2012 World Series of Poker

Event 16: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Matthew Matros
Winning Hand
65
Prize
$454,835
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,165,400
Entries
1,604
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Dinner Counts, Part Deux

Player Chips Progress
Hyun Bong Jang
Hyun Bong Jang
680,000
Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
330,000 220,000
Gordon Vayo us
Gordon Vayo
310,000 -50,000
Mark Radoja ca
Mark Radoja
WSOP 2X Winner
300,000 60,000
Andrew St. Hilaire
Andrew St. Hilaire
280,000 -85,000
Keith Ferrera us
Keith Ferrera
280,000 5,000
Jonathan Currle de
Jonathan Currle
260,000 10,000
Frank Kassela us
Frank Kassela
WSOP 3X Winner
260,000 -150,000
Thijmar Stockton
Thijmar Stockton
237,000 27,000
Kyle Julius us
Kyle Julius
WSOP 1X Winner
230,000
Justin Conley us
Justin Conley
210,000
Vojtech Ruzicka cz
Vojtech Ruzicka
210,000 28,000
Jeff Hurley
Jeff Hurley
96,000
Stepan Dzhigarkhanyan
Stepan Dzhigarkhanyan
95,000
Matty Levine
Matty Levine
75,000 -70,000
Elior Cohen
Elior Cohen
63,000
Randy Christing
Randy Christing
45,000

Dinner Break

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The remaining 31 players have been sent on a 60-minute dinner break. We will see you back here with more action soon.

Levine Doubles Through

When we arrived at Matty Levine's table, all his chips were in the middle, there was a board showing {3-Spades}{j-Spades}{5-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{3-Hearts} and one opponent's cards were going into the muck. Also, Levine's {a-Spades}{a-Hearts} was out on the felt. The dealer counted out Levine's stack and Levine took a double-up.

Player Chips Progress
Matty Levine
Matty Levine
145,000 85,000

Tags: Matty Levine

Darner Calls Seven Bets to Take Lead

Mark Darner is the new leader
Mark Darner is the new leader

When we arrived at Matt Matros' table him and Mark Darner were deeply involved in a hand. At this point, Darner was confirming the amount of Matros' five-bet and then announcing a six-bet. It was here that Matros seven-bet all-in. Darner snap called and Matros said, "Have you got aces?" as he turned over {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds}. When Darner turned over {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}, the whole table erupted, none more so than Mike Matusow who got out of his chair and shouted, "I've seen a lot of things in poker, but never that many bets with ace-king."

"This is for the tournament right here," said Matusow as he had yet to calm down and take his seat.

Darner had over 300,000 behind when he made the all-in call and Matros watched on as the dealer spread a {8-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} flop on the felt. He was good so far and if he won this pot, he would have over a million in chips - which would almost be the chip average heading into the final table. The {10-Diamonds} on the turn was also safe, but there was still one card to come.

River: {a-Spades}

Matros, the whole table and most of the room couldn't believe what they just saw. Matros sent the majority of his stack to Darner who now holds a big chip lead over the field.

Player Chips Progress
Mark Darner us
Mark Darner
850,000 610,000
Matthew Matros us
Matthew Matros
WSOP 3X Winner
165,000 -295,000

Tags: Mark DarnerMatt Matros

Vayo Shows No Fear

Gordon Vayo has just shown no fear against the large stack of Jonathan Currle. It all started with Currle opening it to 7,000 on the button. Vayo was then in the big blind and he three-bet to 21,000. Back on Currle and he would quickly fourbet- to 52,000. Vayo didn't take too long to cut out another raise, sliding out a bit more than 100,000 with the five-bet. Vayo immediately folded and Vayo took down the nice little pot.

Player Chips Progress
Gordon Vayo us
Gordon Vayo
450,000 150,000
Jonathan Currle de
Jonathan Currle
320,000 -90,000

Tags: Gordon VayoJonathan Currle

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500