Event 57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

07-03-2012 18:56 UTC-6

Duhamel Takes Some From Grafton

Josh_Cahlik

We caught up to see the board reading {A-Hearts} {8-Hearts} {10-Hearts} {10-Clubs} with over 7,000 in the pot. Sam Grafton checked to 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel who fired 4,650 into the center. Grafton called quickly and the {7-Clubs} fell on the river.

Grafton checked once more and Duhamel tossed out two orange t5,000 chips announcing a bet of 8,450. It was at this point that Grafton went into the tank. Grafton thought for over two minutes before throwing away his cards, allowing Duhamel to grab the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Duhamel	39,000 10,000	10,000

Sam Grafton	29,500

Tags: Jonathan Duhamel Sam Grafton

07-03-2012 18:56 UTC-6

Maimone In Control

[user153906]

Nick Maimone is still stacking a massive pile of chips after picking off a bluff from Igor Kurganov moments ago.

We caught up with the two staring at a board of {9-Spades} {4-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {J-Clubs} and Maimone had checked over to Kurganov, who pushed his remaining 18,000 chips in the middle. Maimone took little time to make the call and he flipped over {A-Diamonds} {A-Hearts} . Kurganov tossed his hand into the muck, but per WSOP rules the dealer had to reveal his {7-Clubs} {7-Hearts} .

Kurganov made his way to the rail, and Maimone is now our leader with around 140,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Maimone	140,000 110,000	110,000

Igor Kurganov	Busted

Tags: Igor Kurganov Nick Maimone

07-03-2012 19:00 UTC-6

Chip Counts

Happy_Freaked

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Cody	41,000 1,000	1,000

Erik Seidel	38,000 4,000	4,000

Sorel Mizzi	34,000 5,000	5,000
Daniel Alaei	33,000

Lisa Hamilton	31,000 1,000	1,000

Alexander Kuzmin	28,000
Steve Billirakis	18,000 -23,000	-23,000

Marvin Rettenmaier	16,000 -2,000	-2,000
Andy Frankenberger	16,000

Eddy Sabat	5,000 -10,000	-10,000

07-03-2012 19:07 UTC-6

Marafioti Knocks Out Adeniya

Happy_Freaked

On a {2-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} {8-Clubs} flop the action was checked to Martins Adeniya who bet 1,500 from the button. Matt Marafioti decided to raise it up to 3,750 and the third player folded. Adeniya tanked for a bit, and called.

The turn was the {9-Hearts} and Marafioti bet 10,000, which was almost enough to put his opponent all in. Adeniya pushed for 13,000 and Marafioti snap-called with {J-Spades} {8-Spades} . Adeniya turned over {A-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} , and the river was the {7-Hearts} .

Adeniya was eliminated and Marafioti is back up to over the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Marafioti	38,000 4,000	4,000
Martins Adeniya	Busted

Tags: Martins Adeniya Matt Marafioti

07-03-2012 19:21 UTC-6

Chip Counts Silver Section

[user153906]

Player	Chips	Progress
David Chiu	71,000 41,000	41,000

Joe Cada	60,000 13,000	13,000

Shawn Buchanan	59,000 15,000	15,000

Sean Getzwiller	49,000 -6,000	-6,000

Liv Boeree	39,000 -2,500	-2,500

Dwyte Pilgrim	39,000 6,000	6,000
Chad Batista	37,000 11,000	11,000
Vanessa Rousso	29,600

George Lind	27,000 -3,000	-3,000

Jason Senti	24,000 -6,500	-6,500
JP Kelly	23,500 -10,500	-10,500

Mickey Petersen	23,000 3,000	3,000

Annette Obrestad	20,000 -31,000	-31,000

Scott Seiver	18,000 -12,000	-12,000

Nick Schulman	16,000 -14,000	-14,000

Brendon Rubie	13,000
Dan O'Brien	12,500 -17,500	-17,500
Andrew Lichtenberger	12,000 -10,000	-10,000

Jude Ainsworth	11,000 -11,000	-11,000

Steve Gross	Busted

07-03-2012 19:23 UTC-6

Pires Busts Chan

Josh_Cahlik

Joao Pires opened the action with a raise to 800 and Vanessa Rousso called from the button. It folded to Terrence Chan in the big blind and he three-bet to 3,100. Pires would not be bullied, however, as he four-bet to 8,100. Rousso shot her hand to the muck quite quickly and action was back on Chan.

Chan counted all of his chips before five-betting all in. Pires snap called and the hands were shown:

Chan: {A-Spades} {k-Hearts}
Pires: {K-Clubs} {K-Spades}

The board ran out {5-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} {2-Hearts} {J-Spades} and Chan was unable to improve, sending him to the rail and boosting Pires' stack to 108,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joao Pires	108,000
Terrence Chan	Busted

Tags: Joao Pires Terrence Chan

07-03-2012 19:24 UTC-6

The Numbers

Happy_Freaked

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

This event attracted a total of 474 players, and that's exactly how many runners there were last year. Right now there are 372 players remaining, and here's what they are fighting for.

Place	Prize *
1	$1,136,197
2	$701,757
3	$455,362
4	$300,753
5	$200,502
6	$140,351
7-8	$100,696
9-10	$75,299
11-12	$57,031
13-18	$44,110
19-24	$35,422
25-30	$29,406
31-36	$24,951
37-42	$21,832
43-48	$20,050

07-03-2012 19:39 UTC-6

Maimone Busts Negreanu

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"That was fun! I'm going to play PLO 8," Daniel Negreanu said to us as he rushed out of the Brasilia Room. We made our way over to his former table to discover that Nick Maimone had busted Kid Poker and added more to his ever-increasing chip stack.

Maimone told us that he opened with a preflop raise and Negreanu moved all in for around 7,000 with {K-} {Q-} . Maimone called with {A-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} and won the flip to send Negreanu over to play the 5:00 PM tournament. Maimone now boasts a stack of around 160,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Maimone	160,000 20,000	20,000

Daniel Negreanu	Busted

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Nick Maimone

07-03-2012 19:44 UTC-6

Stein Bests Barbero

Josh_Cahlik

We found Sam Stein open the action to 800 only to have Nacho Barbero three-bet to 3,200 from the button. Stein called and the two saw {3-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {10-Clubs} fall on the flop.

Both players checked the flop and the {Q-Spades} landed on fourth street. Stein checked and Barbero bet out 2,700. Stein put in a raise and Barbero's hand instantly hit the muck. The action happened so fast that we were not even able to gather the amount of the raise because Stein was able to pull it back so quickly.