2012 World Series of Poker

Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 6
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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

Casey Yontz Eliminated in 53rd Place ($156,293)

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway
Casey Yontz
Casey Yontz

Casey Yontz opened for 125,000 under the gun and was met with a three-bet to 305,000 from Russell Thomas in the cutoff. The button and blinds got out of the way, Yontz moved all in for 1.83 million, and Thomas made a quick call.

Showdown

Yontz{A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}
Thomas{Q-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}

Yontz was in bad shape, though he did hold an overcard. The {6-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}{10-Spades} flop gave Yontz some additional straight outs to a king, but neither the {3-Diamonds} turn nor {9-Spades} river would be of any consequence. With that, Yontz exited in 53rd place while Thomas chipped up to over 6.3 million.

Tags: Casey YontzRussell Thomas