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WSOP Event # 2: Sadan Turker, chip leader of the Day 1
After the $ 500 Event # 1 booked for casino employees which ended with the coronation of Chiab Saechao, amateurs and professional of poker met in the Amazon Room of Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas for the Event # 2 of the World Series of Poker 2012 (WSOP), a No Limit Hold'em of $ 1,500. Many familiar faces made the trip for the Event # 2 like Jason Mercier, Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier, Sam Trickett, Vanessa Selbst, Chino Rheem, Barry Greenstein, Carlos Mortensen, Michael Mizrachi, Daniel Negreanu, JP Kelly, David Sands, Phil Hellmuth, the man with 11 WSOP bracelets and Phil Ivey who made a rather "shy" come back after a premature elimination against Maria Ho. In all, the Day 1 brought together 2,101 players but at the end of the day, 260 players qualified for the next round. This important field generated a huge prize pool of $ 2.8 million, enough to allow the 216 best players to enter in the money for a minimum gain of $ 2,893. As for the new champion 2012 of this event, he will walk away with a gold bracelet and a gain of $ 517,725.
At the end of this first day, the British Sadan Turker took the chip lead with 158,100 chips ahead of Eli Elezra (155,900) and Snickles Ryan (142,400). We found in the rest of the field Brandon Cantu, Peter Campo, Michael Lee, Nicolas Verkaik, Thad Mitchell, William Ryan, Elliot Shmukler, Deepak Bhatti, Layne Flack, Craig Bradley, Noah Schwartz, Andrew Badecker, John Juanda, Jean-Robert Bellande, Tyler Bonkowski, Vanessa Selbst, Jason Mercier, Adam Wessley, Terrence Chan, Phil Hellmuth, JP Kelly, Dylan Linde, Carter Gill, David Sands ...
Source: Jack SMITH
Friday, 01 June 2012
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