2012 World Series of Poker

Event 34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six-Handed
Day: 1
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Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kqj6
Prize
$512,029
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,969,300
Entries
419
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 419
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Ivey is Out and Junglen Looking Good

Phil Ivey is not going to make another final table here in Event #34. He is the short stack with 6 remaining in Event #32: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E and during the break he came back to this event to play a few hands. During that time he picked up {A-} {A-} {Q-} {Q-} and got it in against Bruno Fitoussi holding {10-} {10-} {8-} {8-}. Fitoussi hitting the board harder than Ivey and he was sent back to his final table duties in the H.O.R.S.E.

Adam Junglen had a mighty fine World Series last year, making two final tables. We just caught him in an interesting hand against the Irishman John O'Shea.

We caught the action on a flop of {A-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} with around 3,000 in the pot. O'Shea was seated in the small blind with Junglen in the hijack seat. O'Shea check-called a 2,500 Junglen bet before doing the same on the turn {2-Hearts} for 4,800. Eventually fifth street was brought out of the deck and it was {5-Spades}. O'Shea checked for the third time and Junglen bet 10,100. Tank-time for O'Shea and after a few minutes he folded his hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Adam Junglen
80,000
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Bruno Fitoussi
48,500
13,500
13,500
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John O'Shea
42,000
2,000
2,000
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Phil Ivey
Busted
WSOP 11X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT Global

Tags: Adam JunglenBruno FitoussiJohn O'SheaPhil Ivey

Silver Section News: Bloms is Gone; Merrifield Still Leads

Ben Lamb is looking ominous
Ben Lamb is looking ominous

There are only 144 players left and that means most of the crowd is now squeezed into the Gold section as snug as a bug in a rug. There are just four tables left in the Silver Section and the glaring omission is Viktor Blom. We believe he was vanquished by Todd Boghosian who now has 75,000 chips.

Daniel Negreanu is still in his original seat. His glasses are on so I guess it's time to concentrate. Negreanu has remained stagnate on 31,000. The 2012 World Series of Poker Player of the Year, Ben Lamb, is also in the Silver Section and he is looking ominous; 99,000 for the man known as Lamb. But still riding high and leading the entire field is Steve Merrifield on 135,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Steve Merrifield
130,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Ben Lamb us
Ben Lamb
99,000
39,000
39,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of David Burn
David Burn
88,000
31,000
31,000
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Todd Boghosian
75,000
Profile photo of Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
67,000
50,500
50,500
Profile photo of Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
66,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Jon West
Jon West
61,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of James Akenhead gb
James Akenhead
36,000
19,500
19,500
Profile photo of Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
31,000
1,272
1,272
WSOP 7X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
pokerstars
Profile photo of Sam Stein us
Sam Stein
21,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Andy Frankenberger us
Andy Frankenberger
20,000
14,000
14,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Allen Cunningham us
Allen Cunningham
12,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 5X Winner
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Viktor Blom
Busted
pokerstars

Tags: Ben LambDaniel NegreanuViktor Blom

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 0

News From The Gold Section: Melki Loses His Grip; MacPhee Now Leads

The landscape of this tournament is changing and changing quick. Our early front-runner, Jack Melki is going backwards and the likes of Kevin MacPhee (121,000), Don Nguyen (110,000), Karim Jomeen (110,000) & Tommy Le (103,500) have raced past the man from France. Melki has lost two-thirds of his stack and looks a sullen sight behind the 40,000 strewn in front of him. Shaun Deeb seems to have stuffed his face full of Melki chips during the dinner break - Deeb sits to his right with 70,000 chips.

In other news from the Gold Section we have just lost Williams Reynolds.

Stephane Albertini raised to 1,200 in first position and there were four callers including Williams Reynolds in the big blind. The flop was {Q-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {3-Diamonds}, Reynolds checked, Albertini bet 3,600, the hijack folded, Andy Bloch called from the button as did Reynolds in the big blind. The turn card was the {6-Spades} and Reynolds moved all-in for 15,050, Albertini called and Bloch mucked.

"I have a pair. Do you have a straight?" Asked Reynolds.

Albertini did have the straight, but still needed to fade a card or two before his victory was secured.

Albertini{9-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} {5-Diamonds}
Reynolds{K-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} {4-Hearts}

The river bricked for Reynolds and Albertini has eliminated him from the competition.

Player Chips Progress
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Kevin MacPhee
121,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Don Nguyen us
Don Nguyen
110,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Karim Jomeen gb
Karim Jomeen
110,000
Profile photo of Tommy Le us
Tommy Le
103,500
60,500
60,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
94,000
68,000
68,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Luke Schwartz gb
Luke Schwartz
82,000
25,500
25,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Sebastian Bastian bs
Sebastian Bastian
77,000
Profile photo of Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
70,000
13,000
13,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 8X Winner
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Davidi Kitai
67,000
45,400
45,400
WSOP 3X Winner
Winamax
Profile photo of Alex Outhred us
Alex Outhred
61,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
56,000
39,100
39,100
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Stephane Albertini fr
Stephane Albertini
55,000
Profile photo of
54,000
Profile photo of David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
50,000
35,000
35,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Padraig Parkinson
50,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
45,000
34,400
34,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of
45,000
Profile photo of Oleksii Kovalchuk ua
Oleksii Kovalchuk
44,000
18,000
18,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of John O'Shea ie
John O'Shea
44,000
Profile photo of Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
43,500
28,500
28,500
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of
41,000
Profile photo of Jack Melki
Jack Melki
40,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
40,000
25,000
25,000
$25K Fantasy
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Karen Sarkisyan
40,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of
38,000

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Tags: Jack MelkiKevin MacPhee

Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 0

Don Nguyen Wins a 110k Pot With Ace-High

Unfortunately, we missed the action, but Don Nguyen and Kevin Boudreau just managed to create an 110,000 monster pot on a flop of {9-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {4-Diamonds}. When the cards were turned over, Boudreau had just a pair of nines and with a gutshot and Nguyen had ace-high.

