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

Silver Section: Dean Get's The Thumbs Up & Finger Doubles

There are 1,008 players left and twelve minutes to go before the dinners embark on a ninety-minute dinner break. With an average stack size now in the region of 10,000 let's have a look at the goings on in the Silver Section.

Martin Finger has won over $1 million in live tournament earnings playing on the European Tours which includes a European Poker Tour (EPT) title. Now the youngster has turned twenty-one we expect big things from him once he acclimitises to the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Here is Finger doubling up.

There was a raise to 450 when Finger moved all-in for 3,625 on the button. The player in the hijack called and we had a showdown with Finger at risk of elimination.

Finger{J-Diamonds} {J-Clubs}
Hijack{A-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds}

Board: {4-Clubs} {2-Spades} {3-Spades} {9-Diamonds} {6-Hearts}

So Martin Finger has doubled up, but the man with the largest chip stack in the Silver section is Andrew Dean with 45,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Dean us
Andrew Dean
45,000
Alex Kravchenko ru
Alex Kravchenko
12,000
John Eames gb
John Eames
12,000
8,000
8,000
Ogjnen Sekularac
Ogjnen Sekularac
11,500
8,500
8,500
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
7,250
WSOP 1X Winner
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
7,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Mihai Manole ro
Mihai Manole
7,000
Ylon Schwartz us
Ylon Schwartz
7,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
David Singontiko us
David Singontiko
7,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Nacho Barbero ar
Nacho Barbero
6,500
Luca Moschitta it
Luca Moschitta
6,000
3,000
3,000
Adam Levy us
Adam Levy
5,700
David Peters us
David Peters
4,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Andrew DeanMartin Finger

Level: 7

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

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

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

Tags: Shannon Shorr

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
14,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Tom McCormick us
Tom McCormick
11,000
Sam Holden gb
Sam Holden
10,500
5,500
5,500
James Mitchell gb
James Mitchell
10,000
David Diaz us
David Diaz
9,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
8,000
5,900
5,900
WSOP 4X Winner
Sofia Lovgren se
Sofia Lovgren
7,000
4,000
4,000
Alessio Isaia it
Alessio Isaia
3,400

Tags: Alessio IsaiaMichael Craig

Level: 8

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

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
31,000
7,000
7,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Joey Weissman us
Joey Weissman
28,000
16,500
16,500
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Dutch BoydJoey Weissman