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Monday, July 9, 2012 2:34 PM Local Time
Here are some counts from the Blue Section of the Amazon Room. David "Doc" Sands informed us that, "Johnny Chan is the best ever. He's won sixty percent of the pots at our table."
| Johnny Chan | 59,000 | -7,000  |
| Joe Cada | 54,000 | 24,000  |
| Scott Freeman | 48,000 | 18,000 |
| Humberto Brenes | 33,000 | 3,000 |
| Nam Le | 27,500 | -2,500 |
| Jonathan Duhamel | 25,200 | 4,450 |
| David Sands | 22,300 | 3,100 |
| Scott Baumstein | 10,300 | -19,700 |
Monday, July 9, 2012 2:30 PM Local Time
| Stephen Chidwick | 63,000 | 33,000 |
| David Tuchman | 42,000 | -8,000 |
| Cory Zeidman | 35,000 | 5,000 |
| Grayson Ramage | 34,000 | 4,000 |
| - | 31,000 | 1,000 |
| Nick Binger | 28,000 | |
| Ayaz Mahmood | 25,000 | -5,000 |
| David Benyamine | 24,000 | -6,000 |
| Eric Levesque | 17,000 | -13,000 |
| Jon Turner | 9,500 | -20,500 |
Monday, July 9, 2012 2:29 PM Local Time
Matt Affleck, who's sporting a University of Washington football jersey today, is currently sitting behind a mountain of chips. By our count, he's an early leader with 78,800, and is attempting to make another deep run in the Main Event.
You probably remember Affleck from the 2010 Main Event, where he busted in brutal fashion to the eventual winner; Jonathan Duhamel. Affleck also finished 80th in the 2009 Main Event.
| Matt Affleck | 78,800 | 42,800 |
Monday, July 9, 2012 2:29 PM Local Time
| Abraham Araya | 60,000 | 30,000 |
| Alex Outhred | 40,000 | 10,000 |
| Jake Cody | 39,000 | 9,000 |
| Josh Rotenberg | 37,300 | 7,300 |
| Martins Adeniya | 35,000 | 5,000 |
| Ari Engel | 34,000 | 4,000 |
| Lars Bonding | 32,600 | 2,600 |
| Juan Manuel Pastor | 32,000 | -8,500 |
| Chris Moneymaker | 32,000 | 2,000 |
| Katie Stone | 31,400 | |
| Eddy Sabat | 31,200 | |
| Brendon Rubie | 31,000 | |
| Rex Clinkscales | 29,000 | |
| Jared Jaffe | 28,000 | |
| Mickey Appleman | 26,700 | -3,300 |
| Ludovic Lacay | 25,400 | |
| Leif Force | 24,000 | |
| Jeff Madsen | 19,500 | |
| Jamie Rosen | 15,000 | |
| Noah Schwartz | 12,600 | -17,400 |
| Doug Lee | 6,000 | -24,000 |
Monday, July 9, 2012 2:27 PM Local Time
With around 1,500 in the pot and a flop of , we saw Mclean Karr with 2,875 laid out in front of him, which appeared to be a check-raise. Meanwhile, his opponent had three-bet to 5,700, which prompted Karr to fire out five more T5,000 chips, constituting a four-bet to 27,875.
Karr's opponent thought for a long time as a call would cost most of his stack. In the end, he ended up folding and allowed Karr to take down the pot without further resistance.
| Mclean Karr | 50,000 | 10,000 |
Monday, July 9, 2012 2:27 PM Local Time
With late registration still open for around 90 minutes, many more players are still taking their seats in the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event. These are a few of the players we have noticed in the White Section of the Pavilion Room. Included are two of last year's November Nine, Ben Lamb and Eoghan O'Dea.
| Justin Smith | 30,000 | |
| Ben Lamb | 30,000 | |
| Brian Roberts | 30,000 | |
| Eoghan O'Dea | 30,000 | |
Monday, July 9, 2012 2:26 PM Local Time
Annette Obrestad opened to 400 from the cutoff and was called by the player on the button. The blinds folded their hands and the flop fell .
