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2012 World Series of Poker
Event 45: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$50,000
Entries
108
Level
22
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Lind and Grospellier Done
Right before the break we lost both Bertrand Grospellier and George Lind. Both players tweeted about their exits. Mike Sexton also got eliminated, and we are down to 98 players.
elkypoker Bertrand Grospellier And busted it in NL when Roebl decided to gamble up in bad spot and obv win the flip. #whenwilltheylearn #hopefullynever #fml
June 25 2012
GeorgeLindIII George Lind III Busto from this disaster of a tournament #wsop45
June 25 2012
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Deeb Takes One in Razz
Razz
| Nikolai Yakovenko |  /   - Fold |
| Viktor Blom | /    / |
| Abe Mosseri | / - Fold |
| Shaun Deeb | /   / |
The four players above went to fourth street and Shaun Deeb was first. He bet and Nikolai Yakovenko put in a raise. Viktor Blom reraised and Abe Mosseri folded. Deeb reraised and Yakovenko called. Blom also called.
On fifth street, both Deeb and Yakovenko paired up, leaving Blom to act first. He bet and Deeb raised. Yakovenko folded and Blom called.
On sixth street, Blom check-called a bet from Deeb before check-folded on seventh street.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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352,000
42,000
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42,000 |
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160,000
69,000
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69,000 |
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Chen Ends Seiver's Tournament
2-7 Triple Draw
Scott Seiver has just been eliminated by the hands of Bill Chen. Chen raised pre draw and Seiver three-bet, after which Chen called.
Both players took two cards, Seiver bet, Chen raised and Seiver moved all in for 5,000. Chen called and took two cards on the second draw while Seiver stood pat.
On the final draw Chen stood pat, and Seiver decided to take one. Chen showed while Seiver turned over 
. He hit another and was eliminated from this event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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220,000
77,000
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77,000 |
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Busted | |
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Not Buchanan's Day
2-7 Triple Draw
Shawn Buchanan has just been eliminated from the tournament. After chopping two pots in Stud-8 he was all in on the second hand of 2-7 Triple Draw.
Buchanan was under the gun when he raised it up to 4,800, and the action was folded to Lyle Berman, who was on the button. He three-bet, and it got back to Buchanan who called all in for just 5,600 total chips.
On the first draw Buchanan drew two cards, Berman needed one. Buchanan needed two more cards on the second draw, while Berman stood pat. On the final draw Buchanan sighed as he needed two cards once again.
Berman turned over 
and Buchanan was unable to beat that. He's the fifth player to hit the rail as we are down to 103 players in this event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Bakes Quadruples Up
Pot-Limit Omaha
Eric Rodawig raised to 3,200 from middle position and Keith Gipson called from the hijack seat. David Benyamine called in the cutoff seat and Ben Yu called from the button. In the big blind, David "Bakes" Baker raised all in for 11,700. Rodawig folded, but the three other player made the call.
The flop came down 
and Gipson checked. Benyamine bet 25,000 and Yu folded. Gipson also folded, leaving Baker heads up with Benyamine to stay alive.
Benyamine: 
Baker: 
Baker was on the ropes with nothing on the flop against Benyamine's two pair and flush draw. The turn was the 
and river the 
. With the black lady on the river, Baker won the pot to quadruple up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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302,000
-3,000
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-3,000 |
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260,000 | |
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215,000
-22,000
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-22,000 |
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59,000
-13,000
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-13,000 |
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41,000
31,200
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31,200 |
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Short-Stacked Baker Can't See Cheap Flop
Pot-Limit Omaha
On the next hand after he doubled up through Keith Gipson, David "Bakes" Baker limped in from under the gun. Eric Rodawig raised to 4,500 from middle position and then action folded to Ben Yu in the small blind. He reraised the pot and the dealer told him he could make it 16,900. Everyone folded and Yu won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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9,800
-1,200
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-1,200 |
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Bakes Doubles Back
Pot-Limit Omaha
From under the gun plus one, David "Bakes" Baker raised to 4,000 with 600 behind. Action folded to Keith Gipson in the cutoff seat and he reraised to 11,000. Everyone folded back to Baker and he stuck his last 600 in.
Baker: 
Gipson: 
The flop, turn and river ran out 
and Baker finished with aces full of fives to beat Gipson's flush and double up. He moved up to 11,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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237,000
1,000
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1,000 |
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11,000
6,400
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6,400 |
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Bakes Crushed By Lellouche
Pot-Limit Omaha
On the flop, Eric Rodawig checked and Antony Lellouche fired 9,500. Next to act was David "Bakes" Baker and he made the call. After that, Cary Katz folded and then Rodawig also gave it up, leaving two players to see fourth street.
The landed on the turn and Lellouche bet 25,000. Baker took some time to think, then called.
On the river, the completed the board. Lellouche checked and Baker moved all of his chips into the middle. He actually had a little bit more than the pot, so he could only make it 84,200 with 4,600 behind. Lellouche then tanked. After two minutes or so, he just called.
"Set," announced Baker.
Lellouche responded by turning over the 
for a Broadway straight. Baker mucked and Lellouche won the pot. Luckily for Baker, though, Lellouche didn't put him all in, so he still had 4,600 in chips left to try and mount a comeback with.
"You knew one thing," said Huck Seed who recently joined the table. "He didn't have a royal flush."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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250,000
65,000
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65,000 |
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4,600
-122,400
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-122,400 |
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Updates Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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288,000
-12,000
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-12,000 |
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281,000
27,000
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27,000 |
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237,000
18,700
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18,700 |
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224,000
23,000
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23,000 |
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184,000
54,500
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54,500 |
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172,000
-23,400
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-23,400 |
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170,000
10,800
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10,800 |
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153,000
-16,800
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-16,800 |
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132,000
-8,800
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-8,800 |
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131,000
70,900
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70,900 |
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128,000
-22,000
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-22,000 |
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82,000
-24,900
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-24,900 |
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57,000
-40,500
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-40,500 |
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23,000
-103,100
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-103,100 |
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17,000
-15,000
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-15,000 |
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