2012 World Series of Poker

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

Pellegrino Bets Out Coultes

We caught up to the action to find a flop of {2-Clubs}{7-Spades}{2-Diamonds} spread in front of two players. The first was Charles Coultes, who is one of several players participating in Onnit Last Sticker Standing Contest. If Coultes, or anyone else sporting the patch happens to be the last person alive in the Main Event, they'll walk away with a cool $5,000.

The second player in the hand was Bryan Pellegrino. Coutles checked to Pelligrino and he bet out 1,150. Coutles called and the turn paired the board for a second time with the {7-Clubs}.

Coultes checked for a second time and Pellegrino kept on firing with a 2,600 bet. Coultes thought for a moment before mucking his hand and awarding Pellegrino the pot. Coultes is still sitting on a healthy stack of 60,000, putting him in contention for the Onnit grand prize.

Player Chips Progress
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Bryan Pellegrino
95,000
6,000
6,000
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Charles Coultes
60,000
-10,000
-10,000

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Top Top For Ho

Maria Ho
Maria Ho

Maria Ho opened to 750 in the cutoff and was called by the player in the big blind.

The player in the big blind proceeded to check-call bets of 800 on the {9-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{2-Spades} flop and 1,600 on the {8-Hearts} turn before leading for 2,650 on the {3-Hearts} river. Ho called and upon seeing her opponent table {10-Hearts}{9-Spades}, she turned over {A-Clubs}{9-Spades} for a pair of nines with a better kicker.

Player Chips Progress
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Maria Ho
125,000
11,000
11,000

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Breaking Tan

The Tan Section has begun to break, and here is an updated chip count of the remaining players.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Chris Moore
Chris Moore
91,000
-19,000
-19,000
Profile photo of Gaelle Bauman
Gaelle Bauman
58,000
-7,000
-7,000
Profile photo of Scott Abrams
Scott Abrams
51,000
3,400
3,400
Profile photo of Mike McDonald
Mike McDonald
48,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Craig McCorkell
Craig McCorkell
36,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Bart Hanson
Bart Hanson
35,000
1,800
1,800
Profile photo of Huy Nguyen
Huy Nguyen
31,600
5,900
5,900
Profile photo of Richard Toth hu
Richard Toth
31,000
-9,400
-9,400
Profile photo of Jim Collopy us
Jim Collopy
29,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 3X Winner

Conway and Channing Check It Down

Thomas Conway opened for 700 from middle position and action folded around to Neil Channing, who three-bet to 1,625. It was folded back to Conway, who chucked in a call for a heads-up pot.

Both players then proceeded to check down on the {8-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} flop, {J-Diamonds} turn and {6-Diamonds} river. Conway tabled {5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} for a baby flush and Channing mucked without showing.

Channing and Conway have both had a fairly successful series this year. Channing had a runner-up finish in Event 43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em and Conway made two final tables, one in Event 44: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em and another in Event 50: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em.

Player Chips Progress
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Neil Channing
74,000
-3,000
-3,000
Profile photo of Thomas Conway
Thomas Conway
37,000

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Danzer Dusts One

We caught up to find George Danzer calling the all in of a short stacked opponent. Danzer held {J-Spades}{8-Spades} for top pair on a flop of {8-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{3-Clubs}. Danzer's opponent was all in with {A-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} for middle pair and needed help.

He did not receive it, however, as the turn and river fell {4-Clubs} and {2-Spades} respectively. Danzer dragged in the pot as he reduced the field by one player. He's currently sitting on a stack of roughly 74,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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George Danzer
74,000
9,000
9,000

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Updated Counts from the Purple and Blue Sections

