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
Total 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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Viktor Blom Doubles; Opponent Tortured

Viktor Blom Rakes In The Chips
Viktor Blom Rakes In The Chips

Action opened with an early position raise to 700 which received one call. The player in the cutoff three-bet to 2,600 only to have Viktor Blom four-bet to 5,800 from the big blind. The other two players got out of the way rather quickly and action was back to the cutoff.

The player in the cutoff five-bet to 12,000 and action was back to Blom. Blom shuffled his chips before moving in 18,400 for a six-bet.

"Can't do that," the dealer said. "Action is capped at four raises."

"What are you talking about?" replied Blom. The entire table protested with cries of "What?" and "This is no-limit". The dealer listened to the words of the table and the hand progressed. Blom's opponent moved all in and Blom let out a sigh and called.

Blom: {A-Spades}{k-Hearts}
Opponent: {K-Clubs}{K-Spades}

The dealer dealt out a great flop for Blom as it came {A-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{8-Clubs}. The dealer was about to deal fourth street but was stopped by an ESPN employee who wanted to hold the action for taping. Blom's opponent made to wait and stare at the board that cracked his kings for about 45 seconds until the camera crews arrived.

Once the camera crew was there the dealer continued with the deal and put out the {A-Clubs} on the turn. This gave Blom trip aces but also gave his opponent a glimmer of hope as any club that did not fill up Blom would give him the win with a flush.

Fortunately for Blom the river was the {7-Spades} and he was able to double up. Blom's all in was for roughly 44,000 and he is now sitting pretty around 90,000 in chips.

Tags: Viktor Blom

Stale Nacho

With a few thousand in the pot and a board reading {6-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{Q-Spades}{K-Clubs}, Johnny Sangha checked from under the gun, and Nacho Barbero followed suit right behind. The {7-Hearts} river saw Sangha fired out 2,300, and Barbero made a quick call.

"Two pair," Sangha said and rolled over {7-Clubs}{6-Clubs}, which prompted Barbero to slap the table, shake his head, and then muck his hand. The Argentinean is down to just 3,800.

Tags: Johnny SanghaNacho Barbero

Blue and Purple Counts

Lamb and Giannetti at the Same Table

Ben Lamb's table recently broke from the Pavilion room to the Brasilia room. He drew a seat at Table #63 and he has played with at least one person at his table before.

Matt Giannetti and Ben Lamb are no strangers, having both made the final table of the Main Event last year. In fact, it was Lamb who eliminated Giannetti in fourth place.

Lamb is sitting two seats to Giannetti's left, so we can expect to see a familiar scene between the two players before Day 1c wraps up.

Tags: Ben LambMatt Giannetti

A Look Back at the WSOP from 1990-1999

Level 4 : 150/300, 25 ante

Top 10 1990s WSOP Most Money Won

PlacePlayerMoney Won
1Huck Seed$1,614,844
2John Bonetti$1,417,117
3Hamid Dastmalchi$1,324,850
4Erik Seidel$1,297,146
5Dan Harrington$1,277,608
6Scotty Nguyen$1,254,607
7Phil Hellmuth$1,237,875
8Mansour Matloubi$1,214,062
9T.J. Cloutier$1,212,806
10Brad Daugherty$1,112,479

Top 10 1990s WSOP Most Bracelets

PlacePlayerBracelets
1Phil Hellmuth5
2Men Nguyen4
Erik Seidel4
4T.J. Cloutier3
Ted Forrest3
John Bonetti3
727 Players Tied2

Top 10 1990s WSOP Most Cashes

PlacePlayer# of Cashes
1An Tran24
Men Nguyen24
3T.J. Cloutier23
Mike Sexton23
5Brent Carter22
Berry Johnston22
7Chris Bjorin20
John Bonetti20
Erik Seidel20
Ken Flaton20

*Charts from WSOP Media Guide.

Morgan Doubles

John Morgan was all in preflop for his last 5,225 with the {K-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}. He was up against his opponent's {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}, but got lucky as the board ran out {J-Spades}{9-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} and doubled up.

Tags: John Morgan

Duhamel Done

Jonathan Duhamel - Eliminated
Jonathan Duhamel - Eliminated

The 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion has been eliminated by 2009 WSOP bracelet winner Anthony Harb. According to the table, Duhamel was all in with {5-}{5-} agains the {j-}{j-} of Harb. The board ran out {k-}{q-}{10-}{2-}{7-}, sending Duhamel to the rail.

Tags: Jonathan Duhamel

Updated Chip Counts from the Brasilia Gold Section

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