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

Day 1 completed

Posted 2012-06-24 GMT-6

Day 1 Ends Short of the Money, Barnhart Leads

Posted 2012-06-24 GMT-6 • Level 11: 500-1,000, 100 ante

Sam Barnhart leads the field.

Day 1 of Event 43, $1,500 No Limit Hold’em, of the World Series of Poker is in the books after 2,770 entrants took to the felt. When action wrapped up just 320 players remained in the field. Leading them all is Sam Barnhart with 169,300.

Chasing Barnhart are Henry Lu (141,600), Andres Sanchez (115,000) and John Nelson (114,000). There are plenty of notables remaining in the field including: Randy Lew, Pius Heinz, James Mackey, Chino Rheem, Mark Radoja, Tommy Vedes, Ryan Tepen, Neil Channing, Nick Rampone, Cherish Andrews, Andy Frankeberger, Carter Phillips, Marvin Rettenmaier and Huy Nguyen.

With so many eliminations many notables hit the rail today. David Williams, Liv Boeree, Rene Angelil, Faraz Jaka, Robert Iler, Carlos Mortensen, Bernard Lee, Vanessa Rousso, David “Doc” Sands, Phil Collins, Darryll Fish, Jake Cody, Kara Scott, Joe Cada, Andre Akkari and Barry Greenstein were some of them.

After the dinner break the field was trimmed to just 770 players, a full 2,000 players had been eliminated. Up to that point an average of three players were busting every minute.

Barnhart joined the leaderboard after he got in a hand with an opponent on a flop. Barnhart bet and was called all the way to the river. On the river Barnhart committed ¾ of his stack and his opponent insta-shoved all in. Barnhart snap-called and tabled . His opponent held a paid Barnhart off in full.

Sands had an above average stack for most of the day. But his day turned sour quickly after the dinner break. Sands was on the button and had his stack whittled down. The player in the cutoff open-shoved and Sands thought about his action. After just 20 seconds a player not involved in the hand called the clock on Sands.

A floorman was summoned and as per their procedure asked the dealer if Sands had had sufficient time to act on his hand. The dealer replied no and an argument ensued between the player that called the clock and the floorman.

The floorman ended the argument to point out a hand was still in play. Sands shoved holding and the player in the cutoff had pocket eights. Sands bricked on the board and left in frustration.

Day 2 will see cards in the air promptly at 1:00 p.m. PST in the Purple Section of the Amazon Room. Follow all the WSOP action live as we play down to a final table on PokerNews.com.

Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Posted 2012-06-24 GMT-6

Chip Counts
Sam Barnhart			169,300
Christopher Rauscher			144,000
Henry Lu			141,600
Andres Ibarguen			115,700
Roch Cousineau			110,100	70,100
Mark Ketteringham			108,000
Balazs Botond			104,000
Cody Slaubaugh			103,600
Anders Taylor			100,500
James Mackey			96,400
Michael Leibgorin			91,900
Ryan Huling			90,000
Ryan Schmidt			82,000
Randy Lew	PokerStars Team Online		81,800
Najib Kamand			81,200
David Johnston			81,100
Tom Alner			80,100
George Griffith			79,000
Pius Heinz	PokerStars Team Pro		78,700	400
James Tolbert			77,400
Chino Rheem		US	76,300
James Sileo			75,600
Guy Short			75,100
Tom Rafferty			74,700
Michael De Gilio			74,000

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An Assortment of Chip Counts

Posted 2012-06-24 GMT-6

Chip Counts
Sam Barnhart			169,300	44,300
Henry Lu			141,600	-28,400
John Nelson			114,000	-11,000
Mark Ketteringham			108,000	8,000
Balazs Botond			104,000	-8,000
Anders Taylor			100,500	-9,500
Randy Lew	PokerStars Team Online		81,800	-3,200
Pius Heinz	PokerStars Team Pro		78,300	-9,700
Chino Rheem		US	76,300	-15,700
Ryan Tepen			68,600	29,800
Alex Masek			60,200	43,200
Alex Outhred			59,700	24,700
Neil Channing			57,100	14,100
Nick Rampone			56,400	23,400
Cherish Andrews			52,700	4,700
Carter Phillips			49,200	-3,800
Roch Cousineau			40,000	-55,000
Huy Nguyen			38,800	-11,200
Andrew Lichtenberger			32,600	-3,400
Marvin Rettenmaier			32,500	-1,500
Tommy Vedes			31,100	-8,900
Andy Frankenberger			25,800	8,800
Michael "Carwash" Schneider			17,200	2,400

Five More Hands

Posted 2012-06-24 GMT-6 • Level 11: 500-1,000, 100 ante

The field will play five more hands and then bag and tag for the evening.

A Few Chip Counts

Posted 2012-06-24 GMT-6

Chip Counts
Chino Rheem		US	92,000	55,000
Pius Heinz	PokerStars Team Pro		88,000	11,000
Randy Lew	PokerStars Team Online		85,000	29,500
Mark Radoja			70,000	37,000
Jordan Young		US	56,000	11,000
Engelberth Varela			40,000
Shawn Busse			35,000	6,000
Marvin Rettenmaier			34,000	-12,000
Nick Mitchell			33,000	-1,000
Andy Frankenberger			17,000	-17,000
David Vamplew			11,000	-15,000
Angel Guillen	PokerStars Team Pro		9,000	-5,000
Christina Lindley			Busted

Tournament Leading Stacks

Posted 2012-06-24 GMT-6

Sanchez Cripples Cajelais and Busts Marchese

Posted 2012-06-24 GMT-6

Just before end of Level 10, Tom Marchese went all in for about 6,200 from middle position. Erik Cajelais three-bet to 12,000 on the button to isolate, but Andres Sanchez in the big blind four-bet all in for 53,600 after about 90 seconds in the tank. Cajelais called and we had about a 115,000-chip pot on our hands.

Marchese:
Cajelais:
Sanchez:

Sanchez took it down when the board ran out , ending Marchese's tournament and leaving Cajelais very short on chips.

A few hands later, Cajelais busted.

Chip Counts
Andres Sanchez			115,000	62,000
Erik Cajelais			Busted
Tom Marchese			Busted

Tags: Andres Sanchez, Erik Cajelais, Tom Marchese.

Level 11 started

Posted 2012-06-24 GMT-6

Queens For Nguyen

Posted 2012-06-24 GMT-6

After the under-the-gun player opened to 1,600, the next player to act three-bet to 3,400. Huy Nguyen called from middle position, the original raiser called, and the flop fell .

The UTG player checked it to the three-bettor who bet 4,400. Only Nguyen called to see the turn. Both checked and did the same when the river fell.

Nguyen tabled , besting his opponent's hand to win the pot.

Chip Counts
Huy Nguyen			50,000	8,000

Tags: Huy Nguyen.