WSOP 2012 News and Information Thread

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Event 20: $5,000 Limit Hold'em

currently 17 left

Top Chip Counts
1    Matthew Woodward 290,000
2    Samuel Golbuff       285,000
3    Jeff Shulman       220,000
4    Terrence Chan       210,000
5    Ayman Qutami       180,000
6    Andrew Prock       155,000
7    Jesse Martin       150,000
8    Nicholas Derke       150,000
9    Matt Glantz       140,000
10    Kenneth Shei       130,000




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

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Event 21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Attracted a whopping 2779 entrants and is in the cash with 260 left

Top Chip Counts
1    Edward Locke       124,000
2    John Mangg       110,000
3    Chris McClung       95,000
4    Jason Manggunio    90,000
5    Kory Kilpatrick       85,000
6    Matt Prior               82,000
7    Jerry Wong       70,000
8    Dan Smith       66,000
9    James Dempsey    65,000 (though I gather this is oudated info)
10    Austen Johnson    62,000

John Duthie and Stephen Chidwick have cashed

I think Leknave has to, but waiting for a complete list....please add names if you hear of them




http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-21-no-limit-hold-em/

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Yes, he cashed. Well done

Dave Jones ‏@LeKnave

day 2! coming back with 49100 to 600/1200.

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Seventy-Nine Advance to Day 2 of Event 22: $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball

A total of 79 (of 222) players made it through eight one-hour levels today, and will restart at 1pm tomorrow with the aim of making history by making a World Series of Poker final table.

From what we could see at the frantic end of play bagging up period, Shawn Buchanon leads the way with 61,800 chips. John Monnette (43,000), Layne Flack (34,300), and Josh Arieh (33,100) all come back with healthy stacks and will be happy with their progress. Jean-Robert Bellande was down to around 2,000 chips in the last level but managed to spin that up to 25,200 at play's end.

Bill Chen (13,200), Richard Ashby (12,000), and Marvin Rettenmaier (2,000) all had bad last levels and were clearly frustrated with their late progress, but at least they're still in.

The same cannot be said for Doyle and Todd Brunson, Shaun Deeb, Vannesa Selbst, David "Viffer" Peat, Daniel Negreanu and Andy Bloch who were amongst many marquee players who failed to advance to day two.

Top Chip Counts
1    Shawn Buchanon    61,800
2    John Monnette    43,000
3    Layne Flack       34,300
4    Josh Arieh       33,100
5    David "Bakes" Baker 33,000
6    Vincent van der Fluit 32,000
7    Tristan Clemencon    26,100
8    Jean-Robert Bellande 25,200
9    Barry Greenstein    23,000
10    Allen Kessler       22,10

Stuart Rutter, Richard Ashby and John Kabbaj are still in


Read more: http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-22-2-7-triple-draw-lowball/

http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-22-2-7-triple-draw-lowball/

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Congratulations to Phil Hellmuth, Winner of the 2012 WSOP Event 18: $2,500 Seven Card Razz ($182,793)

On Sunday, the 2012 World Series of Poker continued with the third and final day of Event #18 $2,500 Seven Card Razz. What began with 309 players was down to the final 18, each looking increase their share of a $702,975 prize pool with the ultimate goal of capturing the $182,793 first-place prize.

The big story headed into the day was 11-time bracelet Phil Hellmuth, who was sitting third in chips and primed to make a run at a record 12 bracelets. Standing in his way were some experienced players including chip leader “Any Two” Brandon Cantu; 2008 Razz champion Barry Greenstein; and Don Zewin, who actually took third to Hellmuth and Johnny Chan back in the 1989 WSOP Main Event.

Last year, Hellmuth came close to bracelet 12 on three different occasions only to be denied. While his three runner-up finishes were impressive, they left him wanting. When would he get his elusive twelfth? In the early morning hours of Monday, that question was answered when he took down Event #18 $2,500 Seven Card Razz!

A short-stacked Scott Clements set the pace for the day as he was eliminated on the very first hand. Over the course of the next three hours, nine more players would hit the rail on the way to the final table; however, no one would come closer than David Rosenau, who earned the unfortunate distinction as final-table bubble boy.

Rosenau, who was the short stack during nine-handed play, was eliminated when Scott Fishman brought it in with a {K-} and Brandon Cantu completed. Rosenau then raised all in for 14,000 total, which both Fischman and Cantu called. Fischman proceeded to check-call bets on the turn, fifth and sixth, and then bet when Cantu checked seventh. Cantu thought for a long time before he folded.

Fischman: (x-x) / {K-}{6-}{4-}{K-} / (x) ({7-}{5-}{3-})
Rosenau: (x-x) / {7-}{3-}{2-}{7-} / (x) ({2-}{5-}{6-})
Cantu: (x-x) / {8-}{3-}{A-}{7-} / (x)

Rosenau ended up with three pair and was dispatched in ninth place by Fischman's 7-6-5-4-3 low.

