Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 44: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Scramble and Gamble!
Level 13
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Players have taken their seats and cards are back in the air!
The pace of bustouts slowed a bit during the second hour of play today, during which we lost 45 more players to trim the field to 141.
Billy Vogel Eliminated
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Billy Vogel, the winner of the inaugural DeepStacks Poker Tour event in February, was eliminated just before the break. We didn't catch the hand, but Vogel filled us in via Twitter.
BillyVogel William Vogel I suck. Finished 142nd. 4 bet jammed K6o. He had 99. Whoops.
June 25 2012
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
Little Doubles
After having lost most of his stack during a rough end of the last level, Jonathan Little has managed to double back to 22,000.
Little pushed all in for his remaining 9,500 and was called by the player in the big blind.
Little: 
Opponent: 
The 
gave Little a winning jack on the river and he doubled through.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
22,000
12,500
|
12,500 |
Chippies
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
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108,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
95,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
86,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
|
||
|
76,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
72,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
66,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
|
||
|
60,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
25,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
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|
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22,000 | |
How About Halaska?
"Do we know how much that monstrosity of a stack is?"
So asked Jeremy Halaska, currently sitting behind heaps of chips at Table 435. He shrugged and said "About 300?"
"Aww it's more than that. Dude came in with like 70," came the reply "Was like the sickest rush I've ever seen." Indeed Halaska did start today with 76,600, but after two hours-plus is now sitting behind what looks to be the most chips of anyone.
"Busted like how many...? Seven? Eight?" asked Halaska's table mate. He again nodded, saying he thought it was about that many.
It'll be hard to remain so humble much longer for Halaska, should his upward trend continue.
So said
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
330,000
253,400
|
253,400 |
More Stacks From Around The Room
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
165,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
|
|
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|
90,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
70,200
9,600
|
9,600 |
|
65,000
29,600
|
29,600 |
|
63,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
62,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
Petersen Picks Up a Few
Mickey Petersen just found himself among two other players vying for a pot preflop, and when the raising concluded it was just himself and another short-stacked player left. Petersen held 
and his opponent 
, and when the board ran out 
, yet another player hit the rail.
Petersen bumps up a little with that one but still sits with a below average stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
22,000
8,500
|
8,500 |
|
|
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Nguyen Loses Monster Pot
We caught up with the action on a 
board, where Nguyen had roughly a 7,000 bet in front of him from middle position. His lone opponent on the button went all in for about 56,000 total and Nguyen fell deep into the tank.
"Want me to call you?" Nguyen asked.
No reply.
After deliberating for a couple minutes, Nguyen said, "Alright, I call," and his opponent tabled 
for top two pair.
Nguyen dejectedly flipped over 
for an inferior two pair.
The 
river kept Nguyen's opponent in the lead and Nguyen's stack was chopped down to just 25,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
25,000
-83,000
|
-83,000 |
A'Mazin Run for Khoury
Mazin Khoury joined a tough table that includes Jude Ainsworth, Blair Hinkle and Travell Thomas after the break. But Khoury has been thriving since he took his new seat.
In a recent hand, Khoury opened with a raise to 4,000 from early position and Ainsworth three-bet to 10,300 from the button. The small blind then went into the tank before opting to move all in for around 30,000. Action folded back to Khoury, who asked for a count on Ainsworth's stack.
"About 75 behind."
That was enough information for Khoury to toss out a pile of T5,000 chips, effectively putting Ainsworth all in. He elected to fold, and the two hands were revealed:
Khoury: 
Small Blind:
The 
gave Khoury a bit of a sweat but he faded danger to scoop a nice pot. He's sitting behind around 280,000, putting him near the top of the leaderboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
75,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
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