2012 World Series of Poker

Event 34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six-Handed
Day: 2
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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
Total Entries
419
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 419
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Some Pre Break Chips and a Tommy Le Hand

As we move into our first twenty-minute break here is a collection of chip counts and a hand between Tommy Le and Scott Bohlman.

We joined the action on the turn with the board showing {8-Diamonds} {2-Spades} {A-Spades} {Q-Clubs}. There was around 14,000 in the pot, Scott Bohlman defending the small blind and Tommy Le pounding away from the hijack seat. Bohlman checked, Le made a near-pot sized bet and Bohlman made the call. Jake the Dealer handed them the {5-Hearts} on the river, Bohlman checked and Le bet 25,000. Tank-time for Bohlman, who eventually made the call, and mucked when he saw the Tommy Le's hand.

Tommy Le - {Q-Spades} {Q-Hearts} {10-Hearts} {9-Spades} for a set of queens.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Tommy Le us
Tommy Le
360,000
165,000
165,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
298,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Naoya Kihara jp
Naoya Kihara
285,000
43,000
43,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Scott Bohlman us
Scott Bohlman
183,000
43,900
43,900
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Dimitar Danchev bg
Dimitar Danchev
178,000
129,600
129,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Adam Kornuth us
Adam Kornuth
145,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
145,000
47,000
47,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Michael Fosco us
Michael Fosco
135,000
65,100
65,100
Profile photo of Toan Trinh us
Toan Trinh
121,000
27,000
27,000
Profile photo of Karim Jomeen gb
Karim Jomeen
115,000
44,800
44,800
Profile photo of Brent Roberts us
Brent Roberts
112,000
63,000
63,000
Profile photo of Jason DeWitt us
Jason DeWitt
110,000
46,700
46,700
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Joe Monro
Joe Monro
90,000
90,000
90,000
Profile photo of Padraig Parkinson ie
Padraig Parkinson
86,000
34,000
34,000
Profile photo of Sean Dempsey us
Sean Dempsey
67,000
36,700
36,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Chris De Maci
Chris De Maci
55,000
14,000
14,000
Profile photo of Edmilson Oliveira br
Edmilson Oliveira
29,000
17,000
17,000

Tags: Scott BohlmanTommy Le

Kornuth Catches a Double

A short while ago we overheard Adam Kornuth saying, "The best thing about this game is that this (pointing at his stack) can turn into that (pointing at David Benyamine's stack) in twenty minutes."

"Probably less!" replied the Frenchman.

Both were not far from the truth as 25 minutes later we witnessed Kornuth doubling up through Benyamine.

Benyamine opened to 4,800 from the button and called when Kornuth three-bet to 16,000 from the small blind. The flop fell {2-Spades}{6-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} and Kornuth moved all in for just under the value of the pot (33k), and was called by Benyamine.

Kornuth: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{k-Clubs}
Benyamine: {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{10-Clubs}{4-Clubs}

The board ran out {8-Diamonds}{6-Spades} and Kortnuth gave a little fist pump.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
290,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Adam Kornuth us
Adam Kornuth
100,000
41,400
41,400

Tags: Adam KornuthDavid Benyamine

Bryn Kenney Leaves Us & Dan Shak Doubles Up

Bryn Kenney has been eliminated
Bryn Kenney has been eliminated

With 55 players left and 42 players getting paid, we are slowly creeping towards the business end of this tournament. With that in mind let us bring you some news as we find ourselves at the midway point of Level 12.

Dan Shak has just lost a pot and then won a pot to leave him on 110,000. In the first hand Jon Hoellein raised to 3,200 in first position and Shak defended his big blind. The action was checked through to the river on a board of {Q-Hearts} {10-Clubs} {8-Spades} {K-Hearts} {10-Spades} and Hoellein extracted a small 5,000 value bet from Shak.

Hoellein{K-Spades} {K-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {4-Spades}
Shak{K-Clubs} {Q-Spades} {9-Spades} {2-Diamonds}

Then Shak doubled through Jonas Entin. The dealer was far too quick for us but we know Shak has 110,000 and Entin is down to 220,000.

In other news Bryn Kenney has been eliminated. Rory Matthews raised to 3,200 in the cutoff, Bryn Kenney three-bet to 13,900 and Mathews made the call. The flop was {A-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} and both players decided to get it in.

Mathews{A-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} {3-Hearts}
Kenney{9-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {6-Hearts}

A great flop for Mathews, but it drew a 'what are you doing here anyway' look from Kenney. The turn was the {5-Hearts} and river {4-Spades} and Mathews doubled up. Kenney was left with around 13,000 and a head that was shaking from side to side.

