2012 World Series of Poker

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gepostet 2012-06-20 05:16 GMT-6 von YorkshirePud

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gepostet 2012-06-20 04:35 GMT-6 von Chad_Holloway

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gepostet 2012-06-20 03:49 GMT-6 von Chad_Holloway

Dan Kelly Leads as Approximately 209 Players Advance to Day 2

gepostet 2012-06-20 03:26 GMT-6 von Chad_Holloway • Level 8

Dan Kelly

On Tuesday night, the 2012 World Series of Poker continued with Event #37: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix, which featured alternating rounds of Triple-Draw 2-7, Limit Hold'em, Omaha 8, Razz, Stud, Stud 8, No-Limit Hold’em, and Pot Limit Omaha. While a dozen less players turned up than last year, 477 still took to the felt and created a juicy prize pool of $1,085,175, with $271,312 reserved for first.

The man best positioned to make a run at the top prize is Dan Kelly, who bagged up a robust 56,800. Also in contention are two former champs in John Monnette and Jerrod Ankenman. The former has had a red-hot start to 2012 and is currently leading this year’s Player of the Year race, though he is extremely short on a stack of just 1,525, while the latter bagged an average stack of 17,575.

Things kicked off with a bang after the elimination of Andy Frankenberger in the first level of play. It happened in the no-limit hold’em round when there was an all in and a call on the turn with the board reading .

Andy Frankenberger
Opponent

Frankenberger was looking for the board to pair in order to stay alive, but the river was the . "Unbelievable!" Frankenberger cried as he realized his tournament lasted just under an hour. While he was one of the first eliminations, he certainly wasn’t the last.

Justin Young, Chad Brown, Galen Hall, Nacho Barbero, Ben “milkybarkid” Grundy, Shawn Buchanan, Phil Hellmuth, John Juanda, Michael Mizrachi and Isaac Haxton all joined him on the rail in the middle levels.

By the last two levels of the night, roughly 328 players remained in the field. It was at that time that the 1996 World Series of Poker Main Event champ, Huck Seed, tangled in a hand of pot limit Omaha. With 1,350 in the pot and a flop of , Ali Eslami checked from the small blind and the player in the big did the same. That put action on who wasted little time in betting 500. Both his opponents made the call and it was off to the turn.

This time Eslami took the initiative and led out for a pot-sized bet, which was 2,850. The big blind proceeded to raise all in for 5,775, which Seed called. The big blind thought the action was over and briefly tabled his hand, which allowed Eslami, who had just 1,500, to catch a peak. He obviously didn't like what he saw as he laid down his hand.

Seed
Big Blind

Seed had his opponent drawing to the case four, which didn't come as the appeared on the river. With that, Seed scored the elimination and would end the night with 16,175.

Needless to say, Eslami would be eliminated a short time later, but he was followed out the door by the likes of Jonathan Duhamel, David “Doc” Sands, Erik Seidel, Kirk Morrison, Mike Matusow, Men “The Master” Nguyen, Jason Mercier and Doyle Brunson, who actually opted to abandon his chip stack after experiencing chest pains.

TexDolly Doyle Brunson Felt a little flutter I'n my chest at the poker tournament so I got up and left. Can't play cash and tourneys. Too long June 19 2012

While dozens hit the rail, a few players managed to hold on. Brendon Taylor (45,275), Miguel Benmudez (45,250), Jake Abdalla (43,750), Jeff Madsen (37,074), Ylon Schwartz (34,400), Anthony Nguyen (34,250) and Marco Traniello (33,300) all bagged up big stacks, while a slew of other notables made it to Day 2 like Greg Raymer (27,525), Barry Greenstein (25,000), Daniel Negreanu (19,575), Scotty Nguyen (11,300), Eugene Katchalov (8,225) and Bertrand “ElkY” Grosspellier (6,525).

Who will be the next to add their name to the list of Eight-Game Mix winners?

Former Eight-Game Mix Champions

*Featured $10,000 buy-in.

The remaining 209 players will return on Wednesday at 2 PM PST and march through the money on the way to the final table. Join us then as we capture all the action and eliminations from Event #37: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix.

