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Level: 16
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Palm Beach
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Palm Beach
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,035,960
Total Entries
712
Level
32
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 712
Filter
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
246,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
|
214,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
||
|
180,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
100,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
||
|
|
92,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
90,000 | |
|
90,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
80,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
41,000
64,000
|
64,000 |
|
25,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
||
Level 16
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Ari Engel has to be one of the most active players in the field right now, and we're therefore spending a good deal of time lurking near his table -- that pesky 5-minute-per-table rule doesn't go in effect until the summer, apparently.
In any event, we watched Engel open the last pot to 4,600 from early position, and Zhen Cai three-bet to 12,600. Engel made the call, and it was heads up to the flop. The dealer spread out 
, and both men checked through to the 
turn. Engel took his cue to bet 13,500 at the pot, and Cai didn't waste much time with the call.
That brought them to the 
river, and Engel loaded up again. He fired 25,700 at the pot, and that drew a long stare from his opponent. Cai cut out the call from his stack of about 170,000, and he shuffled it in his right hand as he eyed up the potential damage to his stack. After another minute or three, he uncapped his cards and slid them into the muck, moving Engel up to about 210,000.
On the next hand, Engel raised under the gun with 
, and the short-stacked big blind went broke with 
. A lecture from table mate TJ Cloutier followed, and Engel simply listened and nodded along. "Well thank you. It's not every day you get to sit with one of the game's greats," he said finally.
Put him down for 222,000 now, among the chip leaders.
Level 15
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
In a battle of the blinds, Jerry Yang got his stack of 76,900 into the middle with 
, needing help against the big blind's 
.
Yang found it immediately on the flop as it fell 
. The 
turn and 
river clinched the hand for Yang and he now commands a stack of about 155,000.
Level 15
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Chris Tryba found himself all in and in a bad spot against two opponents. Tryba's 
was up against not only 
, but 
as well.
The board came down 
, eliminating Tryba from the Main Event.
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Level 14
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Danny Colavito has been grinding his short stack all day long, and he's finally found a spot to stick it in there.
Under the gun, Ari Engel opened to 3,400, and a player in middle position flat-called. Colavito was next, and he moved all in for 14,700. Engel reraised all in with his big stack, and that successfully got him heads up with a chance at the knockout. "I'm dead," Colavito incorrectly assumed.
Showdown
Engel: 
Colavito: 
The 
flop was a bit of a sweat for Colavito, but the 
turn and 
river kept his ace safe. Engel could afford that donation (he's still got about 185,000 chips), and Colavito really needed that double up. Mark him down for more than 33,000 now.
Level 14
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
In early position, a gentleman opened the pot to 3,800, and Dwyte Pilgrim put in the call from the cutoff seat. In the big blind, Manny Minaya considered for a minute or two before three-betting all in for his last 17,800. The initial raiser tanked and folded, but Pilgrim quickly called with plenty of chips for a coin flip. It was Minaya's 
with a slight lead over his opponent's .
The board ran out favorably for the at-risk player as the dealer spread out 
. A full house beats ace-high any day, and Minaya is back up to 45,100.
Level 14
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Donna Jetter three-bet all in for roughly 27,000 with and found action from an opponent with . Unfortunately for Jetter, the board ran out 
and her tournament has come to an end.
Level 14
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Under the gun, Manny Minaya limped into the pot for 1,600, a significant amount of chips when you only have about 23,000 in front of you.
In any event, a player further down the line raised it up to 5,300, and Minaya called once again to see a flop.
It came out 
, and both men checked. They did the same on the turn and river, and Minaya said, "You got it," as he held his cards over the muck. His opponent turned up , and that was that.
Minaya is under 18,000 now.
