2012 World Series of Poker

Event 17: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
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Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$445,899
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,682,600
Total Entries
179
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 179
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Level: 30

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 0

Our First Showdown - Split Pot!

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

Andy Frankenberger raised to 200,000 and Phil Ivey made the call. The flop was {Q-Clubs} {3-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} and both players checked. The turn card was the {Q-Spades} and Frankenberger bet 100,000 to win the pot.

Frankenberger raised to 250,000 and Ivey made the call. The pair shared a flop of {7-Spades} {2-Spades} {K-Diamonds}, Ivey checked and Frankenberger bet 250,000. Back to Ivey and he reached for raising chips. He pulled out 600,000 and pushed them over the line, Frankenberger moved all-in and Ivey called.

Frankenberger{K-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds}
Ivey{K-Clubs} {Q-Clubs}

Oh the drama! Split pot!

Tags: Andy FrankenbergerPhil Ivey

Ali Eslami Eliminated in 3rd Place ($199,623)

Ali Eslami - 3rd Place
Ali Eslami - 3rd Place

Ali Eslami has been an amazing competitor in this event. He has had spectators and players smiling alike but his dream has ended in third place.

The money went into the middle with Phil Ivey holding {8-Hearts} {8-Clubs} and Ali Eslami holding {K-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}. The board ran out {A-Spades} {4-Spades} {9-Clubs} {6-Hearts} {A-Diamonds} and Eslami was out.

Andy Frankenberger and Phil Ivey will battle for the bracelet.

Tags: Phil IveyAndy FrankenbergerAli Eslami

Ali Eslami Doubles Up

Ali Eslami moved all-in for 250,000 in the small blind and Phil Ivey called in the big blind. Eslami turned over {A-Hearts} {5-Spades} and Ivey showed {Q-Diamonds} {2-Hearts}. The board ran out {4-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} and Eslami doubled up.

Tags: Phil IveyAli Eslami

Frankenberger Finds Aces; Doubles Up and Leads

Andy Frankenberger takes the chip lead
Andy Frankenberger takes the chip lead

Andy Frankenberger raised to 200,000 in the small blind, Ali Eslami raised to 550,000 in the big blind and Frankenberger thought for a considerable time before betting 'pot'. This put Frankenberger all-in and Eslami called.

Frankenberger{A-Clubs} {A-Diamonds}
Eslami{A-Spades} {K-Clubs}

So an absolute cooler of a hand at this stage.

Board: {6-Hearts} {8-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds}

Frankenberger doubled up to 1,800,000 and Eslami was down to 250,000

Tags: Andy FrankenbergerPhil Ivey

Two More Hands

Level 29 : 50,000/100,000, 0 ante

Ali Eslami called in the small blind and Phil Ivey checked from the big. The flop was {4-Diamonds} {9-Spades} {2-Hearts}, Eslami checked, Ivey bet 100,000 and Eslami called. The turn was the {J-Diamonds} and both players this time checked. The river card was the {6-Hearts} and Eslami took the pot with {A-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} for ace-high.

Ivey bet 250,000 from the small blind, Andy Frankenberger folded in the big blind and Ivey showed {10-} {4-}.

Tags: Phil IveyAndy FrankenbergerAli Eslami