2012 World Series of Poker

Event 6: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Mixed-Max
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
$480,564
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
409
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
2,000

Cheong Takes the Challenge

Joseph Cheong started a recent hand out by making it 5,000 from the hijack. Ryan Leng in the small blind raised it to 14,000, and Hans Winzeler in the big blind called all in for 4,900. Action was back on Cheong who called as well.

A {4-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{a-Diamonds} flop came down and both Leng and Cheong checked. The {10-Diamonds} turn brought a 12,000 bet from Leng, but Cheong raised it to 30,000. Leng flashed the {A-Spades} as he folded. Cheong won the side pot between the two players, but there was still the matter of Winzeler at hand.

Cheong: {A-Clubs}{10-Spades}
Winzeler: {8-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}

Cheong held top two pair, while Winzeler had a diamond flush draw. A river {8-Clubs} came up short for Winzeler and Cheong was awarded the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
170,000
50,000
50,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Hans Winzeler us
Hans Winzeler
Busted

Tags: Joseph CheongHans Winzeler

Deluca Avoids the Bubble

We walked over to Table 428 to find Matthew Deluca all in for his tournament life with {10-Spades}{10-Clubs} against Marvin Rettenmaier's {8-Spades}{8-Spades}. Deluca couldn't bring himself to watch the flop and walked away from the table. With Deluca standing near the tournament clock, the dealer gave Rettenmaier an early lead with a flop of {9-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{7-Clubs}, but Deluca had plenty of outs to stay alive. The {3-Hearts} on the turn was a huge blank, but the {J-Hearts} on the river gave Deluca a winning straight and a pot worth nearly 140,000.

"You got there," Will Failla said as Deluca walked back to the table. "You needed it, but you got there."

Deluca let out a sigh of relief as he began stacking his new found chips.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew DeLuca us
Matthew DeLuca
140,000
95,000
95,000
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
94,000
-66,000
-66,000

Tags: Marvin RettenmaierMatthew Deluca

Defending the Blinds

After the action folded around to Athanasios Polychronopoulos in the small blind he opted to move all in for about 30,000. The big blind, Toby Lewis, made the call and cards were tabled.

Polychronopoulos: {8-Spades}{6-Clubs}
Lewis: {A-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}

After the dealer spread out a {Q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{j-Spades} Lewis was awarded the pot and Polychronopoulos was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
145,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Athanasios Polychronopoulos us
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Toby Lewis

Jones Knows

With the bubble just about to burst play has slowed down to a grinding halt. However we just caught a hand where Ronald Lee made it 5,000 from under the gun, and was raised by Aaron Jones who made it 12,500. Lee made the call and both players got to see the flop.

The {4-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} flop brought a check from Lee and a bet of 14,500 from Jones. Lee made the call and was awarded the {6-Spades} on the turn. Again Lee check-called a bet from Jones, this time 27,500.

A river {3-Clubs} brought yet another check-call from Lee who had to put in 45,000 this time. After the call was made Jones flipped over {A-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} for a full house sixes over threes. Lee mucked as Jones took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Aaron Jones us
Aaron Jones
260,000
90,000
90,000
Ronald Lee us
Ronald Lee
57,000
-73,000
-73,000

Tags: Aaron JonesRonald Lee

And We're Back!

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The cards are back in the air, and the money bubble is still in full effect. As soon as a player busts, the blinds will be raised to 1,500/3,000.

Staying Alive

After an under the gun raise from Kyle Julius to 5,100, Randy Haddox (in the small blind) moved all in for 47,800. Julius made the call and we had a potential bubble burster.

Julius: {J-Diamonds}{j-Spades}
Haddox: {A-Clubs}{Q-Spades}

With a {A-Spades}{10-Hearts}{10-Spades} flop, it looked like we were going to have to wait a while longer to get in the money as Haddox took the lead. A turned {2-Diamonds} and a river {6-Hearts} brought a double up and a longer wait for the players to reach the money.

Player Chips Progress
Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
105,000
-40,000
-40,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Randy Haddox us
Randy Haddox
100,000
48,000
48,000

Tags: Kyle JuliusRandy Haddox