2012 World Series of Poker

Event 19: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Cliff Goldkind
Winning Hand
66
Prize
$559,514
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,107,700
Entries
2,302
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Nguyen Knocks One Out

A player in late position moved all in for around 90,000 and Kennii Nguyen moved all in from the button. Nguyen's flipped over {J-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} while his disheartened opponent flipped over {A-Spades}{3-Spades}. A {6-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{9-Spades} board was released and Nguyen ended up with the best of it and was awarded the substantial pot.

Player Chips Progress
Kennii Nguyen us
Kennii Nguyen
350,000
120,000
120,000

Tags: Kennii Nguyen

Wasserson Wins Three-Way All-In Confrontation

From early position, Seth Pfaltzgraff raised all in for 98,000. Action folded over to Jeffrey Mahoney in the hijack seat and he reraised all in for approximately 175,000. In the cutoff seat, Eric Wasserson reraised all in over the top of both of them. Everyone folded and it was a three-way all-in pot up for grabs.

Pfaltzgraff: {K-Spades}{K-Diamonds}
Mahoney: {J-Spades}{J-Clubs}
Wasserson: {A-Spades}{A-Hearts}

The board ran out {Q-Spades}{3-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}{5-Spades} and Wasserson won the pot to eliminate both players and move to over 650,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Eric Wasserson us
Eric Wasserson
655,000
230,000
230,000
Jeffrey Mahoney ca
Jeffrey Mahoney
Busted
Seth Pfaltzgraff
Seth Pfaltzgraff
Busted

Tags: Eric WassersonSeth PfaltzgraffJeffrey Mahoney

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Adria Balaguer
Adria Balaguer
620,000
340,000
340,000
Justin McGill
Justin McGill
520,000
Gregg Wilkinson
Gregg Wilkinson
515,000
-60,000
-60,000
Patrick Smith us
Patrick Smith
425,000
-85,000
-85,000
Amir Lehavot il
Amir Lehavot
340,000
191,000
191,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Tai Lam
Tai Lam
305,000
125,000
125,000
Aram Zerounian
Aram Zerounian
250,000
30,000
30,000
Kennii Nguyen us
Kennii Nguyen
230,000
Blake Luther us
Blake Luther
198,000
-2,000
-2,000
Barry Shulman us
Barry Shulman
190,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 2X Winner
John Dolan us
John Dolan
185,000
-55,000
-55,000
Benjamin Reinhart us
Benjamin Reinhart
145,000
-25,000
-25,000
Thomas Roupe
Thomas Roupe
130,000
-73,000
-73,000
Aaron Amator us
Aaron Amator
125,000
Luke Priour
Luke Priour
Busted

All Hands on Deck

Josh Hillock instigated the action during a recent hand by making it 33,000. Hillock had actually meant to go all in, but miscounted his chips and announced 33,000 when he actually held 38,0000. A player in middle position made the call, as did Jean-Paul Delay, a fourth player, Seth Pfaltzgraff in the small blind moved all in for about 185,000. Paul Siem in the big blind then peaked at his cards and moved all in himself for about 125,000. We were then back to Hillock who threw in his last 5,000. The middle position player who flatted then folded, as did Delay. The three players remaining then flipped over their cards.

Hillock: {7-Spades}{6-Spades}
Siem: {A-Hearts}{a-Clubs}
Pfaltzgraff: {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs}

A {j-Spades}{9-Clubs}{A-Spades} flop was then outed and Siem managed to grab ahold of top set, while Hillock scored a flush draw. The {k-Spades} on the turn secured the flush for Hillock, but it also gave Pfatzgraff a stronger flush draw. Siem was going to need the board to pair or the last ace to hit, if he wanted to scoop the whole pot. Luckily for Hillock a {7-Hearts} landed on the river and he was allowed to double up to 190,000. Siem scooped up the side pot and hovers around 200,000 himself.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Siem us
Paul Siem
200,000
Josh Hillock
Josh Hillock
190,000
149,000
149,000
Seth Pfaltzgraff
Seth Pfaltzgraff
40,000
-238,000
-238,000

Tags: Josh HillockPaul SiemSeth Pfaltzgraff

Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000