Event 17: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-09-2012 16:37 UTC-6

Jon Aguiar Eliminated by Patrick Cronin

Patrick Cronin raised to 4,800 in first position, Erik Seidel moved all-in for his chip and a chair (100 chips) and Jon Aguiar moved all-in from the button for 21,700. The table reminded Cronin that the actual raise would be around the 18,000 mark, but Cronin was interested in the true price only. In the end Cronin put in 21,700 and we had a three-way all-in with Aguiar and Seidel at risk of elimination.

Cronin
Seidel
Aguiar

So Aguiar just needed to avoid a plethora of clubs and aces.

Flop: {A-Spades} {8-Spades} {6-Clubs}

Aguiar got to his feet and started to pack up. Seidel hadn't moved but his dreams were also disappearing fast.

Turn: {10-Spades}

Seidel hits a set and will quintuple up!

The river card was the {4-Clubs} , Aguiar was eliminated, Seidel now has 500 chips and Cronin has 140,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrick Cronin	140,000 41,000	41,000
Erik Seidel	500 400	400

Jon Aguiar	Busted

Tags: Erik Seidel Jon Aguiar Patrick Cronin

06-09-2012 16:30 UTC-6

A Chip and a Chair for Seidel

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Chris Klodnicki opened to 4,800 from the cutoff, but that's as far as he'd get. Next door, Erik Seidel reraised to 12,000, and action froze on Mike McDonald in the small blind. After a bit of a pause, he announced a pot-raise to 43,200 total. That folded Klodnicki quickly, but Seidel moved all in for just a bit more. McDonald called all in, and the cards were on their backs.

Showdown
Seidel: {A-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}
McDonald: {A-Diamonds} {A-Clubs}

The board ran out {10-Spades} {9-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} to hold McDonald's aces and give him the pot. The two men began eying up their stacks to see what was what.

"I think you might have me," McDonald offered. "But just by a little bit."

He was right. When the stacks were counted down, Seidel's 52,300 chips were bigger than McDonald's 52,200. "A chip and a chair," someone said. Seidel will have just that lonely black chip with which to try and channel the ghost of Treetop Straus.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike McDonald	112,800 57,800	57,800
Erik Seidel	100 54,900	54,900

Tags: Erik Seidel Mike McDonald

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 0

06-09-2012 16:02 UTC-6

Break it Up

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Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 0 ante

We're two levels deep in Day 2, and the players are off for their first break of the day.

06-09-2012 15:57 UTC-6

Landfish No Longer Struggling

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There was an opening raise to 5,000 before Steve Landfish three-bet to 16,000. Matt Stout potted in position, and the original raiser tank-folded. Landfish shoved in with his big stack, and Stout snap-called all in for just more than 150,000. He was in bad shape, though, as his {A-} {K-} was destroyed by Landfish's {A-} {A-} .

Stout flopped a little bit of a sweat with a queen and a jack coming, but he could not find Broadway. The turn and river were blanks, and Stout made a hurried exit from the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Landfish	440,000 250,000	250,000
Matt Stout	Busted

Tags: Matt Stouth Steve Landfish

06-09-2012 15:56 UTC-6

Andrew Lichtenberger Eliminates Kevin MacPhee

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It has not been a very good day at the office for Kevin MacPhee. Two big losses to Chris Moorman and Nabih Zaczac lowered his stack from 136,000 to just 8,000. Those 8,000 chips are now nestled nicely in the stack of Andy Lichtenberger and here is how it happened.

Lichtenberger raised to 4,200 in early position, Chris Moorman called in the hijack seat before Kevin MacPhee moved all-in from the small blind. Lichtenberger isolated the hapless MacPhee with a raise to 20,200 and Moorman folded.

Lichtenberger
MacPhee

Board: {Q-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {5-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {A-Clubs}

The ace on the river enough to put MacPhee out of the competition.

