Main Event Day 2 | 2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - The Bicycle Casino

01-13-2013 17:04 UTC-7

Le Leaps To The Top

tayke2

We caught up with the action on the turn, with the board reading . There was already a huge pile of chips, roughly 60,000 in the middle, when we arrived. We saw that Nam Le had checked to his lone opponent in the hand, Paul Hendee. Hendee fired out 30,000, and it was back to Le.

Le tanked for about 45 seconds before assembling a raise of 65,000, and sliding it into the middle. Hendee quickly moved all in, and Le took only about five seconds to call.

Le:
Hendee:

Le was in fantastic shape to secure the knockout, and virtually double his stack in the process. The river was scary, but it was the , and Le took the pot to get up over 300,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nam Le	305,000 137,000	137,000

Tags: Nam Le

01-13-2013 17:00 UTC-7

Yu Gone

MrCleverFox

Ben Yu has busted from the tournament for a second time. We didn't catch the hand, but he explained it to us afterwards.

Apparently he shoved into another players and didn't improve. Yu is now heading back to Mexico to play some online poker.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Yu	Busted

01-13-2013 16:55 UTC-7

Jejelowo's Stack Cut In Half

tayke2

We came into a three way pot on a flop that read . It was checked to Jejelowo, who fired out 10,000. He was raised to 23,000, and the original checker folded. It was back to Jejelowo, and after about 20 seconds of tanking, he moved all in, having his opponent covered. His opponent made the call, and it was a coin flip.

Jejelowo:
Opponent:

According to the Pokernews Odds Calculator, it was about as close as you can get. Jejelowo was a 49.29% favorite to win, while his opponent had a 48.69% chance to win. Jejelowo's odds increased to 70% when the hit the turn, but the hit hte river, giving both players flushes, but giving Jejelowo's opponent the higher one.

After that pot, Jejelowo is down to 60,200.

Player	Chips	Progress
AJ Jejelowo	60,200 -64,800	-64,800

Tags: AJ Jejelowo

01-13-2013 16:51 UTC-7

He Showed a Four!

MrCleverFox

We don't know how it happened, but when we got tot he table, the player on the button had a raise of 30,000 in front of him. Jason Bundy in the big blind reraised to 80,000.

After that, the player on the button moved all in, for at least 60,000 more. This bet put Bundy into the tank.

"I'm either going to be massive chip leader or broke," Bundy was saying to himself. "You have to have aces right? You have to have aces."

Bundy kept fumbling with his chips and his cards. It looked as if he was about to call, then as if he was about to fold.

"Will you show if I fold?" Bundy asked. To which the player on the button didn't respond?

Eventually Bundy talked himself into a fold. It was at this point that the player on the button decided to show the .

"That was dirty man," Bundy said after the hand. Bundy is down to 160,000 after all the action.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Bundy	180,000 -115,000	-115,000

01-13-2013 16:41 UTC-7

Tehan Taking Over

tayke2

Everytime we walk by Joe Tehan's table, it seems like he's collected another bounty. Tehan has a ridiculous stack, that by our best estimation is around 550,000. There isn't a single player in the room who has more then 300,000 right now, making his heater even more absurd.

To make things more interesting, Derrick Yamada, the chip leader to start the day, just moved to Tehan's left with 220,000. We smell a big pot brewing.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Tehan	550,000 110,000	110,000

Derrick Yamada	220,000 -55,000	-55,000

Tags: Derrick Yamada Joe Tehan

01-13-2013 16:28 UTC-7

Tehan is a Monster

MrCleverFox

Joe Tehan is raking in pots and taking names. We just saw him scoop an almost 150,000 chip pot again.

In the hand, a player raised to 12,000 from under the gun. Tehan made the call from middle position. Then, the player immediately to Tehan's left shoved all in for 47,300 total. Action folded back to the player under the gun who made the call. And after a while in the tank, Tehan also made the call.

Flop:

The player under the gun checked, and Tehan made a bet of 20,000 into a side pot. The player under the gun made the call.

Turn:

The player under the gun checked again, and this time Tehan pulled out the big guns and fired a bet of 50,000. After a long while in the tank, the player under the gun folded and the cards were turned on their backs.

Tehan:
All-In Player:

Tehan had flopped huge and already had his opponent drawing dead, because a would give him a higher straight.

The river was a meaningless , and with that pot Tehan moved to around 440,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Tehan	440,000 120,000	120,000

01-13-2013 16:19 UTC-7

Some More Counts

tayke2

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Taylor	235,000 215,000	215,000
Jamie Shaevel	132,000 69,000	69,000
AJ Jejelowo	125,000 -25,000	-25,000
Erik Roussakis	92,000 -35,500	-35,500
Steve Firestone	67,000 -78,000	-78,000
Sean Riley	62,000 20,800	20,800
Ben Yu	54,000 -100	-100

Michael Noori	Busted

Kirk Acevedo	Busted
Lynda Tran	Busted

Level: 17

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

01-13-2013 16:10 UTC-7

Jejelowo Still Crushing His Table

MrCleverFox

AJ Jejelowo crushed his table all day yesterday and now he's crushing his table again today. We just saw him take down a smaller preflop pot, but that pot pushed him up above the 150,000 chip mark.

A player under the gun raised to 6,400 and in the hijack, Jejelowo raised it to 16,000. Action folded back to the player under the gun who took his time before finally throwing it away.

Player	Chips	Progress
AJ Jejelowo	150,000 38,000	38,000

01-13-2013 15:56 UTC-7

No Luck For Nguyen

tayke2

Soi Nguyen was in a race against a short stacked opponent, with Nguyen holding and his opponent having . The board ran down , and Nguyen shipped the chips over to his opponent.

Nguyen is still doing fine with 72,000, but the average stack is now 90,000, so he has some work to do.

Player	Chips	Progress
Soi Nguyen	72,000 -6,000	-6,000

Tags: Soi Nguyen