2012 World Series of Poker

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

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

Day 2c Completed

Michael Hack with Biggest Stack as Day 2c Concludes

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante
Michael Hack
Michael Hack

The Main Event marches on! Today saw the 2,300 survivors from Day 1c reconvene for five more two-hour levels' worth of poker, all hoping to last to tomorrow's Day 3 and join the players who won their way through during yesterday's Day 2a/2b.

When the dust settled, about 900 of those who began Day 2c survived, with Michael Hack appearing to possess the biggest stack around with 457,000, followed closely by Marco Bognanni with 452,100. In other words, no one today reached the heights achieved by Gaelle Baumann from Day 2a/2b to equal the 505,800 she bagged at night's end yesterday.

Randy Haddox began today with the biggest starting stack, and he and fellow big stack Eric Hellman spent the afternoon continuing their upward climb, soon to be joined by Sam Soverel, Ziv Bachar, Justin Ouimette, and Jeremy Allen in the race to 400,000.

Meanwhile the short stacks were busting at a rapid clip, with Scott Clements, Matt Savage, Jennifer Tilly, Ted Forrest, Kirk Morrison, Noah Schwartz, David "Doc" Sands among the early eliminations.

Phil Ivey would see his remarkable 2012 WSOP come to an abrupt end early on Day 2c as well after losing the last of his short stack to Nick DiVella, thus ending his pursuit of a sixth final table and first bracelet this summer. Others running out of chips before dinner included Jeff Madsen, Prahlad Friedman, Blair Hinkle, Jennifer Harman, Michael Mizrachi, and former WSOP Main Event champions, Jamie Gold (2006), Joe Cada (2009), and Tom McEvoy (1983).

By the final break of the night, Randy Haddox remained at the top of the Day 2c leaderboard, topping 450,000 for a while before slipping back. Luke Brereton and David Kluchman had pushed up onto the front page of the counts as well, with Jake Cody also edging toward the 300,000-chip mark. Meanwhile, Jennifer Leigh, Perry Friedman, Tom Marchese, Steve Billirakis, and Jason Alexander and his mustache and sideburns had all left us.

Also hitting the rail as the night wore down to its conclusion was the Godfather of Poker, Doyle Brunson. Brunson had mentioned earlier that he might skip this year's ME, but ultimately changed his mind because "it's such a great event!" Brunson made it through Day 1c with above average chips and lasted well into today's Day 2c, but ultimately was knocked out, with the announcement of his elimination greeted with applause from other players recognizing his significant achievements and contributions to poker.

Other late bustouts tonight included Gus Hansen, Tim West, Ludovic Lacay, and Matt Affleck. And after an up-and-down day, Viktor "Isildur1" Blom also hit the rail during the last half-hour of play.

Meanwhile, chip leaders Hack and Bognanni emerged, with Jonathan Fountain, Randy Haddox, and John Leathart also ending the day with 400,000-plus chips. Other notables making it through the day who will return to healthy stacks tomorrow include Burt Boutin, Sam Holden, Jake Cody, Joseph Cheong, Ravi Raghavan, Ronnie Bardah, Ben Lamb, Antonio Esfandiari, and Johnny Chan. You can see some of those players in tonight's update with Lynn Gilmartin:

Thanks for following our coverage today and be sure to return to PokerNews tomorrow at noon Vegas time for Day 3 of the World Series of Poker Main Event when the entire field of about 1,760 finally merges to continue the long journey toward finding this year's final table.

