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

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

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Suicide Blom-er

No Momentum For Viktor Blom
No Momentum For Viktor Blom

We recently reported a hand that saw Viktor Blom lose a good chunk of chips. We caught up with him to find him lose a little bit more.

A player opened to 2,600 from early position and received two calls. Viktor Blom mulled over a decision for a bit before three-betting the action to 10,800. It folded back around to the original raiser and he made it 27,700 to go. Action folded back to Blom and he wasted no time moving his hand into the muck.

After losing this pot Blom was sitting on a stack of 95,000.

A mere few hands later we returned to Blom's table to find him in the middle of the action once again. Blom opened for 2,600 only to have the player in the hijack three-bet to 6,800. The player on the button thought about it for a bit before folding and action folded back around to Blom.

The online prodigy four-bet the actoin to 13,300 and his opponent snap-moved all in. Blom sighed and found that he was in the quintessential race situation.

Blom{Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}
Opponent{A-Spades}{k-Clubs}

The board fell {3-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and Blom's opponent was able to pair his hand and win the race.

Blom is now sitting around 50,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
50,000 -45,000

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Chan vs. Lew

Johnny Chan
Johnny Chan

Randy Lew started the action out in a recent hand by making it 2,600 to see the flop. A middle position player made the call and the hijack player did the same. Next it was on Andy Frankenberger on the button who took about a minute to decide what he wanted to do. In the end Frankenberger threw it away.

The small blind folded and action found itself on a big blinded Johnny Chan. Chan took a few moments and pushed forward a stack of chips for a raise. Chan made it 12,000 and action was back to Lew who took about a minute before announcing "all in". The rest of the table folded back to Chan, who quickly made the call making Lew the one at risk. Cards were turned over, and it was Chan who was well out in front.

Chan: {A-Spades}{A-Diamonds}
Lew: {K-Spades}{k-Hearts}

Lew was going to need to grab hold of something if he wanted to continue his Main Event run. The board came {7-Hearts}{4-Spades}{10-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{5-Spades} and with that Lew's Main Event and World Series of Poker was over.

Player Chips Progress
Johnny Chan us
Johnny Chan
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
100,000 12,000
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
Busted

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The Magician Making Chips Disappear

Antonio Esfandiari
Antonio Esfandiari

Antonio Esfandiari is of course fresh off his win in the $1,000,000 Big One For One Drop, and it looks like he's keeping that momentum going through the Main Event. We just caught him winning a big pot that has propelled him up to 250,000.

Action folded around to Antonio Esfandiari raising it up to 2,200 in the cutoff, and the player on the button was the only caller. The flop came down {10-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{7-Clubs}, and Esfandiari fired out 3,400. His opponent tossed in the call, and the turn brought the {4-Hearts}. Esfandiari kept the aggression up, as he led out for 8,600. His opponent tanked for about 30 seconds before tossing in the call.

The river brought the {3-Hearts}, and after about 20 seconds of thought, Esfandiari announced all in. There was about 40,000 in the pot, and his opponent had about 50,000 left behind, so it was an overbet to the pot. This sent his opponent deep into the tank. He counted out his entire chip stack, then slid his chips forward after about three minutes of thought.

Esfandiari tabled {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} for a flopped set, and his opponent mucked his cards, and slid his chips over to the Magician.

Player Chips Progress
Antonio Esfandiari us
Antonio Esfandiari
WSOP 3X Winner
250,000 89,000

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Cheong Strong

Joseph Cheong Can't Go Wrong
Joseph Cheong Can't Go Wrong

We caught up with the action on a board of {10-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{3-Hearts} board to see Joseph Cheong bet 4,300. His opponent put out a raise that made it 13,100 to go. Cheong called and the two were off to the river.

The {2-Clubs} spike the river and Cheong checked. His opponent bet 29,000 and Cheong went into the tank. Cheong thought for about three minutes before his opponent called the clock and the floor came over. The floorman informed Cheong that he had sixty seconds left to act on his hand and Cheong stills at motionless.

About thirty seconds into the time, Cheong quickly announced that he was all in, which in fact was all in for his opponent who had about 60,000 behind. Cheong's opponent called.

