Regional Championship Day 2 | 2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Harrah's Atlantic City

12-20-2010 14:57 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Eugene Katchalov	144,000 81,050	81,050

Kenny Hicks	98,000 17,600	17,600
NIck Schulman	72,000 14,675	14,675

Victor Ramdin	67,000 7,600	7,600
Greg Merson	62,000 25	25

Todd Terry	61,000 2,800	2,800
Ronnie Bardah	53,000 4,075	4,075

John Racener	43,000 1,900	1,900

Dave Sands	37,000 21,150	21,150
Jon Aguiar	35,000 23,125	23,125
John Cernuto	33,000 2,825	2,825

Curt Kohlberg	27,000 5,250	5,250
Beth Shak	21,000 8,475	8,475
Brent Hanks	18,000 23,000	23,000

Loukas Michael	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Baron	164,000 74,750	74,750

Chris Klodnicki	103,000 28,000	28,000

Sorel Mizzi	89,000 24,800	24,800
David Fox	81,000 51,050	51,050
Matthew Waxman	73,000 11,300	11,300
Matt Stout	65,000 38,925	38,925
Ted Lawson	48,000 8,000	8,000

David Baker	37,000 1,250	1,250
Phil Collins	36,000 24,700	24,700
Dwyte Pilgrim	23,000 27,500	27,500

Bernard Lee	17,000 10,100	10,100
Eric Haber	11,000 13,000	13,000
Michael Orecchio	Busted

Recent Eliminations

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Over the course of the last two hands, we've lost Matthew Woodward and Herb Montalbano from the field. The board shows 76 players remaining.

Tags: Matthew Woodward Herb Montalbano

12-20-2010 14:45 UTC-4

Schultz Can't Hold

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Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Dean Schultz got his ~15,000 chips into the middle with {K-Spades} {K-Diamonds} , and he was poised for a double up when Eli Berg looked him up with {A-Spades} {K-Clubs} .

The flop was clean for the at-risk Schultz, coming {10-Spades} {5-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} . The {A-Clubs} was a dirty turn card, however, and the river {10-Clubs} shot Schultz out of his chair, spilling his chips over onto the felt as he walked off into the casino.

Berg is now right back where he started the day with 49,000.

Tags: Dean Schultz Eli Berg

Level: 10

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

12-20-2010 14:08 UTC-4

Break

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Mickey Doft

Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

The players are on a twenty-minute break while the green T25 chips are colored up.

12-20-2010 14:06 UTC-4

More For Frankenberger

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Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Andy Frankenberger raised from early position, and Chris Bell called from the big blind. Heads up, they checked the {8-Diamonds} {5-Spades} {6-Hearts} flop, and Bell checked again on the {10-Spades} turn. Frankenberger bet 2,100 at the pot, and Bell called. The {8-Hearts} river saw Bell call a 5,200-chip bet from Frankenberger.

We'd never see Bell's cards; Frankenberger tabled {A-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} , and it was the winner. Mark him down for 188,600 now and the chip lead, while Bell's loss knocks him back to about 46,000.

Tags: Andy Frankenberger Chris Bell

12-20-2010 14:00 UTC-4

Newman Has His Bell Rung

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Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

Anthony Newman has been eliminated after tangling in a preflop raising war with Chris Bell. The two of them got all the chips in, Bell's {J-Hearts} {J-Spades} racing for the knockout against Newman's {A-Clubs} {K-Spades} .

Board: {Q-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} {4-Spades} {8-Diamonds} {8-Spades}

Newman is unable to catch up, and he's been sent off. Bell climbs to about 60,000 with that knockout.

Tags: Anthony Newman Chris Bell

12-20-2010 13:55 UTC-4

Raghavan Ousted, Frankenberger Way in Front

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Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

First in from the hijack seat, Chris Bell made it 1,700 to play, and Josh Brikis called two seats over. Andy Frankenberger called from the small blind as well, but Ravi Raghavan squeezed in a raise to 6,900 from the big. Bell and Frankenberger called this time, while Brikis opted to duck out of the way.

Three-handed, the flop came out {3-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} , and Frankenberger led out into the pot with 12,000 chips. Raghavan promptly moved all in for 31,825, Bell folded, and Frankenberger went into the tank. Across the table, Wooyang Lin was a bit frustrated by how long the decision took, and he eventually decided to take a quick nap under his Yankees hat. It was several long minutes before Frankenberger decided to make the call, and it was the right one:

Frankenberger: {J-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds}
Raghavan: {7-Hearts} {10-Clubs}

Both men had flopped top pair, but Frankenberger's kicker had him two cards from the knockout. The turn and river came {K-Hearts} and {K-Clubs} respectively, and that's the end of Raghavan's day. Frankenberger is now in the commanding chip lead with 175,000 chips. After the hand, he had a word with Lin.

"Look, you don't need to be huffing and puffing over there. It was a 70,000-chip pot. I would never give someone a tough time for taking their time in a 70,000-chip pot."

He and Lin bantered back and forth for a minute, Lin arguing that he could have called the clock but elected not to. "I know you didn't call the clock. But you were huffing and puffing over there while I was thinking."

Tags: Andy Frankenberger Ravi Raghavan Wooyang Lin

12-20-2010 13:43 UTC-4

Fischer On a Rush

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Level 9 : 300/600, 75 ante

We walked up to the table to see Vichien Siprajim all in on a {7-Spades} {9-Clubs} {6-Clubs} flop, and he had the mighty {9-} {5-} opened up in front of him. He was in bad shape as Seth Fischer put him to the test with {6-Diamonds} {6-Spades} , and Siprajim could not find any more help. The turn {4-Diamonds} and river {K-Spades} have sent him to the showers, and Fischer has worked his way up to about 90,000 here in the early going.