Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 0
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six-Handed
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,969,300
Entries
419
Level
26
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0
Gold section Chip Counts: Jack Melki Still Leads
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Jack Melki just seems to be going from strength to strength in the Gold section of the room. He is now on 95,500 but there are a few players catching him slowly. One player is Don Nguyen, who has just eliminated Shawn Buchanan, to move up to 75,500 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
95,500 | 25,500 |
|
70,000 | |
|
57,000 | 14,000 |
|
50,000 | -6,500 |
|
43,000 | |
|
35,000 | 1,000 |
|
33,000 | 10,000 |
|
31,000 | -10,500 |
|
|
30,000 | 16,000 |
|
30,000 | -4,000 |
|
30,000 | 6,000 |
|
24,000 | 1,000 |
|
22,000 | 7,200 |
|
20,000 | -8,000 |
|
19,000 | -3,000 |
|
|
18,000 | -3,000 |
|
17,000 | |
|
15,000 | |
|
14,000 | -2,000 |
|
12,000 | |
|
11,500 | 1,000 |
|
10,100 | 3,800 |
|
6,400 | -1,725 |
|
5,000 | -9,900 |
|
4,100 | -9,900 |
Phil Galfond and Jonathan Duhamel Are Out
Two top quality players have left the competition meaning we have 306 players in the field.
World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner Phil Galfond has been eliminated by Padraig Parkinson. Galfond found himself extremely short before getting his short change in the middle on a flop of 
.
| Parkinson |     |
| Galfond |     |
Board: 
Set over set and Galfond was out.
Then our former 2010 WSOP Main Event Champion Jonathan Duhamel was eliminated by Fabrice Soulier. The money went into the middle on the turn with 
showing on the board. Duhamel had 
for the set and Soulier had 
for the straight-draw. The arrived on the river, completing the straight for the Frenchman, and Duhamel was out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
46,000 | 17,000 |
|
20,000 | 3,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Gold Section Eliminations
Looking through the field we seem to have lost our reigning champion Jason Mercier. Joining Mercier on the sidelines include Vanessa Selbst, who was eliminated by Lee Watkinson, John Kabbaj and John Racener, who was eliminated by Vadzim Kursevich.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
Break Time
Level 4
: 100/200, 0 ante
The players are 9-minutes into a twenty minute break.
Bronze Section: Schwartz Really Does Pay-Off Trinh
There are only 7-tables remaining in the Bronze Section as our field shrinks like a pair of 1970s skinny jeans. In just 3-mins time the end of Level 4 will be reached and the final numbers and prize pool should be with us, so keep your eyes open for that. In the meantime let's give you a hand involving Dominykas Karmazinas and Sorel Mizzi, and a story where Toan Trinh finds himself $50 the richer.
Sorel Mizzi raised to 400 on the button, the small blind called before Dominykas Karmazinas three-bet to 1,600 from the big blind. Mizzi made the call, the small blind folded and pair were heads-up to the flop. The dealer gave them the 
and Mizzi called a 2,300 Karmazinas bet. The turn card was the and Karmanizas bet 6,000; this time Mizzi folded.
Karmazinas started laughing and showed Mizzi 
.
"You were good," said Mizzi.
One table over and Luke Schwartz was having a tete-a-tete with Toan Trinh. Now Trinh may not be a household name to you, but he is having a fabulous World Series of Poker (WSOP) with 14th and 7th place finishes respectively. The pair were staring at a board of 
and Trinh had check-raised Schwartz to 6,000.
"I will give you $50 if you show me worse than ," said Schwartz before folding.
Trinh turned over 
to show an inferior hand and Schwartz handed him $50.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
56,500 | |
|
37,500 | |
|
|
34,000 | |
|
26,000 | 13,000 |
|
25,000 | 17,000 |
|
21,500 | 7,500 |
|
21,400 | 7,400 |
|
19,000 | |
|
7,000 | -3,650 |
|
2,800 | -4,400 |
A Few More Chip Counts From The Gold Section
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,000 | 13,000 |
|
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24,000 | |
|
|
23,000 | 1,400 |
|
|
17,000 | 2,000 |
|
|
16,000 | -3,900 |
|
6,300 |
Fabrice Soulier & Yevgeniy Timoshenko
We have just witnessed World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holder Fabrice Soulier and Yevgeniy Timoshenko taking down a pot a piece.
We caught the action on a flop of 
and Soulier bet 1,100 from first position, Jonathan Duhamel called in the hijack and the big blind folded. Pot control was the order of the day on the turn as the was checked through and we saw the 
on fifth street. Soulier bet 1,200, Duhamel made the call and then mucked when Soulier showed him 
.
On the table directly to the left of that, Yevgeniy Timoshenko had found himself at the river on a board of 
. There was 3,575 in the pot and Timoshenko - and then Jason Senti - had both checked to the player on the button. The button bet 1,000 and after a moments thought Timoshenko moved all-in for 4,475 in total. Senti folded, and after a brief pause, so did the button.
"I will pay for your next tip if you show me your cards," said the player on the button.
"You will pay me $1 if I show you my cards? I think I'll pass,' said Timoshenko.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
29,000 | 3,000 |
|
|
19,500 | 5,500 |
|
10,000 | -7,300 |
Gold Section: Jack Melki Cleaning House
Despite never cashing in a live event, outside of his native France, Jack Melki is cleaning house at Table #19. We have not seen the exits but understand that Melki has been responsible for the eliminations of both World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet holders Erik Cajelais and Leif Force, and now holds 70,000 chips, which is easiest the biggest stack in the Gold section of the Brasilia room.
Another player who is making good ground is Florian Langmann, but we did just witness him losing a pot.
We joined the action on a flop of 
, Langmann checked, the hijack checked and Chris Demaci bet 1,750 from the button. Langmann check-raised to 2,800, the hijack folded and Demaci made the call. The 
was checked through on the turn and then Demaci bet 5,500 at the sight of the 
on the river. Langmann folded and Demaci picked up the pot and 17,500 in chips. Langmann was reduced to 41,500.
David 'Doc' Sands just had a tough river decision, and unfortunately he got it wrong. We joined the action on the turn with 2,000 in the pot and 
on the board. Sands checked, Steven Brackesy bet 2,000 and Sands made the call. The river card was the and Brackesey bet 3,800 once checked to. Sands took a good three-minutes of thought before making the call.
"I've got it," said Brackesey before tabling 
and Sands mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000 | |
|
|
43,000 | 21,400 |
|
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41,500 | 13,500 |
|
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34,000 | 16,000 |
|
|
23,000 | 8,000 |
|
17,700 | |
|
17,000 | 11,700 |
|
|
15,700 | -6,000 |
|
|
14,000 | |
|
14,000 | -2,000 |
|
11,500 | |
|
|
10,500 | -4,500 |
|
|
8,675 | -6,325 |
|
|
8,125 | |
|
8,000 | |
|
|
6,800 | -8,700 |
|
|
6,300 | -10,600 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |