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Event 29 - $10,000 World Championship Heads Up No Limit Hold'emDay 2 completed
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Fri Jun 12 2009 12:06 GMT-70 | Posted by FerricRamsium
Day 2 in the Books
Day 2 of the $10,000 Heads-Up World Championship kicked off some 12 hours ago with 64 players dueling it out in a series of matches. Three rounds later, the bracket has been whittled down to just 8.
There were a whole host of notable names who didn't get out of the third round this afternoon. Antonio Esfandiari, Erik Seidel, Dario Minieri, Matt Hawrilenko, Jeff Madsen, David Pham, William Thorson, Vanessa Rousso, Tom Dwan, Scott Fischman, and Chris Ferguson would all be shown the door before the day was even three hours old.
With all of the remaining 32 players in the money, the second round kicked off at a furious pace. Over the course of about two hours, we lost another big contingent of familiar faces. Jonathan Jaffe, Steve Zolotow, Albert Iversen, Brian Lemke, and Brock Parker all bid farewell after stopping by the payout desk.
The last round of play would take us all the way down to our final eight runners. Jason Mercier could not overcome Nathan Doudney when his pocket jacks ran head-first into pocket queens. Mike Caro picked up his first tournament cash since 2006, but he was unable to continue the run, eventually falling to Dustin "Neverwin" Woolf. Nobody in the room wanted to play Justin "Boosted J" Smith, but Johnny Chan was up to the task, clearing out Smith in a fairly short battle. Alec Torelli and Yevgeniy Timoshenko would fall by the wayside as well, and Steve O'Dwyer topped Roberto Romanello to close out the night.
Tomorrow will see the final eight return to play for the bracelet. The first two rounds will see longer, slower blind levels, culminating in a best-of-three heads-up final. Here's the way the remaining players will line up:
Table 150
Leo Wolpert
Dustin Woolf
Jamin Stokes
Johnny Chan
Table 151
Nathan Doudney
Bryan Pellegrino
John Duthie
Steve O'Dwyer
The action will kick off at 2:00pm tomorrow, and we'll play it out until one of those eight men is wearing a new piece of jewelry. Until then, goodnight! -
Fri Jun 12 2009 11:54 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Steve O'Dwyer Defeats Roberto Romanello
Steve O'Dwyer limp into the pot from the button and Roberto Romanello raised to 100,000. O'Dwyer moved all in and Romanello called for his last 160,000.
O'Dwyer:
Romanello:
The board came
giving O'Dwyer two pair and the pot. He eliminates Roberto Romanello and advances to Round 6. -
Fri Jun 12 2009 11:34 GMT-70Round: 7 Blinds: 10000/20000 Ante: 0
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Fri Jun 12 2009 11:33 GMT-70 | Posted by FerricRamsium
O'Dwyer vs. Romanello: Strike That, Reverse It
Steve O'Dwyer was all in for 277,000 before the flop holding
. Roberto Romanello looked down at 
and made the call to put O'Dwyer in jeopardy.
The board would smile on O'Dwyer, coming
to give him a big double up. He's now taken over the chip lead, sitting with 554,000 to Romanello's 406,000. -
Fri Jun 12 2009 11:27 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Leo WolpertLeo Wolpert Defeats Clavet Mathieu
Clavet Mathieu was all in before the flop with
against the 
of Leo Wolpert.
The flop brings a king and Mathieu never caught up.
Wolpert advances to the next round. -
Fri Jun 12 2009 11:13 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
John Duthie Defeats Benjamin Sprenger
Benjamin Sprenger is all in before the flop with
against the 
of John Duthie.
The board comes
giving Duthie a set and the pot. He moves on to the next round and sends Sprenger home. -
Fri Jun 12 2009 11:11 GMT-70 | Posted by FerricRamsium
Jamin Stokes - AdvancesJamin Stokes Takes Out Alec Torelli
Alec Torelli open-shoved for about 250,000 with
. Jamin Stokes looked down at 
and made the call to put Torelli in danger.
The flop was a pretty big hit for Stokes, coming 
. The 
on the turn meant Torelli was drawing dead, and the meaningless 
completed the board.
After a long match with some big swings, Alec Torelli has been knocked out. -
Fri Jun 12 2009 11:05 GMT-70 | Posted by tsbostic
Wolpert Doubles through Mathieu
Leo Wolpert was all in before the flop with
against the of Clavet Mathieu.
The board came 
allowing Wolpert to double up to 714,000. -
Fri Jun 12 2009 11:01 GMT-70Round: 6 Blinds: 8000/16000 Ante: 0
Started 13th Jun, 2009
