WSOP 2012 News and Information Thread

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Sadan is a Brit!



http://uk.pokernews.com/news/2012/05/wsop-event-2-no-limit-hold-em-huge-crowd-kicks-off-the-serie-8511.htm

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Paul Foltyn

made day 2 of the $1500 with 44k, lost 30bb flip in the last level, flag hunting tomorrow to erase nightmares of last year

[outragous76]

far more importantly

Rich Hare‏@Shrewdie1

Made day 2 of the $1500 #WSOP . 240 left with 216 paid. Got 24.4k going into 600/1200/200 2mo. Back at 1 2mo.


or as LeKnave pointed out:

Got word that @Shrewdie1 has day2 woohoo'd the first event. #20offaflag Any danger?

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These events start today, shortly in fact


Tuesday, May 29, 2012 to Thursday, May 31, 2012
Event #3: Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em / Pot-Limit Omaha (512 player max) (3,000)

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 to Thursday, May 31, 2012
Event #4: Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8 or Better (1,500)

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319 entered the $3k HU ROE

http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/12103%5CEntrants-List.pdf

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Phil Ivey is back

One year ago, during the $25,000 Heads-Up Championship, Phil Ivey shocked the world. He announced through his Facebook account that he was going to boycott the 2011 WSOP, and that he had filed a lawsuit against Tiltware.

    I am deeply disappointed and embarrassed that Full Tilt players have not been paid money they are owed. I am equally embarrassed that as a result many players cannot compete in tournaments and have suffered economic harm.

    I am not playing in the World Series of Poker as I do not believe it is fair that I compete when others cannot. I am doing everything I can to seek a solution to the problem as quickly as possible.

The news was jaw dropping to say the least. One of the most popular players in the game (and arguably the best player in the game) wasn’t going to play in the biggest and most important tournament series in the world. Rumors swirled about where Ivey actually was during the summer. A few reliable individuals said that he was in Ireland at some point, attempting to single-handedly broker a deal between Tiltware and potential buyers. If this is true, his attempts were obviously unsuccessful — we’re still waiting for someone to purchase FTP’s assets and finally pay the players.

The WSOP moved on without Ivey, and it took a week or two, but we finally let go of the issue, until the Main Event arrived.

Ivey owns the Main Event. He’s finished 23rd or higher four times in the last decade, including a 10th-place finish in 2003 ($82,700), and a seventh-place in 2009 ($1,404,014). Assuming that Ivey has played the Main Event every year since turning 21 in 1997, his ROI is over 1200%. Despite these mind-blowing numbers however, Ivey did not enter the 2011 Main Event.

When the WSOP concluded, Ivey was still nowhere to be found, until the 2011 PokerStars.net APPT Macau rolled around in November. He entered quietly, and he busted quietly, but his return sparked an argument within the poker community — by playing this event, was Phil Ivey being true to his word?

APPT Macau was not a WSOP-sponsored event, but Ivey was still playing when “others cannot,” and some people took offense to this. It’s nearly impossible to blame him for both FTP and Groupe Bernard Tapie’s mistakes however. GBT had an opportunity to end this mess and resurrect FTP, but their plan was allegedly flawed, and the Department of Justice would not accept it. Ivey is one of the two or three most well-known Team FTP players however, so it’s easy to deflect blame to him rather than some suit we’ve never seen before.

Following APPT Macau, Ivey made appearances at the Aussie Millions, the L.A. Poker Classic, and the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo® Casino EPT Grand Final. It was clear that he would return to the WSOP in 2012, but for how many events? During the 25K Fantasy auction draft on Saturday, PokerNews’ Remko Rinkema asked Daniel Negreanu about Ivey, and how many events he’d be playing. Negreanu didn’t give a direct answer, but he did tell Rinkema that he and Ivey were willing to bet anyone that one of them would win a bracelet in 2012. He also said that they had already booked some big action.

Even still, when Ivey sat down in the Tan section of the Amazon Room yesterday for Event #2, I was more excited than I should’ve been. He’s back. The most feared poker player in the world is back. The eight-time bracelet winner (watch your heels, Phil Hellmuth) is back. The man who’s number three on the all-time money list is back.

