2012 World Series of Poker

Event 25: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Brian Meinders
Winning Hand
53
Prize
$116,118
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$494,199
Entries
366
Level Info
Level
8
Limits
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0

Parker Leads Another Heads-Up

The elimination of Stephanie Nguyen and Mike Thorpe has seen Table 410 reach heads-up play. Going into the battle, it is Brock Parker who holds a chip lead over his opponent, Brandon Meyers

Player Chips Progress
Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
115,000
41,000
41,000
Brandon Meyers us
Brandon Meyers
60,000
11,000
11,000
Stephanie Nguyen us
Stephanie Nguyen
Busted
Mike Thorpe us
Mike Thorpe
Busted

Tags: Brandon MeyersBrock ParkerMike ThorpeStephanie Nguyen

Suddenly at Three

Table 402, which we refereed to as the "stubborn" table just a short while ago, has suddenly lost two players and is down to three-handed play. We didn't catch how Xavier Kyablue busted, but we did see Fabio Khouri's last hand. It was against Tom Koral and Khouri had his last remaining chips in the middle preflop. Khouri held {k-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} against Koral's {a-Hearts}{7-Spades} and when the board ran out {6-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{a-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}, it was all over for Khouri.

At the moment it is Christopher Vitch who holds a big chip lead over his two opponents.

Player Chips Progress
Christopher Vitch us
Christopher Vitch
112,000
33,000
33,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Tom Koral us
Tom Koral
28,000
-6,000
-6,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
22,000
-4,000
-4,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Xavier Kyablue us
Xavier Kyablue
Busted
$25K Fantasy
Fabio Khouri us
Fabio Khouri
Busted

Tags: Christopher VitchTom KoralXavier KyablueFabio Khouri

Seiver Hits the Rail; It's the Sean Rice Show

Scott Seiver was the latest player to hit the rail. This leaves Sean Rice and Harry Bolger as the two remaining players at the table. Rice has been crushing today and is currently in a dominating chip position against Bolger.

Player Chips Progress
Sean Rice us
Sean Rice
120,000
28,000
28,000
Harry Bolger us
Harry Bolger
18,000
2,000
2,000
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 5X Winner

Tags: Sean RiceHarry BolgerScott Seiver

Level: 4

Limits: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 0

Liu Gone; Bonomo and Ramdin Heads Up

A short-stacked JJ Liu raised from the button and Victor Ramdin called. Justin Bonomo three-bet from the big blind and Liu called all in. Ramdin called as well.

The flop brought the {9-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{K-Hearts}. Ramdin checked and Bonomo continued out. Ramdin called and the {6-Spades} turned. Ramdin check-folded to a bet from Bonomo and the hands were turned up:

Bonomo: {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}
Liu: {A-Clubs}{2-Spades}

The river bricked out for Liu, bringing the {4-Spades} and she was the third bust out from her table. Bonomo and Ramdin are now heads up and the winner will progress on to the final table.

Player Chips Progress
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
98,000
-2,000
-2,000
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
67,000
7,000
7,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
JJ Liu tw
JJ Liu
Busted

Tags: JJ LiuJustin BonomoVictor Ramdin

Stubborn Table Update

Table 402 is currently the only table yet to lose a player. With multiple tables down to heads-up play, we expect the busts to start happening on 402 very soon. Here is how the chip stacks look over there.

Player Chips Progress
Christopher Vitch us
Christopher Vitch
79,000
27,000
27,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Tom Koral us
Tom Koral
34,000
-10,000
-10,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Byron Kaverman us
Byron Kaverman
26,000
16,000
16,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Fabio Khouri us
Fabio Khouri
11,000
-7,000
-7,000
Xavier Kyablue us
Xavier Kyablue
7,500
-8,500
-8,500
$25K Fantasy

Three Stars Remain

With Brian Aleksa's elimination, either JJ Liu, Victor Ramdin or Justin Bonomo will be heading to the final table. At the moment it is Ramdin who is in with the best chance, but he will have to get through Bonomo first. Liu is in need of some big help as her stack is sitting on just over one big bet.

Player Chips Progress
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
100,000
59,000
59,000
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
60,000
21,000
21,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
JJ Liu tw
JJ Liu
2,500
-26,500
-26,500
Brian Aleksa us
Brian Aleksa
Busted

Tags: JJ LiuJustin BonomoVictor Ramdin

Mike and Brock

When we came to Table 410, there was a flop showing {q-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{7-Spades} and Mike Thorpe was involved in a hand with Brock Parker. Thorpe proceed to fire bets and receive a call from Parker on all streets as the dealer dealt out the turn ({6-Clubs}) and the river ({7-Spades}). Thorpe tabled his {q-Hearts}{q-Spades} and Parker said, "Oh, i didn't have any outs," as he mucked his cards.

Despite the fact that Thorpe managed to take down this pot, he is still the short stack at his table.

Player Chips Progress
Brock Parker us
Brock Parker
74,000
30,000
30,000
Mike Thorpe us
Mike Thorpe
14,500
8,500
8,500

Tags: Mike ThorpeBrock Parker

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