Level 37
: 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante
Jake Balsiger had the button to start this hand. Jesse Sylvia got a walk in the big blind.
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 9
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$62,021,200
Entries
6,598
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
300,000
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Level 37
: 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante
Jesse Sylvia started the hand with the button, and Greg Merson received a walk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,325,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
||
|
48,850,000
-1,125,000
|
-1,125,000 |
|
43,800,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
Level 37
: 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante
Greg Merson started this hand with the button. He raised to 1.2 million, and Jake Balsiger called from the big blind.
The flop was 
, and both players checked to see the 
land on the turn. Both checked again.
The river was the 
, and Balsiger checked. Merson checked behind, then mucked when Balsiger tabled the 
for a pair of eights.
Level 37
: 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante
Jake Balsiger started the hand with the button, and folded. Greg Merson limped in from the small blind, Jesse Sylvia checked his option, and the flop fell 
. Merson led out for 800,000, and Sylvia folded.
Level 37
: 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante
Jesse Sylvia had the button to start this hand. He folded, and Jake Balsiger completed the bet from the small blind. Greg Merson checked in the big blind to see a 
flop. Balsiger checked, Merson bet, and Balsiger folded.
"Let someone else win a pot!" yelled someone from Merson's rail up on stage.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
105,100,000
6,950,000
|
6,950,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
49,975,000
-375,000
|
-375,000 |
|
|
42,900,000
-6,575,000
|
-6,575,000 |
Level 37
: 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante
Greg Merson started the hand with the button, and opened to 1.2 million. Jake Balsiger three-bet to 3.5 million from the big blind, and Merson called.
The dealer fanned 
, Balsiger led out for 3 million, and Merson raised to 7 million. Balsiger tank-folded, and Merson is now over 100 million chips - which is more than half of the chips in play.
Level 37
: 300,000/600,000, 75,000 ante
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
98,150,000
1,750,000
|
1,750,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
50,350,000
-1,675,000
|
-1,675,000 |
|
|
49,475,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |