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

07-08-2012 22:39 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
George Danzer	94,000 20,000	20,000

David Steicke	79,000 9,000	9,000
Dan Shak	75,000 29,000	29,000
Barny Boatman	74,000 4,000	4,000
Bernard Lee	70,000 1,000	1,000
Amnon Filippi	66,000 11,000	11,000
Mel Judah	63,000 18,000	18,000
Justin Young	51,000 10,000	10,000
Sam Stein	50,000 12,000	12,000
Robert Varkonyi	49,000 1,000	1,000
Matt Salsberg	47,000 7,000	7,000
Salvatore Bonavena	35,500 19,000	19,000

Bertrand Grospellier	20,000 18,000	18,000

Leo Margets	18,500 10,500	10,500
Owais Ahmed	18,000 7,000	7,000

Dag Palovic	12,600 15,400	15,400

Aaron Jones	12,000 14,500	14,500
Carter Gill	4,000 1,100	1,100
Mike Sowers	Busted

George Doubles Through Israelashvili

We caught up to the action to find Christopher George all in for his last 11,675 and at risk against Roland Israelashvili.

Israelashvili: {A-Clubs} {k-Spades}
George: {K-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}

The board ran out {3-Spades} {2-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {J-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} and George's kings were able to hold securing him a double up to about 24,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Roland Israelashvili	29,000 12,400	12,400
Christopher George	24,000 12,000	12,000

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07-08-2012 22:53 UTC-7

It was battle of the blinds between the small blind and Bertrand Grospellier in the big blind. The flop read {a-Diamonds} {7-Spades} {8-Diamonds} and the small blind bet out 600. ElkY made the call and the dealer landed the {A-Spades} on the turn. It was here that the small blind again fired out, this time for 1,700. Grospellier again made the call.

The {k-Diamonds} on the river lead to yet another bet from the small blind, 2,100 this time. Grospellier did the same thing he did before and tossed out a call. The small blind flipped over {2-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} for a rivered flush and Grospellier threw his cards in the muck in disgust.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bertrand Grospellier	17,500 2,500	2,500

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07-08-2012 22:56 UTC-7

Even Eastgate Gets Tired

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As we were passing through the tables in the Purple section, a player standing away from his chair stretched and yawned. "It's a long day," he said, as he rubbed his eyes and tried to refocus on two more hours of poker ahead.

From there we moved over to the Blue section, where 2008 Main Event champion Peter Eastgate has been quietly chipping up all day. Just now he was involved in a hand in which a player raised to 900 from the button and he defended his big blind.

The pair quickly fell into rapid check-check mode as the dealer dealt the {7-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {J-Clubs} flop, the {3-Clubs} turn, and the {6-Diamonds} river. "Ace," said Eastgate's opponent, turning over {A-Clubs} {2-Spades} . Eastgate tabled {5-Hearts} {4-Hearts} , and the dealer waved the small pot in his direction.

Someone pointed out to Eastgate he'd made a straight on the river, and he leaned forward to see the cards, then grinned and shook his head. Not that it likely cost him anything, but he'd missed that made better than a low pair.

Now it was Eastgate rubbing his eyes, trying to refocus.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Eastgate	51,000 18,000	18,000

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07-08-2012 22:56 UTC-7

Chip Counts from the Brasilia Silver Section

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Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Nelius Foley	140,000
Maria Ho	135,000 5,000	5,000
Jason Somerville	122,000 10,000	10,000

Galen Hall	91,000 4,000	4,000
Jan Heitmann	78,000 6,000	6,000

Dan Harrington	68,000 10,200	10,200

Anthony Gregg	64,000 31,000	31,000
Jerry Yang	61,000 3,000	3,000
Chad Brown	53,000 3,000	3,000

Lee Childs	53,000 7,000	7,000
Brandon Steven	52,000 34,000	34,000
Darvin Moon	45,000 30,000	30,000
Bob Bright	45,000 2,000	2,000
Chau Giang	44,000 500	500
Blair Rodman	42,000 8,000	8,000
Vitaly Lunkin	33,000 17,000	17,000
Huck Seed	32,000 6,600	6,600
David ODB Baker	31,000 1,500	1,500
Kevin Saul	30,000 2,000	2,000
Max Pescatori	25,000 9,000	9,000
Rep Porter	23,000 9,000	9,000
Men Nguyen	11,000 1,500	1,500

Danny Suied	6,000 8,000	8,000
James Carroll	Busted

07-08-2012 22:58 UTC-7

Kling Scoops a Small One With Set

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Dan O'Hair

We caught up with the action on a {10-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {A-Clubs} {8-Diamonds} board, where Lauren Kling was in a pot against one other opponent. Kling checked from under-the-gun and her lone opponent checked behind from the hijack seat.

