Event 12: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2012 World Series of Poker

Event 12: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em

Day 2 Started

06-06-2012 13:39 UTC-6

Day 2 of Event 12 Almost Set To Start

Mickey Doft

Eric Froehlich is making another heads-up tournament run

Welcome to Day 2 of Event 12, the $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em. A field of 152 came to play and after two matches for some (and three for others), only 32 remain with hopes of capturing the coveted WSOP gold bracelet. Many notable players remain, including last year's fourth-place finisher in the $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em affair last summer. Eric Froehlich brings his A-game when it comes to playing heads-up and following his wins against Ronald Crabtree, Jason Somerville, and Steve O'Dwyer, Froehlich has put himself into position to capture his third WSOP bracelet.

Here is the bracket of matches from the round of 128 until now:

Match	Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32
1	T. Chen
	V. Blom	T. Chen
		vs.
2	V. Vongxaiburana	R. Leng	T. Chen
	R. Leng
			vs.
3	J. Somerville
	E. Froehlich	E. Froehlich	E. Froehlich
		vs.
4	S. O'Dwyer	S. O'Dwyer
	Y. Timoshenko

5	V. Ruzicka
	S. Baumstein	S. Baumstein
		vs.
6	V. Iluykhin	V. Iluykhin	S. Baumstein
	C. Moorman
			vs.
7	A. Esfandiari
	I. Haxton	A. Esfandiari	A. Esfandiari
		vs.
8	J. Godshall	J. Godshall
	J. Mercier

9	J. Brikis
	R. Lyndaker	R. Lyndaker
		vs.
10	B. Green	F. Kassela	R. Lyndaker
	F. Kassela
			vs.
11	M. Perrins
	C. Moore	C. Moore	C. Moore
		vs.
12	E. Sion	D. Sands
	D. Sands

13	M. Jacobson
	P. Volpe	P. Volpe
		vs.
14	V. Ramdin	D. Danchev	P. Volpe
	D. Danchev
			vs.
15	J. Andress
	C. An	C. An	C. An
		vs.
16	M. Bevand	P. Ivey
	P. Ivey

17	C. Guerra
	S. Deeb	C. Guerra
		vs.
18	I. Yaroshevskyy	I. Yaroshevskyy	I. Yaroshevskyy
	J. Dambrosio
			vs.
19	L. Lacay
	L. Wolpert	L. Lacay	A. Singh
		vs.
20	A. Singh	A. Singh
	A. Ross

21	A. Goott
	M. Weisner	M. Weisner
		vs.
22	T. Vedes	T. Vedes	T. Vedes
	J. Ankenhead
			vs.
23	E. Patel
	M. Stout	E. Patel	B. Hastings
		vs.
24	J. Rumptz	B. Hastings
	B. Hastings

25	V. Selbst
	S. Clements	V. Selbst
		vs.
26	J. Kester	J. Kester	V. Selbst
	R. Romanello
			vs.
27	T. Marchese
	T. Barlow	T. Marchese	K. Saul
		vs.
28	K. Saul	K. Saul
	R. Fee

29	P. Kalevar
	D. Elias	D. Elias
		vs.
30	S. Kelly	B. Grospellier	D. Elias
	B. Grospellier
			vs.
31	C. Katz
	J. Duthie	C. Katz	J. Gross
		vs.
32	S. Tikhonov	J. Gross
	J. Gross

33	S. Landfish
	D. Benefield	S. Landfish
		vs.
34	B. Woods	P. Jetten	S. Landfish
	P. Jetten
			vs.
35	O. Busquet
	J. Jaffe	J. Jaffe	J. Jaffe
		vs.
36	F. Jaka	D. Negreanu
	D. Negreanu

37	R. O'Donnell
	A. Makhija	R. O'Donnell
		vs.
38	G. Wolff	G. Wolff	R. O'Donnell
	S. Winter
			vs.
39	E. Beebe
	J. Collopy	J. Collopy	A. Robl
		vs.
40	A. Robl	A. Robl
	C. Wafula

41	J. Riordan
	J. Bonomo	J. Bonomo
		vs.
42	E. Kokkonen	E. Kokkonen	E. Kokkonen
	A. Frankenberger
			vs.
43	R. Minnis
	A. Keating	A. Keating	M. Steinberg
		vs.
44	T. Reinhart	M. Steinberg
	M. Steinberg

45	S. Stein
	E. Seidel	S. Stein
		vs.
46	S. Greenberg	J. Mo	J. Mo
	J. Mo
			vs.
47	B. Steven
	G. Lind	B. Steven	S. Kurnaz
		vs.
48	S. Kurnaz	S. Kurnaz
	H. Kaczka

49	Y. Sun
	M. Silverman	M. Silverman
		vs.
50	B. Parker	B. Parker	B. Parker
	D. Smith
			vs.
51	M. Radoja
	D. Colman	M. Radoja	M. Radoja
		vs.
52	B. Lamb	M. Mizrachi
	M. Mizrachi

