2011 North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k7
Prize
$450,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$4,700
Prize Pool
$1,764,330
Entries
387
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Ramdin's Having a Party

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 300 ante
Party time!
Party time!

Victor Ramdin raised to 7,000 and Steve Happas reraised from the big blind to 20,000. Ramdin flat-called and the flop came down {8-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}. Happas just open-shipped in for 52,200. Ramdin got the count and then said, "I can't fold this hand," before making the call. He tabled the {9-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} for a flush draw and Happas was at risk with the {A-Spades}{A-Clubs}.

The turn brought the {7-Hearts} to give Ramdin an added gutshot straight draw. The river completed the board with the {Q-Diamonds} and nailed Ramdin with a flush to give him the win. Happas looked dejected as he stood by the table with his jaw nearly on the floor. Then, he screamed out, "F**K!!!!" for the entire convention center to hear as he was eliminated from the tournament. Ramdin collected the chips and moved to 298,000.

Tags: Steve HappasVictor Ramdin

Ship the Three-Way All In to Binger

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 300 ante
BBBBBIIIIIINNNGGGG!
BBBBBIIIIIINNNGGGG!

Nick Binger was all in for 84,300 with the {9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}. Another player was all in for 16,400 with the {A-Spades}{J-Spades}. Adam Geyer was also in hand and had both his opponents covered holding the {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}.

The board ran out {A-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{9-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} and Binger was able to win the pot with a set of nines, even though he was out-flopped. He moved to about 190,000 while Geyer was knocked back to 270,000. The third player in the hand was eliminated.

Tags: Nick BingerAdam Geyer

Selbst Cracks Aces to Cross 300K

Vanessa Selbst and an opponent were involved in a preflop raising war culminating with Selbst five-bet shoving with {8-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}. Her opponent called instantly with {A-Spades}{A-Hearts} and the defending champ was on the verge of elimination.

However, the flop was great for Selbst as it came down {J-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{5-Spades}, giving her flush outs and an inside straight draw. The {5-Clubs} turn was no help, but the river brought the {7-Spades} to make an eight-high straight for Selbst.

Player Chips Progress
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Vanessa Selbst
310,000
160,000
160,000

Tags: Vanessa Selbst

Overton in Overdrive

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 300 ante
Aaron Overton
Aaron Overton

Day 2 has been a quick one with just six levels required to set us up for the run to 24 players tomorrow. When the day began, it was Chis Tryba with the big stack, and he more or less treaded water today to bag up a chip count similar to what he started with.

The same cannot be said for two of the others who were chasing Tryba at the start of the day. Both Victor Ramdin and Vanessa Selbst (the defending champion of this event) had monster days, and both are bagging up monster stacks as we speak. Ramdin will have 296,100 and Selbst will have 339,200 when they return tomorrow, plenty of ammunition to attack this thinning field.

Speaking of thinning the field, the list of notables who fell on this Day 2 is significant. All three of the former WSOP Main Event champs who survived Day 1 were sent packing before the midway point today. Jonathan Duhamel didn't make it out of the first level before Joe Cada helped to usher him out, but the latter fell shortly thereafter. Mortensen was the last holdout, but he too succumbed to the heat before play concluded. Also exiting was a former November Niner, Eric Buchman, the NAPT Passport winner and Big Game big winner Bobby "The Bus" Ferdinand, former PCA winner Poorya Nazari, and Jason Mercier, who's a legitimate threat to win any event he enters. He was soon joined on the rail by a few more of the Team PokerStars family, including Pat Pezzin, George Lind III, and Vanessa Rousso.

Those who fared well are a similarly notable list of names, albeit a much smaller one. It's shaping up to be a very entertaining Day 2 as sharks like Adam Junglen, Olivier Busquet, Adam Geyer, and Nick Binger courtesy of an eleventh-hour double up. Tryba's still alive too, as are Bernard Lee, Mike Beasley, Steve O'Dwyer, and Team PokerStars Pro Greg DeBora.

Everyone's chasing Aaron Overton, though, the young man from Philly stuffing an impressive 598,700 chips into his bag. It must be nice to have 150 big blinds and 5% of the chips in play with about 7 0 players left, and Overton's is the stack to catch tomorrow.

Speaking of tomorrow, Day 3 gets rolling at noon, and we hope to see you then as we play into the money and on down to the final 24 players. Until then, all that's left is goodnight!

