2012 World Series of Poker

Event 21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
1010
Prize
$440,829
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,519,100
Entries
2,779
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Cappello Gets There

On a {7-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{4-Hearts} flop we saw Joseph Cappello check-call a bet of 7,500 from his opponent in late position. A {Q-Spades} on the turn allowed for both players to knuckle the table for checks. A {5-Diamonds} on the river came with a 20,000 bet from Cappello. A call was quickly made by the late position player and Cappello flipped over {A-Hearts}{3-Hearts} for a straight. Cappello's opponent was visible upset by this, but justified it to himself that it was going to be pretty hard for Cappello to miss his world of outs.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Cappello us
Joseph Cappello
125,000 -60,000

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Baldwin Tops the Counts

We found Eric Baldwin at the river with a {J-Diamonds} {7-Spades} {K-Hearts} {6-Spades} {8-Hearts} board. The pot was already over 30,000, the opponent in the small blind checked and Baldwin bet 23,800. His opponent tanked for a minute or so and then tossed in a call.

Baldwin tabled {K-Clubs} {10-Clubs} and his opponent mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin
WSOP 2X Winner
245,000 83,000

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Downswing

Noah Vaillencourt just found himself near the top of the chip counts in the room, and we recently caught up with him during a hand to see how he was faring. With a {Q-Spades}{10-Spades}{10-Clubs} in the middle of the felt we saw Vailencourt fire out 4,700 from the cut-off. His opponent on the button quickly raised and made it 13,400. Vailencourt seemed a little exasperated, but completed the call.

A {5-Spades} on the turn brought a silent check from Vailencourt. The button then moved all in for about 29,000. Vailencourt again seemed pretty jumbled and eventually made a disgruntled call.

Vailencourt: {K-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
Button: {K-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

Vailencourt was going to need a genuine one-outer if he wanted to claim this hand, the last king in the deck. Instead a {6-Spades} planted on the river and Vailencourt shipped over a chunk of his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Noah Vaillencourt
Noah Vaillencourt
125,000 -75,000

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Level: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

Wheeland Added 150k Since Restart

Dewayne Wheeland returned to Day 2 with just 29,800, now he's within shouting distance of 200,000. Just before the last break Wheeland chipped up holding {A-Spades} {6-Spades} and made a straight on a {8-} {5-} {9-} {7-} [X] board and was paid off by an opponent holding pocket jacks.

A few minutes ago Wheeland called in position holding {9-Spades} {6-Spades} in the big blind. He ended up rivering a straight and his opponent bluff-shoved on the river. Wheeland happily called and felted his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Dewayne Wheeland
Dewayne Wheeland
178,000

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