2012 World Series of Poker

Event 50: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
$952,694
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$4,704,700
Entries
1,001
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
15,000

Konstantin Puchkov Eliminated in 14th Place ($43,095)

Konstantin Puchkov
Konstantin Puchkov

Thomas Conway raised to 52,000 under the gun and was immediately met with an all-in three-bet to 490,000 by Konstantin Puchkov. Action folded to Panayote Vilandos on the button, and he opted to move all in over the top. The blinds both got out of the way, as did Conway, and the cards were turned up:

Showdown
Puchkov: {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}
Vilandos: {A-Clubs}{A-Spades}

Puchkov had picked up a big hand, but he ran it straight into the best hand in poker. The Russian would received no miracle as the board ran out {4-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{2-Spades}, and Puchkov exited in 14th place.

Puchkov, who won the Event #31 $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event at the 2010 WSOP for $256,820, has now notched a record-tying tenth cash in a single year. Coincidentally, Puchkov shares that record with another Russian, the late Nikolay Evdakov, who had ten cashes in 2008.

Puchkov’s 2012 WSOP Thus Far

EventPlacePrize
Event #5 $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em56th$2,846
Event #6 $5,000 NLHE Mixed Max26th$14,328
Event #14 $1,500 NLHE Shootout56th$5,295
Event #30 $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball (No-Limit)11th$5,955
Event #33 $1,000 NLHE199th$2,214
Event #35 $2,500 Mixed Hold’em20th$6,437
Event #37 $2,500 Eight Game Mix6th$41,844
Event #44 $1,000 NLHE214th$2,123
Event #46 $2,500 NLHE9th$49,245
Event #50 $5,000 NLHE14th$43,095
Player Chips Progress
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Panayote Vilandos
1,380,000
657,000
657,000
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Konstantin Puchkov
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

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