2012 World Series of Poker

Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 2ab
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

His Chips Will Go On

Rene Angelil is no longer with us.
Rene Angelil is no longer with us.

Michael Gagliano opened for 2,000 and Rene Angelil raised to 3,6000. The player in the five seat put in another raise to 15,100, Gagliano folded and Angelil moved all in. His opponent called and the cards were tabled.

Angelil: {K-Hearts} {K-Spades}
Opponent: {A-Clubs} {A-Spades}

The board ran {7-Spades} {9-Clubs} {2-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {4-Hearts} and Angelil was eliminated.

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Rene Angelil
Busted

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Luongo & Luongo

Roberto Luongo
Roberto Luongo

NHL goaltender Roberto Luongo has just been moved over to the Purple Section in the Amazon Room. The Vancouver Canucks netminder is now seated only a few tables from his brother, Fabio Luongo, who is thriving here on Day 2. Fabio began the day with 77,000 and has nearly doubled his stack during the first three levels of the day.

Roberto, meanwhile, is holding steady with 48,000. He began with day with just under 45,000.

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Fabio Luongo
140,000
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Roberto Luongo
48,000

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Laplante Katches a Double

Level 8 : 400/800, 100 ante
Ryan Laplante
Ryan Laplante

Ryan Laplante open-shoved his last 12,500 from late position, and the action folded to Eugene Katchalov, who called out of the big blind.

Laplante{10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Katchalov{a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}

Laplante took the lead when the flop fell {8-Clubs}{10-Spades}{3-Spades}, and the turn and river came {2-Diamonds}, {7-Clubs} respectively, doubling Laplante.

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Baxter Building

Billy Baxter
Billy Baxter

Seven-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Billy Baxter raised to 1,800 from early position and received a call from Yin Sun in middle position. When action reached the big blind, he put in a three-bet to 3,800, which prompted Baxter to move all in for 28,000.

Sun quickly got out of the way, while the big blind toiled a bit before doing the same.

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Billy Baxter
32,000
4,000
4,000
WSOP 7X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

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Wolf Hunts Habib

Hasan Habib, who placed 14th in the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event and fourth in 2000, raised to 1,800 from middle position and was three-bet to 4,100 by Michael Wolf on the button. The blinds got out of the way, Habib made the call, and the flop came down {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}{A-Clubs}.

Habib proceeded to check-call a bet of 4,400 before both players checked the {Q-Hearts} turn. When the {4-Hearts} appeared on the river, Habib checked and Wolf fired out 9,900. Habib thought long and hard before making the call, only to muck when Wolf rolled over {A-Spades}{K-Spades}.

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Michael Wolf
123,000
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Hasan Habib
60,000
-15,000
-15,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Sterlitz and Kelepouris Exchange Chips

Robert Kelepouris started the day with around 60,000 in chips, but has since seen that stack rise to almost 200,000. Most of those chips came courtesy of Daniel Strelitz and we were there to see how it all went down.

When we arrived at the table, the under the gun player had raised it up to 2,500 and five players had made the call until it was on Strelitz in the small blind. He raised it up to 9,200 and only Kelepuris would call the raise.

On the {3-Clubs}{5-Spades}{7-Clubs} flop, Sterlitz led for 6,500 and Kelepuris raised it up to 13,100. Sterlitz made the call and an {a-Diamonds} hit the turn. This time Sterlitz would check and then call when Kelepuris bet 16,500. The {q-Spades} completed the board on the river, where Sterlitz checked and Kelepuris bet 24,500.

"Why so small?" Sterlitz said, more talking to himself than actually asking Kelepuris. Eventually Sterlitz made the call, at which point Kelepuris turned over {5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} for a flopped set - enough to sent Sterlitz's cards into the muck. Sterlitz informed the table that he was hoping someone would shove preflop, because he held pocket kings.

Player Chips Progress
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Robert Kelepouris
190,000
125,000
125,000
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Daniel Strelitz
160,000
-40,000
-40,000

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Value Town, Population Zero

Steve Burkholder and an opponent were heads up with the board reading {3-Spades}{j-Hearts}{5-Spades}. Burkholder checked, his opponent tossed out 3,200, and Burkholder check-raised to 6,700. His opponent tanked for the better part of two minutes, then re-raised to 17,000. Burkholder called.

The turn was the {10-Diamonds}, both players checked, and the {8-Spades} completed the board. Burkholder led for just 14,000, and his opponent tank-folded.

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Steve Burkholder
105,000

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Selbst's Small Struggle

Vanessa Selbst
Vanessa Selbst

The under the gun player raised it up to around 1,800 and Vanessa Selbst in middle position was the only one willing to see the flop as the rest of the table folded.

The flop came {Q-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{2-Spades} and the under the gun player checked. Selbst lead out the attack then by betting 2,500. A call was made and both players were allowed to see the turn.

The {k-Hearts} on fourth-street saw a repeat of action with the under the gun player check-calling a bet from Selbst, this time for 5,300. The dealer then placed on last card on the felt and it was the {4-Clubs}. The under the gun player stopped his streak of checks and bet out 12,000. Action was then on Selbst who seemed visible bemused by the bet. After two minutes or so of measuring out chips and eye balling the pot Selbst made the call.

The under the gun player flipped over {K-Spades}{10-Spades} for two pair, kings and queens. Selbst mucked her cards and forfeited the pot.

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Vanessa Selbst
146,000
25,000
25,000

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Baumann Leading the Ladies

Gaelle Baumann
Gaelle Baumann

When we walked by Table 95 here in the Pavilion, we saw that Gaelle Baumann was holding onto a monster stack. We also saw her in a hand where the flop was {k-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{7-Spades}. She called her opponents all in of about 13,000, and showed {k-Diamonds}{q-Spades} for top pair. She was miles ahead of her opponent, who showed a stone cold bluff of {q-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}. The turn sealed things, coming the {k-Hearts}, and the river was the {9-Clubs}.

After she finished stacking her chips, we estimated that she's sitting on about 280,000, which leads the way for the women left in the field. Baumann is fresh off a 15th place showing in this year's ladies event, and she looks to be continuing that momentum through to today!

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Gaelle Baumann
280,000
112,000
112,000

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