Here’s a look at the players who were eliminated on Day 3 short of the final table:
Pre-Final Table Eliminations

Place   Player   Prize
9th   David Rosenau   $13,827
10th   Scott Abrams   $13,827
11th   Calvin Anderson   $10,945
12th   Gerald Ringe   $10,945
13th   Jared Bleznick   $8,780
14th   Jeff Mervis   $8,780
15th   Chris “Pi Master” Viox   $7,135
16th   Dan O’Brien   $7,135
17th   Chirs “Fox” Wallace   $5,904
18th   Scott Clements   $5,904

The first elimination of the final table came when Brendan Taylor completed with a {6-} and then called a raise from Jeff Misteff. The latter bet the turn before calling a bet on fifth. Misteff's last 10,000 went in on sixth and the cards were tabled.

Misteff: {A-}(x) / {5-}{3-}{5-}{10-} / (x)
Taylor: {A-}{2-} / {6-}{9-}{J-}{4-} / {4-}

We didn't get a good look at Misteff's cards, but we do know he was drawing dead headed into seventh street. He finished in eighth place and parted with a $17,693 consolation prize.

In another hand, Michael Chow fired out a bet on the turn and was called by Hellmuth, who was showing a pair of aces. Fifth street saw Chow fired out another bet, but this time Helluth quickly raised. "You can just say all in," Hellmuth told Chow, who only had 10,000 behind. While he didn't say it, Chow did commit it.

Chow: {8-}{4-} / {3-}{2-}{4-}{J-} / {3-}
Hellmuth: {2-}{5-} / {A-}{A-}{3-}{9-} / {10-}

Sixth street gave Hellmuth a nine-low, which meant Chow needed to improve on seventh. He squeezed out his card and didn't see any pips, meaning it was either a deuce, three or ace. "You've got two of the aces though," Chow said, knowing it was the only card that would save his tournament life. He then flipped and revealed a {3-}. With that, Hellmuth chipped up to 500,000 and sent Chow home in seventh place.

Former Razz champ, Greenstein, was the next to go:

Greenstein: {x-}{x-} / {2-}{7-}
Cantu: {x-}{x-} / {4-}{2-}

Greenstein completed, Hellmuth released, and Cantu examined Greenstein's stack before raising. Greenstein called. On fourth street, Cantu led out, and Greenstein raised. Cantu re-raised, putting Greenstein all in, and Cantu called.

Greenstein: {6-}{5-}
Cantu: {7-}{3-}

Greenstein was dealt a {j-} on fifth, Cantu received a {9-}, and then both players were dealt {9-}s on sixth. Cantu flipped over a {10-} on seventh, while Greenstein squeezed his down card.

"I'm even money," Greenstein said, grinning. "It's either the six or eight of hearts."

The {6-Hearts} would pair him, and the {8-Hearts} would give him the best hand. Unfortunately for the Bear, it was the {6-Hearts} eliminating him from the tournament. Greenstein received a loud round of applause, and he's off to the cage to collect his $30,150.

The next to go was Brendan Taylor. It happened when he completed with a {3-}, Cantu raised with an {8-}, and Taylor re-raised. The rest of the chips got in, and the hands were opened.

Taylor: {6-}{2-} / {8-}
Cantu: {7-}{6-} / {3-}

Both players were dealt paint on fourth street - Cantu a {q-} and Taylor a {k-} - and both players received a {4-} on fifth. Cantu improved with a {2-} on sixth, Taylor received more paint ({q-}), and Cantu turned over a {7-} on seventh. We missed Taylor's last card, but he mucked, and exited the tournament in fifth place.

After returning from the dinner break, Cantu brought it in, Don Zewin completed, and Fischman raised. Only Zewin called. Fischman called a bet on fourth street, and when Zewin paired on fifth, Fischman led out. Zewin called, and Fischman bet all in on sixth. Zewin called.

Fischman: {4-}{2-}/ {6-}{9-}{a-}{10-} / {x-}
Cantu: {x-}{x-} / {8-} (FOLDED)
Zewin: {6-}{2-}/ {5-}{4-}{5-}{a-} / {x-}

Zewin was turned over a {10-} on seventh, so Fischman was drawing, but the {q-} did not improve his hand. Fischman was eliminated in fourth place, while Zewin moved into second on the chip counts.

A short time later, Zewin brought it in with a {K-} and was met with a completion by Hellmuth. Cantu came along for the ride, Zewin got out of the way, and it was off to the turn. Cantu ended up with the lead and bet out, which prompted Hellmuth to ask for a count.