Tags: Aaron Overton

End-of-Day Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Aaron Overton us
Aaron Overton
598,700
Profile photo of Aaron Mermelstein us
Aaron Mermelstein
382,500
WPT 2X Winner
Profile photo of Corey Hochman us
Corey Hochman
363,500
Profile photo of Ruben Costa us
Ruben Costa
356,900
Profile photo of Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
339,200
Profile photo of Christopher Kirkwood
Christopher Kirkwood
330,200
Profile photo of Dave Whalen
Dave Whalen
329,100
Profile photo of Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
306,400
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
296,100
Profile photo of Taylor von Kriegenbergh us
Taylor von Kriegenbergh
287,000
WPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jerry Wong us
Jerry Wong
286,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jean-Philippe Matte
Jean-Philippe Matte
283,500
Profile photo of Adam Geyer us
Adam Geyer
267,300
Profile photo of Michael Quibble
Michael Quibble
254,200
Profile photo of David Robinson
David Robinson
245,300
146,300
146,300
Profile photo of Andrew Weisner us
Andrew Weisner
240,500
90,500
90,500
Profile photo of Gil George us
Gil George
236,300
Profile photo of Thomas Hoglund Jr.
Thomas Hoglund Jr.
233,200
Profile photo of Ludovic Lachance
Ludovic Lachance
220,100
Profile photo of Daniel Pagliaro
Daniel Pagliaro
210,100
Profile photo of Nick Binger us
Nick Binger
208,700
18,700
18,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Bernard Lee us
Bernard Lee
203,600
58,600
58,600
Profile photo of Jeffrey Papola us
Jeffrey Papola
203,200
53,200
53,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Matt Matros us
Matt Matros
200,800
10,800
10,800
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Philippe Plouffe
Philippe Plouffe
193,700
-11,300
-11,300

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Day 3 Seat Draw

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 300 ante
TableSeatPlayerChips
11Christopher Kirkwood330,200
12Taylor von Kriegenbergh287,000
13Nenad Medic95,700
14--empty----
15Chris Tryba171,900
16Leonard Cortellino190,000
17Greg DeBora164,400
18Kevin Eyster68,100
    
21Joseph Grodowski77,900
22Andrew Weisner240,500
23David Stefanski71,100
24Adam Geyer267,300
25Joe Sweeney37,900
26--empty----
27Sukh Sandhu113,000
28Andrew Brokos127,200
    
31Tyler Kenney163,600
32Ruben Costa356,900
33Joanne Monteavaro52.100
34--empty----
35Olivier Busquet306,400
36Eric Froehlich117,400
37John Yionvanakos92,500
38Richard Woodall134,300
    
41Dan Shak79,000
42Jesse Kremer70,100
43--empty----
44Thomas Hoglund Jr.233,200
45Shawn Berg65,100
46Ronald Eaton43,900
47Bernard Lee203,600
48Jerry Wong286,000
    
51Kyle Loman179,700
52Adam Junglen176,700
53Victor Ramdin296,100
54Tim Sullivan47,500
55Jacobo Fernandez132,300
56--empty----
57Nick Binger208,700
58Lonnie Heimowitz87,300
    
61Aaron Mermelstein382,500
62Bryan Leskowitz51,600
63Michael Clark46,600
64Jeffrey Papola203,200
65Daniel Pagliaro210,100
66Corey Hochman363,500
67--empty----
68Matt Matros200,800
    
71William Brindise68,600
72Lee Markholt69,900
73Joseph Gibbons91,700
74David Weisberger143,700
75Vincent Rubianes164,800
76Joe Ebanks55,000
77Vanessa Selbst339,200
78Jonathan Schroer143,800
    
81Chris Dombrowski80,100
82Jean-Philippe Matte283,500
83Will Jaffe117,700
84Alan Sternberg45,500
85Mike Beasley134,500
86Ara Melikian128,900
87Eracles Panayiotou43,200
88Gerald Aiello54,600
    
91Ben Nakhoul61,400
92Greg Ostrander125,000
93Joe Tehan78,800
94David Robinson245,300
95Steve O'Dwyer108,700
96Ludovic Lachance220,100
97Aaron Overton598,700
98Todd Terry26,600
    
101Michael Quibble254,200
102Dave Whalen329,100
103Gil George236,300
104Philippe Plouffe193,700
105Ciaran Begley-Cater35,900
106Dan O'Brien99,300
107Ronnie Bardah74,700
108Greg Dyer57,100

Main Event

Day 2 Completed

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