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

Crawford Busts Le

We only caught the aftermath of the hand, but we know that Nam Le got the rest of his 42,000 in preflop with {j-}{j-}, but he ran into the {a-Hearts}{a-Spades} of Claudia Crawford. The board ran down {5-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}, and Le was unable to catch up.

It's been a tough day for Crawford, who started the day with over 230,000. She was down to under 50,000 earlier in the day, but after that win, she's back up to 106,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Claudia Crawford
106,000
-9,000
-9,000
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Nam Le
Busted

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Singontiko Has 99 Problems but a Kicker Ain't One

We found David Singontiko in the small blind at the turn with just one opponent. The board was {7-Spades} {2-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds}, Singontiko checked and his opponent bet 26,600.

Singontiko called and the river came {J-Hearts}. Singontiko checked again and his opponent bet 41,600. Singontiko re-checked his hole cards, thought for a minute and then verbally called.

His opponent tabled {7-Clubs} {6-Clubs} for jacks and sevens and Singontiko tabled {8-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} for jacks and sevens with an eight kicker. He took the pot and is within shouting distance of 300,000.

Player Chips Progress
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David Singontiko
290,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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All Hail Cesaro

A short-stacked George Leandrou of Astoria, New York got all in preflop only to be called and dominated by Stephen Cesaro.

Showdown
Cesaro: {A-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}
Leandrou: {A-Hearts}{9-Spades}

The {8-Spades}{3-Spades}{5-Clubs} flop gave Leandrou some runner-runner flush options, but the {7-Hearts} took that away. With that said, he did pick up a gut-shot straight draw, though it failed to materialize as the {Q-Diamonds} appeared on the river.

"Nice hand," Leandrou said before taking his leave. Meanwhile, Cesaro flashed a big smile to what appeared to be his girlfriend on the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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George Leandrou
Busted

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Updated Chip Counts from the Amazon Purple Section

Here are some counts from the Purple section, at the bottom of which you'll find Gabe Kaplan listed as having busted.

Kaplan made a brief visit into the Purple section with his short stack before his elimination a short while ago. Unfortunately for the Welcome Back, Kotter star, he earns the same prize here that he won back in 1980 when he final tabled the WSOP Main Event and finished sixth — zip.

Player Chips Progress
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A.J. Jejelowo
725,000
-51,200
-51,200
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Dane Lomas
630,000
302,000
302,000
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Erik Hellman
540,000
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Jan Kasten
505,000
110,000
110,000
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Armando Fernandez
444,000
119,000
119,000
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Jeremy Allen
427,000
25,000
25,000
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Jonathan Fountain
415,000
-15,000
-15,000
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Michael Hack
402,000
-1,000
-1,000
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Amritraj Singh
400,000
110,000
110,000
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Marvin Rettenmaier
380,000
-33,000
-33,000
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Vivek Rajkumar
375,000
65,000
65,000
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Jeffrey Gross
355,000
46,000
46,000
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Mark Demirdjian
346,000
-14,000
-14,000
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David Diaz
342,000
12,000
12,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Thanh dat Tran
338,000
-33,000
-33,000
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Fabrizio Gonzalez
320,000
-17,000
-17,000
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Maurice Hawkins
290,000
-78,000
-78,000
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James Mitchell
290,000
-130,000
-130,000
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John Juanda
215,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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Dag Martin Mikkelsen
170,700
23,200
23,200
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Joseph Rahme
170,000
-89,100
-89,100
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Eric Cloutier
157,000
-11,000
-11,000
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Bryan Paris
152,300
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Amit Makhija
142,300
-4,700
-4,700
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Phil Collins
137,000
44,000
44,000

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Hall Back Over 200K

Zachary Hall, who's still sporting a rainbow-colored umbrella on his head, opened to 5,300 from middle position. A gentleman called him on the button, the blinds released, and the dealer fanned {3-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{4-Clubs}. Hall continued for 12,000, and the man immediately called.

