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

07-03-2012 22:21 UTC-7

"IS THAT REAL???"

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Giuseppe Pantaleo (Event 38) absolutely snapped.

Moments ago, after taking a bad beat, Giuseppe Pantaleo snapped. He lost it.

We couldn't decipher most of what he was saying - it was in German - but he was screaming at both Ismail Erkenov (who just eliminated him) and the dealer.

"IS THAT REAL?!?!?!" he finally screamed in English.

Pantaleo stormed away from the table, smacked a nearby chip cart, and exited the Brasilia Room. When we reached the table, we saw that the board was {9-Clubs} {3-Spades} {5-Hearts} {7-Spades} {3-Hearts} , and Pantaleo had {k-Clubs} {k-Hearts} . Erkenov had {a-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} for trip threes however, and according to a player at the table, Pantaleo was all in preflop for 43,100.

We're not sure what happened to Pantaleo, but the tournament staff wasn't very happy about his behavior.

Tags: Giuseppe Pantaleo Ismail Erkenov

07-03-2012 22:21 UTC-7

Break

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Remko Rinkema

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

We will be back in 20 minutes.

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

07-03-2012 22:46 UTC-7

"Overkill!"

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Remko Rinkema

That's what Jason Mercier just said after he knocked out his buddy Matt Waxman.

Mercier told us how Matt Marafioti raised to 1,500, and Waxman moved all in for 12,300.

"I called. Smooth," Mercier said with a smile. Marafioti folded and Waxman had a pair of fours against Mercier's {A-} {q-} .

"The flop was seven-eight-nine and the turn.......a queen! And another queen on the river. Overkill!" Mercier laughed. Mercier is doing very in this event, and he's among the biggest stacks in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mercier	135,000 75,000	75,000

Matt Waxman	Busted

Tags: Jason Mercier Matt Waxman

07-03-2012 22:54 UTC-7

Levi Snaps, Levi Binks

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When we arrived at Table 12, Nicolas Levi was all in and at risk against two players moments ago, and the cards looked like this:

Levi
Opponent 1
Opponent 2

The {q-Spades} appeared in the window of the flop, and upon seeing it, Opponent 1 announced, "There she is!"

Unfortunately for him, the {j-Spades} followed, and fortunately for Levi, the {5-Spades} was the third card. The dealer rapped the table, and just as he delivered the turn card, Levi snapped his fingers. The turn was the {4-Spades} , giving him an ace-high flush.

Levi wasn't safe yet however - if the board paired, Opponent 2 would win the pot. The {10-Hearts} was a brick however, and Levi nearly tripled back to starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicolas Levi	30,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Nicolas Levi

07-03-2012 23:02 UTC-7

Hachem Pushes

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With the flop reading {3-Clubs} {6-Hearts} {A-Spades} there were two checks to Tony Hachem. Hachem bet out 3,700 and his opponent raised to 8,000. The third player got out of the way and Hachem wasted no time plopping down a stack of orange t5,000 chips in the middle to put his opponent all in. Hachem's opponent folded and Hachem showed {A-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} to the table.

Hachem is currently sitting on a stack of roughly 86,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tony Hachem	86,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Tony Hachem

07-03-2012 23:06 UTC-7

Chip Counts

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Remko Rinkema

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Moore	120,000 66,000	66,000
Taylor Paur	120,000 90,000	90,000

Liv Boeree	112,000 22,000	22,000

David Chiu	100,000 4,000	4,000

Frederik Jensen	90,000 60,000	60,000
Ryan D'Angelo	90,000

Chino Rheem	61,000
Anthony Spinella	52,000 22,000	22,000

Brent Hanks	52,000 29,000	29,000

Jonathan Duhamel	52,000 13,000	13,000

Christian Harder	51,000 21,000	21,000

Layne Flack	50,000 14,000	14,000

Dan Fleyshman	48,000 11,000	11,000
Isaac Baron	47,000 27,500	27,500

Pierre Neuville	36,000 6,000	6,000
Andrew Lichtenberger	28,000 16,000	16,000

Joe Cada	26,000 34,000	34,000

Ashley Mason	26,000 4,000	4,000
Marvin Rettenmaier	25,000 9,000	9,000
Tony Gregg	22,000 8,000	8,000

Nick Schulman	18,000 2,000	2,000

Harry Kaczka	13,000
Ty Reiman	8,000 22,000	22,000
Dan O'Brien	Busted
Michael Mizrachi	Busted

07-03-2012 23:17 UTC-7

Mercier and Voulgaris Clash Again

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We caught up to find the board reading {5-Hearts} {7-Hearts} {4-Spades} {10-Spades} and Jason Mercier announce that he was all in. Mercier had Haralabos Voulgaris covered in chips and Voulgaris was looking to call off his remaining 42,000.

Voulgaris aggressively counted out his chips and stacked and re-stacked them while thinking over his decision. Mercier, on the other hand, calmly sat at the other end of the table, patiently waiting for Voulgaris' decision.

In the end, Voulgaris moved his cards into the muck and Mercier was awarded a pot that brings his already large stack up to 190,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mercier	190,000 55,000	55,000

Haralabos Voulgaris	42,000 49,000	49,000

Tags: Jason Mercier Haralabos Voulgaris

07-03-2012 23:22 UTC-7

Some Counts

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Remko Rinkema

Player	Chips	Progress
Keven Stammen	140,000 124,500	124,500

Ludovic Lacay	130,000 55,000	55,000

Isaac Haxton	125,000 93,000	93,000

Dan Kelly	57,000 13,000	13,000
David Bakes Baker	52,000 22,000	22,000

Lex Veldhuis	37,000 11,000	11,000

07-03-2012 23:25 UTC-7

Shorr Goes in the Tank

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When we reached the table, the board read {2-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {j-Diamonds} . Shaun Deeb and another opponent checked to Shannon Shorr, who bet 7,000. The third player released, and Deeb tanked before check-raising to 17,000. Shorr tank-called.

The turn was the {q-Clubs} , and Deeb moved all in for effectively 47,000. Shorr slipped into the tank, silently riffling chips with one hand while protecting his cards with another. He eventually took his sunglasses off and took his headphones out of his ears, and began studying Deeb.

At about the three-minute mark, Deeb reached for his Corona, and took a small sip. He put the beer back, and continued to sit silently. Eventually, Shorr folded, and Deeb quickly mucked the winner.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	140,000 23,000	23,000

Shannon Shorr	47,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Shannon Shorr Shaun Deeb