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

Lisandro Takes His Leave

Jeff Lisandro- Out
Jeff Lisandro- Out

Jeff Lisandro's summer at the Rio has come to an end. We caught up with the action on the flop, which read {8-Spades}{2-Spades}{2-Hearts}. Lisandro checked to his opponent, who fired out 3,200. Lisandro came back with a check raise all in for 34,600, and his opponent went into the tank. After about three minutes, his opponent made the call, and it turned out to be a great one.

Lisandro: {a-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}
Opponent: {4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}

Lisandro got caught and would need an ace or a nine to survive. The turn brought the {3-Clubs}, and the river brought the {q-Clubs}, sending Lisandro to the exits an hour before the dinner break.

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Lisandro au
Jeff Lisandro
Busted
WSOP 6X Winner

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Pham Finds a Way

The flop read {Q-Clubs}{8-Clubs}{6-Clubs} and it was battle of the blinds between the small blind and David Pham in the big blind. The small blind checked to start the action and Pham bet out 2,000. A call was made and the two players were allowed to see the turn.

The {A-Diamonds} on the turn saw the little blind check again and Pham bet out, this time for 4,000. The small blind again made the call. The {k-Spades} on the river saw more of the same with the small blind checking his option and Pham betting out for 8,500. This time around though the small blind did not call, but folded.

Pham showed his former opponent the {6-Spades} and collected the pot.

Player Chips Progress
David Pham
David Pham
91,000
-5,000
-5,000

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Tran-ding Down

JC Tran opened to 1,800 from early position, a player three-bet to 4,100 from the cutoff, and Tran called. The flop fell {k-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{j-Spades}, and Tran checked. His opponent tossed out 4,400, and Tran called.

The turn was the {a-Diamonds}, and Tran checked again. His opponent fired 9,300, and Tran was forced to fold.

Player Chips Progress
JC Tran us
JC Tran
68,000
-7,000
-7,000
WSOP 2X Winner

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Updated Chip Counts from the Brasilia Gold Section

Player Chips Progress
Jason Somerville us
Jason Somerville
294,000
-16,000
-16,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Guang Lu
Guang Lu
170,000
5,000
5,000
Shane Sigsbee
Shane Sigsbee
155,000
-34,000
-34,000
Michael Shelton
Michael Shelton
138,000
11,000
11,000
Brian Hastings us
Brian Hastings
108,000
-58,000
-58,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Run It Once
Tex Barch us
Tex Barch
105,000
41,000
41,000
Scott Abrams
Scott Abrams
104,000
-21,000
-21,000
Marco Traniello
Marco Traniello
90,000
Richard Toth hu
Richard Toth
65,000
-29,000
-29,000
Lee Childs
Lee Childs
65,000
15,000
15,000
Micah Raskin
Micah Raskin
61,000
19,000
19,000
Samantha Cohen
Samantha Cohen
55,000
-31,000
-31,000
Don Fujita
Don Fujita
54,000
8,000
8,000

He Stole The Chips From You, Daikini

When we arrived at Kevin Pollak's table a player in late position was busy opening up the pot to 1,800. The player in the small blind called, along with Kevin Pollak in the big blind.

On the {j-Spades}{10-Spades}{6-Hearts} flop, the small blind and Pollak checked and the preflop aggressor fired our 3,300. The small blind folded and Pollak made the call. The {a-Spades} then hit the turn and both remaining players checked. A {2-Diamonds} then hit the turn and Pollak led for 6,000. Pollak's opponent opted to raise it up to 16,000 here and with a call from Pollak, the two players turned their hands over.

Pollak: {a-Clubs}{6-Hearts}
Opponent: {k-Spades}{9-Spades}

Pollak's two-pair wasn't good enough for the flush of his opponent as the Hollywood star lost a chunk of his chips.

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Pollak
Kevin Pollak
35,500
-24,500
-24,500

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Singontiko Calls an All In

David Singontiko was heads up on a {10-Hearts} {7-Hearts} {6-Spades} {8-Spades} board with an unknown opponent. Singontiko bet 8,500 after action was checked to him and his opponent moved all in. Singontiko called and the hands were tabled.

Singontiko: {A-Hearts} {J-Hearts}
Opponent: {9-Hearts} {9-Diamonds}

The board completed {5-Spades} and Singontiko shipped a good bit of chips across the table.

Player Chips Progress
David Singontiko
David Singontiko
60,000
-26,000
-26,000

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Strelitz Sends Three-Time Bracelet Winner to the Rail

Pete Vilandos, who won his third bracelet a couple weeks ago in Event #50: No-Limit Hold'em $5,000 buy-in, got his last 20,000 or so all in preflop and was at risk against Daniel Strelitz.

Showdown

Strelitz{A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}
Vilandos{A-Spades}{K-Clubs}

Vilandos, who was an immigrant from Greece that arrived in the United States when he was 27 years old, was in great shape to double. Unfortunately for him, lady luck favored Strelitz as the flop came down {Q-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{3-Spades}. Vilandos was still drawing live to either a king or jack, but it wasn't in the cards as the {10-Spades} appeared on the turn followed by the {Q-Diamonds} river. With that, Vilandos was denied his fourth gold bracelet.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Strelitz
Daniel Strelitz
180,000
20,000
20,000
Pete Vilandos us
Pete Vilandos
Busted

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Sengphet Doubles

We missed the action but we saw La Sengphet drag a huge pot to stay alive. The board was {8-Diamonds} {A-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {3-Clubs} and Sengphet held {K-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds}.

Sengphet is moving in the right direction after a slippery start.

Player Chips Progress
La Sengphet
La Sengphet
83,000
27,000
27,000

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Buddiga Heads H-o-m-e

Former Scripps National Spelling Bee champ and current poker pro Pratyush Buddiga just hit the rail after coming up on the short end of a blind-versus-blind battle. Action folded around to Buddiga in the small blind and he raised to 2,600. Ronny Kaiser raised to 6,800 from the big blind, and Buddiga counted down his stack before moving all in for around 40,000. Kaiser nodded and tossed in a chip to call, and the cards went on their backs:

Buddiga: {A-Hearts}{9-Clubs}
Kaiser: {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

The board ran out {3-Clubs}{K-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{8-Spades}{K-Spades} and Buddiga was relieved of his stack. Buddiga cashed in this event last year for $21,295, but he'll have to wait until 2013 to make another run in the big one.

Player Chips Progress
Ronny Kaiser ch
Ronny Kaiser
240,000
Pratyush Buddiga us
Pratyush Buddiga
Busted

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Meinders Makes it Happen

We don't know exactly how the betting went before the flop, but we know it ended with Brian Meinders making it 10,000 from the small blind and the cutoff making the call.

The flop came {j-Hearts}{j-Spades}{Q-Clubs} and Meinders came right out of the gates betting 10,000. The cutoff quickly made the call.

The {3-Spades} on the turn saw Meinders bet out 20,000, and again his opponent made the call with out a second thought. The {A-Diamonds} on the river saw Meinders bet again, but this time it was for a smaller amount, 10,000. The cutoff took 20 seconds or so and threw out the call.

Mienders flipped over {Q-}{Q-} for a full house queens over jacks and the cut off deposited his cards in the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Meinders us
Brian Meinders
210,000
40,000
40,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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