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

Volpe Nears the Two Million Mark

Paul Volpe
Paul Volpe

Paul Volpe just knocked out another player, and he's now very close to having the chip lead.

The board read {2-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}, when Volpe checked to Dutchman Leon Piso who moved all in from the button. Piso had 216,000 chips left, and Volpe needed about half a minuten before he made the call.

Volpe turned over {K-Hearts}{J-Spades}, and he was well in front against Piso's {A-Diamonds}{10-Spades}. The river was the {8-Clubs}, and Piso was knocked out.

The Dutchman explained shortly afterwards that Volpe had raised pre flop to 17,000, and he three-bet to 42,000. Volpe called, and opted to check-call 45,000 on the turn.

Piso was happy about his deep run, but questioned his own play on the final hand of his tournament. He cashed $32,871 for his 367th place finish.

Player Chips Progress
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Paul Volpe
1,950,000
370,000
370,000
WSOP 3X Winner
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Leon Piso
Busted

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Pyne Pressures Deeb

Richard Pyne
Richard Pyne

The table folded around to Shaun Deeb in the small blind who raised to 18,000. Richard Pyne, sitting to Deeb's left, checked his cards, eyed Deeb's stack, and pushed out two stacks of orange chips for a reraise to 200,000.

Deeb looked up at the ceiling, clearly not too happy about the situation. He had only 194,000 behind, and so the decision essentially was whether or not to risk his tourney life.

Finally after thinking for a half-minute Deeb let his hand go, flashing it at Pyne as he did. Pyne then turned over his cards for all to see — {10-Spades}{10-Hearts} — and scooped the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Richard Pyne
1,485,000
155,000
155,000
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Shaun Deeb
194,000
-56,000
-56,000
Team Lucky
WSOP 6X Winner

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Some Random Count Updates From Orange and Tan

Player Chips Progress
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Francois Safieddine
960,000
736,000
736,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Michael Kaufman
910,000
-80,000
-80,000
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Mikhail Aleksandrov
880,000
476,000
476,000
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Sean Rice
835,000
5,000
5,000
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Eduardo Trulli
725,000
251,000
251,000
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Joseph Cheong
715,000
-70,000
-70,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Dan Shak
586,000
-44,000
-44,000
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Matthew Silberzweig
550,000
30,000
30,000
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Felipe Quijano
360,000
183,000
183,000
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[Removed:413]
350,000
178,000
178,000
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[Removed:146]
306,000
-79,000
-79,000
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Heinz Kamutzki
290,000
215,000
215,000
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Kenny Hallaert
285,000
160,000
160,000
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Amit Makhija
190,000
-190,000
-190,000
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Assani Fisher
160,000
-45,000
-45,000

An Un-Fair Turn of Events

Benjamin Alcober opened for a raise from under the gun, Ryan Fair three-bet to 43,000 from the hijack seat, and Alcober four-bet to 105,000. Fair five-bet to 167,000, Alcober moved all in for 405,000, and Fair called.

Alcober{a-Hearts}{a-Clubs}
Fair{k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

The {j-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{3-Spades} flop was safe, but the {k-Diamonds} spiked on the turn, giving Fair a set of kings. The river was the {9-Hearts}, and Fair doubled to over 800,000 chips.

Alcober, who was once our chip leader, now has only 206,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Ryan Fair
820,000
40,000
40,000
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Benjamin Alcober
206,000
-484,000
-484,000

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Batt Knocks Out Haigh

Over at the feature table, we have just lost one of the 12 remaining women in the field: Debbie Haigh. Action started with Jordan Batt raising to 18,000 in middle position. Haigh was the only caller out of the big blind, and the flop came down {q-Spades}{7-Hearts}{3-Clubs}. Haigh led out for 30,000, and Batt responded by moving all in. Haigh would have to call off her remaining 50,000, and that's what she did.

Haigh: {q-Clubs}{9-Clubs}
Batt: {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

Haigh had flopped top pair, but she was well behind the overpair of Batt. The {j-Spades} on the turn didn't help her out, and the river came the {6-Clubs}. Batt collected the knockout, upping his stack to 358,000, while Haigh hit the rail.

Player Chips Progress
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Jordan Batt
358,000
137,000
137,000
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Debbie Haigh
Busted

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Ole G Smith Picks Up Some Chips

Gavin Smith chipping up slowly.
Gavin Smith chipping up slowly.

We caught up with Gavin Smith in the small blind against Michael Pesek in the big blind. They were at the turn with a board of {8-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} {2-Clubs} {2-Diamonds}, Smith bet 26,000 and Pesek called.

The river came {5-Diamonds}, both players checked and Smith tabled {J-Hearts} {J-Spades}. Pesek mucked and Smith is up 100,000 from the last count we took.

Player Chips Progress
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Gavin Smith
375,000
105,000
105,000

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Cajelais Wins a Few Off Cameron

Erik Cajelais was under the gun when he opened up the pot to 16,000. Cameron Somsky was directly on his left and made the call. The rest of the table was out the way and a {7-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} flop was spread along the felt. Cajelais led for 20,000 here and Somsky called.

Both players checked the {8-Clubs} turn and it was on to the {4-Diamonds} river. Cajelais opted to fire back up here, betting 13,000. Somsky opted to let his hand go and sent the small pot to Cajelais.

Player Chips Progress
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Erik Cajelais
740,000
140,000
140,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Cameron Somsky
270,000
-130,000
-130,000

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Baron Keeping Pace

With about 80,000 in the middle and the board showing {A-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}, an early position player checked, then Isaac Baron bet 56,000. After a long period of tanking, Baron's opponent let it go.

Baron continues to keep pace, adding chips and staying ahead of the average stack which at present is a little over 514,000 with 385 players left.

Player Chips Progress
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Isaac Baron
745,000
183,000
183,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Recent Eliminations

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

Player Chips Progress
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Nazim Guillaud
Busted
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David Scherzer
Busted
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Adrian Apmann
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
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Felix Funk
Busted
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Joseph Pergola
Busted
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Kyle Julius
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
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Iain Somers
Busted
Profile photo of Jeffery Mcalister us
Jeffery Mcalister
Busted
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Cathy Hong
Busted
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Alejandro Vargas
Busted
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Phil Collins
Busted
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Romik Vartzar
Busted
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Kosei Ichinose
Busted
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Teddy Sheringham
Busted
Profile photo of Barakeh Fadi lb
Barakeh Fadi
Busted
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Marc Wright
Busted
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Filipp Khavin
Busted
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David Icke
Busted
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Terrence Chan
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
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William Dawson
Busted
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[Removed:113]
Busted
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Jeremy Allen
Busted
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Marc Karam
Busted
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Lee Childs
Busted
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Charlie Lacause
Busted

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