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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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.

Player Chips Progress
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Viktor Blom
90,000
51,000
51,000
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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.

Player Chips Progress
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Nacho Barbero
3,800
7,000
7,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Blue and Purple Counts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jeremy Allen
Jeremy Allen
139,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Daniel Ospina
Daniel Ospina
124,000
16,400
16,400
Profile photo of Matt Affleck
Matt Affleck
104,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Scott Freeman
Scott Freeman
87,600
1,600
1,600
Profile photo of Johnny Chan us
Johnny Chan
64,300
2,000
2,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
56,500
11,500
11,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 4X Winner
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Profile photo of Robert Williamson III
Robert Williamson III
51,650
6,150
6,150
Profile photo of Alan Boston
Alan Boston
49,000
Profile photo of Paul Volpe
Paul Volpe
39,400
8,400
8,400
Profile photo of David Sands us
David Sands
38,800
800
800
Profile photo of Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
35,300
1,400
1,400
WSOP 3X Winner
StakeKings
Profile photo of Nam Le
Nam Le
33,400
900
900
Profile photo of Humberto Brenes cr
Humberto Brenes
27,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 2X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Shannon Shorr
Shannon Shorr
24,200
4,800
4,800
Profile photo of Maria Mayrinck
Maria Mayrinck
20,000
4,300
4,300
Profile photo of Jeff Shulman
Jeff Shulman
18,350
10,650
10,650
Profile photo of Jared Hamby
Jared Hamby
18,250
950
950
Profile photo of Eric Wasserson
Eric Wasserson
13,100
7,400
7,400
Profile photo of Dan Kelly
Dan Kelly
11,400
16,600
16,600

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.

Player Chips Progress
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Ben Lamb
35,000
19,400
19,400
Profile photo of Matt Giannetti
Matt Giannetti
31,000
10,000
10,000

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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.

Player Chips Progress
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John Morgan
11,000
7,000
7,000

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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.

Player Chips Progress
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Anthony Harb
25,000
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Jonathan Duhamel
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner
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Updated Chip Counts from the Brasilia Gold Section

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Perry Friedman
Perry Friedman
71,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Keith Gipson
Keith Gipson
68,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Daniel Alaei
Daniel Alaei
60,500
32,000
32,000
Profile photo of Peter Rho
Peter Rho
42,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Phil Galfond
Phil Galfond
37,300
2,300
2,300
Profile photo of Young Phan
Young Phan
35,000
3,500
3,500
Profile photo of Theo Tran us
Theo Tran
34,500
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Tony Moreno
Tony Moreno
31,000
4,200
4,200
Profile photo of Phil Laak
Phil Laak
31,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Tony Cousineau
Tony Cousineau
30,800
6,400
6,400
Profile photo of Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
25,100
14,900
14,900
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Mark Radoja
Mark Radoja
25,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
23,000
9,500
9,500
WSOP 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Jason Senti
Jason Senti
21,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Badih Bounahra us
Badih Bounahra
21,000
8,500
8,500
Profile photo of Ryan Daut
Ryan Daut
16,000
2,500
2,500
Profile photo of Jeff Gross
Jeff Gross
12,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Matt Waxman us
Matt Waxman
11,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jeff Williams us
Jeff Williams
8,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Alex Keating us
Alex Keating
6,300
16,200
16,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of John Morgan
John Morgan
4,000
38,000
38,000
Profile photo of Jan Collado de
Jan Collado
Busted
Profile photo of Andrew Badecker us
Andrew Badecker
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
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