Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Talal Shakerchi |
3,543,000
143,000
|
143,000 |
Gus Hansen |
3,495,000
-430,000
|
-430,000 |
|
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David Einhorn |
3,216,000
126,000
|
126,000 |
Jason Mercier |
3,110,000
510,000
|
510,000 |
Noah Schwartz |
3,065,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
||
Paul Newey |
2,978,000
-32,000
|
-32,000 |
Bertrand Grospellier |
2,625,000
-175,000
|
-175,000 |
Richard Yong |
2,520,000
-330,000
|
-330,000 |
2012 World Series of Poker
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Frederic Banjout
|
5,325,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
Jonathan Duhamel |
3,780,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
Sam Trickett |
3,540,000
-160,000
|
-160,000 |
Andrew Robl |
3,380,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
Jens Kyllönen |
2,820,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
|
||
Bill Perkins |
2,725,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
Brian Rast |
2,400,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
||
Justin Smith | 30,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Paul Phua |
5,410,000
710,000
|
710,000 |
|
||
Daniel Negreanu |
3,269,000
-281,000
|
-281,000 |
Mike Sexton |
3,205,000
-195,000
|
-195,000 |
|
||
Rick Salomon |
3,170,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
Robert Bright
|
2,835,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
Chamath Palihapitiya |
2,490,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Phil Hellmuth |
2,375,000
-125,000
|
-125,000 |
|
||
Michael Mizrachi | 1,100,000 | |
|
As the rest of the players we going on break, we happened upon a huge pot between Justin "Boosted J" Smith and Frederic Banjout. There was a little over a million in the pot with a board reading and Banjout had moved all in for 2.163 million.
From what Jonathan Duhamel told us, prior action saw Banjout check-raise the flop and then fire out big on the turn. Unfortunately that was all we were able to get amid all the excitement.
As it were, Smith was sitting in contemplation and waited for the dealer to get an exact count. A few of the other players found their way back to watch the hand, and out of nowhere Smith said, "I call."
Banjout then stood from his chair and slapped down for the nuts. Smith was devastated and tossed his cards to the muck, though tournament rules state the hand must be shown. Per the floor's instruction, the dealer turned over Smith's hand . . . .
Smith thought he had been eliminated, but after the stacks were counted down, he was left with just 30,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Frederic Banjout
|
5,200,000
2,390,000
|
2,390,000 |
Justin Smith |
30,000
-2,370,000
|
-2,370,000 |
This hand ran several minutes into the break...
Brandon Steven raised to 22,000 from middle position and Erik Seidel flat-called in the cutoff seat. Vivek Rajkumar three-bet on the button to 82,000 and the blinds folded back to Steven. He gave it up and then Seidel gave back with a back-raise to 250,000. After some tanking, Rajkumar slid in more chips for a reraise to 550,000.
It was now Seidel's turn to tank and he thought for a bit. After a minute or two, Seidel made it 900,000 to go with a six-bet. Rajkumar wasn;t about to be frazzled and studied intently on the hand. Another two or three minutes passed before Rajkumar moved all in. With a tad over 1.8 million behind, Seidel gave it up and Rajkumar scooped the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vivek Rajkumar |
3,150,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
Erik Seidel |
1,850,000
-865,000
|
-865,000 |
|
The players are now on their first 20-minute break of the day. We'll have full counts for you shortly.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Brandon Steven |
3,525,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
Ben Lamb |
3,500,000
920,000
|
920,000 |
|
||
Tom Marchese |
3,240,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
||
Antonio Esfandiari |
3,220,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
||
Phil Ivey |
2,940,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
||
Nick Schulman |
2,800,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
||
Erik Seidel |
2,715,000
-285,000
|
-285,000 |
|
||
Vivek Rajkumar |
2,150,000
-850,000
|
-850,000 |
Justin Smith, Brian Rast, and Sam Trickett - who have a combined $11 million in career tournament earnings - saw a flop of . Smith led out for 40,000, and both Rast and Trickett called.
The turn was the , and the action checked to Trickett, who tossed out 92,000. Smith called, and so did Rast.
The completed the board, and the action checked to Trickett again. He tanked, then fired 430,000. Smith quickly folded, and Rast went into the tank. He cut out four lavender T100,000 chips, one green T25,000 chip, and one orange T5,000 chip, and placed the six chips on his stack. After another minute or so, he folded however, and Trickett pulled in the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sam Trickett |
3,700,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
Brian Rast |
2,600,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
||
Justin Smith |
2,400,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
On a flop of , Paul Phua checked from the small blind and Bob Bright did the same from the big. Phil Hellmuth took the opportunity to bet 120,000, but Paul Phua decided to keep the pressure on with a check-raise to 420,000.
Bright got out of the way, Hellmuth called, and the dealer burned and turned the . Phua wasted little time in firing out 1 million, which caused Hellmuth to shoot back in his chair and throw his arms up in the air. "Wow," Hellmuth said before folding. "You win buddy. Round 1."
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Paul Phua |
4,700,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
||
Phil Hellmuth |
2,500,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
|
With about 120,000 in the pot and a flop of , Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier bet 66,000 from the big blind, Talal Shakerchi called from middle position, Noah Schwartz came along from the hijack, and Gus Hansen raised to 333,000 from the cutoff.
From there, Paul Newey folded the button, Grospellier and Shakerchi called, and Schwartz got out of the way, bringing about the turn. Both Grospellier and Shakerchi checked to Hansen, who thought for about a minute before doing the same.
When the peeled off on the river, Grospellier led out for 666,000, Shakerchi called, and Hansen got out of the way. Grospellier proudly rolled over for a set, but it was no good against Shakerchi's set.
As Shakerchi was stacking the pot, Jason Mercier told Grospellier, "You bet 666 into 666."
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Talal Shakerchi |
3,400,000
1,290,000
|
1,290,000 |
Bertrand Grospellier |
2,800,000
-920,000
|
-920,000 |