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

Petersen Runs Into Trips

We found Mickey Petersen heads up in a pot and looking down at a board of {4-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}. Petersen's opponent checked fifth street and Petersen bet 1,200. Petersen's opponent opted to check-raise the action to 4,100.

Petersen tossed out a single orange t5,000 chips as a call and his opponent showed {5-Hearts}{4-Clubs} for trip fours. Petersen threw away his hand and the chips were pushed the way of his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Mickey Petersen dk
Mickey Petersen
18,000
-12,000
-12,000
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Level: 2

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

Bonomo Busts Collopy; Rakes Massive Pot

Justin Bonomo opened the action with a raise to 425 from the cutoff. The player in the button called and Jim Collopy raised to 2,000 from the big blind. Bonomo called and the button mucked, leaving the two heads up to the flop.

The dealer spread out a flop of {J-Clubs}{2-Spades}{4-Clubs} and Collopy continued with a bet of 2,800. Bonomo called and the {5-Spades} came on the turn. Collopy upped the betting about to 6,700 and Bonomo thought for about thirty seconds before calling once again.

The river was the {9-Hearts} and Collopy sat thinking for a bit before stacking up all of his chips and putting them in the middle. Bonomo wasted no time putting all of his money in the middle as well.

Collopy tabled {K-Diamonds}{K-Spades} triumphantly but was at a loss for words when Bonomo showed {J-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for two pair. Collopy shot away from the table when he saw that he was beat and quickly made his way to the rail after that.

Bonomo, on the other hand, is sitting pretty with a stack of 61,000.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
61,000
31,000
31,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Jim Collopy us
Jim Collopy
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

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Buzz Over the Big One for One Drop

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante

While the 379 players that are currently entered in this tournament have each ponied up $10,000 to be here, much of the focus in the room still happens to be on the final table of Event 55: $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop. The final table is being broadcast on all of the televisions throughout the Brasilia room and it seems that many players are just as focused on this momentous event in poker as they are in the tournament that they are currently participating in. Many players seem apt to offer their own commentary and thoughts on the hands shown on television. The excitement and buzz surrounding the biggest final table in poker history is not contained to just the Amazon room, but has spread its buzz throughout the entire poker world.

McLean Karr Furious About Ruling

Level 2 : 75/150, 0 ante
Mclean Karr
Mclean Karr

"This is too much money to be f***king with me right now!" McLean Karr just shouted from the top of his lungs as we ran over to his table. There a whole lot going down over in the Brasilia Bronze section, and Karr was far from done with the hand he just lost because of an apparent error.

McLean Karr, a very polite, well spoken and respected professional just got caught up in a very controversial hand. Karr is known for winning the World Poker Tour Bay 101 for $875,500 back in 2010, and has many cashes from all over the world. His total live winnings as of today exceed $2.2 million.

"What could I have done differently?" Karr cried as the floor staff ruled that the hand was not going to be reversed.

"Call Jack, I want you to call Jack right now!" Karr shouted angrily as he wanted another ruling from head-tournament-director Jack Effel. The floor staff tried to contact Effel, but since the Big One for One Drop final table had just started it was impossible for him to come over.

"Please, don't deal another hand. This can all be fixed as long as the dealer doesn't deal another hand," Karr said as the new dealer sat in silence while this debate was going on. The dealer who had made the mistake was pushed to a new table right after the hand in question, and Karr took another go at stating his case.

"What could I've done differently?" Karr asked again as he went on to explain what happened. "I said ace-high out loud when I tabled my hand, everyone at the table saw it! Please tell me you heard it?" Karr said as he walked over to the dealer who was seated just one table over.

"I don't remember," she said, and Karr started begging her to confirm what she had said before.

The players at the table confirmed that Karr did announce, and tabled, his hand, but since his cards were mucked the floor staff couldn't reverse the action.

"This is a 8,000 chip difference! Do you have any idea how much money that is?" Karr said, as he was getting angrier by the second.

"I'm getting penalized here for a dealer who knows she messed up! I didn't muck my hand! This is such a f***king mistake! She fought me for the cards when I tabled them, I didn't do anything wrong," Karr went on as he slammed his remaining chips onto the felt.

Many railbirds showed up for this big event, and at least five of those seemed to have been there from the start of the hand, all of wich were supporting Karr's case. "She's just afraid she's gonna lose her job!" one of the angry railers shouted as the crowd grew bigger and bigger.

The floor staff wasn't going to reverse the action on the hand, and play went on as Karr told us the actual river action.

Karr had tabled {A-}{5-} and his opponent showed {A-}{7-} and the hand should've been chopped. Karr said he clearly announced ace-high when tabling his hand, and the pot was supposed to be chopped.

"What can I do? I feel so powerless!" Karr finally added as the player to his right showed us where the tabled cards were when the dealer grabbed them.

The pot wasn't chopped and Karr was left with 17,200 chips.

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Early Profits for Metaal

Govert Metaal also joined the six-handed party that's going on today, and his start was very good.

Metaal informed us he managed to take down a nice pot with pocket kings. The Dutchman got three streets of value and is now up to 46,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
46,000
16,000
16,000

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Funky Two Pair Beats Bergeron

The board read {K-Spades}{9-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{4-Spades}{Q-Spades} when European Poker Tour, World Poker Tour and World Series of Poker finalist Craig Bergeron, was faced with a 5,500-chip bet. Bergeron was on the button and his opponent had bet from the big blind.

After tanking for some time Bergeron called, and he got shown {Q-Diamonds}{2-Spades}.

Bergeron was visibly frustrated and flipped his {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} up. Bergeron mumbled something along the lines of, 'king-queen wouldn't have been that bad, but this?' as he lost a chunk of his chips.

Player Chips Progress
Craig Bergeron us
Craig Bergeron
21,000
-9,000
-9,000

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