2012 World Series of Poker

Event 34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six-Handed
Day: 2
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

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

Tags: Bahram ZohriJonas EntinPadraig ParkinsonSebastian BastianWilfried Haerig

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
Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
141,000
53,000
53,000
Dario Alioto it
Dario Alioto
46,000
10,500
10,500
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Brock ParkerDario Alioto

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
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
320,000
71,700
71,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
136,000
28,900
28,900
WSOP 3X Winner
Winamax
Artem Metalidi ua
Artem Metalidi
122,000
29,400
29,400
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
66,000
17,500
17,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Rory Mathews gb
Rory Mathews
48,000
-12,000
-12,000
Mike Sexton us
Mike Sexton
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: David BenyamineMike SextonBryn KenneyDavidi KitaiRory MathewsArtem Metalidi

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
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
204,000
-27,000
-27,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
130,000
-11,000
-11,000
Daniel Shak us
Daniel Shak
110,000
42,500
42,500
Adam Junglen us
Adam Junglen
100,000
-10,100
-10,100
[Removed:146]
[Removed:146]
45,600
15,400
15,400

Tags: Bryn KenneyDan ShakHans WinzelerJon HoelleinRory Matthews

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
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
290,000
-30,000
-30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Adam Kornuth us
Adam Kornuth
100,000
-41,400
-41,400

Tags: Adam KornuthDavid Benyamine

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

Tags: Scott BohlmanTommy Le

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 0

Kevin "The Genius" MacPhee Eliminates Fabrice Soulier.

Fabrice Soulier is out.
Fabrice Soulier is out.

Kevin MacPhee has just eliminated Fabrice Soulier leaving us with 51 players.

We caught the action on a flop of {4-Spades} {2-Diamonds} {8-Clubs}. There were four players in the pot and Fabrice Soulier was all-in for 15,500 in the big blind. Dermot Blain folded in first position, Kevin MacPhee called in the cutoff and the small blind also folded to leave the pair heads-up.

MacPhee{A-Hearts} {J-Hearts} {10-Clubs} {8-Diamonds}
Soulier{10-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {3-Clubs}

So MacPhee called with just top pair and it was good as Soulier was on the draw. The turn card of {Q-Diamonds} was a complete brick for Soulier and was the {7-Hearts} on the river.

"Kevin the genius…it's not your game my friend…but great hand," said Soulier as he packed up his belongings and headed off to the rail.

So Kevin MacPhee was up to 166,000 but the biggest mover on the table is the Irishman Dermot Blain who now has 135,000 (+88,000).

Player Chips Progress
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
166,000
-7,500
-7,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
135,000
88,000
88,000
Antony Lellouche fr
Antony Lellouche
102,000
-200
-200
Sam Chartier
Sam Chartier
40,000
-35,000
-35,000
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Fabrice SoulierKevin MacPhee