2012 World Series of Poker

Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 1a
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
Total Entries
6,598
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
300,000
Players Left 1 / 6,598
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Lawson Loses a Bunch of Chips

Ted Lawson has just played a big hand to see his stack fall to just over 10,000. The hand in question started when an early position player opened up the pot to 525. Ted Lawson then three-bet to 1,500 on his direct left. The cutoff called, along with Hewitt Poland on the button. The player who opened the pot also called, as four players would watch the dealer spread three cards along the felt.

Flop: {9-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{4-Hearts}

On the flop, the early position player checked up front and Lawson led for 3,000. The cutoff player folded and Poland raised to 10,000. A fold from the early position player and Lawson would take his time before shoving all in for around 30,000. Poland quickly called for his stack of 15,350, and the two players tabled their hands.

Poland: {5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}
Lawson: {q-Hearts}{q-Spades}

Lawson was in need of help and it was help that would never come as a {7-Hearts} turn and an {8-Diamonds} river completed the board and sent the pot to Poland.

Poland will be looking to add a big score to his resume here in the Main Event. Poland currently has just shy of $40,000 in tournament winnings, which includes one World Series of Poker cash, occurring when he made a deep run in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event in 2011.

Tags: Hewitt PolandTed Lawson

The Counts Purple

You Folded That?

Action started with Andy Black, who finished 5th in the 2005 Main Event, limping in from under the gun. It folded around to the cutoff, and he raised it to 550. Both blinds came along, as did Black, and the flop came down {5-Spades}{4-Spades}{2-Diamonds}.

It was checked around to the cutoff, and he fired out 850. The blinds got out of the way, but Black put in a check raise to 2,000. The cutoff fired right back with a raise to 5,000, and Black clicked it right back with an all in raise. His opponent tanked for awhile before eventually folding. After the hand, he claimed he folded {7-Spades}{3-Spades} for a ton of draw outs. Black then tabled {2-Spades}{2-Hearts} for bottom set, and he took in the pot, upping his stack to 34,000.

Tags: Andy Black

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Brasilia Room Chip Counts

Kings Hold for Farkas

Julie Farkas may not be a well known name to those that frequent the PokerNews Live Reporting Pages, but she's started off on the right foot in changing that. Just now, Farkas won a big preflop battle with pocket kings to move to just under 70,000 in chips.

From under the gun, Ilan Boujenah raised to 400. The player in the hijack seat called and then Farkas was up, acting from the cutoff seat. She reraised to 1,300. From the small blind, five-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner Allen Cunningham made the call. The player in the big blind also called and then action was back on Boujenah.

Boujenah reraised and made it 2,850 to go. The hijack seat folded, Farkas called, Cunningham called and then the big blind moved all in for 16,000. Boujenah called and then Farkas moved all in for 30,550. Cunningham folded and action went back to Boujenah. He tanked for a bit, but eventually folded his hand after committing a little over half of his chips to the pot. With his fold, Farkas was left to do battle with the big blind.

Farkas showed the {K-Diamonds}{K-Clubs} and had a stranglehold on the hand against her opponent's {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts}. When Boujenah saw the big blind turn over his pocket eights, he looked at him and shook his head, as if to say, "What the heck are you doing?"

The flop, turn and river ran out {A-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{7-Diamonds} and Farkas won the pot. She sent the big blind to the rail and raked in all the chips.

Checking on Farkas' results, she has five WSOP cashes on record. Her largest one came from 2010 when she took 10th in the $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em event for $11,468.

Tags: Allen CunninghamIlan BoujenahJulie Farkas

Tantalizing Counts

Along with a few counts, here is a recent hand we witnessed of Mathew Frankland.

Frankland raised from under the gun and made it 600. Only the cutoff player was willing to pay to see the flop and we had heads-up action.

The flop came {6-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds}, prompting a bet of 800 from Frankland. The cutoff then raised it to 2,000. Frankland took a few moments to contemplate his action and then made the call.

The {4-Spades} on the turn allowed for Frankland to back off and check. The cutoff took this opportunity to bet out 2,600. Again, we saw Frankland call and we were off to the river.

After the {A-Spades} landed on the river, Frankland checked and the cutoff bet 2,600. Action was back on Frankland who announced, "9,000," and placed the bet in the middle. The cutoff quickly folded and Frankland took down the pot.

Tags: Mathew Frankland

A Few Counts From the Orange Section

Chip Counts from the Purple Section

Vedes Loses a Crisp One

With a board of {A-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} in the middle of the felt, Tommy Vedes bet 625. His opponent was Nicholas Crisp from the United Kingdom and he made the call to see the {J-Hearts} fall on the river. Vedes fired again, betting out 1,925. Crisp made the call.

Vedes tabled the {A-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} for two pair, aces and deuces. Crisp held the {Q-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} for a set of queens and won the hand.

The winner of this pot, Crisp, has never cashed in a World Series of Poker event. In fact, of all his $78,398 in tournament earnings, they've all come from his home country of England. Crisp is currently having his best year on the felt, having already earned over $65,000. That's thanks in large part to a win at the £500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry Event at the Dusk Till Dawn Monthly Deepstack for £39,000. Crisp took the lion's share of the four-way chop and bested a field of 292 players to do so.

Vedes was on the losing end of this pot, but he surely knows how to make a deep run in the WSOP Main Event. His best finish came in 2009 when he took 19th in the grand daddy of all tournaments for over $350,000. In all, Vedes has 22 WSOP cashes and will be looking to make this his 23rd and a big one at that.

Tags: Nicholas CrispTommy Vedes