2012 World Series of Poker

Event 38: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Dung Nguyen
Winning Hand
q10
Prize
$607,200
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
2,502
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Pavilion Room Snapshot

Here is how a few players seated in the Pavilion Room are doing in these early stages of the day. You may not be familiar with some of the names, so let us give you a quick snapshot of who some of these players are.

John Eames and James Dempsey are both from England and currently have more than $3 million in tournament winnings between them. Eames already has one final table at this year's World Series of Poker, finishing 8th in Event 5: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em. Dempsey won his first and only gold bracelet in 2010 when he took down the $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em event. Dempsey also finished 2nd in the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Low event in the same year.

Scott Clements has more than $5 million in tournament winnings on his record, including 2 gold bracelets. They both came in Omaha events, with that game his specialty as he widely considered one of the best Omaha players in the world. PokerNews' Chad Hollowawy recently interviewed Clements about how he turned $4,400 into two World Poker Tour wins.

Shawn Buchanan is considered one of the best poker players in the world. Period. Buchanan has come close to winning gold bracelets on several occasions, but fell short each time, and as such is widely regarded as being in the "best players without a bracelet" club. Buchanan again came close to a bracelet just last week when he finished 6th place in the $2,500 2-7 Lowball event.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jason Senti us
Jason Senti
11,000
6,500
6,500
Profile photo of Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
9,900
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Lauren Kling us
Lauren Kling
7,200
5,400
5,400
Profile photo of David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
5,200
Profile photo of Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
4,900
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Gabriel Nassif fr
Gabriel Nassif
3,800
-700
-700
Profile photo of Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
3,500
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of John Eames gb
John Eames
3,300
Profile photo of James Dempsey gb
James Dempsey
2,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
2,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
2,300
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
2,200
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
2,100
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: James DempseyJohn EamesShawn BuchananScott Clements