Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day 6 Completed
Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day 6 Completed
Day 6 of the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event is in the books, and after another five-plus levels of play, Marc Ladouceur leads the remaining 27 players with 15.875 million chips.
The day began with 97 players and the chip leader was Kyle Keranen. Gavin Smith was the first notable player to bow out when his ace-queen was unable to best Eric Legoff’s pocket jacks. There were then a flurry of eliminations, including William Hefflefinger, Stephane Bisson, Erik Cajelais, and Isaac Baron.
There were five women who returned to play on Day 5, including Vanessa Selbst, Elisabeth Hille, Gaelle Baumann, Marcia Topp, and Susie Zhao. Selbst had an incredibly rocky day, and it all began when she was crippled by David Balkin, who won a nearly two million-chip race with two red fours against Selbst’s . The board ran out , and Selbst was left with just 380,000 chips. She then doubled with against the of Scott Anderson, turning a jack-high straight on a board of . A meaningless completed the board, and Selbst was back up to 700,000.
Selbst could never stay above the million-chip mark however, and on her final hand, she open-jammed 750,000 on the button with . Greg Merson called out of the big blind with , and the board ran out , eliminating Selbst in 73rd place.
Topp and Zhao were also eliminated today. Topp ran pocket sixes into Robert Corcione’s pocket queens, and Zhao ran king-queen into Baron’s ace-queen.
Today was not a good day to be a former end-of-day chip leader of the 2012 Main Event — Keranen (Day 5), and Dave D’Alesandro (Day 3) were both eliminated. Keranen doubled Scott Abrams, Corcione, and lost a big pot to Jeremy Ausmus before three-bet jamming over a raise and a call with . Percy Mahatan snapped it off with , and the board ran out , eliminating Keranen.
D’Alesandro was eliminated when he ran into the of Charles Coultras.
The chip lead changed hands several times today, and at one point, Amit Makhija, who entered the day with 1.4 million chips, vaulted into the lead with over 6 million. In a three-bet pot, he and A.J. Jejelowo took a flop of . Jejelowo led out for 600,000, and Makhija called. The turn as another nine – the – and Jejelowo checked to Makhija, who slid out 500,000. Jejelowo quickly moved all in for 2.045 million, and Makhija called. Makhija was ahead with , and Jejelowo was drawing slim with . The bricked on the river, and Makhija was suddenly the chip leader.
Makhija began sliding however, and after being bluffed by Marc Ladouceur in a massive pot, he three-bet jammed over an open from Abrams. Tristan Clemencon cold-called the all in from the big blind, and Abrams re-jammed. Clemencon tank called, and the hands were opened.
Abrams | |
Makhija | |
Clemencon |
The board ran out , and both Makhija and Clemencon were eliminated.
Taylor Paur also ascended to the top of the counts today, but he too was unable to survive the day. Paur crossed the seven million-chip mark after winning big pots off of Steven Gee and Jamie Robbins, but Gee won a massive pot off of Paur holding two aces. Paur had queens on the board of , and the completed the board, doubling Gee to over five million chips.
Paur slipped down to around a million, and was eliminated in 33rd palce when he ran into Robbins’ . The board did not help Paur, and he was eliminated.
At the end of the day when Erik Hellman busted in 28th place, Ladouceur was our leader followed by Daniel Strelitz and Corcione. Strelitz strung together three big pots during the middle of the day, Corcione chipped up steadily, and Ladouceur pounced late…
Join us tomorrow at 1 p.m. local time, where we will play the remaining hour and thirty-seven minutes of Level 30. We will then march forward until there is a 2012 “Novemeber” Nine. Can Gaelle Baumann or Elisabeth Hille become the second woman to make a Main Event final table? Can Greg Merson take another step towards becoming the only double-bracelet winner of 2012? Can Jamie Robbins best his eleventh-place finish in the 2009 Main Event?
All of these questions and more will be answered tomorrow, but for now, good night from Las Vegas!
