Dinner Break
Level 13
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Having reached the end of Level 13, players are now taking a 60-minute dinner break.
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 59: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$4,158,000
Entries
4,620
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
250 Remain
We're nearing the end of Level 13 and the one-hour dinner break. Exactly 250 players remain, with Dominik Nitsche still appearing to be leading them all chip-wise.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
159,000 | 7,000 |
Ivey Nearly Cut in Half
Lately every time we pass by Phil Ivey's table, he is involved in a hand.
Most recently, Ivey opened to 4,000 from middle position and Yoav Tenenbaum directly behind him pushed all in for about 20,000. Action folded back around to Ivey, who made the call and hands were revealed.
Ivey: 
Tenenbaum: 
The 
board left Tenenbaum with a full house and he doubled through.
Ivey is back down to 22,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,000 | -20,000 |
More Head Railward
Level 13
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
The latest to join the march to the payout desk include Michael Roche, Anthony Spinella, Henry So, Zotlan Kalmar, Leo Margets, and Tim Duckworth.
Less than 280 remain.
Counts From the Field
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
155,000 | 11,000 |
|
100,000 | 10,000 |
|
81,000 | 1,000 |
|
70,000 | 69,999 |
|
38,000 | 17,000 |
|
32,000 | -8,000 |
|
10,000 | -11,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
River King Saves Ivey
Three players were all in before flop, including Stewart Spear (cutoff), Phil Ivey (small blind), and the player on the button who had both covered. Spear had 
, Ivey 
, and the third player 
.
The flop came 
, giving both of Ivey's opponents pairs. The turn was the 
. The river then brought the 
, at the sight of which Spear initially pushed his hand forward, thinking for a moment two pair might be best. Then he saw Ivey had made Broadway, sending Spear out in 286th place and ensuring the eight-time bracelet winner had survived.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
42,000 | 26,000 |
|
Busted |
The Game Within the Game
Level 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Among the side stories for this event was the Onnit Labs Last Sticker Standing Contest in which players sporting the Onnit sticker were competing against one another for a cash prize.
The Main Event begins tomorrow, and some who enter the $10,000 buy-in event will be participating in the Onnit Labs Last Sticker Standing Contest as well. All of those with Onnit stickers will be competing against one another as well as the rest of the field, as the last one to be eliminated will earn a nifty $5,000 prize for his or her efforts.
Ivey Short
We don't know how it happened, but Phil Ivey went from having nearly 80,000 just a short while ago all the way down to 16,000. With just 10 big blinds now, it's do or die time for Ivey.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
16,000 | -62,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Not Such a Good Call
A player in middle position raised to 1,200, then Sam Grizzle reraised to 4,800 from the hijack seat. The cutoff folded, then Thomas Fuller reraised all in from the button for 40,100 total.
The action was back on the original raiser when Grizzle started looking at his phone — apparently someone was calling him and he was answering. At that point the dealer informed him he could not be on his phone during a hand.
"Well, kill my hand, then," said Grizzle. Fuller took exception, noting how it wasn't appropriate for Grizzle to be telling the dealer to kill his hand while the third player was still deciding what to do.
The floor was called, and Grizzle was again told to put his phone away but wasn't assessed any further penalty, despite Fuller noting that "he's basically folding out of turn."
"It just lit up," said Grizzle.
The original raiser folded, and Fuller took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
61,000 | -3,000 |
|
49,000 | 3,000 |