2012 World Series of Poker › Event 34: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha - Six-Handed

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Scott Bohlman Finally Finds a Hand

Posted 2012-06-20 GMT-6

Scott Bohlman has been card dead all afternoon when he was in desperate in need of a double up. Eventually, with his stack as low as 96,000, he picked up a hand in the small blind and decided to go with it. Naoya Kihara was seated in the big blind and obliged to give Bohlman the chance to double up or finish in 8th place.

Bohlman
Kihara

Board:

"Have I won?" Asked a very calm looking Bohlman.

He had won, with a pair of tens, and doubled up to 192,000.

Chip Counts
Naoya Kihara			1,310,000	10,000
Scott Bohlman			192,000	-31,000

Tags: Naoya Kihara, Scott Bohlman.

Joseph Cheong Eliminated in 9th Place ($34,620)

Posted 2012-06-20 GMT-6

Joseph Cheong - 8th place

He managed to double up once, the next time didn't work out too well for him.

He (big blind) and Davidi Kitai (small blind) got all the chips in when the action was folded to them. Cheong had less than 150,000 chips at that point.

Kitai: .
Cheong: .

The board ran .

Running diamonds did it for Cheong, and he busted.

Chip Counts
Davidi Kitai			970,000	150,000
Joseph Cheong			Busted

Tags: Joseph Cheong, Davidi Kitai.

De Maci and Kihara Like to Tango

Posted 2012-06-20 GMT-6

Chris De Maci and Naoya Kihara have tangled a lot today, and continue to do so.

First up De Maci check-called a 240,000 bet on a board. Kihara opened for a straight and De Maci mucked.

A few hands later the two were all-in on an flop.

De Maci: .
Kihara: .

The board ran out to see De Maci's hand hold up.

Chip Counts
Naoya Kihara			1,300,000	-30,000
Chris De Maci			959,000	114,000

Tags: Chris De Maci, Naoya Kihara.

Chip Counts

Posted 2012-06-20 GMT-6

Chip Counts
Davidi Kitai	820,000	31,000
Tommy Le	650,000	-315,000
Hans Winzeler	620,000	7,000
Jason DeWitt	580,000	-65,000
Scott Bohlman	223,000	-174,000
Joseph Cheong	197,000	-167,000

De Maci Doubles Through Kihara

Posted 2012-06-20 GMT-6

Is the pressure starting to get to the inexperienced Naoya Kihara? After a quick start the last few pots have not gone the way of our chip leader and that has climaxed with a big loss to Chris De Maci.

We joined the action with a bet of 124,000 splayed in front of Kihara in the big blind. De Maci was seated in first position and he had decided to re-raise 'pot'. The dealer and the two players were trying to work out the exact total when the two players agreed to play for stacks. On your backs gentlemen.

De Maci
Kihara

Board:

Kihara had turned a straight but De Maci rivered a flush for a huge double up.

Chip Counts
Naoya Kihara			1,330,000	-380,000
Chris De Maci			845,000	469,000

Tags: Chris De Maci, Naoya Kihara.

Level 21 started

Posted 2012-06-20 GMT-6

Level:: 21

Blinds:: 6000/12000

Ante:: 0

Dimitar Danchev Eliminated in 10th Place ($34,620)

Posted 2012-06-20 GMT-6

Dimitar Danchev - 10th

In the very first hand of the day, Daniel Hindin, doubled up Joseph Cheong, and the outcome was a mere 86,000 chips in the stack of Hindin. As we reached the end of the level 20 he is sat with 740,000 chips courtesy of a lot of clever play, hard work and the elimination of Dimitar Danchev.

Hindin had already doubled through Danchev before the pair decided to hold a rematch. We are not sure the flow of the action.

Hindin
Danchev

Board:

So a set of nines for Hindin and Danchev became our 10th place finisher.

Chip Counts
Daniel Hindin			740,000	374,000
Dimitar Danchev			Busted

Tags: Daniel Hindin, Dimitar Danchev.

Doubles Doubles, All Over The Place

Posted 2012-06-20 GMT-6

Davidi Kitai raised from under the gun and was called by Tommy Le on the button before Daniel Hindin raised the pot from the small blind. Dimitar Danchev was in the big blind and raised the pot again. This was enough to force out Kitai and Le, before Hindin, who had committed most of his stack already, called.

Hindin:
Danchev:

The board ran to see Hindin find a miracle turn card.

A few moments later on the next table Naoya Kihara and Chris De Maci were getting all-in on a flop.

De Maci:
Kihara:

The board ran out and De Maci was delighted with his fate in the hand.

Chip Counts
Naoya Kihara	1,710,000	157,000
Chris De Maci	376,000	126,000
Daniel Hindin	366,000	280,000
Dimitar Danchev	297,000	-172,000

Tags: Chris De Maci, Daniel Hindin, Dimitar Danchev, Naoya Kihara.

DeWitt Doubles Through De Maci Who Doubles Through Kihara

Posted 2012-06-20 GMT-6

Chris De Maci has just doubled up Jason DeWitt and then doubled up himself through Naoya Kihara.

De Maci raised to 28,000 on the button and DeWitt made the call. The action checked through to the turn on a board of and all the money went into the middle courtesy of a DeWitt check-raise and De Maci shove.

DeWitt
De Maci

So De Maci was facing kicker problems with one card to come. That card was the and De Maci had to ship a further 297,000 chips to DeWitt leaving him with just 125,000.

Then a few hands later Kihara raised on the button, De Maci raised pot (96k) and Kihara called. The flop was , De Maci moved all-in for 29,000 and Kihara called.

De Maci
Kihara

The turn and river gave De Maci a pair of queens and he doubled up.

Chip Counts
Naoya Kihara	1,553,000	-125,000
Jason DeWitt	645,000	282,000
Chris De Maci	250,000	-242,000

Tags: Chris De Maci, Jason DeWitt, Naoya Kihara.

Kevin MacPhee Eliminated in 11th Place ($26,349)

Posted 2012-06-20 GMT-6

Kevin MacPhee - 11th place

What an horrific start to the day for Kevin MacPhee. He arrived late after crashing his car in the Rio car park, the last thing you want to do when nursing the short stack. Then he gets to his seat and Joseph Cheong was in no mood to show him any sympathy when he took him out in the first fifteen minutes.

MacPhee min-raised from under the gun, Cheong raised the 'pot' from the cutoff (which put MacPhee all-in) and MacPhee made the call.