Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Horseshoe Council Bluffs
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Horseshoe Council Bluffs
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$421,950
Entries
290
Level
29
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Players Left 1 / 290
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
270,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
195,000
124,000
|
124,000 |
|
185,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
155,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
140,000
94,000
|
94,000 |
|
130,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
||
|
|
117,000
54,500
|
54,500 |
|
115,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
110,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
105,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
96,000
61,000
|
61,000 |
|
90,000
44,400
|
44,400 |
|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
56,000
3,800
|
3,800 |
|
47,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
The hand began when Huy Nguyen opened for 6,200 under the gun and the player to his left moved all in for around 20,000. Action folded all the way around to Allen Kessler in the big blind and put in another raise to just over 40,000.
Nguyen took a moment before folding and let Kessler try to earn the knockout.
Kessler: 
Opponent: 
The board ran 
and Kessler's boat brought him near the average stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
First in from the button, a gentleman we're unfamiliar with came into the pot with a raise to 8,000. Huy Nguyen defended his big blind, and they were heads-up to the flop.
It came 
, and it quickly checked through. The turn came the 
. Now Nguyen led out into the pot with 8,500. His opponent called, and the 
filled out the board. Nguyen reached for betting chips again, and he made it 13,500 to get to showdown. Mr. Opponent tanked for a few moments, then stuck in the call.
Nguyen froze as he stared at his cards, and Mr. Opponent let him off the hook by tabling his 
. Nguyen mucked, and he's down to about 66,000 after that little slip.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
66,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
We noticed a double-up pot just finishing up at the near table, so we hustled over just in time to catch the cards and the amount of the double. Drazen Ilich noticed us scribbling down details, so he helped us out.
"I got it in bad," he admitted with his 
sitting face-up in front of him. Indeed he did get it in bad on a four-bet shove against an opponent across the table who had turned up in front of his seat. But the board showed 
, giving Ilich the winning set of jacks.
From 92,000, Ilich has doubled his way up to about 190,000 with that come-from-behind double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Huy Nguyen just earned back the 30,000 or so he just lost. He was heads up with Mike Holm and the board showed 
when we got to the table. Holm check-called 8,500 from Nguyen to see the river. Both players checked and Nguyen tabled 
and Holm mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
92,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
We've been trying to catch Jeff Banghart involved in some pots today, but our timing has been off so far. A moment ago, we went out to try again, but Banghart was missing in action. His chair and the felt in front of it are empty except for a seat card waiting for the floorman's collection.
Banghart has been eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Level 16
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Leonel Contreras limped into the pot from early position and it folded all the way around to Alexandru Masek in the big blind. Masek rapped the table and the flop came 
. Masek checked and Contreras min-bet 3,000. Masek raised to 9,500 and Contreras raised an eyebrow before calling.
The turn came 
and Masek led out with 12,500. Contreras furrowed his brow, shook his head and folded with an audible sigh.
Well, Becky Makar has done it again. She was sitting with 79,300 chips when she got it in with against Drazen Ilich. She was in awfully bad shape as Ilich tabled his dominating . No worries for the lady.
She reacted with a shrill, "Yessss!" as the appeared right in the window. The board ended up showing , and Ilich was less than impressed by the beat.
"I'm just tired of folding all the time," Makar admitted.
"That's a great excuse to get all your chips in bad," Ilich couldn't help himself. He's still got about 130,000, but that pot was for a top-three stack had it gone his way.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
165,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
|
130,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
Level 16
: 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
The big board shows that we've whittled our field down to just 49 players. The money hits at 30, and we're playing on down to a final table of nine (if we can get there) tonight.
