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

More Chip Counts from the Brasila Red Section

Player Chips Progress
Shawn Buchanan
Shawn Buchanan
96,000
David Peters
David Peters
64,000
8,000
8,000
Rob Peltecki
Rob Peltecki
55,000
26,000
26,000
Darren Elias
Darren Elias
46,000
34,000
34,000
Bill Chen
Bill Chen
45,000
21,000
21,000
Dan O'Brien
Dan O'Brien
39,000
9,000
9,000
Vicky Coren
Vicky Coren
38,000
5,000
5,000
Steve Zolotow
Steve Zolotow
27,000
-5,000
-5,000
Rob Perelman
Rob Perelman
22,000
-14,000
-14,000
Jeff Sarwer
Jeff Sarwer
19,000
-17,400
-17,400
Matt Hawrilenko
Matt Hawrilenko
11,000
3,000
3,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Busted
Bryan Colin
Bryan Colin
Busted

ElkY Getting Low

We came upon Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier heads up in a pot with an opponent. The flop came down {4-Clubs}{5-Spades}{7-Diamonds} and Grospellier's opponent bet 2,300.

Grospellier called and the turn paired the board with the {4-Hearts}. This time Grospellier was facing a bet of 4,200. Grospellier shook his head and a look of misery wasted across his face.

ElkY has had trouble getting anything going today and his stack is looking meek at about 7,800.

Player Chips Progress
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
7,800
-9,700
-9,700

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier

Chip Counts from the Brasilia Bronze Section

Player Chips Progress
Max Weinberg
Max Weinberg
88,000
15,000
15,000
Erik Cajelais
Erik Cajelais
70,000
22,000
22,000
Tex Barch
Tex Barch
67,000
Tuan Le us
Tuan Le
62,000
5,000
5,000
Neil Channing gb
Neil Channing
60,000
-14,000
-14,000
Adam Levy
Adam Levy
54,000
21,000
21,000
Sam Barnhart us
Sam Barnhart
53,000
-1,000
-1,000
Katie Dozier
Katie Dozier
45,000
5,500
5,500
Lauren Kling
Lauren Kling
45,000
16,000
16,000
Keith Lehr us
Keith Lehr
37,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Paul Magriel
Paul Magriel
36,000
-20,000
-20,000
Matt Vengrin us
Matt Vengrin
31,000
17,000
17,000
Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
31,000
9,000
9,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Jeanine Deeb
Jeanine Deeb
Busted
Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
Busted

Orange Section Breaking

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

They just finished breaking up the Tan section of the Amazon room, and now they have moved onto the Orange section. They just broke Table #367, and they will break in ascending order from here. We are losing players fast and furiously in this last level!

Childs Chips Up

A player in middle position opened for 1,100 and action folded over to Lee Childs on the button, who clicked it back to 1,800. Everyone else folded back to the original raiser, who flung in a call.

The flop came {3-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} and Lee's opponent checked, prompting a 2,150 bet from him. His opponent quickly folded and Lee scooped the pot.

Childs is sitting on 65,000 at the moment.

Player Chips Progress
Lee Childs
Lee Childs
65,000
12,000
12,000

Tags: Lee Childs

Greenstein Moving Back Up

Barry Greenstein
Barry Greenstein

Barry Greenstein seems to have been knocked down a little since the last time we saw him. When we caught up with him a few minutes ago we found him battling it out with a big blind player from middle position. We don't know exactly how the action went on the {5-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} flop, but we know one of the players bet, and the other called.

The {J-Spades} on the turn saw the big blind check, and Greenstein fire out for 3,000. The big blind made the call and was allowed to see the river. After the {6-Diamonds} was fanned for the river the big blind checked again, and Greenstein placed a bet of 7,000.

After some inner debating the big blind made the call. Greenstein exposed {A-}{A-} for a pair of aces and the big blind flashed {K-Spades}{Q-Clubs} for a weaker pair of queens. Greenstein now sits around 50,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
48,000
-7,250
-7,250

Measuring the Range of Risk

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante
Some run with bulls, some swim with sharks, others play the WSOP Main Event
Some run with bulls, some swim with sharks, others play the WSOP Main Event

For some, playing in the World Series of Poker Main Event is one of those rare opportunities, perhaps a "bucket list" item or once-in-a-lifetime occurrence. It's also a daunting proposition for some, especially if their experience at the WSOP is at all limited.

Perhaps those factors are inspiring the conversation over at Table 417, where the table talk has turned to discussing other, similarly risky adventures, such as running with the bulls at Pamplona, Spain.

"Now you can run with the bulls and not even see the bulls," explained one player. "Or you can run with them and try to pet their noses."

"What do you mean?" asked another. "Well, have you ever gone swimming with sharks?" "No." "But you've swam in the ocean, right?" "Right." "Well you've swam in shark-infested waters, then."

"What I'm sayin' is... there's a range..."

Chip Counts from the Brasilia Gold Section

Player Chips Progress
Matt Woodward us
Matt Woodward
170,000
84,000
84,000
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
131,000
51,000
51,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 6X Winner
Cody Wang
Cody Wang
122,000
Jeremy Kottler
Jeremy Kottler
115,000
5,000
5,000
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
66,000
10,000
10,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Abe Mosseri
Abe Mosseri
54,000
11,000
11,000
Ali Eslami
Ali Eslami
52,000
21,200
21,200
Tom Franklin
Tom Franklin
38,000
13,000
13,000
Christina Lindley
Christina Lindley
33,000
6,000
6,000
Michael Aron
Michael Aron
29,000
-11,000
-11,000
Minh Ly
Minh Ly
26,000
2,000
2,000
Erik Seidel us
Erik Seidel
16,000
11,500
11,500
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Nikolai Yakovenko
Nikolai Yakovenko
10,000
-8,000
-8,000
Robert Iler
Robert Iler
Busted

Diaz Fills Up, Chips Up

David Diaz raised from middle position and got one caller from the big blind. The flop came {9-Spades}{6-Spades}{7-Clubs}. The big blind checked, Diaz bet 1,300, his opponent raised to 2,950, and Diaz called. The turn was the {9-Hearts}, and this time the big blind led out for 3,900. Diaz then raised to 10,000, and his opponent called with his remaining chips, totaling 8,900.

Diaz had {A-Hearts}{9-Clubs} for trip nines while his opponent had {8-Spades}{5-Spades} for the straight. The dealer then burned a card and delivered the river... the {7-Hearts}! Diaz had made a full house to scoop the pot and send another player to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
David Diaz us
David Diaz
42,500
11,700
11,700
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: David Diaz