Cards Are Back In The Air
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Level 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Cards are back in the air following the dinner break.
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #48: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,662,550
Entries
2,713
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Cheng Jams & Can't Win Race
Level 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Wai C Cheng jammed from early position and Marco Bianquin came over the top to isolate Cheng with his all in. Action folded all the way around and Cheng tabled 
. Bianquin was racing holding 
.
The board ran 
and Bianquin's flush sent Cheng to the rail.
Chino Losses A Chunk
We missed the preflop action, but as we came to the table, Chino Rheem was deciding whether to call the all in move of his opponent, Michael Michnik, on a flop of 
. There was about 10,000 in the pot, and the all in was for 20,000. Rheem cut out the chips for a call, then began talking to himself, saying "I can't beat much..just like 87 or J8." He shuffled his chips, then continued to talk. "I genuinely think you have me, and I think you're going to win. I just can't let it go for some reason." Despite saying that he thought he was beat, he eventually slid in the stack of chips to make the call.
Michnik: 
Rheem: 
Rheem was right in that he had been outflopped, but he had counterfeit outs as well as a jack for a better two pair. However, that didn't last long, as the 
hit the turn. The river brought the 
, and Rheem dropped about 20,000 off of his stack coming back from dinner.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000
-25,000
|
-25,000 |
|
||
Mackey Out-Muslces His Opponents
Alex Smith opened for 5,200 from early position and Samuel Greenwood three-bet to 15,200 from middle position. Directly to Greenwood's left, James Mackey thought for a bit and then slid out a four-bet to 30,000. Everyone else folded, including Smith and Greenwood.
Mackey is up to 140,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
||
|
120,000
99,500
|
99,500 |
|
85,000
57,800
|
57,800 |
DeMichele Finds a King In The Fogg
A player raised under the gun to 5,500, and Marc Foggin reraised all in for around 45,000 in the cutoff. Action folded around to Mike DeMichele in the big blind, who by his expressions clearly had a tough decision. DeMichele stacked up the chips for the call and saw that it represented over half his stack. Michele grabbed the chips as if he was going to slide them forward, but simply kept hold of them to see if perhaps he could get a reaction from the player under the gun. After about two minutes of posturing, DeMichele slid the stack forward for the call. The under the gun player folded his hand fairly quickly, and the players flipped up their cards.
Foggin: 
DeMichele: 
The flop provided no help for DeMichele, coming 
. His chances turned bleaker when the hit the turn. However, he spiked the 
on the river to score the knockout and boost his chip stack to over 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
Busted |
Chino Gets Reemed
We caught up with the action on a 
board, where Chino Rheem fired 11,000 into the pot. His lone opponent, Nicholas Lanzi, raised to 30,000. Rheem thought it over a bit and then announced, "Re-raise," and slid 62,000 into the middle. Lanzi made the call.
A fell on the river and Rheem immediately said, "I'm all in." Lanzi announced, "Call," for his last 78,000 just as quickly.
"I have ace-high," Rheem said. Lanzi tabled 
for the queen-high flush.
The hand represented a devastating blow to Rheem's stack, who now sits with just 47,000. Lanzi, however, is now amongst our chip leaders with 270,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000
117,000
|
117,000 |
|
|
47,000
-133,000
|
-133,000 |
|
|
||
Sebastian Winkler: Your Chip Leader
We are almost down to our final 100 players, and a few of them have started to seperate themselves from the rest of the pack. The furthest ahead of the pack is Sebastian Winkler, who has managed to amass a stack of around 400,000 in chips. With the blinds only at 1,200/2,400, to say that Winkler is deep stacked is quite an understatement. We will be sure to keep an eye on him as the night progresses.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
Break Time
Level 15
: 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Players are taking a 20 minute break for a color up.
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Christopher Doubles, Then Eliminated
Tom Christopher was short stacked when he got the last of his chips in preflop, and was called down by Jonathan Little. The players flipped their cards, and it was a classic coin flip.
Little: 
Christopher: 
Christopher stormed into the lead when the flop came . The turn was the , and the river gave Christoper unnecessary trips, as it came the .
Merely seconds after he had just stacked his newly won chips, Christopher was right back at it, going all in again under the gun on the very next hand. Action folded to Milad Jorshari, who made the call. Everyone else got out of the way, and Christopher saw that he was dominated by Jorshari.
Jorshari:
Christopher: 
The flop came out , giving Christoper no help. The 
hit the turn, which actually helped Christopher, upping his outs to the remaining queens in the deck. However, the river came the 
, and Christopher was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000
111,000
|
111,000 |
|
58,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
Busted |