Saturday, July 14, 2012 12:23 PM Local Time
We're not sure of the betting action, but we do know that Stephane Bisson was all in preflop for 453,000 and racing against Barry Wiedemann in the big blind.
Showdown
Bisson was on his feet jumping around and showing off for the ESPN cameras, which by that time had surrounded the table. The flop stifled his enthusiasm a bit, but the brought it right back. "Heart, heart," Bisson said a bit excited as he once again did his best impersonation of a kangaroo. While the wasn't a heart, it did pair his ace and gave him the double.
Stephane Bisson | 925,000 | 395,000 |
Barry Wiedemann | 285,000 | -399,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 12:23 PM Local Time
Vanessa Selbst open-limped under the gun and Joel Bullock also limped from the hijack seat. Everyone else folded to John Beauprez, who checked his option from the big blind for a three-way pot.
The flop came and Beauprez checked. Selbst fired 16,000 into the middle, Bullock called, but Beauprez folded.
Both players then proceeded to check the turn and river.
"I have a flush," Selbst said - shaking her head. She then revealed for a runner-runner flush.
Bullock mucked and Selbst scooped the small pot.
Vanessa Selbst | 1,890,000 | 50,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 12:20 PM Local Time
We caught up to find Alan Curl all in and at risk holding before the flop. Curl was up against Andras Koroknai and Koroknai was sitting pretty with .
The flop brought and little hope for Curl. The turn was the and suddenly Curl began rooting for a club to strike the river and keep him alive in this tournament. Alas, the river was the and Curl's Main Event officially came to an end.
Koroknai, on the other hand, has now passed the two-million chip mark with 2,070,000 in chips.
Andras Koroknai | 2,070,000 | 99,000 |
Alan Curl | 0 | -315,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 12:19 PM Local Time
Gregory Milliron opened to 25,000 from early position, Chanracy Khun called in the hijack seat, Nicolau Villa Lobos three-bet jammed for 248,000 from the small blind, and Milliron re-shoved. Khun folded.
The flop gave Lobos an open-ended straight draw, and the on the turn gave him a leading pair of kings. The bricked on the river, and he more than doubled to 550,000.
A few hands later, at the same table, Andrew Moreno opened to 26,000, Lobos three-bet to 61,000, and Moreno called. The flop fell , and Moreno check-called a 73,000-chip bet. The turn was the , and Moreno checked again. Lobos moved all in, and Moreno released.
Here are counts from the entire table:
Gregory Milliron | 1,230,000 | -136,000 |
Michael Esposito | 940,000 | -60,000 |
Jason Somerville | 775,000 | 135,000 |
Nicolau Villa Lobos | 700,000 | 426,000 |
Michael Shelton | 640,000 | 210,000 |
Chanracy Khun | 630,000 | -40,000 |
Andrew Moreno | 370,000 | -46,000 |
Mikhail Lakhitov | 225,000 | -165,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 12:10 PM Local Time
Richard Pyne | 1,325,000 | -40,000 |
David ODB Baker | 1,300,000 | -81,000 |
Marc Ladouceur | 1,250,000 | 347,000 |
Jordi Martinezalonso | 1,000,000 | -65,000 |
David Funkhouser | 830,000 | 146,000 |
Stephane Blouin | 800,000 | -80,000 |
Takashi Ogura | 760,000 | -1,000 |
Aaron Kaiser | 750,000 | 295,000 |
Jonathan Schoder | 685,000 | 17,000 |
John Owen | 520,000 | -167,000 |
Patrick Halter | 485,000 | -455,000 |
Brian Meinders | 350,000 | -27,000 |
Mihai Manole | 335,000 | -56,000 |
Mark Clement | 315,000 | 15,000 |
Jared Hamby | 275,000 | 17,000 |
Bobby Law | 235,000 | -46,000 |
An Van Tran | 165,000 | 63,000 |
Morten Ahrensbach | 150,000 | -125,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 12:07 PM Local Time
Sean Giesbrecht was all in and at risk with against the of Ricky Markowitz. But the board came , pairing Giesbrecht's queen and giving him the double up.
Ricky Markowitz | 700,000 | -256,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 12:06 PM Local Time
David Debue was all in preflop holding and up against the of Erik Hellman. The flop paired Hellman's king and gave him the lead, but Debue did pick up a Broadway straight draw. The turn gave Debue even more outs, but the river was not one of them.
Erik Hellman | 2,400,000 | 110,000 |
David Debue | 0 | -180,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 12:05 PM Local Time
We caught up with the action just as Stephen Cesaro was getting all in for his last 326,000 against Fabrizio Gonzalez.
Gonzalez:
Cesaro:
The board kept Cesaro second best and he was sent to the rail.
Fabrizio Gonzalez | 850,000 | 405,000 |
Stephen Cesaro | 0 | -362,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 12:04 PM Local Time
We didn't catch the betting action, but we do know that Peter Schneider was all in preflop for around 325,000 with and ran smack dab into the of 2010 November Niner Joseph Cheong.
The flop gave Schneider a gut-shot straight draw, but neither the turn nor river failed to complete it.
Joseph Cheong | 2,200,000 | 700,000 |
Peter Schneider | 0 | -325,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 12:00 PM Local Time
Action folded to Gwennael Grandmougin on the button, and he raised it up to 25,000. Daniel Negreanu called from the big blind, and the flop came down . Negreanu checked to Grandmougin, who fired out 28,000. Negreanu thought for about 20 seconds before check raising all in for 187,000 on top. It only took Grandmougin a few seconds to fold, and Negreanu took the pot to get some much needed chips.