"Can't afford to let you bluff me," Hellmuth said. "Let's put it all in." He then raise and put the pressure back on Cantu, who though for about 40 seconds before three-betting. Sure enough, his chips ended up in the pot and his tournament life was at risk.

Cantu: {4-}{9-} / {5-}{2-}{3-}{J-} / (x)
Hellmuth: {A-}{5-} / {7-}{8-}{4-}{10-} / {6-}

Hellmuth had the best hand when the money went in and maintained the lead through sixth. Hellmuth quickly showed the {6-} he received on seventh, which meant Cantu needed either a six, seven or ace on the river to win. He squeezed it out slowly and there were no pips visible, meaning it could be an ace. He said it was also a heart, and the {A-Hearts} was alive. He completed the squeeze and all the tension disappeared when he turned over the {3-Hearts}.

Hellmuth's hand held to send Cantu to the rail in third place, and also give him a commanding chip lead headed into heads-up play.

It would take awhile before Hellmuth finished off his opponent as he took a slow and steady approach to the match; however, in the end Hellmuth had a date with destiny as he captured bracelet number 12 in 2012!
Event #18 $2,500 Seven Card Razz Final Table Results

Place   Player   Prize
1st   Phil Hellmuth   $182,793
2nd   Don Zewin   $113,024
3rd   Brandon Cantu   $74,269
4th   Scott Fischman   $54,248
5th   Brendan Taylor   $40,167
6th   Barry Greenstein   $30,150
7th   Michael Chow   $22,945
8th   Jeff Misteff   $17,693

Congratulations to Phil Hellmuth on taking down his record twelfth gold bracelet!

$2,500 Seven Card Razz Champions Since 2004

Year   Player   Entrants   Prize
2012   Phil Hellmuth   309   $182,793
2011   Rep Porter   363   $210,615
2010   Frank Kassela   365   $214,085
2009   Jeff Lisandro   315   $188,390
2008*   Barry Greenstein453   $157,643
2007*   Katja Thater   341   $132,653
2006*   James Richberg409   $139,576
2005*   O’Neil Longson   291   $125,690
2004*   TJ Cloutier   195   $90,500

* $1500 buy in


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

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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 - Sam Grafton, Rick Trigg: cash
#20 -
#21 - David Kilpatrick, Pete Haslam,David Jones,Stephen Chidwick,Sebastian Saffari,David Vamplew,Zimnan Ziyard, Paul Damany: cash

Total : $441,800

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David Vamplew ‏@davidv1213

Grinded next to no chips all day in #wsop21 and ended up making day 2, 16bbs tomorrow and am itm. Didn't come easy, deserve a spin up imo


Another British cash

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227 got through in the $1,000 NLHE in the end

Full list at http://www.wsop.com/pdfs/reports/12121%5C2012WSOP_EV21_EOD1%28chips%29.pdf


David Kilpatrick 14th
Pete Haslam 38th
David Jones 53rd
Stephen Chidwick 92nd
Sebastian Saffari 155th
David Vamplew 156th
Zimnan Ziyard 180th


are the Brits going to tomorrow

All have cashed for at least $2015

Paul Damany finished 235th

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Stu Rutter going along nicely, this from his Staking Thread......

Triple draw, day two, dinner break update

Just a quick one, to say I'm still in the triple draw!

In the money, 18 left, I have 61k, average is 88k

Really pumped

Playing down to a final table tonight

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

Congratulations to Cliff Goldkind, Event #19 Champion! ($559,514)

On Saturday afternoon, a field of 2,302 players turned up for Event #19 of this 2012 World Series of Poker. The buy-in was a moderate $1,500, but the big field created a hefty prize pool of more than $3 million. More than a half-million dollars of that awaited the eventual champion, and that comes with the priceless gold bracelet.

This evening, we crowned our champion. Cliff Goldkind is a 24-year-old student from Potomac, Maryland. Tonight, he's a WSOP bracelet winner. After one of the quicker Day 3's of the Series, Goldkind knocked off the gregarious Kennii Nguyen in the final duel to get his first taste of live tournament glory.

Heads Up.....


"You wanna know payouts now, Cliff?" one of his friends asked.

"Sure," Goldkind answered.

"Five-fifty-nine," came the reply.

Goldkind's eyes rolled back in his head. "Oh," he said with an impenetrable grin.

"You're halfway to One Drop!" another said.


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

1    Cliff Goldkin       559,514
2    Kennii Nguyen       347,036
3    Adria Balaguer       245,197
4    Patrick Smith       176,299
5    Gregg Wilkinson    128,441
6    Justin McGill       94,815
7    David Peters       70,886
8    Barry Shulman       53,669
9    Gary Burks       41,145

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Event 21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 2 Ends With Jamie Armstrong Bagging the Most

With 222 people coming in with chips, only 17 left the day with their markers. Jamie Armstrong finished the day with the most chips, bagging 1,434,000. Right behind him was Noah Vaillancourt with 1,212,000 and Eric Baldwin with 887,000,making this no easy pickings for anyone. Those players will return tomorrow in the Amazon room to fight it out.

