2012 World Series of Poker

Event 33: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$440,238
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Entries
2,795
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Let's Talk About Money

Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

The numbers have been crunched and this is what we have.

Total entrants = 2,795
Total Prizepool = $2,515,500
Places paid = 297
Min-Cash = $1,836
First Prize = $440,238

Movers and Shakers in The Red Section

The legend of Costa Rica, and two-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, Humberto Brenes has just joined the table occupied by Kyle Weir and John Juanda. Brenes has settled in nicely and has 14,000.

Jeff Sluzinski is having a great WSOP. He finished in 38th place in Event #19: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em for $10,721 and now has a pre-dinner snack of 35,000 chips. How did he win them?

"I just got aces a lot that's all," said Sluzinski.

But Sluzinski's pile of chips is nothing compared to the pre dinner chip leader. That honor belongs to Eric Price who has amassed 60,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Eric Price
60,000
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Jeff Sluzinski
35,000
Raise Your Edge
Profile photo of Mark Eastham us
Mark Eastham
29,000
Profile photo of Martins Adeniya gb
Martins Adeniya
21,700
Profile photo of Patrick Cronin
Patrick Cronin
19,000
Profile photo of Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
15,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Andrew Badecker us
Andrew Badecker
15,000
10,600
10,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Men Nguyen us
Men Nguyen
14,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP 7X Winner
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Michael Eiler
14,000
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Humberto Brenes
14,000
Profile photo of Alessio Isaia it
Alessio Isaia
13,000
Profile photo of John Juanda id
John Juanda
10,000
6,400
6,400
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Jack Ellwood gb
Jack Ellwood
8,500
Profile photo of Mark Radoja ca
Mark Radoja
7,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Kyle Weir us
Kyle Weir
7,000
-5,500
-5,500
Profile photo of Lauren Kling us
Lauren Kling
7,000
-2,500
-2,500

Tags: Eric PriceHumberto BrenesJeff Sluzinski

Affleck Continues to Climb

There was a raise from under the gun to 500 and Matt Affleck made the three-bet from the button to 1,250. The initial raiser called and the dealer placed three cards down onto the felt - {J-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} {7-Spades}. The initial raiser checked, Affleck bet 1,600 and the initial raiser called. Onto the turn and the {K-Hearts} and the initial raiser check-folded to an Affleck all-in bet. Matt Affleck is now up to 20,500 chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Matt Affleck
20,500
9,100
9,100

Tags: Matt Affleck

Level: 7

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Gold Section Review: Richard Hughes & Dylan Hortin

When we first walked around the Gold Section there was one man who stood a good 10,000 ahead of his competitors and he was a multiple World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder. Ryan Hughes holds bracelets in two different formats of Seven Card Stud, but has scores in virtually every game there is. In short, this kid can play poker. But we did say WAS 10,000 ahead of everyone else. Here are two pots involving Hughes - one good and one…not so good.

A man with slicked back grey hair and silver rimmed glasses raised to 700 in early position. The action folded around to Hughes, in the cutoff, and he made the call. The flop was {Q-Clubs} {9-Hearts} {8-Clubs} and the initial raiser check-called a 1,100 Hughes bet. Pot control was the order of the turn, when both players checked at the sight of the {5-Hearts}. Finally we saw the {4-Diamonds} on fifth street and the initial raiser check-called a 4,200 Hughes bet. Hughes calmly turned over {5-Spades} {4-Clubs}, like all players holding winning hands do, and the initial raiser flipped over a frustrated looking {10-Spades} {10-Hearts}.

Then Dylan Hortin raised from mid-position before Hughes three-bet to 1,600. Back to Hortin and he immediately made it 3,475, Hughes then made it 5,600, Hortin announced all-in and Hughes called.

Hortin{A-Diamonds} {A-Clubs}
Hughes{Q-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs}

Board: {8-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {8-Diamonds} {7-Spades} {3-Hearts}

The total all-in bet by Hortin was 15,450 and he moved slightly ahead of Hughes on 32,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Dylan Hortin
Dylan Hortin
32,000
Profile photo of Richard Hughes
Richard Hughes
30,000

Tags: Dylan HortinRichard Hughes

More Gold Section News: Tayfeh v McCorkell

Mohsen Tayfeh is the new chip leader within the Gold Section of the Brasilia room. He currently has 35,000 chips after winning the following hand on Table #3.

