2012 World Series of Poker › Event 31: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

Day 1 completed

Posted 2012-06-17 GMT-6

Day 1 Comes to a Close; Cherish Andrews Crushing

Posted 2012-06-17 GMT-6 • Level 11: 500-1,000, 100 ante

Cherish Andrews Destroys Day 1

Day 1 of Event 31: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em is officially in the books. The players have bagged and tagged and the player on top is Cherish Andrews who finished the night with an unbelievable 225,900.

This event drew a remarkable 2,811 entrants which is a 311 player increase from last year's turnout. This event also marks the largest field for a $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event thus far at the 2012 World Series of Poker (excluding the $1,500 Re-Entry).

Players today trudged through a lengthy eleven levels of play and 331 players will return tomorrow in their quest for a WSOP bracelet. We're a mere 34 eliminations away from the money and after that each remaining player is guaranteed at least $2,770. Although a min-cash is always a respectable finish, each player is eyeing up the $664,130 first place prize.

With the sheer size of this field it was inevitable that we would see a large number of eliminations today. Among those who were not fortunate enough to make Day 2 were David Williams, Jennifer Leigh, Dutch Boyd, Kara Scott, Nacho Barbero, Matt Affleck, Greg Raymer, Viktor Blom, Melanie Weisner, and many many more.

Also to hit the rail today was two-time bracelet winner Andy Frankenberger. Frankenberger won his first bracelet in this event last year but unfortunately was not able to make Day 2 this year. Frankenberger also received his second bracelet this year when he was able to defeat Phil Ivey heads up in Event 17: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em.

While some faltered, others thrived. Among those to join Andrews tomorrow are Soi Nguyen (135,200), Thomas Miller (107,000), Erik Cajelais (91,700), Joe Cada (46,800), Angel Guillen (38,700), John Juanda (22,100), and PokerNews' own Chad Holloway (19,400).

Cards will be in the air for Day 2 at 1:00 PM. Join us for all of the latest updates as we approach and breach the money bubble and the quest for the next World Series of Poker champion continues!

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Official End-of-Day Chip Counts

Posted 2012-06-17 GMT-6

Chip Counts
Cherish Andrews			225,900
Wai Cheng			153,000
Soi Nguyen			135,200
Robert Tepper			114,900
Bernard Lee			105,600
Cesar Garcia			103,400
Maximilian Lehmanski		DE	99,400
William Reynolds			96,600
Evan Clotworthy			92,500
Erik Cajelais			91,700
Valentyn Shabelnyk			89,800
Jeffrey Forrest			85,100
Huy Quach			83,500
Jeffrey Hilliard			83,100
Marek Blasko			82,200
Manig Loeser			80,400
David Feldman			80,300
John Mcnulty			78,600
Pedro Cabeca			78,300
Mike McDonald			78,200	-700
Drew Crawford			78,000
Tom Alner			75,000
Sandeep Pulusani			74,000
Michael Malm			72,200
Louis Laxineta			72,100

End of the Night Counts

Posted 2012-06-17 GMT-6

Chip Counts
Cherish Andrews			225,900	113,900
Soi Nguyen			135,200	43,200
Bernard Lee			105,600
William Reynolds			96,600
Erik Cajelais			91,700	-25,300
Jeff Hillard			83,100
Mike McDonald			78,900
JC Tran			71,300
Jim Malone			64,800
Terrence Chan		CA	51,600	-7,400
Chris Bolek			50,800
Joe Cada	PokerStars Team Pro	US	46,800	8,800
Angel Guillen	PokerStars Team Pro		38,700	-26,300
Mike Carson			35,800
AP Phaphrat			35,600
Sam Lee			35,100
Nick Binger			28,200
Eric Baldwin			25,000	-7,000
John Juanda			22,100	-4,900
Chad Holloway			19,400	-1,600
Ted Forrest			17,700	6,700
Lauren Kling			16,400	400
Tana Karnchanakphan			12,100
La Sengphet			Busted

Three More!

Posted 2012-06-17 GMT-6 • Level 11: 500-1,000, 100 ante

Tournament floor staff has announced that we will play three more hands tonight before bagging and tagging.

Cherish Crushing

Posted 2012-06-17 GMT-6

With the board reading we found Cherish Andrews facing a bet of 4,200 from her opponent. Andrews dipped into her stack and tossed out a call, showing . Her opponent picked up his hand and flung the cards to the muck.

Andrews is now sitting on one of the top stacks in the room with 112,000.

Chip Counts
Cherish Andrews			112,000	30,000

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Collins Sends One Home

Posted 2012-06-17 GMT-6

Action folded around to the player on the button who moved all in. Phil Collins called out of the small blind and the big blind got out of the way.

Collins:
Opponent:

The flop fell giving numerous outs to Collins' opponent. Fortunately for Collins, the turn and the river were not any of them. Collins was able to reduce the field by one and virtually double up his own stack.

Chip Counts
Phil Collins			35,000	18,000

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Harrington On...Hold Me, I Just Got Two-Outed

Posted 2012-06-17 GMT-6 • Level 11: 500-1,000, 100 ante

We caught the remnants of a hand that cost 1995 WSOP champion Dan Harrington most of his stack. A player moved all in against Harrington on a flop. Harrington called with and was way ahead of his opponent's .

Fourth street brought the and his opponent was looking for one of the two remaining fives going to the river. Just like that the dealer rapped the tabled and peeled off the , absolutely destroying Harrington's stack. After that hand he was left with only 2,200.

Harrington would bust two hands later.

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Chip Counts at the Level Up

Posted 2012-06-17 GMT-6

Chip Counts
Angel Guillen	PokerStars Team Pro		60,000	11,500
Dwyte Pilgrim			45,000	-10,000
Joe Cada	PokerStars Team Pro	US	38,000	26,000
Eric Baldwin			32,000	-1,000
John Juanda			27,000	500
Chad Holloway			21,000	2,500
Phil Collins			17,000
Lauren Kling			16,000	-3,000
Jamie Kerstetter			15,000	-2,000
Erika Moutinho			12,000	-3,000
La Sengphet			11,000	-500
Ted Forrest			11,000	-3,800

Level 11 started

Posted 2012-06-17 GMT-6