2012 World Series of Poker

Event 46: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$694,609
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$3,655,925
Entries
1,607
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Duval Dented and Elfan Eliminated

The board is now showing thirty-seven players and one of them is not David Elfan. We missed his elimination but understand it was Fernando Brito who eliminated him. Brito, who has won close to $1 million mainly in Europe, is now hovering in the 630,000 region after having a fantastic few levels.

The reason we missed the Elfan elimination is because we were watching Frank Rusnak doubling up. All of the money went into the middle pre-flop with Rusnak holding {Q-Hearts} {J-Spades} and Duval holding {A-Spades} {J-Diamonds}. So Rusnak was dominated and the situation was even more woeful after the flop.

Flop: {A-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs}

According to our PokerNews odds calculator Rusnak only had an 8.38% chance to win this hand.

Turn: {Q-Diamonds}

"What the…" said Duval.

The river was the {9-Clubs} and Rusnak had found a very unlikely double-up.

Player Chips Progress
Fernando Brito pt
Fernando Brito
630,000
70,000
70,000
Frank Rusnak us
Frank Rusnak
310,000
90,000
90,000
Jason Duval ca
Jason Duval
195,000
-95,000
-95,000
WSOP 1X Winner
David Elfan ca
David Elfan
Busted

Tags: David ElfanFernando BritoFrank RusnakJason Duval

Duval Gone

Jason Duval
Jason Duval

We don't know exactly how the action went, but when we got to the table Jason Duval was all in prelfop and at risk holding {A-}{j-}. Duval's opponent had {J-Spades}{j-Clubs}.

The board came {3-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{k-Spades} and Duval wasn't able to catch up and was subsequently eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Duval ca
Jason Duval
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Jason Duval

Gonzalez & Rogers Double Up; Schwan Doesn't

Two double ups and one bust out to report.

Fabrizio Gonzalez just doubled up through Nicholas Augustino. We are not sure when the chips went into the middle but Gonzalez was holding {A-Clubs} {J-Clubs} and Augustino {J-} {7-} on a board on {3-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} {A-Spades} {8-Diamonds} {6-Spades}.

Then William Rogers doubled through William Reynolds. Rogers holding {A-Spades} {10-Spades}, Reynolds holding {A-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} and a board of {7-Spades} {4-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {10-Clubs} {2-Hearts} doing the business for Rogers.

Finally, Steven Schwan has been eliminated by Vanessa Selbst. Selbst was holding {6-Spades} {4-Spades}, Schwan {A-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} and the {K-Spades} {5-Spades} {4-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} assigned Schwan to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
755,000
55,000
55,000
William Reynolds us
William Reynolds
640,000
58,000
58,000
Fabrizio Gonzalez uy
Fabrizio Gonzalez
315,000
179,000
179,000
William Rogers us
William Rogers
230,000
110,000
110,000
Nicholas Augustino us
Nicholas Augustino
220,000
-250,000
-250,000
Steven Schwan us
Steven Schwan
Busted

Tags: Fabrizio GonzalezNicholas AugustinoSteven SchwanVanessa SelbstWilliam ReynoldsWilliam Rogers

Level: 21

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Gagliano Gains

Michael Gagliano
Michael Gagliano

The table folded around to Larry Duplantis in middle position and he raised it up. Michael Gagliano made the call from the button and the rest of the table folded.

The flop came {6-Spades}{8-Hearts}{7-Hearts} and Duplantis continued his aggression by betting out 22,000. Gagliano made the call.

The {2-Clubs} on the turn saw another bet by Duplantis, this time for 24,000. After a minute or so passed, Gagliano pushed out a raise to 110,000. Duplantis eventually folded and Gagliano added to his mountain.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Gagliano us
Michael Gagliano
1,100,000
307,000
307,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Larry Duplantis us
Larry Duplantis
500,000
-100,000
-100,000

Tags: Larry DuplantisMichael Gagliano

Frank Rusnak Eliminates Matthew Rosen

Matthew Rosen opened to 22,000 on the button and Frank Rusnak three-bet to 54,000 in the small blind. Back to Rosen and he moved all-in handing the decision back to Rusnak and that decision was to call.

Rusnak{A-Spades} {9-Clubs}
Rosen{Q-Spades} {7-Diamonds}

The flop was {J-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} - handing Rosen some flush outs - then the turn was the {9-Hearts} and finally Rusnak gets to the turn more than an 8% dog! The river {A-Hearts} gives Rusnak two pair and he eliminates Rosen.

Player Chips Progress
Frank Rusnak us
Frank Rusnak
495,000
185,000
185,000
Matthew Rosen us
Matthew Rosen
Busted

Tags: Frank RusnakMatthew Rosen

Seat Draw

Level 21 : 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante

Table #439

Seat 1Larry Duplantis
Seat 2Yordan Jeliazkov
Seat 3Joey Weissman
Seat 4Vanessa Selbst
Seat 5Jimmy Fradettedufour
Seat 6Joshua Pedraza
Seat 7empty
Seat 8Adria Balaguer
Seat 9Fabrizio Gonzalez

Table #440

Seat 1Stephen Reynolds
Seat 2William Reynolds
Seat 3Joe Gualtieri
Seat 4William Rogers
Seat 5Jeremy Quehen
Seat 6Mark Schmid
Seat 7Nicholas Augustino
Seat 8empty
Seat 9Fernando Brito

Table #441

Seat 1Daniel Chamberlain
Seat 2Joshua Hillock
Seat 3Frank Rusnak
Seat 4Konstanin Puchkov
Seat 5He Huang
Seat 6Philip Meulyzer
Seat 7Jason Wheeler
Seat 8Robert Castoire
Seat 9Bradley Lipsey