Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Players have left their seats and exited the Amazon Room to enjoy the first 20-minute break of the night.
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 40: $2,500 Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$687,050
Entries
302
Level
26
Limits
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
Picking up the action on a 
flop, there were two checks to Marco Traniello who bet. He was called by three players, including Andre Akkari. The 
turn saw the same action to start, with two checks to Traniello who bet. Two players called before Akkari put in a check-raise.
Traniello and one of the other opponents in the hand called to see the 
river where Akkari bet again. Only Traniello called, but he mucked when Akkari tabled 
for the ace-high flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,500
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
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10,500
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
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And here are a few more counts we grabbed from the Tan section just before players took off for the first break of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
14,500
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
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||
|
8,900
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
8,900
1,400
|
1,400 |
|
|
||
|
7,500 | |
|
7,400
-100
|
-100 |
|
|
||
|
5,900
-500
|
-500 |
|
||
|
4,700
-2,800
|
-2,800 |
|
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4,200
-3,300
|
-3,300 |
|
2,800 | |
We're nearing the end of the second hour and the first break of the day. Here are a few early counts from the Red section.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
11,800
4,300
|
4,300 |
|
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11,000
4,800
|
4,800 |
|
||
|
8,800
300
|
300 |
|
||
|
8,500
300
|
300 |
|
|
||
|
8,500
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
8,150 | |
|
||
|
8,000
500
|
500 |
|
||
|
8,000
500
|
500 |
|
7,300
-200
|
-200 |
|
|
||
|
7,200 | |
|
6,200
-1,300
|
-1,300 |
|
6,100
-1,400
|
-1,400 |
|
|
||
|
|
4,500
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
2,850
-350
|
-350 |
|
|
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
7,500 | |
|
|
||
|
|
7,500 | |
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|
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|
7,500 | |
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|
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|
7,500 | |
|
|
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|
7,500 | |
Jerrod Ankenman opened with a raise from the cutoff, his neighbor on the button three-bet, then Richard Brodie made it four to go from the small blind. Millie Shiu then called as well from the big blind. Ankenman called, too, and the original raiser — with a laugh and a shrug — also called.
The flop came 
. Brodie bet, Shiu raised, Ankenman called, and the original raiser folded. Brodie shot a look over at Shiu, then called as well.
The turn was the 
. Brodie checked, Shiu bet, and both Ankenman and Brodie called. All three then checked the river.
Brodie tabled 
, then Shiu turned her cards over. "You've got the other two!" said Brodie with surprise upon seeing Shiu's 
. They then looked up across the table as Ankenman showed his 
for the best pair of the group.
"Awww!" said Brodie, still grinning. "You slow roller," joshed Shiu, to which Ankenman laughingly explained he'd hesitated because the two of them had seemed so excited about their hands.
Noticing your humble scribe furiously jotting it all down, Brodie asked "You got all that?"
"You can list me as 'opponent' in that one," said Ankenman with a sheepish grin.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,200
1,700
|
1,700 |
|
|
8,200
700
|
700 |
|
|
||
|
4,700 | |
Barry Greenstein raised under the gun and Steve Landfish re-raised from the hijack. Action folded back to Greenstein who called, landing an 
flop.
Greenstein check-called a bet from Landfish to see the 
turn. Both players checked, delivering the 
river. Greenstein checked it to Landfish who bet, but Greenstein called.
Landfish tabled 
for a missed flush draw, while Greenstein showed for kings and tens to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
10,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
|
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|
6,000
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Matt Glantz has arrived, taking a seat at a table where both Phil Ivey and Bob Lauria are playing. Meanwhile Game 5 of the NBA Finals between Oklahoma City and Miami has begun and can be seen on a couple of television screens along the walls.
Just now Glantz raised from the button, and Ivey folded the small blind as he looked past his opponents to see the start of the game. The big blind then three-bet, and Glantz called. The flop came 
and Glantz called his opponent's bet. The turn brought the 
and another bet from the big blind, and when Glantz raised his opponent gave it up.
On the next hand, the action folded to Ivey on the button who looked down long enough to raise, and he got a single caller from the same opponent Glantz had faced, now in the small blind. This time a single bet from Ivey on the 
flop was enough to force another fold.
Glantz is a little up from the starting stack with about 8,500, Lauria is sitting with about 7,500, and Ivey is down around 6,000. And Miami is up 11-8.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,500 | |
|
7,500 | |
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|
7,500 | |
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|
7,500 | |
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7,500 | |
|
7,500 | |
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|
7,500 | |
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|
7,500 | |
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|
7,500 | |
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|
7,500 | |
Level 2
: 100/200, 0 ante
Late registration extends all of the way until the start of Level 5, so we've still a way to go before we see whether or not this year's field will match the 354 who came out for this one last year. After an hour of play, the big board is showing 239 having joined the fray thus far.