2012 World Series of Poker

Event 58: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj52
Prize
$330,277
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$1,435,980
Entries
526
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0

Bell and Wong Win, Amnon Loses

When we arrived at Table 360 there was already a {2-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{7-Spades} board showing, with over 6,000 in the pot. Amnon Filippi, Chris Bell and Angelo Wong were involved in the hand and at this point, Wong was busy flicking out a bet of 2,500. Both Filippi and Bell made the call and the {7-Hearts} completed the board on the river.

At this point Wong moved all in for less than the pot. Both Filippi and Bell again made the call and both tabled their hands.

Bell: {a-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}
Wong: {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}{a-Spades}{j-Hearts}

As you can see, Bell took down the low and Wong the high, while Filippi's cards went straight into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Bell us
Chris Bell
46,000
7,400
7,400
Amnon Filippi us
Amnon Filippi
25,000
-16,800
-16,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Angelo Wong us
Angelo Wong
23,000
11,400
11,400

Tags: Amnon FilippiAngelo WongChris Bell

Geary Doubles Through Calderaro

Action folded around to James Calderaro in the hijack and he raised to 1,900. Jim Geary was next to act in the cutoff and responded by moving all in for 5,700. The button and both blinds got out of the way, Calderaro made the call, and the cards were turned up:

Showdown

Calderaro{3-Spades}{A-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}
Geary{A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{5-Spades}{7-Spades}

The {10-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} flop was kind to Geary as it kept him ahead with aces and made sure there would be no low. The {10-Hearts} turn left Calderaro drawing dead, and Geary was pushed the pot after the {3-Clubs} was put out on the river.

Player Chips Progress
James Calderaro us
James Calderaro
26,000
-6,000
-6,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jim Geary
Jim Geary
13,000
4,900
4,900

Tags: James CalderaroJim Geary

Tilly Left for Dead, Then Eliminated

Jennifer Tilly
Jennifer Tilly

We arrived at Jennifer Tilly's table with a {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} flop out on the felt and with Tilly and Stephan Gerin both committing 3,500 to the pot. On the {8-Diamonds} turn, Tilly shoved all in for around 12,000 and Gerin made the call - having a similar sized stack to Tilly.

Tilly: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}
Gerin: {q-Spades}{k-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{9-Clubs}

Tilly had plenty of draws, but Gerin already had a full house and when the {q-Clubs} hit the river, Tilly's cards would go into the muck. At this point Tilly got out of her chair, assuming she was eliminated. However, when the chip stacks were counted out, Tilly still had 500 remaining. Unfortunately Tilly couldn't run that stack up as she was eliminated just a few hands later.

Player Chips Progress
Stephan Gerin
Stephan Gerin
50,000
18,800
18,800
Jennifer Tilly us
Jennifer Tilly
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Jennifer TillyStephan Gerin

Bronshtein vs. Randolph

We caught the action on a {K-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{8-Spades} flop when a raising war broke out between Yuval Bronshtein and Mel Randolph, which resulted in the latter being all in for 13,800.

Showdown

Bronshtein{A-Spades}{4-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{5-Spades}
Randolph{A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{2-Spades}{K-Spades}

"Wow, you have a good hand," Bronshtein said after seeing Randolph's cards. Indeed, Bronshtein needed help if he was going to eliminate Randolph, which he wouldn't get as the turn and river came out the {K-Hearts} and {3-Diamonds}. With that, Randolph doubled to nearly 30,000.

Player Chips Progress
Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
66,000
-5,400
-5,400
WSOP 2X Winner
Mel Randolph
Mel Randolph
30,000
17,800
17,800

Tags: Yuval BronshteinMel Randolph

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 0

Matusow Pots the River

Just before the level went up, and with about 7,000 in the pot and a board reading {3-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{K-Hearts}, it appeared Mike "The Mouth" Matusow checked from the hijack and allowed Felicia Johnico to bet 4,300 from the cutoff.

Matusow then check-raised to 20,000, which was essentially his whole stack. Johnico thought for a long time before folding {A-Spades}{2-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{x-}. "Good fold," Matusow said as he pulled in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Felicia Johnico us
Felicia Johnico
45,000
-7,000
-7,000
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
33,000
6,100
6,100
WSOP 4X Winner

Tags: Felicia JohnicoMike Matusow

A Few Random Counts

Player Chips Progress
Roman Verenko ua
Roman Verenko
98,000
14,900
14,900
WSOP 1X Winner
Jesse Cohen us
Jesse Cohen
77,000
11,300
11,300
Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
65,000
-1,000
-1,000
WSOP 2X Winner
David ODB Baker us
David ODB Baker
46,000
46,000
46,000
Chris Bell us
Chris Bell
43,000
-3,000
-3,000
Amnon Filippi us
Amnon Filippi
33,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Vincent van der Fluit nl
Vincent van der Fluit
33,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 1X Winner
David Bach us
David Bach
33,000
8,700
8,700
WSOP 3X Winner
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
31,500
-1,500
-1,500
WSOP 4X Winner
Nick Jivkov bg
Nick Jivkov
31,000
-15,100
-15,100
WSOP 1X Winner
Erick Lindgren us
Erick Lindgren
30,500
6,500
6,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
30,000
9,800
9,800
Jon Turner us
Jon Turner
21,500
7,600
7,600
Jerrod Ankenman us
Jerrod Ankenman
15,000
-2,200
-2,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Dario Alioto it
Dario Alioto
14,000
-3,500
-3,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
13,000
-3,500
-3,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Paul Sokoloff gb
Paul Sokoloff
10,100
-4,500
-4,500

3/4 for Binger

On a flop of {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}, Nick Binger got his last 15,500 all in against an unknown opponent and was in good shape with two pair.

Showdown

Binger{A-Spades}{4-Hearts}{2-Spades}{K-Diamonds}
Opponent{A-Clubs}{9-Spades}{5-Spades}{4-Clubs}

The {5-Diamonds} turn and {2-Clubs} river have Binger the high with his two pair, and both players had the same low, so Binger took half the low as well.

Player Chips Progress
Nick Binger us
Nick Binger
20,000
4,500
4,500
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Nick Binger