2012 World Series of Poker

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

Hellman Rivers Set

Erik Hellman
Erik Hellman

We found Mark Demirdjian and Erik Hellman looking down at a board of {5-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{8-Spades}. Demirdjian fired 100,000 on the river and Hellman thought for about thirty-seconds before moving out 235,000 total.

Demirdjian was upset at this raise but eventually announced a call. Hellman showed {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} for a rivered set of eights and Demirdjian slammed the table in frustration. In dragging this pot, Hellman is now up to 1,800,000.

Player Chips Progress
Erik Hellman se
Erik Hellman
1,800,000 230,000
Mark Demirdjian lb
Mark Demirdjian
410,000 -447,000

Tags: Erik HellmanMark Demirdjian

Hille Hits a Million

Following a {Q-Spades}{6-Spades}{5-Spades} flop, Elisabeth Hille and Frank Marro were involved in a series of bets and raises that culminated with Marro calling all in for roughly 450,000.

Hille: {5-Diamonds} {5-Hearts}
Marro : {Q-Hearts} {10-Hearts}

With top pair and no spade, Marro was in dire straits against the bottom set of Hille. The {K-Diamonds} turn and {3-Spades} river was all she wrote for Marro, while boosting Hille's stack to seven figures.

Player Chips Progress
Elisabeth Hille no
Elisabeth Hille
1,300,000 1,086,500
Frank Marro us
Frank Marro
Busted

Tags: Elisabeth HilleFrank Marro

Even More Eliminations . . .

For exact places of finish, please refer to our payouts page.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Kamran us
Michael Kamran
Busted
Olivier Chubilleua fr
Olivier Chubilleua
Busted
Amir Sonsino il
Amir Sonsino
Busted
Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Christina Lindley us
Christina Lindley
Busted
Dan Murariu ro
Dan Murariu
Busted
Simeon Naydenov bg
Simeon Naydenov
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Johnny Chan us
Johnny Chan
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Busted
William Wellborne us
William Wellborne
Busted
Trevor Vanderveen us
Trevor Vanderveen
Busted
Ryan Young us
Ryan Young
Busted
Peter Bosen de
Peter Bosen
Busted
Jeff Hakim lb
Jeff Hakim
Busted
Shawn Quillin us
Shawn Quillin
Busted

Playing the Board

"All in and two calls! Table 421!"

So said the dealer after Louis Crispino had pushed all in from under the gun for a little over 100,000 and gotten two callers in Tristan Clemencon (hijack seat) and Wilfried Haerig (big blind).

Both Haerig and Clemencon checked down the {3-Clubs}{6-Spades}{2-Clubs} flop, {5-Hearts} turn, and {4-Diamonds} river, the community cards having together formed a straight on the board.

Haerig showed {J-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}, then Clemencon turned over {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}. Crispino then turned his hand over while exhaling — {K-Spades}{K-Hearts}. Crispino shook his head at having missed the opportunity to get a needed triple.

Player Chips Progress
Tristan Clemencon fr
Tristan Clemencon
1,340,000 345,000
Wilfried Harig de
Wilfried Harig
1,260,000 275,000
Louis Crispino us
Louis Crispino
112,000 -68,000

Tags: Louis CrispinoTristan ClemenconWilfried Haerig

Isaia Busts Palacios

We're not sure of the action, but we do know Bolivar Palacios was all in preflop from the button with {A-Clubs}{J-Hearts} and up against Alessio Isaia, who held {A-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} in the hijack.

The {3-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{4-Diamonds} flop was no help to Palacios, but the {10-Clubs} did give him a flush draw. Unfortunately for him, the {9-Spades} blanked on the river and he was sent to the rail here in Level 19.

Player Chips Progress
Alessio Isaia it
Alessio Isaia
630,000 160,000
Bolivar Palacios pa
Bolivar Palacios
Busted

Tags: Bolivar PalaciosAlessio Isaia

Marafioti Dodges Paint To Double Up

Matt Marafioti has been grinding the short stack for quite some time on the feature table, and he finally got the double up he was looking for.

Chanracy Khun started the action by raising to 20,000 in middle position. Marafioti was next to act, and he moved all in for 103,000. It folded around to Khun, and after about 20 seconds of thought, he tossed in the call.

Khun: {k-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
Marafioti: {j-Hearts}{j-Clubs}

The flop came down {2-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}, which kept Marafioti in the lead but gave Khun a straight draw as well. Any paint would do for Khun, but he didn't get it on the turn, the {6-Clubs}, or the river, the {4-Hearts}.

