2012 World Series of Poker

Event 45: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj98
Prize
$1,451,527
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Entries
108
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Level: 10

Blinds: /

Ante:

Break

Level 9

The players are now on their final 20-minute break. We will play one more 100-minute level after the break.

Rast Gets Some Back

Brian Rast
Brian Rast

No-Limit Hold'em

Action folded to the defending champion Brian Rast in the cutoff seat and he raised to 12,000. Daniel Negreanu called on the button and Daniel Alaei called from the big blind.

The flop was {K-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{9-Hearts} and Alaei checked. Rast bet 12,000 and Negreanu folded. Alaei wanted to see the turn and made the call.

The turn brought the {Q-Spades} and Alaei checked. Rast kept on the gas and fired 27,000. Alaei gave it up and Rast won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Alaei
370,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 5X Winner
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Brian Rast
270,000
35,000
35,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Brian RastDaniel AlaeiDaniel Negreanu

Wahlbeck Calls With Ace High

No-Limit Hold'em

Ville Wahlbeck raised it up to 5,600 from late-position and Matt Glantz called from the button. Daniel Negreanu was in the big blind and he called as well.

The flop came down {K-Spades}{8-Clubs}{2-Clubs}, and all three players checked. The turn was the {K-Clubs}, and everyone checked once more. On the river the {4-Diamonds} popped up and Glantz bet out 9,000. Negreanu tanked for a bit before folding, Wahlbeck tanked as well but he made the call. The Finnish pro showed {A-Clubs}{10-Spades} and took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Matt Glantz
308,000
-25,000
-25,000
Team Lucky
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Daniel Negreanu
90,000
-31,000
-31,000
Profile photo of Ville Wahlbeck fi
Ville Wahlbeck
73,000
3,000
3,000

Tags: Matt GlantzDaniel NegreanuVille Wahlbeck

Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Qushqar Morad de
Qushqar Morad
345,000
203,000
203,000
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Matt Glantz
333,000
59,000
59,000
Team Lucky
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Bruno Fitoussi
327,000
-4,000
-4,000
Profile photo of Alexander Kravchenko ru
Alexander Kravchenko
270,000
33,000
33,000
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Michael Binger
215,000
-75,000
-75,000
Profile photo of David ODB Baker
David ODB Baker
212,000
16,000
16,000
Profile photo of Patrik Antonius fi
Patrik Antonius
170,000
20,000
20,000
Poker Hall of Famer
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Daniel Negreanu
121,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Jared Bleznick us
Jared Bleznick
100,000
-20,000
-20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Justin Smith
75,000
-74,000
-74,000
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Barry Greenstein
73,000
Profile photo of Ville Wahlbeck fi
Ville Wahlbeck
70,000
14,000
14,000

Antonius Doubles Back up to Starting Stack

Pot-Limit Omaha

Barry Greenstein just got Patrik Antonius all in pre flop for his final 74,800 chips. The showdown went as following.

Patrik Antonius{A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{7-Spades}
Barry Greenstein{A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}

The board ran out {q-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} giving Antonius a straight on the river, and he doubled his stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Patrik Antonius
150,000
75,200
75,200
Poker Hall of Famer
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Barry Greenstein
73,000
-29,000
-29,000

Tags: Patrik AntoniusBarry Greenstein