Table | Seat | Player | Counts |
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410 | 1 | Greg Merson | 7,435,000 |
410 | 2 | Jesse Sylvia | 7,385,000 |
410 | 3 | Percy Mahatan | 6,750,000 |
410 | 4 | Jamie Robbins | 8,750,000 |
410 | 5 | Wilfried Harig | 2,665,000 |
410 | 6 | Cylus Watson | 8,500,000 |
410 | 7 | Elisabeth Hille | 9,770,000 |
410 | 8 | David Balkin | 6,330,000 |
410 | 9 | Marc Ladouceur | 15,875,000 |
414 | 1 | Daniel Strelitz | 12,790,000 |
414 | 2 | Russell Thomas | 9,985,000 |
414 | 3 | Jacob Balsiger | 7,330,000 |
414 | 4 | Jan Heitmann | 6,390,000 |
414 | 5 | Michael Esposito | 7,045,000 |
414 | 6 | Robert Buckenmayer | 4,410,000 |
414 | 7 | Roland Israelashvili | 5,525,000 |
414 | 8 | Scott Abrams | 8,080,000 |
414 | 9 | Nicco Maag | 1,300,000 |
416 | 1 | Andras Koroknai | 3,125,000 |
416 | 2 | Steven Gee | 4,830,000 |
416 | 3 | Danny Wong | 6,360,000 |
416 | 4 | Paul Volpe | 2,650,000 |
416 | 5 | Robert Salaburu | 10,915,000 |
416 | 6 | Jeremy Ausmus | 8,300,000 |
416 | 7 | Gaelle Baumann | 5,530,000 |
416 | 8 | Yuval Bronshtein | 9,735,000 |
416 | 9 | Robert Corcione | 8,745,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Marc Ladouceur | 15,875,000 | |
Daniel Strelitz | 12,790,000 | |
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Robert Salaburu |
10,915,000
4,720,000
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4,720,000 |
Russell Thomas | 9,985,000 | |
Elisabeth Hille | 9,770,000 | |
Yuval Bronshtein | 9,735,000 | |
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Jamie Robbins | 8,750,000 | |
Robert Corcione | 8,745,000 | |
Cylus Watson | 8,500,000 | |
Jeremy Ausmus | 8,300,000 | |
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Scott Abrams | 8,080,000 | |
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Greg Merson | 7,435,000 | |
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Jesse Sylvia | 7,385,000 | |
Jake Balsiger | 7,330,000 | |
Michael Esposito | 7,045,000 | |
Percy Mahatan | 6,750,000 | |
Jan Heitmann | 6,390,000 | |
Danny Wong | 6,360,000 | |
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David Balkin | 6,330,000 | |
Gaelle Baumann |
6,295,000
2,315,000
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2,315,000 |
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Roland Israelashvili | 5,525,000 | |
Steve Gee | 4,830,000 | |
Robert Buckenmayer | 4,410,000 | |
Andras Koroknai | 3,125,000 | |
Wilfried Harig | 2,665,000 |
Action folded around to Erik Hellman's small blind and he moved all in. Robert Salaburu snap-called and the hands were tabled.
Hellman: :
Salaburu:
Salaburu was ahead and stayed that way when he paired his queen on the flop. The turn left Hellman drawing dead and the finished the board. Hellman will collect $236,921 for his efforts.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Robert Salaburu |
10,915,000
3,915,000
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3,915,000 |
Erik Hellman | Busted |
From under the gun, Jeremy Ausmus raised to 250,000. Michael Esposito called from the button and Jesse Sylvia reraised out of the small blind to 735,000. Ausmus folded and Esposito called.
The flop came down and Sylvia bet 655,000. Esposito folded and Sylvia showed the .
From under the gun, Jesse Sylvia raised to 250,000. Jeremy Ausmus reraised to 625,000 and won the pot.
On the board, Marc Ladouceur bet an unknown amount and Robert Corcione called to see the land on the river. Ladouceur fired 1.445 million and Corcione called.
Ladouceur showed the for trip sixes with an ace kicker. Corcione mucked and Ladouceur moved to over 15 million in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Marc Ladouceur |
15,875,000
2,775,000
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2,775,000 |
Robert Corcione |
8,745,000
-2,855,000
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-2,855,000 |
Jesse Sylvia raised to 240,000 from early position and Yuval Bronshtein called from the big blind to see the flop come down . Bronshtein checked and Sylvia bet 280,000. Bronshtein thought for a minute, then folded and Sylvia won the pot.
Daniel Strelitz raised to 240,000 from under the gun and Roland Israelashvili called from middle position. Israelashvili proceeded to call bets on every street, first calling 330,000 on the flop, 575,000 on the turn, and 840,000 on the river.
Strelitz sheepishly turned over , which was no good against the of Israelashvili.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Daniel Strelitz |
12,610,000
-1,895,000
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-1,895,000 |
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Roland Israelashvili |
5,540,000
2,490,000
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2,490,000 |