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Level 16
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
The 79 remaining players have now returned from break.
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #45: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,601,000
Entries
2,890
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Radu Junc Rolling Through Day 2 and Representing the Deaf Poker Community
Throughout this Day 2, the PokerNews team has watched as a player continually won large pots and celebrated in silence. This player showed plenty of emotion, however, but his joy was expressed wordlessly through American Sign Language (ASL).
Radu Junc, who made his way to the Rio from California, is a deaf poker player making a deep run through Event # 45: No-Limit Hold’Em to put himself among the final 90 players still seeking a bracelet. With a few of his buddies signing their approval from the rail, Junc has had a seesaw session so far, but midway through the second day of play he has amassed over 170,000 chips.
His friends excitedly let us know that Junc had started at 53,000 chips to begin Day 1, climbed to 130,000 at one point and then plummeted to only 25,000 after a brutal beat. Junc then displayed the same perseverance he has shown throughout his life and battled back from the extreme short-stack. One huge hand that helped propel him back into contention saw his suited 
overcome the 
of an opponent. Junc now holds an above average stack and is poised to return on Day 3, as he tries to make a historic appearance at the final table.
Junc is no novice when it comes to tournament poker, having captured 1st place honors at the Fifth Annual Las Vegas World Deaf Poker Tournament held in 2009. This win came on the heels of his runner-up finish in the same event one year prior, and Junc has proven to be a formidable opponent on the felt in both deaf and open events.
Among his supporters on the rail are Brad Gibson and Patrick Burger, both of whom are founding fathers of the deaf poker community. Gibson’s name may be familiar to many poker fans, as he was the first deaf person to enter a WSOP event and is the founder of DeafRounders.com. His website is designed to connect the deaf community with the world of poker, and Gibson accomplishes this in part through the National Deaf Poker Tour.
With their friend Radu Junc going toe-to-toe with Phil Hellmuth, Antonio Esfandiari and many more of poker’s premiere players, Gibson, Burger and the rest of the deaf poker community certainly have something to be proud of. If Junc can complete his run to the final table here at the WSOP, the rest of the poker world will take notice of a player whose actions truly speak louder than words.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
173,000
119,500
|
119,500 |
Kapalas is Crushing
Although he isn't officially a PokerStars Team Pro member yet, Georgios Kapalas is certainly on his way to becoming one.
Kapalas is one of the three "PokerStars Greece Challengers" who is competing to become a Team Pro representative from Greece. The PokerStars website explains, "Stavros 'IDOLLS' Kalfas, George 'gkap13' Kapalas and Alexis 'J0hnny_Dr@m@' Zervos are competing to determine which one of them is the best all around player this year. The Challenge will take into account results from the European Poker Tour (EPT), SCOOP and WCOOP, as well as overall tournament performance both live and online."
In a recent hand, a player in middle position pushed all in for 24,000, the hijack called, and Kapalas pushed all in as well having both players covered. The hijack called off the rest of his chips and the hands were tabled.
Middle Position: 
Hijack: 
Kapalas: 
The board ran true for Kapalas when it came 
and he eliminated both the other players. After the hand his stack grew to 310,000 so it seems that he is our current chipleader.
Kapalas will obviously be helped in his challenge to become a PokerStars Team Pro by a deep run in today's tournament. We'll be keeping our eyes on him to see what develops!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
310,000
217,400
|
217,400 |
|
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A Few Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
||
|
260,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
145,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
||
|
80,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
20,000
-35,000
|
-35,000 |
|
||
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 500
Lichtenberger's Stack Swinging
Level 17
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
In the first hand a player on the button opened and Andrew Lichtenberger re-raised all in for his last 44,000. The blinds folded and Lichtenberger's opponent called.
Lichtenberger:
Opponent: 
The board ran out 
and Lichtenberger got lucky once again to double.
A few hands later a short-stacked opponent went all in for about 35,000 from the hi-jack and was called by Lichtenberger from the cutoff. Everyone else folded.
Lichtenberger: 
Opponent: 
Luckychewy's luck seemed to run out this time as the flop came 
and Lichtenberger was forced to double his opponent up.
After all that, Lichtenberger is currently sitting with 50,000.
Count It Out!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
335,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
205,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
160,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
|
130,000
-67,200
|
-67,200 |
|
110,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
109,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
102,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
|
90,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
71,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
60,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
Woody Whamboozled
A player opened to 8,500 from the hi-jack and Charles "Woody" Moore three-bet to a little over 28,000 from the cutoff. The player on the button over-called and everyone else folded, including the original raiser.
The flop came and Moore immediately announced he was all in for about 37,000. His opponent asked for a count and fell into the tank. He eventually mustered the courage to announce, "Call."
Moore: 
Opponent:
"That's what I thought you had," Moore said.
"That was tough," his opponent said in reference to calling.
The 
turn and 
river were no help to Moore and he was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Hellmuth Reading Souls and Dodging Bullets Baby!
Level 17
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
With Phil Hellmuth making yet another deep run in a WSOP event, the railbirds have arrived en masse to sweat the Poker Brat.
We caught Hellmuth engaging Clyde Gaskins in a war of words while contesting a heads-up pot. The banter was friendly by Hellmuth's standards, but he was clearly trying to impose his will on Gaskins, an amateur playing in his first WSOP tournament.
After Gaskins raised Hellmuth's big blind, making it 8,000 more to go, Hellmuth stared the amateur down before deciding on a min-raise to 16,000. Gaskins, clad in a black cowboy hat but trying to play the hero to Hellmuth's villain image, began to ponder his options while Hellmuth began to turn the screws.
"Don't give it all to me sir" Hellmuth warned him, before adding with a smile "Actually, it's OK if you want to do that."
Eventually Gaskins settled on a call and the dealer spread a flop of across the felt. Gaskins was in the small blind and acted first, checking it with a knock of the table. After Hellmuth had cut out enough chips for a 12,000 bet, he slowly slid on his trademark black shades and resumed his death stare. The intimidation did not faze Gaskins and he came along, bringing the 
to the table on the turn.
After another check by Gaskins, Hellmuth aggressively stacked a bet of 24,000 and dropped it into the middle. The play sent Gaskins into the tank and he told the most famous poker player in the world "I ain't tryin' to put a bad beat on ya Phil!" before adding "I know ya gotta have queens or kings here."
Gaskins then asked the 11-time bracelet winner if he would show his cards in the event Gaskins folded. Hellmuth remained silent but nodded his approval to the agreement. After counting his own chips and looking over at Hellmuth's stack, Gaskins eventually found the fold button and tossed his cards in the muck.
With the railbirds standing on chairs to see the action, Hellmuth complied with the terms of his deal and showed Gaskins the monster he was representing: 
. The Poker Brat held just bottom pair on the turn with no draw to a flush. The amateur had obviously been bluffed out of his shows, but knowing that the deed was done by one of the best poker players on the planet soothed his pain. The friendly cowboy just grinned and offered a "nice hand sir" while Hellmuth did his best Cheshire Cat impression.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
205,000
174,000
|
174,000 |
|
|
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Mccaffrey Eliminates Cohen
Justin Cohen won't be able to best his second-place finish from Event #34: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em, as he was just eliminated from the tournament in a rather dramatic hand.
With the board already reading and nearly 50,000 in the pot, Cohen bet out 30,000 and Glenn Mccaffrey called. The 
fell on the turn and Cohen announced he was all in. Mccaffrey snap-called and tabled his 
while Cohen, who was caught bluffing, showed his . The river was a brick for Cohen and he was sent to the rail.
Mccaffrey's stack is now a towering 445,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
445,000
259,000
|
259,000 |
|
Busted |