Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Eric Legoff |
625,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
Micah Raskin |
550,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
Alban Juen |
380,000
-40,000
|
-40,000 |
Aaron Lim |
240,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
||
JC Tran |
225,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
Terrence Chan |
176,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
||
Ari Engel |
150,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
||
Salvatore Bonavena |
145,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
Erik Cajelais |
120,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
||
Dee Friedman
|
85,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
Paul Wasicka |
76,000
-72,000
|
-72,000 |
Ali Eslami |
41,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
2012 World Series of Poker
ThePokerMonkey Will Souther Seat 4 raise. I R/R with AA. He 3-bets. I 4-bet. He shoves. KK. Flop set. River Quads. 307k. 10 for 10 now in the ME with AA.
July 12 2012
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Will Souther |
307,000
187,000
|
187,000 |
We caught up with the action on a flop of to see Jared Jaffe and Vanessa Selbst engaged in a battle of the blinds.
Jaffe checked and Selbst fired out 3,500. Jaffe called and the turn was the . Another check to Selbst and she fired out 9,000 this time around. Jaffe called once again.
Fifth street brought the and it was checked to Selbst again. She bet 24,000 and Jaffe thought for a moment before flinging in a call. Selbst showed for two pair. Jaffe let out a laugh and threw his cards into the muck. Jaffe is now down to 88,000 while Selbst is sitting on 265,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vanessa Selbst |
265,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Jared Jaffe |
88,000
-29,000
|
-29,000 |
Just a few hands after losing 75,000 to quads, we saw that Benjamin Alcober got pretty much all of it back. We don't know the exact action, but we know that Alcober and another player, who had about 70,000, got it all in on a flop of . His opponent held for top two pair, but it was no good, as Alcober showed for bottom set. We know the hit the turn, and while we didn't catch the river card, we know that it sealed the victory for Alcober.
Alcober collected the bounty, and shot right back up to 970,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Benjamin Alcober |
970,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
Action started with Robert Peltekci, who raised to 6,500 in early position. It folded around to our chip leader Benjamin Alcober, and he three bet it to 13,500 on the button. The blinds folded, and Peltekci made the call.
The two players checked on the flop, , and the turn, the . The river brought the , and Peltekci grabbed two stacks of yellow T1,000 chips, and slid them into the middle. It was a bet of 61,000, and Alcober tanked for about a minute before calling.
Peltekci nodded his head and made a hand motion that made some at the table think he was indicating "nice hand", and Alcober tabled . However, Peltekci then tabled for quads, and said "there we go!" Once he collected the chips, we saw that he was up to 250,000, while Alcober drops to 900,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Benjamin Alcober |
900,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
Robert Peltekci
|
250,000
63,700
|
63,700 |
Vivek Rajkumar raised to 7,500 from early position and got a single caller from the player on the button. The flop came , and when Rajkumar continued with a bet of 6,000, his opponent called. The turn brought the . This time Rajkumar checked, the button bet 12,000, and Rajkumar called.
The river was the . Rajkumar checked once more, and his opponent bet 25,000. Rajkumar made the call, then saw his opponent turn over for a set of sixes, prompting Rajkumar to muck his hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Vivek Rajkumar |
528,000
-42,000
|
-42,000 |
Andrew "LuckyChewy" Lichtenberger raised to 7,500 from under the gun and cleared the field all the way to Michael Gable, who made the call from the small blind. After the big got out of the way, it was heads-up action to the , which saw Gable check-call a bet of 12,000.
Lichtenberger then fired out 25,500 on the turn after Gable had checked, but again a call was made. Gable checked for a third time on the river, and snap-called when Lichtenberger bet a healthy 69,300. Gable showed for top two pair, and it was good enough to win the hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrew Lichtenberger |
204,000
-111,000
|
-111,000 |
|
Erik Buxhoeveden opened the action with a raise to 6,000 and it folded all the way around to Kevin Pollak's big blind. Pollak called and the flop came .
Pollak checked and Buxhoeveden continued out with a bet of 4,000. Pollak called and both players checked the turn. The completed the board and Pollack fired 12,000. Buxhoeveden quickly called and showed for a straight. Pollak mucked his hand and Buxhoeveden dragged the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Kevin Pollak |
147,800
-23,200
|
-23,200 |
Erik Buxhoeveden |
93,500
38,100
|
38,100 |
Three players had built a pot of 23,000 when the flop came . The small blind checked, Armando Fernandez checked from the cutoff seat, then Mark Vanderloo bet 12,100 from the button. The small blind folded, but Fernandez called.
The turn brought the . This time Fernandez bet 16,500, and Vanderloo called. The river was the . Fernandez led out again, this time betting just 7,000, and Vanderloo called instantly.
Vanderloo tabled his hand — for queens and nines — and Fernandez mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Armando Fernandez |
675,000
-175,000
|
-175,000 |
Mark Vanderloo
|
222,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
Andrew Moreno opened to 7,600, and the action folded to [Removed:163], who defended his big blind. The flop fell , and Sheikh checked to Moreno, who fired 6,900. Sheikh called.
The turn was a , and Sheikh checked again. Moreno tossed out 17,800, and Sheikh again called.
A king completed the board, and Sheikh checked a third time. Moreno bet 59,800, and Sheikh called.
Moreno tabled two twos for quads, and Sheikh mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrew Moreno |
318,000
71,000
|
71,000 |