Event 2: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2012 World Series of Poker

05-29-2012 22:46 UTC-7

Selbst Won't Take No Sass

Sam Cosby

Alan Sass was just eliminated by Vanessa Selbst. When we got to the table, Alan had moved all in from the cutoff for around 180,000, and Selbst called from the big blind with her covering stack.

Sass
Selbst

The flop would end all nonsense when it fell {10-Diamonds} {4-Spades} {10-Hearts} though.

"I don't think I can beat quads," Sass said.

The turn and river were the meaningless {K-Spades} and {Q-Clubs} and Sass was already drawing dead on the flop.

Selbst has about 470,000 after that hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vanessa Selbst	470,000 130,000	130,000

Alan Sass	Busted

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05-29-2012 22:43 UTC-7

Vanessa Selbst limped into the pot from late position, John Juanda completed from the small blind before Azim Popatia raised to 40,000 from the big blind. Selbst made the call, Juanda folded and we were heads-up heading to the flop.

Flop: {K-Clubs} {10-Clubs} {2-Spades}

"I am all-in," said Popatia.

"How much is it? This really sucks…I was hoping to hit a pair but now I have something else…I wasn't prepared for this option…this really sucks," said Selbst before making the call.

Popatia
Selbst

So Popatia had bottom pair and Selbst had an open-ended straight draw, backdoor flush draw and two over cards. So in actuality Selbst was only a 48% dog against the bottom pair.

Turn: {4-Spades}

Selbst chances dropped to 30%

River: {5-Clubs}

Selbst chances drop to zero and now she has to endure a poker story from Popatia, something we are sure she is not going to enjoy.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vanessa Selbst	340,000 160,000	160,000

Azim Popatia	300,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Azim Popatia Vanessa Selbst

05-29-2012 22:27 UTC-7

Badecker Busts Wessley

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Remko Rinkema

Adam Wessley just moved all-in pre flop for his last 130,000 chips and Andrew Badecker looked him up.

Andrew Badecker
Adam Wessley

The board ran out {Q-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} {7-Spades} {6-Spades} {8-Spades} and Wessley headed for the payout desk in 36th place $12,479.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Badecker	350,000 100,000	100,000

Adam Wessley	Busted

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05-29-2012 22:26 UTC-7

Palacios Doubles Through Cino

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Marco Palacios has just been given a life line by the poker gods. He was reduced to 30,000 and he put it all on the line in a pre flop showdown with Joseph Cino.

Palacios
Cino

Board: {J-Spades} {9-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {8-Diamonds}

So a runner-runner straight for Palacios, but he is still desperately short.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Cino	440,000 90,000	90,000
Marco Palacios	67,000 108,000	108,000

Tags: Marco Palacios Joseph Cino

05-29-2012 22:18 UTC-7

Candida Ross-"Loses Her" Powers

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Candida Ross-Powers ultra aggressive pre flop strategy has just imploded in her face. Ross-Powers raised to 23,000, Andras Stumpf made a standard three-bet before Ross-Powers moved all-in for close to 200,000 chips. Stumpf made the call and we had a showdown with Ross-Powers all over the place.

Stumpf
Ross-Powers

Board: {Q-Diamonds} {10-Spades} {7-Clubs} {2-Clubs} {3-Hearts}

Ross-Powers was pleading for a four but it never materialised and she was out. Stumpf meanwhile was up to 540,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andras Stumpf	540,000 189,000	189,000
Candida Ross-Powers	Busted

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05-29-2012 22:09 UTC-7

All Gone!

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Remko Rinkema

Player	Chips	Progress
Cris Eichenlaub	Busted
Tracy Myers	Busted
Philip Wiszowaty	Busted
Leo Wolpert	Busted

Kerrie Lease	Busted
Pierrot Massenat	Busted
Stuart Marshak	Busted
Jason Sagle	Busted
Paul Soucy	Busted
Danny Smith	Busted
Kenneth Kottwitz	Busted
Michael Lee	Busted
Ubaid Habib	Busted
Ronald Sullivan	Busted

05-29-2012 22:04 UTC-7

Schmidt Removes Sullivan From Proceedings

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Ronald Sullivan has just been eliminated at the hands of Ryan Schmidt. We didn't see the hand but the players on the table have told us that Sullivan open shoved with {Q-} {10-} (suited) and Ryan Schmidt called with {Q-Hearts} {Q-Spades} . The board ran out {K-Diamonds} {K-Spades} {5-Diamonds} {4-} {3-} and Sullivan was out.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Schmidt	250,000 150,000	150,000
Ronald Sullivan	Busted

Tags: Ryan Schmidt Ronald Sullivan

05-29-2012 21:54 UTC-7

Turker Eliminates Soucy

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Sadan Turker raised to 13,000 in the hijack seat and Paul Soucy moved all-in from the cutoff for 63,500. After a lot of unnecessary debate between the dealer and Turker over the actual count, Turker did call, and we had a showdown.

Turker
Soucy

Soucy clapped his hands and rose to his feet in anticipation of his likely double up.

Flop: {K-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} {3-Spades}

Soucy could see that there was a straight draw possibility and his hands moved to his head.

Turn: {5-Diamonds}

The pressure was starting to show on the face of Soucy, "three of clubs, three of clubs, three of clubs," screamed Soucy.

River: {3-Diamonds}

It was a three, but it wasn't a club. Instead is was a rosy red diamond that glinted in the corner of the eye of Turker - Soucy was out!

Player	Chips	Progress
Sadan Turker	360,000 200,000	200,000
Paul Soucy	Busted

Tags: Paul Soucy Sadan Turker

05-29-2012 21:52 UTC-7

Aces, Aces and Kings For Willerson

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Remko Rinkema

That sounds like he must have around half a million chips now, but too bad he lost all-in pre flop with pocket aces twice. Paul Wasicka told us how he lost all-in pre flop against pocket tens the first time and just a couple of hands later it was Kennii Nguyen who got his money in with {6-Spades} {7-Clubs} against, once again, the pocket aces of Neil Willerson. We saw the following showdown for a pot worth over 200,000.

The board ran out {7-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} {4-Hearts} and Nguyen's two pair took the pot down. Another couple of hands later Willerson got his last 67,000 chips into the middle with {K-Hearts} {K-Spades} against {7-} {7-} and after the board showed {J-Spades} {5-Spades} {3-Spades} {9-Clubs} Willerson finally had a hand hold up. He is now back up to 155,000 chips and still in the hunt, but oh boy his stack could have been massive!