WSOP 2012 News and Information Thread

[pleno1]

Titty. Ashes the 6max

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Event 17: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 completed
Day 3 Seat Assignments

Table   Seat   Player   Chips
445   1   Antonio Esfandiari   303,000
445   2   Ryan Julius   503,000
445   3   Chris Klodnicki   145,000
445   4   Cary Katz   65,000
445   5   Steve Landfish   599,000
445   6   Andy Frankenberger   166,000
445   7   Manuel Bevand   961,000
445   8   Shaun Deeb   396,000
445   9   Hoyt Corkins   416,000
            
451   1   Phil Ivey   180,000
451   2   Matt Marafioti   154,000
451   3   Patrick Cronin   373,000
451   4   --empty--   --
451   5   Alex Venovski   235,000
451   6   Daniel Weinman   167,000
451   7   Ali Eslami   228,000
451   8   Jeff Tims   233,000
451   9   David Benyamine   117,000

Bevand Leads a Stacked Field of 17


Today was Day 2 of the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em event, numbered 17 on the WSOP schedule. From the starting field of 179, the surviving 69 returned to the felt to play another ten levels. The money bubble was burst very late in the night, and it's Manuel Bevand who'll lead the remaining 17 players into tomorrow's finale. His massive stack of 961,000 chips puts him miles ahead of his nearest challenger.

The field that returned for Day 2 was absolutely packed with notables. November Niner Matt Giannetti was one of the first to drop out, and he was followed out the door by Gavin Smith, Erick Lindgren, Shannon Shorr, John Juanda, and Kevin MacPhee. Defending champion Amir Lehavot bagged up after Day 1, but the early stages of the second day was his downfall this time around. Also exiting fairly early on were Erik Seidel, Jon Aguiar, Steve O'Dwyer, Tom Marchese, and Robert Mizrachi. A bit later fell Olivier Busquet, Andrew Lichtenberger, Humberto Brenes, Noah Schwartz, Liv Boeree, and another former November Niner, Jason Senti.

The 18 who survived that bubble are all guaranteed a payday this weekend, and there is some serious talent (and quite a few bracelets) left in the field. Only Bertrand Grospellier cashed but failed to make it through Day 2. He exited in 18th place right at night's end. Some of the notables who will return for the final day are Julius, Antonio Esfandiari, Hoyt Corkins, Ali Eslami, Andy Frankenberger, Matt Marafioti, David Benyamine, Chris Klodnicki, and Cary Katz.

Oh, hey. Let's not forget about Phil Ivey. The man himself is back at the WSOP for 2012, and he's doing some serious bracelet hunting once again. Ivey's played just about everything this summer, and he's already made one final table. He's in contention for another here tomorrow. After a relatively quiet day on the felt, Ivey bagged up 180,000 chips to put himself in 11th place for Day 3.

http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-17-pot-limit-hold-em/

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Event 18: $2,500 Seven Card Razz

18 of 309 remain overnight

Top Chip Counts
1    Brandon Cantu    298,500
2    Brendan Taylor    288,500
3    Phil Hellmuth       287,500
4    Chris Viox       189,000
5    Michael Chow       183,000
6    Jeff Misteff       155,000
7    David Rosenau    149,000
8    Don Zewin       115,500
9    Jeff Mervis       111,500
10    Barry Greenstein    94,500

Jon Spinks finished 21st for $5904

 http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-18-seven-card-razz/

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Event 19: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1 of Event 19: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em has completed. A massive field of 2,302 players came out for this event and generated a prize pool of over $3.1 million. The top 243 spots will be paid out with the winner taking home nearly $560,000. When the night wrapped up, the field was approximately two tables away from the money, making tomorrow the bubble day.

There were plenty of big names in action for this event including David "Doc" Sands, Jason Mercier, Angel Guillen, Layne Flack and Eric Baldwin. Unfortunately for that group of five, they all hit the rail and will have to go bracelet hunting in other events. Paul Wasicka, Allen Kessler and Tommy Vedes were some to join them.

A few of the notables moving on to Day 2 include actor James Woods and former November Niner John Dolan. They finished on 10,600 and 86,100, respectively. Lauren Kling, David Peters and Cliff Josephy are also moving forward to Day 2.

Leading the charge at the end of the night was Jessica Bertrand Hanna. She bagged up 149,500 in chips and looks to be the overnight chip leader. Josh Hillcock bagged up 128,600 and is nipped at her heels. Clint Tolbert was another big stack and bagged up 91,000.

