2012 World Series of Poker

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

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$517,725
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,836,350
Entries
2,101
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

JP Kelly Eliminates Keith Sexton

Keith Sexton moved all-in for around 10,000 in early position and JP Kelly was the only player who felt like taking him on. So heads up and Kelly was in a dominating position.

JP Kelly{A-Spades} {9-Diamonds}
Sexton{A-Clubs} {8-Spades}

Board: {Q-Hearts} {6-Spades} {4-Hearts} {9-Spades} {3-Hearts}

The nine on the turn confirming the demise of Sexton and JP Kelly moves back up to 63,000

Player Chips Progress
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
WSOP 2X Winner
63,000 14,000
Keith Sexton us
Keith Sexton
Busted

Tags: JP KellyKeith Sexton

Perrin Dodges Both Lichtenberger and JP Kelly

We joined the action late in the hand and here was the situation.

Laurent Perrin was seated in the small blind and he had moved all-in for 16,000. The action was back onto Andrew Lichtenberger who must have opened from the hijack seat but also in the hand was JP Kelly seated in the cutoff. Lichtenberger made the call and JP Kelly mucked his hand. When the cards were over turned Kelly looked like he wanted to have his hand back.

Perrin{A-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds}
Lichtenberger{A-Spades} {J-Hearts}

Board: {5-Clubs} {4-Spades} {3-Spades} {9-Spades} {A-Hearts}

Perrin moved up to 44,000, Lichtenberger moved down to 37,000 and JP Kelly moved down to 49,000. During the post hand conversation we believe JP Kelly folded pocket nines.

Player Chips Progress
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
WSOP 2X Winner
49,000 5,900
Laurent Perrin fr
Laurent Perrin
44,000 17,200
Andrew Lichtenberger us
Andrew Lichtenberger
WSOP 1X Winner
37,000 13,600

Tags: Andrew LichtenbergerJP KellyLaurent Perrin

Hanks Crippled, Welch Back in the Hunt

Two experienced professionals just clashed in a big pot right after the money bubble. It was Brent Hanks, three time WSOP finalist, who raised the action to 2,400 and he got called by the player to his left. From the blinds Ryan Welch, 2010 WSOP bracelet winner, who opted to three-bet to 7,000.

Hanks didn't have folding on his mind and four-bet to 18,500. The caller in the middle folded his cards and Welch moved all-in. Hanks was far from happy but after giving it some thought he made the call for 37,800 total.

Brent Hanks{K-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}
Ryan Welch{10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}

The board ran out {10-Spades}{7-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{9-Clubs} giving Welch the win and Hanks was left behind with just 13,500 chips. The player that folded pre flop after having called Hanks's raise was overly excited and he claimed to have throw his ace-king suited into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Welch us
Ryan Welch
WSOP 1X Winner
80,000 44,500
Brent Hanks us
Brent Hanks
WSOP 1X Winner
13,500 -34,500

Tags: Brent HanksRyan Welch

Level: 13

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

And We Have A Bubble Boy

We missed the hand, but Kenny Hallaert kindly informed us of how our bubble busted out.

Jason Berilgen shoved all in with {A-Spades}{8-Spades} and was called by Matt Juttelstad with {8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}. He whiffed the flop and made his way to the exit.

We caught Berilgen on the way out and he wanted us to pass along a message.

"I'm the bubble boy," Berilgen said. "I'm missing you Tina, and if you were here I wouldn't have bubbled."

At least his exit was cute.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Berilgen us
Jason Berilgen
Busted

Queens Find The Muck On The Bubble

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Joseph Cino raised to 2,500, in first position, before Chester Adamson moved all-in one seat to his left. Giorgio Fiory was next to act and when he peeked at his cards his face looked as if it had just seen a ghost. He threw his cards to the dealer as if they had been touched by a leper and we were back to Cino who also mucked.

"I had pocket queens," said Fiory.

Adamson didn't say anything and quietly collected the pot.

Tags: Chester AdamsonJoseph CinoGiorgio Fiory

Bubble Time!

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

We have reached the money bubble so action will slow a little until some poor soul has their heart broken.

John Eames Just Misses a Pay Day

John Eames has just been eliminated two places shy of a min-cash. He opened up to 2,500 in early position and found himself the subject of a late position three-bet to 6,000. Eames decided his moment had arrived and he moved all-in and his opponent quickly called. Eames had {A-} {K-} and his opponent had {K-} {K-}. No magical permutations or aces for Eames and he was left looking for a ride.

Player Chips Progress
John Eames gb
John Eames
Busted

Tags: John Eames