seed
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
14,000
Tom McCormick us
Tom McCormick
11,000
Sam Holden gb
Sam Holden
10,500 5,500
James Mitchell gb
James Mitchell
10,000
David Diaz us
David Diaz
WSOP 1X Winner
9,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
WSOP 4X Winner
8,000 5,900
Sofia Lovgren se
Sofia Lovgren
7,000 4,000
Alessio Isaia it
Alessio Isaia
3,400

Tags: Alessio IsaiaMichael Craig

Shorr Doubles

The flop read {7-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}{j-Hearts} and Shannon Shorr moved all in for his last 2,000 in chips. The short stacked Shorr received a call from a player in later position and cards were tabled.

Shorr: {K-Hearts}{7-Clubs}
Opponent: {Q-Spades}{j-Spades}

The turn fell the {8-Hearts} and the river came the {4-Spades} and with that Shorr was awarded a double up.

Along with that, here are some updated counts from around the room.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Schwartz us
Justin Schwartz
28,000 25,900
Chris De Maci
Chris De Maci
20,000
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
12,000 -1,000
Joey Weissman us
Joey Weissman
WSOP 1X Winner
11,500 -500
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
9,500
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
7,000 -8,000
Ylon Schwartz us
Ylon Schwartz
WSOP 1X Winner
5,200 -1,800
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
WSOP 2X Winner
5,000
Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
4,500 1,700
Maria Mayrinck br
Maria Mayrinck
Busted

Tags: Shannon Shorr

Prizepool Information

Level 7 : 150/300, 25 ante

The field ended at 3,221 creating a prize pool of $2,898,900.

324 players get paid a minimu of $1,924.

The top three prizes are:

1. $500,075

2. $309,429

3. $218,983

Level: 7

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25