2012 World Series of Poker

Event 50: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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
Entries
1,001
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
15,000

More Count Updates

Player Chips Progress
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
WSOP 1X Winner
185,000
Jordan Morgan us
Jordan Morgan
WSOP 1X Winner
138,000
Amir Lehavot il
Amir Lehavot
WSOP 1X Winner
122,000
Alexander Kuzmin ru
Alexander Kuzmin
109,000
Rocco Palumbo it
Rocco Palumbo
WSOP 1X Winner
105,000
Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
90,000
Neil Channing gb
Neil Channing
90,000
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
WSOP 1X Winner
90,000
Jackie Glazier au
Jackie Glazier
WSOP 1X Winner
80,000
Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
WSOP 1X Winner
75,000
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
WSOP 1X Winner
72,000
Nam Le us
Nam Le
72,000
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
WSOP 1X Winner
64,000
Brendon Rubie au
Brendon Rubie
57,000
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
WSOP 2X Winner
51,000
Ray Henson us
Ray Henson
50,000
David ODB Baker us
David ODB Baker
50,000
Pius Heinz de
Pius Heinz
48,000
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
WSOP 1X Winner
40,000
Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
WSOP 1X Winner
38,000
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
35,000
Gavin Smith us
Gavin Smith
26,000
Jonathan Aguiar pt
Jonathan Aguiar
WSOP 1X Winner
24,000
Jeffrey Lisandro au
Jeffrey Lisandro
WSOP 6X Winner
22,000
Dennis Phillips us
Dennis Phillips
18,000

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Hellmuth Eliminated

A player in middle position opened to 2,500 and was called by Phil Hellmuth in the cutoff. Action folded around to the player in the big blind, who squeezed to 7,000 and change. The original raiser folded but Hellmuth quickly tossed in a call.

The flop came {J-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{9-Diamonds} and Hellmuth's opponent led out. He was quickly called by Hellmuth and the turn brought the {K-Diamonds}. This time, Hellmuth's opponent checked, prompting an all-in shove from Hellmuth for his last several thousand. His opponent called and hands were revealed.

Hellmuth: {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}
Opponent: {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades}

The river?

{A-Spades} - giving Hellmuth's opponent a winning ace on the river and knocking Hellmuth out of the tournament.

A steaming Hellmuth shot up from his seat and made a hasty exit from the Amazon Room.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Busted

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

Level: 12

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

Hellmuth Receives Back-to-Back Doubles

Phil Hellmuth started the day with 79,000 but got off to a horrendous start, being knocked all the way down to just under 6,000. Just when it seemed the "Poker Brat" would meet an untimely demise, he caught some cards to double in back-to-back hands.

In the first, Hellmuth got all in preflop with {A-Hearts}{9-Spades} and was up against the {J-Clubs}{8-Clubs} of an unknown opponent. The board ran out a clean {5-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{A-Clubs} and Hellmuth double to around 14,000.

In the very next hand, Hellmuth got it all in preflop with {10-Clubs}{10-Spades} against the {2-Diamonds}{2-Spades} of Marco Bognanni. The board ran out clean again for Hellmuth, falling {J-Hearts}{4-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}, and he put himself back in contention with a stack of 32,000.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
32,000 -47,000

Tags: Phil HellmuthMarco Bognanni

No Hall Pass for Ivey as He Has Been Eliminated

Phil Ivey on Day 1.
Phil Ivey on Day 1.

We caught the action on the turn with the board reading {9-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{A-Hearts}{8-Spades}. Galen Hall had a bet of 8,300 out in front of him and action was on Phil Ivey, who opted to move all in for right around 20,000. Hall snap-called and had Ivey in dire straits.

Showdown
Ivey: {K-Clubs}{J-Hearts}
Hall: {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}

Hall held top pair with top kicker, meaning Ivey needed to hit his open-ended straight to stay alive. Unfortunately for Ivey fans everywhere, it was not in the cards as the {6-Clubs} blanked on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
WSOP 1X Winner
150,000 20,200
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Busted

Tags: Galen HallPhil Ivey

Timoshenko Takes a Hit

We caught up with the action just as Yevgeniy Timoshenko was surrendering his chips to an opponent.

Timoshenko held the {9-Spades}{10-Spades} and his opponent the {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} on a board reading {2-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{8-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}. We are unsure of the action leading up to the all in, but in any case, Timoshenko's opponent doubled through him for about 24,000 - leaving Timoshenko with 32,500 to work with.

Player Chips Progress
Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
32,500 4,000

Tags: Yevgeniy Timoshenko

Vedes Splashes Pot, Doubles Up Opponent

When we arrived at Table 414, there was a flop showing {6-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{9-Spades} and Robert Macdonald was betting 18,000 into Tommy Vedes. Within a few second Vedes had literally grabbed a handful of of his chips and enthusiastically splashed them into the pot - it was enough to put Macdonald all in. Macdonald seemed taken aback by the splashing, but once he understood that he would be calling all in, he committed the remainder of his chips.

Vedes: {9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}
Macdonald {a-Spades}{q-Spades}

Vedes had the set, but Macdonald had plenty of outs to the flush. When the {4-Spades} hit the turn, Macdonald celebrated, but he wasn't out of the dark yet. If the board paired, he would be going home. However, the {5-Clubs} river was safe and Macdonald doubled, while Vedes took a small hit to his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Tommy Vedes us
Tommy Vedes
88,000 -19,100

Tags: Tommy VedesRobert Macdonald