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

Israelashvili Eliminated

Roland Israelashvili's multi-tabling is over.

Player Chips Progress
Dominic Gabaldon
Dominic Gabaldon
117,000 87,000
Nikolas Stone us
Nikolas Stone
100,000 70,000
Jonathan Sorscher
Jonathan Sorscher
82,000 7,000
Matthew Weber us
Matthew Weber
70,000 40,000
Huy Quach
Huy Quach
69,000 31,000
Josh Tieman us
Josh Tieman
55,000 18,000
Eric Rodawig us
Eric Rodawig
WSOP 1X Winner
40,000 -3,000
Josh Evans
Josh Evans
30,000
Scott Stanko us
Scott Stanko
29,200 29,200
Nicolas Fierro cl
Nicolas Fierro
27,300 -5,700
Sean Getzwiller us
Sean Getzwiller
WSOP 1X Winner
14,500 -18,500
Roland Israelashvili us
Roland Israelashvili
Busted

Failla Finds A Big Double Up

Action started with a player in early position raising to 2,600. Michael Souza was in middle position, and he made it 6,000 to go. Will "The Thrill" Failla called out of the big blind, and the original raiser made the call too. The flop came down {4-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{7-Hearts}, and all three players checked. The turn cane the {k-Diamonds}, and the fireworks started.

The original raiser checked, as did Souza, and Failla fired out 7,000. The first player folded, but Michael Souza responded by moving all in. Failla instantly called, and Souza was drawing dead.

Souza: {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
Failla: {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}

The meaningless river was the {2-Clubs}, and Failla collected the big double up to 93,000, while Souza was crippled to 6,000.

Player Chips Progress
Will Failla us
Will Failla
93,000 58,000
Michael Souza us
Michael Souza
6,000 -2,000

Tags: Will FaillaMichael Souza

Level: 12

Blinds: 700/1,400

Ante: 200

Cheong Sends Chips To Soulier

Fabrice Soulier made it 2,600 in early position, and Jospeh Cheong was the only caller out of the big blind. The flop came down {2-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{8-Hearts}, and Cheong check called a bet of 3,100 from Soulier. Both players checked when the {j-Hearts} hit the turn, and the dealer peeled the {4-Diamonds} off on the river. Cheong tossed out a bet of 7,300, and Soulier made the call.

Cheong rolled over {q-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}, but it was no good, as Soulier showed down {a-Spades}{j-Clubs} for a better jack. Soulier is back up to 47,000 after that hand, while Cheong is down to his starting stack of 30,000.

Player Chips Progress
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
WSOP 1X Winner
47,000 13,000
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
WSOP 1X Winner
30,000 -20,500

Tags: Fabrice SoulierJoseph Cheong

Somerville Sent Packing

Matt Sexton's favorite player Jason Somerville got all his chips in preflop holding {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}, but he ran into the {a-Hearts}{a-Spades} of Josh Tieman. Somerville flopped a flush draw, but couldn't hit it, as the board ran down {3-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{10-Spades}. Tieman is up to 37,000 after the hand, while Somerville heads out to get ready for the main event.

Player Chips Progress
Josh Tieman us
Josh Tieman
37,000 9,000
Jason Somerville us
Jason Somerville
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Jason SomervilleJosh Tieman

Even Moar Chips!

Player Chips Progress
Justin Gardenhire us
Justin Gardenhire
160,000 34,000
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
135,000 58,000
Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
132,000 -18,000
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
120,000 70,000
Peter Ippolito us
Peter Ippolito
98,000 48,000
Amanda Musumeci us
Amanda Musumeci
92,000 73,000
Jeff Fielder us
Jeff Fielder
73,000 15,000
Jerry Monroe us
Jerry Monroe
59,000 20,000
Pascal LeFrancois ca
Pascal LeFrancois
WSOP 1X Winner
50,000 -16,000
Dan Kelly us
Dan Kelly
45,000 3,000
Amir Lehavot il
Amir Lehavot
WSOP 1X Winner
40,000 1,000
Will Failla us
Will Failla
35,000 -18,000
Mark "Pegasus" Smith us
Mark "Pegasus" Smith
34,000 2,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
32,000 11,000
David Clark au
David Clark
31,000 -16,000
Kyle Cartwright us
Kyle Cartwright
WSOP 1X Winner
30,000 -8,700
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
28,000 10,000
Paul Sokoloff gb
Paul Sokoloff
14,200 -15,800
Gary Bolden us
Gary Bolden
Busted

Grospellier Gets His Double Up

When we got to Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier's table, he had already shoved all in on a board reading {k-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{q-Spades}{3-Diamonds}. There was about 23,000 in the middle, and ElkY's bet was for just over 26,000. His opponent spent about 30 seconds in the tank before sliding in the call, and Grospellier rolled over {a-Clubs}{10-Clubs} for the stone cold nuts. His opponent mucked, and Grospellier took the big pot to up his stack to 77,000.

Player Chips Progress
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
77,000 54,000

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier