2012 World Series of Poker

Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k5
Prize
$8,531,853
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$62,021,200
Entries
6,598
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
300,000

Orange 405: Table Of Death

It's not too often on day 1 of the main event that we see more then one familiar face at a starting table. You can find two, but usually, three is the limit. Well over here in the orange section, we found five familiar faces. It goes as follows.

Seat 1: Craig Bergeron- Bergeron has over 1 million in lifetime earnings in live play, including a 4th place at the WPT event in Hollywood, Florida in April. That finish netted him over $210,000. He also has a circuit ring, and a WSOP final table in 2010.

Seat 3: Roland Israelashvili: If this name doesn't sound familiar, it may be because you know him as simply Roland Isra. Israelashvili took 5th place in the $50,000 Players Championship last month, just the latest of several big cashes for him. Israelashvili won a circuit Main Event in 2010, and has cashed 25 times at the WSOP.

Seat 5: Ray Henson: Henson became known to the poker world when he finished 12th in the 2007 Main Event for just under $500,000, but Henson was well known in the Los Angeles Poker community before that. Since then, Henson has been a main stay here at the WSOP and the WPT, recently finishing 7th at the Main Event at the Legends of Poker at the Bicycle Casino last year.

Seat 8: Matthias De Meulder- De Meulder is a Team Pokerstars Pro, and the Belgian pro has been a regular on the European Poker Tour for the past few years. De Meulder biggest results were a 10th place finish at the Main Event in Barcelona last year, and winning a 1,500 Euro buy in prelim event in Deauville earlier this year for 136,000 Euros.

Seat 9: Christopher George: - George has 10 WSOP cashes in the last three years, including a 126th in the 2010 Main Event. He's also cashed twice in the $10,000 Stud Hi/Lo Championship, and has registered three cashes in this year's World Series.

Player Chips Progress
36,000 6,000
35,000 3,000
Matthias De Meulder be
Matthias De Meulder
26,000 -1,000
24,000
Ray Henson us
Ray Henson
24,000

Tags: Christopher GeorgeCraig BergeronMatthias De MeulderRay HensonRoland Israelashvili