Event #6: $1,500 "Millionaire Maker" No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2013 World Series of Poker

Level: 10

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

06-02-2013 14:19 UTC-7

Time for a Chip Race

[user253053]

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

The players are now on a short break while the tournament staff removes the green 25 chips from play.

06-02-2013 14:18 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	Busted

We recently saw a couple players with unusually large stacks, and after a bit of the old intrepid reporting, we now know that Walter Moorhead of Redmond, CA, and Brandon Uhl of "Southern Cali" have both topped the 75,000 chip plateau.

According to Uhl, who has worked as a commentator for Bicycle Casino's Live at the Bike event and is known in the poker world as "Two Hats," his huge stack came as a result of a misplay.

After trying to raise with , Uhl miscounted his chips and could only make the call. This moment of confusion apparently signaled weakness to an opponent with , and after his opponent shipped with the inferior pocket pair, Uhl made the move into the chip counts' upper echelon.

Player	Chips	Progress
Walter Moorhead	78,875 20,975	20,975
Brandon Uhl	75,825 75,825	75,825

06-02-2013 14:10 UTC-7

Hellmuth Busts

[user253053]

A player in the cutoff raised to 1,225. The small blind called, and Hellmuth reraised from the big blind. Hellmuth's raise almost put him all in, and the original raiser re-raised enough to put Hellmuth at risk. The small blind folded, and Hellmuth called, showing . His opponent tabled . The board ran out , and the turned pair of jacks was enough to knock Hellmuth out of this tournament. Bracelet #14 will have to wait for another day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	Busted

Tags: Phil Hellmuth

06-02-2013 14:03 UTC-7

Lawson Doubles

[user253053]

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

The under-the-gun player raised to 1,400, and Ted Lawson called for his last 475. Lawson turned over , and was behind his opponent's . The board gave him the help he needed though, as it ran out . Lawson now has 1,550, and is still quite short-stacked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ted Lawson	1,550 -17,450	-17,450

Tags: Ted Lawson

06-02-2013 14:03 UTC-7

Laplante Out

[user217354]

Ryan Laplante raised to 1200 from early position. He had two callers, one on the button and another in the big blind. The flop came down and Laplante made a continuation bet of 2,700. The opponent on the button re-raised to 6,000. The big blind folded, and Laplante knew that he would have to commit the rest of his chips to continue. That is what he did as he put his 8,000 chips in the pot and his opponent quickly called.

Laplante:
Opponent:

Laplante would need to catch a nine or an ace to win the hand. The board bricked and , and Laplante headed off to play the $1,000 buy-in event that started today.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Laplante	Busted

Tags: Ryan Laplante

06-02-2013 14:01 UTC-7

Multiple WSOP Circuit Winners Making Their Presence Known

[user253052]

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Walking through the crowded Amazon Room tournament floor, a few former WSOP Circuit event champions have been noticed accumulating chips at a rapid rate.

Aaron Massey, a young touring pro who has captured two Circuit rings this season (Foxwoods $580 NLH Six-Max & Horseshow Indiana $365 NLH Turbo) has quietly built an above average stack. Massey has made deep runs at the WSOP before, reaching the final table of a 2011 $1,000 NLH event and finishing 8th, and after his most successful Circuit season to date he may be poised to reach yet another final table.

Another Circuit veteran who has emerged as one of the chip leaders here on Day 2 is Alex Masek, the winner of a record-tying six Circuit championship rings. With the field still chocked full of amateurs, Masek continues to punish the smaller stacks and transfer their chips in his direction.

We will continue to track the progress of these WSOP Circuit winners, to see if either can make the leap from ring to bracelet.

06-02-2013 13:51 UTC-7

Brenes Reluctantly Folds

[user253053]

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

A player in early position raised to 1,500, and action folded around to Humberto Brenes, who pushed forward three yellow chips for a reraise to 3,000. The original raiser, who had Brenes covered by quite a bit, immediately raised all-in. Brenes motioned to push his stack forward, but then pulled it back, much to the disappointment of railbirds who wanted to his Brenes use his trademark shark card-protector as he cried "All-in!" He tanked for about a minute, but then surrendered his cards and the pot.

Tags: Humberto Brenes

06-02-2013 13:44 UTC-7

Dentale's Kings Cracked

donpeters

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Action folded over to a player in late position, and he raised all in. The player in the next seat called the shove, and then Mike Dentale moved all in from the big blind. The caller called again, and all three hands were tabled.

Dentale:
Opponent 1:
Opponent 2:

The player who had open-shoved held the pocket threes. Dentale was dominating both hands, but the player with big slick had the most chips. The flop, turn and river ran out and the player with ace-king made a flush to win the hand. Dentale's kings were cracked to eliminate him, and the player with pocket threes was also eliminated.