Level: 11
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Ante:
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #48: $2,500 Mixed Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$1,041,900
Entries
453
Level
27
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Nine Game Sung
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Our PokerNews field reporter went for a stroll during the break and somehow found himself in the Pavilion Room where all the cash games are held.
What he saw that was interesting was that Steve Sung had beaten him there to sit in the $100-a-point Chinese Poker game with Amnon Filippi and a few others. MInd you, Sung is still in this event.
Obviously some poker players can't get enough action!
Vople Cantu It
Stud
Paul Volpe: 
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Brandon Cantu: 
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A series of races had gotten Paul Volpe all in on third street. He pulled ahead when he made a pair of aces on fifth street and bettered his hand with a queen on sixth street. But Cantu managed to find the on the river, making a set and eliminating Volpe.
Cantu is now sitting with 55,000 chips.
Kassela Stays Alive
Stud-8
Chris Amaral: (X)(X) / 
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Matt Venrgin: (X)(X) / 
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Frank Kassela: (X)(X) / 
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Picking up the action on sixth street, the pot was already a hefty one with Amaral in the tank for a little bit. He eventually checked to Vengrin, who said, "I wish I knew how to play this game."
"So did I," responded Kassela.
"I'm actually being serious," said Vengrin as he thought for a moment.
Vengrin then bet and Kassela raised and was all in for 2,850. Amaral reraised and then Vengrin called. As the dealer was getting the pot right, Amaral turned to our reporter and said, "I'm in a lot of trouble in this hand."
Seventh street was dealt face down to each player and Amaral was up first. He checked and Vengrin checked behind.
Amaral and Vengrin chopped the small side pot first. Amaral had the 
in the hole to make a low of 7-6-3-2-A. Vengrin had the 
in the hole for queens and eights to win the high. Vengrin also got the high half of the main pot while Kassela got the low half of that one. Kassela had the 
in the hole for a better low than Amaral and he won the low half of the main pot.
Kassela moved back to 16,000 while Vengrin moved to 43,000. Amaral lost chips in the pot and dropped back to 75,000, but it still one of the biggest stacks in the field.
Marco Traniello Eliminated by Joe Serock
No-Limit Hold'em
Joe Serock hasn't had much good fortune in the hands we've reported today, but he managed to get the best of Marco Traniello when the two got it all in preflop for all of Traniello's chips.
Traniello: 
Serock:
The flop was a doozy as Traniello made two pair but Serock hit a set when it came . The turn was the 
and the river was the , giving Serock a boat and the best hand.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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85,000
17,000
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17,000 |
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46,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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42,000
-15,000
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-15,000 |
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42,000
14,000
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14,000 |
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18,000
-31,000
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-31,000 |
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14,000
-1,000
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-1,000 |
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7,000
-18,000
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-18,000 |
Kassela Takes a Bite Out of Vengrin
Frank Kassela had raised to 1,700 preflop from under the gun. He was called only by Matthew Vengrin from the hijack.
Kassela went all in for 4,100 on the 
flop and once more got a call out of Vengrin.
Kassela: 
Vengrin:
Kassela was ahead at the flop and he stayed there through the turn and the river. He's now up to 25,000 while Vengrin is down to 32,000.
Harman Four-Bet Shoves
No-Limit Hold'em
Action folded to the hijack seat where Eric Buchman sat. He raised to 1,800. Joe Tehan three-bet from the cutoff seat to 4,800 and then action moved over to Jennifer Harman in the small blind. She took some time and then moved all in. The big blind folded before both Buchman and Tehan snap-mucked. Harman's timely four-bet shove moved her back over 40,000 in chips.
Amaral Folds a Suited Big Slick Preflop
No-Limit Hold'em
On the same table where Jennifer Harman just four-bet shoved, there was some more big action preflop, this time between Chris Amaral and David Steicke.
Steicke opened under the gun for 1,700 and then action folded all the way around to Amaral in the big blind. He reraised to 6,800. Steicke four-bet to 20,000 and Amaral went into the tank. He tanked for a couple minutes and then eventually folded the . Steicke nodded his head and raked in the pot.
Steicke now looks to have the chip lead with 110,000 in his stack. Amaral dropped back to 40,000.
Level: 12
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