"Nut flush," said Cheong, showing {A-Clubs}{5-Clubs}. His opponent tabled {J-Clubs}{9-Clubs} and made a quick exit out of the Amazon room.

"Sorry," Cheong continued. "I really didn't know if I should shove or just call there."

Regardless of the time it took, Cheong is now sitting in a remarkably high position with 262,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
WSOP 1X Winner
226,000 71,000

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Phil Ivey's 2012 WSOP Is Over

Phil Ivey (Day 1c) eliminated from the 2012 WSOP Main Event
Phil Ivey (Day 1c) eliminated from the 2012 WSOP Main Event

Phil Ivey had been quietly folding and waiting for a spot during the first several hands at his table. About 35 minutes into the day, he finally got involved.

Action folded to Rebhi Attiyah on the button and he limped in for 500. In the small blind, Pedro Piazuelo made the call and then Ivey raised to 2,500 out of the big blind with a little under 8,000 behind. Attiyah folded, but Piazuelo moved all in. Ivey snapped his head to the right when he heard Piazuelo make the all-in move and then looked back forward. With a fling of his cards, his hand went into the muck and Ivey fell shorter.

On the next hand, action folded back to Attiyah in the cutoff seat and he limped in for the second hand in a row. From the small blind, Phil Ivey raised all in for 7,675. Nick DiVella was in the big blind and took a minute to himself. He then made the call. Attiyah tanked long and hard before eventually folding his hand and letting DiVella battle with the at-risk Ivey.

Ivey showed the {2-Spades}{2-Clubs} for the smallest pair available. DiVella had the {A-Hearts}{10-Spades}.

On the flop, the {A-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{8-Clubs} fell and Ivey fell behind to DiVella's two pair. The turn was the {6-Hearts} and Ivey needed to find one of the two remaining deuces on the river to stay alive.

The river completed the board with the {8-Hearts} and Ivey couldn't find what he needed. He was up and out of his chair in an instant, darting through to the back hallways and out of the Rio.

And with that, Ivey's 2012 World Series of Poker has come to an end.

Player Chips Progress
Nick DiVella
Nick DiVella
53,000
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Busted

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Day 2c About to Kick Off

Randy Haddox - The Big Stack In The Room
Randy Haddox - The Big Stack In The Room

Welcome to our coverage of the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event! Today the remaining players from Day 1c will return to the felt to play five more levels of poker. This is the final day that the tournament field will be separated, as when these players bag and tag for the evening, they will be officially combined with the runners from Days 2a/b.

Randy Haddox is the player in the spotlight as he will be coming into play with the biggest stack in the room. Haddox will be starting play sitting on 188,225. Close behind Haddox is Erik Hellman (175,950) and Marco Bognanni (169,900).

As Day 1c was the largest ever single day field in Main Event history, it's no surprise that a slew of easily recognizable faces will be returning to the felt today. Brandon Adams is sitting on a stack of 153,100 and will be poised to make a strong run in Day 2c. Some players that will be joining Adams at the tables include Bradley Booth, Jake Cody, Ari Engel, Josh Arieh, Chris Moorman, Viktor Blom, Brett Richey, Matt Affleck, Joseph Cheong, Paul Wasicka, Gus Hansen, Randy Lew, Angel Guillen, and Shannon Shorr.

We also have a handful of previous year's Main Event champions returning for play today. Joe Cada (117,375), Johnny Chan (82,300) Jamie Gold (28,800), and Tom McEvoy (24,125) will all be looking to increase their chip stacks and add another Main Event title to their respective poker resumes.

Poker isn't just for the professional player, however. Two Hollywood stars turned up for Day 1c and were able to keep their chips at an upward trend, allowing them to return for Day 2c. While acting may be their primary profession, neither of these players are strangers to the felt. With both having numerous WSOP appearances and the latter having a WSOP bracelet, both Jason Alexander (49,550) and Jennifer Tilly (22,575) will be looking to trudge through the large field and move on to Day 3.

Cards will be in the air mere moments from now, so make sure to stay tuned to our live coverage here on PokerNews!

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