2012 World Series of Poker

Event 44: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Rocco Palumbo
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
$464,464
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,654,100
Entries
2,949
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Gold Section Recap: Racener and Leon Out; Kornuth Looking Good

Is that the bass player from Duran Duran?
Is that the bass player from Duran Duran?

We are halfway through Level 9 and there are four-hundred and seventy players remaining. Here is a quick recap of the shenanigans in the Gold Section.

Peter Walsworth was one of our early chip leaders and now he is one of our post dinner fatalities. The last time we checked on him he was sat on a stack of around 39,000 (double the average). Paul Berende told us that he bluffed most of them to the player seated to his right, before losing the rest in a rather unfair heads-up match with {A-} {2-} versus the {A-} {K-} of Berende.

Christian de Leon has also been eliminated in the cruelest of fashions. Jaspal Brar opened from the button, De Leon moved all-in for around 5,000 and Brar called. De Leon held {J-} {J-} and Brar {9-} {9-}. The flop was {9-} {3-} {3-} and the rest is all water under the bridge.

Our final, notable, casualty in the Gold section is former November Niner John Racener. Mathew Frankland was kind enough to talk us through the Racener exit. Frankland opened, David Stephen called before Racener three-bet, Frankland folded and Stephen called. The action checked through on a board of {Q-} {x-} {x-} {K-} {10-}, Stephen bet 2,500, Racener raised, Stephen moved all-in and Racener called. Stephen turned over {A-} {J-} for the nuts and Racener mucked what Frankland believes was pocket tens.

The players moving at the right end of the counts include Adam Heger, Tucker Hummel, Mazin Khoury, Robert Jin and Adam Kornuth.

Post Note: Mathew Frankland has just come and taken his phone out of the charge with a face like a slapped fish, courtesy of losing a 30k flip.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mazin Khoury us
Mazin Khoury
68,000
Profile photo of Tucker Hummel us
Tucker Hummel
63,000
Profile photo of Todd Keikon
Todd Keikon
52,000
Profile photo of Adam Heger us
Adam Heger
50,000
Profile photo of Adam Kornuth us
Adam Kornuth
47,000
Profile photo of Ivan Demidov ru
Ivan Demidov
40,000
-5,000
-5,000
Profile photo of Blair Hinkle us
Blair Hinkle
40,000
-22,000
-22,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Paul Berende nl
Paul Berende
40,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Kevin Iacofano us
Kevin Iacofano
35,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of David Stephen us
David Stephen
32,000
Profile photo of Timothy Miles us
Timothy Miles
27,000
-15,000
-15,000
Profile photo of Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
26,800
6,800
6,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Heinz Kamutzki de
Heinz Kamutzki
20,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Scott O'Reilly gb
Scott O'Reilly
19,000
-2,000
-2,000
Profile photo of Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
12,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
11,000
-6,000
-6,000
Profile photo of Maya Antonius
Maya Antonius
10,600
Profile photo of Alessio Isaia it
Alessio Isaia
6,800
Profile photo of John Racener us
John Racener
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Peter Walsworth us
Peter Walsworth
Busted
Profile photo of Christian de León
Christian de León
Busted
Profile photo of Mathew Frankland gb
Mathew Frankland
Busted

Tags: Adam KornuthChristian de LeonJohn RacenerPeter Walsworth