2012 World Series of Poker

Event 45: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj98
Prize
$1,451,527
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Entries
108
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
David Oppenheim us
David Oppenheim
Poker Hall of Famer
1,130,000 -60,000
Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
1,020,000 70,000
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
WSOP 5X Winner
990,000 -220,000
David ODB Baker us
David ODB Baker
988,000 487,000
Daniel Alaei us
Daniel Alaei
WSOP 5X Winner
950,000 15,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
912,000 12,000
Mike Wattel us
Mike Wattel
WSOP 2X Winner
882,000 162,000
Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
WSOP 2X Winner
835,000 50,000
Bill Chen us
Bill Chen
WSOP 2X Winner
785,000 145,000
Joe Cassidy us
Joe Cassidy
WSOP 1X Winner
739,000 175,000
John Monnette us
John Monnette
WSOP 5X Winner
710,000 -5,000
John Hennigan us
John Hennigan
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
670,000 -70,000
Luke Schwartz gb
Luke Schwartz
WSOP 1X Winner
660,000 -115,000
Lyle Berman us
Lyle Berman
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
630,000 -10,000
Andy Bloch us
Andy Bloch
WSOP 1X Winner
588,000 -122,000
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
540,000 -245,000
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
445,000 5,000
Antony Lellouche fr
Antony Lellouche
420,000 85,000
Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
WSOP 6X Winner
350,000 80,000
Roland Israelashvili us
Roland Israelashvili
324,000 -111,000
Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
WSOP 4X Winner
244,000 -11,000
Brett Richey us
Brett Richey
243,000 98,000
Robert Mizrachi
Robert Mizrachi
225,000 -65,000
Michael Glick us
Michael Glick
200,000 -80,000
David Chiu us
David Chiu
WSOP 5X Winner
125,000 -35,000

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Lisandro Getting Slow

Limit Hold'em

Jeff Lisandro just got hurt pretty bad by Stephen Chidwick in Limit Hold'em. Lisandro raised under the gun and Chidwick called in late position.

The flop came down {8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{5-Hearts} and Lisandro check-called. The turn was the {7-Spades} and Lisandro bet, Chidwick called.

The river was the {3-Spades} and Chidwick bet, Lisandro raised and Chidwick three-bet. Lisandro called and Chidwick turned over {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}. Lisandro got coolered pretty bad as he showed {K-Hearts}{6-Hearts} for the second nut flush.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
900,000 70,000
Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
WSOP 6X Winner
270,000 -130,000

Tags: Jeff LisandroStephen Chidwick

More Hellmuth and Schwartz

Luke Schwartz
Luke Schwartz

Omaha-8

From the button, Luke Schwartz raised. Phil Hellmuth made the call from the big blind and the flop came down {A-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}. Hellmuth checked and Schwartz bet. Hellmuth called.

The turn was the {9-Clubs} and both players checked to see the {Q-Spades} fall on the river. Hellmuth bet and Schwartz called.

Hellmuth showed the {A-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{2-Clubs} and Schwartz the {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{9-Hearts}. Hellmuth had the low and Schwartz the high. After seeing Schwartz's hand tabled, all Hellmuth could do was sink his head into his hands with a slight shake.

"Did I do anything wrong?" asked Schwartz.

Player Chips Progress
Luke Schwartz gb
Luke Schwartz
WSOP 1X Winner
775,000 35,000
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
110,000 -85,000

Tags: Luke SchwartzPhil Hellmuth

Another One For Bloch

Pot-Limit Omaha

Andy Bloch raised under the gun to 20,000 and Mike Wattel called. Stephen Chidwick was on the button and he called, as did Roland Israelashvili who was in the small blind.

The flop came down {Q-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{2-Clubs} and Israelashvili checked. Bloch bet 65,000, Wattel made the call, Chidwick folded as did Israelashvili.

