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Level 5
: 300/600, 0 ante
The blinds and betting limits have now increased for the first time in this tournament. Slowly but surely, some players will now build big stacks, while others will hit the rail. Stay tuned.
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 20: $5,000 Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$780,200
Entries
166
Level
27
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
0
Level: 5
Limits: 300/600
Ante: 0
Level 4
: 200/400, 0 ante
The remaining players are being sent on a 30-minute break. When we get back, those limits will finally increase. See you here soon.
Level 4
: 200/400, 0 ante
We have reached our big break of the day and will be back in 30 minutes to play four more levels of Limit Hold'em.
Eric Froehlich has just taken down a nice pot that started when he and one opponent took to a 
flop. Froehlich put in a check-raise on the flop and his opponent called as a 
hit the turn. This time Froehlich led and his opponent put in a raise. Froehlich called and the 
completed the board on the river. Froehlich led with a bet again and his opponent called.
Froehlich turned over 
, his flopped straight enough to see his opponent's cards into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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19,500
9,500
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9,500 |
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The action started off with a raise from the hijack after which Daniel Negreanu called from the cut-off. Jesse Martin called from the small blind and after the big blind had called the flop came down 
. Both blinds checked and the initial raiser bet after which Negreanu and the big blind called.
The turn was the 
and the big blind checked once more. The initial raiser threw out 400 and Negreanu raised it up to 800. The initial raiser was the only called and the river was the 
. It got checked to Negreanu who threw out 400 and got raised right away. He jumped up from his chair and knocked his own chips over after which he pretty quickly mucked his hand.
Negreanu muttered something about it being pretty sick as he was knocked down to 13,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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13,500
-5,500
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-5,500 |
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Shawn Keller is currently sitting behind the largest stack in the room. We haven't seen him rake in any huge pots, so we can assume he just been grinding away at his table. We did recently see Keller take to a 
flop with four other opponents. On the flop, Ben Yu bet and Keller called as the other three players got out of the way. A 
hit the turn and again Yu bet and Keller called. Both players then checked the 
river and turned their hands over.
Keller: 
Yu: 
"We both must have liked it when everyone folded on the flop," said Keller as he and Yu shared in the other three player's chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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37,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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16,000
-500
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-500 |
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We just caught the action on the turn in an interesting pot. When we arrived the action was on the player in the under the gun position who bet 400.
The board read 
and Froehlich opted to raise from middle and the player on the button folded. Now it was on the big blind who gave it some thought and called. The player in the under the gun position didn't waste time putting in a third raise and both players called.
The river was the 
and the big blind checked once more after which the under the gun player bet 400. Froehlich called and now the big blind put in a check-raise. After the under the gun player called Froehlich sighed and mucked his hand. The player in the big blind showed 
for a rivered full house, and his opponent showed 
before he threw them into the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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10,000
-3,000
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-3,000 |
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More late entries has seen another tough table of players take to the field. Included on Table 354 are the likes of Humberto Brenes, Josh Arieh, Marco Traniello, Matt Schreiber and Jerrod Ankenman.
If those names aren't familiar to you, let us give you a quick run down. Brenes is probably the most well known of these players, with his trademark and boisterous personality adorning our TV screens for many years. Brenes is also known for his long poker career that includes almost $6 million tournament winnings.
Arieh is no slouch on the felt, holding more than $6 million in tournament winnings, including two World Series of Poker gold bracelets. Traniello has been steadily been building a name for himself in poker, with a $10,000 H.O.R.S.E Championship final table posted at the 2010 WSOP.
Schreiber has also been making his name known in poker, with plenty of WSOP cashes including a super deep run in the WSOP Main Event in 2010. Ankenman is definitely one to be feared in this tournament, with Limit Holdem his specialty. Ankenman finished 2nd in the $10,000 World Championship Limit Holdem event in 2008, one of many of his Limit Holdem results at the WSOP.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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15,000 | |
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15,000 | |
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15,000 | |
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15,000 | |
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15,000 | |
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Today doesn't seem to be Carlos Mortensen's day. The 2001 World Series of Poker Main Event champion is down to just 800 chips, and it seemed as though those were going into to the pot just a couple of minutes ago. But they did not.
Shawn Keller raised from the button and Mortesen opted to three-bet from the small blind after which the big blind quickly folded. Keller called and the flop came down 
and Mortesen bet 200. Keller asked how much Mortesen had behind, a rare question in Limit Hold'em, and he raised. Mortesen called and check-folded on the turn when the showed up.
Mortesen is down to just a few bets and will need to find a double up quickly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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800
-1,200
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-1,200 |
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