2012 World Series of Poker

Event 5: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$189,818
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Total Entries
639
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 639
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Kazuhito Oshima Eliminated in 14th Place ($9,075)

Kazuhito Oshima
Kazuhito Oshima

Kazuhito Oshima opened from early position to 30,000 and change and action folded around to Keanu Tabali on the button, who mulled over his decision and eventually re-raised enough to put Oshima all in. The blind folded and Oshima committed the rest of his stack.

Oshima: {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}
Tabali: {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades}

Tabali stood up and put his hands on his head, obviously sweating the race. The board ran out {7-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{9-Spades}{6-Clubs}{J-Hearts} giving Tabali the best hand with a straight.

"F***!" Tabali exclaimed, thinking he had lost the hand.

His tablemates corrected him, letting him know he indeed won the pot.

"Thank god we only have 40 minutes left," Tabali playfully said, "I can't think straight."

Tabali is up to 180,000 following the hand.

Tags: Kazuhito OshimaKeanu Tabali

Corey Burbick Eliminated in 15th Place ($9,075)

Corey Burbick
Corey Burbick

Action began with Corey Burbick, who raised from the hijack position. Directly behind him, Jonathan Aguiar re-raised pot and action folded back to Burbick, who announced he was all in. Aguiar called and it was a classic race situation.

Burbick: {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}
Aguiar: {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}

The board ran out {9-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{7-Spades}{2-Hearts} and Aguiar eliminated Burbick with a set of nines.

Aguiar is now sitting on 260,000.

Tags: Corey BurbickJonathan Aguiar

Allis Doubles Through Tabali

Action started with Keanu Tabali raising to 35,000 on the button. The small blind folded, and it was on Mike Allis in the big blind. He looked at his cards one at a time, saying "well that's a good one....that's a good one too". Allis thought for about two minutes, before grabbing the rest of his chips, and sliding them into the middle. He could only make it 110,000, leaving just 6,000 behind, and it was back to Tabali.

As soon as Allis moved the chips in, Tabali shot out of his chair. He was clearly pained by the decision, and spent about 3 minutes in the tank. He counted out the chips for the call, assessed the damage were he to lose, then slid them into the middle. He technically didn't announce raise, even though he put the 6,000 on top, so the money didn't officially go in until the flop.

Tabali: {a-Spades}{9-Hearts}
Allis: {2-Hearts}{2-Clubs}

Tabali made a good call, as he was only a slight underdog on the coin flip, but the board ran dry for him, coming {6-Clubs}{j-Spades}{5-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{10-Spades}. Allis collected the pot, upping his stack to 235,000, while Tabali plummets to under 90,000.

Tags: Mike AllisKeanu Tabali

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 0

Nam Le Eliminated in 16th Place ($7,254)

Nam Le - 16th Place
Nam Le - 16th Place

Nam Le started the action by raising pot to 35,000, leaving himself just a few thousand behind. Thom Werthmann was next to act, and he reraised all in. Everyone else folded back to Le, who made the call. The cards were tabled, and Le was in rough shape.

Le: {a-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Werthmann: {a-Hearts}{10-Clubs}

The flop was safe for Werthmann, coming {2-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{4-Spades}. The {4-Clubs} on the turn gave Le some outs for a chop, but he wouldn't find them on the river, as the dealer peeled off the {q-Diamonds}. Werthmann is up to 145,000 after the hand, while Le is heading to the payout desk.

Tags: Nam LeThom Werthmann

Justin Gardenhire Eliminated in 17th Place ($7,254)

Justin Gardenhire
Justin Gardenhire

Justin Gardenhire raised pot from middle position and action folded around to Tommy Vedes, who re-raised pot, which was enough to put Gardenhire all in. Gardenhire made the call and hands were revealed.

Gardenhire: {A-Hearts}{2-Hearts}
Vedes: {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs}

The board ran out {6-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{K-Spades}{2-Clubs} leaving Vedes with kings-full and the best hand.

Gardenhire will take home $7,254 for his efforts.

Tags: Justin GardenhireTommy Vedes

Updated Chippies

Final Two Tables

Level 19 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
TableSeatPlayer
4391Corey Burbick
4392Jonathan Aguiar
4393Nam Le
4394Thom Werthmann
4395Brant Hale
4396Jack Ellwood
4397Bryan Pellegrino
4398Empty
4399Daniel Negreanu
TableSeatPlayer
4411Steve Brecher
4412James Mackey
4413Keanu Tabali
4414Nick Jivkov
4415Mike Allis
4416Justin Gardenhire
4417John Eames
4418Kazuhito Oshima
4419Tommy Vedes

John Juanda Eliminated in 18th Place ($7,254)

John Juanda
John Juanda

We didn't catch the exact preflop action, but John Juanda found himself all in preflop against Brant Hale.

Hale: {A-}{A-}
Juanda: {J-}{J-}

The board ran out {2-Clubs}{4-Spades}{8-Spades}{9-Hearts}{8-Hearts} and Juanda was eliminated.

Hale is up to 315,000.

Tags: Brant HaleJohn Juanda