2012 World Series of Poker

Event 17: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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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: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 0

One For Traniello and One For Corkins

Marco Traniello
Marco Traniello

Phillip Reed raised to 6,500 in the hijack seat, Cary Katz called in the small blind before Hoyt Corkins raised the pot from the big blind for around 45,000. Reed and Katz both folded and Corkins showed two red-jacks. Reed responded by telling the table he folded ace-queen.

Antonio Esfandiari raised to 5,100 in the cutoff, Burt Boutin called on the button, JP Kelly called in the small blind as did Marco Traniello in the big blind.

The flop was {J-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} and all four players checked. The turn saw the {9-Diamonds} make an appearance and Kelly bet 12,600, Traniello made the quick call and there were two folds. The river card was the {J-Spades} and the action checked through with Traniello drawing in the pot with {A-Diamonds} {10-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
190,000
60,000
60,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
150,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 3X Winner
StakeKings
Profile photo of Burt Boutin us
Burt Boutin
134,000
21,000
21,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Hoyt Corkins us
Hoyt Corkins
110,000
62,000
62,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Marco Traniello it
Marco Traniello
110,000
38,000
38,000

Tags: Antonio EsfandiariBurt BoutinHoyt CorkinsJP KellyMarco Traniello

Katz KOs Pritchard

Cary Katz
Cary Katz

We didn't see how the money got in, but Paul Pritchard committed himself with {3-Spades} {4-Spades} on a {6-Spades} {A-Hearts} {10-Spades} flop. He was drawing live for the double as Cary Katz turned over {A-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds}, but he wasn't drawing live for long.

The {A-Clubs} arrived promptly on the turn, and Pritchard was excused one card early. The river was the meaningless {8-Clubs}, and Katz stacks up that pot to move close to 200,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Cary Katz
190,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jason Pritchard au
Jason Pritchard
Busted

Tags: Cary KatzJason Pritchard

Some More Stacks

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Steve Landfish us
Steve Landfish
560,000
120,000
120,000
Profile photo of Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
225,000
80,000
80,000
WSOP 11X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT Global
Profile photo of Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
225,000
10,000
10,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 8X Winner
Profile photo of Nabih Zaczac
Nabih Zaczac
200,000
95,000
95,000
Profile photo of Chris Moore us
Chris Moore
160,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
149,000
56,000
56,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Matt Marafioti ca
Matt Marafioti
147,000
109,000
109,000
Profile photo of Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
140,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
115,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Manuel Bevand fr
Manuel Bevand
110,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
110,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
110,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
96,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
90,000
22,000
22,000
Profile photo of Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
90,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jason Pritchard au
Jason Pritchard
85,000
26,200
26,200
Profile photo of Alexander Venovski us
Alexander Venovski
65,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Hoyt Corkins us
Hoyt Corkins
48,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
48,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 2X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
40,000
37,000
37,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Will Failla us
Will Failla
22,000
5,000
5,000

Five Tables

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

We've just reduced our field down to 45 players, and they're now spread across the final five tables in play.

We've still got more than seven levels to play today, and we figure we'll end with about a dozen players or so by the time the clock runs out.

Chip Check

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
250,000
65,000
65,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Jeff Tims
Jeff Tims
185,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Farzad Bonyadi us
Farzad Bonyadi
165,000
35,000
35,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Jason Senti us
Jason Senti
160,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Burt Boutin us
Burt Boutin
155,000
63,500
63,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
146,000
33,200
33,200
Profile photo of Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
145,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 3X Winner
StakeKings
Profile photo of Noah Schwartz us
Noah Schwartz
122,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Patrick Cronin us
Patrick Cronin
121,000
19,000
19,000
Profile photo of Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
120,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
105,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Marco Traniello it
Marco Traniello
72,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Jean-Paul Pasqualini fr
Jean-Paul Pasqualini
52,000
18,700
18,700
Profile photo of Ryan Julius us
Ryan Julius
30,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Kevin Song kr
Kevin Song
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Running Like Deeb

Shaun Deeb
Shaun Deeb

From the cutoff seat, Shaun Deeb came in raising to 5,500. Leonid Bilokur was on the button and tapping away furiously on his iPad, and he made a reraise to 12,800. Deeb studied for a long while, asked to see Bilokur's stack, then four-bet to 31,700. Bilokur quickly slid out a tower of his high-value chips totaling 83,800, leaving just a few thousand behind. Deeb shoved in, and the cards were on their backs.

Showdown
Deeb: {10-Hearts} {J-Hearts}
Bilokur: {Q-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}

Deeb seemed perfectly confident in the abilities of the mighty jack-ten. Sure enough, the {7-Hearts} {3-Spades} {3-Hearts} flop gave him a sweat, and the turn {5-Hearts} filled in the flush. Deeb needed to fade another heart to secure the knockout, and the river {8-Clubs} did just that.

Bilokur tipped over a couple chairs on his way out the door, while Deeb has stacked his way up to about 235,000 chips now.

After the hand, Matt Marafioti needled a bit about the light shove.

"Just pretend I called the three-bet and check-shoved the flop," he said with a smirk.

Player Chips Progress
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Shaun Deeb
235,000
93,000
93,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 8X Winner
Profile photo of Leonid Bilokur ru
Leonid Bilokur
Busted

Tags: Leonid BilokurShaun Deeb

Patrick Cronin Ends Erik Seidels Hopes

Erik Seidel hopes of the amazing comeback have been dashed by Patrick Cronin. Seidel was reduced to just a single 100 chip after losing a massive pot to Mike McDonald. In the next hand Seidel folded that one chip deciding to wait for a better spot. That better spot appeared when he found {10-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} to quintuplet up through Jon Aguiar and Patrick Cronin. That gave him 500 chips and they went into the pot in the next hand. Both blinds called (including Cronin in the BB) and we were three-way to the flop.

Flop: {8-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {3-Clubs}

A bet on the flop by Cronin removed the small blind from the equation and the cards were turned on their backs.

Cronin{3-Hearts} {3-Diamonds}
Seidel{K-Diamonds} {5-Spades}

Cronin finds a set and two cards later ({5-Clubs} & {7-Diamonds}) Seidel was out.

Player Chips Progress
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Erik Seidel
Busted
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Erik SeidelPatrick Cronin