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

Pellegrino Perseveres

Bryan Pellegrino raised to 925 from early position, then an opponent in late position pushed all in for her last 7,700. It folded back to Pellgrino who called, turning over {Q-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} to his opponent's {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds}.

The dealer spread the flop and a seven appeared in the window, the cards coming out {7-Clubs}{3-Spades}{A-Clubs}. The turn was the {9-Spades} and river the {8-Diamonds}, and Pellegrino takes a small hit though still sports a 100,000-plus chip stack.

Player Chips Progress
Bryan Pellegrino
Bryan Pellegrino
105,000
-34,400
-34,400

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Scotty Sent Packing

We heard the announcer from the main stage say that Scotty Nguyen was all in, so we ran over to investigate. When we got there, we saw that Nguyen got it in with {7-Spades}{7-Hearts} on a flop of {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{5-Spades}. However, Nguyen was up against the {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} of Marc Karam. Nguyen would need a ton of help to survive, but the board ran dry for him, coming {2-Hearts} and {10-Spades}.

Nguyen wished everyone good luck, and as he left the stage, a spectator yelled "Love you Scotty." Nguyen quickly responded "Love you too baby!" as he left the mothership.

Player Chips Progress
Scotty Nguyen us
Scotty Nguyen
Busted
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Scotty Nguyen

Beckley and Bucky Chop

Jeff Beckley raised to 1,100 from early position. Shawn Buchanan called from middle position and the player in the big blind called as well.

The flop came down {J-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} and the big blind checked it to Beckley who bet 2,500. Buchanan was the lone caller to see the {10-Spades} turn where Beckley bet 5,000. A call from Buchanan landed the {6-Spades} river where once again Beckley bet 5,000. Buchanan popped it to about 12,000, Beckley called, and the hands were revealed.

Beckley: {9-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}
Buchanan: {9-Spades}{8-Spades}

Both players had a straight and chopped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Beckley
Jeff Beckley
157,000
8,000
8,000
Shawn Buchanan
Shawn Buchanan
95,000
-1,000
-1,000

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Hall Bests Lunkin

Vitaly Lunkin raised to 1,050 from under the gun and action folded around to Galen Hall in the big blind, who quickly tossed in a call.

The flop came {4-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} and Hall donk-bet for 1,400, sending Lunkin into the tank. After about a minute, Lunkin slid his hand into the muck - conceding the pot to Hall.

Player Chips Progress
Galen Hall
Galen Hall
38,000
-2,000
-2,000
Vitaly Lunkin
Vitaly Lunkin
33,000

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Counts from the Purple and Blue Sections

Player Chips Progress
James Schafer
James Schafer
178,000
3,000
3,000
Pacome Chavignon
Pacome Chavignon
119,500
-6,000
-6,000
Dani Stern
Dani Stern
99,500
12,000
12,000
Kyle Cheong
Kyle Cheong
79,800
26,400
26,400
Kevin Vandersmissen
Kevin Vandersmissen
77,000
10,700
10,700
Michael Shelton
Michael Shelton
72,000
-2,725
-2,725
David Diaz us
David Diaz
57,300
14,800
14,800
WSOP 1X Winner
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
49,800
1,800
1,800
Deanna Dozier
Deanna Dozier
49,000
9,825
9,825
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
45,500
-9,300
-9,300
Mark Gregorich
Mark Gregorich
39,400
1,000
1,000
Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
35,400
5,100
5,100
WSOP 1X Winner
Layne Flack
Layne Flack
32,000
3,300
3,300
Jesse Martin
Jesse Martin
28,750
-4,650
-4,650
Sirous Jamshidi
Sirous Jamshidi
25,700
1,050
1,050
Gavin Smith
Gavin Smith
25,300
-9,300
-9,300
TJ Cloutier
TJ Cloutier
21,200
-1,400
-1,400
Jeff Lisandro
Jeff Lisandro
18,050
-5,100
-5,100
James Rann
James Rann
16,200
-6,225
-6,225
Stephan Patz
Stephan Patz
Busted

Grospellier Gone

Bertrand Grospellier
Bertrand Grospellier

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier got off to a great start in the first couple of levels, but it was all downhill from there. He was short for most of the post dinner break play, and when we walked by his table just now, his seat was empty.

We took to twitter, and found out that he minraised on the button with {8-}{8-}, and that the big blind moved him all in with {a-}{4-}. Grospellier made the call, but his eights didn't hold. Grospellier's summer at the WSOP is over.

Player Chips Progress
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
Busted

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Devo Doubles on Wild Hand

Oh...my....god. We just witnessed a wild hand that saw Bryan Devonshire double up late in the night. We walked over as we saw ESPN telling the dealer to hold up. When we got there, we saw that Devo held {a-Spades}{a-Clubs} on a flop that read {10-Spades}{2-Spades}{7-Hearts}. His opponent held {j-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}, and Devo was well out in front. The cameras got all set up, and the dealer revealed the turn: {10-Hearts}.

This drew a groan from the whole table, as it gave his opponent trips. Devo's opponent told the dealer to hold up to make sure the cameras were in place, and Devo just sat silently in his chair. After a few more seconds of delay, the dealer showed the river.

River: {a-Diamonds}

The whole tabled erupted as Devo binked the ace on the river to get a winning full house. His table mate David Pham said "I folded the last ace!" and dug it out of the muck. Devo just let out a wry smile, as he started stacking his chips. After that hand, Devo is back up to 26,000.

Player Chips Progress
Bryan Devonshire
Bryan Devonshire
26,000
17,000
17,000

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