2012 World Series of Poker

Event 52: $2,500 10-Game Mix - Six-Handed
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
7x5x4x3x2x
Prize
$244,259
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$957,775
Entries
421
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Flip Your Cards Over

Level 6

Badugi

Marc Gork was all in before the first draw against Ali Sarkeshik in a hand of Badugi.

"Turn your cards over," the dealer requested.

Sarkeshik looked at the dealer like he had three heads, and informed him that they weren't playing Omaha. The table erupted with laughter, and dealer realized his mistake. Sarkeshik took two, and Gork took one.

On the second draw, both players drew one, and on the third drew, they both discarded one again.

"You can turn your cards over now," the dealer said to the amusement of Bryan Micon.

Sarkeshik tabled {5-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{2-Spades}, Gork showed {10-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{2-Spades}. Sarkeshik flipped over the {k-Hearts}, meaning that all Gork needed was a club to survive. He turned over the {a-Spades} however, and was eliminated from the tournament.

Tags: Marc GorkAli Sarkeshik

Prize Pool

Level 6

Registration closed after dinner break, and the prize pool information is in. A total of 421 players entered Event 52: $2,500 10-Game Mix - Six-Handed, generating a total prize pool of $957,775. The payouts are as follows:

PlacePrize
1st$244,259
2nd$150,849
3rd$97,884
4th$64,649
5th$43,099
6th$30,169
7th-8th$21,645
9th-10th$16,186
11th-12th$12,259
13th-18th$9,481
19th-24th$7,614
25th-30th$6,321
31st-36th$5,363
37th-42nd$4,693
43rd-48th$4,309

Level: 6

Blinds: /

Ante:

Tehan and Williams Chop Up Dempsey

Stud-8

Joe Tehan{x-}{x-} / {5-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{8-Clubs} / {x-}
Sean Dempsey{x-}{x-} / {a-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{k-Spades} / {x-}
David Williams{x-}{x-} / {3-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{9-Spades}{5-Spades} / {x-}

When we arrived at Table 350, Dempsey was all in on third street, and Tehan and Williams had him at risk. Tehan check-called a bet from Williams on fourth street, both players checked on fifth, and Tehan check-called another bet on sixth.

Tehan check-called one last bet on seventh, and Williams tabled {a-Spades}{7-Hearts}{2-Spades} for the nut low. Tehan showed {a-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} for trip fives, and Dempsey mucked, exiting the Amazon Room.

Before the hand, table mate Adam Friedman gave us a prediction: "I guarantee I win at least one more bracelet this series."

Player Chips Progress
Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
WSOP 5X Winner
19,000 7,000
Joe Tehan us
Joe Tehan
14,500 9,500
David Williams us
David Williams
8,000 600
Sean Dempsey us
Sean Dempsey
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Joe TehanSean DempseyDavid Williams

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Hasan Habib us
Hasan Habib
WSOP 1X Winner
20,200
John Kabbaj gb
John Kabbaj
WSOP 2X Winner
18,000
Eric Crain us
Eric Crain
17,000 9,500
Michael Binger us
Michael Binger
16,200
Andy Bloch us
Andy Bloch
WSOP 1X Winner
13,000
Todd Brunson us
Todd Brunson
WSOP 1X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
12,500
David Benyamine fr
David Benyamine
WSOP 1X Winner
12,500 5,000
Bryan Devonshire us
Bryan Devonshire
12,400 4,900
Tyson Marks
Tyson Marks
12,400
Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
WSOP 2X Winner
12,400 4,900
Allen Bari us
Allen Bari
WSOP 1X Winner
9,000 1,500
Tony Ma us
Tony Ma
WSOP 2X Winner
8,400 -1,300
Matt Lefkowitz
Matt Lefkowitz
8,300
John Racener us
John Racener
WSOP 1X Winner
6,500 -1,000
David Paredes us
David Paredes
5,500 -2,700
Rep Porter us
Rep Porter
WSOP 3X Winner
5,400 -2,100
David Bach us
David Bach
WSOP 3X Winner
5,000
David Sklansky us
David Sklansky
WSOP 3X Winner
5,000 -2,500
Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
4,000
Jesse Martin us
Jesse Martin
WSOP 2X Winner
3,500 -4,000
Marcel Luske nl
Marcel Luske
3,000 -4,500
Brandon Cantu us
Brandon Cantu
WSOP 2X Winner
3,000 -4,500
Steve Zolotow us
Steve Zolotow
WSOP 2X Winner
2,900

Kenney Late-Registers, Chips Up

Omaha-8

When we reached the table, Bryn Kenney, Justin Bonomo and Kosei Ichinose were three-handed with the flop reading {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}. The action checked to Kenney, who bet. Both players called.

The turn was the {j-Hearts}, the action checked to Kenney again, and he bet. Only Ichinose called.

Both players checked when the {a-Hearts} completed the board, and Kenney tabled {a-Clubs}{k-Spades}{k-Hearts}{2-Clubs} for a pair of aces. Ichinose released, and Kenney raked in the pot.

We also grabbed some counts from the table:

Player Chips Progress
Alex Dovzhenko ua
Alex Dovzhenko
19,100 2,900
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
WSOP 1X Winner
15,000 7,500
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
WSOP 3X Winner
13,800 800

Tags: Bryn KenneyJustin BonomoAlex Dovzhenko

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Owais Ahmed us
Owais Ahmed
WSOP 1X Winner
18,000 7,000
Daniel Idema ca
Daniel Idema
WSOP 3X Winner
18,000 3,800
Ari Engel
Ari Engel
16,400 11,700
Igor Sharaskin ru
Igor Sharaskin
16,200 7,600
Greg Raymer us
Greg Raymer
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
16,000 6,300
Lee Goldman
Lee Goldman
14,600 6,900
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout
13,500 6,900
Danny Fuhs us
Danny Fuhs
13,100
Jason Lester us
Jason Lester
WSOP 1X Winner
10,300 3,900
Dan Heimiller us
Dan Heimiller
WSOP 2X Winner
9,000 4,100
Mark Gregorich us
Mark Gregorich
7,500 -100
Brett Richey us
Brett Richey
7,200 -1,800
Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
WSOP 2X Winner
7,200 -2,300
Marco Johnson us
Marco Johnson
WSOP 2X Winner
7,000
David Singer us
David Singer
7,000
Can Kim Hua
Can Kim Hua
6,200 -4,300
Ismael Bojang de
Ismael Bojang
WSOP 1X Winner
5,500 -1,900
Naoya Kihara jp
Naoya Kihara
WSOP 1X Winner
4,600 -10,400
Scott Fischman
Scott Fischman
4,000 -4,200
Ali Eslami us
Ali Eslami
WSOP 1X Winner
3,200 -6,800
Gretchen Brummer
Gretchen Brummer
3,000 -3,000
Lawrence Berg us
Lawrence Berg
WSOP 1X Winner
3,000
Kevin Iacofano us
Kevin Iacofano
2,000 -7,200
Jacobo Fernandez us
Jacobo Fernandez
Busted

Happy_Finished

Remko Rinkema
Remko Rinkema

The pride of Holland, and our colleague, Remko "happy_freaked" Rinkema was eliminated from Event 52: $2,500 10-Game Mix - Six-Handed just before dinner break. Remko stopped over to our desk to tell us that he lost most of his chips in a Razz hand, and was unable to recover.

Player Chips Progress
Remko Rinkema
Remko Rinkema
Busted

Tags: Remko Rinkema