Event #52: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed) Day 2 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-30-2013 00:02 UTC-7

Sekularac's Tank

Chad Holloway

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

In one of the last hands before the break, there was 225,000 in the pot and a board reading when Ognjen Sekularac bet 100,000 from the big blind and Dani Stern called from the button. When the completed the board on the river, Sekularac checked and Stern moved all in.

Sekularac, who had 401,000 behind, tanked for nearly six minutes. "I was gonna shove myself," he finally said. "So sick, man." Eventually Sekularac folded and Stern won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dani Stern	1,260,000 300,000	300,000
Ognjen Sekularac	396,000 -271,000	-271,000

Tags: Dani Stern Ognjen Sekularac

06-29-2013 23:46 UTC-7

Last Break of the Night

Chad Holloway

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Players are now on the last 20-minute break of the night.

06-29-2013 23:35 UTC-7

Do or Do Not, There is No Try

[user101598]

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

After folding to a shove from Richard Lyndaker on a board of - Lyndaker showed - Rachid "SkaiWalkurrr" Ben Cherif opened for a raise in middle position. Igor Kurganov three-bet him on his direct left, and the action folded back to Ben Cherif, who moved all in. Kurganov snap-called.

Ben Cherif:
Kurganov:

Kurganov held as the board rolled out , and Ben Cherif was eliminated short of the money. Kurganov now has 910,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Kurganov	910,000 200,000	200,000

Rachid Ben Cherif	Busted

Tags: Igor Kurganov Rachid Ben Cherif

06-29-2013 23:25 UTC-7

Counts from Tables 346 & 347

Chad Holloway

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dani Stern	960,000 -15,000	-15,000
Phil Galfond	910,000 -25,000	-25,000

Todd Terry	862,000 -53,000	-53,000
Ognjen Sekularac	667,000 -3,000	-3,000
Keith Lehr	665,000 25,000	25,000

Byron Kaverman	500,000 -150,000	-150,000

Kevin Eyster	473,000 8,000	8,000

David Benyamine	445,000 20,000	20,000

Jeff Gross	443,000 -24,000	-24,000
Brandon Meyers	340,000 185,000	185,000
Fabian Quoss	228,000 -12,000	-12,000
David "Bakes" Baker	178,000 -12,000	-12,000

06-29-2013 23:20 UTC-7

Counts from Tables 348 and 347

[user101598]

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dani Stern	975,000 20,000	20,000
Phil Galfond	935,000 409,000	409,000

Todd Terry	915,000 23,000	23,000
Ognjen Sekularac	670,000 -15,000	-15,000
Byron Kaverman	650,000 -70,000	-70,000

Keith Lehr	640,000 233,000	233,000

Jeff Gross	467,000 -33,000	-33,000
Kevin Eyster	465,000 -65,000	-65,000

David Benyamine	425,000 147,000	147,000

Fabian Quoss	240,000 -624,000	-624,000
David "Bakes" Baker	190,000 -50,000	-50,000

Brandon Meyers	155,000 15,000	15,000

06-29-2013 23:14 UTC-7

Some Late-Night Shots

Chad Holloway

06-29-2013 23:12 UTC-7

Chidwick Continues to Roll

Chad Holloway

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Action folded to a short-stacked Matt Russell on the button and he moved all in for approximately 110,000. Chip leader Stephen Chidwick called from the big blind and Russell was in dire straits.

Russell:
Chidwick:

Chidwick was well out in front and stayed there on the flop. The turn made things interesting by giving Russell a flush draw, but he'd miss it when the appeared on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	1,500,000 100,000	100,000

Matt Russell	Busted

Tags: Matt Russell Stephen Chidwick

06-29-2013 23:01 UTC-7

Meyers Enters the Danger Zone

[user101598]

Level 16 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Brandon Meyers, who was the first player to amass over one million chips, now has less than 20 big blinds.

We found him and Kevin Eyster heads up on a flop of . Meyers checked, Eyster fired out a bet of what looked like 18,000, and Meyers check-raised to 60,000. Eyster tank-called.

The turn was the , and Meyers moved all in for effectively 186,000. Eyster snap-called, showing for the nuts.

"Sick," we heard Meyers say, as he showed for a lesser straight.

Meyers could still win the hand with a queen on the river, but the bricked off, and Eyster doubled. Meyers, as stated earlier in this post, is down below 20 big blinds.