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Official End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Michael Hack us
Michael Hack
457,000
Marco Bognanni it
Marco Bognanni
452,100
Jonathan Fountain us
Jonathan Fountain
435,400
Randy Haddox us
Randy Haddox
407,300 219,025
John Leathart us
John Leathart
404,900
Erik Hellman se
Erik Hellman
397,900
David Kluchman
David Kluchman
383,000
Jim Burns us
Jim Burns
381,600
Luke Brereton
Luke Brereton
372,000
Thanh dat Tran
Thanh dat Tran
369,300
Jeremy Allen us
Jeremy Allen
364,200
Burt Boutin
Burt Boutin
363,800
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
355,100 2,000
Wayne Peterson us
Wayne Peterson
352,700
Sam Holden gb
Sam Holden
352,600
Ryan Batchelor us
Ryan Batchelor
340,100
Karim Jomeen
Karim Jomeen
328,600 328,272
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
322,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Justin Ouimette
Justin Ouimette
317,400 5,000
Philip Macdonald
Philip Macdonald
316,900
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
313,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Kevin Song
Kevin Song
305,800
Sergii Baranov
Sergii Baranov
303,000 -60,000
Daniel Eichhorn
Daniel Eichhorn
302,700
Fabrizio Gonzalez uy
Fabrizio Gonzalez
299,600

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End of Day Counts

Player Chips Progress
Michael Hack us
Michael Hack
457,000 17,000
Marco Bognanni it
Marco Bognanni
452,100 -10,900
Jonathan Fountain us
Jonathan Fountain
435,400 30,400
John Leathart us
John Leathart
404,900 53,900
Erik Hellman se
Erik Hellman
397,900 83,900
David Kluchman
David Kluchman
383,000 8,000
Jim Burns us
Jim Burns
381,600 1,600
Fransois Tosques
Fransois Tosques
372,200
Luke Brereton
Luke Brereton
372,000 -8,000
Jeremy Allen us
Jeremy Allen
364,200 42,200
Burt Boutin
Burt Boutin
363,800 23,800
Sergii Baranov
Sergii Baranov
363,000
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
353,100 41,100
Wayne Peterson us
Wayne Peterson
352,700 -17,300
Sam Holden gb
Sam Holden
352,600 25,600
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
322,000 7,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
313,400 68,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Justin Ouimette
Justin Ouimette
312,400 20,400
Daniel Eichhorn
Daniel Eichhorn
302,700 63,700
Neil Ryder
Neil Ryder
283,000
Jerry Randolph
Jerry Randolph
281,500
Ronnie Bardah us
Ronnie Bardah
274,400 163,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Tristan Clemencon fr
Tristan Clemencon
271,800 21,800
Ben Lamb us
Ben Lamb
271,000 -19,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Antoine Guyetant
Antoine Guyetant
267,000 23,000

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Five More

Level 10 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The tournament clock has been paused and the call for five more hands has been made. Stay tuned for some notable end-of-day chip counts and a recap of all the action.

Andy Frankenbusted

Andy Frankenberger
Andy Frankenberger

The flop read {10-Clubs}{3-Spades}{3-Hearts}, and action was on Andy Frankenberger who bet out, Johnny Chan was the only other person in the hand and he opted to raise. Frankenberger countered by moving all in and Chan made the call. As is the custom cards were flipped over and both players saw where they were standing, and it was Frankenberger on top.

Frankenberger: {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs}
Chan: {9-}{9-}

The {j-Spades} fell on the turn, solidifying Frankenberger's double up even more, but the {9-Spades} on the river put the hand in Chan's favor and Frankenberger was sent home.

Player Chips Progress
Johnny Chan us
Johnny Chan
220,000 86,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Andy Frankenberger us
Andy Frankenberger
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

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Luske Snags a Sneaky One

The flop read {5-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{2-Clubs} and Marcel Luske was first to act and he opted to check. His later positioned opponent did the same and both players were allowed to see the turn.

The {7-Spades} then rolled off the deck and Luske bet out 4,000 and his opponent called. The dealer then landed the {a-Clubs} on the river and Luske checked. The later position player then bet out 7,200. Luske's response was to raise to 17,200. After a minute or so of thinking Luske's opponent made the call and Luske flipped over {8-Spades}{5-Spades} for three of a kind fives. Luske's opponent mucked and Luske raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Marcel Luske nl
Marcel Luske
155,000 84,000

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