Level: 24
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 42: $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
393
Level
28
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Tim Burt Eliminated in 8th Place ($20,966)
Stud-8
After losing the bulk of his short stack in a hand versus Yuval Bronshtein, Tim Burt was down to just 6,000 to start the next hand. Norman Chad completed, Danny Ratigan called, and Burt went ahead and committed his last chips.
On fourth Chad check-called a Ratigan bet, then check-folded on fifth. The remaining players tabled their down cards.
Chad: 
/ 
— FOLDED
Burt: 
/ 
Ratigan: 
/ 
Ratigan drew the 
and the 
to make a flush, and Burt picked up the 
and then mucked his last card, hitting the rail in eighth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
315,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
Busted |
Wong All In and Chops
Omaha-8
Wing Wong raised all in from early position, and was called by Yuval Bronshtein, Norman Chad, and Oleksii Kovalchuk. The flop fell 
, and all three players checked.
Chad led after the turned, and both Kovalchuk and Bronshtein called. All three players checked again when the completed the board, and the hands were opened.
| Wong | |
| Bronshtein | |
| Chad |    |
| Kovalchuk |     |
Wong chopped the main pot to stay alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
515,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
||
|
465,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
305,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
|
||
|
75,000
-109,000
|
-109,000 |
Wing Wong Eliminated in 7th Place ($27,313)
Omaha-8
Wing Wong opened with a raise from under the gun, and it folded around to George Danzer in the big blind who called. The flop came , Danzer bet, Wong raised with what he had left, and Danzer called.
Danzer:
Wong: 
The turn brought the to improve Wong to trip aces, but the fell on the river to give Danzer a winning flush, and Wong is out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
775,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Gregorich Grabs Chips from Chad
Stud-8
Mark Gregorich brought it in with the 
up, Norman Chad completed with the , and Gregorich called. Gregorich caught the on fourth street to make an open pair, but check-called Chad's bets on fourth, fifth, and sixth. Gregorich then led with a bet on seventh, and Chad called.
Gregorich: / /
Chad: / /
"Trips," said Gregorich as he showed his down cards — 
. Chad looked over at his opponent's hand, then turned over to show he'd made aces and sixes. Gregorich scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
845,000
168,000
|
168,000 |
|
|
260,000
-205,000
|
-205,000 |
Danzer Crosses 900K
Stud-8
| George Danzer | /   / |
| Yuval Bronshtein | /  / |
| Norman Chad | / (FOLDED) |
The action checked to Danzer on fourth street, and he tossed out a bet. Only Bronshtein called. Bronshtein check-called another bet on fifth, and when Danzer made a better board on sixth, he led out. Bronshtein called.
Danzer led again on seventh, but Bronshtein couldn't make the call. Danzer scooped the pot, and now has over 900,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
905,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
237,000
-68,000
|
-68,000 |
|
|
||
Updated Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
890,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
785,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
|
605,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
276,000
-39,000
|
-39,000 |
|
|
275,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
95,000
-165,000
|
-165,000 |
Gregorich Looking Good at Present, Chad's Future in Doubt
Mark Gregorich completed with the showing, and Yuval Bronshtein called with the 
up. The action on Norman Chad, he checked his cards and looked down for a moment at the 
he had up, then at the small stack of 85,000 he had remaining.
Chad then fished a fortune cookie from his pocket, unwrapped it, and while chewing read the rectangular slip of paper to himself. With a wrinkled brow, he shared it with the table.
"Within the week you will receive an unexpected gift," he said, a note of incredulity in his voice. "That's kind of vague," he complained. "Mmm... good cookie, though," he added as he folded.
Bronshtein then check-called bets from Gregorich on the next two streets before both players checked down sixth and seventh.
Gregorich: / /
Bronshtein: / /
Chad: / , a crumpled piece of paper, and some crumbs
Gregorich tabled 
, and his sevens were enough as Bronshtein mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
835,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
225,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
85,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Gregorich Crosses the Million-Chip Mark
Stud-8
| George Danzer | /   / |
| Mark Gregorich | / / |
Danzer brought it in, Gregorich completed, and Danzer called. Gregorich led out on fourth street, Danzer called, and then Gregorich slowed down, check-calling a bet on fifth. Gregorich decided to lead again on sixth, and Danzer called.
On seventh, Gregorich fired once more, and Danzer called.
| Danzer |   |
| Gregorich |   |
Both players had a sixty-five low, but Gregorich's was better. He also had a spade flush, so he scooped the entire pot to cross the million-chip mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,075,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
|
745,000
-145,000
|
-145,000 |
|
|
||
Chad Doubles
Stud-8
| Norman Chad | / / |
| Oleksii Kovalchuk | / / |
Chad completed, Kovalchuk raised, and Chad called. Chad check-called a bet on fourth street, then led out on fifth, going all in for 29,000. Kovalchuk called.
| Chad | |
| Kovalchuk | |
Chad's queens held, and Kovalchuk was unable to make a low. Chad doubled to just over 200,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
435,000
-170,000
|
-170,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
210,000
125,000
|
125,000 |