Phil Ivey is back, and he returned to play a measly $1,500 no-limit hold’em tournament. That smells like a large schedule to me


http://www.pokernews.com/news/2012/05/five-thoughts-ivey-returns-to-the-world-series-of-poker-12742.htm

[outragous76]

Oh noes! Sick joke

Rich hare pure bubbled event 1

[ChipRich]

Oh noes! Sick joke

Rich hare pure bubbled event 1

Kind of. 219th with 216 paid.

Eames strolled out soon after too, 218th for him.

Fk our lives

[titaniumbean]

prob best to keep the Jason Herbert looking so suave Rich

[tikay]

With around 40 left of over 2,000 starters, the current leader of Event # 2 ($1,500 NLH) hails from Aylesbury, one J P Kelly.

VBOL to him.

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LilDave safely through to Day 2 of Event # 3, the Heads Up NLH/Omaha.

[smashedagain]

LilDave safely through to Day 2 of Event # 3, the Heads Up NLH/Omaha.

Wow so sick. Daves in equal first place going into day 3. Gl him

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Event 2 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Helmuth gets a record 86th WSOP Cash

currently 18 left, with JP Kelly 3rd in chips

1    Jacob Bazeley       1,250,000
2    Ryan Schmidt       1,100,000
3    JP Kelly       900,000
4    Joseph Cino       720,000
5    Kenneth Strickland       660,000
6    Neil Willerson       610,000
7    Dan Smith       525,000
8    Abdyl Konjuhi       510,000
9    Andrew Badecker       400,000
10    Richard Park       400,000

Sadan Turker of the UK in with 280,000

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$3,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha

64 Players Advance to Day 2 in Stacked Field

Annette Obrestad returns as the last woman standing.

Day 1 of Event 3 at the World Series of Poker is in the books after three rounds of play. The first ever Heads-up No Limit Hold’em/Pot Limit Omaha mix had a $3,000 price tag and 317 players signed up. At the end of play 64 players are advancing to Day 2 and are guaranteed a min-cash of $3,395.

Annette Obrestad (last woman standing), Justin Bonomo, Guillaume Darcourt, David Williams, Eric Froehlich, David Benefield, John Racener, Andy Frankenberger, Jason Koon, Sam Stein, Josh Arieh and David Chiu are a few of the returning notables.

Two of the heads-up matches for Round 3 drew heavy onlookers – Eric Froehlich vs. Shaun Deeb and Guillaume Darcourt vs. Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier. Froehlich’s win over Deeb happened pretty fast – Deeb called 800 to see a flop of {Q-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} {8-Hearts} and then check-called 1,200. He called 2,500 on the {K-Hearts} turn and then check-called all in. Froehlich tabled {Q-Hearts} {J-Spades} {7-Hearts} {3-Clubs} and Deeb mucked his hand.

The start of the tournament was a star-studded affair with Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Ben Lamb, Carlos Mortensen, Grospellier, Jonathan Duhamel, Eugene Katchalov, Mohsin Charania, Jeffrey Lisandro, Rob and Michael Mizrachi, Jake Cody, Thomas Marchese and Marco Traniello all sat to play. However, none of them made it through to Day 2.

Players will return to Day 2 with 72,000, 24,000 to start with two rebuy lammers behind. Another three rounds are in store, with the day ending at 16 players.

Ben Vinson and David Nicholson are still in for the UK


http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-3-heads-up-no-limit-hold-em-pot-limit-omaha/

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Event 4: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better


622 entries and 248 remain currently

Top Chip Counts
1    Michael Mizrachi       30,000
2    Zimnan Ziyard       23,000
3    David Singer       20,500
4    Jan Fisher       19,500
5    Andrey Zaichenko       19,000
6    Tom Koral       18,500
7    Chris Tryba       17,500
8    Jimmy Fricke       16,500
9    Phil Ivey       16,000
10    Jeff Madsen       15,500


Zimnan




British, went to school with Rupert Elder, won EPT Greece