2012 World Series of Poker

Event 39: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a542
Prize
$661,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$2,754,200
Entries
293
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
WSOP 1X Winner
104,000
Oleksii Kovalchuk ua
Oleksii Kovalchuk
WSOP 2X Winner
80,000
Robert Williamson III us
Robert Williamson III
WSOP 1X Winner
70,000 17,000
John O'Shea ie
John O'Shea
63,000
Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
55,000 -3,000
Matt Giannetti us
Matt Giannetti
51,000
Brett Richey us
Brett Richey
50,000 4,000
Anton Ionel ro
Anton Ionel
47,200
Eric Cloutier ca
Eric Cloutier
44,000
David Williams us
David Williams
42,000 2,000
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
41,000 12,000
Joseph Ressler
Joseph Ressler
39,000
Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
32,000
Ville Wahlbeck fi
Ville Wahlbeck
29,500 20,500
Nick Binger us
Nick Binger
WSOP 1X Winner
28,300 4,300
Emil Patel us
Emil Patel
21,500
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
21,000 -7,400
Justin Schwartz us
Justin Schwartz
20,000
Martin Staszko cz
Martin Staszko
18,000 -11,500
Tristan Clemencon fr
Tristan Clemencon
15,500
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
WSOP 3X Winner
14,200 -11,800
Jan Collado de
Jan Collado
12,500 -17,500
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
WSOP 2X Winner
11,200 -18,800

Farha Takes a Hit

As we mentioned earlier, Sammy Farha is in the house. After quickly doubling however, he's sunk back down to 40,000 chips.

Farha, Rami Boukai, and a third player saw a flop of {5-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{5-Hearts}. Farha, who was in the blinds, checked to Boukai who fired 2,500, and only Farha called. The turn was another five - the {5-Spades} - and both players checked. The river was the {2-Clubs}, and Farha led out for 5,000. Boukai quickly called.

"Flush," Farha announced.

Boukai tabled {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} for a full house however, and Farha mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Sammy Farha us
Sammy Farha
WSOP 3X Winner
40,000 -20,000
Rami Boukai us
Rami Boukai
WSOP 2X Winner
37,400 20,000

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Value-Betting Bottom Two

A player limped in early position, another raised to 1,100 from the cutoff, and Chino Rheem called on the button. The limper called as well, and the flop fell {2-Hearts}{q-Spades}{6-Spades}. The action checked to Rheem, who tossed out 1,650, and both players called.

All three players checked after the {j-Clubs} turned, and the {4-Diamonds} completed the board. The action checked to Rheem again, and he fired 3,000. The limper released, and the original raiser called.

"Two pair," Rheem announced, tabling {4-Spades}{2-Spades} followed by {8-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}.

The caller mucked, and Rheem raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
35,000 10,000

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Farha Busts Lacay

Sammy Farha is in the building, again, but only for the second tournament PokerNews has seen him play this World Series of Poker.

On this hand, Farha was up against Ludovic Lacay on the {Q-Spades}{J-Spades}{5-Clubs}{K-Clubs} board and Lacay had checked. Farha bet 8,400 and Lacay tanked for a long time before finally making the call and leaving himself with less than 2,000 behind.

The river was the {7-Hearts} and Lacay checked. Farha bet 2,000 to put Lacay all in and he made the call.

Farha tabled the {K-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{10-Spades}{8-Diamonds} for two pair, king and queens, and Lacay mucked his hand. He hit the rail while Farha hit 60,000 in chips.

Farha is widely considered as one of the best Omaha players in the world. His three WSOP gold bracelets all come from the game, with one in Pot-Limit Omaha and two in Omaha Hi-Low. Farha won his third bracelet in 2010 in the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Championship for $488,241. In 2006 he won his second bracelet and $398,560 in the $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low event and his first came in 1996 when he won the $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha event for $145,000.

Player Chips Progress
Sammy Farha us
Sammy Farha
WSOP 3X Winner
60,000
Ludovic Lacay fr
Ludovic Lacay
Busted

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Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
WSOP 1X Winner
80,000 20,000
Nenad Medic us
Nenad Medic
WSOP 1X Winner
73,500 28,500
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
WSOP 1X Winner
66,000 20,000
Jens Kyllönen
Jens Kyllönen
63,000 3,000
Sam Stein us
Sam Stein
59,000 36,000
Leif Force us
Leif Force
WSOP 1X Winner
58,000 28,000
Austin Scott us
Austin Scott
WSOP 1X Winner
55,000 -10,000
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
WSOP 3X Winner
51,000 14,000
Keith Lehr us
Keith Lehr
WSOP 2X Winner
49,000 7,000
Alexander Kravchenko ru
Alexander Kravchenko
48,000 -8,000
Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
WSOP 2X Winner
47,000 30,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
45,000 3,000
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
WSOP 6X Winner
38,600 -2,400
Tony Cousineau us
Tony Cousineau
37,500
Sam Trickett gb
Sam Trickett
37,000
Stephane Albertini fr
Stephane Albertini
36,000
Naoya Kihara jp
Naoya Kihara
WSOP 1X Winner
34,000 -5,000
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
34,000 4,000
Ted Lawson us
Ted Lawson
WSOP 1X Winner
34,000
David Bakes Baker us
David Bakes Baker
WSOP 3X Winner
30,000
Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
29,000
Ilya Ermakov
Ilya Ermakov
26,000
Chino Rheem us
Chino Rheem
25,000
Jeremy Kottler us
Jeremy Kottler
24,000
Aubin Cazals fr
Aubin Cazals
WSOP 1X Winner
24,000 2,000

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Level: 6

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 0

"You Win"

Joe Cada opened to 1,000, and was called by three players, including Jens Kyllönen in the small blind. The flop fell {7-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}, and the action checked to a player on the button who bet. Kyllönen and another player called, and all three players checked when the {6-Spades} turned. The {3-Diamonds} completed the board, and Kyllönen led out for 8,000. One player called.

"You win," Kyllönen said as soon as his opponent's chips hit the felt.

The player showed {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}, and Kyllönen mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Jens Kyllönen
Jens Kyllönen
51,000 2,000

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