Kirk Captain
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Our chip leader as we approach the bubble is Kirk Banks, on 111,000.
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #12: $1,500 Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
625
Level
26
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Taking Cairns of Business
Four players battled their way into a four-bet pot preflop, and they all found themselves looking down at a 
flop. The action went as follows:
James Metcalf (big blind) - bet
Kenny Hsiung (under the gun) - raise
Malissia Zapata - fold
Daivd Cairns - reraise
Metcalf - call
Hsiung - cap
Cairns - call
Metcalf - call
That's an awful lot of action, isn't it?
So they saw a 
turn and Metcalf checked. Hsiung bet again and both players called. The action was the same on the 
river.
So, showdown time.
Metcalf: 
for an overpair
Hsiung: 
for a set of nines
Cairns: 
for a set of tens
With that enormous pot, Cairns broke the magic 100,000 mark - he's at 104,800.
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Evans Doubles Through Ivey
Phil Ivey raised from late position and got an all-in re-raise from Paul Evans. Evans didn't have quite enough to make a complete raise, and Ivey made the call.
Evans: 
Ivey: 
Ivey had a lot of catching up to do, and he wasn't able to do so when the board ran 
. Evans just got himself a better chance of making the bubble.
May the Schwartz Be With You
Jim Geary raised under the gun and it folded all the way around to Ylon Schwartz in the big blind who made the call. Schwartz check-called the bet from Geary on the 
flop, but check-folded on the river. Geary moved up to 35,000 or so, while Schwartz was left with around 20,000.
Schwartz took another hit a few minutes later, when Eric Rivkin raised under the gun and Tom McCormick reraised out of the small blind. Schwartz called in the big blind, Rivkin called too, leaving himself just 300 behind, and they saw a flop.
Flop: 
McCormick bet out and Schwartz called. Rivkin called all in, and they proceeded to the turn.
Turn:
McCormick bet out again and Schwartz called once more. Onwards.
River: 
This time McCormick and Schwartz checked it, and they went to showdown.
Rivkin: 
to triple up to 11,000
McCormick: 
to take the side pot and put him at 28,500
Schwartz: mucked and was down to 12,000
Traniello Gets a Kill
Gary Bogdanski was nursing an awfully short stack when he raised from the cutoff, and later called Marco Traniello's re-raise, putting Bogdanski all in.
Bogdanski: 
Tranielle: 
The board ran out 
, giving Bogdanski no help whatsoever, sending him to the rail. It was a small pot for Traniello, but we're sure he's happy to have won it.
Aces Cost Iacofano 10,000
Sure, we may have been standing by to see if either Phil Ivey or Marco Traniello decided to get involved in a big hand or two, but we ended up getting treated to a big one with Avi Mukherjee and Kevin Iacofano.
Mukherjee raised from middle position and Iacofano was the only one to make the call. On a flop of 
, Iacofano check-raised Mukherjee, who called.
The turn fell 
and this time Iacofano led out with a bet, and then called after Mukherjee raised. The river was the 
and Iacofano check-called one last bet from Mukherjee, who showed . Iacofano took a 10,500 hit with the lost pot.
Back We Go
Dinner is over, 77 players remain. 14 of them will be going home with nothing.
Level: 13
Blinds: /
Ante:
Dinner O'Clock
It's time to spend 60 minutes sourcing poker fuel, or "food" as some like to call it.
Back soon.