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

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

07-03-2012 16:47 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Young	85,000
Nicolas Chouity	61,000 31,000	31,000
Ali Eslami	34,000 -2,000	-2,000

Lex Veldhuis	31,000 -1,500	-1,500

Sam Chartier	28,000 -2,000	-2,000
Chad Brown	12,000 -3,000	-3,000

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	22,000 8,500	8,500

Tags: Jude Ainsworth

07-03-2012 16:53 UTC-6

Smith Gets Value From MacPhee

Happy_Freaked

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	44,000 14,000	14,000
Kevin MacPhee	17,600

Tags: Kevin MacPhee Elliot Smith

07-03-2012 17:08 UTC-6

Just A Cooler For Getzwiller

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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	55,000

Tags: Sean Getzweiller

07-03-2012 17:15 UTC-6

Playing For 1%

Happy_Freaked

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	66,000 13,500	13,500

Phil Ivey	65,000 -2,000	-2,000

Cary Katz	41,500 -6,500	-6,500
Haralabos Voulgaris	35,000
Erik Seidel	32,500 -13,500	-13,500

Tom Marchese	31,000

Chamath Palihapitiya	30,000
Philipp Gruissem	27,000

Bertrand Grospellier	26,000 -4,000	-4,000

Brandon Steven	20,000 3,000	3,000
Bob Bright	18,000 -15,000	-15,000

07-03-2012 17:23 UTC-6

A Good Old Seven-Bet Shove

Happy_Freaked

Any short-handed tournament creates tons of crazy action, and this one is no different. We just saw PCA winner Harrison Gimbel pull off a seven-bet shove against WSOPE bracelet winner Tristan Wade. And that didn't work out for him.

Wade raised under the gun to 400 and both the button and the small blind called. Gimbel was in the big blind and he raised to 2,275 after which Wade four-bet to 4,850. The two other players folded and the action was back on Gimbel.

Gimbel wasn't giving up as he put in the fifth raise to 7,850. Wade was also not giving up as he six-bet to 12,850. The hand wasn't over, because Gimbel moved all in and Wade snap-called as he turned his hand over.

Tristan Wade
Harrison Gimbel

The board ran out {4-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} {Q-Spades} , and Wade could breath a sigh of relief as he just doubled up in this 400 big blind pot. Gimbel was just with just 1,000 chips and on the very next hand he lost those to Wade as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tristan Wade	80,000 50,000	50,000

Harrison Gimbel	Busted

Tags: Tristan Wade Harrison Gimbel

07-03-2012 17:28 UTC-6

Break Time!

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Level 4 : 100/200, 25 ante

The players have gone on their second break of the day. See you in 20!

Level: 5

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

07-03-2012 17:49 UTC-6

History Watch

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Yesterday, Konstantin Puchkov fell short of cashing for an 11th time in the 2012 World Series of Poker. He's currently tied with the late Nikolay Evdakov with 10 cashes and is back today looking for No. 11.

Also in today's field are Terrence Chan and Joe Tehan, both with nine cashes in this year's WSOP. We'll be keeping an eye on all three player throughout the day as the chase for history continues.