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Level 34
: 150,000/300,000, 40,000 ante
Jeremy Ausmus was on the button. Jesse Sylvia opened to 600,000 from early position, and won the blinds and antes.
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 7
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$62,021,200
Entries
6,598
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
300,000
Level 34
: 150,000/300,000, 40,000 ante
Russell Thomas started with the button. It folded around to Andras Koroknai in the hijack seat who looked at his cards and raised to 650,000, and the rest of the table folded.
Level 34
: 150,000/300,000, 40,000 ante
With the button on Michael Esposito in Seat 10, action folded around and Jacob Balsiger got a walk in the big blind.
Level 34
: 150,000/300,000, 40,000 ante
Andras Koroknai had the button, and the action folded to Jesse Sylvia, who opened to 600,000 from the hijack seat. The action behind folded, and Sylvia added to his chip lead.
Robert Salaburu started with the button. Russell Thomas raised to 750,000 from under the gun, Jacob Balsiger called from a seat over, and it folded around to Greg Merson who raised to 1.85 million. Then Jesse Sylvia pumped it up to 4.6 million from the cutoff seat. It folded back to Thomas who paused a bit and moved all in for more than 17 million.
That big push was enough to force folds all around, and Thomas showed his 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
43,200,000
-5,250,000
|
-5,250,000 |
|
31,500,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
||
|
25,700,000
7,000,000
|
7,000,000 |
Level 34
: 150,000/300,000, 40,000 ante
Jesse Sylvia began the hand on the button and action folded to Greg Merson in the hijack and he raised to 600,000. The button and blinds all folded and Merson was pushed the pot.
Level 34
: 150,000/300,000, 40,000 ante
Gaelle Baumann had the button. The action folded to Greg Merson, who raised to 600,000. The button and blinds released, and Merson won the pot.
Level 34
: 150,000/300,000, 40,000 ante
Greg Merson had the button. Andras Koroknai took the blinds and antes with an early position raise to 650,000.
In the first hand of the unoffical final table, Steven Gee started with the button in Seat 4 and Jesse Sylvia raised to 600,000 under the gun. The rest of the field got out of the way and Sylvia took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
48,450,000
3,950,000
|
3,950,000 |
Level 34
: 150,000/300,000, 40,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| Main | 1 | Russell Thomas |
| 2 | Jacob Balsiger | |
| 3 | Jeremy Ausmus | |
| 4 | Steven Gee | |
| 5 | Greg Merson | |
| 6 | Gaelle Baumann | |
| 7 | Jesse Sylvia | |
| 8 | Robert Salaburu | |
| 9 | Andras Koroknai | |
| 10 | Michael Esposito |