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
Total 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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Still No Nash

We are nearing the end of Level 20, and Jarrett Nash's seat has remained empty all afternoon. Blinds and antes have claimed about a third of his starting stack thus far.

Tags: Jarrett Nash

Diaz Done

We're unsure of the action, but Amit Makhija recently eliminated Gilbert Diaz from the Main Event.

Tags: Gilbert DiazAmit Makhija

Saeed Bests Kornuth Again

Omar Saeed started the action by raising to 26,000 from early position. Korntuh called from middle position, and Daniel Negreanu also came along in the big blind. The dealer fanned out a flop of {q-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{4-Spades}, and Negreanu checked to Saeed, who fired out 47,000. Kornuth called, but Negreanu got out of the way. The turn was the {q-Spades}, and Saeed led out again for 78,000 Kornuth called that, and the river came the{6-Hearts}.

Saeed kept his foot on the gas, firing out a third barrell of 118,000. Kornuth tanked for about a minute before giving his hand up, and Saeed took another nice sized pot off of Kornuth. Saeed jumped up to 969,000 after the hand, while Kornuth fell to 953,000.

Tags: Omar SaeedChance KornuthDaniel Negreanu

Holden Holding On; Doubles Through Zaichenko

Sam Holden Doubles Up
Sam Holden Doubles Up

We caught up to see November Niner and 9th place finisher in the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event score a double up through Andrey Zaichenko.

Holden was all in for 289,000 holding {Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} against Zaichenko's {J-Spades}{j-Clubs}. The board fell {8-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{4-Spades}{9-Diamonds} and Holden was able to double his stack to about 605,000.

Tags: Andrey ZaichenkoSam Holden

More Level 20 Eliminations

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

Chisholm Loves the Ladies

Derek Chisholm was all in for his last 225,000 holding {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}. Daniel Strelitz had him at risk holding {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}, and the board ran out {9-Clubs}{4-Spades}{2-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{8-Clubs}, doubling Chisholm to 460,000.

Tags: Daniel StrelitzDerek Chisholm

The Monkey Climbs Back

Tomas Samol opened with a raise to 25,000 from the hijack seat, and A.P. Phahurat called from one seat over. Then Will "The Monkey" Souther reraised all in from the button for 189,000 total. The blinds and Samol got out, and Phahurat took about a half-minute before tossing out the calling chips.

Phahurat: {K-Clubs}{J-Clubs}
Souther: {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}

Souther sat up straight in his seat as if bracing himself for the flop. The dealer burned a card and spread the first three — {4-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}. "Yeah, Monkey!" said one of Souther's supporters on the rail, and he stood up from his chair. The turn then brought the {A-Clubs}.

"Just quads? All right," said Souther, using understatement, then sat back down as the meaningless {6-Diamonds} came on the river.

Tags: AP PhahuratTomas SamolWill Souther

Salaburu Vaults Into the Chip Lead

We just saw a three-way all-in hand develop that saw both Gjorgji Chuchuk and Tom Tran end up all in, for 100,000 and 325,000 respectively, before the flop and were at risk against Robert Salaburu.

Showdown

Salaburu{A-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
Chuchuk{9-Hearts}{9-Spades}
Tran{K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}

Tran was out in front with his kings, while Chuchuk was in major need of a nine. The {8-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{4-Clubs} flop made things interesting as it delivered Salaburu a flush draw, but the {J-Diamonds} turn didn't change much. "Jack," Tran said, trying to will the board to pair. Impressively, the river was a jack, but unfortunately for both Tran and Chuchuk, it was the {J-Clubs} to give Salaburu the flush and the double elimination.

Tags: Robert SalaburuTom TranGjorgji Chuchuk