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

Lee Eliminated Just Before the Dinner Break

Just before the dinner break, Andrew Lee was all in preflop for around 650,000 and at risk against Michael Gable.

Showdown

Gable{Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}
Lee{A-Hearts}{K-Clubs}

It was a classic flip, but Lee needed some help to stay alive. The {4-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} flop didn't do it, and neither did the {8-Clubs} turn. Lee was looking for either an ace or king on the river, but it wasn't in the cards as the {3-Clubs} peeled off. Lee exited just shy of the dinner break in 142nd place for $52,718.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Michael Gable us
Michael Gable
1,800,000
-120,000
-120,000
Profile photo of Andrew Lee us
Andrew Lee
Busted

Tags: Michael GableAndrew Lee

Level: 23

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 3,000

Updated Chip Counts at the Dinner Break

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kyle Keranen us
Kyle Keranen
5,662,000
Profile photo of Robert Salaburu us
Robert Salaburu
5,401,000
Profile photo of Elisabeth Hille no
Elisabeth Hille
4,075,000
675,000
675,000
Profile photo of Gaelle Baumann fr
Gaelle Baumann
4,034,000
Winamax
Profile photo of Charles Coultas us
Charles Coultas
3,925,000
525,000
525,000
Profile photo of Erik Hellman se
Erik Hellman
3,910,000
-1,000
-1,000
Profile photo of Paul Volpe us
Paul Volpe
3,866,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of David Kluchman us
David Kluchman
3,436,000
1,336,000
1,336,000
Profile photo of Jesse Sylvia us
Jesse Sylvia
3,300,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Daniel Strelitz us
Daniel Strelitz
3,125,000
1,175,000
1,175,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Eric Buchman us
Eric Buchman
3,100,000
900,000
900,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Fabrizio Gonzalez uy
Fabrizio Gonzalez
3,049,000
49,000
49,000
Profile photo of Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
3,030,000
-70,000
-70,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dung Nguyen us
Dung Nguyen
2,870,000
920,000
920,000
Profile photo of Nicco Maag de
Nicco Maag
2,810,000
710,000
710,000
Profile photo of Michael Esposito us
Michael Esposito
2,739,000
239,000
239,000
Profile photo of Jean Malherbe
Jean Malherbe
2,710,000
310,000
310,000
Profile photo of Jake Balsiger us
Jake Balsiger
2,700,000
-100,000
-100,000
Profile photo of Wilfried Harig de
Wilfried Harig
2,620,000
-540,000
-540,000
Profile photo of Marcia Topp us
Marcia Topp
2,590,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Lawrie Gibson au
Lawrie Gibson
2,580,000
430,000
430,000
Profile photo of Roman Valerstein us
Roman Valerstein
2,520,000
470,000
470,000
Profile photo of Alban Juen fr
Alban Juen
2,460,000
500,000
500,000
Profile photo of Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
2,440,000
660,000
660,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Manos Foudoulakis gr
Manos Foudoulakis
2,382,000
1,039,000
1,039,000

Read full

Ding Ding Dinner Time

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Level 22 is in the books, and the 139 remaining players are now on a 90-minute dinner break.

During the last two levels, we lost Daniel Negreanu, Andrew Moreno, Perry Green, and Jarrett Nash's stack finally blinded out.

Kyle Keranen leads the way thanks to a couple of massive pots, but Paul Volpe, Gaelle Baumann, and Erik Hellman are on biting at his heels.

We're off to count the stacks, grab some grub and we'll see you back here in 90 minutes!

Rabtsov Doubles Through Bowker...Again

Just thirty minutes ago, Kirill Rabtsov doubled through Kyle Bowker when he caught a pair of aces on the turn to best Bowker's flopped queens. Well he has just doubled through Bowker again to double up to over 1.3 million.

Action started with Bowker raising to 45,000 in the cutoff. Rabtsov made it 125,000 to go from the small blind, and it got back around to Bowker. He moved all in for 660,000 effective, and Rabtsov made the call.

Bowker {a-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Rabtsov: {9-Spades}{9-Clubs}

Rabtsov was in the lead, but he would need to win a race to double up. The board stayed true for him, as it ran out {3-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{7-Spades}{4-Clubs}{7-Clubs}. Rabtsov doubled up to 1.341 million, while Bowker, drops down to 1.651 million on the last hand before dinner.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kyle Bowker us
Kyle Bowker
1,651,000
-697,000
-697,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Kirill Rabtsov ru
Kirill Rabtsov
1,341,000
650,000
650,000

Tags: Kyle BowkerKirill Rabtsov

Keranen Keeping On

Kyle Keranen
Kyle Keranen

Tony Lay opened with a raise to 75,000 and it folded around to Kyle Keranen in the small blind who called. The big blind folded, and the flop came {3-Clubs}{7-Spades}{10-Hearts}. Keranen plucked 130,000 from his mountainous stack and tossed the chips forward. and Lay quickly called.

The turn brought the {Q-Diamonds} and another bet from Keranen, this time for 180,000. Lay thought a moment, then let his hand go.

Keranen continues to pressure his table, playing most hands (from all positions) and accumulating chips to increase his currently leading stack.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Kyle Keranen us
Kyle Keranen
5,575,000
535,000
535,000

Tags: Kyle KeranenTony Lay

Gonzalez Doubles; Merson Crippled

We didn't catch all the action but we just saw Fabrizio Gonzalez being pushed a huge pot courtesy of Greg Merson. The former had {J-Clubs}{J-Diamonds} laid out in front of him on a {3-Spades}{J-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{6-Hearts}{10-Hearts} board, while the latter held {A-Spades}{J-Spades}. It was an action flop, so we're guessing that's when the chip went in.

After all was said and done, Gonzalez had doubled to 3 million while Meson was left with just 50,000. Merson went on to double the very next hand, but he is still on an extremely short stack.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Fabrizio Gonzalez uy
Fabrizio Gonzalez
3,000,000
1,550,000
1,550,000
Profile photo of Greg Merson us
Greg Merson
100,000
-1,500,000
-1,500,000
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Greg MersonFabrizio Gonzalez