2012 World Series of Poker

Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k5
Prize
$8,531,853
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$62,021,200
Entries
6,598
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
300,000

No Day 6 for Cheong

Joseph Cheong- 116th
Joseph Cheong- 116th

Wow. It was an absolute nightmare of a level for former November Niner Joseph Cheong. He came back from dinner break with 3.1 million, and all that is gone within this level. Paul Volpe is the one that did him in.

Cheong was down to about 1.1 million when he made his stand in a preflop raising war with Volpe. Cheong held {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}, and Volpe tabled {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}. The flop was a tough one for Cheong, coming down {5-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}{6-Hearts}. Cheong would now need one of the two remaining tens in the deck, but it wasn't meant to be. The turn was the {2-Hearts}, and the river was the {j-Clubs}.

Despite this downfall, it can't be overlooked how impressive Cheong has been in the last three main events. He finished 3rd in 2010, 114th in last year's and he will finish 116th this year. Meanwhile Volpe is up to 4.25 million.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
WSOP 3X Winner
4,250,000 384,000
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

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