Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante:
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #12: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2014 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
557
Level
23
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
0
Menard Crushes Kaverman
Level 9
: 400/800, 0 ante
A brief but intense preflop raising war resulted Byron Kaverman being all-in and at risk of elimination from this tournament.
Kaverman revealed 
and was way behind to the 
that dominated him. Neither player improved on the 
board, Menard winning the pot by virtue of his king-kicker, and like that Kaverman was gone.
"I got all of Byron's chips," said Menard to Marvin Rettenmaier who had walked over to watch the hand play out.
"Wow, he had a lot of chips, too." said Rettenmaier.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000 | 48,000 |
|
Busted |
Ladies and Gentleman, Here Is Our New Chip Leader
Level 9
: 400/800, 0 ante
Matt Damadeo has flown to the top of the chip counts where he has put some distance between himself and the chasing pack.
Damadeo has oodles of chips in front of him, which at the last count totalled 88,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
88,000 | 36,000 |
Peters Takes a Big One
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Level 9
: 400/800, 0 ante
We walked up to a board of 
and approximately 24,000 in the middle. David Peters pushed all in for around 16,000 and his opponent thought for a while, before finally saying "I feel like I had you 'til the river," and then mucking with the 
face up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
40,000 | 12,000 |
Snapped
Feast your eyes on some of the photographs taken today at Event #12.
Allen Eliminates Little
Level 9
: 400/800, 0 ante
Kevin Allen was first to act from his seat on the button and he raised twice the size of the big blind to 1,600. The small blind ducked out of the way, leaving Jonathan Little to defend his big blind.
A flop reading 
was initially checked by Little, leaving the door open for Allen to bet 900. Little then check-raised all-in for around 3,600 and Allen beat him into the pot with a call.
Allen: 
Little: 
Allen had flopped a straight and had a redraw to a diamond flush. Little on the other hand held a pair of kings and needed running cards to either a full house or a flush. The turn bricked and Little stood and was on his way out of the tournament area before the meaningless river card was dealt.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,000 | 2,000 |
|
Busted |
Who Has All of the Betting Tokens
Level 9
: 400/800, 0 ante
Ryan Riess has had a good level, improving his stack to 54,000 to keep him up their among the chip leaders.
Former chip leader Shankar Pillai has slipped a little, but still has 44,000 chips in his arsenal. Slightly further down the leaderboard we have Joseph Cheong and Darryll Fish, while towards the bottom end reside Keven Stammen, Marvin Rettenmaier and Dan Kelly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
54,000 | 17,400 |
|
44,000 | -13,000 |
|
38,000 | 10,000 |
|
31,000 | -6,000 |
|
29,500 | 6,500 |
|
|
28,000 | 9,000 |
|
|
22,000 | 2,200 |
|
16,200 | 11,900 |
|
15,000 | 2,500 |
|
11,400 | -4,500 |
|
11,200 | -3,800 |
|
9,700 | 3,400 |
|
Busted |
Little Crippled
Level 9
: 400/800, 0 ante
Dylan Linde raised to 1,800 from early position and Jonathan Little three-bet to 3,500 from late position. Linde called and they were heads up. The flop was 
and Linde checked. Little bet 3,200 and Linde made the call. The turn was the 
and both players checked.
The river was the and Linde fired 8,500. Little thought for a moment before eventually throwing out chips for the call. Linde showed 
and Little mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000 | 39,000 |
|
|
5,200 | -3,800 |
Nassif Knocked Out
Level 9
: 400/800, 0 ante
French grinder Gabriel Nassif has 24 cashes at the World Series of Poker, including one from Event #3 this year, but if he wants to be able to boast about a quarter-century of them he is going to have to play in more events this summer because he's been eliminated from Event #12.
"Seat open table one," came the cry from the dealer as Nassif came by the media desk to collect his phone that was on charge.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Allen Has 20 Bigs
Level 9
: 400/800, 0 ante
British professional poker player Kevin Allen has had a tough table all day long, but he's come away from it relatively unscathed. Going into the last two levels of the night, Allen has 20,000 chips in his stack and is in the hunt for even more.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
20,000 |