2012 World Series of Poker

Event 57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k9
Prize
$1,136,197
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
474
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Hachem Pushes

With the flop reading {3-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{A-Spades} there were two checks to Tony Hachem. Hachem bet out 3,700 and his opponent raised to 8,000. The third player got out of the way and Hachem wasted no time plopping down a stack of orange t5,000 chips in the middle to put his opponent all in. Hachem's opponent folded and Hachem showed {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} to the table.

Hachem is currently sitting on a stack of roughly 86,000.

Player Chips Progress
Tony Hachem au
Tony Hachem
86,000 30,000

Tags: Tony Hachem

Levi Snaps, Levi Binks

When we arrived at Table 12, Nicolas Levi was all in and at risk against two players moments ago, and the cards looked like this:

Levi{a-Spades}{k-Clubs}
Opponent 1{k-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}
Opponent 2{j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}

The {q-Spades} appeared in the window of the flop, and upon seeing it, Opponent 1 announced, "There she is!"

Unfortunately for him, the {j-Spades} followed, and fortunately for Levi, the {5-Spades} was the third card. The dealer rapped the table, and just as he delivered the turn card, Levi snapped his fingers. The turn was the {4-Spades}, giving him an ace-high flush.

Levi wasn't safe yet however - if the board paired, Opponent 2 would win the pot. The {10-Hearts} was a brick however, and Levi nearly tripled back to starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Nicolas Levi fr
Nicolas Levi
30,000 13,000

Tags: Nicolas Levi

"Overkill!"

That's what Jason Mercier just said after he knocked out his buddy Matt Waxman.

Mercier told us how Matt Marafioti raised to 1,500, and Waxman moved all in for 12,300.

"I called. Smooth," Mercier said with a smile. Marafioti folded and Waxman had a pair of fours against Mercier's {A-}{q-}.

"The flop was seven-eight-nine and the turn.......a queen! And another queen on the river. Overkill!" Mercier laughed. Mercier is doing very in this event, and he's among the biggest stacks in the room.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
135,000 75,000
Matt Waxman us
Matt Waxman
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Jason MercierMatt Waxman

Level: 9

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

"IS THAT REAL???"

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante
Giuseppe Pantaleo (Event 38) absolutely snapped.
Giuseppe Pantaleo (Event 38) absolutely snapped.

Moments ago, after taking a bad beat, Giuseppe Pantaleo snapped. He lost it.

We couldn't decipher most of what he was saying - it was in German - but he was screaming at both Ismail Erkenov (who just eliminated him) and the dealer.

"IS THAT REAL?!?!?!" he finally screamed in English.

Pantaleo stormed away from the table, smacked a nearby chip cart, and exited the Brasilia Room. When we reached the table, we saw that the board was {9-Clubs}{3-Spades}{5-Hearts}{7-Spades}{3-Hearts}, and Pantaleo had {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts}. Erkenov had {a-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} for trip threes however, and according to a player at the table, Pantaleo was all in preflop for 43,100.

We're not sure what happened to Pantaleo, but the tournament staff wasn't very happy about his behavior.

Tags: Giuseppe PantaleoIsmail Erkenov

Kings For Kling

Action folded around to the button and the player raised to 1,275. Lauren Kling three-bet to 4,200 from the big blind and her opponent called.

The flop was {8-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} and Kling continued out for 4,700. Her opponent called and fourth street brought the {7-Diamonds}. Kling continued with her aggression by pushing 10,200 into the middle.

Kling's opponent sat for over a minute before deciding to call. The {4-Hearts} came on the river and Kling slowed down with a check. Her opponent took about ninety seconds before moving 23,250 into the middle. Kling snap-called and showed {K-Spades}{k-Hearts} to take down the pot. She's now sitting on about 117,000.

Player Chips Progress
Lauren Kling us
Lauren Kling
117,000 57,000

Tags: Lauren Kling

More Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
117,000 93,000
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
90,000 10,000
Steve Zolotow us
Steve Zolotow
WSOP 2X Winner
80,000 50,000
Justin Young us
Justin Young
74,000 -11,000
Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
70,000 25,500
Chamath Palihapitiya
Chamath Palihapitiya
60,000 30,000
Tony Hachem au
Tony Hachem
56,000
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
WSOP 2X Winner
50,000 20,000
Sam Stein us
Sam Stein
50,000 6,000
Ali Eslami us
Ali Eslami
WSOP 1X Winner
45,000 11,000
Kristijonas Andrulis lt
Kristijonas Andrulis
36,000 6,000
Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
36,000
John Dolan us
John Dolan
36,000 11,000
Nacho Barbero ar
Nacho Barbero
36,000 10,000
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
WSOP 1X Winner
29,000 -20,000
Joe Tehan us
Joe Tehan
28,000 14,000
Mark Radoja ca
Mark Radoja
WSOP 2X Winner
16,000 -14,000
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
WSOP 5X Winner
13,000 2,000

Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
160,000 99,000
Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
150,000 122,000
Thijmen Stocker nl
Thijmen Stocker
75,000
Joe Elpayaa
Joe Elpayaa
74,000 44,000
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
68,000 29,000
Jason Senti us
Jason Senti
68,000 44,000
Lauren Kling us
Lauren Kling
60,000 13,500
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
WSOP 1X Winner
52,000 -7,000
Keith Lehr
Keith Lehr
50,000
Paul Berende nl
Paul Berende
45,000
Elliot Smith ca
Elliot Smith
36,000 -8,000
Lex Veldhuis nl
Lex Veldhuis
26,000 -5,000
Annette Obrestad no
Annette Obrestad
WSOP 1X Winner
20,000
Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
18,000 -12,000
Cary Katz us
Cary Katz
13,000 -28,500
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted
Chad Brown us
Chad Brown
Busted