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

Pavilion Players

Here is a slew of chip updates from the Pavilion room.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
170,000
1,650
1,650
Profile photo of Justin Young
Justin Young
114,000
Profile photo of Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
97,800
1,525
1,525
Profile photo of George Danzer de
George Danzer
96,000
11,875
11,875
Profile photo of Amnon Filippi
Amnon Filippi
91,000
-18,900
-18,900
Profile photo of Gaelle Bauman
Gaelle Bauman
76,000
76,000
76,000
Profile photo of Robert Varkonyi
Robert Varkonyi
63,000
Profile photo of Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
46,000
-14,825
-14,825
Profile photo of Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
41,000
500
500
Profile photo of Peter Eastgate
Peter Eastgate
40,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Leo Margets
Leo Margets
36,000
36,000
36,000
Profile photo of Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
36,000
WSOP 7X Winner
Profile photo of Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
24,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Bryan Devonshire us
Bryan Devonshire
24,000

Rhymes With Orange

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Jamie Armstrong us
Jamie Armstrong
120,400
Profile photo of Daniel Lowery us
Daniel Lowery
118,250
Profile photo of Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
115,775
WSOP 1X Winner
Jaka Coaching
Profile photo of Simon Charette ca
Simon Charette
95,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Hoyt Corkins
Hoyt Corkins
86,850
Profile photo of Isaac Baron
Isaac Baron
86,300
Profile photo of Filippo Candio
Filippo Candio
85,000
Profile photo of Amanda Baker us
Amanda Baker
80,900
Profile photo of JJ Liu tw
JJ Liu
78,800
Profile photo of Mikhail Lakhitov
Mikhail Lakhitov
69,075
Profile photo of Karina Jett us
Karina Jett
68,550
Profile photo of Hasan Habib us
Hasan Habib
63,900
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
61,025
Profile photo of Wendeen Eolis us
Wendeen Eolis
55,125
Profile photo of Taylor Paur
Taylor Paur
54,775
Profile photo of Rene Angelil us
Rene Angelil
52,900
Profile photo of Michael Chow us
Michael Chow
46,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Pius Heinz de
Pius Heinz
39,775
Profile photo of Barry Shulman us
Barry Shulman
35,275
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Dewey Tomko us
Dewey Tomko
35,225
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Billy Baxter us
Billy Baxter
31,175
31,175
31,175
WSOP 7X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Jay Rosenkrantz us
Jay Rosenkrantz
30,100
Profile photo of Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
28,450
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Foster Hays us
Foster Hays
28,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Aaron Steury
Aaron Steury
27,650

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Good Start For Meinders

Brian Meinders has already had a successful summer, managing to take down his first World Series of Poker gold bracelet in Event 25: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout. Meinders has had a good start here on Day 2 of the Main Event.

We recently caught the action of a hand between Meinders and Michael Lipman. By the time we arrived at the table there was a {9-Spades}{2-Clubs}{9-Clubs} flop showing and Meinders was on the button with Lipman set to act. A bet of 2,500 was sent Meinders way, with him making the call to see a {8-Spades} land on the turn. This time Lipman checked and Meinders bet 2,500. Lipman called and a {j-Hearts} was dealt on the river. Another check from Lipman would see Meinders again bet 2,500 and Lipman would again call.

Lipman: {6-Hearts}{6-Spades}
Meinders: {8-Clubs}{7-Clubs}

Meinders pair of eights was enough to trump Lipman's holding as Meinders raked in the hand little pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Brian Meinders
145,000
48,775
48,775
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Brian MeindersMichael Lipman

Woodward Slips Out of Gate

Matt Woodward opened to 1,050 from middle position, Veerachai Vongxaiburana called on his direct left, and Robert Geith defended his big blind. The flop was {q-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{2-Hearts}, Geith checked, and Woodward fired 1,700. Vongxaiburana folded, and Geith called.

The turn was the {6-Diamonds}, and Geith led out for 4,100. Woodward called.