Tags: Dan Kelly.

Offical End-of-Day Chip Counts (komplett)

gepostet 2012-06-20 03:25 GMT-6 von YorkshirePud

Chipcounts
Dan Kelly			56,800
Brendan Taylor			45,275
Miguel Rodriguez Bermude			45,250
Jake Abdalla			43,750
Kristan Lord			39,000
Giovanni Rizzo			38,375
Freddy Deeb			38,350	24,350
Chris McClung			38,000
Jeff Madsen			37,075
Johannes Holstege			36,875
Kyle Bowker		US	35,550	11,550
Konstantin Puchkov			35,350	20,950
Duc Phuong Nguyen			35,050
Rep Porter			34,575	16,575
Anthony Nguyen			34,250
Ylon Schwartz			34,000	-400
Mayu Roca Uribe			33,675
Marco Traniello			33,300
Matthew Rasco			31,775
Noah Schwartz			31,075	19,375
Brandon Demes			31,000
Raul Paez			30,500
Bryn Kenney			30,500
Jaime Kaplan			29,850
Daniel Idema			29,800

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Various End of Day Chip Counts

gepostet 2012-06-20 03:14 GMT-6 von Chad_Holloway

Chipcounts
Dan Kelly			56,800	28,800
Brendon Taylor			45,275
Miguel Benmudez			45,250
Jake Abdalla			43,750
Jeff Madsen			37,075	-12,925
Ylon Schwartz			34,400	4,400
Anthony Nguyen			34,250
Marco Traniello			33,300	25,800
Bryn Kenney			30,500	14,500
Daniel Idema			29,800	4,800
Steve Zolotow			29,150	19,150
Gavin Griffin			28,900	-100
Sorel Mizzi			28,725	25,325
Andy Bloch			28,575	21,575
John Cernuto			28,275	15,275
Chris Klodnicki			27,750	14,350
Greg Raymer			27,525	18,525
Michael Chow			27,175	20,075
Kevin Calenzo			25,250	17,750
Leif Force			25,050	11,050
Barry Greenstein	PokerStars Team Pro		25,000
Vladimir Shchmelev			22,875
Max Pescatori			22,675	7,675
Greg Mueller			21,750	250
Eric Crain		US	21,600	-4,400

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Just Four More Hands

gepostet 2012-06-20 02:53 GMT-6 von Happy_Freaked • Level 8

We are playing four more hands before the day is done. Stay tuned for some end of day chip counts, and of course the recap!

Late Night Busts

gepostet 2012-06-20 02:53 GMT-6 von Chad_Holloway

#TeamRunGood

gepostet 2012-06-20 02:39 GMT-6 von Chad_Holloway

After taking a hit earlier, Ryan Tepen seems to be headed in the right direction:

RyanTepen Ryan Tepen I get four outted in nl Holdem then I double through Eugene K jj>ak aip. At 13.2k. 477 runners, 248 remain, ave at 14.4k. #TeamRunGood June 20 2012

Chipcounts
Ryan Tepen			13,200	6,700

Tags: Ryan Tepen.

"Tequila for All My Boys, Baby!"

gepostet 2012-06-20 02:36 GMT-6 von Chad_Holloway

Scotty Nguyen

Scotty Nguyen was recently moved to a new table, which just so happens to be along the rail. As such, he's acquired quite a few railbirds who're eager to watch him work his short stack.

Nguyen is quite excitable, chatting it up with the rail, and generally entertaining anyone and everyone in the vicinity. "Cocktail," Nguyen said to the waiter a few tables over. "It's now or never," he added as he spiked his last 2,000 in after action folded around to him on the button in no limit hold'em.

"Tequila for all my boys, baby," Nguyen said without noticing both blinds folded. While that was good news, the waiter informed the former Main Event champ that he could only server players currently seated in the tournament. "No, no," Nguyen responded. "You go tell you boss, baby."

"Ok," the waiter responded before asking, "What's you name?"

Chipcounts
Scotty Nguyen			2,000	-5,500

Tags: Scotty Nguyem.