Top Chip Counts
1    Jessica Bertrand Hanna    149,500
2    Josh Hillcock       128,600
3    Sam Grafton       100,000
4    Justin McGill       100,000
5    John Dolan       93,000
6    Clint Tolbert       91,000
7    Phil Bartholet       90,000
8    Harrison Gimbel       85,500
9    Chris Bolek       80,000
10    Cliff Goldkind       70,000

Ben Vinson, Martins Adeniya still in

 http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-19-no-limit-hold-em/

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Event 20: $5,000 Limit Hold'em
Day 1 completed

Today marked the day for the biggest Limit Hold'em buy-in of this year's World Series of Poker. A total of 166 players showed up all dishing out $5,000 to compete in the most mechanical form of poker. Play started off traditionally slow, with many big bets in play, but there were some very interesting tables to watch. Defending champ Daniel Idema was in the field, as was this year's WSOP Player of the Year leader, John Monnette. The latter will not be adding any points to his already impressive total as he busted out quickly. The title holder is still in the race as he survived the day with 3,500 chips.

In order to have some fun you need to get table talk going and there was plenty in this tournament. Over on Table 356, Daniel Negreanu, Eugene Katchalov and Jameson Painter sat down, and during a small pot some fun chatter started. You can read all about that here in the blog post.

One player always up for table talk, and some needling here and there, is Mike Thorpe. He's better known as "Crazy Mike" and proved once again he deserves that name. From the start he was very loud and active and especially Michael Winnett, who wore a dinosaur suit, was a big target.

Thorpe didn't survive the day just as, among others, David Chiu, Carlos Mortensen, Maria Ho, John Racener and Dan Kelly. Kelly started the day off in a very interesting situation matching up against seven other superstars. His table full of late registered players looked like this and many of them survived the first day of play.

Seat   Name   WSOP Bracelets   Live Tournament Earnings
1   Erick Lindgren   1   $8,457,544
2   Shawn Buchanan   0   $4,678,970
3   Greg Mueller   2   $1,989,989
4   Mark Radoja   1   $1,197,755
5   John Juanda   5   $12,378,559
6   Nick Schulman   1   $5,118,771
7   Huck Seed   4   $7,260,200
8   Unkown   -   -
9   Dan Kelly   1   $2,219,790

In total we lost just 57 players on day one and among the ones returning for more tomorrow we see Shawn Keller, Jason Mercier, Dwyte Pilgrim and Terrence Chan. Chip leader is Nicholas Derke followed by Warwick Mirzikinian who finished third in the $5,000 Mixed-Max cashing $162,443.

James Dempsey the only Brit I can find who is through

http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-20-limit-hold-em/

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Updated

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, Joe Carr-Hill, David Jones, Simon Hennessey, Martins Adeniya, James Akenhead, David Vamplew, Liv Boeree, Keith Hawkins, Tom Middleton, Andrew Teng: cash
#10 -
#11 - Scott O'Reilly ,JP Kelly: cash
#12- Ryan O'Donnell: cash
#13-
#14- John Eames, Ben Jenkins, Keith Hawkins, Neil McFadyen, Nick Gibson, Priyan De Mel, Barry Woods: cash
#15- Zimnan Ziyard: final
#16- James Akenhead, Sam Razavi, Sam Grafton, Martins Adeniya, Matt Perrins, Andrew Wayman: cash
#17 -
#18 Jon Spinks: cash
#19 -
#20 -

Total : $417,100

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stop press, unfortunately

James Dempsey ‏@FoieGrasAddict

busted the $5k LH at the end of Day 1 to continue my boycott of days 2's was the softest $5k i have played in a very long time

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With Ivey and Hellmuth currently Heads Up for bracelets, simultaneously in different events, today's update when they conclude


Ivey, it could be argued, back where he belongs...


Hellmuth gouing for a record 12th bracelet....

[pokerfan]

Ivey 2nd, sigh.

[Tonji]

GO Phil, he's nearly there!

[pleno1]

how the hell does this frankenburger win lol

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Jesse May ‏@ScurrilousMay

You've been Frankenbergered. That's one message to send to the doubters. Huge respect to @AMFrankenberger


Kathy Liebert ‏@pokerkat

Wow. Outplay outwit and beat Ivey heads up in Holdem.

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Event 16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed

Congratulations to Matt Matros, Event #16 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed Champion ($454,835)


It has been a wild, action packed three days here at the Rio, and the sun has set on Event #16: $1,500 No-Limit Six-Handed. An incredible 1,604 players brought in for this tournament, but there could only be one victor. That man is Matt Matros. He took home his third gold bracelet in as many years, and oh yeah, also won $454,835 to boot.

