Level: 23
Blinds: /
Ante:
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
Perry Friedman Eliminated in 11th Place ($12,892)
Omaha-8
Down to just 25,000 to start the Omaha-8 round, Perry Friedman had to commit 15,000 of that as he was the big blind. Tim Burt then raised from the cutoff, George Danzer called from the small blind, and Perry pushed in his last 10,000.
The flop came 
and both players checked. The turn was the 
. Danzer bet, and when Burt raised, that caused Friedman to raise as well — out of his seat. Danzer called.
The river brought the 
, Danzer again bet, and Burt called.
Danzer showed 
for the ace-high flush and nut low. Burt had 
for a lesser flush and also the nut low (to which Danzer had caught up on the turn). Meanwhile Friedman had but 
.
Three-quarters of the pot thus went to Danzer, the rest to Burt, and Friedman shook hands with his opponents and left with an 11th-place ticket.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
525,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
|
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|
165,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Jeffrey Lisandro Eliminated in 10th Place ($16,325)
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Omaha-8
Jeffrey Lisandro raised preflop, and Oleksii Kovalchuk and Mark Gregorich called from the blinds. The flop came down 
, and Kovalchuk checked. Gregorich bet, Lisandro raised enough to put himself all in, and Kovalchuk called. Gregorich re-raised, and Kovalchuk called.
The turn was the 
, and Kovalchuk checked. Gregorich bet, and Kovalchuk released.
Lisandro: 
Gregorich: 
The 
completed the board, and Gregorich scooped the entire pot.
Lisandro is eliminated in 10th place, and we're now down to the unofficial final table. A seat draw is coming shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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Seating Assignments (9 Remain)
Level 23
The final nine players have gathered around the not-official-final table on the main stage in the Pavilion Room. Brandon Guss is the super-short stack as play begins.
| *Seat | Player | Chips |
| 1 | Oleksii Kovalchuk | 326,000 |
| 2 | George Danzer | 550,000 |
| 3 | Wing Wong | 190,000 |
| 4 | Daniel Ratigan | 160,000 |
| 5 | Tim Burt | 150,000 |
| 6 | Mark Gregorich | 660,000 |
| 7 | Yuval Bronshtein | 260,000 |
| 8 | Norman Chad | 590,000 |
| 9 | Brandon Guss | 6,000 |
Brandon Guss Eliminated in 9th Place ($16,325)
Stud-8
Mark Gregorich: 
/ 
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Brandon Guss: / 
/
Gregorich completed with an ace showing, and Guss moved all in for his last few thousand. The action behind folded, and Gregorich tabled . Guss showed 
.
Gregorich made aces-up on sixth, and Guss couldn't make a better hand on seventh, eliminating him from the tournament. We are now down to the official final table, and the players are on a ten-minute break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Chip Counts to Start Final Table
"Norman Chad makes his way to his first WSOP final table, if you don't count the ones he's commentated.... Norman's goal is to win more WSOP bracelets than he has ex-wives."
So said the announcer just now, reading off the bio sheets the players fill out prior to the final table. The announcements — and jokes — having all been read, the official eight-handed final table is underway!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
677,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
590,000 | |
|
|
517,000
-33,000
|
-33,000 |
|
|
||
|
340,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
|
335,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
|
||
|
184,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
152,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
150,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
A Couple of Stud-8 Hands
Level 23
Stud-8
| Tim Burt | /   |
| Oleksii Kovalchuk | / |
Burt brought it in, Kovalchuk completed, and Burt called. Kovalchuk led out on fourth street, Burt called, and both players knuckled on fifth. Kovalchuk led again on sixth, and this time Burt released.
| Wing Wong | / |
| Burt | / (FOLDED) |
| Yuval Bronshtein | /  |
Burn brought it in, Bronshtein called, and Wong completed. Only Bronshtein called. Bronshtein led out after he paired his jack on fourth, and Wong tank-folded.
Danzer Scoops, Fans Whoop
Omaha-8
George Danzer raised from middle position, and Yuval Bronshtein called from the big blind. The flop came 
, and Bronshtein checked. Danzer paused a beat, then pushed out a bet, and Bronshtein called.
The turn then brought the 
and a bet from Bronshtein, which Danzer quickly raised. Bronshtein called once more.
The river was the , and this time Bronshtein checked. Danzer bet, Bronshtein called, then Danzer showed 
. As the announcer explained, Danzer held both the nut low and two pair, and both were evidently good as Bronshtein folded.
"The double nuts!" yelled one of Danzer's supporters, causing the table to laugh. Danzer grinned and explained to the table that his rail didn't know a lot about poker, "but they are great supporters."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
615,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
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|
|
220,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
|
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Ratigan Doubles
Omaha-8
George Danzer raised, Danny Ratigan three-bet, and Danzer made it four bets. Ratigan called. The flop fell 
, and Danzer led out. Ratigan raised, and Danzer re-raised enough to put Ratigan all in. He called.
| Danzer | |
| Ratigan |  |
The on the turn was gin for Ratigan, because it gave him an ace-high flush and a low. The on the board didn't help Danzer, and Ratigan doubled.
A few hands later, Ratigan won a stud pot off of Norman Chad, and now sits with 275,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
575,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
275,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
Danzer Wins Huge Stud Pot
Stud-8
| George Danzer | / / |
| Mark Gregorich | /  / |
| Norman Chad | / / |
Danzer brought it in, Gregorich completed, and Chad called. Danzer called as well, and all three players checked on fourth street. On fifth, Danzer checked, Gregorich bet, and both Chad and Danzer called. Gregorich slowed down, checking on sixth, and Chad bet. Danzer called, and Gregorich folded.
Chad checked dark going to seventh, and was forced to fold when Danzer bet.
"Nice bluff!" someone on Danzer's rail yelled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
720,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
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|
|
460,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |