2012 World Series of Poker

Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 5
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Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k♦5♦
Prize
$8,531,853
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$62,021,200
Total Entries
6,598
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
300,000
Players Left 1 / 6,598

Kornuth KOed

Kevin Taylor
Kevin Taylor

Just a few hands after losing Daniel Negreanu, we have lost another notable at the table: Chance Kornuth. He moved all in for 250,000, and it folded to Ricky Markowitz, who moved all in for a little more, 287,000 total. Everyone else folded, and we had a classic race on our hands.

Kornuth: {k-Hearts}{q-Spades}
Markowitz: {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}

The flop brought little help for Kornuth, coming down {6-Hearts}{j-Clubs}{5-Clubs}. He was still looking for a king or a queen, and while he didn't get it on the turn, the {10-Spades} did bring him straight outs. Kornuth would need an ace, king, queen, or nine on the river, but the {6-Diamonds} came instead.

Kornuth heads to the rail, while Markowitz is up to 588,000.

Tags: Chance KornuthRIcky Markowitz