Of course the day was filled with plenty of players hitting the rail early. Of those departed Maria Ho made the strongest impression. Dictating the action at her table most of the day. Here is a look at what happened when we watched her table for an orbit early on today. Eventually a few bad beats caused Ho to be on the chopping block, and she never recovered and was sent packing. A few other players that left us today were Martin Staszko, Matthew Prior, Ryan Gentry, and Huy Nguyen.

Nguyen especially had a rough go at it, coming out with a monster stack early on today, but falling after a string of bad beats, including this one. Alan Keating who came out of the woodwork late, making a strong impression by acquiring chips. In the end though he was vanquished by Jamie Armstrong.

Tomorrow the 17 remaining players will play down until an ultimate winner is crowned. Will it be Eric Baldwin? The former collegiate baseball champion and current career poker player had many highs today, knocking out opponents, doubling up late, and just knowing when he is ahead and getting value. The truth is anyone could come out tomorrow and walk away with a World Series of Poker bracelet.

1    Jamie Armstrong    1,434,000
2    Noah Vaillancourt    1,212,000
3    Eric Baldwin       887,000
4    Derek Wolters       865,000
5    Jean-Louis Santoni    595,000
6    Eric Davis               527,000
7    Jason Manggunio    400,000
8    Mitch Merritt       388,000
9    Jonathan Poche    374,000
10    Dan Smith       339,000

LeKnave, David Jones finished 56th for just under $6,000

David Kilpatrick 68th
Pete Haslam 88th
Stephen Chidwick 120th
John Duthie 195th
David Vamplew 216th



http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-21-no-limit-hold-em/

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Event 22: $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball

9 left

Top Chip Counts
1    David Baker       340,000
2    Von Altizer       270,000
3    Jason Lavallee       235,000
4    Josh Arieh       230,000
5    Randy Ohel       150,000
6    Farzad Bonyadi    142,000
7    Layne Flack       130,000
8    Shawn Buchanan    110,000
9    Benjamin Lazer    75,000

Stuart Rutter finished 16th for over $6,000

http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-22-2-7-triple-draw-lowball/

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Event 23: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed
Day 1 completed
Jeff Manza Leads Day 1 of Event #17 $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed

If No-Limit Texas Hold'em is the Cadillac of poker then No-Limit Texas Hold'em Six-Handed poker is the Ferrari. Event #17 started with 924 players and we lost two-thirds of the field in the first six-levels.

The action was frenetic, fast and fine and when the last card had settled on the felt there were 141 players that remained in the hunt for a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet. As usual we have to have somebody with more chips than everyone else, and that honor goes to Jeff Manza who bagged and tagged 275,000 chips.

Other notables through to Day 2 include Liv Boeree, Eugene Katchalov, Bertrand Grospellier, Roberto Romanello, Jason Mercier, Kyle Weir and 2006 WSOP bracelet holder Paul Kobel with 12,500 chips!

Top Chip Counts
1    Jeff Manza       275,000
2    Aaron Jones       182,900
3    Kyle Julius       159,400
4    Matt Berkey       156,600
5    Steve Gross       145,500
6    Kyle Weir               138,400
7    Yordan Mitrentsov    130,000
8    Jordan Young       127,200
9    Alexander Nudin    127,200
10    Ryan Fair               122,400

Brits through Day 1 Liv Boeree, Roberto Romanello, Ash Mason, Craig McCorkell,

 http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-23-no-limit-hold-em-six-handed/

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Event 24: $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better

256 started, 203 remain

Top Chip Counts
1    Dan Kelly               65,000
2    Jim McCrink       47,000
3    Yueqi Zhu       45,000
4    Michael Chow       43,000
5    Matt Waxman       40,000
6    Pat Pezzin       40,000
7    Jon Turner       38,000
8    Melissa Burr       37,000
9    Chris Tryba       37,000
10    Antony Lellouche    37,000

As of 5 minutes ago James Dempsey was reported with 36,000, James Bord with 28,000, Richard Ashby 22,000


http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2012-world-series-of-poker/event-24-omaha-hi-low-split-8-or-better/

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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 - Sam Grafton, Rick Trigg: cash
#20 -
#21 - David Kilpatrick, Pete Haslam,David Jones,Stephen Chidwick,Sebastian Saffari,David Vamplew,Zimnan Ziyard, Paul Damany, John Duthie: cash
#22 - Stuart Rutter: cash
#23-
#24-
#25-
#26-

Total : $452,800