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

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

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
67,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Muhamet Perati it
Muhamet Perati
65,000
Justin Schwartz us
Justin Schwartz
57,000
29,000
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
24,000
17,000
17,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
22,200
5,200
5,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Mihai Manole ro
Mihai Manole
21,000
14,000
14,000
Alex Kravchenko ru
Alex Kravchenko
14,000
2,000
2,000
PokerStars
John Eames gb
John Eames
13,000
1,000
1,000
David Singontiko us
David Singontiko
10,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Ogjnen Sekularac
Ogjnen Sekularac
9,000
-2,500
-2,500
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
8,500
1,250
1,250
WSOP 1X Winner
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
8,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Ylon Schwartz us
Ylon Schwartz
6,000
800
800
WSOP 1X Winner
Adam Levy us
Adam Levy
4,000
-1,700
-1,700
Andreas Hoivold no
Andreas Hoivold
Busted
David Peters us
David Peters
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner
Ray Henson us
Ray Henson
Busted
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Nacho Barbero ar
Nacho Barbero
Busted
Leonid Bilokur ru
Leonid Bilokur
Busted
Leo Margets es
Leo Margets
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
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Tags: John EamesMuhamet Perati

Pham and Ramdin Gone, Boyd Builds

Dutch Boyd seems to be involved with every pot when we walk by, recent we found him involved in a had with a board reading {k-Clubs}{j-Spades}{8-Hearts}. Boyd's opponent was first to act and he opted to check. Boyd did the same and both players were witness to the {k-Spades} on the turn. It was here that Boyd's opponent bet out 3,600. Boyd took his time pondering his best option before making the call.

The {10-Diamonds} on the river saw Boyd's opponent take a some time off the clock before checking. Boyd then slowly put out a casual bet of 4,000. The early position player went into the tank, draining a minute or two away before eventually throwing his cards into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Rullo Gianluca
Rullo Gianluca
58,000
Dutch Boyd us
Dutch Boyd
48,000
17,000
17,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Joey Weissman us
Joey Weissman
24,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Huck Seed us
Huck Seed
15,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Todd Terry us
Todd Terry
13,000
4,500
4,500
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
7,800
-1,700
-1,700
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
Busted
PokerStars
John Pham
John Pham
Busted

Tags: Dutch Boyd

Level: 9

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Gold Section News: Diaz Eliminated; Rullo and Liu Move Into Contention

David Diaz is out
David Diaz is out

As we enter the final stretch we have 540 players remaining and an average chip stack of 17,894. We have just walked through the Gold section of the Brasilia room and here is the news.

World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder, David Diaz, is out. He was eliminated pre flop when his {A-} {J-} could not find the magical card combination required to beat the {Q-} {Q-} of Gionni Demers. Demers who finished 20th in last years Main Event for $302,005 now has 55,000 chips.

Michael Craig has dropped down to 45,000 and Chris Arvanitis remains on a steady 44,000. Joining the top of the chip counts in the Gold Section are Gianluca Rullo (60k) and Jia Liu (60k).

Player Chips Progress
Gianluca Rullo us
Gianluca Rullo
60,000
Jia Liu us
Jia Liu
60,000
Gionni Demers us
Gionni Demers
55,000
Michael Craig us
Michael Craig
45,000
-14,000
-14,000
Chris Arvanitis
Chris Arvanitis
44,000
-1,000
-1,000
James Keys
James Keys
28,000
3,000
3,000
Sofia Lovgren se
Sofia Lovgren
24,000
James Mitchell gb
James Mitchell
15,000
5,000
5,000
Kevin Vandersmissen be
Kevin Vandersmissen
13,000
-2,000
-2,000
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
10,000
500
500
Huck Seed us
Huck Seed
9,700
-5,300
-5,300
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Sam Holden gb
Sam Holden
9,500
-1,000
-1,000
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
8,500
Tom McCormick us
Tom McCormick
8,400
-2,600
-2,600
David Diaz us
David Diaz
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: David DiazGionni Demers

Magriel Making a Showing

A player in early position raised it up to 1,400 and action folded to Paul Magriel who three-bet to 4,400. The rest of the table folded and it was back to the initial raiser who four-bet to 9,200. Magriel allowed for a couple of minutes to drain off the clock while he decided what to do. In the end though Magriel announced "all in", a bet that would put his opponent all in for his remaining 7,000. The early position player made the call and was at risk.

