Level 24
: 15,000/30,000, 4,000 ante
After a brief pause for television coordination, the cards are back in the air, and we will play one more two-hour level.
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$62,021,200
Entries
6,598
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
300,000
Players Left 1 / 6598
Filter
Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 4,000
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
The remaining 111 players are on their final 20-minute break of the evening.
Over the last two hours, we've lost Joseph Cheong, Vladimir Mefodichev took a sick beat, and Kyle Keranen retained the chip lead.
See you in 20!
On the turn, the board read 
with Mark Clement and Isaac Baron getting all of the money in during unknown action. Baron held the 
and Clement the 
.
The river completed the board with the 
and Baron won the pot to send Clement to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,180,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
They are currently moving a new table into the mothership, so here are the counts of the players heading back to the tournament floor.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,578,000
395,000
|
395,000 |
|
||
|
1,590,000
84,000
|
84,000 |
|
1,447,000
204,000
|
204,000 |
|
1,322,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
1,071,000
580,000
|
580,000 |
|
|
||
|
862,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
823,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
498,000
356,000
|
356,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
492,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
Wow. It was an absolute nightmare of a level for former November Niner Joseph Cheong. He came back from dinner break with 3.1 million, and all that is gone within this level. Paul Volpe is the one that did him in.
Cheong was down to about 1.1 million when he made his stand in a preflop raising war with Volpe. Cheong held 
, and Volpe tabled 
. The flop was a tough one for Cheong, coming down 
. Cheong would now need one of the two remaining tens in the deck, but it wasn't meant to be. The turn was the 
, and the river was the 
.
Despite this downfall, it can't be overlooked how impressive Cheong has been in the last three main events. He finished 3rd in 2010, 114th in last year's and he will finish 116th this year. Meanwhile Volpe is up to 4.25 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,250,000
384,000
|
384,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
We heard that there was an all in at the secondary feature table, and when we sprinted over, there was also a call. From our limited view, we could see that the board was 
, Erik Hellman had 
, and according to the announcer, Michael Gable had a diamond draw.
The turn and river bricked 
, 
, respectively, and Gable was eliminated.
Hellman shot out of his chair when the river card hit the felt, screaming, "BOOOOOOOM!!! BOOOOOOOOM!!!"
It was a big boom for Hellman, who appears to have over 5 million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,050,000
1,140,000
|
1,140,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Kyle Keranen opened to 50,000 under the gun and Robert Salaburu three-bet to 115,000 on the button. Action folded back to Keranen who four-bet to what looked to be about 300,000. Selaburu nearly beat him into the pot, immediately putting chips out next to Keranen's to match.
The 
flop was checked by both players, landing the 
turn. Keranen put out chips to bet, Selaburu folded instantly, and Keranen took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,150,000
510,000
|
510,000 |
|
5,300,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
Eric Legoff was just all in and at risk with against the 
of Timothy Adams. The flop came an interesting 
, pairing both and creating straight possibilities as well. By the turn, Legoff's supporters on the rail were starting to call for an ace.
The dealer then delivered the river... the 
. "Ace, ace, ace!" yelled the rail, and Legoff couldn't help but smile as he keeps his seat.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,160,000
540,000
|
540,000 |
|
926,000
554,000
|
554,000 |
|
|
||
From middle position, Fabrizio Gonzalez raised to 48,000. Frank Calo reraised all in for 221,000 and play folded back to Gonzalez. He thought for a bit and then called with the . Calo held the 
.
The flop, turn and river ran out 
and Calo doubled back to over half a million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,800,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
505,000
68,000
|
68,000 |
