WSOP 2012 News and Information Thread

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WSOP TD Interview: Controversial rule changes

[redsimon]

I think the retweeting was stupid on @WSOP and @WSOPTD part but isn't the player being a bit precious?

[anthonyl]

wow up to 11 people re enter wsop event twice on same day ?!

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Palansky: Handling the same day re-entry controversy

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Event 6: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Mixed-Max

Day 4 completed

Championship Match Set; Play Resumes Monday at Noon

Day 4 of Event 6, the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Mixed-Max, began with four players remaining from the starting field of 409. The plan was for the winner of the two semi-final matches to play in a championship match. How did the semi-final matches play out?

Joseph Cheong defeated Hugo Lemaire in what was a one-sided match from the start. Within 15 minutes of the start, Cheong cracked Lemaire's aces with pocket threes to take a solid chip lead. He never looked back from there and closed out the match in just less than three hours.

It was a different story for Aubin Cazals. His match with Warwick Mirzikinian lasted for nearly nine-and-a-half hours. Mirzikinian had control for much of the match and had Cazals all in and at risk twice, but Cazals would not settle for a third-place finish. He fought back valiantly and earned the victory.

What came next was much debate as to when the championship match would take place. In the end, it was agreed upon by all parties involved that the championship match will convene at 9:00 AM Monday morning. However, following Cheong's elimination in Event 9, the two players agreed to bump the start time to 12:00 PM. Following confirmation from the WSOP staff, it was settled.

1          480,564
2          296,956
3    Warwick Mirzikinian    162,443
4    Hugo Lemaire       162,443
5    Marvin Rettenmaier    68,151
6    Fabrizio Baldassari    68,151
7    Randy Haddox    68,151
8    Adam Geyer       68,151
9    Anthony Gargano    24,390
10    Daniel Buzgon       24,390
11    Matthew DeLuca    24,390
12    Ryan O'Donnell    24,390
13    Toby Lewis       24,390


http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-6-no-limit-hold-em-mixed-max/

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Event 8: $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better

is currently heads up between Gavin Griffin and Herbert Tapscott

1          264,400
2          163,625
3    Ashly Butler       102,373
4    Can Kim Hua       74,306
5    Michael "Boonie" Kleist 54,855
6    John Racener       41,121
7    Thayer Rasmussen    31,278
8    Raymond Davis    24,111
9    Bryan Jolly       18,837



http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-8-omaha-hi-low-split-8-or-better/

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Event 9: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry
Day 1b completed
John Juanda Searching For Bracelet Number Six

Players have bagged and tagged for the evening and after nine and a half levels of poker, James Dambrosio has emerged as Day 1b's chip leader with 89,900 in chips. Close on Dambrosio's heels is Jovan Sudar with 85,800.

Several notable players have been able to rise above the stiff competition in this event and earn themselves solid stacks going into Day 2. Among those returning tomorrow are Tony Dunst (38,700), Greg Mueller (37,000), Men Nguyen (31,000), Lars Bonding (29,500), Kathy Liebert (26,800), Mike Matusow (21,500), and Jake Cody (8,200)

With a field this size, it was inevitable that many notable players found themselves felted before play ended. Eric Froelich, Gavin Smith, Steve O'Dwyer, Andy Frankenberger, Dwyte Pilgrim, Mario Ho, Freddy Deeb, and Yevgeniy Timoshenko are just a small sample size of the players to hit the rail today.

Team PokerStars had a fair showing today, with Jason Mercier (50,400) and Liv Boeree (57,700) thriving and moving on to Day 2. That being said, many of the PokerStars pros to enter the event today eventually found themselves walking to the rail. Those to enter and not find the fortunes that Mercier and Boeree found include Vanessa Selbst, Martin Staszko, Shane Schleger, Randy Lew, Vanessa Rousso, George Lind and Andre Akkari.

The 260 remaining players from today's play will combine with the 254 runners from Day 1a for a grand total of 514 returning to Day 2. Giorgio Medici of Day 1a still leads the pack with the top stack of 106,500.

Top Chip Counts
1    James Dambrosio    89,900
2    James Sudar       85,800
3    John Juanda       70,600
4    Jason Mercier       50,400
5    Dominik Nitsche    48,000
6    Liv Boeree       46,500
7    Amnon Filipi       37,500
8    Greg Mueller       37,000
9    Shannon Shorr    35,000
10    Men Nguyen       31,000

Liv Boeree, Jake Cody, Chris Moorman are those listed on the overnights, that I can see

http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-9-no-limit-hold-em-re-entry/

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Event 10: $5,000 Seven Card Stud

96 of 145 remain after Day 1

Top Chip Counts
1    Bryn Kenney    59,000
2    David Singer    55,400
3    Mike Sigel       54,900
4    Maxwell Troy    54,200
5    Frank Kassela    53,800
6    Paul Volpe    46,900
7    Mike Leah       45,700
8    Matt Kelly       43,600
9    Freddie Ellis    36,000
10    Jeff Lisandro    36,000

Richard Ashby is the only British player I can see that entered, he is out

Read more: http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-10-seven-card-stud/
 


http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-10-seven-card-stud/

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So far, unchanged from yesterday, A relatively quiet start compared to last year.

Table of British Bracelets, Finals, Cashes:

#2  JP Kelly: Final   
       Sadan Turker, Paul Foltyn: cash
#3  David Nicholson, Ben Vinson, Sebastian Saffari: cash
#4  Zimnan Ziyard: cash
#5  John Eames: Final
      Jack Ellwood,Scott O'reilly, Toby Lewis: cash
#6  Toby Lewis, Martins Adeniya, Matt Frankland: Cash
#7  -
#8 - Scott O'Reilly, David Nicholson : cash
#9

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Congratulations to Aubin Cazals, Winner of Event 6: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Mixed-Max ($480,564)

Aubin Cazals traveled from Malta all the way to Las Vegas for the 2012 World Series of Poker, and, thanks to winning Event 6: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Mixed-Max, he's not going to leave empty handed.

