2012 World Series of Poker

Event 59: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k5
Prize
$654,797
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$4,158,000
Entries
4,620
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000

Recent In-the-Money Eliminations

These are the latest additions to the rail and the prizes they went home with.

PlacePlayerPrize
121Yoon Kim$3,659
122[Removed:415]$3,659
123Jeremy Paglieri$3,659
124Jeremy Clemons$3,659
125Benjamin Jenkins$3,659
126Santiago Nadal$3,659
127Gerry Terrenal$3,659
128Gregory McCurry$3,659
129Todor Blazevski$3,659
130Christopher Intal$3,659
Player Chips Progress
Gerry Terrenal us
Gerry Terrenal
Busted
Gregory Mccurry us
Gregory Mccurry
Busted
Todor Blazevski us
Todor Blazevski
Busted
Christopher Intal us
Christopher Intal
Busted
Santiago Nadal us
Santiago Nadal
Busted
Benjamin Jenkins gb
Benjamin Jenkins
Busted
[Removed:415] au
[Removed:415]
Busted
Jeremy Paglieri fr
Jeremy Paglieri
Busted
Jeremy Clemons us
Jeremy Clemons
Busted
Yoon Kim us
Yoon Kim
Busted

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Nitsche Muscles a Pot

We caught up with the action on a {4-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} flop, where Dominik Nitsche was in the cutoff seat against one other opponent in the big blind position.

Nitsche's opponent fired 10,000 into the middle and Nitsche responded by announcing he was all in, which was enough to put his opponent all in for his last 60,000.

"I think I'm ahead....you could be on a draw," he said.

After about two minutes, Nitsche called the clock, which meant the tournament director came over and gave Nitsche's opponent a minute to act on his hand or it would be dead.

"I will respect your big stack young man," he said and then folded.

"I will show if you tell me your hand," Nitsche said.

"I had a four," his opponent replied.

Nitsche then revealed he had the {A-Spades}{A-Clubs} and mucked.

Nitsche is up to 340,000 following the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
WSOP 4X Winner
340,000 78,000

Tags: Dominik Nitsche

Spot the Big Stack

Rav Johal
Rav Johal

Ravneet Johal has been on a bit of good run late into the evening here in Event 29, managing to accumulate a monster-sized chip stack. The chip average is around 100,000 at the moment and Johal currently sits behind around three times that amount.

Player Chips Progress
Ravneet Johal us
Ravneet Johal
305,000 244,950

Oh, Tenenbaum

Yoav Tenenbaum just survived an all-in situation to get back to an above average stack.

He'd raised before the flop to 11,000 from middle position, getting a caller in the small blind. The flop came {7-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} and when checked to, Tenenbaum bet 17,000 and was called. The turn was the {4-Diamonds}, and this time when his opponent checked Tenenbaum set out his remaining stack of 63,000, and after tanking a while his opponent called.

Tenenbaum showed {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs} for top pair of queens while his opponent had but {J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}. The river was the {5-Spades}, and Tenenbaum survives.

Player Chips Progress
Yoav Tenenbaum il
Yoav Tenenbaum
180,000 84,000

Tags: Yoav Tenenbaum

Comel Rising

Sebastien Comel started the day in the middle of the chip counts but has since risen to sit near the top. We recently watched Comel eliminate a player on a {2-Spades}{4-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{3-}{8-} board, with Comel holding {a-}{5-} against {2-}{2-}. We didn't see when all the chips went in, but suffice it to say, Comel's wheel sent the set into the muck and a player out the door.

Player Chips Progress
Sebastien Comel fr
Sebastien Comel
280,000 257,375

Tags: Sebastian Comel

Kang's Kings Nick Nitsche

With the board showing {5-Spades}{J-Clubs}{3-Clubs} and about 20,000 in the middle, Dominik Nitsche led from the blinds with a bet of 12,500, then Webber Kang raised to 33,000 from late position. Nitsche thought a beat, then set out a stack of orange (5,000) chips for a reraise to 100,000, and Kang called with the chips he had left.

"I have a jack," said Nitsche, tabling {Q-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}. Kang then turned over {K-Spades}{K-Clubs} for the better pair. The turn was the {3-Hearts} and river the {3-Diamonds}, and Kang scored a big double up. Despite that hit, however, Nitsche continues to sport one of the bigger stacks in the room.

Player Chips Progress
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
WSOP 4X Winner
262,000 -30,000
Webber Kang us
Webber Kang
178,000 94,000

Tags: Dominik NitscheWebber Kang

Level: 16

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500