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

A Small Loss For Seidel

Erik Seidel raised to 500 in early position and both the hijack and big blind made the call. The action checked through to the river on a board of {10-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} {A-Spades} {Q-Spades} and the big blind bet 600 and only Seidel called. A few seconds later and Seidel was throwing his hand into the muck after the big blind tabled {Q-Hearts} {10-Spades}.

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Erik Seidel
3,300
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

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Level: 6

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

No More Devo

Bryan Devonshire just busted todays event. He got his 4,200 stack into the middle pre flop against the player on his right. This didn't end well for last years 12th place finisher in the Main Event. We witnessed the following showdown.

Bryan Devonshire{A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}
Opponent{J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}

The board ran out {8-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{J-Spades} ending Devonshire tournament day.

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Bryan Devonshire
Busted

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Elezra Stays Alive

Eli Elezra just won an important all-in which kept his tournament hopes alive. Pre flop Elezra got his final 1,625 in the middle with {A-Clubs}{Q-Spades} against {K-Diamonds}{10} and the board ran out {J-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}. Elezra was drawing to two outs. The river was the {A-Hearts} and that saved the cheerful high stakes player who will have to fight against Anthony Yeh and David Plastik, who are both sitting on his left, some more.

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Eli Elezra
3,600
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

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Small Flush For Schwartz

Noah Schwartz just won a big pot which got his stack up to around 18,000. We caught the action on the turn when the board read {8-Spades}{J-Clubs}{Q-Spades}{J-Spades}. Schwartz had a 1,400 bet out in front of him after which his opponent had moves all-in for around 5,700 additional chips. Schwartz tanked for a long time and eventually made the call tabling {5-Spades}{4-Spades}. His opponent showed {A-Spades}{3-Hearts} and after the river brought out the {7-Hearts} Schwartz raked in the pot.

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Noah Schwartz
18,000
13,500
13,500
WSOP 1X Winner

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Small Pot For Marchese

Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante
Tom Marchese
Tom Marchese

Tom Marchese raised to 400 in the cutoff and the big blind made the call. The flop was {A-Hearts} {J-Hearts} {8-Spades} and both players checked. The turn was the {3-Diamonds} and the big blind check-called a 200 Marchese bet. Then on the river we saw the {2-Clubs} and both players checked.

Marchese{J-Clubs} {4-Clubs}
Big Blind{Q-Clubs} {10-Clubs}

Marchese picked up the small pot with a pair of jacks.

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Mike Leah Cut in Half

The action folded around to Mike Leah in the small blind and he made a standard raise before the big blind moved all-in for 2,700. Leah made the call and we had a blind on blind showdown.

Big Blind{A-Spades} {9-Spades}
Leah{A-Diamonds} {3-Hearts}

Board: {J-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {J-Spades}

Then in the next hand Leah opened to 400 from the button and the same player moved all-in again. Leah stared into the temple of his opponent and smiled before eventually mucking his hand.

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Mike Leah
3,600
-900
-900
WSOP 1X Winner

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