2012 World Series of Poker

Event 57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k9
Prize
$1,136,197
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
474
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Playing For 1%

Yesterday during the Big One for One Drop was saw many players bust out, but painful as it is there's always another tournament to play here at the World Series of Poker.

The buy in of the $10,000 Six-Handed tournament is just 1% of the one tournament these guys played yesterday, but they all seem just as focussed. Jason Mericer and Phil Ivey are doing good early on, while Bob Bright and Brandon Steven already lost some chips.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
66,000 13,500
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
65,000 -2,000
Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
41,500 -6,500
Haralabos Voulgaris ca
Haralabos Voulgaris
35,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
32,500 -13,500
Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
WSOP 1X Winner
31,000
Chamath Palihapitiya
Chamath Palihapitiya
30,000
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
WSOP 1X Winner
27,000
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
26,000 -4,000
Brandon Steven us
Brandon Steven
20,000 3,000
Bob Bright
Bob Bright
18,000 -15,000

Just A Cooler For Getzwiller

With more than 20,000 chips already in the pot preflop, 2011 WSOP bracelet winner Sean Getzwiller moved all in for 15,500 on a flop of {10-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{3-Spades}. The player facing the all-in bet studied Getzwiller about a minute before making the call and finding out the bad news.

Getzwiller: {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}
Opponent: {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}

Getzwiller needed to fade two outs, and he did so successfully when the {10-Spades} hit the turn followed by the {4-Spades} on the river.

"The stare didn't matter," Getzwiller told the other player after the hand." It was just a cooler."

Player Chips Progress
Sean Getzwiller us
Sean Getzwiller
WSOP 1X Winner
55,000

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Smith Gets Value From MacPhee

The board read {9-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} when Elliot Smith bet 4,400. European Poker Tour Berlin winner Kevin MacPhee tanked for a bit, and called.

Smith turned over {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}, for the stone-cold nuts and raked in the pot. MacPhee is almost down to half the starting stack, but the structure is nice and slow giving him plenty of time to recover.

Player Chips Progress
Elliot Smith ca
Elliot Smith
44,000 14,000
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
WSOP 2X Winner
17,600

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Not Worth a Six-bet

Jude Ainsworth raised to 425 from the cutoff and the player in the small blind three-bet to 1,350. Ainsworth fired back with a four-bet to 4,125, and his opponent clicked it back with a five-bet to 7,475. He had Ainsworth's stack covered.

After asking for a count of the other player's stack, Ainsworth let his hand go. He's still working with around 22,000, so it's been a good level for the Irish poker pro.

Player Chips Progress
Jude Ainsworth ie
Jude Ainsworth
22,000 8,500

Tags: Jude Ainsworth

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Reynolds Takes One Out

William Reynolds already has four cashes at this year's World Series of Poker, his best result coming in tenth in the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em for $38,716. Today he's at it again, and in the second level of play he knocked someone out.

Reynolds told us he bet every street as the board ran out {K-}{6-}{7-}{x-}{10-}. The river bet was 3,600, and his opponent moved all in for 8,500. Reynolds called with {9-}{8-} and beat the set of sevens his opponent flashed.

Player Chips Progress
William Reynolds us
William Reynolds
49,000

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Chip Counts Silver Section

Player Chips Progress
Nacho Barbero ar
Nacho Barbero
69,000 39,000
Annette Obrestad no
Annette Obrestad
WSOP 1X Winner
51,000 21,000
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
WSOP 1X Winner
49,000 19,000
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
WSOP 1X Winner
44,000 14,000
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
41,500
Ali Eslami us
Ali Eslami
WSOP 1X Winner
36,000
David Sands us
David Sands
35,000 5,000
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
WSOP 2X Winner
34,000
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
33,000 3,000
Lex Veldhuis nl
Lex Veldhuis
32,500 2,500
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
WSOP 1X Winner
30,500
Jason Senti us
Jason Senti
30,500 500
Chad Batista
Chad Batista
26,000
Peter Trapley
Peter Trapley
25,700
John Dolan us
John Dolan
25,000 -5,000
Steve Gross us
Steve Gross
WSOP 1X Winner
23,000
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
WSOP 1X Winner
22,000 -8,000
Mickey Petersen dk
Mickey Petersen
20,000 2,000
Chad Brown us
Chad Brown
15,000
Joe Tehan us
Joe Tehan
14,000 -16,000
Jude Ainsworth ie
Jude Ainsworth
13,500 -16,500
Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
11,000 -19,000

Waxman Takes it Easy With Queens

Matt Waxman was in the big blind when we saw the player in the cutoff raise to 525. James Calderaro called from the button and the small blind folded. Waxman put in a raise three-bet to 1,700 and the initial raiser quickly folded. Calderaro almost instantly four-bet to 3,725 and the action was back on Waxman.

Waxman looked like a statue as he was thinking about what to do. After about a minute he decided to make the call, while Calderaro was smiling at him.

The flop came down {2-Spades}{5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} and Waxman checked. Calderaro fired out 6,200 and Waxman went into the tank again. Another minute passed and he opted to call.

The turn was the {9-Hearts} and after some thinking both players checked. The river was the {J-Clubs} and Waxman checked a third time. Calderaro laughed, double-checked his cards and finally knocked on the table.

Waxman turned over {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}, and took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Waxman us
Matt Waxman
WSOP 1X Winner
47,000
James Calderaro us
James Calderaro
WSOP 1X Winner
21,000

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