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

Successful Start For Schoenberg

It's been a tough event so far for Erica Schoenberg, as she has been below her starting stack for the entirety of her stay so far. However, she may be turning things around, as we just caught her taking down a pot shortly after the restart.

There was about 3,000 in the middle with the board reading {8-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{j-Hearts}. Schoenberg's opponent checked to her, and she fired out 2,300. She was called, and the river was the {6-Diamonds}. Her opponent checked again, and Schoenberg thought for about 15 seconds before tossing out an orange T5,000 chip. Her opponent immediately folded, giving the pot to Erick Lindgren's better half.

After that pot, Schoenberg is back up to 23,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Erica Schoenberg
23,000
4,000
4,000

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Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

Time for Dinner

Level 3 : 150/300, 0 ante

The players here in the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event have been sent on their dinner break. It will be 90 minutes to fill those stomachs and re-energize for the night ahead. See you back here around 8:15 PM.

Lynn Gilmartin caught one of our chip leaders, Faraz Jaka, before he ran off to a business dinner.

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Chips For the Mouth

Mike Matusow was in the hijack seat and flicked in a call. The remaining players then folded until it was on the player in the big blind. A tap on the table and a {q-Hearts}{j-Spades}{7-Diamonds} flop was dealt.

The big blind led for 1,600 here and Matusow raised it up to 3,350. A call would see an {8-Spades} hit the turn. This time the big blind player opted to check-call a bet of 4,500 from Matusow and the {2-Hearts} completed the board on the river. The big blind would change it up again here, leading out for 10,000. Matusow only had 10,500 behind and pushed out his entire stack. His opponent put in the extra chips and then mucked when Matusow tabled {10-Spades}{9-Spades} for a turned straight.

Player Chips Progress
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Mike Matusow
34,000
9,700
9,700

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Fans of Tan?

Here are some predinner chip counts of the Tan Section.

Player Chips Progress
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Kennii Nguyen
64,000
23,000
23,000
Profile photo of Jay Rosenkrantz
Jay Rosenkrantz
62,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Roberto Luongo
Roberto Luongo
61,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Brian Mienders
Brian Mienders
46,000
-12,000
-12,000
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Sofia Lovgren
46,000
-2,000
-2,000
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Jeff Banghart
42,000
8,000
8,000
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Jackie Glazier
42,000
6,000
6,000
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Barry Shulman
33,000
-5,000
-5,000
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Mathew Frankland
24,000
-6,500
-6,500
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Owen Crowe
22,200
2,200
2,200
Profile photo of Chris Viox
Chris Viox
21,000
3,800
3,800
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La Sengphet
20,000
2,500
2,500
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Bjorn Li
16,000
-12,000
-12,000
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Kathy Liebert
4,500
-2,500
-2,500
WSOP 1X Winner

Ryan One Up's Paur

Steve Ryan, who is one of the competitors in the Onnit Last Sticker standing contest, raised it up to 600 in early position, and Taylor Paur was the only caller out of the big blind. The flop came down {6-Clubs}{a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}, and both players checked. The {9-Hearts} hit the turn, and Paur fired out 900. Rice came along to see the river, which was the {5-Diamonds}. Paur fired out another bet, 2,250 this time, and after 20 seconds of thought, Ryan tossed in the call.

Paur tabled {a-Diamonds}{q-Diamonds} for top pair, but it was no good, as Ryan held {a-Spades}{k-Hearts} for a better ace. He took the pot to get back up to 17,000, and while Paur lost that hand, he's still sitting on a healthy 49,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Taylor Paur
49,000
19,000
19,000
Profile photo of Steve Ryan
Steve Ryan
17,000

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Small One For Ray

Ray Romano has just taken down a small pot, but still sits with well below the starting stack. The hand he won started with a middle position player opening it up to 700. A player a couple of spots to his left splashed out the call and it was on to Romano in the small blind. He made the call and a {k-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{a-Hearts} flop was dealt.

As soon as the dealer had finished sliding the three cards across the felt, Roman had grabbed 1,500 worth of chips and flicked them into the middle. Both of his opponents didn't want to play with Romano and he raked in the chips. Before Romano had even begun stacking his new chips, he bounded out of his seat and left the tournament area.

Player Chips Progress
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Ray Romano
18,000
3,000
3,000

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