Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event Day 1a | 2012 World Series of Poker

07-07-2012 15:14 UTC-7

A Few Counts From the Orange Section

Player	Chips	Progress
Frank Kassela	62,000 24,000	24,000

Mike Sexton	37,500 4,500	4,500
John Monnette	37,000 4,000	4,000

JJ Liu	33,000 1,400	1,400
Yann Dion	31,000 7,500	7,500
Ivan Demidov	31,000 3,000	3,000

Allen Cunningham	26,000 3,000	3,000

Karina Jett	26,000 10,000	10,000
Kevin MacPhee	25,000 5,000	5,000

Ray Romano	23,500 8,500	8,500
Naoya Kihara	14,600 5,400	5,400

07-07-2012 15:20 UTC-7

Tantalizing Counts

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Along with a few counts, here is a recent hand we witnessed of Mathew Frankland.

Frankland raised from under the gun and made it 600. Only the cutoff player was willing to pay to see the flop and we had heads-up action.

The flop came {6-Diamonds} {j-Diamonds} {A-Diamonds} , prompting a bet of 800 from Frankland. The cutoff then raised it to 2,000. Frankland took a few moments to contemplate his action and then made the call.

The {4-Spades} on the turn allowed for Frankland to back off and check. The cutoff took this opportunity to bet out 2,600. Again, we saw Frankland call and we were off to the river.

After the {A-Spades} landed on the river, Frankland checked and the cutoff bet 2,600. Action was back on Frankland who announced, "9,000," and placed the bet in the middle. The cutoff quickly folded and Frankland took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jay Rosenkrantz	48,000 1,000	1,000
Kennii Nguyen	39,000 2,000	2,000
Mathew Frankland	35,500 8,500	8,500
Jackie Glazier	34,000 1,000	1,000
Jeff Banghart	34,000
Barry Shulman	33,000 3,000	3,000
Bjorn Li	33,000 1,000	1,000
Owen Crowe	31,000 1,000	1,000
Roberto Luongo	29,000
Kathy Liebert	17,000 7,000	7,000

Mark Newhouse	5,200 6,800	6,800

Tags: Mathew Frankland

07-07-2012 15:23 UTC-7

Kings Hold for Farkas

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Donnie Peters

Julie Farkas may not be a well known name to those that frequent the PokerNews Live Reporting Pages, but she's started off on the right foot in changing that. Just now, Farkas won a big preflop battle with pocket kings to move to just under 70,000 in chips.

From under the gun, Ilan Boujenah raised to 400. The player in the hijack seat called and then Farkas was up, acting from the cutoff seat. She reraised to 1,300. From the small blind, five-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Allen Cunningham made the call. The player in the big blind also called and then action was back on Boujenah.

Boujenah reraised and made it 2,850 to go. The hijack seat folded, Farkas called, Cunningham called and then the big blind moved all in for 16,000. Boujenah called and then Farkas moved all in for 30,550. Cunningham folded and action went back to Boujenah. He tanked for a bit, but eventually folded his hand after committing a little over half of his chips to the pot. With his fold, Farkas was left to do battle with the big blind.

Farkas showed the {K-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} and had a stranglehold on the hand against her opponent's {8-Clubs} {8-Hearts} . When Boujenah saw the big blind turn over his pocket eights, he looked at him and shook his head, as if to say, "What the heck are you doing?"

The flop, turn and river ran out {A-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {K-Spades} {7-Diamonds} and Farkas won the pot. She sent the big blind to the rail and raked in all the chips.

Checking on Farkas' results, she has five WSOP cashes on record. Her largest one came from 2010 when she took 10th in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em event for $11,468.

Player	Chips	Progress
Julie Farkas	65,000
Ilan Boujenah	18,500 11,500	11,500

Tags: Allen Cunningham Ilan Boujenah Julie Farkas

07-07-2012 15:29 UTC-7

Brasilia Room Chip Counts

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Remko Rinkema

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Bjorin	43,000
Doug Polk	41,000

Toby Lewis	41,000
John Eames	34,000
Jordan Smith	33,000
Isaac Baron	33,000
Faraz Jaka	31,000

Cary Katz	27,000
Peter Hedlund	27,000
Allen Bari	23,000

07-07-2012 15:29 UTC-7

More Counts of Orange

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Player	Chips	Progress
Billy Baxter	47,000 10,000	10,000

Mike Matusow	44,000 15,000	15,000
Salman Behbehani	42,000 19,000	19,000
Kevin Pollak	39,500 4,500	4,500
Jerrod Ankenman	36,000 6,000	6,000
Brock Parker	35,500 1,500	1,500
Tatjana Pasalic	35,500 9,500	9,500
Eric Froehlich	35,000 2,000	2,000

René Angélil	33,000 3,000	3,000
Michael Chow	30,000
Rene Angelil	30,000
Matt Stout	27,500 2,500	2,500
Tommy Vedes	13,200 6,800	6,800

07-07-2012 15:31 UTC-7

You Folded That?

