2012 World Series of Poker

Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 1c
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k5
Prize
$8,531,853
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$62,021,200
Entries
6,598
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
300,000

Chip Counts from the Brasilia Red Section

Player Chips Progress
Tim Finne us
Tim Finne
38,000
8,000
8,000
Chris Moorman
Chris Moorman
38,000
8,000
8,000
Steve Rosen
Steve Rosen
36,000
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
35,000
2,000
2,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Freddy Deeb
Freddy Deeb
34,000
4,000
4,000
David Grey
David Grey
34,000
4,000
4,000
Earl Barron
Earl Barron
32,000
2,000
2,000
Doug Carli
Doug Carli
31,000
1,000
1,000
Mike Telker
Mike Telker
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
Kevin Mathers us
Kevin Mathers
25,000
-5,000
-5,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
22,000
-8,000
-8,000
Jamie Kerstetter
Jamie Kerstetter
22,000
Ravi Raghavan
Ravi Raghavan
20,000
-10,000
-10,000

No Chips For You!

A middle position player opened to 600 and received a call from the button and the small blind. Jason Alexander of Seinfeld fame also decided to tag along from the big blind.

The flop was {6-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{3-Hearts} and the small blind checked. Alexander came out firing with 1,200. The original raiser and the button folded but the small blind came along for the ride.

The turn was the {Q-Diamonds} and Alexander bet 3,000. Once again he received a call. The board was completed with a {9-Clubs} and both players checked it down. Alexander showed {6-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} for a flopped set and his opponent mucked his cards. Alexander is trending upward now with a stack of 36,000.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Alexander
Jason Alexander
36,000
6,500
6,500

Tags: Jason Alexander

More Chip Counts from the Brasila Red Section

Player Chips Progress
Tristan Clemencon
Tristan Clemencon
32,000
Jesse Chinni
Jesse Chinni
32,000
Maya Geller
Maya Geller
31,500
1,500
1,500
David Miscikowski
David Miscikowski
31,000
Michael Binger
Michael Binger
31,000
Aaron Overton us
Aaron Overton
30,000
Ebony Kenney
Ebony Kenney
29,500
Michael Pesek
Michael Pesek
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
Clint Tolbert us
Clint Tolbert
28,000
-2,000
-2,000
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
28,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 4X Winner
William Reynolds
William Reynolds
27,500
David Bach us
David Bach
26,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Mike Wattel
Mike Wattel
21,000
-9,000
-9,000

Grinding Away

Michael Mizrachi recently took down an unprecedented second $50,000 Poker Players Championship and he will be one to watch in today's World Series of Poker Main Event field. We recently caught the action from a {10-Spades}{8-Spades}{5-Hearts} flop with Mizrachi involved in hand against one opponent.

Mizrachi's opponent was first to act here and bet 800. Mizrachi made the call and a {q-Spades} was dealt on the turn. Mizrachi's opponent checked and Mizrachi bet 2,100. Mizrachi's opponent pretty much instantly folded and Mizrachi took down the pot. Despite winning this small hand, Mizrachi is currently sitting with less than the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
24,000
-6,000
-6,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner

Tags: Michael Mizrachi

Tan Happenings

Over in the Tan Section we found Andre Akkari mixing it up with his table. Akkari raised from under the gun and made it 525 to see the flop. The table folded around to a player in middle position who three-bet to 1,550. The table folded around back to Akkari and he made the call.

The dealer then spread a flop of {8-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{9-Spades} prompting a check from Akkari and a bet of 1,700 from his opponent. Akkari made the call.

Th {2-Clubs} on the turn saw both players check. The {5-Diamonds} on the river saw a third check from Akkari, and action moved to the middle position player. Akkari's opponent said "I'm scared of the patch" and checked, flipping over {A-Spades}{A-Clubs} for two pair, aces and eights. Akkari mucked and suffered a small loss.

A few tables away sits the short stacked Olivier Busquet. Busquet sat in the big blind, and the under the gun player min-raised to 400 to start the action off. The button along with the small blind were the only two to make the call. It was then Busquet's turn and he moved all in for 7,075. The table folded and Busquet took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Jennifer Tilly us
Jennifer Tilly
42,000
7,000
7,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Brett Richey
Brett Richey
42,000
12,000
12,000
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
26,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Andre Akkari br
Andre Akkari
25,200
-4,800
-4,800
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
8,200
-11,200
-11,200

Tags: Andre AkkariOlivier Busquet

Updated Chip Counts from the Brasilia Gold Section

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Badecker us
Andrew Badecker
46,700
16,700
16,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Justin Gardenhire us
Justin Gardenhire
45,000
15,000
15,000
Jan Collado de
Jan Collado
39,500
9,500
9,500
John Morgan
John Morgan
37,300
7,300
7,300
Matt Matros us
Matt Matros
36,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Alex Keating us
Alex Keating
34,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Tony Moreno
Tony Moreno
33,700
3,700
3,700
Perry Friedman
Perry Friedman
33,500
3,500
3,500
Young Phan
Young Phan
30,000
Keith Gipson
Keith Gipson
30,000
Phil Galfond
Phil Galfond
29,000
Tony Cousineau
Tony Cousineau
28,300
-1,700
-1,700
Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
26,500
-3,500
-3,500
Jason Senti
Jason Senti
25,600
-4,400
-4,400
Mark Radoja
Mark Radoja
24,500
-5,500
-5,500
Badih Bounahra us
Badih Bounahra
23,000
-7,000
-7,000
Theo Tran us
Theo Tran
19,500
-10,500
-10,500
Jeff Williams us
Jeff Williams
18,000
-12,000
-12,000
Daniel Alaei
Daniel Alaei
16,000
-14,000
-14,000
Jeff Gross
Jeff Gross
14,500
-15,500
-15,500
Matt Waxman us
Matt Waxman
10,000
-20,000
-20,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Baker Toast

We're not sure how it happened, but on our last round we noticed David "Bakes "Baker, who won Event 32: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. earlier this summer for $451,779, was no longer in his seat.

A quick check with the floor confirmed that he was eliminated from the tournament. We checked with Baker's girlfriend, Maria Mayrinck, but she wasn't sure what had happened either.

Player Chips Progress
David Bakes Baker us
David Bakes Baker
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: David Bakes Baker