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
Players Left 1 / 6598
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Rast on the Rise

Brian Rast
Brian Rast

A pot had already developed and the flop had come {K-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}{5-Clubs}. Brian Rast was sitting under the gun with 3,425 pushed out in front of him — likely a raise over a post-flop bet by his opponent sitting a couple of seats over — and his opponent was responding by setting out a raise to 9,025.

Rast then made it 15,025 to go, his opponent reraised all in, and Rast called.

Rast turned over {J-Hearts}{J-Spades} for a set of jacks, while his opponent showed {K-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} for top two. The turn was the {5-Spades} and river the {A-Spades}, and Rast sends a player railward here near the end of Level 2 while chipping up toward the top of the counts.

Player Chips Progress
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Brian Rast
83,725
44,125
44,125

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Orange Iguanas

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of David Steicke au
David Steicke
60,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Justin Young
Justin Young
54,000
24,000
24,000
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Jonathan Jaffe
52,000
19,000
19,000
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Ryan Lenaghan
51,000
15,800
15,800
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George Danzer
48,000
18,000
18,000
WSOP 4X Winner
pokerstars
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Vanessa Selbst
46,000
1,500
1,500
WSOP 3X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Bryan Pellegrino
Bryan Pellegrino
42,000
8,600
8,600
Profile photo of Sam Stein us
Sam Stein
41,000
15,900
15,900
Profile photo of Adam Friedman us
Adam Friedman
38,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
36,000
9,000
9,000
WSOP 2X Winner
pokerstars
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Justin Bonomo
33,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Bernard Lee
Bernard Lee
33,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Mel Judah
Mel Judah
32,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Scott Seiver
Scott Seiver
31,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Dan Shak
Dan Shak
29,000
1,000
1,000
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Scott Montgomery
28,500
2,500
2,500
WSOP 1X Winner
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Josh Brikis
28,000
7,500
7,500
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Owais Ahmed
28,000
3,500
3,500
WSOP 1X Winner
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Dag Palovic
27,000
3,500
3,500
pokerstars
Profile photo of Leo Margets
Leo Margets
27,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Marco Traniello
Marco Traniello
27,000
3,000
3,000
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David Singer
26,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of JC Tran
JC Tran
26,000
6,700
6,700
Profile photo of Bryan Devonshire
Bryan Devonshire
24,000
2,200
2,200
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Salvatore Bonavena
20,500
2,500
2,500
pokerstars

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Counts from the Purple and Blue Sections

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of John Wills
John Wills
57,225
6,775
6,775
Profile photo of Andrew Brokos
Andrew Brokos
52,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
45,600
2,600
2,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Brian Rast
Brian Rast
39,600
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
39,300
6,100
6,100
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Jeff Lisandro
Jeff Lisandro
38,400
5,100
5,100
Profile photo of Michael Shelton
Michael Shelton
36,100
400
400
Profile photo of Danielle Andersen
Danielle Andersen
35,500
6,500
6,500
Profile photo of Sirous Jamshidi
Sirous Jamshidi
34,500
1,500
1,500
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Barry Greenstein
34,300
7,000
7,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
pokerstars
Profile photo of Ville Wahlbeck fi
Ville Wahlbeck
31,600
1,600
1,600
WSOP 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Dan Harrington us
Dan Harrington
31,200
2,200
2,200
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Kyle Cartwright
Kyle Cartwright
31,000
Profile photo of Layne Flack
Layne Flack
30,500
500
500
Profile photo of Mikhail Shalamov ru
Mikhail Shalamov
29,200
4,800
4,800
pokerstars
Profile photo of David Diaz us
David Diaz
28,400
1,600
1,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Drazen Ilich us
Drazen Ilich
28,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Chris Schreiber
Chris Schreiber
27,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Nathan Meyvis
Nathan Meyvis
26,500
3,500
3,500
Profile photo of Deanna Dozier
Deanna Dozier
25,100
1,100
1,100
Profile photo of Dani Stern
Dani Stern
24,100
500
500
Profile photo of Kevin Vandersmissen
Kevin Vandersmissen
21,825
12,175
12,175
Profile photo of Josh Tieman us
Josh Tieman
19,500
5,500
5,500
Profile photo of Jesse Martin
Jesse Martin
17,200
12,800
12,800
Profile photo of Jeff Walsh
Jeff Walsh
15,000
11,000
11,000

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George Wins While Counting Money

Matthias De Meulder raised to 500 from the cutoff and received a call from Christopher George from the button. The blinds got out of the way and the two saw a flop of {2-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}.

De Meulder continued out for 625 and action was on George who was counting down a stack of $10,000 cash under the the table. George stopped to examine the board for a moment and then tossed out a call.

The turn was the {A-Spades} and De Meulder bet 1,050. George called on this street almost without missing a beat of counting down his brick of money.

The {Q-Spades} rivered and it went check-check. George tabled {A-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} for a pair of aces and De Meulder mucked his hand. As the pot was pushed to George he went right back to thumbing through dozens of hundred dollar bills.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Christopher George
Christopher George
40,000
4,000
4,000
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Matthias De Meulder
21,600
4,400
4,400
pokerstars

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Patz KOs St-Pierre

Georges St-Pierre
Georges St-Pierre

When Stephan Patz first took his seat at Table 414 earlier today, he probably didn't consider the possibility that before the afternoon was over he'd be knocking out "GSP" — i.e., Georges St-Pierre. But that's what has happened, with Patz using a turned set rather than a cross, jab, or round kick to take down the UFC Welterweight champ.

We caught up with the action on the flop, with the board showing {9-Hearts}{10-Spades}{4-Hearts} and Patz firing 1,700 into the middle. St-Pierre had been down to about 5,000 just prior to the hand, and so when he called the bet the fighter had just 2,125 chips behind.

The turn brought the {J-Clubs} and a bet of 3,000 from Patz, and St-Pierre called with what he had left. Patz had {J-Diamonds}{J-Spades} — he'd turned a set of jacks. But St-Pierre was still swinging with {J-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for both flush and straight draws.

But the river was the {8-Diamonds}, and down goes St-Pierre. GSP shared a congratulatory hug with Patz before departing.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Stephan Patz
Stephan Patz
48,500
Profile photo of Georges St-Pierre
Georges St-Pierre
Busted

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Pilgrim Presses The Action

We caught up with the action on a {9-Spades}{10-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{8-Spades}{4-Hearts} board, where Dwyte Pilgrim was in a heads-up pot.

Pilgrim's opponent in the hijack checked, prompting an overbet from Pilgrim for 11,000 (there was about 7,000 in the pot beforehand). Pilgrim's opponent fell deep into the tank.

"I know you're betting big because you've got a flush...," Pilgrim's opponent said.

True to his word, Pilgrim called the clock after about two minutes. His opponent mucked shortly after the tournament director came over and said, "[If] you had bet 6k I snap call."

Pilgrim nodded his head and scooped the pot. He is still hovering a bit below the starting stack with 27,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Dwyte Pilgrim
27,000
2,500
2,500

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