Marafioti let out a big sigh of relief and pumped his fist as he got the double up to 229,000, while Khun drops to 242,000.

Player Chips Progress
Chanracy Khun ca
Chanracy Khun
WSOP 1X Winner
242,000 -180,000
Matt Marafioti ca
Matt Marafioti
229,000 154,000

Tags: Chanracy KhunMatt Marafioti

And More Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Jamie Robbins us
Jamie Robbins
1,450,000 250,000
Leo Wolpert us
Leo Wolpert
WSOP 1X Winner
1,380,000 265,000
Patrick Halter us
Patrick Halter
1,336,000 -14,000
Shahriar Assareh us
Shahriar Assareh
1,300,000
Kyle Keranen us
Kyle Keranen
1,160,000 108,000
Bryan Vanrijsbergen mt
Bryan Vanrijsbergen
965,000 105,000
Amnon Filippi us
Amnon Filippi
WSOP 1X Winner
900,000 -105,000
John Phan us
John Phan
750,000 190,000
Barry Wiedemann us
Barry Wiedemann
738,000 332,500
Matt Woodward us
Matt Woodward
690,000 310,000
Jonathan Fountain us
Jonathan Fountain
638,000 108,000
Philip Sternheimer gb
Philip Sternheimer
600,000 422,500
Antonio Garcia us
Antonio Garcia
509,000 302,000
Jared Hamby us
Jared Hamby
WSOP 1X Winner
452,000 292,000
Mikhail Lakhitov ru
Mikhail Lakhitov
WSOP 1X Winner
452,000 -10,000
Ronny Schenk ch
Ronny Schenk
424,000 252,000
Vincent Maglio us
Vincent Maglio
391,000 124,000
Michael Gable us
Michael Gable
384,000 4,000
Stephen Cesaro us
Stephen Cesaro
377,000 -17,500
Daniel Schacher us
Daniel Schacher
348,000 12,500
Mohammad Siddiqui us
Mohammad Siddiqui
330,000 -4,000
Adel Jo us
Adel Jo
319,000 20,000
Steve Yea kr
Steve Yea
316,000 -399,000
Griffin Benger ca
Griffin Benger
251,000 93,000
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
227,000 -58,000

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And More Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Michael Shelton us
Michael Shelton
1,350,000 65,000
Robert Corcione us
Robert Corcione
1,300,000 585,000
Tristan Clemencon fr
Tristan Clemencon
1,300,000 305,000
Jake Balsiger us
Jake Balsiger
1,250,000 174,000
Wilfried Harig de
Wilfried Harig
1,220,000 235,000
Roman Valerstein us
Roman Valerstein
1,060,000 -60,000
Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
WSOP 3X Winner
1,000,000 430,000
David ODB Baker us
David ODB Baker
940,000 -160,000
Nicholas Cushman us
Nicholas Cushman
900,000 -80,000
Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
880,000 5,000
William Hefflefinger us
William Hefflefinger
880,000 65,000
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
WSOP 1X Winner
810,000 -120,000
Elisabeth Hille no
Elisabeth Hille
810,000 55,000
Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
800,000 234,500
Charles Coultas us
Charles Coultas
770,000 263,000
Peter Schneider us
Peter Schneider
760,000 178,000
Nicholas Abourisk ie
Nicholas Abourisk
740,000 -230,000
Jean Malherbe
Jean Malherbe
720,000 217,000
John Owen us
John Owen
715,000 35,000
Robert Bresner us
Robert Bresner
712,000 17,000
Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
WSOP 2X Winner
685,000 205,000
Maurice Hawkins us
Maurice Hawkins
670,000 242,000
Claudia Crawford us
Claudia Crawford
600,000 50,000
Stephane Blouin ca
Stephane Blouin
595,000 328,000
Jeffrey Gross us
Jeffrey Gross
595,000 115,000

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Juanda Battling

John Juanda opened for 27,000 from early position, then it folded to the player in the cutoff who called, though tossed out fewer chips than Juanda had raised. When the raise amount was clarified to him and he satisfied the difference, the others folded. Juanda asked him if he would have called if he knew it was 27,000, and he said absolutely not, tongue in cheek.

The flop came {5-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{5-Hearts} and Juanda fired 32,000. His opponent could see that bet amount clearly enough, and folded his hand.

Player Chips Progress
John Juanda id
John Juanda
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
232,000 12,000

Tags: John Juanda