Hand #118: Merson Receives a Walk
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Level 37
: 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante
Jake Balsiger started the hand with the button, and Greg Merson received a walk.
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 8
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$62,021,200
Entries
6,598
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
300,000
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
88,650,000 | -600,000 |
|
42,925,000 | -3,800,000 |
|
23,875,000 | 75,000 |
|
21,300,000 | 375,000 |
|
21,225,000 | 3,950,000 |
Hand #117: Three-Bet from Balsiger
Level 37
: 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante
Russell Thomas had the button. He raised to 1.2 million. From the small blind, Jake Balsiger reraised to an even three million. Thomas folded, and Balsiger won the pot.
Hand #116: Three-Bet from Balsiger
Level 37
: 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante
Jesse Sylvia started the hand with the button. He opened to 1.4 million, Jake Balsiger three-bet to 3.3 million from the big blind, and Sylvia folded.
Hand #115: Three-Bet from Thomas
Level 37
: 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante
Greg Merson had the button with his massive chip stack to start this hand. Action folded to Jesse Sylvia in the small blind. He raised to 1.5 million. Russell Thomas reraised to 4.6 million from the big blind and won the pot.
Hand #114: Raise-and-Take for Ausmus
Level 37
: 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante
Jeremy Ausmus started the hand with the button. He opened to 1.2 million, and won the pot.
Level: 37
Blinds: 300,000/600,000
Ante: 75,000
Player of the Year Race
Level 36
: 250,000/500,000, 50,000 ante
If Greg Merson wins the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event, then he will also win the 2012 Player of the Year race. Phil Hellmuth, who currently sits in first place in the points standings, finished runner-up last year to Ben Lamb and in 2006 to Jeff Madsen, and is fervently anti-sweating Merson:
Merson wins that pot and my phone rings. It's @phil_hellmuth "They are just giving him chips man! I'm going to finish 2nd again" HAHA!October 29 2012Follow
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
89,250,000 | -3,050,000 |
|
|
46,725,000 | -50,000 |
|
|
23,800,000 | 300,000 |
|
|
20,925,000 | 2,750,000 |
|
|
17,275,000 | 50,000 |
Break
Level 36
: 250,000/500,000, 50,000 ante
The remaining five players are now on break. We will have updated chip counts for you shortly.