2012 World Series of Poker

Event 50: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
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Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$952,694
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$4,704,700
Total Entries
1,001
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
15,000
Players Left 1 / 1,001

Lichtenberger Crippled; Then Eliminated

Andrew Lichtenberger
Andrew Lichtenberger

In the first hand, Andrew Lichtenberger opened from the button and was met with an all-in shove by Jason Wheeler in the big blind for just under 400,000. Lichtenberger thought it over and opted to call.

Lichtenberger: {5-Spades}{5-Clubs}
Wheeler: {Q-Spades}{10-Spades}

The board ran out {7-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{8-Clubs}, giving Wheeler the double up with a pair of queens and knocking Lichtenberger down to his last 130,000.

On the very next hand, Joseph Cheong opened from under-the-gun and it was folded around to Lichtenberger in the cutoff, who went all in. It was folded back to Cheong, who called to put Lichtenberger at risk.

Cheong: {10-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}
Lichtenberger: {A-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}

The {K-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} board gave Cheong a winning flush on the river and knocked Lichtenberger out of the tournament.

Tags: Andrew LichtenbergerJason WheelerJoseph Cheong