2012 World Series of Poker

Event 4: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better
Day: 2
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Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk84272
Prize
$201,559
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$839,700
Entries
622
Level Info
Level
29
Limits
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Players Left 1 / 622
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Mizrachi on a Tear

We didn't catch the betting, but happened upon Table 402 just as Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi was being pushed a pot of about 4,000. He had {8-Spades}{4-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} / {3-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{7-Hearts}{2-} laid out in front of him, which was good enough to scoop the pot from Ronald Miller, who was left with just 2,000 after the hand. With that, Mizrachi is up over 70k.

Meanwhile, Robert Lewis has been eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
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Michael Mizrachi
71,000
29,500
29,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 8X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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Ronald Miller
2,000
11,100
11,100
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Robert Lewis
Busted

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Level: 10

Limits: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Be Nice to Your Dealers

Level 9 : 600/1,200, 100 ante

All right, players. It's time to talk pet peeves.

We just witnessed an innocent situation at Table 392, but it ended up resolving pretty harshly. The dealer over there is clearly a bit less experienced than some, and she's just walked into the lion's den. On one of her first hands in the box, she flipped a card over on the second orbit of her deal. The table was furious.

The player in the eight seat — a WSOP bracelet winner, no less — slammed his cards down onto the felt and let out a big, audible sigh of frustration. The dealer humbly apologized and explained that it was a misdeal, and Mr. Player was not having any of it. "You shouldn't be misdealing in any game! Ever!"

Well now, the poor lady is really rattled. A couple hands later, we heard the table all screaming at her again all the way from our desk: "Down! Down!" She apparently exposed another card, and they're not making it any easier on her. She's visibly frustrated, and there's far more pressure on her now than there should be.

Someone finally yelled for the floor — which seems to be the correct course of action in this instance — and the staff member quickly came over to pacify the situation.

The entrants are paying a lot of fees for these events, and they certainly deserve to be dealt to by a competent dealer. But yelling at them and embarrassing them is not the solution, players.

Call the floor.

A Few Chippies

Player Chips Progress
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Frankie O'Dell
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 3X Winner
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David Singer
27,500
1,200
1,200
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Andrey Pateychuk
26,500
4,400
4,400
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Yueqi Zhu
25,000
13,500
13,500
WSOP 1X Winner
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Bryan Devonshire
19,000
2,000
2,000
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Mickey Appleman
16,500
3,400
3,400
WSOP 4X Winner
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Kevin Calenzo
15,000
2,100
2,100
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Daniel Shak
14,000
5,200
5,200
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Steve Billirakis
11,500
3,200
3,200
WSOP 2X Winner
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Mike Watson
10,500
10,500
10,500
WSOP 1X Winner
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Brett Richey
9,500
9,500
9,500
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Xuan Liu
4,200
4,700
4,700

There Will Be No Title Defense as Viox Falls

Chris Viox after winning this event in 2011.
Chris Viox after winning this event in 2011.

We saw Chris "PiMaster" Viox standing at Table 405 and putting on his backpack, which prompted us to rush over and see what happened. Unfortunately we were too late to catch the cards, but Viox informed us that he had just lost a five-way monster pot after he missed a flush. Another opponent took half the pot with a seven low, while the high went to someone with a full house.

"It was a big hand," he said with the hint of a smile. With Viox's elimination, a new champion is guaranteed, though the door is now open for Mike Sexton as the sole man that stood in the way of his second gold bracelet last year is now gone.

Player Chips Progress
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Chris Viox
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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