Nguyen{A-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} {10-Hearts}
Boudreau{Q-Spades} {9-Hearts} {7-Spades} {3-Hearts}

The turn {4-Hearts} and river {4-Spades} combined to give Nguyen the 110,000 pot with ace-high. Boudreau was down to chip dust.

Player Chips Progress
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Don Nguyen
110,000
34,500
34,500
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Kevin Boudreau
3,400

Tags: Don NguyenKevim Boudreau

Phil Ivey Plays One Hand, Doubles Up and Then Leaves

Unbeknown to us, Phil Ivey, had pre-registered for this tournament, and his stack had been slowly blinding away as he quietly made his way onto the final table of Event #32 $10,000 H.O.R.S.E where he lies 3rd in chips.

He was on a twenty-minute break in the H.O.R.S.E and so he popped over the Brasilia room, played one hand, doubled up, picked himself up and walked back out again. Just a typical day in the life of Phil Ivey.

The button made the raise to 1,000, Erick Lindgren called in the small blind and Phil Ivey also called in the big. The flop was {7-Clubs} {3-Spades} {3-Diamonds}, Lindgren checked, Ivey bet 3,000, the button put Ivey all-in (for 8,700), Lindgren folded and Ivey called.

Ivey{J-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} {3-Clubs}
Opponent{K-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} {5-Spades}

The turn was the {8-Spades} and river {A-Clubs} and Ivey doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
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Phil Ivey
18,000
WSOP 11X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT Global

Tags: Phil Ivey

Quickfire Gold Section News & Prize Pool Information

Jason Senti and Yevgeniy Timoshenko have both busted and Shaun Deeb now has 57,000 chip-a-roos.

The total player field stalled at 419 players and it created a total prize pool of $1,969,300. 42 players get paid and the minimum payout is $9,748. The first prize has a reserve of $512,029 and a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet.

Come and get it!

Player Chips Progress
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Shaun Deeb
57,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 8X Winner
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Jason Senti
Busted
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Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Busted

Tags: Jason SentiShaun DeebYevgeniy Timoshenko

Silver Section: Negreanu Comes Back & But Merrifield Leads

A Great Few Levels For Daniel Negreanu
A Great Few Levels For Daniel Negreanu

There are 240 players left and thirty-seven minutes before the players depart for a ninety-minute dinner break. In the meantime, let us give you an update of what is happening in the dwindling area of the Silver Section.

Our first piece of news concerns Daniel Negreanu. The last time we saw him (admittedly a while ago) he was down to 14BB. Since then he has had a great few levels and now has 33,000 in front of him and seems to be playing within himself.

The man needing a carthorse to carry his chips around is Steve Merrifield. Merrifield went deep in Event #26: $3,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em where he finished in 17th spot for $13,2828. Merrifield currently has 133,000 and is our chip leader.

In other Silver Section news Karen Sarkisyan has eliminated Nacho Barbero in a nut flush versus second nut flush scenario (It seems Sarkisyan had Barbero's number today), and we have just caught Joseph Cheong doubling up.

We caught the action on a flop of {8-Spades} {7-Spades} {4-Clubs} and Cheong was heads-up and in position. His opponent bet 1,500, Cheong made the call and we moved onto the turn card where we saw the {5-Clubs}. Cheong's opponent bet 3,000, Cheong raised pot, his opponent moved all-in and Cheong called.

Cheong{Q-Clubs} {J-Hearts} {8-Clubs} {6-Hearts}
Opponent{A-Spades} {K-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {6-Spades}

So both players had the same straight, but Cheong was free rolling with the club flush draw, and lo and behold the dealer pulled that particular rabbit out of the hat - {10-Clubs}.

With that stroke of fortune, Cheong moved up to 43,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Steve Merrifield
133,000
Profile photo of Jon West
Jon West
76,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of David Burn
David Burn
57,000
Profile photo of Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
54,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Dan Shak
Dan Shak
54,000
34,400
34,400
Profile photo of Alex Outhred us
Alex Outhred
49,000
Profile photo of Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
43,000
23,000
23,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
43,000
31,000
31,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
40,000
22,000
22,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Sam Stein us
Sam Stein
38,000
18,000
18,000
Profile photo of Kenny Tran
Kenny Tran
38,000
Profile photo of Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
34,500
19,500
19,500
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
33,000
27,850
27,850
WSOP 7X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
pokerstars
Profile photo of Karen Sarkisyan ru
Karen Sarkisyan
32,000
Profile photo of Tristan Clemencon fr
Tristan Clemencon
28,500
8,500
8,500
Profile photo of Mike Sexton us
Mike Sexton
28,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Oleksii Kovalchuk ua
Oleksii Kovalchuk
26,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Guillaume Darcourt fr
Guillaume Darcourt
24,500
6,500
6,500
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Huck Seed
23,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
20,000
WSOP 2X Winner
pokerstars
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Stephen Chidwick
20,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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James Akenhead
16,500
Profile photo of Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
16,500
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Eoghan O'Dea ie
Eoghan O'Dea
12,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
9,000
16,000
16,000
WSOP 2X Winner

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Tags: Daniel NegreanuJoseph CheongKaren SarkisyanNacho BarberoSteve Merrifield