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
Players Info - Day 1

Level: 5

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

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
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
15,000 7,000
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
14,000 9,200
Maria Mayrinck br
Maria Mayrinck
7,000 1,500
Jon Turner us
Jon Turner
5,000 1,200
Mickey Peterson
Mickey Peterson
5,000 800
Chris DeMaci
Chris DeMaci
4,500 1,300
Andrew Black us
Andrew Black
3,400 1,300

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
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
8,500
Matthew Matros us
Matthew Matros
WSOP 3X Winner
4,100
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
2,900
Will Failla us
Will Failla
2,600
John Pham
John Pham
2,000
Rep Porter us
Rep Porter
WSOP 3X Winner
900
Amnon Filippi us
Amnon Filippi
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Matt StoutShaun DeebAmnon Filippi

Level: 4

Blinds: 75/150

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
David "ODB" Baker us
David "ODB" Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
8,000 5,000
Paul Magriel us
Paul Magriel
7,000 4,000
Maria Mayrinck br
Maria Mayrinck
5,500 2,500
Jonathan Aguiar pt
Jonathan Aguiar
WSOP 1X Winner
5,200
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
4,800 1,800
Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
4,500
Mickey Peterson
Mickey Peterson
4,200 1,200
Jon Turner us
Jon Turner
3,800
Adam Levy us
Adam Levy
3,600 100
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
WSOP 4X Winner
3,300
Chris DeMaci
Chris DeMaci
3,200
Men Nguyen us
Men Nguyen
WSOP 7X Winner
2,800
Andy Frankenberger us
Andy Frankenberger
WSOP 2X Winner
2,400 -800
Andrew Black us
Andrew Black
2,100
Scott Montgomery ca
Scott Montgomery
WSOP 1X Winner
2,100 -900
Joe Tehan us
Joe Tehan
1,800
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
WSOP 1X Winner
1,700
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
1,200 -1,800
David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
600 -2,400

Level: 3

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0