Event #58: $10,000 Main Event Day 2a | 2011 World Series of Poker

07-11-2011 20:31 UTC

Everybody Loves Diamonds

Action opened when a middle position player raised to 1,250. Brad Garrett made the call from the hijack only to have the player on the button make it 2,800. The original raiser four-bet to 6,000 and Garrett once again made the call. The button opted to get out of the way and the two players were off to see a flop.

The flop fell {4-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} and both Garrett and his opponent checked. The {9-Diamonds} hit the turn and his opponent checked to Garrett who pushed out a bet of 9,000. His opponent shook his head and mucked his cards and Garrett took the pot down, bringing him up to 66,200 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brad Garrett	66,200 200	200

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07-11-2011 20:35 UTC

A Kingly Battle

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We saw the ESPN TV crew rushing over to Johnny Chan's table so we followed and found Chan all in holding the {k-Spades} {k-Hearts} up against Shane Abbott's {k-Diamonds} {k-Clubs} . The odds of two players being dealt the same pocket pair are around 135-to-1 but with flushes still possible Chan was still at risk.

The flop came {9-Clubs} {8-Clubs} {8-Hearts} which did give Abbott outs to a runner runner flush, but the turn brought the {7-Hearts} securing a chop pot for the two players. After the meaningless {6-Clubs} fell on the river the pot was split up and Chan's stack was at around 26,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnny Chan	26,000 8,000	8,000

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07-11-2011 20:37 UTC

A Double For Danzer

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Mickey Doft

With the board reading {A-Spades} {Q-Clubs} {10-Clubs} {9-Clubs} , we caught up with the action after one player called 7,700 from George Danzer. Another, though, shoved with the biggest stack of the bunch. Danzer called all in 22,600 more and after about three minutes, the third player in the hand folded, saying he was giving up pocket tens.

"If you have a flush, you're good," said the big stack while showing {K-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} . Danzer showed {4-Clubs} {2-Clubs} for a flush, making the {9-Hearts} river card meaningless (except for the one who folded the set of tens).

Player	Chips	Progress
George Danzer	77,000 34,000	34,000

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07-11-2011 20:37 UTC

Boucai Gets Off One Stop Before Valuetown

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We missed the preflop action, but it looks like Lisa Hamilton raised under the gun before the flop, and she was heads-up with big blind Regis Boucai when we walked up. The flop was showing {4-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {5-Spades} , and Hamilton continued out with 2,100 more chips. Boucai check-raised to 5,000 straight, and Hamilton called to see the {4-Hearts} turn. Boucai fired another 7,000 at the pot, and Hamilton didn't waste much time calling. The {10-Spades} filled out the board, and now Boucai took a long pause before checking. Hamilton took her cue to bet 9,000, and Boucai tanked and surrendered his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lisa Hamilton	53,000 21,650	21,650

Tags: Lisa Hamilton Regis Boucai

07-11-2011 20:37 UTC

Waxman Softens a Little

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Over on table 296, the action folded around to Ohad Yannay who raised to 1,500 before the flop from the small blind; Matthew Waxman called from the big blind, thus making it heads-up to the flop of {8-Hearts} {9-Clubs} {J-Spades} .

Yannay led out for 2,400 and Waxman called, but then after Yannay fired out 3,800 on the turn of the {Q-Clubs} , Waxman let his hand go. As a result, he's down to less than 75,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew Waxman	74,700 6,650	6,650

Tags: Matthew Waxman Ohad Yannay

07-11-2011 20:38 UTC

Mizzi Climbin'

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Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

With the flop reading {4-Hearts} {7-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} , Sorel Mizzi shot out a bet of 4,300 and was called by the player in the hijack. The {A-Diamonds} turned and Mizzi continued with his aggression by tossing out 8,100. Once again, his opponent made the call.

Fifth street brought the {6-Spades} and Mizzi counted out a bet of 30,000 and pushed it into the middle. His opponent folded his hand and Mizzi was able to scoop the pot, bringing him up to 61,000.

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07-11-2011 20:41 UTC

"You Play Those Cards?"

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Level 6 : 250/500, 50 ante

Marcus Santos raised on the button for 1,250 and Soi Nguyen reraised to 4,250 from the small blind. The always dangerous Sammy Farha was in the big blind and gave his cards a good long stare before folding.

Santos moved all in and Nguyen called having Santos covered by a good bit. Santos turned over {A-Hearts} {Q-Spades} and Nguyen paused, pointed and looked Santos, "You play those cards?'

There was an uncomfortable silence until Nguyen turned over {A-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} . The board ran {9-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {3-Spades} {5-Spades} {7-Hearts} and the pair chopped the pot.

Tags: Marcus Santos Sammy Farha Soi Nguyen

07-11-2011 20:42 UTC

Duhamel Drops Back To Starting Stack

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Dan O'Hair

Jonathan Duhamel opened to 1,200 from the cutoff and was called by the button and the big blind.

The flop came {5-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} {7-Clubs} and the big blind checked, prompting a 2,250 c-bet from Duhamel. The button folded but the big came along.

The big blind checked again on the {J-Clubs} turn and Duhamel fired again - this time for 3,850. The big again called.

The river came the {2-Clubs} and the big blind check-called for a third time following Duhamel's 4,500 bet.

Duhamel: {J-Hearts} {3-Hearts}
Opponent: {J-Spades} {10-Hearts}

Duhamel's opponent's kicker played and he scooped the pot - knocking our defending champion down to his original 30,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Duhamel	30,000 11,150	11,150

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07-11-2011 20:45 UTC

Action from the floor

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Photos from the Main Event's Day 2a.

Daniel Negreanu goes all in against Can Kim Hua and comes out victorious

Michael Stevens, Mike Buttice, Dave Hughes, and Jonathan Duhamel give the shuffle up and deal.

07-11-2011 20:48 UTC

Positive Energy

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Daniel Negreanu shakes Can Kim Hua's hand after busting him

Flop: {j-Hearts} {10-Hearts} {a-Spades} .

Can Kim Hua tossed out 3,000, another player called, and Daniel Negreanu moved all in, having both opponents covered. Hua called all in for around 20,000, the third player folded, and the hands were tabled.

Negreanu: {a-Clubs} {j-Diamonds}
Hua: {a-Hearts} {k-Hearts}

The ESPN crew scurried to the stage as Negreanu stood from his chair. "He has like seven-thousand outs," he shouted to the crowd.

The pro-Negreanu crowd was calling for cards and shouting words of encouragement to the Canadian pro.

"I can't do anything now," Negreanu smiled back at them.

The dealer finally rapped the table, and delivered the turn card. It was red, however the {3-Diamonds} was a brick.

"Three is good," Negreanu announced. "Jack would be better."

Hua was down to one last card, and the {4-Clubs} was no help. He stood from his chair to shake Negreanu's hand, as a chorus of cheers and claps rained down upon the main stage. Hua exited, and Negreanu sat back down, wiping his brow.

"There was too much positive energy for you there," tablemate Tommy Le added after the hand. "That poor guy was drawing dead."