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

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
67,000

Tags: Matt GrahamMichael Binger

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

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

Updated Chip Counts

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

"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
2,000

Tags: Jens Kyllönen

Level: 6

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 0

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
80,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Nenad Medic us
Nenad Medic
73,500
28,500
28,500
WSOP 1X Winner
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
66,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jens Kyllönen
Jens Kyllönen
63,000
3,000
3,000
Sam Stein us
Sam Stein
59,000
36,000
36,000
Leif Force us
Leif Force
58,000
28,000
28,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Austin Scott us
Austin Scott
55,000
-10,000
-10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
51,000
14,000
14,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Keith Lehr us
Keith Lehr
49,000
7,000
7,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Alexander Kravchenko ru
Alexander Kravchenko
48,000
-8,000
-8,000
Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
47,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
45,000
3,000
3,000
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
38,600
-2,400
-2,400
WSOP 6X Winner
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
34,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
34,000
4,000
4,000
Ted Lawson us
Ted Lawson
34,000
WSOP 1X Winner
David Bakes Baker us
David Bakes Baker
30,000
WSOP 3X Winner
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
24,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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