2012 World Series of Poker

Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k5
Prize
$8,531,853
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$62,021,200
Entries
6,598
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
300,000

Tan Happenings

Over here in the Tan Section we noticed the aggressive Bjorn Li limping in from the small blind after a player limped from under the gun. Roberto Luongo checked from the big blind and three players were allowed to see the {4-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} flop. It was here that all three players checked.

The {Q-Diamonds} on the turn saw a bet of 875 come out of Li's stack. Luongo folded and the under the gun player raised it up to 2,400. After about 30 seconds Li moved all in, a bet that would put the shortstacked under the gun player all in. The under the gun player quickly folded and Li took down the pot.

With tables breaking through out the tournament players are scattered around. We recently noticed Sofia Lovgren, Brian Mienders, and La Sengphet take their seats over here in Tan.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Roberto Luongo
Roberto Luongo
58,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Brian Mienders
Brian Mienders
58,000
Profile photo of Jay Rosenkrantz
Jay Rosenkrantz
47,000
-8,000
-8,000
Profile photo of Kennii Nguyen
Kennii Nguyen
41,000
-3,000
-3,000
Profile photo of Sofia Lovgren
Sofia Lovgren
39,000
Profile photo of Barry Shulman
Barry Shulman
38,000
3,400
3,400
Profile photo of Jackie Glazier
Jackie Glazier
36,000
-9,000
-9,000
Profile photo of Jeff Banghart
Jeff Banghart
34,000
11,500
11,500
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Owen Crowe
20,000
-11,000
-11,000
Profile photo of La Sengphet
La Sengphet
17,500
Profile photo of Chris Viox
Chris Viox
17,200
1,700
1,700
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Kathy Liebert
7,000
-6,000
-6,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Bjorn LiBrian MiendersLa SengphetSofia Lovgren

A Few For Froehlich

A player in middle position opened the action with a raise to 600. Eric Froehlich called in the cutoff, the button player called and both blinds came along for the ride. On the {8-Spades}{4-Hearts}{9-Clubs} flop, the three players set to act before Froehlich checked. Froehlich then bet 1,800 and only the small blind player would continue to play.

Both Froehlich and his opponent would then check the {10-Hearts} turn and watch as the dealer flipped over an {a-Clubs} river. The small blind led for 1,000 here and Froehlich promptly raised it up to 2,275. A call would see both players turn their hands over.

Froehlich's {a-Spades}{9-Spades} was strong enough to send the {j-Clubs}{10-Spades} of his opponent into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
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Eric Froehlich
23,000
5,500
5,500
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Eric Froehlich

Williams Wins Some Back

David Williams was struggling to gain momentum after losing most of his stack early, but has now managed to gain back plenty of chips to sit with a fairly healthy 11,000 in chips. We arrived at the table during the hand in question with a {a-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} flop out on the felt. Williams was in the big blind position and was going head-to-head with the small blind player. Williams' opponent led for 650 on the flop and Williams called.

The {a-Hearts} on the turn would see the player again lead, this time for 1,050. Another call and the {8-Hearts} would complete the board on the river. This time the player would slow down, opting to check. Williams then flicked out a bet of 1,000. The player called and Williams tabled his {9-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}, with the pair of nines good enough to rake in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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David Williams
11,000
6,600
6,600

Tags: David Williams

Early Exit For Kurganov

Igor Kurganov's been having his best year so far, after he managed to win the €25,000 European Poker Tour Monte Carlo High Roller for $1.4 million. Kurganov will not add another succes to his resumé in the World Series of Poker Main Event, as he just busted.

Kurganov told us he raised to 700 from the hijack with a 36,000-chip stack. The button called with 14,000 behind and the small blind, Don Nguyen, called with a 42,000 stack.

The flop came down {A-Clubs}{8-}{2-Clubs} and the small blind checked to Kurganov who bet 1,200. The button moved all in for 13,000 and the Don Nguyen called. Kurganov called as well.

The turn was the {J-Clubs} and Don Nguyen put Kurganov all in. He made the call creating a three way all-in showdown.

Igor Kurganov{8-Clubs}{8-}
Button{2-}{2-}
Don Nguyen{9-Clubs}{7-Clubs}

Kurganov was looking for an ace, jack or eight in order to survive, but the river was a {4-}. Kurganov is out and his WSOP is over. Don Nguyen was up to 95,000 chips, but as of right now he's down to just 6,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Igor Kurganov
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Igor KurganovDon Nguyen

Hachem Gets Some Back

It's bee a rough start for 2005 Main Event Champion Joe Hachem. Last we saw, he was sitting on half his starting stack. However, he just took down a decent pot to get his stack back up to 20,000.

We caught the action on the flop, which was {k-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{8-Spades}. There was 2,250 in the pot, and Hachem's opponent fired out 1,100. Hachem clicked it back to 2,800, and his opponent called. The {10-Diamonds} hit the turn, and it was checked to Hachem, who fired out 5,700. His opponent tanked for a while before letting his hand go. This could be the start of a comeback for the former main event champ.

Player Chips Progress
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Joe Hachem
20,300
3,300
3,300
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

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Aces For Randall

A player in middle position raised to 700 and was called by the player in the small blind. Fresh off his eliminating Raymond Rahme, David Randall three-bet to 2,400 from the big blind, quickly chasing out both of his opponents.

Randall shrugged his shoulders as he tabled {A-Spades}{A-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
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David Randall
143,000
8,000
8,000

Tags: David Randall

The Game Within the Game

Level 5 : 200/400, 50 ante

Among the side stories for this event was the Onnit Labs Last Sticker Standing Contest in which players sporting the Onnit sticker were competing against one another for a cash prize.

The Main Event is underway, and some who have entered the $10,000 buy-in event will be participating in the Onnit Labs Last Sticker Standing Contest. All of those with Onnit stickers will be competing against one another as well as the rest of the field, as the last one to be eliminated will earn a nifty $5,000 prize for his or her efforts.

Read more about the contest here.

Tags: Onnit

Some Counts of Orange

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mike Sexton
Mike Sexton
55,000
-8,000
-8,000
Profile photo of Brock Parker
Brock Parker
55,000
19,500
19,500
Profile photo of Kevin Pollak
Kevin Pollak
55,000
15,500
15,500
Profile photo of Anton Wigg
Anton Wigg
47,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Hasan Habib us
Hasan Habib
47,000
19,500
19,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Frank Kassela us
Frank Kassela
44,000
-1,500
-1,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Matt Wood
Matt Wood
39,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Billy Baxter us
Billy Baxter
36,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 7X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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JJ Liu
36,000
-3,000
-3,000
Profile photo of Berry Johnston us
Berry Johnston
35,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of John Monnette us
John Monnette
34,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Amanda Baker
Amanda Baker
31,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Allen Cunningham us
Allen Cunningham
29,000
-14,000
-14,000
WSOP 5X Winner
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Eric Froehlich
28,000
-7,000
-7,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Mike Matusow
Mike Matusow
27,000
-17,000
-17,000
Profile photo of Hoyt Corkins
Hoyt Corkins
27,000
-500
-500
Profile photo of Karina Jett us
Karina Jett
27,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Tatjana Pasalic
Tatjana Pasalic
25,000
-10,500
-10,500
Profile photo of Ray Romano
Ray Romano
22,000
Profile photo of Dewey Tomko us
Dewey Tomko
19,000
-6,000
-6,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Ted Lawson us
Ted Lawson
18,000
1,000
1,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of David Williams
David Williams
4,400
-4,100
-4,100