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 / 6,598
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Men Under Ten...(Thousand)

Men "The Master" Nguyen opened for 800 from under the gun and Vladimir Peck three-bet to 2,200 directly behind him. Action folded back around to Ngueyn, who made the call.

The flop came {4-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{5-Hearts} and Nguyen check-called a 2,600 bet from Peck.

Nguyen checked again on the {2-Hearts} turn, prompting Peck to push nearly his entire stack (less some blacks) into the middle for a bet to 20,000 and change. Nguyen tanked, but eventually slid his cards into the muck one-by-one.

Nguyen is down to his last 9,500.

Player Chips Progress
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Men Nguyen
9,500
2,500
2,500
WSOP 7X Winner

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Queens for Heitmann

After a raise to 750 and a reraise to 1,150 from two players in middle position, action folded to Jan Heitmann in the small blind and he reraised to 2,850. Play got back to the original raiser and he announced a reraise. He made it 6,600 to go and the three bettor folded. Heitmann called.

The flop came down {9-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{3-Spades} and Heitmann checked. His opponent bet 6,500 and Heitmann called.

The turn was the {J-Clubs} and checked by both players. The river was also checked by both after the {2-Diamonds} fell.

Heitmann turned up the {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} and his opponent mucked. With that pot, Heitmann moved to 84,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Jan Heitmann
84,000
32,000
32,000
pokerstars

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Greenstein's Stack Growing

Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein

When we got to the table, we saw that Barry Greenstein had put in a three bet to 2,400 from the button, and that the original raiser, who would be his lone opponent in the hand, called. The dealer fanned out a flop of {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}{3-Spades}, and Greenstein's opponent led out for 3,000. Greenstein came along, and the turn brought the {6-Spades}. It was checked to Greenstein, who fired out 6,000.

Greenstein's opponent cut out the chips for the call, then went into the tank. About 45 seconds into his thinking, he asked Greenstein how much he had left. Greenstein showed his higher value chips, and said "pretty sure I had you covered to start the hand." After about 90 seconds in the tank, Greenstein's opponent made the call, and the river brought the {5-Diamonds}. It was checked to Greenstein again, and this time, he fired out 20,000. His opponent snap folded, and Greenstein took the pot down to up his stack to 68,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Barry Greenstein
68,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
pokerstars

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Vitamin C

Here are some counts from players in the Orange section of the Amazon Room.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Negreanu
106,000
8,175
8,175
WSOP 7X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
pokerstars
Profile photo of Sam Farha us
Sam Farha
95,000
7,000
7,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
83,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Everett Carlton
Everett Carlton
78,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
68,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 3X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of David Pham
David Pham
57,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Ryan Lenaghan us
Ryan Lenaghan
52,500
3,200
3,200
Profile photo of Marco Traniello
Marco Traniello
49,000
22,000
22,000
Profile photo of James Akenhead
James Akenhead
46,000
20,600
20,600
Profile photo of Scott Seiver
Scott Seiver
45,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Roland Israelashvili
Roland Israelashvili
41,400
3,600
3,600
Profile photo of Justin Bonomo
Justin Bonomo
40,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of JC Tran
JC Tran
32,500
27,500
27,500
Profile photo of Christopher George
Christopher George
31,000
14,500
14,500
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Matthias De Meulder
21,000
3,000
3,000
pokerstars
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Josh Brikis
10,700
6,800
6,800
Profile photo of Bryan Devonshire
Bryan Devonshire
9,000
13,000
13,000

Bauman Snags One From Toth

Gaelle Baumann
Gaelle Baumann

The flop read {3-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds} and Gaulle Bauman was first to act in the heads up pot and opted to check. Next up was Richard Toth and he bet out 2,100.

The {A-Clubs} then appeared on the turn, which brought a check from both of the players. It was the river {10-Spades} that made things interesting with Bauman betting out 5,400. Toth went into the tank deciding his best course of action. After about a minute went by Toth announced call and threw in the right amount of chips. Bauman flipped over {A-Spades}{k-Clubs} for three of a kind aces and Toth mucked his cards.

Player Chips Progress
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Gaelle Bauman
65,000
16,000
16,000
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Richard Toth
40,400
16,600
16,600
pokerstars

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Kyle Cheong Going Strong

Kyle Cheong has had a good Day 1b thus far, bad news for others who like him are participating in the Onnit Last Sticker Standing Contest promotion. The player wearing an Onnit sticker who lasts the longest in the WSOP Main Event will earn half his or her buy-in back — $5,000.

Cheong had built up to more than 80,000 earlier before coming back to the pack, although still sits with a healthy stack of almost 60,000. Of course now he's got an extra challenge in store, as T.J. Cloutier has been moved to his left.

Cloutier knows a thing or two about lasting a long time in these WSOP Main Events, having finished in the top five no less than four times, including twice as runner-up (in 1985 and 2000).

Player Chips Progress
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Kyle Cheong
57,500
25,500
25,500
Profile photo of TJ Cloutier
TJ Cloutier
13,400
13,600
13,600

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Chip Counts From the Brasilia Bronze Section

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Neil Channing gb
Neil Channing
77,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Max Weinberg
Max Weinberg
73,000
32,000
32,000
Profile photo of Tuan Le us
Tuan Le
57,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Paul Magriel
Paul Magriel
56,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Erik Cajelais
Erik Cajelais
48,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Keith Lehr us
Keith Lehr
33,000
9,000
9,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Adam Levy
Adam Levy
33,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Lauren Kling
Lauren Kling
32,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
22,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Jeanine Deeb
Jeanine Deeb
8,500
500
500
Profile photo of Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
6,500
1,500
1,500
Profile photo of Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Selbst Muscles Out Opponent

Vanessa Selbst
Vanessa Selbst

The button raised to 700 preflop and Vanessa Selbst called from the small blind. The big blind also came along for the ride and we had three players to the flop. The dealer spread three cards in the middle of the table and they looked like this, {8-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}.

It was here on the flop that Selbst came out swinging, betting 1,400. The big blind folded and the button flat called.

The {A-Spades} on the turn saw another Selbst bet, this time for 2,700. Again the button paid the river admission price and the dealer felled the last card. The {9-Spades} made its appearance on the felt and for the third time in a row Selbst bet out, this time for 3,700. The button took his time, draining 35 seconds or so off the clock before depositing his cards in the muck.

Player Chips Progress
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Vanessa Selbst
66,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 3X Winner
pokerstars

Tags: Vanessa Selbst