Place   Player   Prize
1st   Matt Matros   $454,835
2nd   Mark Radoja   $281,502
3rd   Ramey Shaio   $182,521
4th   Gordon Vayo   $121,262
5th   Robert Muzzatti   $81,202
6th   Mark Darner   $56,300
7th   Matt Glantz   $40,059
8th   Mike Matusow   $40,059
9th   Jonathan Currle $29,665


 http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-16-no-limit-hold-em-six-handed/

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Congratulations to Andy Frankenberger, Winner of Event 17: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em ($445,899)

Andy Frankenberger WSOP Event #17 Champion

Today was a pretty fantastic day at the World Series of Poker. It was one of the greatest final tables we have had this year, and it produced a great heads-up encounter that drew crowds around the rail the likes of which we have not seen at this years WSOP.

That heads-up finale was fought out between arguably the world's greatest poker player and eight time WSOP bracelet holder, Phil Ivey, and fellow member of the WSOP bracelet club, Andy Frankenberger. In the end, there can only be one winner, and it was Frankenberger that spoiled the Ivey party with a quite magnificent heads-up performance to take his second WSOP bracelet.

Wow! What a tournament!

Three days ago, 179 players turned up to buy a ticket to the $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em extravaganza. At 1:00 PM this afternoon, the Amazon Room came to life as the final 17 players strolled back into the ropes to play for the bracelet.

Cary Katz (who'll you'll see again in The Big One For One Drop) came into Day 3 as the shortest stack left, and he wasted no time getting it all in. He was dealt {K-Spades} {J-Spades} on the very first hand, but he ran his two Broadway cards smack into the pocket aces of Steve Landfish. It was a fine start for the latter, but Katz was sent to the rail to mark the end of his one-hand work day.

David Benyamine was short on chips when he fell in 16th place, the victim of a three-outer. Shaun Deeb won a flip against Chris Klodnicki to send him off in 15th place, and he was followed to the cashier by Patrick Cronin. Cronin had an unenviable final day to his event. He was three-outed twice in the early going, then got the remainder of his short stack in with a dominated hand. He earned more than $28,000 as a consolation prize.

Jeff Tims lost a flip to bow out in 13th place, and we lost a real contender in 12th. Antonio Esfandiari was working on his fourth cash of this young WSOP and looking for his second career gold bracelet. His first came in pot-limit hold'em, but he could not escape the perils of the early levels today. "The Magician" three-bet Manuel Bevand two hands in a row, and the first one got through. Bevand four-bet shoved the second time, though, and Esfandiari's pocket fours could not out-race Bevand's king-queen. Esfandiari had been lively and chatty for the duration of the event, and his exit cleared a few spaces in the bleachers as his fans followed him out the door.

Despite coming into the day with the chip lead, Steve Landfish could not work his way to another $10,000 final table. He had two of those last year, but this time around, he'd have to settle for an 11th-place cash after Shaun Deeb sent him on his way. That brought the field down to just one table of ten, and they were relocated to the main ESPN stage.

Ten-handed play lingered for a couple levels as a couple players doubled up. Ryan Julius could not accomplish that feat, though, and he was the one run out as the final table bubble boy. Julius got his short stack in bad with {A-Spades} {8-Spades} against Manuel Bevand's two nines, and he could not overcome them. The final table was set, and it would prove to be a damn good one.

WSOP stalwart and double bracelet winner, Hoyt Corkins brought his trusty cigar to the final table, but his stay would be the shortest one. Corkins three-bet shoved with pocket nines, and Bevand won a flip with ace-jack to send the Cowboy pacing off into the distance.

They were eight-handed for a long while before Daniel Weinman met his demise. Weinman shoved in with {K-Clubs} {Q-Clubs}, but Andy Frankenberger's {Q-Spades} {Q-Hearts} were too much to overcome.

Next to fall was Canada's Matt Marafioti, who finished runner-up in this event in 2010. Marafioti found himself nearly all in with {A-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} against the {K-Hearts} {9-Hearts} of Eslami. A king flopped to all but end Marafioti's day, and he lost his last 15,000 chips on the next hand to depart in seventh place.

