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
Total Entries
6,598
Level Info
Level
42
Blinds
1,000,000 / 2,000,000
Ante
300,000
Players Left 1 / 6,598
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Just a Little Game of Limit Hold'em

Level 17 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

We found Daniel Negreanu and Ryan Young in a hand together. They were chatting it up and laughing. The flop came {6-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {2-Spades}, Negreanu checked and Young bet 6,000 (the minimum bet). Negreanu called and the turn came {K-Clubs}. Negreanu checked again and Young bet 6,000 again.

Negreanu called and the river came {3-Hearts}. Negreanu checked, Young bet 12,000 and Negreanu folded.

Tags: Daniel NegreanuRyan Young

Quads Will Do it For Fiore

Ajay Gnanasambanthan has just felt the wrath of quads, seeing his tournament come to an end in a three-way all in situation. The hand involved Kyle Bowker and Stefano Fiore, with Bowker having both his opponents covered. Gnanasambanthan was all in for 365,000 and Fiore all in for 142,000. This is how the hands looked before the dealer spread out five cards on the felt.

Gnanasambanthan: {q-Diamonds}{q-Spades}
Fiore: {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}
Bowker: {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

Bowker had a strong enough hand to perhaps eliminate two players, while Gnanasambanthan was looking good to triple up. However, the {j-Spades}{9-Spades}{2-Hearts}{k-Spades}{9-Clubs} board would see Fiore double up his short stack, while Bowker would send Gnanasambanthan to the rail.

Tags: Ajay GnanasambanthanStefano FioreKyle Bowker

Deeb Charging

Francois Tosques raised from under the gun to 13,000, and it folded to Freddy Deeb in the cutoff. Deeb three bet it to 50,000, and Tosques thought for about 20 seconds before calling.

The dealer fanned out a flop of {5-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}, and both players checked. The turn was the {q-Hearts}, and Tosques checked to Deeb, who fired out 60,000. Tosques came along, and the river brought the {5-Clubs}. Tosques checked again, and Deeb assembled a big bet of 110,000, and slid it into the middle Tosques went deep into the tank, thinking for about three minutes. He assembled the call, confirmed the bet was 110,000, and slid it in.

Deeb announced aces, and turned over {a-Clubs}{a-Hearts}. Tosques mucked his hand, and Deeb took the massive pot to get up to almost 600,000, doubling his starting stack coming into today.

Tags: Freddy DeebFrancois Tosques

Aces for Shak

Dan Shak
Dan Shak

A short-stacked player moved all in from early postion for 50,000 or so with {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} only to run into the {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds} of Dan Shak in the small blind. The board ran out an uneventful {8-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{3-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{x-}, and Shak chipped up to 620,000 while sending his opponent to the rail.

Tags: Dan Shak

Say Goodbye to . . .

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Juanda Jousts With Kornuth

Action folded all the way around to Chance Kornuth, who completed from the small blind. John Juanda checked his option from the big blind for a heads-up pot.

The flop came {Q-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{5-Diamonds} and Kornuth checked - prompting a 6,000 bet from Juanda. Kornuth called to see a turn, which brought the {J-Spades}.

Kornuth checked again and, undeterred, Juanda fired 18,000 into the middle. Kornuth slid his hand into the muck and Juands scooped the pot.

Juanda is sitting on 275,000, while Kornuth is still up for the day with 800,000.

Tags: Chance KornuthJohn Juanda

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Michael Lipman, who has shouted "Bang! Bang! Bang!" after winning a few pots recently, has just played his last hand of the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event.

Lipman was all in with {a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} on a board of {j-Spades}{a-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}, and Scott Abrams had him at risk with {a-Spades}{9-Clubs}.

"Seven!" Lipman shouted.

The turn was not a seven, it was the {5-Hearts}.

"Seven!" Lipman repeated.

The river was not a seven either, it was the suicide king ({k-Hearts}), and Lipman was eliminated.

Abrams is now up to over 800,000 chips.

Tags: Michael LipmanScott Abrams

Even More Eliminations . . .

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Triple Time for Shak

When we wandered past Dan Shak's table, we noticed he was sitting behind a much healthier stack than just a short while ago. According to the man himself, he acquired those chips when one person shoved holding {8-}{8-}, Shak then over-shoved holding {q-}{q-}, before a player holding {a-}{a-} shoved over the top. The flop housed the all-important {q-} that Shak needed and he raked in the triple up.

Tags: Dan Shak