Event 23: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed
Day 2 Started
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 23: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$2,522,520
Entries
924
Level
28
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Welcome to Day 2 of Event#23 $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed
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Good afternoon and welcome to the second day of the Ferrari of poker. We are of course talking about Event #23 $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed. With only 141 players left and 108 players guaranteed at least $5,019 we expect to hit the money within the first few hours.
One person who is used to reaching the money at this years World Series of Poker (WSOP) is Jeff Manza. The chip leader, with 275,000 chips, has a 50% cash-record, so far this year, and looks set to increase those percentages in this tournament.
Manza has a good 100,000 chips more than Aaron Jones. Jones was the chip leader for most of the afternoon showing how he excels in this format. The poker coach and genius will be a real danger in this tournament. Other players to keep a beady eye on include Kyle Julius, Kyle Weir, Roberto Romanello, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, David Benyamine and Eugene Katchalov.
The action moves into the Amazon room today where we commence play at 13:00 PM. The plan will be to play ten sixty-minute levels, with twenty-minute break every second level and a sixty-minute dinner break after the sixth level.
Shuffle Up and Deal!
The players are seated, the bags ripped open, chips splayed on the table and now it's time for those cards!
Level: 11
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Great Start For Todd Terry
Todd Terry could not have wished for a better start in his first hand of Day 2. Jesus Cortes Lizano opened up the action with a bet of 2,600 from the hijack seat, Terry three-bet to 8,000 from the big blind, Lizano four-bet to 18,400, Terry shoved and Lizano called.
| Terry |   |
| Lizano |   |
Board: 
Cortes has time for an early bath and Terry is up to 170,300.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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170,300
78,500
|
78,500 |
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Busted |
Table #423: Home of One and Two
Towards the latter stages of Day 1 a certain Aaron 'aejones' Jones was stealing the show. He needed a cart-horse to move his chips from table to table he had that many. Then he sat down to the right of Jeff Manza and his stack stacking to droop instead of grow. Manza finally overcame Jones in the last hour to take the chip lead and the pair are seating next to each other once more. The table is a cracker and is sure to hold our attention for most of the day.
| Seat 2 | Ryan Fair |
| Seat 3 | Kevin Saul |
| Seat 4 | Jeff Manza |
| Seat 5 | Aaron Jones |
| Seat 5 | Eugene Katchalov |
If you survive through this table then you know you have earned it. Here is Jones starting the day in the same way as he finished it - losing chips.
We joined the action on a flop of 
and Kevin Saul bet 2,700 from the small blind. Aaron Jones was seated in the big blind and he made a raise. Before we could count it Saul moved all-in and Jones called.
| Saul |   |
| Jones |   |
The turn was the 
and river 
and Saul had doubled up to 97,000. Jones was down to 135,000.
"I just don't want to bubble," said Saul who was shaking his leg like he had drunk twenty cans of red bull.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000
-47,900
|
-47,900 |
|
97,000
57,600
|
57,600 |
Deeb Drags a Pot
We caught up with the action on a four-handed 
flop. Both players in the blinds checked to the player under-the-gun, who bet 3,600. Freddy Deeb called from the button and the blinds folded.
The turn brought the 
and both players opted to check, however, when a 
landed on the river, Deeb's opponent once again checked - prompting a 7,000 bet from Deeb. His opponent immediately mucked.
The two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner is up to 90,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
11,300
|
11,300 |
|
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Paul Kobel Has Been Eliminated
In 2006 when computers didn't exist, dinosaurs still roamed the earth and people only played poker in places called card rooms and saloons Paul Kobel won a World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet. He is a proud and very charming man and the tournament will be poorer from his absence.
He started the day with a mountain to climb with only 12,600 chips, and Florian Langmann has just made sure he will not reach the summit.
We joined the action on a flop of 
and Kobel check-called a jam by Langmann. Langmann turned over 
and Kobel had the better hand with 
. The turn card 
reversed the situation and the river 
confirmed the exit of Kobel.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Liv Boeree Turfs Out Tristan Wade
Tristan Wade is no longer in the tournament area. Athanasios Polychronopoulos has just told us that his demise came in a blind battle with Liv Boeree. Boeree open shoved from the small blind holding ace-jack suited and Wade called off his final 12BB with jack-ten suited. The Boeree hand held up and she now has 69,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
69,000
20,100
|
20,100 |
|
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|
Busted | |
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Smith Steamrolls One
Action folded around to Gavin Smith on the button, who raised to 2,300. His opponent in the small blind re-raised to 5,300. The big blind got out of the way and Smith flatted to see a flop.
Flop: 
The small blind led out for 6,000 even. Smith eyed him carefully and decided to call. Smith's opponent slowed down on the 
and checked. Smith quickly flung out a 8,500 bet and his opponent hastily mucked.
The former-taxi-driver-turned-poker-pro, who has more than $5 million in tournament winnings, is up to 90,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
25,200
|
25,200 |