Event 17: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-09-2012 16:30 UTC-6

A Chip and a Chair for Seidel

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Chris Klodnicki opened to 4,800 from the cutoff, but that's as far as he'd get. Next door, Erik Seidel reraised to 12,000, and action froze on Mike McDonald in the small blind. After a bit of a pause, he announced a pot-raise to 43,200 total. That folded Klodnicki quickly, but Seidel moved all in for just a bit more. McDonald called all in, and the cards were on their backs.

Showdown
Seidel: {A-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}
McDonald: {A-Diamonds} {A-Clubs}

The board ran out {10-Spades} {9-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} to hold McDonald's aces and give him the pot. The two men began eying up their stacks to see what was what.

"I think you might have me," McDonald offered. "But just by a little bit."

He was right. When the stacks were counted down, Seidel's 52,300 chips were bigger than McDonald's 52,200. "A chip and a chair," someone said. Seidel will have just that lonely black chip with which to try and channel the ghost of Treetop Straus.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike McDonald	112,800 57,800	57,800
Erik Seidel	100 -54,900	-54,900

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06-09-2012 16:37 UTC-6

Jon Aguiar Eliminated by Patrick Cronin

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Patrick Cronin raised to 4,800 in first position, Erik Seidel moved all-in for his chip and a chair (100 chips) and Jon Aguiar moved all-in from the button for 21,700. The table reminded Cronin that the actual raise would be around the 18,000 mark, but Cronin was interested in the true price only. In the end Cronin put in 21,700 and we had a three-way all-in with Aguiar and Seidel at risk of elimination.

Cronin
Seidel
Aguiar

So Aguiar just needed to avoid a plethora of clubs and aces.

Flop: {A-Spades} {8-Spades} {6-Clubs}

Aguiar got to his feet and started to pack up. Seidel hadn't moved but his dreams were also disappearing fast.

Turn: {10-Spades}

Seidel hits a set and will quintuple up!

The river card was the {4-Clubs} , Aguiar was eliminated, Seidel now has 500 chips and Cronin has 140,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Cronin	140,000 41,000	41,000
Erik Seidel	500 400	400

Jon Aguiar	Busted

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06-09-2012 16:43 UTC-6

Patrick Cronin Ends Erik Seidels Hopes

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Erik Seidel hopes of the amazing comeback have been dashed by Patrick Cronin. Seidel was reduced to just a single 100 chip after losing a massive pot to Mike McDonald. In the next hand Seidel folded that one chip deciding to wait for a better spot. That better spot appeared when he found {10-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} to quintuplet up through Jon Aguiar and Patrick Cronin. That gave him 500 chips and they went into the pot in the next hand. Both blinds called (including Cronin in the BB) and we were three-way to the flop.

Flop: {8-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {3-Clubs}

A bet on the flop by Cronin removed the small blind from the equation and the cards were turned on their backs.

Cronin
Seidel

Cronin finds a set and two cards later ( {5-Clubs} & {7-Diamonds} ) Seidel was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Seidel	Busted

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06-09-2012 16:46 UTC-6

Running Like Deeb

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From the cutoff seat, Shaun Deeb came in raising to 5,500. Leonid Bilokur was on the button and tapping away furiously on his iPad, and he made a reraise to 12,800. Deeb studied for a long while, asked to see Bilokur's stack, then four-bet to 31,700. Bilokur quickly slid out a tower of his high-value chips totaling 83,800, leaving just a few thousand behind. Deeb shoved in, and the cards were on their backs.

Showdown
Deeb: {10-Hearts} {J-Hearts}
Bilokur: {Q-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}

Deeb seemed perfectly confident in the abilities of the mighty jack-ten. Sure enough, the {7-Hearts} {3-Spades} {3-Hearts} flop gave him a sweat, and the turn {5-Hearts} filled in the flush. Deeb needed to fade another heart to secure the knockout, and the river {8-Clubs} did just that.

Bilokur tipped over a couple chairs on his way out the door, while Deeb has stacked his way up to about 235,000 chips now.

