2012 World Series of Poker

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

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$517,725
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,836,350
Entries
2,101
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Maria Ho Removes Phil Ivey From The Equation

Phil Ivey - out
Phil Ivey - out

The 2011 World Series of Poker missed the great man Phil Ivey, so it is good to see him back in action in 2012. Unfortunately, Phil Ivey fans will have to wait for another event to see some Ivey action, after he was eliminated at the soft and tender hands of Maria Ho.

Ho raised to 450 in the hijack seat, Ivey jammed for 1,600 in the small blind and Ho made the call.

Ho{J-Diamonds} {10-Clubs}
Ivey{10-Hearts} {10-Spades}

So Ivey was hoping to fade a jack, and the flop of {9-Spades} {3-Spades} {2-Hearts} did just that. The {7-Diamonds} on the turn added any eight to Maria Ho's outs and lo and behold the {8-Diamonds} turned up on the river. Then a mini drama as the dealer mucked Maria Ho's hand! The players on the table told the dealer that Ho had hit a straight, and the two cards were retrieved from the muck.

Ivey is out and Ho now has 10,700.

Player Chips Progress
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Maria Ho
10,700
5,200
5,200
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James Dempsey
7,500
2,300
2,300
WSOP 1X Winner
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Richard Ashby
4,000
-3,800
-3,800
WSOP 2X Winner
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Phil Ivey
Busted
WSOP 11X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

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Level: 5

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Chipcounts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Gavin Smith us
Gavin Smith
23,000
18,500
18,500
Profile photo of Vanessa Rousso us
Vanessa Rousso
20,000
12,500
12,500
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David Plastik
17,000
12,500
12,500
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Kenny Hallaert
15,000
-1,000
-1,000
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Jonathan Little
14,000
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Ryan D'Angelo
13,500
9,000
9,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Gavin Griffin
11,000
6,500
6,500
WSOP 1X Winner
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Phil Collins
9,000
Profile photo of David 'Doc' Sands
David 'Doc' Sands
6,700
-2,300
-2,300
Profile photo of George Lind us
George Lind
2,850
-1,650
-1,650
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Allen Kessler
Busted
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Matt Waxman
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
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Matt Marafioti
Busted
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Dan Kelly
Busted
Profile photo of Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
Busted
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Bryan Micon
Busted
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Xuan Liu
Busted
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Jennifer Leigh
Busted
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Brock Parker
Busted

Ylon Schwartz Has Been Eliminated

Ylon Schwartz during happier times
Ylon Schwartz during happier times

The 2008 WSOP Main Event 4th place finisher, Ylon Schwartz, is out. There was a 350 raise and a cold caller before Schwartz moved all-in for 2,700 more holding {A-} {K-}. One player folded and one player called, holding {9-Clubs} {8-Clubs}, and the board ran out with a sufficient number of clubs to send Schwartz away from the table and out of the competition.

Player Chips Progress
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Ylon Schwartz
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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Kathy Liebert is Out; Carter Phillips Looking Strong

QQ and KK not good enough for the Pokerkat
QQ and KK not good enough for the Pokerkat

Kathy Liebert has been eliminated after having a fairly torrid afternoon. She had {Q-} {Q-} cracked by {A-} {Q-} and in her final hand she had {K-} {K-} cracked by {A-} {K-}. So Liebert has gone but Carter Phillips has joined the table instead. Carter is sat on a mouth watering stack of 32,000 and Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu has a more modest 2,400.

Player Chips Progress
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Carter Phillips
32,000
27,500
27,500
WSOP 2X Winner
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Daniel Negreanu
2,400
-2,100
-2,100
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Kathy Liebert
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Carter PhillipsDaniel NegreanuKathy Liebert

Gates Takes Some From Fricke

Jimmy Fricke just lost a decent sized pot against fan favorite Garry Gates. Gates told us he called a raise from the cut off with {7-Hearts}{7-} from Fricke who also saw the big blind call. De flop came down {8-}{2-}{6-} with two hearts and Fricke bet 525, both players called.

The turn was the {10-Hearts} and all three players checked. On the river the {9-Hearts} hit the felt and Fricke fired 1,400. Gates made the call and the big blind folded. Fricke showed {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} for ace high and Gates took down the pot with his small flush.

Player Chips Progress
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Garry Gates
7,200
3,300
3,300
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Jimmy Fricke
4,000
-100
-100

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Kings For Failla

Will "The Thrill" Failla raised to 375 in early position and Ylon Schwartz decided he wanted to see the flop from the big blind. The flop was a lowly looking {8-Clubs} {5-Spades} {2-Spades} and Schwartz check-called a 400 Failla bet. Next we had the customary checked turn {6-Clubs} before {9-Clubs} was shown on fifth street. Schwartz checked to Failla who bet 500 and after a slightly puzzled look, Schwartz made the call. Failla turned over {K-Hearts} {K-Spades} and it was enough to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Will Failla
8,800
Profile photo of Ylon Schwartz us
Ylon Schwartz
2,200
-2,300
-2,300
WSOP 1X Winner

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Kessler Out in The Worse Way

Level 4 : 75/150, 0 ante

Hope this isn't an omen Got allin preflop level 4 event #2 @wsop with aa v AK off. Flop king turn king. Onto next one. http://t.co/5w7eMYHi
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