Here are some updated counts from the Purple Section and the three tables over in Blue. Ville Wahlbeck battled with a short stack for much of post-dinner play, but at last ran out of chips.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Pacome Chavignon
Pacome Chavignon
125,500
7,500
7,500
Profile photo of Dani Stern
Dani Stern
87,500
13,500
13,500
Profile photo of Michael Shelton
Michael Shelton
74,725
1,425
1,425
Profile photo of Kevin Vandersmissen
Kevin Vandersmissen
66,300
44,475
44,475
Profile photo of Dan Harrington us
Dan Harrington
57,800
18,800
18,800
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
55,250
-12,750
-12,750
Profile photo of Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
54,800
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Kyle Cheong
Kyle Cheong
53,400
-4,100
-4,100
Profile photo of Brian Rast
Brian Rast
51,000
-17,400
-17,400
Profile photo of John Wills
John Wills
43,000
13,200
13,200
Profile photo of Stephan Patz
Stephan Patz
40,000
-6,100
-6,100
Profile photo of Deanna Dozier
Deanna Dozier
39,175
-275
-275
Profile photo of Mark Thoennes
Mark Thoennes
39,000
-40,500
-40,500
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David Nowling
39,000
13,200
13,200
Profile photo of Mark Gregorich
Mark Gregorich
38,400
-2,750
-2,750
Profile photo of Gavin Smith
Gavin Smith
34,600
3,400
3,400
Profile photo of Andrew Brokos
Andrew Brokos
33,700
-25,700
-25,700
Profile photo of Jesse Martin
Jesse Martin
33,400
20,625
20,625
Profile photo of David Diaz us
David Diaz
30,800
900
900
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
30,300
-3,050
-3,050
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Layne Flack
Layne Flack
28,700
5,100
5,100
Profile photo of Sirous Jamshidi
Sirous Jamshidi
24,650
2,350
2,350
Profile photo of Jeff Lisandro
Jeff Lisandro
23,150
-5,050
-5,050
Profile photo of TJ Cloutier
TJ Cloutier
22,600
9,200
9,200
Profile photo of James Rann
James Rann
22,425
-3,375
-3,375

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Selbst Muscles Out Opponent

Vanessa Selbst
Vanessa Selbst

The button raised to 700 preflop and Vanessa Selbst called from the small blind. The big blind also came along for the ride and we had three players to the flop. The dealer spread three cards in the middle of the table and they looked like this, {8-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}.

It was here on the flop that Selbst came out swinging, betting 1,400. The big blind folded and the button flat called.

The {A-Spades} on the turn saw another Selbst bet, this time for 2,700. Again the button paid the river admission price and the dealer felled the last card. The {9-Spades} made its appearance on the felt and for the third time in a row Selbst bet out, this time for 3,700. The button took his time, draining 35 seconds or so off the clock before depositing his cards in the muck.

Player Chips Progress
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Vanessa Selbst
66,000
-2,000
-2,000

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Chip Counts From the Brasilia Bronze Section

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Neil Channing gb
Neil Channing
77,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Max Weinberg
Max Weinberg
73,000
-32,000
-32,000
Profile photo of Tuan Le us
Tuan Le
57,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Paul Magriel
Paul Magriel
56,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Erik Cajelais
Erik Cajelais
48,000
15,000
15,000
Profile photo of Keith Lehr us
Keith Lehr
33,000
9,000
9,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Adam Levy
Adam Levy
33,000
-7,000
-7,000
Profile photo of Lauren Kling
Lauren Kling
32,000
-3,000
-3,000
Profile photo of Tony Dunst us
Tony Dunst
22,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Jeanine Deeb
Jeanine Deeb
8,500
500
500
Profile photo of Andrey Pateychuk ru
Andrey Pateychuk
6,500
-1,500
-1,500
Profile photo of Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Kyle Cheong Going Strong

Kyle Cheong has had a good Day 1b thus far, bad news for others who like him are participating in the Onnit Last Sticker Standing Contest promotion. The player wearing an Onnit sticker who lasts the longest in the WSOP Main Event will earn half his or her buy-in back — $5,000.

Cheong had built up to more than 80,000 earlier before coming back to the pack, although still sits with a healthy stack of almost 60,000. Of course now he's got an extra challenge in store, as T.J. Cloutier has been moved to his left.

Cloutier knows a thing or two about lasting a long time in these WSOP Main Events, having finished in the top five no less than four times, including twice as runner-up (in 1985 and 2000).

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kyle Cheong
Kyle Cheong
57,500
-25,500
-25,500
Profile photo of TJ Cloutier
TJ Cloutier
13,400
-13,600
-13,600

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