2012 World Series of Poker

WSOP National Championship
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$416,051
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,570,000
Entries
157
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

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Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

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"Is This A Re-Entry?"

We found 6,000 in the pot preflop between Brandon Fish, Steve Landfish and Charles Moore. The flop came {10-Spades} {2-Diamonds} {5-Hearts}, Fish bet 5,200 and Landfish called. Moore tanked for a few moments before folding.

While Moore was in the tank Fish joked outloud, "Is this a re-entry?"

The turn came {7-Diamonds}, Fish checked and Landfish bet 8,100. Fish called and the river came {3-Diamonds}. Fish checked again and Landfish bet 11,100.

Fish tanked for a bit and then tossed in a call. Landfish tabled pocket tens for a flopped set and Fish tabled pocket aces and grumbled a few words not fit for children's ears.

Player Chips Progress
Steve Landfish us
Steve Landfish
46,000
16,000
16,000
Brandon Fish us
Brandon Fish
4,300
-25,700
-25,700

Tags: Steve LandfishBrandon Fish

Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

Musumeci Catches Somerville Bluffing

There was 3,800 in the middle, and the board read {4-Clubs}{a-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} when we arrived and saw that Jason Somerville and Amanda Musumeci were heads up. Both players checked on the turn, and the river came the {2-Clubs}, completing the flush draw. Somerville fired out 2,200, and Musumeci called after about 20 seconds of thought.

Somerville mucked his hand face down, but Musumeci had to show her hand to claim the pot. She tabled {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}, and raked in the chips to up her stack to 32,000. Meanwhile, Somerville is down to 21,000 after the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Amanda Musumeci us
Amanda Musumeci
33,000
3,000
3,000
Jason Somerville us
Jason Somerville
21,000
-9,000
-9,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Jason SomervilleAmanda Musumeci

Stazsko Surprises Clinkscales

A large pot of about 4,500 on the turn caught our attention. Rex Clinkscales and Martin Stazsko were heads up, with Stazsko in position, and the board showed {7-Hearts} {5-Spades} {10-Clubs} {A-Clubs} {7-Clubs}.

Clinkscales bet 2,825 on the river and Stazsko raised to 6,500. Clinkscales thought for a minute and then tossed in a call. Clinkscales tabled pocket fives for a full house and Stazsko tabled {A-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} for a larger full house.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Staszko cz
Martin Staszko
33,000
3,000
3,000
Rex Clinkscales us
Rex Clinkscales
16,000
-14,000
-14,000

Tags: Martin StazskoRex Clinkscales

Israelashvili Back in Brasilia

Level 3 : 75/150, 0 ante

Roland Israelashvili is back in action here right in front of the media desk. His other event is on break and doing a color up so he ran to catch a few hands here. He said has lost a few chips and is down to around 15,000 (below average) in Event 59.

Tags: Roland Israelashvili

Another Boat Over Boat

Daniel Lowery and John Dolan went a flop of {10-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {10-Hearts}. Lowery checked, Dolan bet and Lowery raised to 3,575. Dolan called and the turn came {A-Hearts}. Lowery check-called 3,650 and the river came {6-Spades}.

Lowery checked, Dolan bet 10,800 and Lowery called. Lowery tabled pocket eights for a flopped full house and Dolan showed him bad news when he tabled {A-Spades} {10-Spades} for a larger full house.

Player Chips Progress
John Dolan us
John Dolan
48,000
21,000
21,000
Daniel Lowery us
Daniel Lowery
14,000
-16,000
-16,000

Tags: Danile LoweryJohn Dolan

Moorman Cruising

One player has seperated himself from the pack just before our first break here, and that player is Chris Moorman. The latest pot to add to his stack occurred in a heads up hand with Matt Chang. The flop read {9-Spades}{8-Hearts}{5-Spades} when we arrived, and Moorman bet out 600. Chang tossed in the call, and the {7-Diamonds} hit the turn. Both players checked, and the {8-Diamonds} hit the river, completing a scary looking board.

Moorman fired out 2,150, and after about 30 seconds of thought, Chang tossed in the call. Moorman tabled {j-Spades}{10-Diamonds} for a straight, and Chang mucked his hand. After that pot, Moorman is all the way up to 58,000, while Chang drops to 27,500.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
58,000
28,000
28,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Matt Chang
Matt Chang
27,500
-2,500
-2,500

Tags: Chris MoormanMatt Chang

Lowery First Elimination

Daniel Lowery has been eliminated and his tablemates were nice enough to fill us in on the action.

Frank Kassela opened and and Lowery called on the button. The flop came {Q-} {10-} {3-}, Kassela bet 725 and Lowery raised to 1,800. Kassela called and the turn came {K-}. Kassela checked, Lowery bet 3,000 and Kassela raised enough to put Lowery all in.

Lowery had a little under 12,000 behind and he called.

Lowery: {K-} {Q-}
Kassela: {Q-} {9-}

The river came a {J-} and Kassela rivered a straight sending Lowery to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Frank Kassela us
Frank Kassela
61,500
31,500
31,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Daniel Lowery us
Daniel Lowery
Busted

Tags: Daniel LoweryFrank Kassela