Level: 21
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Palm Beach
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Palm Beach
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,035,960
Entries
712
Level
32
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Line Up
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Level 20
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
We've gone from 73 players to 56 in about five minutes, and there is now quite a line building at the payout desk.
The last player to have joined the queue is "Tampa Bay" Ray Del Cueto. When the table folded around to him in middle position on his final hand, Del Cueto moved his last 19,000 chips into the middle. His raise passed all the way around to the big blind where the gentleman there called him with 
. Del Cueto stood up as he tabled his 
, a small favorite to stay alive.
Board: 
That turn card was awfully unkind to seal Del Cueto's elimination, but he simply smiled and wished his table luck before heading off to pick up his check.
Everyone should be as jolly as Tampa Bay Ray.
Pilgrim Exits
Level 20
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Dwyte Pilgrim shoved for about 70,000 from under the gun and next to act, Jon Brody re-raised all in. The rest of the table folded and Brody tabled 
. Pilgirm was behind with 
and was unable to catch up as the board ran out 
.
Brody has about 170,000.
Cha-Ching!
Level 20
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Well, Randy Lorensen won't have to go home empty-handed.
On the far side of the room, we watched Derek Updergraff get his last ~100,000 chips into the middle against the big stack Jacob Naquin. It was for Updergraff, and he was relatively unlucky to have to race against Naquin's for his tournament life.
Naquin was looking for an ace, and he found two of them as the flop came 
to leave Updergraff dead to two outs. The turn 
and river 
failed to bail him out, and he too has been eliminated.
Apart from Lorensen and Updergraff, another four players were also eliminated over the course of that orbit. Those six players will chop up the bottom five payouts, each taking home $2,392.50 for their work here this week. Profit!
The rest of the remaining field is now guaranteed a payday larger than that one, and we're back in action as we play on deeper into the money.
Lorensen Eliminated, Sweating
Level 20
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
We caught up with this hand after the money had already gone in, but here's what we know. Randy Lorensen and Marc Levy took a flop of 
, and both players checked. The turn 
brought the action as Lorensen bet out, then three-bet shoved all in to a Levy raise. The raiser called with 
, and Lorensen was already drawing dead with his 
.
The river 
was just a formality, and Lorensen has been eliminated. He'll now experience the true torture of this round-for-round play as he has to hang out and sweat the rest of the field to see whether he'll earn a payday or is the lone, lonely, lonesome bubble boy.
Double or Nothing for Hillock
Level 20
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
In the cutoff seat, Josh Hillock moved all in for his last 76,000, only to see the player on the button re-shove with a covering stack. The rest of the table ducked out, and Hillock was at risk as the cards were turned up:
Hillock: 
Opponent: 
The 
flop was just what Dr. Hillock ordered as he found his ace and pulled into a big lead. The turn 
and river were blanks, and we're still having trouble shaking one player loose. Hillock doubles to about 170,000, but we've got an all in at the adjacent table as we speak...
Nobody Wants to Leave
Level 20
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
We played a round at each table, and we failed to eliminate a player.
One very short-stacked player doubled up through a moderately short-stacked player with against 
. The board came 
. They've now traded short stacks, and both have work left to do.
One player we don't recognize opened a pot to 16,000, then folded to a reraise with just 31,000 chips left.
And J.R. Meile called a raise preflop, then folded in order to save his remaining 20,000 chips for a better spot.
That's about all the action we saw during that orbit, so let's do it again.
A Few More Photos
So that you have something to look at while you wait.
Let's Play an Orbit...
Level 20
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
... and see who bubbles, shall we?
The players are back, the blinds are up, and we're rid of those pesky blue T500 chips. We're playing round-for-round here on the bubble which means that any players eliminated in the next eight hands will share the bottom payout. If nobody goes broke, we'll do it all over again.
Level: 20
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000