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 Bets Out Coultes

We caught up to the action to find a flop of {2-Clubs}{7-Spades}{2-Diamonds} spread in front of two players. The first was Charles Coultes, who is one of several players participating in Onnit Last Sticker Standing Contest. If Coultes, or anyone else sporting the patch happens to be the last person alive in the Main Event, they'll walk away with a cool $5,000.

The second player in the hand was Bryan Pellegrino. Coutles checked to Pelligrino and he bet out 1,150. Coutles called and the turn paired the board for a second time with the {7-Clubs}.

Coultes checked for a second time and Pellegrino kept on firing with a 2,600 bet. Coultes thought for a moment before mucking his hand and awarding Pellegrino the pot. Coultes is still sitting on a healthy stack of 60,000, putting him in contention for the Onnit grand prize.

Player Chips Progress
Bryan Pellegrino
Bryan Pellegrino
95,000 6,000
Charles Coultes
Charles Coultes
60,000 -10,000

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Top Top For Ho

Maria Ho
Maria Ho

Maria Ho opened to 750 in the cutoff and was called by the player in the big blind.

The player in the big blind proceeded to check-call bets of 800 on the {9-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{2-Spades} flop and 1,600 on the {8-Hearts} turn before leading for 2,650 on the {3-Hearts} river. Ho called and upon seeing her opponent table {10-Hearts}{9-Spades}, she turned over {A-Clubs}{9-Spades} for a pair of nines with a better kicker.

Player Chips Progress
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
125,000 11,000

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Breaking Tan

The Tan Section has begun to break, and here is an updated chip count of the remaining players.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Moore
Chris Moore
91,000 -19,000
Gaelle Bauman
Gaelle Bauman
58,000 -7,000
Scott Abrams
Scott Abrams
51,000 3,400
Mike McDonald
Mike McDonald
48,000 1,000
Craig McCorkell
Craig McCorkell
36,000 15,000
Bart Hanson
Bart Hanson
35,000 1,800
Huy Nguyen
Huy Nguyen
31,600 5,900
Richard Toth hu
Richard Toth
31,000 -9,400
Jim Collopy us
Jim Collopy
WSOP 3X Winner
29,000 -4,000

Conway and Channing Check It Down

Thomas Conway opened for 700 from middle position and action folded around to Neil Channing, who three-bet to 1,625. It was folded back to Conway, who chucked in a call for a heads-up pot.

Both players then proceeded to check down on the {8-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} flop, {J-Diamonds} turn and {6-Diamonds} river. Conway tabled {5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} for a baby flush and Channing mucked without showing.

Channing and Conway have both had a fairly successful series this year. Channing had a runner-up finish in Event 43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em and Conway made two final tables, one in Event 44: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em and another in Event 50: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em.

Player Chips Progress
Neil Channing gb
Neil Channing
74,000 -3,000
Thomas Conway
Thomas Conway
37,000

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Danzer Dusts One

We caught up to find George Danzer calling the all in of a short stacked opponent. Danzer held {J-Spades}{8-Spades} for top pair on a flop of {8-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{3-Clubs}. Danzer's opponent was all in with {A-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} for middle pair and needed help.

He did not receive it, however, as the turn and river fell {4-Clubs} and {2-Spades} respectively. Danzer dragged in the pot as he reduced the field by one player. He's currently sitting on a stack of roughly 74,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
George Danzer de
George Danzer
74,000 9,000

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Updated Counts from the Purple and Blue Sections

Here are some updated counts from the Purple Section and the three tables over in Blue. Ville Wahlbeck battled with a short stack for much of post-dinner play, but at last ran out of chips.

Player Chips Progress
Pacome Chavignon
Pacome Chavignon
125,500 7,500
Dani Stern
Dani Stern
87,500 13,500
Michael Shelton
Michael Shelton
74,725 1,425
Kevin Vandersmissen
Kevin Vandersmissen
66,300 44,475
Dan Harrington us
Dan Harrington
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
57,800 18,800
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
55,250 -12,750
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
54,800 7,000
Kyle Cheong
Kyle Cheong
53,400 -4,100
Brian Rast
Brian Rast
51,000 -17,400
John Wills
John Wills
43,000 13,200
Stephan Patz
Stephan Patz
40,000 -6,100
Deanna Dozier
Deanna Dozier
39,175 -275
Mark Thoennes
Mark Thoennes
39,000 -40,500
David Nowling us
David Nowling
39,000 13,200
Mark Gregorich
Mark Gregorich
38,400 -2,750
Gavin Smith
Gavin Smith
34,600 3,400
Andrew Brokos
Andrew Brokos
33,700 -25,700
Jesse Martin
Jesse Martin
33,400 20,625
David Diaz us
David Diaz
WSOP 1X Winner
30,800 900
Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
WSOP 1X Winner
30,300 -3,050
Layne Flack
Layne Flack
28,700 5,100
Sirous Jamshidi
Sirous Jamshidi
24,650 2,350
Jeff Lisandro
Jeff Lisandro
23,150 -5,050
TJ Cloutier
TJ Cloutier
22,600 9,200
James Rann
James Rann
22,425 -3,375

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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
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
66,000 -2,000

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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
Kyle Cheong
Kyle Cheong
57,500 -25,500
TJ Cloutier
TJ Cloutier
13,400 -13,600

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