Gwennael Grandmougin | 827,000 | -55,000 |
Daniel Negreanu | 289,000 | 75,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 11:56 AM Local Time
Chance Kornuth | 1,206,000 | -12,000 |
Gwennael Grandmougin | 882,000 | -331,000 |
JP Kelly | 728,000 | -6,000 |
Omar Saeed | 650,000 | -14,000 |
William Katona | 395,000 | 85,000 |
Mohammed Jaafar | 264,000 | 38,000 |
Kirill Rabtsov | 261,000 | -12,000 |
Daniel Negreanu | 214,000 | -88,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 11:56 AM Local Time
Erik Hellman | 2,290,000 | 74,000 |
Andrew Lee | 1,740,000 | 419,000 |
Alfred Firova | 805,000 | -55,000 |
Michael Gable | 700,000 | -40,000 |
Scott Montgomery | 695,000 | -3,000 |
Daniel Schacher | 595,000 | 30,000 |
Helge Stjernvang | 447,000 | -273,000 |
David Debue | 180,000 | -164,000 |
Yuji Masaki | 140,000 | 56,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 11:56 AM Local Time
Joseph Marchal was all in for his last 224,000 holding , and he was dominated by Ryan Pochedly's pocket kings. The flop was harmless, but the turn and river came , respectively, and Marchal doubled to 455,000 with Broadway.
Pochedly's stack slipped to 160,000.
Joseph Marchal | 455,000 | 167,000 |
Ryan Pochedly | 160,000 | -360,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 11:55 AM Local Time
We caught up to see Paul Soukthavone all in and at risk against Robert Lay.
Soukthavone:
Lay:
The board fell and Soukthavone's ace-king was unable to improve, sending him to the rail.
Tony Lay | 860,000 | 300,000 |
Paul Soukthavone | 0 | -156,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 11:54 AM Local Time
Freddy Deeb had just opened a hand, then folded to an Eric Legoff reraise, leaving himself with just about 100,000. "I'll wait for something better," he said when letting his hand go.
On the very next hand, Deeb was open-raising all in, and it folded all of the way back around to Eric Cloutier in the big blind. He checked his cards, then said he was calling. Cloutier had actually slipped below 100,000 before the hand, and so he was the one at risk.
Cloutier had and Deeb . The cameras came over, and as the hands were moved over to the center of the table, Cloutier jokingly asked "You have the queens, right?" "We'll see what comes on the flop," answered Deeb. "Then you can decide which hand you want."
The board ran out , and it turned out queens was the hand to have. Cloutier shook hands with Deeb and departed.
"That was a good fold," said Roland Israelashvili afterwards, referring to the previous hand, and Deeb agreed.
Freddy Deeb | 185,000 | 50,000 |
Eric Cloutier | 0 | -265,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 11:50 AM Local Time
Daniel Dizenzo was all in for his last 205,000 or so, and Nicco Maag had him at risk.
The flop, turn, and river were , doubling Dizenzo to 419,000.
Nicco Maag | 1,820,000 | -79,000 |
Daniel Dizenzo | 419,000 | 209,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 11:48 AM Local Time
At the start of the day, Perry Green, a living poker legend with World Series of Poker cashes dating back to 1976, gave the ceremonial, "Shuffle up and deal."
Green, who has three gold bracelets to his name (1976 $1,000 Limit Ace to Five Draw for $68,300; 1977 $5,000 Limit Ace to Five Draw for $10,000; and 1979 $1,500 No Limit Hold'em-Non Pro for $76,500) is the elder statesman left in the field at the age of 76, and is perhaps most recognizable for finishing runner-up to the legendary Stuey Ungar in the 1981 WSOP Main Event, which earned him a cool $150,000.
Green started the day on a fairly short stack, but recently found a bit of luck to extend his tournament life. It happened when Green moved all in under the gun for 146,000 holding and cleared the field all the way around to Michael Moreno, who called from the big blind with .
It was a bad spot for Green, and the flop didn't provide much help. "He's got a sweat," someone at the table said when the turned, giving Green a flush draw. Wouldn't you know it, the peeled off on the river to complete the said flush and give Green a double.
"It's never easy," Green said as he clapped his hands together in celebration. Interestingly, this marks the first time Green has cashed in the Main Event since 1991 when he placed fifth for $69,000 and his fourth Main Event cash overall.
Michael Moreno | 615,000 | -158,000 |
Perry Green | 320,000 | 174,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 11:47 AM Local Time
Action folded all the way around to JP Kelly in the small blind, and he limped in. Kirill Rabtsov checked his option in the big blind, and the flop came down . Kelly fired out 16,000, and Rabtsov came along. The turn brought the , and Kelly fired again, this time for 36,000. This time, Rabtsov kicked his cards in, and Kelly took the pot.
Kelly is up to 734,000 after that hand, while Rabtsov falls to 273,000.
JP Kelly | 734,000 | -44,000 |
Kirill Rabtsov | 273,000 | -78,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 11:45 AM Local Time
We caught up to see Vanessa Selbst and Isaac Baron heads up on a flop of . Selbst check-called a 30,000 bet from Baron and the two checked the turn that fell on the .
The dropped down on the river and Selbst checked for a third time. Baron fired 51,000 and Selbst quickly flung out a call.
"Ace-jack," said Baron.
Selbst tabled for a flopped pair of tens and dragged in the pot without saying a word. She's been chipping up nicely here on Day 5 and is currently sitting on about 1,840,000.
Vanessa Selbst | 1,840,000 | 140,000 |
Isaac Baron | 1,390,000 | -90,000 |
Saturday, July 14, 2012 11:45 AM Local Time
Joel Micka was all in and at risk holding . Alban Juen held , and the board ran out ... !
Micka was eliminated, while Juen is now up to 1.6 million chips.
Alban Juen | 1,600,000 | 468,000 |
Joel Micka | 0 | -345,000 |