Level: 5
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
2012 World Series of Poker
WSOP National Championship
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,570,000
Entries
157
Level
28
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Ippolito Wins Big Pot To Bust Woodke
"Are you from Pokernews? You may want to come look at this we have a massive pot going." These were the words from Mitch Schock, so we followed him to his table to take a look. When we got to the table, here's what we saw.
The flop had come down 
, and there were a ton of bets on the table. Stein had a pink T5,000 chip in front that we later figured out was a bet of around 3,500. Drew Woodke had raised it up to 7,500, and Peter Ippolito had put out a massive bet that was essentially an all in. Stein was in the tank when we arrived, and he eventually released his hand. Action was on Woodke now, and after about 30 seconds of thought, he slid the rest of his chips forward for the call.
Ippolito: 
Woodke: 
It was a pretty sick cooler for Woodke, as his top two pair was drawing very thin to Ippolito's set of sixes. The turn and river brought no miracles, coming the 
and 
. After the dust settled, Stein said that he folded the nut flush draw 
.
After that hand, Ippolito is one of our chip leaders, with 57,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
57,000 | 27,000 |
|
Busted |
Women In the Field
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Level 4
: 100/200, 0 ante
There are just six women in the field at the moment. Half of the them are seated together at Table 11. Amanda Musumeci, Jennifer Parrish and Kat Bowen are at Table 11.
Felicia Johnico and Beverly Cheney are seated at Table 5 and Jamie Kerstetter is all by her lonesome at Table 2.
Couple More Fresh Faces
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | |
|
30,000 |
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And Enter Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth has just taken a seat at Table 6.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 |
Seven To a Flop
Seven players at Table 11 all saw flop for low price of 200. The flop came 
, action checked to Jason Somerville in late position and he bet 800. Amanda Musumeci called and the button and the rest of the table folded.
The turn came , Somerville bet 1,800 and Musumeci called. The river fell 
and both players checked. Musumeci tabled 
and Somerville mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000 |
Must Be Nice To Be Brian Rast
It's been a decent couple summers for Brian Rast. Last year, he shipped two bracelets, including of course the $50,000 Players Championship where he gave Phil Hellmuth his third 2nd place finish of the summer.
While he hasn't had any bracelets so far this year, he does have two final tables. The first came in the $1,500 Re-entry, where he took 6th for just under $140,000. Then, he also took 6th in the One Drop for over $1.6 million.
Well he just took his seat at the start of the level, and in the last 20 minutes, he has worked his stack from the 30,000 starting to a near chip leading 58,000. We will be sure to keep our eye on this exciting young player.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
58,000 | 28,000 |
Phan Eliminated
We didn't catch the hand but we noticed Tuan Phan's seat was empty upon returning from the break. We caught a glimpse of him across the room playing in the Mega Satellite to the Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Moorman Flushed With Chips
We reported earlier that Moorman was sitting on the big stack with 58,000, but he took a small hit after that. However, in one of the few hands we've had since we came back from break, he has gotten most of those chips back.
We arrived at the table on the turn, with the board reading 
. Moorman's opponent, Charles Flett, bet out 1,350, and Moorman made the call. The 
on the river seemed to be an innocent card, and Flett continued the aggression, firing 3,175. Moorman thought for just a few moments before tossing in the call, and Flett showed 
. However, Moorman had him one upped, as he tabled 
for a better flush.
After that hand, Moorman is back up to 56,000, while Flett is down to 17,700.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
56,000 | 6,000 |
|
|
17,700 | -12,300 |