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

Brasilia Players And Their Betting Tokens

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Marc Wright gb
Marc Wright
880,000
80,000
80,000
Profile photo of Micah Raskin us
Micah Raskin
560,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
430,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of James Keys gb
James Keys
430,000
45,000
45,000
Profile photo of Alban Juen fr
Alban Juen
415,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Mike McDonald ca
Mike McDonald
340,000
40,000
40,000
Profile photo of Terrence Chan ca
Terrence Chan
265,000
35,000
35,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Kyle Bowker us
Kyle Bowker
255,000
15,000
15,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Nghi Van Tran us
Nghi Van Tran
230,000
-30,000
-30,000
Profile photo of Eric Buchman us
Eric Buchman
220,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
200,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
195,000
95,000
95,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
190,000
70,000
70,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of JC Tran us
JC Tran
170,000
-5,000
-5,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Aaron Lim au
Aaron Lim
145,000
-95,000
-95,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
130,000
-20,000
-20,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Paul Wasicka us
Paul Wasicka
88,000
12,000
12,000

Ho Catching Fire

Maria Ho
Maria Ho

Maria Ho opened for 6,500 and the opponent on her left called. The flop came {6-Diamonds} {5-Spades} {4-Clubs}, Ho bet 7,000 and her opponent raised to 15,100. Ho called and the turn came {8-Clubs}. She checked, her opponent bet 18,000 and Ho called after some thought.

The river came {3-Clubs} and both players checked. Ho tabled {6-Hearts} {4-Hearts} for two pair and her opponent mucked.

Player Chips Progress
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Maria Ho
340,000
25,000
25,000

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Jejelowo Remains Among Leaders

AJ Jejelowo
AJ Jejelowo

A player in the cutoff raised to 6,200, and A.J. Jejelowo called from the button. The big blind called as well, and the flop was spread {Q-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{2-Spades}. It checked to the preflop raiser who bet 8,700, Jejelowo called, and the big blind folded. Both remaining players then checked the {8-Clubs} turn.

The river was the {5-Diamonds}. Jejelowo's opponent pushed out a bet of 23,700, and this time Jejelowo let his hand go.

A small hit there for the 2010-11 WSOP-C Southern Regional Champion, who continues to maintain one of the biggest stacks of the remaining 900 or so players.

Player Chips Progress
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A.J. Jejelowo
870,000
-40,000
-40,000

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Watson Gets Runner Runner Against Pham

We caught up with the action on the river, as the board read {a-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{q-Spades}{10-Spades}. There was about 85,000 in the middle, and David "The Dragon" Pham was heads up with Cylus Watson. Pham was first to act, and he checked after about a minute of thought. It was on Watson now, and he assembled a bet of 49,700, and slid it in. Pham called very quickly, and Watson showed {q-Clubs}{10-Hearts} for two pair on the turn and river.

Pham led out a shout of frustration, as he flashed the {a-Spades} before mucking his hand. After losing that pot, Pham is down to 183,000, while Watson rockets up to 760,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Cylus Watson
760,000
Profile photo of David Pham
David Pham
183,000
-77,000
-77,000

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Selbst Catches River; Scores Huge Double Up

Vanessa Selbst Drills The Club
Vanessa Selbst Drills The Club

We caught up with the action to see three players looking down at a board of {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{9-Spades} and over 70,000 chips already in the pot.

The small blind checked and Vanessa Selbst checked as well. The third player fired out a bet of 50,000 and the small blind got out of the way. Action was now on Selbst and she sat riffling chips and staring at the board.

Selbst announced that she was all in and her opponent announced a call at lightning speed, tabling {4-Spades}{4-Hearts} for a flopped set. Selbst tabled {10-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for a flush draw and a gutshot. When Selbst saw her opponent's hand, she stood up from the table and grabbed her bag.

"I might be the worst of all time," Selbst said. "Good game guys."

The ESPN camera crews rushed over and every person walking by the rail stopped to see what all of the commotion was about.

"Nice call, man," Selbst said to her opponent while she waited to learn her fate.

Finally, the dealer pounded the table and flipped over the river card.

The {7-Clubs}.

Selbst's opponent shot up from his seat and walked to his supporters on the rail while Selbst let out a heavy sigh and sat back down in her chair. Selbst's opponent sat back down in time to watch a vast majority of his stack moved across the table toward Selbst. The two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner is now sitting on a stack of 540,000.

Selbst would immediately take to Twitter to inform her followers of her huge double up:

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
540,000
275,000
275,000

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Mitchell Over Failla

Following an under-the-gun minimum raise to 6,000 by James Mitchell, it folded all of the way back to Will Failla in the big blind who called. The flop came monotone — {9-Spades}{J-Spades}{5-Spades} — and Failla checked. Mitchell bet 12,000, and Failla called. Both players then checked the {3-Diamonds} turn and {3-Hearts} river.

Mitchell turned over {Q-Spades}{J-Hearts} for jacks and treys, while Failla showed {Q-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} for a lesser two pair.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of James Mitchell gb
James Mitchell
330,000
20,000
20,000
Profile photo of Will Failla us
Will Failla
94,800
-9,200
-9,200

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The Battle of Tran and Chan

A raised pot would see Terrence Chan and JC Tran take to a {8-Clubs}{a-Spades}{k-Hearts} flop, with Chan in the big blind and Tran on the button. Both players checked on the flop and it was on to the {7-Hearts} turn. This time when Chan checked, Tran would bet 12,600. Chan thought for quite some time, before making the call. On the {5-Clubs} river, Both players checked and Chan turned over {k-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}, with the pair of kings enough to swipe the pot from Tran.

With just a couple of hundred eliminations needed until the money bubble, Chan could manage to post his 10th WSOP cash of the summer, which is a tremendous effort.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Terrence Chan ca
Terrence Chan
230,000
45,000
45,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of JC Tran us
JC Tran
175,000
-45,000
-45,000
WSOP 2X Winner

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