New Chip Leader
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Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
As our two Day 1 chip leaders fall back to the pack, Alex Alashkar has emerged as the clear chip leader right now. He currently sits with over 130,000 chips.
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #1: $500 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$500
Prize Pool
$382,500
Entries
850
Level
23
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Thomas Eliminated
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Action folded around to Michael Thomas in the cutoff who shoved all in for his last 11,300. Next to act was Joshua McBroom on the button, and he thought for a minute before shoving all in over the top. The blinds got out of the way and the two players flipped up their cards.
Thomas: 
McBroom: 
McBroom was in a dominating position, and the hand was virtually over when the flop came 
. The turn and river provided no miracles for Thomas, coming 
and 
, and Thomas was eliminated from the tournament.
Quach Stack Triples in Two Hands
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Jordan Dhooghe raised from early-middle position to 4,500 before Daniel Quach announced a re-raise all in from the big blind for his remaining 14,400. Dhooghe decided to put Quach at risk and was surprised to find that his 
was well ahead of the 
of Quach.
The flop was unfriendly to our chip leader though as it rolled off 
. The turn and river brought no help to Dhooghe and Quach doubled up.
The very next hand, action folded around to Quach in the small blind and he decided to limp. The two players saw a 
flop. Quach check called a bet of 4,000 from his opponent before both players checked the 
turn. The river was the 
and Quach bet 5,000 and his opponent called. Quach flopped the Jack high strait and has now turned his 14,400 stack into 44,000 chips.
David Dalton Eliminated
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
A severely short-stacked David Dalton went all in from the button for his last 7,000 and was called by Donald Michael in the big blind. Dalton's 
was a coin flip to win against Michael's 
. The board came 
, ending Dalton's deep run.
Christopher Ellis Double Ups
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Christopher Ellis, from Las Vegas, NV shoved all in from middle position for 15,200 chips. The big blind, Diana Zhao, from Los Angeles, CA called after tanking for a minute.
Ellis flipped up and Zhao showed 
.
The flop came 
, giving Ellis trip tens. It just kept getting better for Ellis when the 
came on the turn, giving him a full house. The river came out 
and Ellis sits with 30,400 in front of him.
Barela Chipping Up
Level 12
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
With a few railbirds cheering him on, Michael Barela has been adding to his stack.
Most recently he raised from the hijack pre-flop only to have the small blind, Michael Will, raise all in. Barela made the call without much thought and tabled his 
which was well ahead of Will's 
. The board ran out 
allowing Barela to pad his stack. He now sits with around 55,000.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Flora Eliminated
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
You may remember Flora from Day 1 when he survived the bubble twice, including tripling up with less than three big blinds on our bubble hand. Well he is still playing his short stack well and recently doubled up after winning a race with against the of Joseph Zeman.
Flora raised his stack to about 23,000 while Zeman fell back down to 69,000.
Just a couple of hands later, Ray Flora once again got involved in a hand for his entire stack, only this time we was not as fortunate as before. Flora's opponent announced all in on a board of 
and Flora called, flipping over . Unfortunately for Flora, this was behind the of his opponent. The river bricked out and Flora was eliminated.
Roller Coaster Ride for Michael Allen
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Poker comes with swings of fortune that Michael Allen surely knows well.
From middle position, Allen open-raised to 5,000 and was met will an all in push from Frank Magliarditi in the hijack for approximately 22,000. Allen tanked but eventually convinced himself to call and revealed the , which was dominated by Magliarditi's . The board ran dry 
and Magliarditi doubled up to just over 50,000 given the blinds and antes, while Allen fell to just 12,000.
A couple hands later, Allen went all in from early position and was called from the big blind. Allen was in good shape with 
against his opponent's . The board came , doubling Allen back up to around 27,000.
Adam Falk Double Ups Early on Day 2
Level 11
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Facing a raise, Adam Falk, from Kentwood, LA shoved all in for 10,400 against Bradley Russell, from Las Vegas, NV. Russell called and flipped up and Falk showed .
The flop ran out to give Falk a dominating lead. The turn came , and the river for Falk's set of sevens's to hold up.