2012 World Series of Poker

Event 25: $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout
Day: 2
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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
Total Entries
366
Level Info
Level
8
Limits
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 366
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Sterling Gone; Matros On Top at Table 404

We caught up to see Matt Sterling raise before the flop. Thomas Corrigan called from the button and Matt Matros called from the big blind.

The flop was {10-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{4-Hearts} and action checked to Matt Sterling who continued out. Corrigan called and Matros pushed out a raise. Sterling three-bet and Corrigan got out of the way. Matros four-bet and Sterling called.

The {6-Diamonds} came on the turn and Matros bet out. Sterling called and the {Q-Hearts} fell on the river. Matros bet and received a call one more time before tabling {7-Clubs}{5-Clubs} for a straight. Sterling mucked his hand and was left with about 1,500.

The next hand Sterling got most of his chips all in before the flop against Millie Shiu and Thomas Corrigan. When Shiu bet out on {J-Hearts}{8-Spades}{2-Spades}, Corrigan called and Sterling put in his last 300. Shiu bet the {7-Diamonds} turn and Corrigan called into the side pot.

Both players checked the {J-Clubs} river and Corrigan turned up {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} for ace high. Shiu and Sterling mucked their hands and Sterling became the first casualty of table 404.

Player Chips Progress
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Matt Matros
53,000
WSOP 3X Winner
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Millie Shiu
38,000
Profile photo of Preston Derden us
Preston Derden
38,000
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Thomas Corrigan
22,000
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Matt Sterling
Busted

Tags: Matt MatrosMatt SterlingMillie ShiuThomas Corrigan

Table 409 Down One

Wandering past Table 409 and we noticed that the remainder of Leonid Bilokur's chips were going in the opposite direction of his stack. That means this table is down to four and here is how their chip stacks are looking.

Player Chips Progress
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Jim Geary
49,000
14,400
14,400
Profile photo of Michael Reed us
Michael Reed
46,000
14,700
14,700
Profile photo of Matthew Schreiber us
Matthew Schreiber
33,000
1,800
1,800
WSOP 1X Winner
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Roland Israelashvili
24,000
7,300
7,300
WSOP 1X Winner
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Leonid Bilokur
Busted

Tags: Leonid Bilokur

Level: 2

Limits: 800/1,600

Ante: 0

Another One Bites the Dust

Table 405 has recently lost a player and we were there to catch how it went down. Jerid Zewin opened the cutoff and the short-stacked Mike Leah called out of the big blind. A {4-Spades}{4-Clubs}{6-Hearts} flop would see Leah check-raise a bet from Zewin and then Zewin would put in a third bet. At this point Leah got the remainder of his chips in and the two players turned their hands over.

Mike Leah: {k-Hearts}{10-Spades}
Zewin: {a-Hearts}{6-Clubs}

Leah was in trouble, but still had some outs. However it would be all over as the dealer flipped over the {7-Spades} turn and the {4-Hearts} river. With Leah's elimination, Table 405 is down to four.

Player Chips Progress
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Daniel Walker
43,200
12,100
12,100
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Darin Thomas
41,000
9,600
9,600
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Jerid Zewin
40,500
2,500
2,500
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Todd Jackson
32,000
600
600
Profile photo of Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Jerid ZewinMike Leah

Ramdin Hits a Boat

With the board reading {4-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}, Victor Ramdin bet out. Brian Aleksa called and Justin Bonomo tossed out a raise. Ramdin three-bet and Aleksa got out of the way. Bonomo called the three-bet and the two players were off to the river.

The dealer produced the {A-Hearts} on the river and once again Ramdin continued with his aggression. Bonomo threw out one more call.

"Full house," said Ramdin, showing {4-Hearts}{4-Clubs}. Bonomo mucked his cards and Ramdin was able to drag in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Victor Ramdin
41,000
2,000
2,000
pokerstars
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Justin Bonomo
39,000
13,000
13,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once

Tags: Victor RamdinJustin Bonomo

Mueller the First One Home

Just one player has been busted from this event so far and it happens to be Greg Mueller. When we came to the table, Mueller was involved in a hand with JJ Liu and Victor Ramdin. At this point there was a flop showing {6-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs} and Mueller was leading out from the small-blind position. Liu got out of the way and Ramdin called to see a {10-Diamonds} hit the turn. This time when Mueller lead, Ramdin would make it three bets to go. Mueller then made it four bets and Ramdin called. Muller only had 200 chips left as the dealer flipped over a {4-Hearts} on the river and would flick those chips in. A call from Ramdin and the players would turn their hands over.

Mueller: {a-Diamonds}{a-Spades}
Ramdin: {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}

Mueller would need an ace that would never come as the {4-Hearts} river would send Mueller home with a min-cash. Table 408 is now down to just four players.

Player Chips Progress
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Justin Bonomo
52,000
17,400
17,400
WSOP 3X Winner
Run It Once
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Brian Aleksa
45,000
8,000
8,000
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Victor Ramdin
43,000
12,800
12,800
pokerstars
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JJ Liu
29,000
2,000
2,000
Profile photo of Greg Mueller ca
Greg Mueller
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Greg MuellerJJ LiuVictor Ramdin

Engel Low

We caught up with Table 407 to see Brian Meinders and Ari Engel looking down at the flop of {6-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{5-Spades}. Meinders check-raised Engel who reluctantly tossed out a call.

The turn brought the {4-Spades} and Meinders fired out another bet. Engel called and the {10-Clubs} came on the river. Both players checked and Meinders showed {J-Hearts}{8-Spades}. Engel angled his cards to the muck and Meinders was able to scoop the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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Brian Meinders
47,000
12,200
12,200
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
6,000
25,100
25,100
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Ari EngelBrian Meinders

Keating Struggles Early

"I left hockey early for this!" exclaimed Alexander Keating after he lost a chunk of his stack. When we arrived at Table 11, Keating's stack was already a little slimmer than the start of the day, but it got even worse after the following hand played out.

Folded to Keating in the cutoff, he made it two bets to go and only Tam Hang in the big blind made the call. The {5-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{7-Clubs} flop would see Hang lead out with a bet. Keating then quickly made it another bet to go and Hang made the call as a {j-Clubs} landed on the turn. This time both players would check and a {8-Diamonds} would hit the river. Hang fired out a bet here and after some deliberation, Keating opted to let his hand go, sending the pot to Hang.

Player Chips Progress
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Tam Hang
42,200
10,800
10,800
WSOP 1X Winner
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Alexander Keating
13,000
21,400
21,400

Tags: Tam HangAlexander Keating

Leah Off To Harrowing Start

After running into Daniel Walker's {A-Clubs} on a four club board a few hands earlier, we caught up to find Mike Leah looking down at a board of {10-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{8-Clubs}{2-Hearts}. Leah checked to Jerid Zewin who bet out. Leah called and the two players were off to fifth street.

The {K-Spades} peeled off on the river and Leah checked once again. Zewin put out one last bet and Leah let out a sigh before tossing in a call. Zewin showed {A-Diamonds}{A-Clubs} and Leah flung his hand to the muck. Leah, after defeating internet sensation Viktor Blom heads up to win his table yesterday, is now down to only 9,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Jerid Zewin
38,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
9,000
21,400
21,400
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Jerid ZewinMike Leah