Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #36: $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Chips For Your Pleasure
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
284,000
-36,000
|
-36,000 |
|
220,000
190,200
|
190,200 |
|
215,000
158,800
|
158,800 |
|
206,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
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|
|
182,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
178,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
160,000
114,100
|
114,100 |
|
115,000
34,100
|
34,100 |
|
104,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
100,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
100,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
|
95,000
76,100
|
76,100 |
|
89,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
|
87,500
42,500
|
42,500 |
|
87,000
63,300
|
63,300 |
|
87,000
41,200
|
41,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
87,000
46,100
|
46,100 |
|
86,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
80,000
21,800
|
21,800 |
|
79,000
-43,000
|
-43,000 |
|
72,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
71,400
28,100
|
28,100 |
|
61,000
-16,900
|
-16,900 |
|
60,000 | |
|
60,000
11,900
|
11,900 |
Diaz Making a Charge
Level 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Blake Cahail started the action with a raise to 5,200 from middle position, and David Diaz flatted on the button. In the small blind, Dan O'Brien squeezed in a reraise to 17,700, and that shook Cahail off his hand. Diaz had other ideas, though, reraising all in for 91,700 total. O'Brien made the call with his big stack, but Diaz was the one with the better hand.
Showdown
Diaz: 
O'Brien: 
O'Brien never found anything to sweat as the board came 
to give Diaz the double. He's all the way up to 194,600 while O'Brien's stack is dashed nearly in half, down to 102,000.
Diaz, we'll remind you, already has one no-limit hold'em bracelet this summer.
Bonding Avoids Blunder
We found Lars Bonding raising in late position making it 5,200.. The action folded around to Lloyd Padgett, in the small blind who made the call. A flop of 
appeared and both players checked.
On the 
turn Padgett bet 5,000 and Bonding smooth called. After the 
was spiked on the river Padgett again bet, this time making it 6,000. Bonding made the call and was clearly uneasy about it. Padgett flipped over 
for a pair of sixes and Bonding countered by showing 
for a pair of winning tens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
74,000
-106,000
|
-106,000 |
Keranen Up Over 300,000 After Big River Move
Kyle Keranen raised it up to 4,800 preflop from early position and was re-raised by Huy Nguyen on the button to 14,500. Keranen made the call and the two saw the 
flop.
Keranen checked to Nguyen who bet out 14,000 and he called.
The turn came 
and both players checked.
The river came 
and Keranen again checked to Nguyen who bet out 15,000. Keranen re-raised all in and Nguyen went into the tank. After at least five minutes, Nguyen eventually folded.
As Keranen raked in the huge pot Nguyen said, "I'll pay you $50 to show what you had.... $100?"
Keranen responded, "I can't man... it was a huge pot I just can't." Nguyen will be left guessing as he falls to just 60,000 and Keranen shoots up to our likely chip lead with 320,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
320,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
60,000
10,300
|
10,300 |
Miller Less Than Impressed
We just caught the tail end of the pot, walking up as the 
flop was already out on board. With about 40,000 already in the pot, Thomas Miller had shoved all in to put Vincent Graziano to the test. Graziano tanked long and hard before making the call, and he was at risk.
Miller showed up 
. "What is that, ace-jack?" Graziano asked. "Nice hand." He turned over his inferior 
, and the dealer immediately ripped the off the deck on fourth street. Miller was less than impressed at the beat he was about to take, and when the blank 
rivered, he spun out of his chair and took a walk around the aisle for a moment. He mumbled a few curt words under his breath in response to apologies from Graziano.
Both men are close to 140,000 chips now. Here are the counts for the rest of that table while we're at it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
226,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
|
148,000
94,600
|
94,600 |
|
|
140,000
64,200
|
64,200 |
|
140,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
111,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
104,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
63,000
50,400
|
50,400 |
|
30,000
-50,700
|
-50,700 |
O"Dwyer Crippled in Pair vs Pair Showdown
Lars Bonding started the hand by opening to 5,200 from early position and Steve O'Dwyer reraised right behind him to 12,200. Then Eddie Blumenthal was in the cutoff and four-bet to 24,200, Bonding folded, O'Dwyer five-bet shoved and Blumenthal called.
Showdown
Blumenthal:
O'Dwyer: 
The board ran 
and O'Dwyer was crippled. He sent 100,700 over to Blumenthal and was left with just 7,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000
147,500
|
147,500 |
|
7,000
-103,000
|
-103,000 |
Aces Vs. Aces
Niall Farrel raised under the gun and made it 4,000 to any one who want to see three cards on the flop. Action folded around to Dan O'Brien who reraised and made it 14,000 total. After a lengthy tank session Farrell moved all in for about 50,000 more. O'Brien instantly made the call and flipped over . Farrel then flipped over .
The flop came 
giving O'Brien a chance to win the pot with a runner-runner flush. Luckily for Farrel no spades came out as both the turn and the river were blanks. Both players then chopped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
138,000
-27,000
|
-27,000 |
|
70,000
-4,700
|
-4,700 |
|
|
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Glasser Smashes a Double
Level 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
James Petzing opened the pot to 5,000, and Michael Glasser three-bet shoved for 52,900 in position. When it came back to Petzing, he calld with 
, and Glasser's was racing for the double up.
Board: 
The pair holds up, and Glaser has doubled up over 110,000. It leaves Petzing short now with just 26,000 or so.
King Chan
Level 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
First into the pot from the button, Terrence Chan figured was good enough to commit his last 19,300 chips. In the small blind, John Eames took a long, hard look at both stacks before reraising to 51,500 to isolate himself against the at-risk short stack. He turned over 
, and both men shrugged as if they were content with the way the cards lay.
The first four cards off the deck were 
to swap Chan's outs, and he now needed a five or a king to stick around.
River:
That'll do. Chan rivers his way up to 44,400, leaving Eames with about the same amount now.