Event 21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Started
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,519,100
Entries
2,779
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
It's Moving Day of Event 21; The March to the Final Table
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It's moving day here at Day 2 of Event 21, $1,000 No Limit Hold'em, of the World Series of Poker. Day 1 saw 2,779 entrants take to the felt and only 222 would remain by the end of play. Leading the field is Edward Locke with 133,200.
Jamie Armstrong is nipping at Locke's heels with 130,700 and Joseph Cappello (124,700), Jon Rhamey (121,700) and Andrew Neeme (100,900) form the chase pack.
Ryan Gentry, Dan Smith, Huy Nguyen, Eric Baldwin, Martin Staszko, Stephen Chidwick, Joe Tehan, Christian Harder, Maria Ho, Jonathan Little and Jon Aguiar are still in the field with hopes of making the final table.
The field played 11 levels yesterday with hand-for-hand play beginning at the start of Level 11. They played a total of three rounds of hand-for-hand.
The schedule will see the field play ten levels or to a final table of nine players, which ever should come first. Cards will be in the air promptly at 1:00 p.m. PST. Follow all the WSOP action live on PokerNews.com
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Cards are in the air for the start of Day 2.
Harder Hits It
After a player in early position moved all in for about 9,000, action folded around to Christian Harder in late position who made the call.
Harder: 
Opponent: 
The dealer then exposed a 
flop, giving Harder three of a kind kings and the lead. A 
on the turn only secured the hand further in Harder's favor, and a 
on the river sealed the deal and Harder was awarded the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000 | 9,200 |
Duthie Nearly Felted
We just passed by John Duthie's table and something major occurred during the opening minutes. Duthie has just over 1,000 and we have to assume he got into an all in confrontation with a similar sized stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100 | -32,700 |
Cappello Collecting Chips
Joseph Cappello started the day third in chips, but he has been taking pot after pot early on here on day 2 to project him into the number one on the counts. Sitting with a massive stack its a wonder how Cappello manages to even get a glimpse of his cards with his mountain of chips in the way.
We recently saw him face a minor set back, when he raised preflop and a player in late position moved all in for 7,800. Cappello quickly made the call and both player flipped over their cards.
Cappello: 
Opponent: 
The dealer was then prompted to show a flop and it came out like this, 
. Both players managed to snag top pair kings, but Cappello's was only second best as his kicker wasn't up to snuff. A 
on the turn changed nothing, just give Cappello a stronger losing hand. The 
on the river sealed the deal and Cappello sent some chips over to his neighbor.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
158,000 | 34,000 |
Eliminations
Jon Aguiar and David Vamplew have been replaced by other players, we can only assume they have been eliminated early on here today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Nguyen Goes Back to Back
WSOPC beast Huy Nguyen has not wasted any time today. He's significantly chipped up in opening action. We caught Nguyen when he opened to 2,500, Jerry Wong raised to 5,200 from the cutoff and Keith Uchima moved all in for about 24,000 more. Nguyen called and Wong folded.
Nguyen: 
Uchima: 
The board ran 
and Nguyen picked up the remnants of Uchima's stack.
The very next hand we saw Nguyen open in early position again for 2,500. Brandon Smotherman raised to 6,400 from the cutoff and Nguyen called. The flop came 
, Nguyen checked, Smotherman bet 8,500 and Nguyen shipped all in. Smotherman tank-folded after a long pause.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000 | 111,900 |
Gentry Plays His Button
An unknown player limped from the cutoff and Ryan Gentry raised to 4,000 from the button. The blinds released and the opponent called.
The flop came 
, the opponent checked and Gentry bet 3,800. After some thought the unknown player folded and Gentry broke the six-figure mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000 | 26,400 |