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Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Rincon
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Rincon
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,620
Prize Pool
$483,060
Total Entries
332
Level
29
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 332
Filter
Level 22
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
We have wrapped up another long day here at the WSOP-C Main Event at Harrah’s Rincon, and after over twelve hours of play, we have just 11 players remaining. Amazingly, Freddy Deeb bagged the most chips, clocking in at a whopping 1.1 million chips. This is a feeling that Deeb is used to, as the last time we saw him, he won the WSOP-C Main Event at the Bicycle Casino in January. He is now setting himself for an improbable second Main Event title in just three months! If he's able to finish it off, Deeb would be the first player to win two main events in the same season.
Deeb is followed closely by Joe Kuether, who is also looking to accomplish quite an impressive feat. Joe Kuether finished seventh in the WSOP-C Main Event at Caesers Palace, and is looking for his second main event final table in a row as well!
Deeb set himself up for this run when he got a big double up against Brandon Cantu earlier in the day. Cantu was the chip leader at the time, but he wasn’t able to hang onto it after this hand. Freddy Deeb limped in the cutoff before Cantu raised to 31,000 on the button. Action folded back around the Deeb who made the call and the 
flop was heads up. Deeb checked to Cantu who fired out 36,000. Deeb opted to call.
The turn was the 
and Deeb stacked out chips and led into Cantu for 60,000. Cantu quickly moved Deeb all in and was called even faster.
Cantu: 
Deeb: 
Deeb had spiked a set on the turn and avoided the redraw on the river.
We started the day with 156 players, and of those, only 36 were able to walk away with money in their pockets. Amongst the players who didn’t make the money were Ray Henson, Scott Clements, Bryan Devonshire, Gavin Smith, Gavin Griffin, Joe Tehan, David “ODB” Baker, and Allen Carter, who was our bubble boy.
Some of the players who made the money, but weren’t able to survive the day were Matthew Chang, David Levi, Alex Masek, Matt Salsberg, and Eric Baldwin, who was eliminated in a brutal kings vs. aces preflop cooler with two tables left.
There are still a few big names that are still in contention, and a few of them are familiar faces to the Circuit. Ty Spires (896,000) is still alive, looking to top his third place finish in the main event at the Bike in January. Brandon Cantu (335,000) is also still kicking, fresh off a win in a $1,000 buy in prelim event here at Harrah’s.
The remaining players are off to get some sleep, and they will be back bright and early tomorrow for poker player’s standards, as they will be returning at noon. There we will play down to a winner, no matter how long it takes, so be sure to come back to Pokernews tomorrow to follow all of the action. Good night everyone!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,100,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
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|
1,017,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
|
897,000 | |
|
759,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
582,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
543,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
528,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
335,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
323,000
152,000
|
152,000 |
|
294,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
|
128,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
Woody Kaawar moved all in on the button for his last 110,000. After the count of his chips, Ryan Buckholtz made the call out of the big blind.
Kaawar: 
Buckholtz: 
The board ran out 
and Buckholtz knocked out Kaawar by virtue of his flopped pair of nines.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
280,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Suzie Matzura had been riding a roller coaster the last few hours, constantly getting dwindled down before finding a way to double up time after time. However, her luck has run out, as she has been eliminated. She was down to her last 9,000, with 7,000 of that in the small blind, when Ty Spires raised to 35,000. Chris Bratene came along in the big blind, and the three of them saw a flop. Spires and Bratene checked down the whole way on the board that read 
, and Matzura showed 
for a pair of fives. It was no good however, as Spires showed 
for a pair of aces. Spires scooped the pot, and sent Matzura to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
897,000
297,000
|
297,000 |
|
|
Busted |
We picked up the action on a 
flop with Stephen Plache facing a 105,000 chip bet or raise from Raymond Dandrea. After a lot of contemplation complete with a mini-speech, Stephen Plache moved all in for 112,000 more. Dandrea quickly made the call to put his opponent's tournament life in danger.
Dandrea: 
Plache: 
The turn was the 
and the river was the . Both were blanks for Dandrea and Plache darted up the leaderboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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465,000
377,000
|
377,000 |
|
|
270,000
430,000
|
430,000 |
John Carreno limped in early position, as did Freddy Deeb on the button. Both of the blinds came along to see the 
flop. Carreno was able to get his last 100,000 all in on the flop holding but was way behind the of Deeb. The 
turn and river were no help and Carreno was eliminated.
There is some irony to Carreno getting busted by Deeb. Carreno bought into this event on Day 2 after taking a three-outter on Day 1a. A couple of months ago, it was Deeb who bought in on Day 2 and went on to win the tournament.
Carreno confided to PokerNews earlier that he really wanted to finish in at least 7th to reach 100 overall points on the WSOP-C season and give himself a good chance at getting into the freeroll. Unfortunately, he finished just short of that mark but luckily enough for him there are still four more stops and plenty of chances for him to keep gaining points.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
930,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
|
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Busted | |
Matt Salsberg has been riding the short stack since the dinner break, and his luck has finally run out. Salsberg open shoved for his last 90,000 under the gun with 
, and was called by Ty Spires, who had 
. The board ran out 
, and Spires's straight was good enough to win the pot, sending Salsberg to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
600,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Action folded around to Joe Kuether in the small blind and he upped the action to 37,000. David Funkhauser, who had just 20,000 not long ago, three-bet to 80,000. Kuether moved all in and was called instantly by his opponent.
Kuther:
Funkhauser:
The flop was not kind to Funkhauser when it rolled off 
. But the 
gave him some extra outs and the 
river was one of them.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,080,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
|
600,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
While aces were an undoing for Ryan Gentry on that last hand, they were a godsend on the very next hand. Eric Baldwin opened the action to 37,000, and Gentry, who was next to act, three bet to 70,000. It folded back around to Baldwin, who took about 30 seconds before putting in a four bet to 122,000. The action was now on Gentry, who counted out raising chips, and put in a five bet to 247,000! Baldwin took only about 10 seconds to move all in, and Gentry snap called. It was fairly obvious what the situation was, and unfortunately for Baldwin, he was on the wrong side of the preflop cooler.
Baldwin: 
Gentry:
Gentry got pocket aces for the second hand in a row, and this time, he was in great shape to scoop a big pot. The flop came down 
, and Baldwin was still in trouble. The on the turn didn't help, nor did the , and just like that, Baldwin hit the rail. Meanwhile, Gentry is right back up to where he was before the hand with Kuether, sitting at 800,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
800,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
|
Busted | |
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