2012 World Series of Poker

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

Some Counts From the Brasilia Gold Section

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Eric Legoff fr
Eric Legoff
625,000
-15,000
-15,000
Profile photo of Micah Raskin us
Micah Raskin
550,000
130,000
130,000
Profile photo of Alban Juen fr
Alban Juen
380,000
-40,000
-40,000
Profile photo of Aaron Lim au
Aaron Lim
240,000
-10,000
-10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of JC Tran us
JC Tran
225,000
60,000
60,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Terrence Chan ca
Terrence Chan
176,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
150,000
16,000
16,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Salvatore Bonavena it
Salvatore Bonavena
145,000
52,000
52,000
Profile photo of Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
120,000
80,000
80,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dee Friedman us
Dee Friedman
85,000
25,000
25,000
Profile photo of Paul Wasicka us
Paul Wasicka
76,000
-72,000
-72,000
Profile photo of Ali Eslami us
Ali Eslami
41,000
26,000
26,000
WSOP 1X Winner

A Solid Turn and River For Selbst

We caught up with the action on a flop of {9-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{4-Spades} 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 {7-Hearts}. Another check to Selbst and she fired out 9,000 this time around. Jaffe called once again.

Fifth street brought the {K-Clubs} and it was checked to Selbst again. She bet 24,000 and Jaffe thought for a moment before flinging in a call. Selbst showed {K-Diamonds}{7-Spades} 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
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Vanessa Selbst
265,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Jared Jaffe us
Jared Jaffe
88,000
-29,000
-29,000

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And Alcober Gets It Right Back

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 {a-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{3-Diamonds}. His opponent held {a-}{k-} for top two pair, but it was no good, as Alcober showed {3-Spades}{3-Clubs} for bottom set. We know the {5-Clubs} 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
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Benjamin Alcober
970,000
70,000
70,000

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Alcober Loses To Quads

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, {7-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{4-Spades}, and the turn, the {2-Diamonds}. The river brought the {10-Spades}, 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 {a-Hearts}{7-Clubs}. However, Peltekci then tabled {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs} 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
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Benjamin Alcober
900,000
-75,000
-75,000
Profile photo of Robert Peltekci
Robert Peltekci
250,000
63,700
63,700

Tags: Robert PeltekciBenjamin Alcober

Rajkumar Drops One

Vivek Rajkumar raised to 7,500 from early position and got a single caller from the player on the button. The flop came {A-Hearts}{K-Spades}{6-Diamonds}, and when Rajkumar continued with a bet of 6,000, his opponent called. The turn brought the {4-Diamonds}. This time Rajkumar checked, the button bet 12,000, and Rajkumar called.

The river was the {10-Spades}. Rajkumar checked once more, and his opponent bet 25,000. Rajkumar made the call, then saw his opponent turn over {6-Clubs}{6-Spades} for a set of sixes, prompting Rajkumar to muck his hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Vivek Rajkumar
528,000
-42,000
-42,000

Tags: Vivek Rajkumar

Not So Lucky Chewey

Andrew Lichtenberger on Day 2.
Andrew Lichtenberger on Day 2.

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 {K-Clubs}{9-Spades}{Q-Spades}, which saw Gable check-call a bet of 12,000.

Lichtenberger then fired out 25,500 on the {9-Hearts} turn after Gable had checked, but again a call was made. Gable checked for a third time on the {7-Hearts} river, and snap-called when Lichtenberger bet a healthy 69,300. Gable showed {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} for top two pair, and it was good enough to win the hand.

Player Chips Progress
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Andrew Lichtenberger
204,000
-111,000
-111,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Andrew LichtenbergerMichael Gable

Pollak Runs Into Straight

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 {K-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}.

Pollak checked and Buxhoeveden continued out with a bet of 4,000. Pollak called and both players checked the {10-Clubs} turn. The {Q-Clubs} completed the board and Pollack fired 12,000. Buxhoeveden quickly called and showed {J-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for a straight. Pollak mucked his hand and Buxhoeveden dragged the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Kevin Pollak
147,800
-23,200
-23,200
Profile photo of Erik Buxhoeveden gr
Erik Buxhoeveden
93,500
38,100
38,100

Tags: Erik BuxhoevedenKevin Pollak

Vanderloo Over Fernandez

Three players had built a pot of 23,000 when the flop came {2-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}. 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 {Q-Hearts}. This time Fernandez bet 16,500, and Vanderloo called. The river was the {A-Clubs}. Fernandez led out again, this time betting just 7,000, and Vanderloo called instantly.

Vanderloo tabled his hand — {K-Spades}{9-Spades} for queens and nines — and Fernandez mucked.

Player Chips Progress
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Armando Fernandez
675,000
-175,000
-175,000
Profile photo of Mark Vanderloo nl
Mark Vanderloo
222,000
-30,000
-30,000

Tags: Armando FernandezMark Vanderloo

Quads for Amo

Andrew Moreno opened to 7,600, and the action folded to [Removed:163], who defended his big blind. The flop fell {2-}{2-}{4-}, and Sheikh checked to Moreno, who fired 6,900. Sheikh called.

The turn was a {9-}, 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
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Andrew Moreno
318,000
71,000
71,000

Tags: Andrew Moreno