2012 World Series of Poker

Event 26: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
10764
Prize
$361,797
Event Info
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$1,607,970
Entries
589
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
0

The Champion is Making Up Ground

Sam Stein defeated 684 players to win this event last year for a nice chunk of change ($420,802). He bagged up 48,300 chips yesterday giving him 60BB to play with, and he has just increased that to 81BB in the following hand.

Stein opened the action with a 1,700 raise from the cutoff. Max Kruse was seated in the button and he declared he was all-in. The big blind tank-folded before Stein asked the dealer to confirm the actual raise size. The answer was 4,650 more which would leave Kruse with 6,200 in the tank. Stein decided to make the call and hope the flop looked good.

Flop: {9-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} {4-Hearts}

The flop was good and Stein and Kruse played for the last 12,400. When they turned their cards over it was a case of made hand versus draw and Stein needing to hit.

Stein{K-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds}
Kruse{A-Clubs} {A-Spades} {8-Spades} {10-Hearts}

The turn card was the {3-Hearts} and Kruse moved away from the table in disgust. The {J-Clubs} completed the board and Kruse was out; Stein meanwhile moved up to 65,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Sam Stein
65,000
16,700
16,700
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Max Kruse
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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