2012 World Series of Poker

Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 2ab
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

Time For a Break, Mark

Mark Demirdjian has continued his late crushing of Day 2a here, managing to accumulate more chips than any player in in his field or over in 2b. We were recently passing by his table as he got up out of his chair to seemingly leave the table for a moment. "Got so many chips your going to have a break?" one of the players at the table joked.

"You haven't hit a set for ten minutes, so your going take some time off?" some others at the table joined in.

We can't find any past results for Demirdjian, but this certainly is a good start to creating a very illustrious poker resume.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Demirdjian
Mark Demirdjian
465,000 55,000

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Ho Lotta Chips

Moments ago, Maria Ho and two opponents got all of their chips in the middle preflop, and Ho had them dominated with aces.

Ho{a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}
Opponent 1{9-Hearts}{9-Spades}
Opponent 2{6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}

The board ran out {j-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{q-Clubs}{8-Spades}, and Ho now has 250,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
250,000 80,000

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TattyTats Eliminated & Insulted

After some preflop action Tatjana Pasalic moved all in from the small blind for 22,600. Kahlil Qaqish called and talbed {A-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds}. Pasalic was at risk holding {K-Hearts} {Q-Spades}.

The ESPN crew instructed the dealer to wait and while they were waiting the player in the nine seat said plainly, "You're not in good shape."

"Hey, I work out everyday," Pasalic jabbed back with a smile.

With a camera at the table the board ran {Q-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {9-Spades} and Pasalic's Main Event was over.

Player Chips Progress
Kahlil Qaqish
Kahlil Qaqish
135,000
Tatjana Pasalic ba
Tatjana Pasalic
Busted

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Lee Flirting with 200K

Bernard Lee (Day 1b) is flirting with a 200K stack
Bernard Lee (Day 1b) is flirting with a 200K stack

Bernard Lee opened to 2,400 from under the gun, and a player in the big blind defended. The flop fell {j-Spades}{10-Spades}{2-Spades}, and Lee's opponent check-called a 2,900-chip bet. The turn was the {8-Diamonds}, both players checked, and the {7-Spades} completed the board.

Lee's opponent quickly bet out 3,200, and Lee snap-called. The player showed {a-Diamonds}{k-Diamonds} for air, and Lee tabled {k-Clubs}{k-Spades} for a king-high flush.

Player Chips Progress
Bernard Lee
Bernard Lee
191,000 68,000

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O'Brien Is Outta Here

Huck Seed raised it up to 2,000 in middle position, and Dan O'Brien raised all in from the hijack for around 15,000. It got back around to Seed, and after a few seconds of thought, he made the call.

Seed: {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}
O'Brien: {5-Spades}{5-Hearts}

O'Brien would need alot of help to survive, and the flop brought none, coming {a-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{7-Clubs}. The {10-Hearts} on the turn kept Seed out in front, and the river brought the {3-Clubs}. O'Brien headed to the exits, while Seed increased his stack to 48,000.

Player Chips Progress
Huck Seed us
Huck Seed
WSOP 4X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
48,000 -4,000
Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
Busted

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Negreanu Wins One, Loses Two

Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu

James Dempsey opened to 2,000 from middle position, Daniel Negreanu called in the hijack, and a third player re-raised to 8,500 from the small blind. Only Negreanu called.

The flop fell {8-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}, and Negreanu's opponent led for what looked like 7,700. Negreanu called.

The turn was the {8-Spades}, and Negreanu's opponent slowed down, check-calling 13,500 from Kid Poker. The {10-Clubs} completed the board, and the player checked again. Negreanu fired 34,500, and his opponent tank-called, tabling {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}. Negreanu showed {8-Clubs}{5-Clubs} for trip eights, and shipped the pot.

The very next hand, Negreanu opened to 2,200, a player in the cutoff called, and the dealer fanned {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}{6-Spades}. Negreanu led out for 2,800, and the player called. Both players checked on the turn ({k-Hearts}) and the river ({k-Diamonds}), and Negreanu showed {j-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}. His opponent had {9-Hearts}{6-Hearts} for kings full of sixes, and won the pot.

The next hand, Negreanu opened to 2,200 from middle position, and a player three-bet jammed for 14,800. Negreanu folded {a-Clubs}{2-Clubs} face up, and the player showed the {4-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
293,500 13,500

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Count Updates From Around the Amazon Room

Player Chips Progress
Mark Demirdjian
Mark Demirdjian
445,000 65,000
Brian Meinders us
Brian Meinders
WSOP 1X Winner
285,000 75,000
Daniel Strelitz
Daniel Strelitz
235,000 55,000
Sean Giesbrecht
Sean Giesbrecht
225,000 65,000
Phillip Willcocks
Phillip Willcocks
175,000
Kristijonas Andrulis
Kristijonas Andrulis
160,000 -20,000
Karina Jett us
Karina Jett
155,000 3,000
Roman Valerstein
Roman Valerstein
150,000 -30,000
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
WSOP 1X Winner
149,000 -11,000
Jackie Glazier
Jackie Glazier
120,000 -25,000
Sofia Lovgren
Sofia Lovgren
75,000 -10,000
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
WSOP 1X Winner
60,000 34,000
Ilan Boujenah il
Ilan Boujenah
60,000 15,000
Kevin Pollak
Kevin Pollak
50,000 14,500
Joseph Hunter
Joseph Hunter
46,000 -39,000
Yueqi Zhu
Yueqi Zhu
30,000 -15,000
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Silver Snakes

Player Chips Progress
Gaelle Baumann
Gaelle Baumann
300,000 20,000
Daniel Negreanu ca
Daniel Negreanu
280,000 156,000
David Diaz us
David Diaz
WSOP 1X Winner
255,000 150,000
Sammy Farha
Sammy Farha
210,000 115,000
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
175,000 29,000
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
170,000 -17,000
Jeff Beckley
Jeff Beckley
166,000 6,000
Shawn Buchanan
Shawn Buchanan
145,000 35,000
Dan Shak
Dan Shak
131,000 3,000
Dani Stern us
Dani Stern
130,000 5,000
Jerry Yang
Jerry Yang
125,000 9,000
JC Tran us
JC Tran
88,000 20,000
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
71,000 44,000
Steve Zolotow
Steve Zolotow
71,000 45,000
Peter Eastgate
Peter Eastgate
70,000 34,900
Eric Stocz
Eric Stocz
63,000 9,000
Gabe Kaplan
Gabe Kaplan
53,000 -67,000