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

Pires Busts Chan

Joao Pires opened the action with a raise to 800 and Vanessa Rousso called from the button. It folded to Terrence Chan in the big blind and he three-bet to 3,100. Pires would not be bullied, however, as he four-bet to 8,100. Rousso shot her hand to the muck quite quickly and action was back on Chan.

Chan counted all of his chips before five-betting all in. Pires snap called and the hands were shown:

Chan: {A-Spades}{k-Hearts}
Pires: {K-Clubs}{K-Spades}

The board ran out {5-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{J-Spades} and Chan was unable to improve, sending him to the rail and boosting Pires' stack to 108,000.

Player Chips Progress
Joao Pires br
Joao Pires
108,000
Terrence Chan ca
Terrence Chan
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Joao PiresTerrence Chan

Chip Counts Silver Section

Player Chips Progress
David Chiu us
David Chiu
WSOP 5X Winner
71,000 41,000
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
60,000 13,000
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
WSOP 1X Winner
59,000 15,000
Sean Getzwiller us
Sean Getzwiller
WSOP 1X Winner
49,000 -6,000
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
39,000 -2,500
Dwyte Pilgrim us
Dwyte Pilgrim
39,000 6,000
Chad Batista
Chad Batista
37,000 11,000
Vanessa Rousso us
Vanessa Rousso
29,600
George Lind us
George Lind
27,000 -3,000
Jason Senti us
Jason Senti
24,000 -6,500
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
WSOP 2X Winner
23,500 -10,500
Mickey Petersen dk
Mickey Petersen
23,000 3,000
Annette Obrestad no
Annette Obrestad
WSOP 1X Winner
20,000 -31,000
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
WSOP 4X Winner
18,000 -12,000
Nick Schulman us
Nick Schulman
WSOP 4X Winner
16,000 -14,000
Brendon Rubie au
Brendon Rubie
13,000
Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
12,500 -17,500
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
WSOP 1X Winner
12,000 -10,000
Jude Ainsworth ie
Jude Ainsworth
11,000 -11,000
Steve Gross us
Steve Gross
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Marafioti Knocks Out Adeniya

On a {2-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{8-Clubs} flop the action was checked to Martins Adeniya who bet 1,500 from the button. Matt Marafioti decided to raise it up to 3,750 and the third player folded. Adeniya tanked for a bit, and called.

The turn was the {9-Hearts} and Marafioti bet 10,000, which was almost enough to put his opponent all in. Adeniya pushed for 13,000 and Marafioti snap-called with {J-Spades}{8-Spades}. Adeniya turned over {A-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}, and the river was the {7-Hearts}.

Adeniya was eliminated and Marafioti is back up to over the starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Marafioti ca
Matt Marafioti
38,000 4,000
Martins Adeniya gb
Martins Adeniya
Busted

Tags: Martins AdeniyaMatt Marafioti

Maimone In Control

Nick Maimone is still stacking a massive pile of chips after picking off a bluff from Igor Kurganov moments ago.

We caught up with the two staring at a board of {9-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{J-Clubs} and Maimone had checked over to Kurganov, who pushed his remaining 18,000 chips in the middle. Maimone took little time to make the call and he flipped over {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}. Kurganov tossed his hand into the muck, but per WSOP rules the dealer had to reveal his {7-Clubs}{7-Hearts}.

Kurganov made his way to the rail, and Maimone is now our leader with around 140,000.

Player Chips Progress
Nick Maimone us
Nick Maimone
140,000 110,000
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Igor KurganovNick Maimone

Duhamel Takes Some From Grafton

We caught up to see the board reading {A-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{10-Clubs} with over 7,000 in the pot. Sam Grafton checked to 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel who fired 4,650 into the center. Grafton called quickly and the {7-Clubs} fell on the river.

Grafton checked once more and Duhamel tossed out two orange t5,000 chips announcing a bet of 8,450. It was at this point that Grafton went into the tank. Grafton thought for over two minutes before throwing away his cards, allowing Duhamel to grab the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
39,000 10,000
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
29,500

Tags: Jonathan DuhamelSam Grafton

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Max Value For Phillips

We just found Carter Phillips over in the Bronze section, and he was looking very sharp with a 80,000-chip stack in front of him. Phillip is the owner of two World Series of Poker bracelet, one of which he won this year in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event. Phillips told us a hand he won in the 75/150 level, and he wasn't joking about it being interesting.

After two limpers the action was on Phillips who raised to 800 from the cutoff with pocket aces. JC Tran was on the button and he three-bet to 2,200. The other players folded, and it was back on Phillips who made it 5,300 to go. Tran put in a five-bet to 8,600, and the pressure was back on Phillips. He went for the six-bet, and put in 12,600.

Tran decided to make the call, and the flop brought out {10-}{8-}{3-}. Phillips said he moved all in, and Tran made the call with {a-}{8-} off suit. Phillips' hand held up and he doubled up early on. Right now he's sitting on 80,000 chips and that gives him one of the top stacks in the room.

Player Chips Progress
Carter Phillips us
Carter Phillips
WSOP 2X Winner
80,000
JC Tran us
JC Tran
Busted

Tags: Carter PhillipsJC Tran

Chip Counts Bronze Section

Player Chips Progress
Scott Baumstein us
Scott Baumstein
70,000 -17,000
Guillaume Darcourt fr
Guillaume Darcourt
58,000 24,000
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
55,000 31,000
Chris Moore us
Chris Moore
54,000 20,000
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
52,000 -13,000
William Reynolds us
William Reynolds
52,000 3,000
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
WSOP 6X Winner
50,000 9,000
Lauren Kling us
Lauren Kling
46,500 500
Paul Berende nl
Paul Berende
45,000 14,000
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
WSOP 5X Winner
45,000
Dan Fleyshman us
Dan Fleyshman
37,000 7,000
Andy Bloch us
Andy Bloch
WSOP 1X Winner
31,000
Matt Hawrilenko us
Matt Hawrilenko
31,000 -3,000
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
29,000 -7,000
Athenasios Polychronopoulos
Athenasios Polychronopoulos
29,000
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
WSOP 6X Winner
24,000 -9,000
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
WSOP 1X Winner
23,000 -4,000
Isaac Baron us
Isaac Baron
WSOP 1X Winner
19,500 -2,500
Jeff Sarwer fi
Jeff Sarwer
Busted
Bob Bright
Bob Bright
Busted