Event 39: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 3 Started
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 39: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$2,754,200
Entries
293
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0
Day 3 Almost Set To Start
Welcome to PokerNews' Day 3 coverage of Event 39: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha. Following 20 levels of play, a field of 293 players is down to just 13 hopefuls, each with his eyes set on the first-place prize of $661,000, as well the coveted World Series of Poker bracelet.
Andrew Brown is the dominating chip leader entering today with 1,774,000, but he has a talented bunch hot his heels. Three-time bracelet winner Sammy Farha is second in chips 1,129,000 and is looking to win his fourth. Also still in the hunt is Jason Mercier. With two Pot-Limit Omaha bracelets on his résumé, Mercier is a threat despite being one of the short stacks.
Here is the Day 3 table and seat draw.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 445 | 1 | --empty-- | -- |
| 445 | 2 | John Kabbaj | 210,000 |
| 445 | 3 | Jason Mercier | 408,000 |
| 445 | 4 | --empty-- | -- |
| 445 | 5 | Andy Seth | 569,000 |
| 445 | 6 | Jan-Peter Jachtmann | 895,000 |
| 445 | 7 | Micah Smith | 215,000 |
| 445 | 8 | --empty-- | -- |
| 445 | 9 | Sammy Farha | 1,129,000 |
| 446 | 1 | Ville Wahlbeck | 247,000 |
| 446 | 2 | Nikolai Yakovenko | 528,000 |
| 446 | 3 | --empty-- | -- |
| 446 | 4 | Benjamin Sage | 1,013,000 |
| 446 | 5 | --empty-- | -- |
| 446 | 6 | Steven Silverman | 668,000 |
| 446 | 7 | Joe Kushner | 571,000 |
| 446 | 8 | Adam Kornuth | 568,000 |
| 446 | 9 | Andrew Brown | 1,774,000 |
Play is set to begin at 1:00pm local time, about five minutes from now, so keep it here throughout the day as another WSOP champion is crowned.
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 21
: 8,000/16,000, 0 ante
The cards are in the air for Day 3 of Event 39.
Seth Takes Four-Way Limped Pot
Andy Seth limped in from under the gun and Sammy Farha limped in on the button. John Kabbaj called from the small blind and Jason Mercier checked his option in the big blind.
The flop came down 
and Kabbaj checked. Mercier bet 27,000 and Seth made the call. Farha folded and Kabbaj called.
The turn was the 
and all three players checked to see the 
land on the river. Kabbaj and Mercier checked and Seth bet 75,000. Kabbaj and Mercier folded and Seth raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
680,000 | 111,000 |
|
360,000 | -48,000 |
|
200,000 | -10,000 |
John Kabbaj Eliminated in 13th Place ($33,794)
Action folded to Sammy Farha on the button and he raised the pot and made it 56,000. In the small blind, John Kabbaj reraised the pot to 184,000. Action folded back to Farha and he called.
The flop came down 
and Kabbaj bet all in for 93,000. Farha called and the hands were tabled.
Kabbaj: 
Farha: 
The turn was the 
and river the 
. Farha backed into a heart flush and eliminated Kabbaj in 13th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,290,000 | 161,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Get Off My Jachtmann
From the cutoff seat, Jan-Peter Jachtmann raised to 40,000. Sammy Farha called from the big blind and the flop came down 
. Both players checked.
The turn card brought the and Farha led for 80,000. Jachtmann called to see the river, which was the . Farha checked and Jachtmann bet 60,000. Farha folded and Jachtmann won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,250,000 | -40,000 |
|
1,040,000 | 145,000 |
Mercier Doubles
From the hijack seat, Micah Smith called. Sammy Farha called from the button and Jason Mercier called from the small blind. Andy Seth checked his option in the big blind.
The flop came down 
and the first three players checked to Farha. He bet 60,000 and then Mercier check-raised all in for 183,000 After Seth and Smith got out of the way, Farha called.
Mercier: 
Farha: 
The turn was the 
and river the . Both players made full houses, but Mercier's was the best one and he doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000 | -150,000 |
|
|
430,000 | 70,000 |
Adam Kornuth Eliminated in 12th Place ($43,076)
On the 
, Adam Kornuth was all in for around 365,000 with the 
against the for Andrew Brown.
The turn was the and river the 
, keeping Brown's two pair in front and winning him the pot. Kornuth was eliminated in 12th place and earned over $43,000.
Brown also won the next pot and has a little over 2.5 million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,500,000 | 726,000 |
|
Busted |
More for Brown
Joe Kushner raised to 37,000 from the hijack seat and Andrew Brown called from the cutoff seat. Benjamin Sage called from the big blind and the flop came down . All three players checked.
The turn was the and Sage bet 77,000. Kushner folded and Brown called.
On the river, both players checked.
Brown showed the 
for a Broadway straight and Sage mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,680,000 | 180,000 |