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2012 World Series of Poker
Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 6
Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$62,021,200
Total Entries
6,598
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
300,000
Players Left 1 / 6,598
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Alfred Firova raised to 95,000 under the gun only to have Scott Anderson move all in from middle position for 805,000. Action folded back around to Firova and he made the call.
Showdown
| Firova |   |
| Anderson |   |
Anderson had the best hand going in and would have it coming out as the board came down 
.
Firova busted shortly thereafter.
Level 25
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
It's time for our first 20-minute break of the day, despite the fact that there are four minutes still on the clock, and here's what's happened in the last two hours:
- Elisabeth Hill and Gaelle Baumann both crossed the 5 million-chip mark.
- 2011 November Niner Sam Holden tripled up.
- 2012 WSOP bracelet winner Dung Nguyen was eliminated.
See you in 20 minutes, where we will play the last four minutes of Level 25.
Sam Soverel opened to opened from early position, Fabrizio Gonzalez called on his direct left, and the action folded to Webber Kang, who three-bet from the small blind. Soverel moved all in for around 1.5 million, Gonzalez folded, and Kang instantly called.
| Soverel |  |
| Kang |   |
The board ran out 
, and Soverel was eliminated.
David Balkin was just all in for about 1 million and at risk with 
versus Filippi's 
. "Do your job, dealer," said the Australian as he stood from the table, hoping to see a king, queen, or some other community cards that would improve his hand.
The flop satisfied Balkin's request, coming 
to pair his queen, and he clapped his hands. "Come on, hold," he said. The turn was the and river the 
, and Balkin survives.
Gwennael Grandmougin raised all in for his last 515,000 from under the gun. Mazin Khoury re-raised his whole stack all in from the hijack and the rest of the table folded.
Grandmougin: 
Khoury: 
The board ran out 
and Grandmougin was able to pair his ace, securing a double up to about 1,100,000.
Roman Valerstein was all in preflop holding 
, and Amit Makhija had him at risk holding .
The board ran out 
, and Valerstein was eliminated.
Makhija has rocketed up the charts, and now has over 3.3 million chips.
Gaelle Baumann raised to 80,000 from under the gun and received a call from Marc Ladouceur in the big blind. The dealer produced a flop of 
and Ladouceur led out for 95,000. Baumann quickly tossed in a call and the 
turned.
Ladouceur continued with his aggression, making it 215,000. Baumann called once again, and the river was the . Ladouceur fired a third barrel and Baumann went into the tank for about three minutes before calling. Ladouceur showed for a straight and Baumann mucked her hand. This pot brings Ladouceur's stack up to about 2,600,000.
Jean Malherbe raised to 80,000 from the button, and Andrew Dean defended his big blind.
The flop came down 
, and Dean check-callde 75,000.
On the turn the hit, and Dean checked once more. Malherbe counted out another bet, and fired 220,000. Dean took his time, and called.
The river was the , and once again Dean checked. Malherbe grabbed chips immediately, and he announced a 440,000-chip bet.
Dean didn't seem happy, but after a good minute he called. Malherbe turned over , and Dean replied with, "Must be nice," as he mucked his cards.
We found Jeremy Ausmus betting the flop of 
and Kyle Keranen raised. Ausmus called to see the turn. Both players checked to the 
river. Ausmus checked, Keranen bet 1,150,000 and Ausmus called.
Keranen tabled and Ausmus tabled the winner with 
.