53	R. Rosenblum
	V. Shchmelev	R. Rosenblum
		vs.
54	A. Lichtenberger	A. Lichtenberger	A. Lichtenberger
	M. Gonsalves
			vs.
55	M. Charania
	D. Polk	D. Polk	D. Polk
		vs.
56	A. Griffin	A. Mahmood
	A. Mahmood

57	A. Kuzmin
	D. Benyamine	A. Kuzmin
		vs.
58	J. Juanda	C. Chou	C. Chou
	C. Chou
			vs.
59	B. Sulsky
	M. Drummond	M. Drummond	M. Drummond
		vs.
60	J. Cody	J. Cody
	Y. Li

61	A. Gregg
	S. Chidwick	A. Gregg
		vs.
62	K. Block	K. Block	K. Block
	B. Pellegrino
			vs.
63	A. Guetti
	A. Manser	A. Manser	A. Venovski
		vs.
64	R. Lew	A. Venovski
	A. Venovski

Each player will begin the round of 32 with 80,000 in chips along with two 80,000 bullets behind. The blinds and antes will be at the 1,000/2,000/200 level. Three levels will be played, meaning by day's end only four players will still be vying for the bracelet. Play is scheduled to kick off at 1pm local time, about 20 minutes from now, so be sure to keep it here throughout the day for updates on all the exciting action.

Level: 52

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 0

06-06-2012 14:08 UTC-6

Early Pressure From Baumstein

Happy_Freaked

Level 52 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

With the board reading {K-Hearts} {K-Clubs} {8-Clubs} {8-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} Antonio Esfandiari bet 11,000 and it was on Scott Baumstein. Baumstein tanked for a bit before sliding out a raise to 57,000. Esfandiari tanked for about half a minute before releasing his hand. Baumstein is up early in this match, but both players still have two lammer left behind.

Tags: Scott Baumstein Antonio Esfandiari

06-06-2012 14:13 UTC-6

Gross Shoves The River

Happy_Freaked

Level 52 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

We caught the action on a {5-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} {5-Spades} {J-Clubs} board when Jeffrey Gross checked to Darren Elias. Elias slid out a 18,000 chip bet and it was on to Gross who tanked for a bit and called. The river was the {6-Clubs} and Gross decided to lead out, he shoved all in for right around 40,000 chips and the pressure was on Elias for their first bullet. He tanked for about a minute before folding his hand and giving Gross an early chip lead.

Tags: Jeffrey Gross Darren Elias

06-06-2012 14:15 UTC-6

Early Lead For Landfish

Mickey Doft

Level 52 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Picking up the action on a {J-Hearts} {8-Spades} {5-Spades} {9-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} board, Jonathan Jaffe was facing a bet of 9,000 from Steve Landfish. Jaffe popped it to 25,000, but was unable to shake Landfish who called immediately.

"You're good, king high," said Jaffe.

Landfish tabled {A-Hearts} {J-Spades} to win the pot and take about a 125,000 to 35,000 lead.

Tags: Jonathan Jaffe Steve Landfish

06-06-2012 14:22 UTC-6

Parker Doubles Through Radoja

Mickey Doft

Level 52 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

Brock Parker trailed early in his match against Mark Radoja, but just doubled up to basically even the match

Parker raised to 4,000 on the button and Radoja called to see a {Q-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} flop. What followed was a series of raises that led to Parker all in and at risk for his first bullet with {Q-Spades} {9-Clubs} against Radoja's {K-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} . The {5-Diamonds} turn and {2-Spades} river were no help to Radoja, who is now back down to about 80,000 and tied with Parker.

Tags: Brock Parker Mark Radoja

Level: 53

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 0

06-06-2012 14:30 UTC-6

Parker Uses a Lammer

Happy_Freaked

Level 53 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

The action started with a 4,000 chip raise from Brock Parker and Mark Radoja called from the big blind. The flop came down {9-Hearts} {6-Spades} {2-Spades} and Radoja check-called a 5,500 bet. The turn was the {8-Clubs} and both players checked. On the river the {5-Diamonds} showed up and Radoja bet 7,000. Parker opted to raise to 25,200 and this was the sign for Radoja to put his opponent all in. Parker called off his remaining 62,500 and mucked when Radoja showed {10-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} .

Parker cashed in one of his lammers while Radoja is up to 160,000 with two lammers behind.

Tags: Brock Parker Mark Radoja

06-06-2012 14:31 UTC-6

Volpe Punches Ticket To Sweet 16

Mickey Doft

Paul Volpe and Chae An didn't waste time using all of their bullets as Volpe has defeated An to advance to the next round.

Down to less than 50,000, An three-bet jammed all in over Volpe's opening raise. A call from from Volpe revealed {A-Spades} {K-Clubs} , dominating the {A-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} held by An.

The {Q-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} flop didn't help An, but he took the lead with {2-Clubs} turn. The {K-Diamonds} river, however, gave Volpe the hand and the match with top pair to advance.

He will face the winner of Chris Moore vs. Richard Lyndaker.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	480,000	240,000
Chae An	Busted

Tags: Chae An Paul Volpe