The turn was the {4-Spades} and both players checked. On the river, the {J-Diamonds}, both players checked again. Bloch showed {K-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{K-Spades}{5-Hearts} and took down the pot, he beat Wattel's {A-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{K-Clubs}{8-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
830,000
Mike Wattel us
Mike Wattel
WSOP 2X Winner
720,000 -260,000
Andy Bloch us
Andy Bloch
WSOP 1X Winner
710,000 160,000
Roland Israelashvili us
Roland Israelashvili
435,000 -130,000

Tags: Mike WattelStephen ChidwickAndy BlochRoland Israelashvili

More Chatter Between Schwartz and Hellmuth

Phil Hellmuth
Phil Hellmuth

Here are two hands with Phil Hellmuth, and the second one involves him continuing to to show emotion.

No-Limit Hold'em

On the first hand, Hellmuth raised to 36,000 from the cutoff seat and Bill Chen made it 100,000 to go from the small blind. Action got back to Hellmuth and he folded, showing the {A-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} Chen showed him pocket tens.

On the next hand, Hellmuth rasied to 36,000 from the hijack seat and kept up with his aggressive ways. From the big blind, Luke Schwartz reraised all in. That sent Hellmuth into the tank for a couple of minutes.

Hellmuth had under 200,000 behind and tanked for quite some time, swapping back and forth between standing up and sitting down while tanking.

"You have to do that with ace-jack, right?" Hellmuth questioned.

"Have you got ace-jack? responded Schwartz. "No, you'd have folded ace-jack by now," he continued.

"You think any ace is good," came back Hellmuth.

"No, you know I have a hand," responded Schwartz.

Hellmuth began to start folding his hand and Schwartz begged him to show his cards. "You know if I show ace-jack or ace-queen, you are just going to show ace-ten. I can't handle that right now," Hellmuth said as he tossed his hand in without showing it.

Hellmuth dropped to under 200,000 while Schwartz moved to 740,000.

Player Chips Progress
Luke Schwartz gb
Luke Schwartz
WSOP 1X Winner
740,000 110,000
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
195,000 5,000

Tags: Luke SchwartzPhil Hellmuth

Yu Calls Mizrachi Down

No-Limit Hold'em

On a {K-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{J-Spades} flop Ben Yu just bet 35,000 after Michael Mizrachi had checked. Mizrachi made the call and both players checked the {10-Spades} on the turn.

The river was the {9-Diamonds} and Mizrachi lead out for 40,000. Yu called and showed {Q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}. Mizrachi mucked and Yu won an important pot for his stack while Mizrachi is still the chip leader.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
WSOP 5X Winner
1,210,000 -28,000
Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
WSOP 4X Winner
255,000 -125,000

Tags: Ben YuMichael Mizrachi

Hellmuth Edgy, Oppenheim Chipping Up

Phil Hellmuth is boiling after a hand he wasn't event involved in. Luke Schwartz has been driving the 12-time World Series of Poker champion a bit crazy with his table antics, and Hellmuth's short stack isn't helping him with staying calm.

2-7 Triple Draw

From the hijack, David Oppenheim raised and Bill Chen three-bet from the cutoff. Luke Schwartz was in the small blind and called, as did Oppenheim.

Schwartz and Oppenheim drew two cards while Chen only needed one. The action was checked to Chen, who bet and saw Schwartz raise. Both Oppenheim and Chen called, and three players went to the second draw.

All three players drew one card and the action was checked. On the final draw everyone took one card again, and Schwartz checked first. Oppenheim bet, Chen called and Schwartz folded.

Oppenheim showed {8-}{7-}{5-}{4-}{2-} and beat Chen's {8-}{7-}{6-}{5-}{3-}. Hellmuth was far from happy with the way Schwartz was holding up his cards and uttered the following words.

"This is the $50K Championship, not some $100 homegame!" Hellmuth said to Schwartz as he called the floor over. Schwartz was holding his cards up so the rail could see them, which Hellmuth didn't like. Right now, it seems Hellmuth is a bit more on edge, so we'll be playing close attention to his table.

Player Chips Progress
David Oppenheim us
David Oppenheim
Poker Hall of Famer
1,190,000 10,000
Bill Chen us
Bill Chen
WSOP 2X Winner
640,000 -5,000
Luke Schwartz gb
Luke Schwartz
WSOP 1X Winner
630,000 30,000
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
190,000 -60,000

Tags: Bill ChenDavid OppenheimLuke SchwartzPhil Hellmuth