Event #29: $2,500 10-Game Mix / Six Handed Day 2 | 2011 World Series of Poker

06-18-2011 02:14 UTC

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Powell	115,000 5,000	5,000
Brandon Adams	110,000 33,500	33,500
Marco Traniello	79,000 14,900	14,900
Ben Yu	59,000 24,275	24,275

Freddy Deeb	53,000 -13,000	-13,000

	52,000 -4,500	-4,500
Owais Ahmed	47,000 5,750	5,750

Steve Zolotow	43,000 14,000	14,000

Chris Wallace	42,000

John D'Agostino	41,000 9,500	9,500
Steve Sung	39,500

	39,000 6,500	6,500
Scott Bohlman	27,000

McLean Karr	9,000 -36,700	-36,700
Robert Mizrachi	8,500 -25,000	-25,000

Shannon Shorr	8,100 -9,500	-9,500

Dan Heimiller	Busted

McLean Karr was down around 4.900 when this hand began, and it would be his last. He and Tad Jurgens mixed it up in a preflop raising war that got Karr all in. He turned up {A-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} , and he was content to race for double or nothing against {3-Clubs} {3-Spades} .

The {J-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {8-Diamonds} flop was a good miss for Karr, and he was getting giddy. "Oh, that's what we like. I want the jack!"

The turn was the {2-Spades} , not Karr's favorite. "Ugh, that's a... really bad turn card!" he said, animated as ever. The river came the {4-Spades} , and that's a blank, too. Karr is out of chips, and he wished his table luck as he headed off for an extended dinner break.

Tags: McLean Karr

06-18-2011 02:27 UTC

Badugi 101

[user135779]

Level 12

Badugi

John D'Agostino raised from under the gun and the action folded around to Brian Powell who called from the small blind, as did the player in the big blind. Both blinds drew one card each while D'Agostino made it a double. Powell bet and both the big blind and D'Agostino called before all three players took one card each at the second draw.

Again, Powell led out, but this time the big blind folded and the D'Agostino called, going heads-up to the final draw, where again, they took one card each. Both players checked and Powell tabled {a-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} {6-Spades} .

Now we should point out here (because this is a brand new game for the WSOP) that this is not a badugi, as the {3-Diamonds} is cancelled out (as there are two suited cards). Therefore, Powell's hand was actually a three-card {a-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} {6-Spades} , but it still won, because D'Agostino mucked.

06-18-2011 02:28 UTC

Dinner Bell

[user66118]

Level 12

We've got four levels behind us today, and it's dinner time for the 84 (or less) remaining players. The players have one hour and a few extra minutes to chow, and play will resume right at 8:30 P.M local time.

Until then...

Level: 13

Blinds: /

Ante:

06-18-2011 03:32 UTC

Poker For Dessert

[user66118]

Level 13

With bellies full of food, the players have returned to their tables, and the after-dinner session has begun. We'll play another six levels tonight to finish up right at 3:00 A.M. Unless we happen to reach a final table of six first, but we'll consider that a longshot for now.

06-18-2011 03:45 UTC

Will Danny Blow His "Fuhs?"

[user135779]

2-7 No Limit

The action folded to Michael Mizrachi who raised to 2,000 from the cutoff; Rep Porter called from the button, as did Lyle Berman from the small blind and Danny Fuhs (pronounced "FUSE") from the big blind, to make it four-handed to the draw.

Berman and Mizrachi took two each, while Fuhs and Porter drew one each. Berman led out for 3,000 and Fuhs called before Mizrachi and Porter got out of the way. Berman tabled the good ol' "eighty-six" - {8-} {6-} {4-} {3-} {2-} - and Fuhs threw his hand away.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lyle Berman	74,000 9,800	9,800

	15,000

06-18-2011 03:54 UTC

That'll Do!

[user135779]

2-7 No Limit

We just caught the action after Brian Powell had called David Solomon's all-in bet before the draw. Both players took one card each (with Solomon discarding a five), but he ended up tabling what can only be considered the royal flush of this discipline - {7-} {5-} {4-} {3-} {2-} ! BAM!

Even Powell looked shocked, but simply shrugged as the pot was shipped over to Solomon. Not much you can do there!

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Powell	95,000 -20,000	-20,000
	33,000

06-18-2011 03:58 UTC

Cards Down!

[user66118]

Level 13

Table 281 was playing 2-7 Triple Draw, and we just heard a floor call for that table. Cyndy Violette just looked down next to her chair, and she noticed two cards laying on the floor. The two cards were the {7-Spades} and the {2-Hearts} , and the deck was quickly replaced. Once they saw the cards, the table quickly realized that they came from a stud hand between two of the other players at the table, but nobody could quite figure out how they got on the floor. There doesn't appear to be any foul play on the part of the players.

"Good thing we're not playing deuce-to-seven," one of them said tongue-in-cheek.

06-18-2011 04:05 UTC

It's the Brandon Adams Show

[user66118]

Level 13

Pot-Limit Omaha

For now, the field is just trying to keep pace with Brandon Adams who's on some kind of tear through this Day 2. We just caught the tail end of a PLO pot that Adams dragged, walking up in time to see Adams' {10-Clubs} {10-Spades} {K-Spades} {7-Spades} exposed on the felt. He'd gotten an opponent all in with just a wrap draw on a {6-Spades} {2-Diamonds} {8-Spades} flop, and the turn {A-Spades} left him drawing dead to Adams' flush.