Event #12: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-05-2013 12:36 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Marc-André Ladouceur	4,500 4,500	4,500
Allen Cunningham	4,500 4,500	4,500

Hoyt Corkins	4,500 4,500	4,500

Jason Koon	4,500 4,500	4,500

Marvin Rettenmaier	4,500 4,500	4,500
Anthony Spinella	4,500 4,500	4,500

Isaac Baron	4,500 4,500	4,500

Christopher Brammer	4,500 4,500	4,500

Mike Leah	4,500 4,500	4,500

Steve Gee	4,500 4,500	4,500
Victor Ramdin	4,500 4,500	4,500

Joe Cada	4,500

Kathy Liebert	4,500 4,500	4,500

Amnon Filippi	4,500 4,500	4,500

Kristijonas Andrulis	4,500 4,500	4,500

Chip Counts from Brasilia Gold

Level 2 : 25/50, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin MacPhee	6,500 1,700	1,700

Amit Makhija	4,800 3,300	3,300
Eric Baldwin	4,600 4,600	4,600

Joe Cada	4,600 100	100

Andy Frankenberger	4,300 200	200

Randy Lew	4,100 400	400

Joe Serock	3,500 3,500	3,500

Bryan Micon	2,600 1,900	1,900
Eric Ladny	400 7,400	7,400

06-05-2013 13:05 UTC-8

We are Breaking

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Level 2 : 25/50, 0 ante

Players are leaving for a 20-minute break. See you back here in a bit.

06-05-2013 13:30 UTC-8

Bracelet Ceremony

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Players are back from break and the cards will be back in the air just after two gold bracelets are awarded: Matthew Waxman for his win in Event #7 and Benny Chen for his win in Event #6, The "Millionaire Maker".

Tags: Benny Chen Matthew Waxman

06-05-2013 13:31 UTC-8

More Counts From Brasilia

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As cards get back in the air, here is a list of more notables from Brasilia:

Player	Chips	Progress
Annette Obrestad	7,600

Tony Dunst	6,700

Victor Ramdin	4,800

Kathy Liebert	4,600

Gavin Smith	4,600
Jeremy Ausmus	4,300

Marvin Rettenmaier	3,600
Amnon Filippi	3,500

Scott Montgomery	2,500

Liv Boeree	400

Level: 3

Blinds: 50/100

Ante:

06-05-2013 13:57 UTC-8

Ladny Eliminated

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The player under the gun raised to 250, eliciting calls from a middle position player, Kevin MacPhee, in the cutoff, and the small blind. Eric Ladny, in the big blind, went all in for 150 more. The player under the gun wanted to raise the pot and some controversy over the ability to reraise in this situation ensued. The floor was called and notified players that in a pot limit game, only a full raise from an all in player can reopen the action. As a result, we saw all five players complete Ladny's bet. The players all checked the flop , the turn and the river.

The hands:
Small Blind:
Eric Ladny (big blind):
UTG:
Middle Position Player:
Kevin MacPhee (cutoff):

The small blind took the pot with a pair of jacks and Ladny was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Ladny	Busted

Tags: Kevin MacPhee Eric Ladny

06-05-2013 14:00 UTC-8

Cada Short

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Frank Op de Woerd

Level 3 : 50/100, 0 ante

When we arrived the total board was already out: | | . Joe Cada had checked to his neighbor who bet 1,400. That appeared to be pot sized, but that didn't scare Cada. The former Main Event champion called almost immediately but could muck just as fast. His opponent showed for a rivered straight and that was the end of it. Cada has to continue with a little over 600 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Cada	625 3,975	3,975

Tags: Joe Cada

06-05-2013 14:10 UTC-8

van Zadelhoff Doubles

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Level 3 : 50/100, 0 ante

We came upon the action as all the chips went into the middle between Steven van Zadelhoff and a player in middle position.

van Zadelhoff:
Middle Position:

The board ran out giving van Zadelhoff the double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven van Zadelhoff	3,350 1,850	1,850

Tags: Steven van Zadelhoff

06-05-2013 14:14 UTC-8

Lunkin Quadruples

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Frank Op de Woerd

Level 3 : 50/100, 0 ante

Vitaly Lunkin, winner of the $40,000 No-Limit Hold'em event back in 2009, just quadrupled up. The cutoff opened to 225 and the button three bet to 500. From the small blind Lunkin pushed allin and the big blind folded. The cutoff made the call and a side-pot came into existence.

on the flop and the cutoff check-folded to a 450 bet by the button, who thus grabbed the main pot. The button showed but was behind Lunkin's . The on the turn and on the river didn't improve the button's hand and Lunkin now has 550 to play with again.