Magriel: {A-Clubs}{8-Clubs}
Opponent: {A-Spades}{k-Diamonds}

The flop came {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{8-Diamonds} sling-shotting Magriel into the lead as he grabbed hold of an eight. The {8-Spades} on the turn secured the victory, and Magriel's opponent was drawing dead. A meaningless {q-Clubs} fell on the river and Magriel just moved up to one of the top stacks in the room.

Magriel has yet to cash at this year's World Series of Poker, but if he keeps running like he is cashing in this event should be a breeze.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Magriel us
Paul Magriel
75,000
69,500
69,500

Tags: Paul Magriel

Nick Abou Risk Leads; Eames Hits a One Outer Against McCorkell

In a few minutes time we are going to lose the green chips, and it's about time because the stacks are starting to get pretty sizeable. A few of the players who have sizeable stacks include Gianluca Rullo (84k), Jonas Mackoff (80k), Mark Herm (80k), Joao Simao (76k), Will Jaffe (72k) and the new chip leader Nick Abou Risk with 86,000.

Players out include Jason Helder (hence the beefed up stack of Mackoff), Jason Wheeler (after running a set of kings into a set of aces…ouch!), Ylon Schwartz, Ogjnen Sekularac and a funny hand involving World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder Craig McCorkell and here it is.

We arrived at the table with the full board out on display.

Board: {10-Clubs} {5-Hearts} {3-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {Q-Hearts}

The chips were being pushed in the direction of a player holding {A-Clubs} {4-Clubs} in front of him, and they were being taken out of the stack of an empty seat. The table told us that the seat belonged to Craig McCorkell. Once the count had been complete McCorkell (who had called a shove holding {10-} {9-} on the turn) still had around 500 chips left. John Eames - who was sharing a table with McCorkell rang him on his mobile number and told him to return to the table.

When McCorkell got back Eames raised to 1,200, McCorkell moved all-in blind and the rest of the table allowed them to have a showdown. Eames showed pocket fives and McCorkell turned over pocket queens. The player to Eames left then tells him that he folded a five leaving just one out in the deck - cue the board.

Board: {9-Spades} {9-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} {7-Spades} {5-Spades}

Eames hits his one outer which pays for the price of the phone call needed to get McCorkell back to his seat.

Player Chips Progress
Nick Abou Risk
Nick Abou Risk
86,000
Muhamet Perati it
Muhamet Perati
84,000
19,000
19,000
Jonas Mackoff ca
Jonas Mackoff
80,000
Mark Herm us
Mark Herm
80,000
Joao Simao
Joao Simao
76,000
9,000
9,000
Justin Schwartz us
Justin Schwartz
75,000
18,000
18,000
Yann Brosolo fr
Yann Brosolo
72,000
Will Jaffe us
Will Jaffe
72,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Andrew Dean us
Andrew Dean
50,000
5,000
5,000
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
48,000
25,800
25,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Owen Crowe ca
Owen Crowe
44,500
6,500
6,500
David Singontiko us
David Singontiko
38,000
28,000
28,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Joey Weissman us
Joey Weissman
38,000
14,000
14,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
36,000
28,000
28,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Mihai Manole ro
Mihai Manole
27,000
6,000
6,000
Alex Kravchenko ru
Alex Kravchenko
25,600
11,600
11,600
PokerStars
John Eames gb
John Eames
23,000
10,000
10,000
Pratyish Buddiga
Pratyish Buddiga
20,000
9,000
9,000
Martin Finger de
Martin Finger
13,800
5,300
5,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Todd Terry us
Todd Terry
10,000
-3,000
-3,000
Ogjnen Sekularac
Ogjnen Sekularac
Busted
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Ylon Schwartz us
Ylon Schwartz
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Craig McCorkell gb
Craig McCorkell
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Craig McCorkellJohn EamesNick Abou Risk