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

Deeb Doubles Through Shaevel

Freddy Deeb- Doubled Up
Freddy Deeb- Doubled Up

We caught up with the action on the turn, with the board reading {q-Diamonds}{3-Hearts}{j-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}. There was about 45,000 in the middle, and Freddy Deeb made it 38,000 to go. Action was on Jamie Shaevel, and he counted out a raise of 100,000, and stuck it in the middle. This represented most of Deeb's remaining stack, and it didn't take him long to announce all in. Shaevel made the call, and the cards were tabled.

Deeb: {q-Clubs}{j-Clubs}
Shaevel: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}

Deeb held top two pair, but Shaevel could still catch an ace or a heart to win the hand. The river brought the {3-Clubs}, and Deeb let out a quick "yes" as he saw he won the pot. Shaevel is knocked down to 238,000, while Deeb doubles to 310,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Freddy Deeb
310,000
150,000
150,000
WSOP 2X Winner
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Jamie Shaevel
238,000
-71,000
-71,000

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Recent Eliminations

For exact places of finish, please refer to our payouts page.

Player Chips Progress
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Kent Goulding
Busted
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Benjamin Saada
Busted
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Tommy Velliama
Busted
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Neil Ryder
Busted
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Stewart Newman
Busted
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Alexis Bouchiouane
Busted
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Steven Schlesinger
Busted
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Dan Natarelli
Busted
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Justin Oliver
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
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Joseph Teanotoga
Busted
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Antoine Guyetant
Busted
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Brock Parker
Busted
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Fabien Perrot
Busted
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Thaddeus Wolff
Busted
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Adam Bennett
Busted
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Loi Phan
Busted
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Kirk Specka
Busted
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Paul Ephremsen
Busted

Randall Cracks Aces

We caught up to find David Randall all in before the flop for his last 248,000. Randall was against the pocket aces of Vitalii Minakov and would need some help on the flop.

Minakov: {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}
Randall: {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}

Randall was able to flop a gutshot on {9-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} and was miraculously able to get there when the {J-Spades} peeled off on fourth street. The table winced when this card fell and the board completed with the {8-Spades}. Randall is now sitting with about 520,000 in chips while Minakov has been crippled.

Player Chips Progress
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David Randall
520,000
270,000
270,000

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Tuan Le Trounced

Former WPT Champion Tuan Le is seated with Vanessa Selbst over on the secondary featured table, and we have very limited access to that table. However, we heard that Le was all in, so we went over to get as close as we could. Here's what we saw.

Le was all in with {3-Diamonds}{3-Spades} on a flop of {2-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{8-Spades}. However, Le was well behind the {q-Clubs}{q-Hearts} held by Daniel Sauva. The turn brought the {7-Spades}, and the river came the {5-Diamonds}. With that, Le's dream of making the Octo-Nine is gone.

Player Chips Progress
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Tuan Le
Busted

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Wolf Scores a Few Off Mizzi

Matthew Wolf's Day 4 continues to go well, while Onnit player Sorel Mizzi has been mostly holding steady.

Just now the pair were involved in a hand in which they'd built a pot of about 160,000 by the river, at which point the board showed {8-Spades}{A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}. Mizzi checked quickly, and after taking some time Wolf bet 83,000. Mizzi waited about a minute, then tossed his cards away.

Player Chips Progress
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Sorel Mizzi
698,000
-40,000
-40,000
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Matthew Wolf
344,000
197,500
197,500

Tags: Matthew WolfOnnitSorel Mizzi

Knockout For Negreanu

Daniel Negreanu
Daniel Negreanu

David Corwin pushed all in for his last 30,000 from the button and action folded over to Daniel Negreanu in the big blind, who snap called and wished Corwin good luck.

"It's okay," Corwin said. "I wouldn't mind if you took the rest of my chips."

"I wouldn't mind either!" Negreanu said in jest.

Negreanu: {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}
Corwin: {10-Hearts}{K-Clubs}

The {A-Hearts}{7-Spades}{K-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{J-Hearts} board kept Negreanu in the lead and he scooped the pot - eliminating Corwin.

Negreanu is off to a great start today - he is up to 490,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Negreanu
490,000
15,000
15,000
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David Corwin
Busted

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Deng Down

Xiu Deng is the latest player to hit the rail, with her elimination coming at the hands of Steve Yea. The monster pot saw both Yea and Deng all in preflop and at risk against David Warady. Here is how the three player's cards looked.

Yea: {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}
Warady: {k-Clubs}{k-Hearts}
Deng: {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}

Yea was way ahead and it stayed that way as a {10-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{8-Clubs} board sent plenty of chips to Yea, while eliminating Deng.

Player Chips Progress
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Steve Yea
400,000
141,500
141,500
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Xiu Deng
Busted

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