Six remained, and one of them was Shaun Deeb. He had a more volatile event than anyone else in the field, going back and forth between chip leader and short stack like a yo-yo. He was almost felted early in the day, but he recovered well to find himself healthy with one hand before the dinner break. On that hand, though, Deeb got himself all in and flipping a coin for his tournament life. It was the most dramatic hand of the tournament, too. Andy Frankenberger flopped a set with his pocket sixes, but Deeb's {A-Hearts} {K-Spades} had outs on the {J-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {6-Spades}. The {Q-Hearts} ripped right off on the turn to give Deeb Broadway, but it paired again with the {Q-Diamonds} river to give the pot back to Frankenberger. His full house was the hand that sent Deeb packing, and it seems like it's only a matter of time before he earns a bracelet. Today was not the day.

So, just five players returned from the dinner break, and Manuel Bevand was leading the way. That would not last long. He had been worked all the way down around 800,000 when another huge pot broke out involving Frankenberger. The latter got all his own chips in with {A-Clubs} {K-Clubs}, and Bevand was content to flip for the knockout with {J-Hearts} {J-Clubs}. The flop was blank, but the {A-Diamonds} on the turn cued a big celebration from Frankenberger. Bevand was eliminated on the next hand, and Frankenberger was suddenly in contention and a real threat to take the title.

So we were down to four-handed play and the next player to be culled was Alexander Venovski. As per usual at this stage of the tournament it came down to a flip and the benefactor was Phil Ivey. The pocket sevens of Ivey standing strong against the ace-queen of Venovski and we were down to a menage a trois.

When we went three-handed it was Andy Frankenberger with all of the work to do. He started as the short stack with just 8BB but fought like a lion. Frankenberger really turned it on and in the end it was Ali Eslami who was eliminated in third place after losing a flip to Phil Ivey. This time Ivey found {8-Hearts} {8-Clubs} to beat the {K-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} of Eslami and we were heads up with neck and neck stacks.

The heads-up battle drew one of the biggest crowds that the Amazon has seen this year, as players and fans aliked flocked to see if Phil Ivey could create a dream story of nine WSOP bracelets. But today was not to be a Phil Ivey day. Today was an Andy Frankenberger day. Considering he was up against the greatest player in the world Frankenberger's victory was a wonderful moment for the former stocks trader. The final hand coming on a board of {A-Spades} {5-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} with Frankenberger holding {A-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} for top pair and Ivey holding {7-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} for the draw. The draw never came in and Frankenberger was soon getting himself ready for a hell of a lot of photographs!

Final Table Results

Place   Player   Prize
1st   Andy Frankenberger   $445,899
2nd   Phil Ivey   $275,559
3rd   Ali Eslami   $199,623
4th   Alexander Venovski   $147,345
5th   Manuel Bevand   $110,731
6th   Shaun Deeb   $84,668
7th   Matt Marafioti   $65,840
8th   Daniel Weinman $52,059
9th   Hoyt Corkins   $41,829


http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-17-pot-limit-hold-em/

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Event 19: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 completed

Day 2 of Event 19: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em has wrapped up after another 10 levels of play. Finishing atop the final 19 was Gregg Wilkinson with 1.227 million in chips. He'll return on Monday with the chip lead for the final day, but it's not going to be easy to win this thing.

Early in the day the money bubble broke. It was Pratik Ghatge who was the tournament bubble boy. His pocket kings went down to an opponent's {A-}{Q-} when an ace hit the river and that sent everyone into the money. Some of the notables to finish the day in the money, but short of Day 3 were Sam Stein, Clint Tolbert, Justin Schwartz, John Dolan, Lauren Kling, Isaac Haxton and Christina Lindley.

Coming in behind Wilkinson and rounding out the top five are Patrick Smith (867,000), Cliff Goldkind (760,000), Eric Wasserson (725,000) and Adria Balaguer (697,000).

Canadian Philippe Boucher is still alive and bagged up 459,000 in chips. Boucher was the winner of Event 6: €1,620 Six-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha at the 2011 World Series of Poker Europe. There he won €125,584 and his first WSOP gold bracelet. Another notable, David Peters, bagged up 681,000 and is in sixth place overall.

1    Gregg Wilkinson    1,227,000
2    Patrick Smith       867,000
3    Cliff Goldkind       760,000
4    Eric Wasserson    725,000
5    Adria Balaguer       697,000
6    David Peters       681,000
7    Barry Shulman       650,000
8    Jason Wheeler       622,000
9    Greg Ronaldson    594,000
10    Aram Zerounian    464,000

Sam Grafton and Rickm Trigg finished 103rd and 114th respectively for just under $4,000 each


 http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-19-no-limit-hold-em/