The turn was the {10-Clubs}, and Hall slowed down, checking the player on the button, who immediately fired 25,000. Hall moved all in, and the player folded.

"Nice hand," he told Hall.

Player Chips Progress
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Zachary Hall
220,000
101,500
101,500

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A Couple of Hands on Table 28

We just caught the action of two hands over on Table 28, with Ari Engel involved in both and Joseph Cheong involved in one.

  • We arrived at the table with a small pot building and a {4-Spades}{2-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{j-Spades}{6-Clubs} board on the felt. Engel was involved in the hand with one opponent and the action was Engel. He bet 5,200 and his opponent called. Engel then tabled {a-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}, which was enough to scoop up the pot.
  • The very next hand saw Cheong open up the pot 5,000 from the hijack. The player in the small blind made the call, along with Engel in the big blind. The {j-Clubs}{q-Diamonds}{9-Spades} flop was spread out on the table and the action was checked to Cheong. A bet of 7,000 was sent splashing into the pot and Cheong's opponents let go of their hands, sending the pot to Cheong.
Player Chips Progress
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Joseph Cheong
400,000
25,000
25,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Ari Engel
370,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 2X Winner

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Wong Whacks Negreanu's Stack

Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu

Jerry Wong opened for 5,000 from the button and found one caller in Daniel Negreanu in the big blind.

The flop came {7-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{9-Spades} and Negreanu checked to Wong - who fired a 5,400 c-bet into the middle. Negreanu then check-raised to 13,200 and Wong made the call.

The {5-Spades} fell on the turn and Negreanu checked. Undeterred, Wong bet 10,000 and Negreanu decided to flat call.

The {10-Spades} completed the board and Negreanu checked a final time. Wong slid out a hefty 33,000 bet and Negreanu quickly folded.

Negreanu slid back to 204,000 after that one.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Negreanu
204,000
-16,000
-16,000

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Out of the Blue

We just made a quick excursion over to the Blue section where those three tables are set up all by themselves, giving ESPN lots of room for shooting hands. We're calling it the "Blue" section as that was what that corner of the Amazon room was formerly called, although now the signs referring to it as such have been removed. In essence there are five feature tables — the main one in the "mothership," the secondary feature, and the three in Blue.

At the first table, Vanessa Selbst was involved in yet another tense hand that ended with her scooping a small pot to add further to her stack. Alex Jacob is sitting at that table as well with a slightly above average stack.

The middle table finds Shaun Deeb continuing to sport a top five stack with more than 540,000. Erick Lindgren and Katie Dozier are both there, too, with less than average chips.

Finally start-of-day chip leader Gaelle Baumann has been battling at the far table all afternoon. During our tour, Baumann had been checked to following the river with the board showing {2-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}. She pushed out a bet of 36,000 into a pot roughly three times that size, and after a good bit of thought her opponent called, turning over {5-Hearts}{5-Spades}. His small pair was good as she mucked her hand.

Baumann still has over 450,000, however, despite that hit.

Player Chips Progress
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Shaun Deeb
545,000
-6,500
-6,500
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner
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Gaelle Baumann
454,000
-66,700
-66,700
Winamax
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Vanessa Selbst
368,000
76,000
76,000
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Alex Jacob
184,000
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Erick Lindgren
152,000
-26,000
-26,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Katie Dozier
68,000
-2,000
-2,000

Five-Bet Fa Sho

Randy Haddox opened for a raise from under the gun, Andrew Moreno three-bet to 12,600 on the button, and the blinds released. Haddox responded with a four-bet to 32,400, and Moreno five-bet to 82,600.

Haddox screwed up his face and reached for orange T5,000 chips, but never committed them. He opted to fold, and asked Moreno to, "Show a four."

Moreno shook his head. "Why would I give you information when you win every pot?"

Haddox grinned. "Apparently, I don't."

Earlier today, Sarah Grant caught up with Kristy Arnett's better half:

Player Chips Progress
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Randy Haddox
460,000
-90,000
-90,000
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Andrew Moreno
247,000
52,000
52,000

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