Level: 23
Blinds: 7,000/14,000
Ante: 2,000
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Caesars Atlantic City
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Caesars Atlantic City
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$932,655
Entries
641
Level
32
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 641
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"Miami" John Cernuto had been grinding a short stack for the last couple of levels and was struggling to gain traction. He moved in preflop after an opening raise and Eugene Fouksman re-shoved to isolate. The original raiser folded and they were off to the showdown.
Fouksman: 
Cernuto: 
The board ran 
and the long time pro made his way to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
680,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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John Maltz had been getting his short stack often for the past level or so. He finally found a call from Ryan Higgins and the hands were tabled.
Higgins: 
Maltz: 
The board ran 
and Higgins' made a flush to eliminate Maltz.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Dave Johnston opened to 28,000 from late position, Norman Rodriguez called, and Greg Brletich moved all in for his last 138,000 from the big blind. Johnston tanked before re-shoving, and Rodriguez quickly folded.
Showdown
| Johnston |   |
| Brletich |  |
Brletich's hand held as the board ran 
, doubling him to 305,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
685,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
|
305,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
Dave Johnston opened for 28,000, Julian Schulman called and Greg Brletich made it 100,000 to go from the big blind. Johnston re-raised to 260,000, Schulman got out of the way and then Brletich moved all in. Johnston called and the hands were tabled.
Brletich: 
Johnston: 
The board ran 
and Johnston's two pair took all the steam out of Brletich's sails.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
980,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
|
|
160,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
The action folded to Roland Israel, who opened on the button. Tyler Kenney moved all in for 131,000 from the small blind, Garry Gates released from the big blind, and Israel went deep into the tank. Finally, after more than two minutes of thought, Israel called.
Showdown
| Israel |  |
| Kenney | |
"Fifty-fifty," Israel joked.
The board ran 
, and Kenney doubled to nearly 300,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
505,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
295,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000
715,000
|
715,000 |
|
700,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
680,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
||
|
|
660,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
590,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
|
590,000
285,000
|
285,000 |
|
|
580,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
|
580,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
550,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
540,000 | |
|
510,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
500,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
485,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
440,000
152,000
|
152,000 |
|
430,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
430,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
420,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
400,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
330,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
315,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
275,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
235,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
|
||
|
230,000 | |
|
|
210,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
208,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
Level 22
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Right before the redraw, David Zeitlin doubled through Cameron Hamilton. The two got all the chips in the middle on a flop of 
, and Zeitlin's red aces were ahead of Hamilton's . The turn and river came , 
respectively - giving Zeitlin a flush for kicks.
Level 22
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
We're down to the final 27 players:
Table 75
| Seat | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Johnston | 550,000 |
| 2 | Julian Schulman | 200,000 |
| 3 | Norman Rodriguez | 230,000 |
| 4 | Chris Lovett | 540,000 |
| 5 | Josh Brikis | 208,000 |
| 6 | Greg Brletich | 580,000 |
| 7 | Roland Israel | 660,000 |
| 8 | Tyler Kenney | 210,000 |
| 9 | Garry Gates | 700,000 |
Table 77
| Seat | Name | Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Higgins | 1,100,000 |
| 2 | Ryan Eriquezzo | 420,000 |
| 3 | John Maltz | 150,000 |
| 4 | Edward Pham | 430,000 |
| 5 | Justin Liberto | 680,000 |
| 6 | Mike Wolf | 400,000 |
| 7 | David Zeitlin | 590,000 |
| 8 | Cameron Hamilton | 510,000 |
| 9 | Alex Rivera | 500,000 |
Table 82
| 1 | Troy Erickson | 590,000 |
| 2 | Vinny Pahuja | 315,000 |
| 3 | Aaron Overton | 485,000 |
| 4 | Jeremy Halaska | 430,000 |
| 5 | Besnik Ziba | 580,000 |
| 6 | John Cernuto | 235,000 |
| 7 | Eddy Carroll | 330,000 |
| 8 | Eugene Fouksman | 440,000 |
| 9 | John Andress | 275,000 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
