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 / 1001
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Lew Takes Out Eastgate

2008 Main-Event Champion Peter Eastgate pushed all in for his last 22,600 from the hijack seat. Action folded around to Randy "Nanonoko" Lew in the big blind, who asked for a count. After deliberating for a while, Lew committed calling chips to put Eastgate at risk.

Eastgate: {J-Spades}{8-Hearts}
Lew: {A-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}

The {4-Clubs}{5-Spades}{10-Hearts}{6-Spades}{3-Diamonds} board left Lew with a pair of fives, which was good for the knockout.

Lew is up to 175,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Randy Lew
175,000
120,000
120,000
pokerstars
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Peter Eastgate
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Peter EastgateRandy Lew

One for Vedes

With about 10,000 in the pot and a flop of {A-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}, Tommy Vedes checked and allowed Aurelien Guiglini to bet 4,000. Vedes, who was enjoying a salad, thought for a moment and check-raised to 10,5000 before returning to the salad.

As Vedes was chowing down, Guiglini picked up his cards and tossed them to the muck. It wasn't much of a hand, but gave us a good excuse to tell you that Vedes is eating a salad and sitting on a stack of about 90,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Tommy Vedes
90,000
15,000
15,000

Tags: Tommy VedesAurelien Guiglini

Count Updates

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of William Pierron fr
William Pierron
265,000
18,500
18,500
Profile photo of Foster Hays us
Foster Hays
230,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
230,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jordan Morgan us
Jordan Morgan
220,000
115,000
115,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Galen Hall us
Galen Hall
205,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Alexander Kravchenko ru
Alexander Kravchenko
175,000
43,000
43,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
165,000
73,000
73,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
156,000
58,000
58,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Profile photo of Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
130,000
44,000
44,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Matthew Brady us
Matthew Brady
130,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Ashley Mason
Ashley Mason
128,000
53,000
53,000
Profile photo of Michael Katz us
Michael Katz
120,000
Profile photo of Chris McClung ca
Chris McClung
105,000
2,700
2,700
Profile photo of Jonathan Aguiar pt
Jonathan Aguiar
91,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Gavin Smith ca
Gavin Smith
86,000
9,000
9,000
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Kyle Julius
80,000
35,000
35,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Brendon Rubie au
Brendon Rubie
80,000
51,000
51,000
Profile photo of Nick Maimone us
Nick Maimone
78,000
87,000
87,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of David Williams us
David Williams
77,000
33,000
33,000
WSOP 1X Winner
pokerstars
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Shawn Buchanan
74,000
32,000
32,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ana Marquez es
Ana Marquez
72,000
17,000
17,000
pokerstars
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Matt Gianetti
55,000
8,000
8,000

Le Sliding

Nam Le has been struggling these past two levels.

In a recent hand, Le opened to 6,000 from under-the-gun and found one caller in Jason Mann in the cutoff position.

The flop came {3-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{J-Spades} and Le fired 7,000 into the middle. Mann called to see a turn, which brought the {A-Diamonds}.

Le fired again for 15,000 and Mann again called.

Le slowed down and checked on the {Q-Hearts} river and, after some thought, Mann checked behind and announced that he held an ace. Le didn't show and Mann flipped over {A-Spades}{8-Spades} for a pair of aces. Le took one last peak at his cards and mucked.

Le is down to his last 38,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Nam Le
38,000
72,000
72,000

Tags: Jason MannNam Le

Nishijima Knocks Out Zajdner to Get Up to 200K

Thiago Nishijima opened for 5,300 from middle position and was met with a three-bet to 12,000 by Brian Yoon in the cutoff. Mark Zajdner was next to act on the button and opted to move all in for right around 90,000.

After the blinds got out of the way, Nishijima took his time before moving all in. Yoon folded and it was off to the races for a 200K pot.

Showdown
Nishijima: {J-Spades}{J-Clubs}
Zajdner: {A-Hearts}{K-Spades}

It was a tense moment, but it all disappeared when the flop came down {3-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} to give Nishijima a set. Zajdner shook his head and knew he would need runner-runner straight cards to stay alive. The {4-Clubs} turn gave him a sliver of hope to a five, but while the {4-Hearts} river was close, it was not what he needed.

Player Chips Progress
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Thiago Nishijima
200,000
32,000
32,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Mark Zajdner
Busted

Tags: Thiago NishijimaMark ZajdnerBrian Yoon

Level: 16

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

Wheeler Defies the Odds to Double on the River

We're not sure of the betting action, but we do know a big pot developed just before the level up with Jason Wheeler getting all in for 58,000 preflop, Erik Aude calling him, and another player folding {A-}{K-}.

Showdown
Aude: {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}
Wheeler: {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}

The player who folded big slick was understandably upset as he folded the best hand, but as it was Aude's hand was out in front; in fact, the PokerNews Odds Calculator tells us that Aude was a 58.42% favorite to win the hand against Wheeler, who stood a 41.14% chance of surviving.

The {10-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{4-Clubs} flop was kind to Aude as it gave him top pair and made him a 83.64% favorite. With that said, Wheeler did have a 16.36% chance of winning, with a queen his best option as it'd make him a straight. The {2-Spades} turn increased Aude to a 93.18% favorite, meaning Wheeler had just a 6.82% chance to survive.

While a victory by Aude was seemed guaranteed, the {Q-Diamonds} spiked on the river to allow Wheeler to defy the odds and double to 130,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Erik Aude
131,000
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Jason Wheeler
130,000
72,000
72,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Erik AudeJason Wheeler

A Few Counts

As you can see, Joseph Cheong has managed to accumulate a huge amount of chips and is easily the chip leader in the field at the moment.

Player Chips Progress
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Joseph Cheong
450,000
220,000
220,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Amir Lehavot il
Amir Lehavot
310,000
84,000
84,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jason Deutsch us
Jason Deutsch
285,000
Profile photo of Thiago Nishijima br
Thiago Nishijima
255,000
55,000
55,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
203,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
190,000
15,000
15,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Will Failla us
Will Failla
185,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Brian Yoon us
Brian Yoon
180,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Gordon Vayo us
Gordon Vayo
125,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
120,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Tommy Vedes
110,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
110,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
110,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Neil Channing gb
Neil Channing
95,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Michael Drummond us
Michael Drummond
80,000
57,000
57,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Eric Cloutier
80,000
135,000
135,000
Profile photo of Dutch Boyd us
Dutch Boyd
44,000
38,500
38,500
WSOP 3X Winner
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Nam Le
26,000
12,000
12,000
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