WSOP 2012 News and Information Thread

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Koroknai busted Baumann in 10th. Earlier in the tournament he mucked when all in against her, was rescued by a ruling, survived and made the October 9


Merson was down to 12k with average 110k on day 3. Now going for his second bracelet of the series and POY

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Meet GAELLE BAUMANN, 10th place finisher in the 2012 Main Event and our first @WSOP final table bubble LADY

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Meet GAELLE BAUMANN, 10th place finisher in the 2012 Main Event and our first @WSOP final table bubble LADY

Almost correct......

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=2010

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GB players at the 2012 WSOP

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/ranking/3084

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GB players at the 2012 WSOP

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/ranking/3084

I bloody love that site more and more each day. They keep adding more categories all the time.

Would like to pass on my thanks to whoever works over there. I have visited their forum as well as awop, poker stratedgy, 2+2, encore ( or Brs ), the farm, skypoker and plenty of others but I just don't have time to contribute. What with here, Facebook and now twitter, I am a very busy boy

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Happy to come to a loan agreement to whichever of those guys wants your posting expertise for say, a month?

[KarmaDope]

Happy to come to a loan agreement to whichever of those guys wants your posting expertise for say, a month?

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Happy to come to a loan agreement to whichever of those guys wants your posting expertise for say, a month?

Lol. Dan Morgan accused me of trolling again today and could not get my reply in before you locked the Marc Wright thread. I really wish I knew what i say to wind people up because I would keep doing it

Just to the point just before I get another ban tho

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First Oct Nine market is up

This is Ladbrokes FWIW

Jesse Sylvia    3/1
Andras Koroknai 5/1
Greg Merson    5/1
Russell Thomas    6/1
Steven Gee    8/1
Michael Esposito 8/1
Robert Salaburu    9/1
Jacob Balsiger    12/1
Jeremy Ausmus    16/1

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First Oct Nine market is up

This is Ladbrokes FWIW

Jesse Sylvia    3/1
Andras Koroknai 5/1
Greg Merson    5/1
Russell Thomas    6/1
Steven Gee    8/1
Michael Esposito 8/1
Robert Salaburu    9/1
Jacob Balsiger    12/1
Jeremy Ausmus    16/1

Are there any profiles of these guys anywhere. Would be know who the geeks are and if there was anyone with a personality or story.

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WSOP normally releases profiles in the next 48 hours

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Greg Merson Wins Money For Long-Time Friend

Merson, a high-volume online cash game grinder, won the $10,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em six-max earlier in the summer for more than $1 million. He said that tournament was his personal main event, since he has put in millions of hands at the format. He was emotional after his win.

Fast forward to the actual main event, and Merson said that he would love to win in October, but he realizes that it’s much more of a “crap shoot” than the six-max. Merson also admits that he’s on a freeroll, as he miraculously came back from just two big blinds with about 150 left.

With some luck and lots of skill, Merson is now one of the game’s stars, but he doesn’t really care about the fame. “The people who are good at poker online know who I am, and that’s all that matters to me.”

He pursued poker because he wanted to be the best, and that’s it. “I’m still working to get there,” he said. “It’s my ultimate dream.”

Merson’s forward-thinking also benefited him when he sold his Full Tilt Poker money for 80 cents on the dollar — just three weeks after the site went down. The defunct company still owes hundreds of millions to former customers.

The 24-year-old, who has played as big as $100-$200-$400-$800 no-limit hold’em, came into the Series on a massive online upswing. However, he still has a live-only backing deal with good friend and fellow poker pro Anthony Gregg.

“I don’t play live that much, and the swings are so huge,” Merson said. “On the Internet you work real hard to make a good living, and then you go play live and drop six-figures in a session. It’s just disgusting. I got tired of doing that. I wasn’t having a very pleasant lifestyle.”

Merson was actually in slight makeup to Gregg prior to the 2012 Series.

“I will be writing him a big check,” Merson said. “But I am not bitter at all. He has done so much for me in my career. To repay him like this is so cool.”

Gregg said watching one of his best friends shine is “the most amazing experience of my life.”

“The six-max victory validated him as a live pro, and the main event is making him a legend,” Gregg added. “He is this year’s Ben Lamb. It’s crazy. It doesn’t seem like real life.”

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Andras Koroknai On $8.5 Million Freeroll

The 30-year-old poker pro ran better than most at the end of the main event. He was short at one point before doubling up with A-9 versus the A-10 of 14th-place finisher Danny Wong, and then won a massive cooler when his ace-king made the nut flush versus Marc Ladouceur’s ace-king.

However, no hand on day 7 was quite like the one he played against Baumann on Sunday.

Baumann started the action by raising under-the-gun with two kings. It was folded to Koroknai in the small blind. He shoved, and the big blind got out of the way. The Hungarian mucked without realizing Baumann was in the hand. The problem was that one of Koroknai’s cards was irretrievable.

After much deliberation, the floor ruled that Koroknai, rather than be eliminated from the tournament, would simply lose 60,000, the size of Baumann’s bet.

Koroknai said that after the blunder and fortunate ruling he was “freerolling” the tournament.

“I’m so lucky,” Koroknai said of his run of cards.

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Robert Salaburu Looks To End Cycle Of Going Broke

The 28-year-old from Texas came into the main event with just $10,875 in career tournament earnings, but has managed a living on the felt for years in $5-$10 no-limit hold’em cash games. For him, a huge score in the main event is about making life easier.

“The main reason why I go broke is because of poor bankroll management,” he said. “Now I have enough money where I don’t have to be worried.”

His goal is to win the main event, snag some capital and invest in some businesses.

“I’m not going to walk away from poker,” Salaburu said. “But I’m not going to be an 80-hour per week grinder like I’ve been. Poker is swingy. It can emotionally mess with you. You have to become numb almost.”

When asked if he felt “numb” while playing in the main event, Salaburu said he tried to block out all outside distractions and play well. He said he also never paid attention to the pay jumps.

[AndrewT]

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Start auction thread IMO.