Event 52: $2,500 10-Game Mix - Six-Handed
Day 2 Started
Event 52: $2,500 10-Game Mix - Six-Handed
Day 2 Started
There are still 167 players remaining in the most divers poker tournament of the 2012 World Series of Poker. The 10-Game Mix drew a 421 player pool, and the first place prize will be $244,259. Last year's winner Chris Lee is no longer in the field which means we will crown a new champion tomorrow.
The goal for today will be to play ten levels, or down to a final table. Whatever comes first. There are plenty of big name players remaining among which we see 2012 bracelet winners Vincent van der Fluit ($1,500 PLO), John Monnette ($5,000 Stud) and Chris Tryba ($2,500 Mixed Hold'em).
The games that will be played are No-Limit Hold'em, Pot-Limit Omaha, Limit Hold'em, Stud, Stud-8, Razz, Omaha-8, Badugi, 2-7 Triple Draw and No-Limit Single Draw. Get ready for another day of exciting action as the real all-round players will surface in this mixed game format.
The Amazon is packed today, and because there are so many players, the restart of Event 52: $2,500 10-Game Mix - Six-Handed has been delayed for 15 minutes.
Level: 9
Blinds: /
Ante:
Finally, after a 30-minute delay, the cards are in the air.
Badugi
Every table started with Badugi here in Day 2, and over in the middle of the Orange Section, Justin Young raised in middle position, and James Mackey called on the button. Young drew one card, Mackey drew two, and Young led out. Mackey called.
Young stood pat on the second draw, Mackey drew one, and Young quickly led out. Mackey called.
Young stood pat once more on the third draw, and Mackey drew one. Young bet, and Mackey released.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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James Mackey
|
26,000 | -8,200 |
Justin Young | 20,000 | 5,050 |
Omaha-8
The action folded to Eli Elezra in the small blind, who turned to Matt Smith who was in the big.
"Want to chop?" Elezra said, grinning.
He called, Smith checked, and the flop came down . Elezra led out, and Smith called.
The turn was the , and Elezra slowed down, checking to Smith who bet. Elezra called, and the river brought the . Elezra checked, and Smith bet. Elezra called.
Smith tabled for a seven-high straight, and Elezra silently mucked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Eli Elezra
|
19,500 | -10,257 |
Matthew Smith | 13,900 | 5,400 |
Rikard Aberg has been in poker media for a very long time, and this event is his chance at world-wide poker glory. Aberg managed to survive Day 1 with 16,800 chips, and after a few orbits he managed to chip up just a little. We caught two hands he was involved in during Omaha-8.
Joe Keuther raised it up, Aberg called from the small blind and Raymond Davis three-bet from the big blind. Both Keuther and Aberg called giving of three-way action on the flop.
The flop came down , Aberg checked, Davis bet and both his opponents called. On the turn the hit and again Davis was the one betting, Keuther and Aberg called. The river was the and the same process was repeated once more.
Keuther turned over for the nut low, Aberg showed for a full house and Davis tabled his . We missed the suit of Davis' ace, but his hand was no good. The pot was split between Aberg and Keuther, and Davis was left very unhappy.
"Make sure you write that down correctly, he just called three-bets pre flop with queen-queen-six-deuce," Davis said.
"I don't know what I'm doing," Aberg said smiling sarcastically.
"I figured that's how you got your chips," Davis added, who wasn't happy with the way this hand played out.
On the very next hand Rep Porter raised, Aberg called on the button and Hasan Habib moved all in from the big blind. Porter and Aberg both called.
The flop came down , Porter bet and Aberg called. The turn was the and Porter bet, Aberg called. On the river the hit and Porter bet again. Aberg didn't seem too happy but called. Porter showed and took down the whole pot, Habib mucked and went straight to the $25,000 One Drop satellite.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Rep Porter
|
39,000 | 39,000 |
Rikard Aberg
|
19,500 | 2,700 |
Raymond Davis | 18,000 | -8,375 |
Joe Keuther | 12,000 | 12,000 |
Hasan Habib
|
Busted |
Limit 2-7 Triple Draw
Eli Elezra raised in middle position, Peter Ippolito three-bet from the blinds, and Elezra called. Ippolito stood pat, Elezra drew two, and Ippolito immediately bet. Elezra called.
Ippolito stood pat, and Elezra drew two, flashing two black jacks before mucking. Ippolito bet, and Elezra called.
Ippolito stood pat a third time, and Elezra drew one. Ippolito checked, and Elezra checked behind.
"Eighty-seven," Ippolito announced, tabling .
Elezra mucked, and his stack is still slipping.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Peter Ippolito | 43,500 | 9,650 |
Eli Elezra
|
16,500 | -3,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: /
Ante: