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

Last PokerStars Team Pro Falls

PokerStars Team Pro and the 2011 WSOP Main Event Runner Up Martin Staszko was eliminated. Action was folded around to him in the small blind and he shoved with around 30,000. Noah Vaillencourt was in the big blind and called holding {Q-Hearts} {J-Hearts}.

Staszko was at risk holding {K-} {3-}. The board ran {A-} {10-} {8-} {3-} {9-} and Vaillencourt rivered the straight to eliminate Staszko.

Player Chips Progress
Noah Vaillencourt
Noah Vaillencourt
200,000
Martin Staszko cz
Martin Staszko
Busted

Tags: Martin StaszkoNoah Vaillencourt

Elimination Station

Here are a few recent eliminations.

As was just reported Stephen Chidwick lost a chunk of his stack, it appears he wasn't able to recover and was sent to the rail a little bit ago.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew Rosen us
Matthew Rosen
Busted
Halley Hamburger
Halley Hamburger
Busted
Joseph Bradford
Joseph Bradford
Busted
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted
Dana Hecker
Dana Hecker
Busted
Andrew Lee us
Andrew Lee
Busted
Michael Palma
Michael Palma
Busted
Christy Pham us
Christy Pham
Busted
Hyon Kim us
Hyon Kim
Busted
Efren Garcia
Efren Garcia
Busted

Tags: Stephen Chidwick

Mid Afternoon Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Jamie Armstrong us
Jamie Armstrong
230,000 99,300
Huy Nguyen us
Huy Nguyen
170,000 28,000
Eric Baldwin us
Eric Baldwin
WSOP 2X Winner
162,000 86,000
Kristijonas Andrulis lt
Kristijonas Andrulis
150,000
Jason Manggunio ca
Jason Manggunio
138,000 48,000
Maria Ho us
Maria Ho
138,000 -7,000
John Esposito us
John Esposito
WSOP 1X Winner
130,000 67,000
Alon Doitch us
Alon Doitch
130,000 22,000
Nick Cavacind
Nick Cavacind
130,000
Florian Manz
Florian Manz
125,000
Ryan Gentry us
Ryan Gentry
80,000 -16,000
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
60,000 8,000
Martin Staszko cz
Martin Staszko
50,000 12,000
Joe Tehan us
Joe Tehan
40,000 13,000
Christian Harder us
Christian Harder
35,500 -8,500
Kory Kilpatrick us
Kory Kilpatrick
WSOP 1X Winner
28,000 -61,900
Michael Gathy be
Michael Gathy
WSOP 3X Winner
25,000

Chidwick Loses Chunk

After a series of raises Stephen Chidwick had his shorter stacked opponent all in. It was essentially a coinflip once the cards were turned over, Chidwick holding {8-Clubs}{8-Spades} while his opponent had {A-Spades}{j-Spades}. Both players had a great chance to take down the pot so long as the board went in their favor.

A {k-Spades}{j-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} flop was positioned in the middle of the table, and Chidwick was immediately behind. Running straight cards or an eight would be his only savior. A {5-Diamonds} on the turn, and a {5-Spades} on the river finished off the hand and Chidwick was forced to send away about 30,000 of his stack.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
WSOP 1X Winner
52,000 18,000

Tags: Stephen Chidwick

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Betting Dead All the Way

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Don Fleming opened in early position for 3,500 and Anthony McCann raised to 8,200 in middle position. Action folded back around to Fleming and he called. The flop came {K-Clubs} {10-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} and both players checked. The {J-Spades} turn saw Fleming bet 7,000 and McCann called. The river came {A-Clubs}, Fleming bet 9,500 and McCann called.

Fleming tabled {A-Hearts} {2-Hearts} for a rivered pair of aces with no kicker and McCann had him crushed when he tabled {A-Spades} {A-Diamonds} for a set of aces.

Tags: Dan FlemingAnthony McCann

Smith Survives

With a handful of raises preflop, we saw Dan Smith and his opponent get to a {Q-Clubs}{K-Clubs}{A-Clubs} flop. We don't know how the action went, but after a series of more raises Smith's short stacked opponent was all in and at risk.

Smith: {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}
Opponent: {A-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}

Smith was ahead for now with his set of aces, but any club or jack would ship this pot away from him. A {8-Spades} on the turn was able to calm Smith's nerves a little, but it was the {7-Hearts} on the river that let him breathe easy again.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Smith us
Dan Smith
WSOP 1X Winner
140,000 55,000

Tags: Dan Smith