"I folded ace-ten. I am such a fish," said Moorman.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Lichtenberger	77,000

Kevin MacPhee	Busted

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06-09-2012 15:51 UTC-6

O'Dwyer Sends Lindgren Off

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Will Failla opened to 4,000 from late position, and Erick Lindgren three-bet to 14,000 on the button. That brought the action to Steve O'Dwyer's big blind, and he spent a few long minutes in the tank. After some time, he announced, "Pot," and dumped a big stack of chips into the middle. Failla tanked and moaned and folded, and Lindgren quickly put his remaining ~15,000 into the middle to put himself at risk.

O'Dwyer rolled over {9-Hearts} {9-Spades} , and Lindgren nodded his head knowingly. He tabled {7-Spades} {7-Clubs} , and he needed some help. Failla said he folded ace-queen.

The board ran out {6-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} {5-Spades} {10-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} , and Failla almost shot out of his chair. Lindgren did leave his chair as he'd run out of chips, and there was some banter behind him as he left.

"I folded ace-queen," Failla said again.

"I know, I heard you the first time," O'Dwyer was chuckling. "I was hoping for the better thing where you fold the best hand, and then I knock out E-Dog."

O'Dwyer is in a good mood, and his chip stack has grown to about 75,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	75,000 33,000	33,000
Erick Lindgren	Busted

Tags: Steve O'Dwyer

06-09-2012 15:50 UTC-6

Assorted Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Moorman	205,000 8,000	8,000

Farzad Bonyadi	200,000 17,000	17,000

Chris Moore	185,000 40,000	40,000
JP Kelly	185,000 40,000	40,000

Noah Schwartz	172,000 60,300	60,300

Shaun Deeb	142,000 53,000	53,000

Andy Frankenberger	140,000 23,300	23,300

Mike McDonald	125,000 73,100	73,100
Kevin Song	125,000 77,000	77,000

Antonio Esfandiari	120,000 60,000	60,000

Liv Boeree	115,000 9,000	9,000

Mohsin Charania	100,000 5,000	5,000

Patrick Cronin	99,000 42,000	42,000
Olivier Busquet	97,000 11,100	11,100
Jason Senti	90,000 8,000	8,000
Chris Klodnicki	90,000 20,600	20,600

Andrew Lichtenberger	77,000 4,700	4,700

Sean Dempsey	75,000 95,200	95,200

Marco Traniello	75,000 19,000	19,000
Erik Seidel	63,000 51,400	51,400

Eric Ladny	50,000 3,000	3,000
Ryan Julius	50,000 7,700	7,700
Cary Katz	50,000 12,500	12,500

Matt Marafioti	38,000 22,600	22,600
Jon Aguiar	25,000 3,100	3,100

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06-09-2012 15:47 UTC-6

The Counting of the Chips

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Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Landfish	190,000 90,000	90,000
Jeff Tims	155,000 27,600	27,600
Matt Stout	150,000 50,300	50,300
Phil Ivey	145,000

Manuel Bevand	123,000 7,100	7,100
Bryn Kenney	105,000 9,800	9,800

Pierre Neuville	93,000 14,800	14,800
Bertrand Grospellier	80,000 19,900	19,900

Humberto Brenes	78,000 27,500	27,500

Ali Eslami	71,000 2,700	2,700

Sorel Mizzi	68,000 32,600	32,600
Tom Marchese	66,000 33,700	33,700

David Benyamine	60,000 87,000	87,000

Robert Mizrachi	49,000 200	200

Hoyt Corkins	43,000 12,000	12,000

Steve O'Dwyer	42,000 7,300	7,300
Erick Lindgren	29,000 28,500	28,500

Will Failla	27,000 5,000	5,000

06-09-2012 15:30 UTC-6

Black Tens, Red Jacks, Green Clovers

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Nabih Zaczac and Kevin MacPhee tangled up in a preflop raising war that left Zaczac all in for 51,600. He was well in front, too.

Showdown
Zaczac: {J-Hearts} {J-Diamonds}
MacPhee: {10-Clubs} {10-Spades}

The board, please: {2-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} {A-Hearts} {A-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds}

MacPhee was unable to overcome his inferior start, and it's a crippling loss. He's left with just 7,500 lonely chips, while Zaczac doubles for at least the second time today. He's up over the century mark in chips now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nabih Zaczac	105,000 70,400	70,400

Tags: Kevin MacPhee Nabih Zaczac