2012 World Series of Poker

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

Cheong's Kings

Joeseph Cheong
Joeseph Cheong

A player raised from early position to 2,000 preflop, and action found its way to Joseph Cheong in middle position and he raised it up to 4,900. The table folded back around to the initial raiser and he made the call.

Both players were witness to the {j-Spades}{8-Spades}{8-Clubs} flop. We don't know how the action went exactly, but Cheong's short stacked opponent managed to get all in and at risk by Cheong. Cards were tabled, and both players got to see where they stood.

Cheong: {K-Clubs}{k-Hearts}
Opponent: {A-Clubs}{j-Hearts}

Cheong held the best of it with his superior pair of kings, while his opponent held a pair of jacks with an ace kicker. Anything can happen though, as there were still two cards to be exposed.

The dealer then plopped down the {10-Spades} on the turn, changing nothing. Finally the {7-Clubs} fell for the river and Cheong's opponent was sent home. Cheong now sits on a very healthy stack of around 185,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Joseph Cheong
185,000
55,000
55,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Updated Chip Counts from the Brasilia Silver Section

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Xiu Deng
Xiu Deng
277,000
Profile photo of Kenny Hallaert
Kenny Hallaert
160,000
-20,000
-20,000
Profile photo of Jason Potter
Jason Potter
140,000
65,000
65,000
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Bryn Kenney
125,000
43,000
43,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Davidi Kitai
120,000
10,000
10,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Winamax
Profile photo of Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
105,000
35,000
35,000
WSOP 4X Winner
Profile photo of Burt Boutin
Burt Boutin
103,000
Profile photo of Eric Buchman us
Eric Buchman
100,000
59,000
59,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Mike Cameron
Mike Cameron
100,000
18,000
18,000
Profile photo of Eric Levesque
Eric Levesque
100,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Keith Gipson
Keith Gipson
91,000
19,000
19,000
Profile photo of Nick DiVella
Nick DiVella
86,000
46,000
46,000
Profile photo of Tyson Marks us
Tyson Marks
84,000
Profile photo of Amit Makhija
Amit Makhija
82,000
46,000
46,000
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Christophe De Meulder
77,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Earl Barron
Earl Barron
71,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Dean Hamrick
Dean Hamrick
70,000
31,000
31,000
Profile photo of Phil Galfond
Phil Galfond
68,000
-53,000
-53,000
Profile photo of Daniel Reijmer
Daniel Reijmer
65,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
62,000
-14,000
-14,000
Profile photo of Calvin Anderson us
Calvin Anderson
55,000
-52,000
-52,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Profile photo of Clint Tolbert us
Clint Tolbert
54,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Ashkan Razavi ca
Ashkan Razavi
51,000
18,000
18,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
50,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Brian Nadell
Brian Nadell
42,000
11,000
11,000

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Haddox Loses One

Randy Haddox opened to 2,000 under the gun and was called by both players in the blinds.

The flop came down {Q-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} and action was checked to Haddox who bet 2,400. The player in the small blind popped it to 7,000, the player in the big blind folded, and Haddox called to see the {4-Clubs} turn. A bet of 9,200 from the player in the small blind was called by Haddox, landing the {2-Diamonds} on the river. Another bet from the player in the small blind, this one for 17,100, was called by Haddox.

The player in the small blind tabled {A-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for the ace-high flush, besting Haddox's holdings to win the pot. Despite the loss, Haddox still appears to be the Day 2c chip leader at the moment with about 320,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Randy Haddox
320,000
-30,000
-30,000

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Adios Alvarado

JC Alvarado has just seen his 2012 World Series of Poker come to an end late in the afternoon of Day 2c. We arrived at Alvarado's last hand with a {q-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds} flop already out on the felt and with Alvarado's opponent betting 7,800. Alvarado raised all in for around 35,000 and his opponent made the call.

Alvarado: {a-Clubs}{j-Hearts}
Opponent: {q-Diamonds}{3-Spades}

Alvarado would need plenty of help to survive and it was help that would never come as the {9-Clubs} turn and the {k-Diamonds} river would send Alvarado to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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JC Alvarado
Busted

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Cooke Fades Spades

Zachary Cooke had an opponent all in and at risk with the board reading {9-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{5-Spades}. Cooke's {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} was the best hand, but his opponent held {6-Spades}{3-Spades} for a gut-shot straight flush draw.

