2012 World Series of Poker › Event 43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em

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Creeper's Gonna Creep

Posted 2012-06-25 GMT-6 • Level 26: 20,000-40,000, 5,000 ante

James Mackey's "unique" rail bird has continued with his "Oh yeah" gyration. Some members of the audience are starting to heckle him a bit.

Lu & Channing Play Big Pot

Posted 2012-06-25 GMT-6 • Level 26: 20,000-40,000, 5,000 ante

John Nelson opened for 80,000, Henry Lu called and Neil Channing raised from the big blind to 220,000. Nelson folded and Lu called.

The flop came , Channing bet 255,000 and Lu called. The turn came , Channing checked and Lu bet 300,000. Channing released his hand and Lu took the pot.

Nelson Folds Turn to Lu

Posted 2012-06-25 GMT-6 • Level 26: 20,000-40,000, 5,000 ante

John Nelson opened the action with a raise to 85,000. Only Henry Lu on the button would make the call and the dealer would flip over a flop. John Led for 85,000 here and Lu called.

The on the turn would see Nelson check and Lu bet 110,00. Too much for Nelson, he sent the pot to Lu.

Tags: Henry Lu, John Nelson.

Balazs Botond Eliminated in 7th Place ($83,802)

Posted 2012-06-25 GMT-6

Balazs Botond 7th Place

Balazs Botond open-shoved all in preflop and John Nelson shoved over the top from the small blind. Henry Lu folded his big blind and the hands were tabled.

Nelson:
Botond:

The board ran and Nelson's nines held.

Chip Counts
John Nelson			1,250,000	-350,000
Balazs Botond			Busted

Tags: Balazs Botond, John Nelson.

Lu Wins Blind Vs. Blind

Posted 2012-06-25 GMT-6 • Level 26: 20,000-40,000, 5,000 ante

Folded to Henry Lu in the small blind, he raised it up. Tom Alner flicked in a call from the big blind and a flop was dealt. Lu then led out for 125,000 and Alner threw his cards in the muck.

Tags: Henry Lu, Tom Alner.

Channing Pressured Mackey

Posted 2012-06-25 GMT-6 • Level 26: 20,000-40,000, 5,000 ante

Neil Channing opened for 80,000 from the cutoff and James Mackey raised to 180,000 on the button. The blinds released and Channing sat motionless for a moment.

He then put out a large re-raise to 510,000. Mackey folded in short order and Channing picked up a pot out of position.

Tags: Neil Channing, James Mackey.

Botond Snags a Double From Behind

Posted 2012-06-25 GMT-6

Balazs Botond open shoved his stack of 240,000 and received a call from James Mackey in the big blind.

When Botond tabled his , he was behind and in need of help against Mackey's . The was practically gin for Botond as he took the lead, however he would still need to dodge plenty of cards.

The turn and the river were great for Botond as he took the double and put a small dent in Mackey's stack.

Chip Counts
James Mackey			2,000,000	-280,000
Balazs Botond			500,000	220,000

Tags: James Mackey, Balazs Botond.

Channing Takes First Hand Back from Break

Posted 2012-06-25 GMT-6 • Level 26: 20,000-40,000, 5,000 ante

Neil Channing opened to 80,000 and John Nelson called. The blinds released and the flop came . Channing bet 50,000 and Nelson called. The turn came , Channing bet 105,000 and Nelson folded.