2012 World Series of Poker

Event 57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed
Day: 2
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

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 1,000

Mercier Puts Pressure on Hachem

On a {J-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} flop Jason Mercier bet 19,500 into a pot worth around 32,000. Tony Hachem decided to raise to 85,000, and Mercier moved all in for 263,500. Hachem went into the tank, but eventually he folded his hand. Mercier took a big pot without showdown, and he's up among the chip leaders.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
410,000 125,000
Tony Hachem au
Tony Hachem
268,000 -172,000

Tags: Tony HachemJason Mercier

Elias Beats Sabat; Sabat Beats Makhija

Darren Elias bet 6,000 on the {A-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{2-Spades} flop and Eddy Sabat called to see the {10-Diamonds} land on the turn. Both players checked and the river completed the board with the {7-Spades}. Elias bet 26,000 and Sabat tank-called.

Elias showed the {A-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} for two pair and Sabat mucked his hand.

On the next hand, Amit Makhija raised from the hijack seat to 12,000 and Sabat called from the small blind to see the flop come down {9-Hearts}{9-Spades}{4-Diamonds}. Both players checked.

The turn was the {8-Diamonds} and Sabat bet 13,500. Makhija called to see the river.

On the river, the {2-Diamonds} fell and Sabat checked. Makhija bet 35,000 and Sabat tank-called.

Makhija tabled the {J-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} and Sabat said, "That's the one hand I could beat," while tabling the {A-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} for ace high. Makhija's jack-high was mucked and Sabat won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Eddy Sabat us
Eddy Sabat
360,000 130,000
Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
219,000 29,000
Amit Makhija us
Amit Makhija
125,000 -95,000

Tags: Amit MakhijaEddy SabatDarren Elias

More Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Justin Conley us
Justin Conley
562,000 332,000
Thijmen Stocker nl
Thijmen Stocker
515,000 121,000
Tony Hachem au
Tony Hachem
440,000 40,000
Christopher Brammer gb
Christopher Brammer
WSOP 1X Winner
380,000 28,000
Ty Reiman us
Ty Reiman
355,000 112,000
Lawrence Greenberg us
Lawrence Greenberg
342,000 101,000
Josh Brikis us
Josh Brikis
325,000 117,000
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
WSOP 1X Winner
310,000 65,000
Markus Gonsalves us
Markus Gonsalves
310,000 -46,000
Layne Flack us
Layne Flack
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
300,000 10,000
Thiago Nishijima br
Thiago Nishijima
WSOP 1X Winner
295,000 -170,000
Gregory Merson us
Gregory Merson
WSOP 2X Winner
290,000 50,000
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
285,000 55,000
Daniel Sindelar us
Daniel Sindelar
275,000 -95,000
Keith Lehr us
Keith Lehr
WSOP 2X Winner
251,000 47,000
David Boyaciyan nl
David Boyaciyan
210,000 -40,000
Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
190,000 102,000
Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
185,000 -51,000
Maxi Lehmanski de
Maxi Lehmanski
155,000 35,100
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
105,000 -62,000
Ryan D'Angelo us
Ryan D'Angelo
WSOP 1X Winner
82,000 12,000
Sean Getzwiller us
Sean Getzwiller
WSOP 1X Winner
82,000 -25,000

Two Pair for Voulgaris

On the {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{2-Spades} board, Haralabos Voulgaris bet 11,000. Ferit Gabriellson made the call and the river completed the board with the {7-Diamonds}. Voulgaris bet 30,000 and Gabriellson began to tank.

After a couple of minutes of tanking from Gabriellson, Voulgaris leaned forward and extended his cards towards the muck with his right arm, but kept them held by his hand. He put his forehead down on his left arm that was rested on the table. Gabriellson looked at him funny and then asked, "What are you doing?"

"I'm just trying to speed up the process, buddy. I'm either going to muck my hand or turn it over and I want to make it as fast as possible," responded Voulgaris. "Take as long as you want, but I just want to speed it up."

Eventually, Gabriellson made the call and Voulgaris turned over the {A-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} for two pair. Gabriellson mucked and Voulgaris won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ferit Gabriellson se
Ferit Gabriellson
310,000 166,200
Haralabos Voulgaris ca
Haralabos Voulgaris
165,000 60,000

Tags: Haralabos VoulgarisFerit Gabriellson

Maimone's Straight Beats Phillips

From the button, Carter Phillips raised to 13,500. In the big bind, Nick Maimone made the call and the flop came down {J-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{2-Hearts}. Maimone checked and Phillips bet 16,000. Maimone called.

The turn was the {A-Diamonds} and both players checked to see the {3-Hearts} land on the river. Maimone checked and Phillips bet 30,000. Maimone fired back with a check-raise to 120,000 and Phillips snapped.

Maimone turned over the {6-Hearts}{5-Hearts} for a six-high straight — a.k.a. the nuts. Phillips showed just the {5-Clubs} and mucked his other card.

Maimone moved to 670,000 and Phillips dropped to 536,500.

After the hand, Matt Marafioti said he also folded a five and said he had jack-five of spades. "You really took that long to fold?" said Haralabos Voulgaris, citing that Marafioti took a bit of time to fold preflop.

"I didn't take that long," came back Marafioti.

"Really? You looked at your cards 10 different ways," finished Voulgaris.

Player Chips Progress
Nick Maimone us
Nick Maimone
670,000 232,000
Carter Phillips us
Carter Phillips
WSOP 2X Winner
536,500 -183,500

Tags: Carter PhillipsNick Maimone

Counts

Player Chips Progress
Fernando Brito pt
Fernando Brito
580,000 195,000
William Reynolds us
William Reynolds
272,000 94,000
Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
WSOP 1X Winner
230,000 48,000
Keven Stammen us
Keven Stammen
WSOP 1X Winner
230,000 90,000
Eddy Sabat us
Eddy Sabat
230,000 115,000
Amit Makhija us
Amit Makhija
220,000 -15,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
207,000 -8,000
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
195,000 -8,000
Darren Elias us
Darren Elias
190,000 -23,000
Ismail Erkenov ru
Ismail Erkenov
165,000 -50,000
Nick Rampone us
Nick Rampone
113,000 -15,000
Joe Elpayaa
Joe Elpayaa
108,000 -52,000
Haralabos Voulgaris ca
Haralabos Voulgaris
105,000 -160,000
Matt Marafioti ca
Matt Marafioti
93,000 -21,500