After the hand, Matt Marafioti needled a bit about the light shove.

"Just pretend I called the three-bet and check-shoved the flop," he said with a smirk.

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	235,000 93,000	93,000

Leonid Bilokur	Busted

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06-09-2012 16:49 UTC-6

Eric Ladny is Out

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Eric Ladny has been eliminated at the hands of Paul Volpe. Ladny entered a pre-flop "potting" war with Volpe; a war that Volpe won when his {Q-} {Q-} held true against the {A-} {J-} of Ladny.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	145,000 83,100	83,100

Eric Ladny	Busted

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06-09-2012 17:02 UTC-6

ElkY Eliminates O'Dwyer

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Bertrand Grospellier eliminating O'Dwyer

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier is up to an ominous looking 160,000 after eliminated Steve O'Dwyer. The action all occurred pre flop with O'Dwyer holding {K-} {K-} and ElkY holding {A-} {K-Spades} (suited). An ace turned up somewhere on the board and O'Dwyer was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bertrand Grospellier	160,000 80,000	80,000

Steve O'Dwyer	Busted

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06-09-2012 17:06 UTC-6

Chip Check

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Player	Chips	Progress
JP Kelly	250,000 65,000	65,000

Jeff Tims	185,000 20,000	20,000
Farzad Bonyadi	165,000 -35,000	-35,000

Jason Senti	160,000 30,000	30,000
Burt Boutin	155,000 63,500	63,500

Mike McDonald	146,000 33,200	33,200
Antonio Esfandiari	145,000 25,000	25,000

Noah Schwartz	122,000 -50,000	-50,000

Patrick Cronin	121,000 -19,000	-19,000
Chris Klodnicki	120,000 30,000	30,000

Olivier Busquet	105,000 8,000	8,000
Marco Traniello	72,000 -3,000	-3,000
Jean-Paul Pasqualini	52,000 18,700	18,700
Ryan Julius	30,000 -20,000	-20,000
Kevin Song	Busted

06-09-2012 17:11 UTC-6

Five Tables

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Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 0 ante

We've just reduced our field down to 45 players, and they're now spread across the final five tables in play.

We've still got more than seven levels to play today, and we figure we'll end with about a dozen players or so by the time the clock runs out.

06-09-2012 17:15 UTC-6

Some More Stacks

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Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Landfish	560,000 120,000	120,000
Phil Ivey	225,000 80,000	80,000

Shaun Deeb	225,000 -10,000	-10,000

Nabih Zaczac	200,000 95,000	95,000
Chris Moore	160,000 -25,000	-25,000
Chris Moorman	149,000 -56,000	-56,000

Matt Marafioti	147,000 109,000	109,000
Liv Boeree	140,000 25,000	25,000

Paul Volpe	115,000 -30,000	-30,000

Manuel Bevand	110,000 -13,000	-13,000
Bryn Kenney	110,000 5,000	5,000

David Benyamine	110,000 50,000	50,000

Mohsin Charania	96,000 -4,000	-4,000

Sorel Mizzi	90,000 22,000	22,000
Cary Katz	90,000 40,000	40,000
Jason Pritchard	85,000 -26,200	-26,200
Alexander Venovski	65,000 -15,000	-15,000
Hoyt Corkins	48,000 5,000	5,000

Humberto Brenes	48,000 -30,000	-30,000

Andrew Lichtenberger	40,000 -37,000	-37,000

Will Failla	22,000 -5,000	-5,000

06-09-2012 17:19 UTC-6

Katz KOs Pritchard

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We didn't see how the money got in, but Paul Pritchard committed himself with {3-Spades} {4-Spades} on a {6-Spades} {A-Hearts} {10-Spades} flop. He was drawing live for the double as Cary Katz turned over {A-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} , but he wasn't drawing live for long.

The {A-Clubs} arrived promptly on the turn, and Pritchard was excused one card early. The river was the meaningless {8-Clubs} , and Katz stacks up that pot to move close to 200,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cary Katz	190,000 100,000	100,000
Jason Pritchard	Busted

Tags: Cary Katz Jason Pritchard