Robert Deppe raised to 600 in mid-position, Tayfeh called in the cutoff, as did Craig McCorkell on the button and Nesrine Kourdourli in the big blind. Four people shared a flop that contained more hearts than a card on Fathers day - {8-Hearts} {7-Hearts} {5-Hearts}. The action checked around to Tayfeh and he bet 1,250 and only McCorkell showed the interest to proceed to fourth street. The {6-Hearts} was next and this time Tayfeh check-called a 2,900 McCorkell bet. Finally we had the {9-Clubs} and Tayfeh mouthed the words, "all-in," and McCorkells hand was all-out!

"Don't report that hand," said McCorkell (whoops-a-daisy)

Player Chips Progress
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Tim Ryan
35,000
8,000
8,000
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Mohsen Tayfeh
35,000
Profile photo of Andy Lichtenberger
Andy Lichtenberger
27,000
Profile photo of Kim Pham
Kim Pham
24,000
-5,000
-5,000
Profile photo of Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
20,000
-500
-500
Profile photo of Andrew Teng gb
Andrew Teng
19,600
9,600
9,600
Profile photo of Alessandro Longobardi it
Alessandro Longobardi
16,800
Profile photo of Nesrine Kourdourli fr
Nesrine Kourdourli
16,000
Profile photo of Robert Deppe mx
Robert Deppe
16,000
Profile photo of Mihai Manole ro
Mihai Manole
15,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Craig McCorkell gb
Craig McCorkell
10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Michael Telker us
Michael Telker
Busted

Tags: Craig McCorkellMohsen Tayfeh

Level: 8

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Silver Section: A Radoja Double, The Price Has Dipped and Middy Leads

We are currently fifteen-minutes into Level 8 and with 620 players left let us give you some news from the Silver section of the Brasilia Room.

In 2010, Mark Radoja same so close to winning his first-ever World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet when he finished in 3rd spot in the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event. Then last year Radoja finally reached his goal - and slipped on the gold - when he won the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout event. Moving on to 2012 and he very nearly won back-to-back WSOP bracelets when he finished runner-up in Event #16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed. So Radoja is on fire, but when we joined his table the heat was almost extinguished, and then this happened.

The player in the hijack raised to 750 and the button and small blind made the call. Radoja was seated in the big blind with 4,275 chips and he pushed them into the middle. The hijack made the call and we were heads-up to the flop with Radoja at risk of elimination.

Radoja{7-Hearts} {7-Spades}
Hijack{K-Hearts} {Q-Spades}

Board: {A-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} {5-Spades} {8-Clubs} {7-Clubs}

Radoja's fire finds a new spark.

In further news our former chip leader Eric Price has managed to drop 20,000 chips and now has 40,000. Other players with impressive chip stacks in the Silver area include Jay Ishimaru (32,000), Andy Frankenberger (34,000), Vitaly Meshcheriakov (32,000), Dave Westfall (40,500) and our new chip leader Tom 'Middy' Middleton (42,000).

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Tom Middleton gb
Tom Middleton
43,000
Profile photo of Dave Westfall
Dave Westfall
40,500
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Jordan Cristos
40,000
Profile photo of Eric Price
Eric Price
39,000
-21,000
-21,000
Profile photo of Andy Frankenberger us
Andy Frankenberger
34,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Jay Ishimaru us
Jay Ishimaru
32,000
Profile photo of Vitaly Meshcheriakov ru
Vitaly Meshcheriakov
32,000
Profile photo of Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
31,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
22,500
7,500
7,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Jaka Coaching
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JJ Liu
22,000
8,700
8,700
Profile photo of Thiago Nishijima br
Thiago Nishijima
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Phillippe Ktorza fr
Phillippe Ktorza
18,000
Profile photo of Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
18,000
16,050
16,050
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of David Peters us
David Peters
17,500
9,500
9,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Zimnan Ziyard gb
Zimnan Ziyard
17,000
14,400
14,400
Profile photo of Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
17,000
14,000
14,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Samuel Chartier
Samuel Chartier
16,000
5,100
5,100
Profile photo of Jack Ellwood gb
Jack Ellwood
15,000
6,500
6,500
Profile photo of David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
15,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
13,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Men Nguyen us
Men Nguyen
11,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 7X Winner
Profile photo of Mark Radoja ca
Mark Radoja
9,600
2,600
2,600
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Athanasios Polychronopoulos us
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
8,000
-5,500
-5,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Jon Spinks gb
Jon Spinks
6,000
Profile photo of Brent Hanks us
Brent Hanks
4,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Mark RadojaTom Middleton