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

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Steve Ryan
Alex Bolotin (Day 1c)
Mark Straton (Day 1c)

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More Orange Section Count Updates

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kevin Pollak
Kevin Pollak
35,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of Brock Parker
Brock Parker
34,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Mike Sexton
Mike Sexton
33,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
33,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of John Monnette us
John Monnette
33,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Mike Matusow
Mike Matusow
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Ivan Demidov ru
Ivan Demidov
28,000
-2,000
-2,000
Profile photo of Hoyt Corkins
Hoyt Corkins
28,000
-2,000
-2,000
Profile photo of Dewey Tomko us
Dewey Tomko
26,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Tatjana Pasalic
Tatjana Pasalic
26,000
-4,000
-4,000
Profile photo of Yann Dion ca
Yann Dion
23,500
-6,500
-6,500
Profile photo of Salman Behbehani
Salman Behbehani
23,000
-7,000
-7,000
Profile photo of Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
14,000
-16,000
-16,000
Team Lucky

The Ladies Love Kristy

Kristy Arnett
Kristy Arnett

Kristy Arnett was in a three way pot on a flop of {q-Hearts}{3-Spades}{10-Diamonds} when we arrived at the table. Arnett checked from the small blind, as did the big blind, and their other opponent fired out 725. Both players called, and the turn brought the {q-Clubs}. Arnett checked again, and the big blind bet 1,200. Their other opponent folded, but Arnett came along.

The river was the {9-Spades}, and both players checked. Arnett tabled {q-Spades}{j-Spades} for trip queens, and her opponent mucked. After that pot, Arnett is back up over starting stack, sitting on 32,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Kristy Arnett
32,000
4,000
4,000
PokerNews

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Williams Down Early; Then Doubles

When we arrived at David Williams' table, we noticed he was sitting behind a chip stack of around 18,000. We also noticed he was involved in a hand on the turn of a {8-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{9-Diamonds} board and was up against two opponents. Williams was first to act and checked. The player in the cutoff position then led for 1,525 and the other player involved in the hand folded from the button. Back on Williams and he would raise to 4,500. Williams' opponent opted to shove all in here, having Williams covered. Williams made an extremely quick call, holding 16,300 behind. At this point the two players turned their hands over.

Williams: {q-Clubs}{10-Spades}
Opponent: {j-Hearts}{2-Hearts}

Williams was way ahead with the straight on the turn and it stayed that way as a {8-Diamonds} completed the board on the river.

Player Chips Progress
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David Williams
36,000
17,800
17,800

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A Few Chip Counts From the Purple Section

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jon Spinks gb
Jon Spinks
43,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
36,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Taylor Paur
Taylor Paur
34,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Lika Gerasimova ru
Lika Gerasimova
34,000
Profile photo of Justin Schwartz us
Justin Schwartz
32,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Erica Schoenberg us
Erica Schoenberg
31,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Andy Black
Andy Black
30,000
Profile photo of Alex Debus
Alex Debus
29,000
Profile photo of Heinz Kamutzki
Heinz Kamutzki
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Lee Markholt us
Lee Markholt
28,000
-2,000
-2,000
Profile photo of Jordan Young
Jordan Young
28,000
-2,000
-2,000
Profile photo of Daniel Weinman
Daniel Weinman
28,000
-2,000
-2,000
Profile photo of Soi Nguyen us
Soi Nguyen
27,000
-3,000
-3,000
Profile photo of Tom Braband us
Tom Braband
26,000
Profile photo of Kevin O'Donnell
Kevin O'Donnell
22,000
-8,000
-8,000
Profile photo of John Riordan
John Riordan
22,000
-8,000
-8,000

A Pair of Hands from Tan

Over in the Tan Section sits Kennii Nguyen. Nguyen has had an impressive showing so far this year at the World Series of Poker with six cashes, including a second-place finish in Event 19: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. Nguyen is always very recognizable, as he sports a very colorful and large jester's hat. Today he seems to have added matching shoulder pads to go along with his loud hat.

Recently, we caught up to Nguyen as he was getting involved in a pot. The flop read {10-Clubs}{9-Spades}{k-Spades} and Nguyen's early-positioned opponent bet 500. Nguyen raised to 1,025. A call was made and both players were granted access to the turn.

The {9-Clubs} on fourth street saw a check from Nguyen's opponent and a bet of 1,775 from the jester. Nguyen's opponent took a minute or so before folding {Q-}{Q-} face up. Nguyen said it was a good fold, and raked in the pot.

A few tables away sits Jay Rosenkrantz. Recently, we caught up to him on the button facing a bet of 800 from an early-position player. The board read {5-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{A-Clubs}{2-Spades}{3-Diamonds} and Rosenkrantz had a decision to make. Instead of simply calling or folding Rosenkrantz raised and placed 3,200 in the middle. Rosenkrantz's opponent quickly called, and was sickened to see Rosenkrantz flip over {4-Hearts}{4-Clubs} for the straight. The early position player mucked and Rosenkrantz took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Bjorn Li
Bjorn Li
41,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Roberto Luongo
Roberto Luongo
33,000
Profile photo of Kennii Nguyen
Kennii Nguyen
32,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Jay Rosenkrantz
Jay Rosenkrantz
32,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Randal Flowers us
Randal Flowers
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Kathy Liebert us
Kathy Liebert
28,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Barry Shulman
Barry Shulman
26,000
-4,000
-4,000

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Rahme Calls With Sixth Pair

There was 600 in the middle on a board reading {4-Spades}{a-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{7-Spades} when we arrived at the table. Raymond Rahme was heads up with the small blind, who fired out 525 into the pot. Rahme made the call, and the river was the {q-Hearts}. The small blind thought for about 20 seconds before tossing out 1,675. Rahme tanked for about a minute before tossing in the call.

The small blind showed {j-Clubs}{5-Hearts} for jack high, to which Rahme replied "Nothing?" He then flipped over {2-Spades}{2-Diamonds} for an underpair, which was good enough to take the pot. Despite that win, it's been a rough start for Rahme, as he's down to 15,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Raymond Rahme
15,000
-15,000
-15,000

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