2012 World Series of Poker

Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 1c
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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Gus Loses a Few Chips

Over on Gus Hansen's table, him and one opponent had played out a hand with a {5-Spades}{q-Hearts}{a-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} board showing, with PokerNews arriving at the table on the river. At this point there was already over 9,000 in the pot and Chris Brown was betting 5,875. Hansen looked pained as he went into the tank. He was muttering under his breath and we could catch was, "Can't have that, he he cant have that." Eventually he seemed to talk himself into it, flicking out a call.

When Brown tabled {k-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}, the straight was enough to send Hansen's cards into the muck and rake in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Gus Hansen
29,000
4,000
4,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax

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Cooper Crippled

We happened upon Michael "The Great MJ" Cooper's table and saw he was sitting with just 4,700. He saw us looking and informed us it was the result of an aces-versus-kings situation, where he held the kings and lost a 60,000 pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Michael Cooper
4,700
35,300
35,300

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Chip Counts from the Brasilia Silver Section

Player Chips Progress
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[Removed:532]
106,000
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Stephen Chidwick
61,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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David Tuchman
58,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Ronnie Bardah us
Ronnie Bardah
52,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Aaron Massey
48,000
3,000
3,000
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John Juanda
41,000
5,500
5,500
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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Tim West
40,000
8,000
8,000
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Eric Levesque
40,000
2,000
2,000
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Tom Marchese
38,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Joanne Monteavaro
34,000
4,000
4,000
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Christophe De Meulder
32,000
2,000
2,000
pokerstars
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Allen Kessler
31,000
5,500
5,500
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Bryan Micon
30,000
2,000
2,000
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Nick Binger
29,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Tom Koral
29,000
10,000
10,000
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Chris Brammer
27,000
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Calvin Anderson
26,000
4,000
4,000
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Grayson Ramage
23,000
11,000
11,000
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Cory Zeidman
22,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Joe Elpayaa
15,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Jennifer Leigh
Jennifer Leigh
15,000
3,000
3,000
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Ayaz Mahmood
13,000
11,000
11,000
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David Benyamine
10,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Jon Turner
6,000
4,500
4,500

...And Loses Some Immediately After

Soon after winning his last large pot, Trickett was involved in a hand where the board read {Q-Spades}{j-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{5-Hearts}. Trickett was in the small blind and heads up against the big blind. He bet 4,300 into a pot of about 5,000 and the player in the big blind called.

The river was the {4-Diamonds} and Trickett led once again. This time his opponent was facing a bet of 9,600. Trickett's opponent responded by moving all in for about 19,000 total. Trickett let out a laugh at the bet and threw his hand to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
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Sam Trickett
19,800
24,200
24,200

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Savage Picks One Up on Onnit Player Weiss

We don't know exactly how the action went before the flop, but we do know that Matt Savage managed to get heads up against Michael Weiss. The flop read {3-Spades}{6-Hearts}{5-Hearts} and Michael Weiss bet out 2,000 from the small blind. Savage wanted more and raised it to 4,000. Weiss made the call and it was off to the turn.

The {7-Hearts} on the turn saw Weiss simply check and Savage bet out 6,000. Weiss again made the call. The dealer then plopped the {j-Hearts} on the river and Weiss knuckled, prompting a bet of 9,000 from Savage. Weiss again made the call.

Savage flipped over {A-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} for a king high flush and Weiss dropped his cards in the muck. This hand almost boosts Savage to starting stack.

Weiss is competing in the Onnit Last Sticker Standing Contest, and despite this recent hit Weiss has plenty of time to build it back up.

Player Chips Progress
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Matt Savage
27,000
13,600
13,600
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Michael Weiss
22,400
21,600
21,600

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Baumstein Set Up

Scott Baumstein and an opponent were heads up with the board reading {7-Spades}{a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}{3-Clubs}. Baumstein's opponent led out for 1,050 (into a pot of around 1,675), and Baumstein called.

The river was the {10-Hearts}, and Baumstein's opponent led again - this time for 1,250. Baumstein shrugged, then called, and his opponent tabled {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades} for a set of queens.

Baumstein slipped to 11,300. Here are some more counts from the Blue Section of the Amazon Room.

Player Chips Progress
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Scott Freeman
86,000
74,475
74,475
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Johnny Chan
66,300
4,700
4,700
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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Joe Cada
45,000
13,300
13,300
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
pokerstars
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David Sands
38,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Nam Le
Nam Le
32,500
1,200
1,200
Profile photo of Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
32,000
1,800
1,800
WSOP 2X Winner
pokerstars
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Dan Kelly
28,000
6,350
6,350
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Jonathan Duhamel
12,600
4,100
4,100
WSOP 3X Winner
pokerstars
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Scott Baumstein
11,300
12,900
12,900
Jaka Coaching

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