Cazals finished Day 1 with an average stack of 63,600 chips. On Day 2, he finished fifth in chips with 340,000, making him the No. 5 seed heading into heads-up play. His first opponent was Eric Froehlich, who finished fourth in last year's $25,000 heads-up event. Cazals finished off E-Fro in less than two levels however - Froehlich moved all in with middle pair on a king-high flop, and Cazals held ace-king. The Frenchman held, and was off to the round of 16 to face Toby Lewis.

Cazals began with a slight chip advantage, and never looked back. In the end, on a board of {5-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{q-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}, Cazals moved all in, and Lewis called, putting his tournament life on the line. Cazals tabled {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} for aces and queens, and Lewis mucked his hand.

Adam Geyer was Cazal's third heads-up opponent, and Geyer took an early lead in the match. Cazals battled back however, and then the two played a massive pot in which Cazals had two kings and Geyer had ace-king. Cazals' kings held, crippling Geyer, and he eliminated him a few hands later.

In the semi-finals, Cazals battled Warwick Mirzikinian for over nine hours. Yes, you read that correctly. Over nine hours. The chip lead changed hands several times, until Level 26, where Mirzikinian was all in preflop with {k-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}. Cazals' {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts} held, and his next opponent was 2010 November Niner Joseph Cheong.

The problem is, nobody knew when they were going to play. Initially, they decided to play on Tuesday, but the tournament staff informed them that they must play today. The two then agreed to play at 9 a.m. - which would've been the earliest final table in WSOP history - but Cheong busted from Event 9: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry, and they rescheduled to noon.

Today's match looked like it was going to be another marathon - both players were trading blows, and no one jumped out to a substantial lead. Finally, towards the end of Level 24, the fireworks went off. Cheong six-bet shoved for nearly 3 million chips, and Cazals snapped it off, holding two kings. Cheong's fours were crushed, and did not improve.

Congratulations to Mr. Aubin Cazals for winning Event 6


 http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-6-no-limit-hold-em-mixed-max/

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Event 9: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry

43 of 3404 remain

Top Chip Counts
1    Brian Rast       1,100,000
2    Aviraham Lovton    950,000
3    Jonathan Duhamel    600,000
4    Domenico Scalamogna 540,000
5    Alan Zelman       500,000
6    Arthur Morris       470,000
7    Ashkan Razavi       440,000
8    Par Hilderbrand    420,000
9    Randy Lanosga    420,000
10    Stephen Reynolds    373,000

Martins Adeniya still in, shortstacked

James Akenhead, David Vamplew, Liv Boeree, Keith Hawkins, Tom Middleton, Andrew Teng  all cashed






http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-9-no-limit-hold-em-re-entry/

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Event 10: $5,000 Seven Card Stud

21 of 145 remain

Top Chip Counts
1    Mark Dickstein       181,000
2    Freddie Ellis       163,000
3    John Monnette    161,000
4    Jeff Lisandro       160,000
5    Bryn Kenney       160,000
6    Perry Friedman    121,000
7    Eugene Katchalov    120,000
8    Timothy Finne       117,000
9    Yuval Bronshtein    112,000
10    Raymond Dehkharghani    94,000


http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-10-seven-card-stud/

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Event 11: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha

118 of 970 remain

Top Chip Counts
1    Chuck Tonne       175,000
2    Sholom Lipszyc    101,000
3    Dustin Dobrilovic    101,000
4    Matt Maggard       96,000
5    Vincent Van Der Fluit 85,000
6    Noah Boeken       62,000
7    Jiaqi Xu       61,000
8    Tristan Wade       56,000
9    Alexander Dovznenko    52,400
10    Jonathan Poche    51,000

JP kelly has cashed

Read more: http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-11-pot-limit-omaha/

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Table of British Bracelets, Finals, Cashes:

#2  JP Kelly: Final  
       Sadan Turker, Paul Foltyn, Simon Hennessey: cash
#3  David Nicholson, Ben Vinson, Sebastian Saffari: cash
#4  Zimnan Ziyard: cash
#5  John Eames: Final
      Jack Ellwood,Scott O'reilly, Toby Lewis: cash
#6  Toby Lewis, Martins Adeniya, Matt Frankland, Ryan O'Donnell: Cash
#7  -
#8 - Scott O'Reilly, David Nicholson : cash
#9 - Sam Grafton, David Jones, Simon Hennessey, Martins Adeniya, James Akenhead, David Vamplew, Liv Boeree, Keith Hawkins, Tom Middleton, Andrew Teng: cash
#10 -
#11 - JP Kelly: cash

Total : $281,951

[Amatay]

Table of British Bracelets, Finals, Cashes:

#2  JP Kelly: Final   
       Sadan Turker, Paul Foltyn: cash
#3  David Nicholson, Ben Vinson, Sebastian Saffari: cash
#4  Zimnan Ziyard: cash
#5  John Eames: Final
      Jack Ellwood,Scott O'reilly, Toby Lewis: cash
#6  Toby Lewis, Martins Adeniya, Matt Frankland: Cash
#7  -
#8 - Scott O'Reilly, David Nicholson : cash
#9 - Martins Adeniya, James Akenhead, David Vamplew, Liv Boeree, Keith Hawkins, Tom Middleton, Andrew Teng: cash
#10 -
# 11 - JP Kelly: cash

Think leknave cashed in #9