Seat 1: Xia Lin – 309,000
Seat 2: Rocco Palumbo – 406,000
Seat 3: Mike Sexton – 1,079,000
Seat 4: Erion Islamay – 406,000
Seat 5: Marcello Montagner – 1,805,000
Seat 6: Robert Begni – 1,203,000
First out was Erion Islamay, who open shoved on A-6 and Marcello Montagner called with tens, improving to a set on the board. Rocco Palumbo came to dominate the game after that: first, he doubled up on Robert Begni with pocket aces, then he eliminated Xia Lin with A-J against the latter’s A-6.
Begni eventually finished in 4th place, going all-in with A-6 himself and got called by Montagner from behind a much larger stack and on J-2 for a two on the river on a neutral board. Mike Sexton was railed next, c-betting the J-7-6-A board and shoving on the turn on J-9. It was Montagner again who called and he showed A-7 two pairs for the nuts.
The last hand of the hour-long heads-up took place on Level 26 (5,000/20,000/40,000), in which Palumbo had the edge. He raised from the button, Montagner 3-bet to 170,000 and Palumbo called. The flop came
J 
T 
8 , Montagner bet 180,000, Palumbo raised to 480,000 and Montagner snap-called. On the 4 turn, he shoved and Palumbo called.
Montagner:9 
9
Plaumbo:J 8
River:3
Montagner missed his outs on the river.
Rocco Palumbo
2012 WSOP $1,000 NLHE event winner took home his first ever WPT title.
The end results are as follows:
1st: Rocco Palumbo – $180,097
2nd: Marcello Montagner – $108,316
3rd: Mike Sexton – $69,723
4th: Robert Begni – $51,585
5th: Xia Lin – $38,721
6th: Erion Islamay – $31,002
Seat 2: Rocco Palumbo – 406,000
Seat 3: Mike Sexton – 1,079,000
Seat 4: Erion Islamay – 406,000
Seat 5: Marcello Montagner – 1,805,000
Seat 6: Robert Begni – 1,203,000
First out was Erion Islamay, who open shoved on A-6 and Marcello Montagner called with tens, improving to a set on the board. Rocco Palumbo came to dominate the game after that: first, he doubled up on Robert Begni with pocket aces, then he eliminated Xia Lin with A-J against the latter’s A-6.
Begni eventually finished in 4th place, going all-in with A-6 himself and got called by Montagner from behind a much larger stack and on J-2 for a two on the river on a neutral board. Mike Sexton was railed next, c-betting the J-7-6-A board and shoving on the turn on J-9. It was Montagner again who called and he showed A-7 two pairs for the nuts.
The last hand of the hour-long heads-up took place on Level 26 (5,000/20,000/40,000), in which Palumbo had the edge. He raised from the button, Montagner 3-bet to 170,000 and Palumbo called. The flop came
J T 8 , Montagner bet 180,000, Palumbo raised to 480,000 and Montagner snap-called. On the 4 turn, he shoved and Palumbo called.Montagner:
9 9 Plaumbo:
J 8 River:
3 Montagner missed his outs on the river.
Rocco Palumbo
2012 WSOP $1,000 NLHE event winner took home his first ever WPT title.
The end results are as follows:
1st: Rocco Palumbo – $180,097
2nd: Marcello Montagner – $108,316
3rd: Mike Sexton – $69,723
4th: Robert Begni – $51,585
5th: Xia Lin – $38,721
6th: Erion Islamay – $31,002
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