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

Cheong Doubles Up Villa Lobos

Remko Rinkema
Remko Rinkema

Nicolau Villa Lobos was just all in preflop against Joseph Cheong for his final 521,000 chips.

Nicolau Villa Lobos{A-Clubs}{K-Spades}
Joseph Cheong{A-Spades}{Q-Hearts}

The board ran out {6-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{4-Hearts}, and the Brazilian player stayed alive. Cheong still has around two million chips. Cheong lost more chips after this pot, and he's now down to 1.6 million.

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