2012 World Series of Poker

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

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♥10♦
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
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Craig Cracks Aces, Magnus Gone

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The action started with an under the gun raise from Bradley Craig who made it 5,500 and Nadya Magnus, in middle position, decided to three-bet to 12,000. The action got folded around to Craig who made the call.

The flop came down {9-Spades}{8-Hearts}{7-Spades} and Craig checked to Magnus who bet 12,000. Craig, who finished 50th in the 2009 WSOP Main Event, moved all-in and Magnus made the call.

Nadya Magnus{J-}{J-}
Bradley Craig{9-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}

The turn was the {2-Diamonds} and the river the {3-Clubs} ending Magnus's tournament run. Craig is faring really well, he is now up to 250,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Bradley Craig us
Bradley Craig 		250,000 177,600
Nadya Magnus
Nadya Magnus
Busted

Tags: Nadya MagnusBradley Craig

Ryan Schmidt: The Chip Leader

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Earlier we told you that Ryan Schmidt had made his mark on this competition after the elimination of Eli Elezra. Well it's about time we told you a little bit more about him because he is now standing head and shoulders above the rest of the field.

This is Schmidt's 8th WSOP cash since he cashed in the $1,000 WSOP event back in 2009. This includes a 322nd place finish in the Jonathan Duhamel Main Event year; but his biggest cash to date was for $67,150 when he won a $1,000 Bellagio event containing 246 entries.

Schmidt is now our tournament leader with 400,000 chips, after eliminating Jesse Martin. We joined the action very late with Martin seated in the cutoff, Schmidt seated on the button and the pair battering the hell out of each other climaxing in an all-in pre flop showdown.

Schmidt{K-Spades} {K-Clubs}
Martin{A-Spades} {J-Spades}

Board: {J-Clubs} {8-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {3-Hearts}

Martin couldn't find the ace and headed to the cash desk, but he must be so frustrated after being in such a good position.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Schmidt us
Ryan Schmidt 		400,000 160,000
Jesse Martin us
Jesse Martin
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted

Tags: Jesse MartinRyan Schmidt

Schmidt Eliminates Elezra

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Ryan Schmidt has just decided to stamp his mark on Event #2. He has just been responsible for eliminating Eli Elezra, the man who ended Day 1 flying high. It was your classic coin flip with Schmidt holding {A-} {K-} and Elezra holding {Q-} {Q-}. We did not see the board but it was obviously favourable to Schmidt because he now has Elezra's chips. Elezra will be disappointed but he is experienced enough to shake it off and move on.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Schmidt us
Ryan Schmidt 		240,000 184,000
Eli Elezra il
Eli Elezra
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Busted

Tags: Ryan SchmidtEli Elezra

Preflop Tension: Badecker vs. Turker

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Sadan Turker
Sadan Turker

Sometimes the best hands in poker are ones that you never even see a flop. Sadan Turker raised to 5,500 in the hijack seat and the action stopped cold dead at the feet of Andrew Badecker in the small blind. Badecker wears different coloured shades every day and today the green coloured shades were draped around his neck so we could see the glare as it fired into Turker. Badecker three-bet to 14,700 and the eyeballs in the room switched back to the lad from England. Turker went into his stack and pulled out a four-bet of 31,500 and gently pushed it into the middle. Back to Badecker and he didn't want any part of it and passed his cards to the dealer.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Badecker us
Andrew Badecker
WSOP 1X Winner
167,000 -28,000
Sadan Turker gb
Sadan Turker 		160,000

Tags: Andrew BadeckerSadan Turker

Bellande Losing Traction

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Jean-Robert Bellande
Jean-Robert Bellande

Jean-Robert Bellande likes to play poker, pure and simple. The mixed cash game, and sometime tournament player, seems to be involved in most pots at his table. Unfortunately, for Bellande, that may have to stop as he has just dropped down to 42,000. We saw him get all of the money into the middle on the flop of {K-Hearts} {7-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} holding {5-Hearts} {3-Hearts}. His opponent was holding {K-Spades} {J-Spades} and the hand held up.

Player Chips Progress
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Jean-Robert Bellande
WSOP 1X Winner
42,000 42,000

Tags: Jean-Robert Bellande

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

Selbst Going Easy on Juanda

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Happy_Freaked
Vanessa Selbst
Vanessa Selbst

We caught the action on the turn in a hand between two of the most successful professionals left in the field. John Juanda just cashed for over half a million dollars in the WPT $100,000 High Roller last week and managed to pick up a WSOP bracelet in last years $10,000 2-7 No Limit Single Draw tournament. As of today Juanda's live tournament earnings exceed $12 million and he has a total of five WSOP bracelets to his name.

Vanessa Selbst is widely known as the best female poker player with just under five million in live tournament earnings. Her biggest victory came in the Partouche Poker Tour Main Event when she picked up a cool $1.8 million. She's also the last female to win an open event here at the WSOP, taking down the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha tournament in 2008.

After this impressive introduction the hand we just saw is almost not even worth mentioning, but it is good to know we still have two superstars left in the field. The board read {10-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} when Juanda checked from the small blind and Selbst checked her button. The river was the {A-Diamonds} and again Juanda checked. Selbst gave it some thought and with around 22,000 she said, "I'm gonna be really dumb", and checked. Juanda said he had a nine and Selbst replied with, "I win, but I just wanna see", and he turned over his {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}. Selbst tabled {A-Hearts}{7-Hearts} and raked in this pot giving her extra information about Juanda's play. With just over 100 players left in the tournament a serious deep run is within reach for these highly experienced players.

Player Chips Progress
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
WSOP 3X Winner
PokerStars
130,000 45,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
58,000 -20,000

Tags: John JuandaVanessa Selbst

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