A few hands later and Hans Winzeler put Kenney out of his misery but we didn't see the final hand.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
204,000
27,000
27,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 8X Winner
Profile photo of Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
130,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Daniel Shak us
Daniel Shak
110,000
42,500
42,500
Profile photo of Adam Junglen us
Adam Junglen
100,000
10,100
10,100
Profile photo of [Removed:146]
[Removed:146]
45,600
15,400
15,400

Tags: Bryn KenneyDan ShakHans WinzelerJon HoelleinRory Matthews

News in Brief

  • David Benyamine has had a great start to the day. He's taken over the chip lead on 320,000 chips.
  • Mike Sexton was the shortest stack coming back today. The odds were against him and he failed to overcome them as he busted.
  • Davidi Kitai led out for 7,700 from the big blind in a four-way pot. The flop read {9-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}. Bryn Kenney and Artem Metalidi folded quickly but Rory Mathews took a lot longer too fold. "Close," he said. "Very Close."
Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
320,000
71,700
71,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
136,000
28,900
28,900
WSOP 3X Winner
Winamax
Profile photo of Artem Metalidi ua
Artem Metalidi
122,000
29,400
29,400
Profile photo of Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
66,000
17,500
17,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Rory Mathews gb
Rory Mathews
48,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Mike Sexton us
Mike Sexton
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: David BenyamineMike SextonBryn KenneyDavidi KitaiRory MathewsArtem Metalidi

Double for Alioto

Dario Alioto loves Pot-Limit Omaha and is one of Italy's most renowned players in the format. He'll be very happy to hang around in this tournament after a needed double up.

The chips were already being passed to Alioto when we reached the table. His {k-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds} was good against Brock Parker's mucked hand on a {j-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds} board.

Edit: We later heard the money went in on the flop where Parker had top set and lost out to Alioto's flush.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
141,000
53,000
53,000
Profile photo of Dario Alioto it
Dario Alioto
46,000
10,500
10,500
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Brock ParkerDario Alioto

Entin Eliminates Haerig; Parkinson Doubles From Bastian

Jonas Entin started the day with 107,100 chips, but he is now sitting pretty behind a stack of 270,000 courtesy of a 180k pot versus Wilfried Haerig. Entin told us that he got embroiled in a three-bet pot with Haerig, on a flop of {K-} {6-} {3-}, and Haerig got it all-in with dry-aces whilst Entin had a set that held steadfast. Haerig was eliminated and Entin moves to the top of the chip counts.

Over at Table #459 Padraig Parkinson has doubled through Sebastian Bastian, who then doubled through Bahram Zohri.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jonas Entin us
Jonas Entin
270,000
162,900
162,900
Profile photo of Padraig Parkinson ie
Padraig Parkinson
120,000
55,600
55,600
Profile photo of Sebastian Bastian bs
Sebastian Bastian
84,000
7,400
7,400
Profile photo of Bahram Zohri de
Bahram Zohri
60,000
56,400
56,400
Profile photo of Wilfried Haerig de
Wilfried Haerig
Busted

Tags: Bahram ZohriJonas EntinPadraig ParkinsonSebastian BastianWilfried Haerig

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 0

Kihara's Tank Prompts Head shakes

Naoya Kihara and Tom Marchese were involved in a hand that reached the river and the pot had swelled to around 27,000 chips.

Kihara checked to Marchese who fired 18,500 into the middle. We approached the table at this point so we're not sure how long Kihara had been in the tank for but we're assuming it was too long with {6-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{5-Spades}.

That's because a couple of players at his table shook their heads when he finally called with the winning full house. Marchese mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Naoya Kihara
Naoya Kihara
146,000
146,000
146,000
Profile photo of Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
98,000
36,300
36,300
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Naoya KiharaTom Marchese

Brent Roberts Doubles Up Edmilson Oliveira

Former World Series of Poker (WSOP) final tablist Brent Roberts has just suffered a low after his recent elimination of Bruno Fitoussi. Roberts has just doubled up Edmilson Oliveira and this is how.

We joined the action on a flop of {K-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} {6-Hearts}, Brent Roberts checked from the big blind before Oliveira bet pot. The amount was approx. 12,600, which left Oliveira with just 2,000 behind. Roberts tanked for a while before putting Oliveira all-in but his facial expressions said it all - he wasn't happy about it.

Oliveira{A-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} {6-Diamonds}
Roberts{A-Diamonds} {K-Spades} {J-Spades} {8-Clubs}

The turn {Q-Hearts} and river {8-Diamonds} improving the Oliveira hand to a flush and Roberts was back to where he started.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Brent Roberts us
Brent Roberts
49,000
16,000
16,000
Profile photo of Edmilson Oliveira br
Edmilson Oliveira
46,000
12,000
12,000

Tags: Brent RobertsEdmilson Oliveira

Kitai and Winzeler Tear Alex Outhred Apart

Davidi Kitai and Hans Winzeler have just torn Alex Outhred apart and thrown him to the rail. Firstly, it was Winzeler who took the first bite and we caught the action at showdown.

Winzeler{Q-Spades} {Q-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} {9-Clubs}
Outhred{A-Hearts} {8-Spades} {5-Hearts} {4-Spades}

Board: {10-Spades} {8-Hearts} {5-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} {J-Hearts}

That hand left Outhred with just a few thousand chips and Davidi Kitai took them off him a few hands later.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Hans Winzeler us
Hans Winzeler
110,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Alex Outhred us
Alex Outhred
Busted

Tags: Davidi KitaiHans Winzeler