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
Hans Winzeler us
Hans Winzeler
84,000 28,000
Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
62,000 32,000
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
WSOP 6X Winner
43,500 -25,500
David Chiu us
David Chiu
WSOP 5X Winner
41,000 -3,000
Joe Beevers gb
Joe Beevers
34,000
Giuseppe Pantaleo de
Giuseppe Pantaleo
WSOP 1X Winner
33,000
Ryan Schmidt us
Ryan Schmidt
31,500
Harry Kaczka
Harry Kaczka
31,500
David Sands us
David Sands
30,000 -6,000
Josh Tieman us
Josh Tieman
29,000 3,000
Huck Seed us
Huck Seed
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
28,300
Ken Wong cn
Ken Wong
27,200
Gary Benson au
Gary Benson
WSOP 1X Winner
22,300
Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
WSOP 2X Winner
17,500 9,000
Dominykas Karmazinas lt
Dominykas Karmazinas
15,500
Brian Roberts us
Brian Roberts
10,800
Sorel Mizzi ca
Sorel Mizzi
7,000 -2,000

Missing Chips on Table 9

Level 5 : 200/400, 0 ante

Evidently, Chance Kornuth dropped a few chips a little while ago, and right after he did, he picked some of them up. Moments ago, there was one more yellow T1,000 chip found under the table, and Kornuth believed that it was his. They called the floor to the table.

A few players, including Jason Mercier, joked that they could use a few "lost chips" as well, and the floor left to rectify the situation. While the floor was gone, Kornuth called a 900-chip raise from Sam Stein, and the two took a flop of {2-Spades}{3-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}. Kornuth check-called 1,200 from Stein, and both players knuckled after the {10-Spades} turned. The {7-Spades} completed the board, and Kornuth led out for 900. Stein raised to 3,700, and Kornuth folded.

"Are they ever going to make a ruling?" Kornuth thought aloud after the hand.

"We should just call them back," Mercier suggested.

"Yeah," Kornuth agreed. "Your sarcastic comment before probably didn't help."

Mercier apologized, and when the floor returned, he was the one who spoke up.

"We're all agreeing that he should get it," Mercier told him.

The floorperson agreed, and then tossed the yellow T1,000 chip back in front of him. Another player from across the table threw in yet another yellow chip, which bewildered the table.

"There's multiple?" the floorperson asked.

Apparently, a second chip had rolled under the table. A player in the one-seat made another joke, and Mercier pretended to give Kornuth his whole stack. Even Kornuth got a kick out of that, and the situation is finally resolved.

Tags: Jason MercierSam SteinChance Kornuth

Ermakov Enters Late Due To WSOP Printing Mistake

Level 5 : 200/400, 0 ante

Ilya Ermakov just took his seat right in front of our desk on Table 5 in the Gold section of the Brasilia Room, but he wasn't late registering. Ermakov had bought in, but had a misprinted tournament slip that said the start time for this event would be at 5:00 PM and not noon like it was.

Prior to play, World Series of Poker Tournament Director spoke about the mistake that was made as a few tournament slips were printed this way. Players showing up late would have the option to either play or get a full refund, which was the decision to be made in Ermakov's case.

Ermakov is Russian and doesn't speak or understand English all too well, but a few other Russian players in the tournament helped out with the translations, letting him know he was entitled to a refund if he didn't want to play. Ermakov was told the current blinds and that he would get a full stating stack of 30,000. Ermakov opted to play and is now being dealt into the tournament, albeit five hours late.

Tags: Ilya ErmakovJack Effel

Graham Makes Broadway, Ships Massive Pot

Michael Binger started the action by raising to 400, and a player on his right three-bet to 1,800. Matt Graham called, and so did a player in the blinds. Binger called as well, and the flop fell {2-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{3-Clubs}. The player in the blinds led out for 4,000, and the action folded to Graham, who raised to 13,000. The player tank-called.

The turn was the {q-Diamonds}, and the player in the blinds checked. Graham tossed out 16,750, and his opponent tanked for a bit before moving all in for just under 40,000. Graham called, creating a monster pot.

Graham{a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{j-Clubs}
Opponent{4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{3-Spades}

The river was the {10-Spades}, giving Graham broadway, and eliminating his opponent from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Graham us
Matt Graham
110,000 67,000

Tags: Matt GrahamMichael Binger

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 0

Bloch Boasts Stack

Andy Bloch was faced with a raise and two calls, and opted to three-bet to 3,650 preflop. The original raiser and the second caller came along for the ride. The flop fell {10-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{3-Clubs}, and the original raiser led out, pushing his whole stack forward. He was only allowed to bet 12,000 however, the other couple hundred chips would have to stay behind.

"I don't think it's going to matter," Bloch joked.

The third player folded, and Bloch quickly raised enough to put the original raiser all in. He quickly called.

Original Raiser{10-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{6-Clubs}
Bloch{a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}

The {a-Spades} on the turn gave Bloch a set of aces, and the lead, and the {5-Spades} bricked on the river, giving Bloch the entire pot.

Player Chips Progress
Andy Bloch us
Andy Bloch
WSOP 1X Winner
70,000

Tags: Andy Bloch

And More Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
58,000 28,000
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
WSOP 5X Winner
48,000 18,000
Peter Jetten ca
Peter Jetten
47,000 17,000
Matt Graham us
Matt Graham
43,000
John Kabbaj gb
John Kabbaj
WSOP 2X Winner
43,000 13,000
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
WSOP 3X Winner
37,000 22,000
Michael Binger us
Michael Binger
34,000
Burt Boutin us
Burt Boutin
WSOP 2X Winner
33,000 3,000
Martin Staszko cz
Martin Staszko
29,500 -500
Andy Frankenberger us
Andy Frankenberger
WSOP 2X Winner
27,500 -2,500
Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
WSOP 6X Winner
27,000 -3,000
Antoine Saout fr
Antoine Saout
26,000 -4,000
Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
WSOP 2X Winner
24,000
JC Tran us
JC Tran
22,000 -8,000
George Lind III
George Lind III
20,000 -10,000
William Reynolds us
William Reynolds
15,000
Naoya Kihara jp
Naoya Kihara
WSOP 1X Winner
12,500

Izzy in the Hizzy

Viktor "Isildur1" Blom has just entered Event 39: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha, and he's seated directly next to Jens Kyllönen, who's already committed to playing the $1 million Big One for One Drop.

In the first hand we saw Blom play, he opened to 700 from middle position, and a player on the button called. The dealer fanned {5-Spades}{3-Spades}{5-Clubs}, and Blom eyed his opponent's stack.

"How much do you have?" he asked.

"Two-thousand," his opponent answered.

Blom grabbed two black T100 chips and a single yellow T1,000 chip, then tossed them forward. His opponent mucked, and Blom raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
31,000 1,000

Tags: Viktor Blom