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
Players Left 1 / 6,598
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Grinder Gone; Updated Chip Counts from Amazon Purple Section

As we near the dinner break, we've one more casualty to report. After slipping down below the 30,000-chip mark, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi finally lost the last of his stack to join those eliminated in Level 8.

Player Chips Progress
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Jeremy Allen
271,000
6,000
6,000
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Paul Volpe
245,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 3X Winner
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Daniel Eichhorn
203,000
56,000
56,000
Profile photo of Sumit Kumar
Sumit Kumar
192,000
39,000
39,000
Profile photo of Joshua Levkov
Joshua Levkov
172,500
14,500
14,500
Profile photo of James Keys
James Keys
162,000
64,800
64,800
Profile photo of Bryan Paris
Bryan Paris
141,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of James Sykes
James Sykes
123,000
9,500
9,500
Profile photo of Ryan Austin
Ryan Austin
99,000
2,300
2,300
Profile photo of Brandon Adams
Brandon Adams
89,600
39,300
39,300
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Sorel Mizzi
89,000
2,700
2,700
Profile photo of Brent Zimmerman
Brent Zimmerman
88,400
12,600
12,600
Profile photo of Gregory Heimann
Gregory Heimann
83,000
64,000
64,000
Profile photo of Daniel Delorenzogalvan
Daniel Delorenzogalvan
71,000
17,100
17,100
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Vivek Rajkumar
60,000
14,000
14,000
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Fabrice Soulier
54,000
13,000
13,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Brad Booth
53,000
7,800
7,800
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Timothy Adams
51,600
7,000
7,000
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Ben Turnstill
42,000
67,300
67,300
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Tuan Phan
35,500
50,200
50,200
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Luke Schwartz
18,000
37,300
37,300
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Michael Mizrachi
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 8X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Weizer Loses Some

A player under the gun raised to 1,700, Josh Weizer called, and the player in the big blind defended. The flop was {9-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}, and the action checked to Weizer, who fired 2,300. Only the original raiser called.

The turn was the {7-Clubs}, and the player checked again. Weizer tossed out 5,100, and his opponent called.

The {q-Diamonds} completed the board, and both players checked. The original raiser showed {a-Spades}{q-Spades} for aces and queens, and Weizer momentarily showed his hand, but all we saw was an ace.

Weizer is still very healthy with about 233,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Josh Weizer
233,000

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Rajkumar Doubles Through Austin

Ryan Austin opened from under the gun to 1,700, then Vivek Rajkumar reraised to 4,900 from the button. It folded back to Austin who reraised again to 13,700, Rajkumar shoved for 51,600 total, and Austin called.

Austin: {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}
Rajkumar: {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}

The board ran out {Q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{3-Spades}{2-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}, and Rajkumar scores a double up as we near the end of Level 8.

Player Chips Progress
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Vivek Rajkumar
104,000
44,000
44,000
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Ryan Austin
39,000
60,000
60,000

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Double for Kessler

The flop read {j-Hearts}{9-Spades}{10-Spades} and Allen Kessler bet out 2,500. Kessler's opponent sat on Kessler's direct left and raised to 6,500. Kessler then three-bet and his opponent four-bet all in. Kessler made the call and because he was shorter in chips he was the one at risk. Cards were flipped over and it was Kessler who was well ahead.

Kessler: {10-}{10-}
Opponent: {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}

Both players had flopped sets, but it was Kessler's that was the best. As long as a nine didn't fall Kessler would double up. The {8-Hearts} on the turn opened the board to some potential split pot opportunities, but the {4-Diamonds} on the river washed those dreams away. Kessler now sits around 67,500.

Player Chips Progress
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Allen Kessler
67,500
31,500
31,500

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Jacks Good for Arieh

Over on Josh Arieh's table there was a {8-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{k-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} board showing and well over 10,000 already in the pot. It was on Arieh to act first and he checked it over to his one opponent. The player bet 8,00 and after much deliberation, Arieh made the call.

A {3-Clubs} on the river would see Arieh again check and this time Arieh would check behind. Here is how the cards looked at showdown.

Arieh: {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}
Opponent: {8-Hearts}{6-Hearts}

Arieh's jacks were enough to scoop up the pot as he now sits with a very healthy stack of more than 150,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Josh Arieh
160,000
40,000
40,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 7X Winner

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More Chips for Bachar

We caught the action on the turn, with the board reading {3-Spades}{10-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}. Ziv Bachar was heads up on the button, and his opponent bet out 11,000. Bachar called, and the river brought the {j-Spades}. Bachar's opponent fired out 15,300, with 30,500 behind. Barchar thought for about 20 seconds before grabbing enough orange T5,000 chips to put his opponent all in.

His opponent was immediately distressed by the bet, and asked him if he had a jack. Bachar remind silent, and his opponent tanked for about two minutes before Bachar called the clock. About halfway through the clock, his opponent folded, and Bachar tabled {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}. His opponent slammed his hand on the table, and said that he folded a ten.

After that pot, Bachar is up to 360,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Ziv Bachar
360,000
37,000
37,000

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Big Double for Bardah

Event 40: $2,500 Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed winner Ronnie Bardah just found himself involved in a huge, potentially tourney-ending hand as players left for the break.

Bardah opened from middle position and got two callers, one from the button and one from the big blind. The flop came {4-Clubs}{3-Spades}{2-Spades}, and Bardah continued with a bet of 2,900. The button called, and the big blind tossed his cards away, leaving the table to join others streaming out of the Amazon.

The turn then brought the {9-Clubs} and Bardah checked. His opponent fired a bet of 6,400, and Bardah responded with a big check-raise to 20,000 which his opponent called.

The river brought a third spade and another check from Bardah, and his opponent took the opportunity to bet enough to put Bardah all in for his last 33,000 should he call. Bardah tanked, then finally made the call. "Ace high," said his opponent, who'd tried to represent the flush. Bardah tabled {A-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} for a wheel and big double-up before dinner.

Lynn Gilmartin caught Ronnie in the hallway one his way out to talk about the hand. He is one happy man on dinner!

Player Chips Progress
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Ronnie Bardah
119,000
51,000
51,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100