Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event Day 3 | 2012 World Series of Poker

07-12-2012 22:02 UTC-7

Watson Gets Runner Runner Against Pham

Kevin Taylor

We caught up with the action on the river, as the board read {a-Clubs} {4-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {q-Spades} {10-Spades} . There was about 85,000 in the middle, and David "The Dragon" Pham was heads up with Cylus Watson. Pham was first to act, and he checked after about a minute of thought. It was on Watson now, and he assembled a bet of 49,700, and slid it in. Pham called very quickly, and Watson showed {q-Clubs} {10-Hearts} for two pair on the turn and river.

Pham led out a shout of frustration, as he flashed the {a-Spades} before mucking his hand. After losing that pot, Pham is down to 183,000, while Watson rockets up to 760,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cylus Watson	760,000
David Pham	183,000 77,000	77,000

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07-12-2012 22:04 UTC-7

Jejelowo Remains Among Leaders

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A player in the cutoff raised to 6,200, and A.J. Jejelowo called from the button. The big blind called as well, and the flop was spread {Q-Hearts} {2-Hearts} {2-Spades} . It checked to the preflop raiser who bet 8,700, Jejelowo called, and the big blind folded. Both remaining players then checked the {8-Clubs} turn.

The river was the {5-Diamonds} . Jejelowo's opponent pushed out a bet of 23,700, and this time Jejelowo let his hand go.

A small hit there for the 2010-11 WSOP-C Southern Regional Champion, who continues to maintain one of the biggest stacks of the remaining 900 or so players.

Player	Chips	Progress
A.J. Jejelowo	870,000 40,000	40,000

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07-12-2012 22:04 UTC-7

Chip Counts From Blue

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Player	Chips	Progress
Sean Rice	830,000 14,000	14,000
Shaun Deeb	567,000 37,000	37,000

Yuval Bronshtein	490,000 80,000	80,000

Jimmy Arvanetes	311,000 311,000	311,000
Erick Lindgren	245,000 1,000	1,000

Rob Perelman	118,000 17,000	17,000
Katie Dozier	106,000 53,000	53,000
Jared Jaffe	Busted

07-12-2012 22:08 UTC-7

Ho Catching Fire

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Maria Ho opened for 6,500 and the opponent on her left called. The flop came {6-Diamonds} {5-Spades} {4-Clubs} , Ho bet 7,000 and her opponent raised to 15,100. Ho called and the turn came {8-Clubs} . She checked, her opponent bet 18,000 and Ho called after some thought.

The river came {3-Clubs} and both players checked. Ho tabled {6-Hearts} {4-Hearts} for two pair and her opponent mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Ho	340,000 25,000	25,000

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07-12-2012 22:10 UTC-7

Updated Feature Table Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Gregory Milliron	307,600 90,400	90,400
Kevin Pollak	231,000 83,200	83,200
Lance Keating	173,000 33,900	33,900
Bruno Pereira	171,000 19,000	19,000
Thomas Czyszczon	117,000
Alejandro Anaya	99,800 12,400	12,400
Justin Oliver	54,600 37,600	37,600

Jed Dickerson	40,000 32,300	32,300
Sebastion Saffari	37,500 50,300	50,300

07-12-2012 22:14 UTC-7

Brasilia Players And Their Betting Tokens

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Player	Chips	Progress
Marc Wright	880,000 80,000	80,000
Micah Raskin	560,000 10,000	10,000
Joseph Cheong	430,000 30,000	30,000

James Keys	430,000 45,000	45,000
Alban Juen	415,000 35,000	35,000
Mike McDonald	340,000 40,000	40,000
Terrence Chan	265,000 35,000	35,000