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Kevin Taylor

Action started with Andy Black, who finished 5th in the 2005 Main Event, limping in from under the gun. It folded around to the cutoff, and he raised it to 550. Both blinds came along, as did Black, and the flop came down {5-Spades} {4-Spades} {2-Diamonds} .

It was checked around to the cutoff, and he fired out 850. The blinds got out of the way, but Black put in a check raise to 2,000. The cutoff fired right back with a raise to 5,000, and Black clicked it right back with an all in raise. His opponent tanked for awhile before eventually folding. After the hand, he claimed he folded {7-Spades} {3-Spades} for a ton of draw outs. Black then tabled {2-Spades} {2-Hearts} for bottom set, and he took in the pot, upping his stack to 34,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Black	34,000 7,000	7,000

Tags: Andy Black

07-07-2012 15:47 UTC-7

The Counts Purple

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Kevin Taylor

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Baldwin	48,000 300	300

Jason Lester	36,000
Neil Willerson	34,000 2,500	2,500
Andrew Weisner	33,000 1,000	1,000
Kristy Arnett	27,000 3,000	3,000
Bill Gazes	26,000 6,000	6,000
Greg Mueller	25,000 2,000	2,000

Isaac Haxton	24,000 1,000	1,000

Allyn Jaffrey Shulman	20,000 11,000	11,000
Joe Hachem	16,000 9,000	9,000

07-07-2012 15:54 UTC-7

Lawson Loses a Bunch of Chips

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Ted Lawson has just played a big hand to see his stack fall to just over 10,000. The hand in question started when an early position player opened up the pot to 525. Ted Lawson then three-bet to 1,500 on his direct left. The cutoff called, along with Hewitt Poland on the button. The player who opened the pot also called, as four players would watch the dealer spread three cards along the felt.

Flop: {9-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} {4-Hearts}

On the flop, the early position player checked up front and Lawson led for 3,000. The cutoff player folded and Poland raised to 10,000. A fold from the early position player and Lawson would take his time before shoving all in for around 30,000. Poland quickly called for his stack of 15,350, and the two players tabled their hands.

Poland:

Lawson:

Lawson was in need of help and it was help that would never come as a {7-Hearts} turn and an {8-Diamonds} river completed the board and sent the pot to Poland.

Poland will be looking to add a big score to his resume here in the Main Event. Poland currently has just shy of $40,000 in tournament winnings, which includes one World Series of Poker cash, occurring when he made a deep run in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event in 2011.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ted Lawson	11,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Hewitt Poland Ted Lawson

07-07-2012 15:57 UTC-7

More Chip Counts from the Purple Section

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Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin O'Donnell	74,000 21,000	21,000
Jordan Young	53,000 2,000	2,000
Jon Spinks	46,000 9,000	9,000
Alex Debus	42,000 21,000	21,000
Michael Tureniec	39,000 3,000	3,000

Erica Schoenberg	39,000 8,000	8,000
Andy Black	35,000 1,000	1,000
Lika Gerasimova	34,000 10,000	10,000
Taylor Paur	34,000 3,000	3,000
Justin Schwartz	32,000 5,000	5,000
Heinz Kamutzki	31,000 7,000	7,000
Daniel Weinman	29,000 2,000	2,000
Soi Nguyen	29,000 2,000	2,000
Tom Braband	26,000 4,000	4,000
Pierre Neuville	25,000 2,000	2,000
Leo Wolpert	24,000 6,000	6,000
Lee Markholt	24,000 3,000	3,000
Fabrizio Baldassari	Busted

07-07-2012 16:05 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts from the Orange Section

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Donnie Peters

Player	Chips	Progress
Julie Farkas	50,100 14,900	14,900
Faraz Jaka	50,000 19,000	19,000

Jeremy Ausmus	45,000 15,000	15,000
Chris Bjorin	44,000 1,000	1,000
Salman Behbehani	43,000 1,000	1,000
JJ Liu	39,000 6,000	6,000
Anton Wigg	34,000 4,000	4,000
Michael Chow	34,000 4,000	4,000
John Eames	28,000 6,000	6,000
Hasan Habib	27,500 2,500	2,500

Allen Cunningham	24,700 1,300	1,300

Ray Romano	22,000 1,500	1,500
Aaron Steury	20,000 10,000	10,000