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

Updated Chip Counts from the Brasilia Gold Section

Player Chips Progress
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
302,000
7,000
7,000
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
292,000
72,000
72,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Tristan Clemencon fr
Tristan Clemencon
261,000
31,000
31,000
Steve Merrifield
Steve Merrifield
215,000
-12,000
-12,000
Sam Holden gb
Sam Holden
213,000
55,000
55,000
Farzad Bonyadi us
Farzad Bonyadi
210,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Dee Friedman
Dee Friedman
174,000
Anthony Rivera
Anthony Rivera
168,000
88,000
88,000
Kory Kilpatrick
Kory Kilpatrick
150,000
10,000
10,000
Freddy Deeb lb
Freddy Deeb
145,000
100,000
100,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
140,000
-50,000
-50,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Andrew Moreno us
Andrew Moreno
120,000
2,000
2,000
Michael Binger
Michael Binger
116,000
-14,000
-14,000
Justin Zaki
Justin Zaki
102,000
7,000
7,000
Paul Wasicka
Paul Wasicka
95,000
30,000
30,000
Tom Koral
Tom Koral
86,000
25,150
25,150
Juan Manuel Pastor es
Juan Manuel Pastor
65,000
17,000
17,000
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
58,000
-7,000
-7,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Kosei Ichinose
Kosei Ichinose
55,000
Kelly Kim us
Kelly Kim
50,000
-55,000
-55,000
Steve Karp
Steve Karp
49,000
-1,000
-1,000
Chris Oliver us
Chris Oliver
30,000
-6,000
-6,000
Gus Hansen dk
Gus Hansen
25,000
-48,000
-48,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Winamax
John Racener us
John Racener
22,000
-18,000
-18,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Ryan Young
Ryan Young
20,000
-79,000
-79,000

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Nice End to Level for Volpe

In the last hand before the break, Paul Volpe raised from middle position, then the player in the cutoff reraised to 6,100. It folded back to Volpe who made it 19,000 to go, his opponent shoved all in, and Volpe snap-called.

Volpe's opponent showed {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}, but Volpe had the better pair with {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}. As players filed out of the Amazon room, the community cards came {2-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{10-Clubs}, and Volpe's opponent won't be returning from the break. Meanwhile, Volpe cracks a quarter million.

Player Chips Progress
Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
253,000
79,000
79,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 3X Winner

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Lew Grabs a Few From Mikkelsen

Randy Lew
Randy Lew

Randy Lew opened for 2,300 from the hijack seat and found one caller in Dag Martin Mikkelsen in the big blind.

The flop came {K-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{J-Diamonds} and both players checked.

The turn brought the {10-Spades} and Mikkelsen check-called a 2,800 bet from Lew.

When the {J-Clubs} completed the board, Mikkelsen checked once more - prompting a 6,800 bet from Lew. Mikkelsen tank-called and Lew flipped over {J-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for jacks-full of tens. Mikkelsen mucked and Lew scooped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Dag Martin Mikkelsen
Dag Martin Mikkelsen
98,000
-47,000
-47,000
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
60,000
-7,000
-7,000

Level: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

Silly Jackz

Robert Croak, the creative mind behind Silly Bandz, just eliminated a player holding the {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}. The player at risk was all in with {k-}{q-}, and failed to connect with the flop, turn, or river, eliminating him from the 2012 Main Event.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Croak
Robert Croak
93,000

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Breaking Blom

We caught up with the action with the board reading {7-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}. A player checked the action and Viktor Blom bet 9,800 into a pot of over 14,000. Blom's opponent thought for about a minute before calling.

The {A-Hearts} rivered and they both checked. Blom's opponent showed {Q-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} and Blom mucked his hand. He's currently sitting on about 175,000.

Player Chips Progress
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
175,000
-25,000
-25,000

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Arieh Battling

A player in middle position opened for 2,300, and Josh Arieh leaned over to look at his neighbor's short stack. Arieh's own stack has been up and down today, currently sitting below the 100,000-chip mark.

After some thought, the third-place finisher in the 2004 WSOP Main Event decided to reraise to 6,300, and when it folded back around his opponent let it go.

Player Chips Progress
Josh Arieh us
Josh Arieh
86,000
-49,000
-49,000
$25K Fantasy
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner

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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
100,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Randy Lew us
Randy Lew
Busted

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