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2012 World Series of Poker
Event 50: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$4,704,700
Total Entries
1,001
Level
33
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
15,000
Players Left 1 / 1,001
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Amit Makhija was all in preflop holding 
and in bad shape against the 
of Neil Channing. The 
flop gave Channing top pair with top kicker, but Makhija could still make a straight with a ten.
The 
turn improved Channing to trips, but it still left Makhija with the same straight outs. Unfortunately for the latter, the 
river was not what he needed and he was eliminated from the tournament.
amak316 Amit Makhija Busto 5k not much you cando when you literally never make the best hand
June 29 2012
SenseiChanning Neil Channing Went all-in after an utg raise & a half avg utg+1 shove. I had AK which beat AJ & I now have 60k, which is avg with 243 left.
June 29 2012
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 
and Hellmuth's opponent led out. He was quickly called by Hellmuth and the turn brought the . 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: 
Opponent: 
The river?
- 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.
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
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 and was up against the 
of an unknown opponent. The board ran out a clean 
and Hellmuth double to around 14,000.
In the very next hand, Hellmuth got it all in preflop with 
against the 
of Marco Bognanni. The board ran out clean again for Hellmuth, falling 
, and he put himself back in contention with a stack of 32,000.
We caught the action on the turn with the board reading 
. 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:
Hall:
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 
blanked on the river.
galenhall Galen Hall I open AK utg1, Ivey flats on 35bb. AT9r, I cbet he calls. Turn 8s second spade. I barrel, he rips it I snap he has KJo I hold. Got em
June 29 2012
Stephen Chidwick recently doubled a player up, with Chidwick's not able to catch up against on a 
board. The player was all in for around 35,000 and so it was just a small dent to Chidwick's big stack.
We caught up with the action just as Yevgeniy Timoshenko was surrendering his chips to an opponent.
Timoshenko held the and his opponent the 
on a board reading 
. 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.
When we arrived at Table 414, there was a flop showing 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: |
| Macdonald |
Vedes had the set, but Macdonald had plenty of outs to the flush. When the 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 river was safe and Macdonald doubled, while Vedes took a small hit to his stack.
