2012 World Series of Poker

Event 50: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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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
Entries
1,001
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
15,000
Players Left 1 / 1,001
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Player Chips Progress
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Galen Hall
185,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jordan Morgan us
Jordan Morgan
138,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Amir Lehavot il
Amir Lehavot
122,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Alexander Kuzmin ru
Alexander Kuzmin
109,000
Profile photo of Rocco Palumbo it
Rocco Palumbo
105,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
90,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Neil Channing
90,000
Profile photo of Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
90,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Jackie Glazier
80,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
75,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
72,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Nam Le us
Nam Le
72,000
Profile photo of Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
64,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Brendon Rubie au
Brendon Rubie
57,000
Profile photo of JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
51,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Ray Henson us
Ray Henson
50,000
$25K Fantasy
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David ODB Baker
50,000
Profile photo of Pius Heinz de
Pius Heinz
48,000
WSOP 1X Winner
pokerstars
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Shawn Buchanan
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Tom Marchese us
Tom Marchese
38,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
35,000
Profile photo of Gavin Smith ca
Gavin Smith
26,000
Profile photo of Jonathan Aguiar pt
Jonathan Aguiar
24,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jeffrey Lisandro au
Jeffrey Lisandro
22,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Profile photo of Dennis Phillips us
Dennis Phillips
18,000

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Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
120,000
70,000
70,000
Profile photo of Alexander Kravchenko ru
Alexander Kravchenko
100,000
23,000
23,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
99,000
24,400
24,400
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
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Will Failla
85,000
7,275
7,275
Profile photo of Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
65,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 3X Winner
pokerstars
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Matt Matros
63,000
54,800
54,800
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
29,000
3,500
3,500
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Randy Lew
27,000
8,000
8,000
pokerstars
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Farzad Bonyadi
26,000
Profile photo of Terrence Chan ca
Terrence Chan
21,000
21,000
21,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Tony Hachem au
Tony Hachem
13,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
13,000

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
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Phil Hellmuth
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings

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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
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Phil Hellmuth
32,000
47,000
47,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings

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
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Galen Hall
150,000
20,200
20,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
Busted
WSOP 11X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT Global

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
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Yevgeniy Timoshenko
32,500
4,000
4,000

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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
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Tommy Vedes
88,000
19,100
19,100

Tags: Tommy VedesRobert Macdonald