Kyle Bowker	255,000 15,000	15,000

Nghi Van Tran	230,000 30,000	30,000
Eric Buchman	220,000 30,000	30,000

Shawn Buchanan	200,000 20,000	20,000

Kyle Julius	195,000 95,000	95,000

Erik Cajelais	190,000 70,000	70,000

JC Tran	170,000 5,000	5,000

Aaron Lim	145,000 95,000	95,000

Ari Engel	130,000 20,000	20,000

Paul Wasicka	88,000 12,000	12,000

07-12-2012 22:19 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts from the Amazon Purple Section

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Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Hellman	796,000 14,000	14,000
Dane Lomas	683,000 22,000	22,000
Armando Fernandez	618,000 37,000	37,000
Jeremy Allen	615,000 188,000	188,000
Michael Hack	598,000 271,000	271,000
Thanh dat Tran	582,000 179,200	179,200
Sorel Mizzi	580,000 298,000	298,000
David Randall	555,000 26,000	26,000
Amritraj Singh	540,000 89,000	89,000
Jake Balsiger	539,000 126,000	126,000
Vivek Rajkumar	538,000 10,000	10,000
Mark Demirdjian	530,000 120,000	120,000
Antonio Esfandiari	495,000 35,000	35,000

Fabrizio Gonzalez	470,000 37,000	37,000
Michael Shelton	458,000
Jonathan Fountain	428,000 117,000	117,000
Matt Woodward	392,000 28,000	28,000
Jeffrey Gross	350,000 13,000	13,000
Marco Bognanni	345,000 79,000	79,000
James Mitchell	337,000 7,000	7,000
Marcel Luske	328,000 212,000	212,000

Eric Cloutier	318,000 100,000	100,000
Amit Makhija	313,000 61,000	61,000
David Diaz	277,000 81,000	81,000

Bryan Paris	264,000 120,000	120,000

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07-12-2012 22:19 UTC-7

Every Moment Matters

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As we approach the last break of the evening, Marcel Luske is currently telling his table a story about a hand he played back in the 2004 World Series of Poker Main Event versus Greg Raymer. It's a hand that Raymer has spoken of since as one of his favorites from that year, and a crucial one that helped lead to his eventually going on to win the Main Event bracelet that year.

"It was just before the break," Luske said. "And I was the chip leader. I had ace-king and raised to 30,000, and then he just suddenly moved all in for 300,000." The other players at the table leaned in a little closer to hear the story better.

"I looked at those glasses," said Luske, pointing to his own eyes as he spoke. He was referring of course to the crazy lizard-eye glasses Raymer famously wore during his 2004 Main Event run. "And I just said forget it and I called. I wasn't thinking. And he had aces."

Raymer would go on to win that hand, and as Luske explained grab the momentum that eventually carried him to the title. (Luske would finish 10th.)

"It's just that one moment," said Luske, holding up his fingers as if to measure something very small. The conversation broke off, however, as players turned their attention to the dealer dealing the next hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcel Luske	322,000 6,000	6,000

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07-12-2012 22:20 UTC-7

A Milli

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Nolan Dalla just announced that Benjamin Alcober is our first player to surpass the million-chip mark. Alcober and an opponent were heads up on a board of {5-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {a-Spades} {q-Spades} , and Alcober fired 14,700. His opponent called.

The {j-Diamonds} completed the board, and Alcober's opponent checked. Alcober tossed out 28,000, and his opponent called.

"Two pair," Alcober announced, tabling {q-Hearts} {9-Spades} .

His opponent mucked, and Alcober is our million-chip man.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Alcober	1,050,000 90,000	90,000

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07-12-2012 22:20 UTC-7

Counts From The Tan Section

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Dan O'Hair

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Greenberg	930,000
Gregory Merson	550,000 160,000	160,000
Brian Meinders	410,000 40,000	40,000

Jeremy Ausmus	270,000 5,000	5,000

Kosei Ichinose	210,000 90,000	90,000
Brett Richey	165,000 32,000	32,000
Bob Slezak	152,000 8,000	8,000

Eddie Blumenthal	130,000 60,000	60,000
Daniel Negreanu	90,000 85,000	85,000