Obrestad continued with 600 on the flop and her opponent quickly called. The came on fourth street and Obrestad chose to slow down. After her check, her opponent fired 1,500 into the middle and Obrestad mucked her hand. She's currently sitting on 26,000 in chips.
| Annette Obrestad | 26,000 | -2,600 |
Monday, July 9, 2012 2:24 PM Local Time
With around 5,000 in the pot and a flop of , both the cutoff and Maurice Hawkins checked, bringing about the turn. This time the cutoff check-called a bet of 4,100 before both players returned to checking in the river.
Hawkins rolled over , but was disgusted to see his opponent reveal for the rivered win.
| Maurice Hawkins | 29,000 | -4,000 |
Monday, July 9, 2012 2:22 PM Local Time
Dan Kelly opened to 525 from early position, and was called by a player in middle position, and a player in the small blind. The flop fell , and the player in the small blind checked to Kelly, who continued for 1,300. Only the player in the small blind called.
The turn was the , both players checked, and the completed the board. The player in the small blind checked a third time, and Kelly fired 3,600. His opponent tank-called and Kelly opened up for an ace-high flush.
His opponent mucked.
| - | 37,400 | 7,400 |
Monday, July 9, 2012 2:19 PM Local Time
From middle position, a player raised to 525 and action folded to Phil Laak on the button. He reraised and made it 2,400 to go. Play got back to the original raiser and he reraised to 4,275. Laak fired right back with a reraise to 10,225 and his opponent folded.
| Phil Laak | 34,300 | 4,300 |
Monday, July 9, 2012 2:16 PM Local Time
| Michael Mizrachi | 52,000 | 28,000 |
| Prahlad Friedman | 52,000 | |
| Daniel Idema | 39,000 | 9,000 |
| Marcel Luske | 29,600 | -400 |
| Dan Heimiller | 27,500 | 250 |
| Tony Hachem | 26,500 | -3,500 |
| Melanie Weisner | 26,000 | |
| Dan Martin | 25,000 | -2,000 |
| Beverley Cheney | 21,800 | -8,200 |
| Kenny Nguyen | 21,000 | -9,000 |
Monday, July 9, 2012 2:14 PM Local Time
We're not sure how it happened, but on our last round we noticed David "Bakes "Baker, who won Event 32: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. earlier this summer for $451,779, was no longer in his seat.
A quick check with the floor confirmed that he was eliminated from the tournament. We checked with Baker's girlfriend, Maria Mayrinck, but she wasn't sure what had happened either.
| David Bakes Baker | 0 | -30,000 |
Monday, July 9, 2012 2:11 PM Local Time
| Andrew Badecker | 46,700 | 16,700 |
| Justin Gardenhire | 45,000 | 15,000 |
| Jan Collado | 39,500 | 9,500 |
| John Morgan | 37,300 | 7,300 |
| Matt Matros | 36,000 | 6,000 |
| Alex Keating | 34,000 | 4,000 |
| Tony Moreno | 33,700 | 3,700 |
| Perry Friedman | 33,500 | 3,500 |
| Young Phan | 30,000 | |
| Keith Gipson | 30,000 | 0 |
| Phil Galfond | 29,000 | |
| Tony Cousineau | 28,300 | -1,700 |
| Angel Guillen | 26,500 | -3,500 |
| Jason Senti | 25,600 | -4,400 |
| Mark Radoja | 24,500 | -5,500 |
| Badih Bounahra | 23,000 | -7,000 |
| Theo Tran | 19,500 | -10,500 |
| Jeff Williams | 18,000 | -12,000 |
| Daniel Alaei | 16,000 | -14,000 |
| Jeff Gross | 14,500 | -15,500 |
| Matt Waxman | 10,000 | -20,000 |
Monday, July 9, 2012 2:11 PM Local Time
Picking up the action on an board with about 15,000 in the pot, the action was on Jamie Kerstetter's opponent, facing a decision for 7,200.