The turn and river both bricked {2-Hearts}, {8-Hearts} respectively, and Cooke is now up to 140,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Zachary Cooke
140,000

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A Blom Stumble

Viktor Blom had slipped back below 100,000 when the following hand took place. After a raise from the cutoff to 1,600, Viktor Blom reraised to 4,200 from the button, then watched as the small blind four-bet all in for 29,400 total. The big blind and original raiser both folded, but Blom called the shove.

Blom had {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}, but his opponent had woken up with {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades}. The five community cards came {6-Spades}{6-Clubs}{4-Spades}{Q-Spades}{3-Hearts}, and as happened with Michael Mizrachi moments ago, Blom, too, had lost about half of his stack.

Player Chips Progress
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Viktor Blom
63,100
-31,900
-31,900

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Brasilia Counts of Bronze and Red

The Red Section in the Brasilia room is starting to break, with players being spread around the rest of the Brasilia and some being sent to the Amazon Room. Here is how a few of the notables over in the Bronze and Red sections are currently looking.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Bruno Portaro
Bruno Portaro
160,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Chris Moorman
Chris Moorman
156,000
11,000
11,000
Profile photo of Steve Yea
Steve Yea
150,000
-4,000
-4,000
Profile photo of Eoghan O'Dea ie
Eoghan O'Dea
129,000
34,000
34,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Shane Warne
Shane Warne
115,000
27,000
27,000
Profile photo of JP Kelly
JP Kelly
112,000
68,000
68,000
Profile photo of Christian Harder
Christian Harder
105,000
-20,000
-20,000
Profile photo of Doyle Brunson us
Doyle Brunson
95,000
-25,000
-25,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
78,000
44,000
44,000
Profile photo of Michael Binger
Michael Binger
75,000
32,500
32,500
Profile photo of Marcel Luske nl
Marcel Luske
47,000
12,000
12,000
Profile photo of Maya Geller us
Maya Geller
32,000
-7,000
-7,000
Profile photo of Yuval Bronshtein
Yuval Bronshtein
26,000
-2,000
-2,000
Profile photo of Phil Laak us
Phil Laak
20,000
-9,000
-9,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Blair Hinkle
17,500
-3,050
-3,050
WSOP 1X Winner

Gold Crippled

We don't know the exact action, but we know that Jock McLean was all in preflop for 13,000, and that he was called by Erik Aude and Jamie Gold, who was on the button. The flop came down {3-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}, and Aude fired out a small bet of 2,000 to start a side pot. Gold quickly announced a raise to 15,000, and stuck it in the middle. Aude made the call, and the turn brought the {6-Diamonds}. Both players checked, and the river came the {8-Clubs}.

Aude checked again, and Gold started to count out his chips. He counted out all his yellow T1,000, which was 17,000 total, then grabbed for more chips. After about 45 seconds of counting his chips, Gold grabbed the original stack of yellows, and fired out 17,000 into the middle. As Aude started to think about it, Gold stood up, and appeared very eager to show his cards. Aude tossed in the call, and Gold said "you got it." Aude tabled {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}, and Gold said "wow you crippled me" and showed {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}.

McLean flashed his {a-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} before heading to the rail, and Aude collected the whole pot. After that hand, Gold is down to 18,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Jamie Gold
18,000
-14,000
-14,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
Commerce Casino & Hotel
WSOP 1X Winner

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Cada Out

We just noticed Joe Cada walking down the hall to exit the building and saw his former seat was void of chips We unsure how it happened, but former Main-Event Champion Joe Cada has been eliminated despite having 70,000 chips just a short while ago.

Player Chips Progress
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Joe Cada
Busted

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Hellman the Leadman

Erik Hellman
Erik Hellman

The flop read {8-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{10-Clubs} and a player in early position checked to Erik Hellman. Hellman has been the chip lead for the past couple of levels and sits with around 312,000. Action was on him and he bet out 1,200. The early position player made the call and both players were granted access to the turn.

The {A-Spades} then appeared on fourth street and we had a repeat of action with a check-call from Hellman's opponent for 4,200. The dealer then landed the {2-Hearts} on the river and again the earlier positioned player checked and Hellman bet out, this time for 8,400. After about 40 seconds passed the early position player made the call.

Hellman flipped over {A-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} for a pair of aces with a jack kicker. The early position player's response was to flip over {A-Hearts}{Q-Spades} for a pair of aces with a beter kicker. Hellman scoffed, and watched as his opponent stacked his newly found chips. Despite this last hand Hellman hovers right around the 300,000 chip mark.

Player Chips Progress
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Erik Hellman
298,000
24,000
24,000

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