Event 31: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-18-2012 00:13 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Aron	980,000 -150,000	-150,000
John Nelson	680,000 69,000	69,000
Cherish Andrews	675,000 -5,000	-5,000
Carter Phillips	620,000 -40,000	-40,000

Adam Kornuth	430,000 100,000	100,000
Valentyn Shabelnyk	265,000 55,000	55,000
JC Tran	260,000 -30,000	-30,000
Patrick Karschamroon	220,000 -40,000	-40,000
Thomas Miller	125,000 -75,000	-75,000
James Akenhead	105,000 -35,000	-35,000

Back to the Felt

Josh_Cahlik

Level 20 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

The final 41 players have taken their seats once again and will play two more levels before bagging and tagging for the evening.

Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

06-17-2012 23:42 UTC-6

Break

Mickey Doft

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

The players are on their final 20-minute break of the day.

06-17-2012 23:41 UTC-6

Cada Doubles

Mickey Doft

After Drew Crawford raised in the cutoff, Joe Cada went all in for 70,000 from the small blind.

Crawford called with {K-Diamonds} {8-Spades} , trailing Cada's {J-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} . The board ran out {A-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} {4-Clubs} {A-Spades} {10-Hearts} to give Cada a much needed double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Drew Crawford	252,000 -68,000	-68,000
Joe Cada	152,000 81,500	81,500

Tags: Drew Crawford Joe Cada

06-17-2012 23:41 UTC-6

We caught up to the action to see 120,000 being pushed into the middle each from both Carter Phillips and JC Tran. Thomas Miller opted to get out of the way, only committing about 60,000 on the flop. The board read {7-Clubs} {8-Diamonds} {6-Spades} and Phillips and Tran both saw a turn of {5-Diamonds} .

Phillips wasted no time putting a bet of 145,000 in the middle and JC Tran went into the tank for over five minutes. The clock was called on him and about thirty seconds into his time bank Tran meekly moved his cards into the muck.

The huge pot was pushed the way of Carter Phillips who is sitting on about 660,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Carter Phillips	660,000 228,000	228,000

JC Tran	290,000 -400,000	-400,000

06-17-2012 23:34 UTC-6

46th - 54th Place Finishers

Mickey Doft

Each earned $10,436.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bernard Lee	Busted
Adam Cook	Busted
Jonathan Lane	Busted
Robert Topham	Busted
Edward Galpine	Busted
Daniel Makowsky	Busted
Christopher Bolek	Busted

Erik Cajelais	Busted

Nate Jeo	Busted

06-17-2012 23:27 UTC-6

Nelson Takes Out Cajelais

Mickey Doft

John Nelson opened with a raise in early position and Erik Cajelais shoved from the small blind for about an additional 150,000.

Nelson gave it some thought before calling with {7-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} . Cajelias trailed with {5-Diamonds} {5-Spades} and wasn't able to catch up as the board ran out {J-Clubs} {8-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} .

Player	Chips	Progress
John Nelson	500,000 160,000	160,000
Erik Cajelais	Busted

Tags: Erik Cajelais John Nelson

06-17-2012 23:19 UTC-6

Nguyen Doubles

Josh_Cahlik

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

We caught up to find Soi Nguyen all in holding {J-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} against his opponent's {10-Clubs} {10-Spades} .

The board fell {4-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} {A-Spades} {2-Spades} {3-Diamonds} and Nguyen was able to double up to roughly 57,500.

Tags: Soi Nguyen

06-17-2012 23:06 UTC-6

Phillips Picks Off Cajelais

Josh_Cahlik

Thomas Miller opened the action with a bet to 18,000 and was quickly called by Erik Cajelais from the cutoff. Thomas Phillips pushed out a three-bet to 38,000 from the small blind and it folded back to Miller who shook his head and mucked. Cajelais opted to tag along, however.

The dealer showed the two a flop of {8-Spades} {4-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} and Cajelais checked. Phillips continued out for 33,000 and Phillips grabbed a handful of chips while announcing a raise. Cajelais made it 90,000 to go.