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

More Chip Counts from the Purple Section

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jon Spinks gb
Jon Spinks
67,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Kevin O'Donnell
Kevin O'Donnell
57,000
-16,000
-16,000
Profile photo of Taylor Paur
Taylor Paur
53,000
19,000
19,000
Profile photo of Alex Debus
Alex Debus
50,000
21,000
21,000
Profile photo of Andy Black
Andy Black
47,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Michael Tureniec se
Michael Tureniec
45,000
6,000
6,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jordan Young
Jordan Young
44,000
-11,000
-11,000
Profile photo of Heinz Kamutzki
Heinz Kamutzki
42,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Daniel Weinman
Daniel Weinman
39,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Tom Braband us
Tom Braband
36,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of John Riordan
John Riordan
33,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Leo Wolpert
Leo Wolpert
27,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
26,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
20,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings
Profile photo of Allyn Jaffrey Shulman
Allyn Jaffrey Shulman
20,000
1,700
1,700
Profile photo of Erica Schoenberg us
Erica Schoenberg
19,000
-16,000
-16,000
Profile photo of Justin Schwartz us
Justin Schwartz
13,000
-16,000
-16,000
Profile photo of Lika Gerasimova ru
Lika Gerasimova
5,000
-34,000
-34,000
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Soi Nguyen
Busted

A Pair of Hands for Lovgren

Sofia Lovgren has three World Series of Poker cashes under her belt and they have all come from this year's WSOP. We recently caught up to her playing a hand with a {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} flop exposed. Lovgren checked, and her opponent bet out 4,300. After a minute or two passed Lovgren announced all in, a bet that would put her shorter stacked opponent all in. Lovgren's opponent folded and she took down the pot.

A few hands later we found her mixing it up again, this time the flop read {k-Spades}{10-Spades}{A-Diamonds}. Lovgren was again heads up against an unknown opponent, but this time she was in late position. Her opponent checked and Lovgren bet out 1,700. A call was made and both players were off to the turn.

The {Q-Clubs} on fourth street brought a repeat of action with Lovgren's opponent checking and the Swedish pro betting out 2,350. Lovgren's opponent called and the dealer turned over the {8-Spades} for the river. We saw another check from the early position player and after a minute or two passed a bet of 5,875 from Lovgren. Lovgren's opponent folded and she took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Sofia Lovgren
48,000
9,000
9,000

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Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
110,000
47,000
47,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Chance Kornuth us
Chance Kornuth
68,000
38,000
38,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Chip Leader Coaching
Profile photo of Brock Parker
Brock Parker
61,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Bob Rawls
Bob Rawls
59,700
Profile photo of Hans Winzeler
Hans Winzeler
47,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Wendeen Eolis
Wendeen Eolis
45,000
Profile photo of Chris Bjorin
Chris Bjorin
44,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Tyler Smith us
Tyler Smith
42,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Anthony Newman
Anthony Newman
42,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Yueqi Zhu
Yueqi Zhu
38,000
Profile photo of Berry Johnston us
Berry Johnston
37,000
2,000
2,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Isaac Baron
Isaac Baron
31,000
-2,000
-2,000
Profile photo of Steve Gross us
Steve Gross
30,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Eric Froehlich us
Eric Froehlich
30,000
7,000
7,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Hoyt Corkins
Hoyt Corkins
27,000
Profile photo of Mike Matusow
Mike Matusow
24,300
-2,700
-2,700
Profile photo of Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
19,500
-5,500
-5,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of John Eames
John Eames
19,200
-8,000
-8,000
Profile photo of Luis Velador mx
Luis Velador
18,000
-12,000
-12,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Matt Stout
Matt Stout
15,000
-12,500
-12,500
Profile photo of Talal Shakerchi gb
Talal Shakerchi
14,000
Profile photo of Dewey Tomko us
Dewey Tomko
12,000
-7,000
-7,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Hachem Headed Out

It just wasn't a good day for 2005 Main Event Champion Joe Hachem. We thought he would get a comeback going after getting back up to 20,000, but he tweeted shortly after that his aces were cracked by a flopped set to knock him down to 8,000. He was eliminated shortly after.

We didn't get too many details on the hand, but what we do know is that Jim McCrink raised it up to 900 in late position, and that Hachem shipped it all in for about 5,000 from the button. McCrink made the call holding {4-}{4-}, while Hachem had {j-Hearts}{9-Hearts}. We don't know the board, but we do know that the fours held, sending the former champion to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Joe Hachem
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner

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Aces Good For Pollak

The action was started with a raise to 700 from a player in early position. The player in the hijack flicked out a call and it was on to Kevin Pollak in the small blind. He would three-bet to 3,000 and both his opponents would call.

Flop: {a-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{10-Spades}

On the flop, Pollak checked and the early position player bet 3,500. The hijack folded and it was back on Pollak, who went all in. His opponent folded and Pollak slapped over {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}, showing the table his set of aces.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kevin Pollak
Kevin Pollak
65,000
10,000
10,000

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Gazes Gone

Billy Gazes got off to a good start in the first half hour or so, but it was all downhill from there for him, and he has just been eliminated.

We caught up with the action as the flop of {7-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} was being put out. There were three players in the hand, and the other two checked to Gazes, who fired out 6,800. Sergey Tikhonov was the only caller, and the turn brought the {10-Spades}.

Tikhonov checked to Gazes, and Gazes went into the tank for a long time. Usually when a player thinks for this long, it is because they are deciding what to do after their opponent has bet. After a few minutes of thought, Gazes went all in for just under 13,000, and Tikhonov snap called.

Tikhonov: {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}
Gazes: {a-Hearts}{10-Clubs}

Gazes had turned top pair, but he was drawing dead to the flopped set of Tikhonov. The meaningless river was the {q-Spades}, and Gazes headed to the rail. It's been a decent summer for Tikhonov, who has recorded two five figure cashes. First he placed 17th in the $5,000 Mixed Max Event, and then he took 34th in Event 54: $1,000 No Limit Holdem. He's off to a great start today, as he's sitting on 67,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Sergey Tikhonov
Sergey Tikhonov
67,000
Profile photo of Bill Gazes
Bill Gazes
Busted

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Small Hit to Hellmuth

Action folded to Phil Hellmuth on the button and he raised to 725. The players in the blinds both called to see a {Q-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{5-Clubs} flop.

All three players checked through to the {6-Spades} turn and the player in the small blind checked. The big blind bet 1,100, Hellmuth min-raised to 2,200, and the small blind ducked out of the way. The player in the big blind called and quickly checked the {J-Diamonds} river. Hellmuth checked, too, and was shown {Q-Hearts}{3-Hearts} by his opponent.

Hellmuth mucked and slipped to about 25,000 in the process.

Player Chips Progress
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Phil Hellmuth
25,000
-2,500
-2,500
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings

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Former Main Event Champ Bechtel Gone

Jim Bechtel, the winner of the 1993 World Series of Poker Main Event, has just been eliminated. He was all in preflop against three other players. The flop came down {8-Hearts}{7-Spades}{4-Spades} and Bob Rawls bet 1,800. The other two active players, one being Claudio Rinaldi, both folded and Rawls was left up against the at-risk Bechtel.

Bechtel held the {A-Spades}{Q-Hearts} for two overs against the {6-Spades}{6-Diamonds} for Rawls. The turn was the {6-Clubs} to give Rawls a set and left Bechtel needing just a five on the river to chop the pot and stay alive.

The river completed the board with the {10-Hearts} and Bechtel was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
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Jim Bechtel
Busted
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Bob RawlsClaudio RinaldiJim Bechtel