2012 World Series of Poker

Event 38: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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

Almost More Controversy at Table #436

What is this strange curse that has a hold over table #436, and in particular Michael Borovetz?

He and Isaac Haxton got all the chips in pre flop and the board ran {q-Spades}{9-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{8-Hearts}. Haxton had made a straight with {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds} but the dealer mucked his hand and started pushing the pot towards Borovetz who held pockets kings.

A few of the players jumped in an stopped the dealer before it was too late. Phew!

Player Chips Progress
Michael Borovetz
Michael Borovetz
135,000
-55,000
-55,000
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
108,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Isaac HaxtonMichael Borovetz

Latest Eliminations

These players went home with at least $3,421 for their time.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Sitron us
Scott Sitron
Busted
Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
Busted
Rock Cloutier ca
Rock Cloutier
Busted
Michael Newport us
Michael Newport
Busted
Timothy Farrelly ir
Timothy Farrelly
Busted
Filipp Khavin us
Filipp Khavin
Busted
James Page us
James Page
Busted
Michael Swimelar us
Michael Swimelar
Busted
Steven Moreau fr
Steven Moreau
Busted
Ted Jivkov us
Ted Jivkov
Busted
Leo Whitt us
Leo Whitt
Busted
Fernando Furlaneti br
Fernando Furlaneti
Busted
Mike Sica us
Mike Sica
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Behnam Patros ca
Behnam Patros
Busted
Richard Barone us
Richard Barone
Busted
Dario Derenzi br
Dario Derenzi
Busted
Artem Kobylynskyi ua
Artem Kobylynskyi
Busted
Aneris Adomkevicius lt
Aneris Adomkevicius
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Big Stack Hunting

There are currently many players have chip stacks of around 150,000 - 200,000. Steven Tabb, Nicolas Cardyn and Scott Clements are the rare few who join Layne Flack with more than 200,000.

Player Chips Progress
Steven Tabb us
Steven Tabb
230,000
5,000
5,000
Nicolas Cardyn fr
Nicolas Cardyn
225,000
169,300
169,300
Sam Razavi gb
Sam Razavi
210,000
141,600
141,600
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
210,000
101,500
101,500
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Nicolas CardynScott ClementsSteven Tabb

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

Contoversy on Table #436

A hand played out between Jim Collopy and Michael Borovetz that caused an awful lot of controversy and had the Floor Man making a very difficult decision.

The action had reached the river of an {8-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} board with around 25,000 chips in the middle.

Collopy was first to act from under the gun and he checked. Borovetz said, "Ten."

Collopy thought his opponent was declaring his hand value and opened {a-}{9-}. The dealer mucked Collopy's hand and it was after this that Borovetz opened {5-Spades}{4-Spades} for five-high.

Borovetz claimed he was betting 10,000, and argued that he wouldn't declare a ten as he had five-four. Collopy argued that at no point did Borovetz motion to bet or put any chips in on the river.

Isaac Haxton said it looked like a blatant angle to him, and a great "move" to remember for the future.

The floor was called and ruled in favor of Borovetz, but gave no clear indication as to why. We can assume that it was the dealer error that cost Collopy the pot, as he mucked his hand before Borovetz opened a winning hand that must be shown to collect the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Borovetz
Michael Borovetz
190,000
43,100
43,100
Jim Collopy us
Jim Collopy
180,000
45,400
45,400
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Jim CollopyMichael Borovetz

Toth Looses Small One

Richard Toth was under the gun when he opened it up to 4,000. The player directly next to him, the big blind, made the call and the two players watched as the dealer spread three cards along the felt.

Flop: {9-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{3-Clubs}

The big blind checked to Toth here and he bet 4,500. It didn't take long for the player to make the call ans the {9-Hearts} would hit the turn. This time both players checked and the {4-Hearts} completed the board on the river. When Toth's opponent checked, Toth thought long and heard before kind of shrugging and checking behind.

The player table {a-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}, with the ace-high enough to take the pot away from Toth.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Toth hu
Richard Toth
37,000
-3,000
-3,000

Tags: Richard Toth

More Sent Packing

The below players are the latest players to hit the rail. They each went home with a cash of $3,421.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Pisano us
Robert Pisano
Busted
Keir Ratcliff gb
Keir Ratcliff
Busted
John Morstad us
John Morstad
Busted
Priyan de Mel gb
Priyan de Mel
Busted
Aaron Christman us
Aaron Christman
Busted
Keith Block us
Keith Block
Busted
Gergely Meszaros hu
Gergely Meszaros
Busted
Will Failla us
Will Failla
Busted
Diego Alvarez us
Diego Alvarez
Busted
Jonah Miller us
Jonah Miller
Busted
Brian Kee us
Brian Kee
Busted
Jeanphilippe Matte ca
Jeanphilippe Matte
Busted
Jonathan Cohen ca
Jonathan Cohen
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Richard Osborne us
Richard Osborne
Busted
Nelder Carvalho br
Nelder Carvalho
Busted
Alex Jennings gb
Alex Jennings
Busted
David Levy il
David Levy
Busted

Back in Flack

Layne Flack lost some of his chips earlier, but has managed to gain most of them back. We were there to see him take down a hand that went like this.

Folded to the player in the cutoff, he made it 4,500 to go. Steven Tabb called on the button and then Flack called in the big blind. The {9-Spades}{8-Spades}{2-Spades} flop would see Flack quietly lead out for a bet of 10,000. The original aggressor tanked before he opted to let it go and then Tabb also got rid of his hand as Flack raked in the chips.

Player Chips Progress
Layne Flack us
Layne Flack
215,000
80,000
80,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Layne Flack