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2012 World Series of Poker

Event 55: $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
75
Prize
$18,346,673
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000,000
Prize Pool
$42,666,672
Entries
48
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
400,000 / 800,000
Ante
100,000

Set of Deuces for Rast

Sam Trickett opened for 25,000 under the gun and received calls from Andrew Robl and Brian Rast on the button and big blind respectively. When the flop came down {K-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}, Rast checked, Trickett bet 35,000, and both his opponents made the call.

Action then went check-check to Robl on the {9-Spades} turn, and he put out a bet of 115,000. Rast made the call, Trickett got out of the way, and the {4-Clubs} rolled off on the river. Rast checked and Robl followed suit. Rast then revealed that he'd flopped a set with {2-Spades}{2-Hearts}, which was good enough to win the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Andrew Robl
3,215,000
165,000
165,000
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Brian Rast
2,565,000
165,000
165,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 7X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Andrew RoblSam TrickettBrian Rast

One for Duhamel

Level 3 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Brian Rast raised to 26,000 from early position and Jonathan Duhamel called from the cutoff seat. On the button, Bill Perkins called and everyone else folded.

The three players all checked the {K-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} flop to see the {10-Diamonds} land on the turn. After Rast checked, Duhamel bet 63,000. Perkins and Rast folded to give Duhamel the pot.

Tags: Jonathan DuhamelBrian RastBill Perkins

Bright Takes One; Palihapitiya Happy To Not Be First Out

Action folded to Robert Bright on the button and he put in a raise to 25,000. Phil Hellmuth reraised to 55,000 from the small blind and Daniel Negreanu made the call from the big blind. Bright also called and the flop came down {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{8-Clubs}. After Hellmuth checked, Negreanu bet 105,000. Bright raised to 230,000 and Hellmuth folded. Negreanu called.

The turn was the {6-Clubs} and Negreanu checked. Bright bet 230,000 and Negreanu called. The river went check, check after the {9-Hearts} fell.

Negreanu announced two pair and Bright showed the {4-Clubs}{3-Clubs} for a flush. Negreanu mucked and Bright won the pot.

"Don't mess with that man!" yelled out Chamath Palihapitiya after the hand, pointing at Bright. "That man's won about two million off me, running over eights with kings and stuff like that. That's Bob Bright!"

A minute or so passed while Bright stacked up his chips and the dealer dealt the next hand. Palihapitiya piped up again and said, "I'm just glad I'm not the first one out, now we can play some poker! Seriously, you can quote me on that, it takes the pressure off for sure."

Player Chips Progress
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Robert Bright
3,400,000
565,000
565,000
Profile photo of Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
2,690,000
579,000
579,000

Tags: Chamath PalihapitiyaPhil HellmuthDaniel NegreanuRobert Bright

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Ruffin Turns Quads

Phil Ruffin turns quad threes.
Phil Ruffin turns quad threes.

Cary Katz opened to 22,000 from under the gun, Giovanni "Malibu" Guarascio called, and Phil Ruffin called as well. The flop fell {3-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}, and Katz led out for 63,000. Both Guarascio and Ruffin called.

The turn was the {3-Spades}, and the action checked to Ruffin, who fired 100,000. Only Gurascio called.

The {8-Spades} completed the board, and Gurascio checked again. Ruffin reached for green T25,000 chips, cut out twelve, then fired 300,000 into the pot. Gurascio shrugged, made the call, and Ruffin took a drink from his coffee before tabling his cards and saying, "Nuts."

Ruffin showed two red threes for quads, and raked in the pot. Gurascio is very short, with just about a half million chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Phil Ruffin
3,150,000
1,100,000
1,100,000
Profile photo of Giovanni Guarascio ca
Giovanni Guarascio
480,000
575,000
575,000

Tags: Giovanni GuarascioPhil Ruffin

Mizrachi Getting Grinded Down

We picked up the action on the turn with 270,000 in the pot and a board reading {3-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{K-Spades}{8-Diamonds}. Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, who just won the $50,000 Poker Players Championship a few days ago for the second time in three years, was first to act and checked, opening the door for Daniel Negreanu to bet 105,000.

Mizrachi proceeded to check-raise to 225,000, Negreanu called, and the {A-Hearts} was put out on the river. Mizrachi grabbed about a third of his stack and fired out a bet of 325,000.

"You got kings full?" Negreanu asked aloud as he's prone to do. "I shouldn't even be tanking this long," he added after a few moments and tossed in the call. Mizrachi signaled that it was a good call and mucked when Negreanu turned over {A-Spades}{7-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Negreanu
3,300,000
610,000
610,000
Profile photo of Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
605,000
495,000
495,000
ODB Bonus Player
WSOP 7X Winner

Tags: Daniel NegreanuMichael Mizrachi

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What's $50K in a $1,000,000 Tournament?

Level 3 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Gus Hansen's brick of cash
Gus Hansen's brick of cash

To most people, $50,000 is life-changing money, or at least year-changing money, but not here today. Each of these players forked over $1,000,000 to take part in poker history, and $50,000 seems to pale in comparison.

Interestingly, this is somewhat symbolized over at Table 409 where Gus Hansen has been sitting with a $50,000 brick of cash... which he's simply set on the floor for "safekeeping." We're not sure where it came from our what it's for, but it's certainly the largest amount of money we've ever found laying on the ground.

Tags: Gus Hansen

Chop Between Banjout and Robl

Level 3 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

From under the gun, Frederic Banjout limped in. Andrew Robl limped from the next seat and then action folded to Brian Rast in the cutoff seat. He raised to 45,000. After play folded through the next few players, Banjout and Robl called.

The flop produced the {A-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} and Banjout led into his opponents with a bet of 95,000. Robl called and Rast tossed his hand into the muck. The river was the {K-Hearts} and both players checked.

Banjout turned up the {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts} and Robl the {A-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}. The two chopped up the pot and essentially split up Rast's money.

Tags: Andrew RoblBrian RastFrederic Banjout

Shak Check-Raises

Dan Shak opened to 30,000 in late position, and John Morgan three-bet to 85,000 from the button. Shak called, and the flop fell {9-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{3-Spades}. Shak checked, Morgan tossed out 105,000, and Shak tanked before check-raising to 475,000.

Morgan tanked for the better part of a minute, then folded his hand.

"Had a big one," Morgan admitted. "Nice bet."

Player Chips Progress
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John Morgan
3,640,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Dan Shak us
Dan Shak
2,920,000
100,000
100,000
$25K Fantasy

Tags: John MorganDan Shak

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Trickett Relieves Banjout of a Lot of Chips

Sam Trickett
Sam Trickett

Sam Trickett opened, for what amount we're not sure, and Frederic Banjout raised to 85,000. Trickett responded with a four-bet to 285,000, Banjout called, and the flop came down {10-Clubs}{K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}.

Banjout proceeded to call a bet of 330,000 before calling another bet of 575,000 on the {9-Spades} turn. When the {K-Spades} appeared on the river, Trickett bet 725,000 and Banjout hit the tank for a solid two minutes before making the call with {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}. Unfortunately for him, Trickett turned over {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts} for the winner.

Player Chips Progress
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Sam Trickett
5,350,000
1,810,000
1,810,000
Profile photo of Frederic Banjout
Frederic Banjout
3,200,000
2,125,000
2,125,000

Tags: Frederic BanjoutSam Trickett