The {4-Diamonds} completed the board, and Geith led again - this time for 6,700. Woodward found a fold, and Geith raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Matt Woodward
149,000
-9,500
-9,500

Tags: Matt WoodwardVeerachai VongxaiburanaRobert Geith

Frye Doubles Through Arseneau

Jeffrey Frye got his stack of 11,750 all in preflop with {A-Spades}{K-Spades} and was up against the {A-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} of Marc Arseneau. Frye was in good shape to double, but the {6-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{2-Hearts} flop made things interesting as it gave Arseneau a flush draw.

The {8-Clubs} turn added some chop outs to Arseneau's arsenal, but the {J-Clubs} on the river was not one of them. With that, Frye doubled while Arseneau was left shaking his head.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Marc Arseneau
Marc Arseneau
40,000
Profile photo of Jeffrey Frye us
Jeffrey Frye
24,000

Tags: Marc ArseneauJeffrey Frye

Stack 'Em to the Top

Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

Bryce Yockey returned to Day 2a/b with just over 81,000 chips, but after opening his bag, he didn't stack them. Instead, he quietly sat with a hodgepodge of green, black, purple, yellow and orange chips mixed together in front of him.

The floor was eventually called, and the dealer asked if Yockey had to stack his chips. The floorperson said yes.

"What if I can give you my exact count?" Yockey asked.

"It doesn't matter," the floorperson responded.

Yockey began assembling his chips as we left, and they are now neatly stacked.

Tags: Bryce Yockey

Rough Start for Eastgate

Action started with Keith Block raising it to 1,150. Pacome Chavignon was next to act, and he tossed in the call. 2008 Main Event Champion Peter Eastagte also called, as did Elliott Zaydman out of the big blind. The four players saw a flop of {k-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{5-Diamonds}. It was checked to Chavignon, who fired out 2,600. Eastgate was the only caller, and they went heads up to the turn, the {9-Diamonds}.

Chavignon checked to Eastgate, who fired out 5,500. Chavignon came along to see the river, which was the {q-Diamonds}, bringing four diamonds on board. Both players checked, and Chavignon showed {a-Spades}{a-Diamonds} for the top flush. Eastgate slid his cards towards the dealer, dropping him to 37,000.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Peter Eastgate
Peter Eastgate
37,000
-10,600
-10,600

Tags: Peter Eastgate

Pollak On the Take

Kevin Pollak moving in the right direction.
Kevin Pollak moving in the right direction.

We found Kevin Pollak and Daniel Kaiser at the river on a {3-Clubs} {K-Spades} {4-Diamonds} {J-Spades} {3-Hearts} board. Kaiser checked, Pollack bet 6,000 and Kaiser threw one T1,000 chip in the pot.

Kaiser thought he bet 1,000 and the floor was called. The floor supervisor ruled that since Kaiser tossed in a chip that it was a call. Kaiser tossed a T5,000 chip in the pot and Pollak tabled {K-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} for a pair of kings.

Kaiser showed pocket queens when he folded.

Player Chips Progress
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Kevin Pollak
53,000
Profile photo of
3,625

Tags: Daniel KaiserKevin Pollak

Negreanu Snags One Early

Over in the Pavilion room at table #137 action folded around to David Steicke in the cutoff, and he opted to raise it to 1,225. Daniel Negreanu sat on the button and he three-bet to 3,600. The blinds released and action found its way back to Steicke, who made the call.

The flop came {K-Spades}{5-Spades}{k-Diamonds} allowing for Steicke to check and Negreanu to continue for 2,700. A call was made and both players were allowed to see the turn.

It was here on fourth street that the {2-Hearts} made an appearance bringing with it a repeat of action with Steicke check-calling a bet of 5,700 from Negreanu.

The {a-Clubs} on the river saw the same action take place with Steicke checking and Negreanu firing out a bet of 10,500. Steicke didn't call as quickly this time, rather spending a good 45 seconds pondering his current situation. Eventually though Steicke did make the call. Negreanu was first to show and he exposed {K-Hearts}{6-Hearts} for three of a kind sixes. Steicke couldn't counter this and he mucked his cards, awarding Negreanu the substantial pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Negreanu
163,000
22,425
22,425
Profile photo of David Steicke au
David Steicke
44,000
-22,650
-22,650

Tags: Daniel Negreanu