2012 World Series of Poker

Event 19: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Cliff Goldkind
Winning Hand
6♣6♠
Prize
$559,514
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,107,700
Entries
2,302
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
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Ben Vinson Eliminated

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Ben Vinson was just eliminated after his {A-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} couldn't improve against his opponent's {j-}{j-} after he moved all in preflop.

After being knocked out Vinson started to leave the room with out his reward money. The dealer stopped Vinson, told him you have to collect your winnings, to which Vinson responded, "I'll be back for it," and he left the Amazon room. Tournament officials are now trying to locate Vinson so he can receive his money.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Vinson gb
Ben Vinson 		Busted

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Updated Chip Counts

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donpeters
Player Chips Progress
Bhakta Rizal
Bhakta Rizal 		225,000
Thomas Roupe
Thomas Roupe 		220,000
Adria Balaguer
Adria Balaguer 		203,000 -30,000
Justin Schwartz us
Justin Schwartz 		191,000 1,000
Jessica Bertrand Hanna
Jessica Bertrand Hanna 		189,000 84,000
Benjamin Reinhart us
Benjamin Reinhart 		185,000 45,000
David Dalesandro us
David Dalesandro 		142,500 -25,500
Eric Wasserson us
Eric Wasserson 		115,000 83,000
Barry Shulman us
Barry Shulman
WSOP 2X Winner
95,000 -30,000
Clint Tolbert us
Clint Tolbert 		89,000 -41,000
Gabriele Lepore it
Gabriele Lepore 		88,000 47,000
David Peters us
David Peters
WSOP 2X Winner
85,000 65,000
Matt Stout us
Matt Stout 		82,000 -15,000
Jeff Blenkarn us
Jeff Blenkarn 		76,000 -24,000
Sam Grafton gb
Sam Grafton
PokerStars
76,000 -51,000
Robert Lipkin us
Robert Lipkin 		61,000 6,000
Sam Stein us
Sam Stein 		60,500 42,500
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
WSOP 1X Winner
47,000 20,000
Harrison Gimbel us
Harrison Gimbel
WSOP 1X Winner
30,000 -56,000
Cliff Josephy us
Cliff Josephy
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted

Schwartz's Winning Ways

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Justin Schwartz has climbed to be one of our larger stacks in the room as the day wears on. Schwartz just recently made the final table of Event #14 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout, but had an early exit in 9th place. Today he looks to go further chasing the golden bracelet that eluded him two days ago.

Recently we saw him play a raised pot with a {8-Spades}{2-Hearts}{j-Spades} flop. Neither player wanted the bet and we had two checks. A {7-Hearts} on the turn though allowed Schwartz to bet out 6,500. A call was made and the {A-Diamonds} landed on the river. It was here that Schwartz slowed down and checked, his opponent though bet out 12,200. Schwartz folded, but still hovers around 190,000.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Schwartz us
Justin Schwartz 		190,000 5,000

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Level: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

More Giant Stacks

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Another large chip stack emerging from the day is Dan Hill. Hill who just skeptically called the all in of a short stacked opponent was quite surprised when his {k-Diamonds}{j-Clubs} was ahead of his opponent's {J-Spades}{Q-Spades}. He was ahead for now, but there was still board to be dealt out.

A {4-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{5-Hearts} flop was perfect for Hill, who just needed to avoid a queen from falling. The {10-Diamonds} on the turn brought another out for Hill's opponent, a king now could rescue him. Alas it didn't matter when the {5-Diamonds} fell on the river, and Hill's king high was best.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Hill
Dan Hill 		260,000

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Balaguer Busts Manley and Stark in Back-to-Back Hands

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Adria Balaguer has just hit a nice little rush to move his stack up to 233,000 in chips and take what looks to be the current chip lead. He busted Kevin Manley and Joseph Stark in back-to-back hands to get the chips and here's how it happened.

On the first hand of his two-hand rush, action folded to the cutoff seat where Manley sat. He raised to 5,500. Balaguer was on the button and reraised to 12,500. The blinds folded and Manley reraised all in for 39,300. Balaguer thought for a little bit, then tossed out just one chip to signify a call.

Balaguer: {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts}
Manley: {A-Hearts}{J-Clubs}

The flop came down {10-Clubs}{4-Spades}{3-Hearts} and Manley kept his lead. The turn delivered what would be the winning blow for Balaguer as the {K-Diamonds} fell and then the river completed the board with the {4-Clubs}. Manley was eliminated and not happy about the way he went out.

On the very next hand, Stark raised all in for 30,000 from middle position and action went over to Balaguer in the cutoff seat. He paused, then tossed out a single T100 chip to signify a call. The dealer was a little confused and asked Balaguer to at least slide out a tall stack of chips, which Balaguer did. Everyone else folded and for the second hand in a row, Balaguer was in an all-in situation and looking to knock out an opponent.

Balaguer: {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds}
Stark: {4-Hearts}{4-Clubs}

This time Balaguer had the lead going in and kept it as the board ran out {K-Clubs}{J-Spades}{8-Clubs}{6-Spades}{A-Clubs} to send Stark to the rail.

Although Balaguer is a rather unknown player, he's had three decent scores to his credit. In March 2011, Balaguer too sixth place in the Unibet Open Malta event for €19,500. Then in September 2011, he took ninth place in the European Poker Tour London Main Event for £45,000. Balaguer saved his best score of 2011, and his career, for the last month of 2011. In December, he scored second place in the World Poker Tour Prague Main Event for €238,000.

Player Chips Progress
Adria Balaguer
Adria Balaguer 		233,000
Joseph Stark
Joseph Stark 		Busted
Kevin Manley
Kevin Manley 		Busted

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Downswing for Hanna

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Coming into the day Jessica Bertrand Hanna was our chip leader. Most recently we saw her get into a betting match preflop with one of her medium stacked opponents that ended with the medium stack moving all in and getting called by Hanna.

Hana: {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}
Opponent: {8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}

It was essentially a coin-flip with either playing having a great chance to come out of this hand a winner. A {10-}{3-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} flop gave Hanna's opponent the advantage, and advantage he wouldn't give up. The gave us the {6-Spades} and the river a {5-Hearts}. This small set back has put Hanna a little above 100,000, which is plenty of chips to do well here today.

Player Chips Progress
Jessica Bertrand Hanna
Jessica Bertrand Hanna 		105,000 -41,000

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