2012 World Series of Poker

Event 3: $3,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
akj8
Prize
$207,708
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Entries
317
Level Info
Level
4
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0

Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

Key Matchups

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

It seems most of the field is waiting for their opponent to show up or earning byes into the next round. However, there a couple of key matchups including; Marco Traniello vs. Scott Seiver and Matt Marafioti vs AP Phahurat.

Sweating Negreanu

Level 2 : 50/100, 0 ante

A lot of the fan boys and girls come to the WSOP to rail Daniel Negreanu. Today is a good day to come and watch their hero as he's sat right on the corner of a section where he's viewable from two sides.

He's down little on chips (7,600) to his opponent after two small hands.

Neagreanu raised to 250 and called when three-bet to 750. The flop fell {5-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} and the Canadian folded to a 625 c-bet.

The next hand Negreanu called a min raise to 200 to see a {j-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{9-Hearts} flop where both players checked. This opened the door for Negreanu to fire 325 and 750 on the {5-Diamonds}{5-Spades} turn and river. The turn bet was called but the river bet was too much for his opponent.

Tags: Daniel Negreanu

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

Faces in the Crowd

A lot of matches have two players involved, a lot have a just one sat down. Some of these players will be released until 4pm (round two start time) if they're one of the lucky players to receive a bye.

The following players are in their seats:

Player Chips Progress
David Chiu us
David Chiu
9,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
9,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Scott Montgomery ca
Scott Montgomery
9,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
9,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Huck Seed us
Huck Seed
9,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Noah Boeken nl
Noah Boeken
9,000
Frank Kassela us
Frank Kassela
9,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Guillaume Darcourt fr
Guillaume Darcourt
9,000
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
9,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
Antony Lellouche fr
Antony Lellouche
9,000
Ilan Boujenah il
Ilan Boujenah
9,000
Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
9,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
John O'Shea ie
John O'Shea
9,000
Dave Shallow
Dave Shallow
9,000
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
9,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
9,000
Annette Obrestad no
Annette Obrestad
9,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
9,000
WSOP 11X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Justin Smith us
Justin Smith
9,000
Tristan Wade us
Tristan Wade
9,000
WSOP 1X Winner
JC Tran us
JC Tran
9,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
9,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
9,000
WSOP 3X Winner
David Baker
David Baker
9,000
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
9,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Level: 1

Blinds: 25/50

Ante: 0

Effel On the Mic

WSOP Tournament Director Jack Effel is making the announcements and players are taking their seats. Some players may earn byes into the next round if they don't have an opponent.