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

Smith, Julius & Vilandos Will Return to Battle for the Bracelet on Day 4

Level 30 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante
Dan Smith
Dan Smith

On Saturday, the remaining 48 players of a 1,001 player field in Event #50 $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em returned to the Amazon Room at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino to battle down to a winner; however, given the field exceeded even the wildest expectations, an impromptu Day 4 was expected before the tournament would reach its conclusion.

After ten levels of play, that’s exactly what will happen as the remaining three players will return on Sunday to play for the $952,694 first-place prize. Leading the way is Dan Smith, who bagged up 6,620,000. Contesting him are Kyle Julius (4,435,000) and Panayote "Pete" Vilandos (3,955,000), the latter seeking his third gold bracelet.

Day 3 kicked off with a bang as the eliminations came fast. Dominykas Karmazinas (48th-$17,360), Galen Hall (40th-$20,324), Brendon Rubie (36th-$24,041), Andrew Weisner (33rd-$24,041), Randy Lew (32nd-$24,041) and Alex Kravchenko (31st-$24,041) were all among the early eliminations.

During the midday levels, the eliminations continued as Cary Katz (29th-$24,041), Eric Cloutier (28th-$24,041), Sam Chartier (26th-$28,793), Micah Raskin (24th-$28,793), Andrew Lichtenberger (23rd-$28,793), Jeremy Ausmus (21st-$28,793), Thiago “xTHEDECANOx” Nishijima (18th-$35,003) and Jason Wheeler (17th-$35,003) all took their leave.

Not long after, Daniel Perper opened to 42,000 from early position and action folded around to Joseph Cheong in the small blind, who announced he was all in for about 440,000 total. Directly behind him in the big, Kyle Julius also announced he was all in. Perper tanked, but eventually decided to fold and hands between Cheong and Julius were revealed.

Cheong: {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}
Julius: {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}

The {9-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} flop looked good for Cheong, however, the {6-Spades} turn and {8-Clubs} river would give Julius a runner-runner straight to send Cheong home in 15th place ($43,095).

After a few more eliminations, a sick hand occurred when action folded to Dan Smith in the hijack and he raised to 65,000. Erik Aude then three-bet to 150,000 in the small blind, the big folded, and Smith made the call, bringing about the {4-Hearts}{3-Spades}{A-Spades} flop.

Aude proceeded to check-call a bet of 100,000 before checking the {K-Hearts} turn. Smith kept the pressure on with a bet of 220,000, but this time Aude woke up with a check-raise to 500,000. Smith made the call and then snap-called when Aude moved all in for about 660,000 on the {9-Clubs} river.

Aude rolled over {K-Spades}{K-Clubs} for a set, but it was no good against Smith's {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts} set of aces. It was a monster pot, and Smith took right around 3,000,000 million to the final table.

Speaking of the final table, the final nine players played through the night with four of them hitting the rail along the way:

Final Table Results

SeatPlayerChips
1???$952,694
2???$589,687
3???$368,943
4Kevin Schulz$267,792
5Derek Gregory$197,691
6Thomas Conway$148,198
7Matt Giannetti$112,725
8Tommy Vedes$86,889
9Amir Lehavot$67,889

Action is set to resume on Sunday at 2 PM PST at Table 444 in the Purple Section of the Amazon Room, so join us then as look to award nearly a million dollars to the winner of Event #50 $5,000 No-Limit Hold’em.

Tags: Dan SmithKyle JuliusPanayote Vilandos