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

Hellmuth Starts Steaming

Stud-8

Phil Hellmuth{x-}{x-} / {9-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} / {x-}
Lyle Berman{x-}{x-} / {6-Spades}{a-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} / {x-}/

The {3-Spades} had the bring in and Phil Hellmuth made the call. Lyle Berman completed it and only Hellmuth called.

Berman ended up betting every street, and seventh blind. Hellmuth called every single bet and turned over {K-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for a straight. That was no good against Berman's {A-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{7-Spades} as he had made a full house.

Hellmuth seemed quiet at first, but eventually he bursted out and left the table for a couple of hands. Hellmuth sat down in the far corner of the tournament room for a while, but eventually he made his way back to the table. Hellmuth's short and looking to double up.

Player Chips Progress
Lyle Berman us
Lyle Berman
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
540,000 127,000
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
380,000 -145,000

Tags: Phil HellmuthLyle Berman

Ivey Gets a Fold from Fitoussi

Stud

Phil Ivey{x-}{x-} / {10-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{8-Spades} / {x-}
Bruno Fitoussi{x-}{x-} / {4-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{5-Spades}{4-Clubs} / {x-}

Phil Ivey led the betting on this one up until sixth street after he had completed on third. Bruno Fitoussi was calling down, but then picked up a pair on sixth and checked to Ivey. Ivey bet and Fitoussi called. On seventh, Fitoussi checked and Ivey bet. Fitoussi tanked for a little bit, then folded his hand and Ivey won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
950,000 47,000
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
290,000 75,000

Tags: Bruno FitoussiPhil Ivey

Shak Wiped Out

Stud-8

Luke Schwartz{x-}{x-} / {2-Spades}{5-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{7-Spades} / {x-}
Dan Shak{x-}{x-} / {10-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{J-Hearts} / {x-}

Picking up the action on fifth street, Dan Shak checked and Luke Schwartz fired a bet. Shak called. On sixth street, Shak made the best hand showing with a pair of jacks, but Schwartz announced a bet in the dark, which was also out of the turn. The dealer stopped him and Shak was allowed to check. Schwartz bet and Shak called.

Before seventh street was dealt, Schwartz tried to bet in the dark again, verbally announcing a bet. David Oppenheim piped up, along with some of the others at the table, to tell Schwartz he was once again betting out of turn and couldn't do that.

"But he's only got that much left," said Schwartz, pointing over at Shak's stack of 37,000. The big bet was 30,000.

Shak then tossed in 30,000, thinking he was just calling Schwartz's bet. Schwartz then tossed in his own 30,000 and everything was ready for the showdown.

"I have a straight," said Schwartz as he turned up the {8-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{6-Hearts}. Shak took some extra time to squeeze his hole cards nice and long, before tossing them into the muck. He was left with 7,000 in chips, which all went in on the next hand.

Phil Hellmuth{9-Hearts}{5-Spades} / {A-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{7-Clubs} / {10-Hearts}
David Oppenheim{x-}{x-} / {6-Spades}{J-Hearts} - Fold
Dan Shak{4-Hearts}{9-Clubs} / {3-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{5-Hearts} / {7-Diamonds}

After having put 3,000 in for the ante, Shak had to bring in and put his last 4,000 in. Action folded to Phil Hellmuth and he completed. Behind him, Oppenheim called and everyone else folded.

Hellmuth bet out Oppenheim on fourth street and that's where the hands were opened. Shak was actually ahead with his pair of nines, but Hellmuth ran down a straight and scooped Shak out of the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
525,000 67,000
Luke Schwartz gb
Luke Schwartz
WSOP 1X Winner
505,000 155,000
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
Busted

Tags: Dan ShakLuke SchwartzDavid OppenheimPhil Hellmuth

Level: 15

Blinds: /

Ante:

Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
David Oppenheim us
David Oppenheim
Poker Hall of Famer
1,120,000 30,000
Daniel Alaei us
Daniel Alaei
WSOP 5X Winner
1,030,000 180,000
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
WSOP 5X Winner
1,028,000 -232,000
Andy Bloch us
Andy Bloch
WSOP 1X Winner
912,000 2,000
Bruno Fitoussi fr
Bruno Fitoussi
903,000 58,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
889,000 279,000
David ODB Baker us
David ODB Baker
758,000 8,000
Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
WSOP 2X Winner
734,000 144,000
Bill Chen us
Bill Chen
WSOP 2X Winner
712,000 144,400
Mike Wattel us
Mike Wattel
WSOP 2X Winner
702,000 207,000
John Hennigan us
John Hennigan
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
690,000 -230,000
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
649,000 -91,000
Joe Cassidy us
Joe Cassidy
WSOP 1X Winner
600,000 70,000
John Monnette us
John Monnette
WSOP 5X Winner
577,000 152,000
Antony Lellouche fr
Antony Lellouche
554,000 -61,000
Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
WSOP 6X Winner
553,000 -82,000
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
458,000 -47,000
Lyle Berman us
Lyle Berman
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
413,000 -65,000
Michael Glick us
Michael Glick
379,000 81,500
Luke Schwartz gb
Luke Schwartz
WSOP 1X Winner
350,000 89,000
Ben Yu us
Ben Yu
WSOP 4X Winner
343,000 105,000
David Chiu us
David Chiu
WSOP 5X Winner
335,000 -212,500
Michael Binger us
Michael Binger
324,000 29,000
Robert Mizrachi
Robert Mizrachi
304,000 -221,000
Roland Israelashvili us
Roland Israelashvili
236,000 -54,000

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