The {7-Diamonds} completed the board and Kling checked again. Her opponent checked as well and Kling said, "I don't have a diamond."

"Neither do I," her opponent replied.

Kling then tabled {A-Hearts} {A-Spades} for top set and her opponent mucked.

Kling is still sitting right around the starting stack with 29,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lauren Kling	29,000 3,000	3,000

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07-08-2012 23:01 UTC-7

Lenaghan Scores a Double Through Farha

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Action folded around to Sam Farha's button and he raised it up to 1,200. Ryan Lenaghan three-bet to 3,200 from the small blind and the big blind got out of the way.

Farha wasted no time four-betting to 8,200 and Lenaghan quickly five-bet the rest of his stack. Farha wasted no time calling and the hands were tabled to find Lenaghan dominated.

Lenaghan: {A-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}
Farha: {Q-Clubs} {Q-Hearts}

The flop came safe for Farha with {2-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} {9-Spades} but the {A-Diamonds} on the turn flipped everything around. Farha let out a sigh under his breath at this card and the board was quickly finished with the {8-Hearts} .

Farha was forced to ship a double up to the seat next to him and this hit knocked him down to about 80,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Farha	80,000 15,000	15,000

Ryan Lenaghan	55,000 2,500	2,500

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07-08-2012 23:13 UTC-7

Chip Counts from the Brasilia Red Section

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Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Todd Witteles	102,000 37,000	37,000
Brian Hastings	98,000 63,000	63,000

Micah Raskin	88,000 36,000	36,000
Samantha Cohen	84,000 42,000	42,000
Steve Brecher	59,000 10,000	10,000
Tom Schneider	58,000 17,000	17,000

Alex Kravchenko	52,000 16,000	16,000

Erick Lindgren	46,000 18,000	18,000
Gregory Merson	43,000
Gabriel Nassif	42,000 2,000	2,000

Marc Inizan	35,000 35,000	35,000
Adam Geyer	Busted

07-08-2012 23:14 UTC-7

Set For Lee

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Action folded around to Bernard Lee's small blind and he raised to 1,125. The big blind opted to three-bet, however, making it 3,300 to go. Lee called and the two saw a flop of {J-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} .

Lee checked to the raiser and his opponent bet 4,400. Lee decided to throw out a check-raise, making it 10,975 to go and his opponent went into the tank. Eventually his opponent decided to call the bet and the {3-Clubs} fell on the turn.

Lee moved all in on the turn which would put his opponent's tournament life at risk for his last 30,000. His opponent folded and Lee showed {7-Hearts} {7-Clubs} for a flopped set of sevens. Lee is currently sitting on 95,400 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernard Lee	95,400 25,400	25,400

Tags: Bernard Lee

07-08-2012 23:18 UTC-7

Cordero Pays One Off

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Alex Cordero is here, just a day removed from his third-place finish in Event 59: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em last night. Cordero was the end-of-day chip leader for the first two days of that event before Dominik Nitsche eventually passed him and everyone else to take the bracelet.

Cordero is doing what he can today to try to build a stack, though finds himself just a bit below the 30,000 with which he started as we move through the last level of the night.

Just now Cordero was involved in a hand with an opponent in which the pair had reached the turn with the board showing {4-Clubs} {8-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} . Cordero's opponent, playing out of the blinds, fired a bet of 3,300 (about two-thirds the pot), and Cordero called.

The river was the {K-Spades} and again Cordero's opponent was betting, this time tossing out a single orange (5,000) chip. Cordero plucked a matching chip off of his stack and set it forward to call, then nodded in acknowledgement when his opponent turned over {10-Clubs} {9-Clubs} for a flush.