Afte about two minutes in the tank, her opponent called and quickly mucked upon seeing Kerstetter's .
| Jamie Kerstetter | 37,000 | 15,000 |
Monday, July 9, 2012 2:09 PM Local Time
Over in the Tan Section we found Andre Akkari mixing it up with his table. Akkari raised from under the gun and made it 525 to see the flop. The table folded around to a player in middle position who three-bet to 1,550. The table folded around back to Akkari and he made the call.
The dealer then spread a flop of prompting a check from Akkari and a bet of 1,700 from his opponent. Akkari made the call.
Th on the turn saw both players check. The on the river saw a third check from Akkari, and action moved to the middle position player. Akkari's opponent said "I'm scared of the patch" and checked, flipping over for two pair, aces and eights. Akkari mucked and suffered a small loss.
A few tables away sits the short stacked Olivier Busquet. Busquet sat in the big blind, and the under the gun player min-raised to 400 to start the action off. The button along with the small blind were the only two to make the call. It was then Busquet's turn and he moved all in for 7,075. The table folded and Busquet took down the pot.
| Jennifer Tilly | 42,000 | 7,000 |
| Brett Richey | 42,000 | 12,000 |
| Fabrice Soulier | 26,400 | |
| Andre Akkari | 25,200 | -4,800 |
| Olivier Busquet | 8,200 | -11,200 |
Monday, July 9, 2012 2:05 PM Local Time
Michael Mizrachi recently took down an unprecedented second $50,000 Poker Players Championship and he will be one to watch in today's World Series of Poker Main Event field. We recently caught the action from a flop with Mizrachi involved in hand against one opponent.
Mizrachi's opponent was first to act here and bet 800. Mizrachi made the call and a was dealt on the turn. Mizrachi's opponent checked and Mizrachi bet 2,100. Mizrachi's opponent pretty much instantly folded and Mizrachi took down the pot. Despite winning this small hand, Mizrachi is currently sitting with less than the starting stack.
| Michael Mizrachi | 24,000 | -6,000 |
Monday, July 9, 2012 2:01 PM Local Time
| Tristan Clemencon | 32,000 | |
| Jesse Chinni | 32,000 | |
| Maya Geller | 31,500 | 1,500 |
| David Miscikowski | 31,000 | |
| Michael Binger | 31,000 | |
| Aaron Overton | 30,000 | 0 |
| Ebony Kenney | 29,500 | |
| Michael Pesek | 29,000 | -1,000 |
| Arnaud Mattern | 29,000 | -1,000 |
| Clint Tolbert | 28,000 | -2,000 |
| Dominik Nitsche | 28,000 | -2,000 |
| William Reynolds | 27,500 | |
| David Bach | 26,000 | -4,000 |
| Mike Wattel | 21,000 | -9,000 |
Monday, July 9, 2012 2:01 PM Local Time
A middle position player opened to 600 and received a call from the button and the small blind. Jason Alexander of Seinfeld fame also decided to tag along from the big blind.
The flop was and the small blind checked. Alexander came out firing with 1,200. The original raiser and the button folded but the small blind came along for the ride.
The turn was the and Alexander bet 3,000. Once again he received a call. The board was completed with a and both players checked it down. Alexander showed for a flopped set and his opponent mucked his cards. Alexander is trending upward now with a stack of 36,000.
| Jason Alexander | 36,000 | 6,500 |
Monday, July 9, 2012 1:58 PM Local Time
| Tim Finne | 38,000 | 8,000 |
| Chris Moorman | 38,000 | 8,000 |
| Steve Rosen | 36,000 | |
| Phil Ivey | 35,000 | 2,000 |
| Freddy Deeb | 34,000 | 4,000 |
| David Grey | 34,000 | 4,000 |
| Earl Barron | 32,000 | 2,000 |
| Doug Carli | 31,000 | 1,000 |
| Mike Telker | 29,000 | -1,000 |
| Kevin Mathers | 25,000 | -5,000 |
| Jason Mercier | 22,000 | -8,000 |
| Jamie Kerstetter | 22,000 | 0 |
| Ravi Raghavan | 20,000 | -10,000 |