Event 26: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 2 Started
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 26: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$1,607,970
Entries
589
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
0
Welcome to Day 2 of Event 26: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
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Good afternoon and welcome to Day 2 of Event #26 $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha. This tournament attracted 589 entries thus creating a prize pool of $1,607,970. Last night, 138 players made it through the first day of frantic four-card action and leading all of them was Joseph Ressler who bagged up 122,100 chips. Ressler has big time World Series of Poker (WSOP) experience, finishing fifth for $105,967 in the $5,000 Six-Handed version of this event last year.
Today's goal is to make it through the day and if anyone does that they are going to be earning a pay check. The top 63 people are going to receive a pay day with $5,226 guaranteed for making it into the money. The first-place prize of $361,797 will be fought for tomorrow.
Other players to keep your eyes on include WSOP bracelet winners Matt 'Pez' Perrins, Galen Kester and Robert Williamson III. Defending champion Sam Stein is also in the field, as is the 700-chip stack of Phil Ivey (although it's still a question if will see the man himself).
Play continues at 14:00 PM and we will be bringing all of the very best action at PokerNews.
Day 2 Seating Assignments and Chip Counts
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 420 | 1 | Thibaut Klinghammer | 8100 |
| 420 | 2 | Jason DeWitt | 43000 |
| 420 | 3 | Ognjen Sekularac | 47000 |
| 420 | 4 | Damian Minev | 42700 |
| 420 | 5 | Elior Sion | 13500 |
| 420 | 6 | Benjamin Hamnett | 11300 |
| 420 | 8 | Chance Kornuth | 52700 |
| 420 | 9 | Peter Charalambous | 34700 |
| 421 | 1 | Joseph Mobley | 29900 |
| 421 | 2 | Kelly Dalke | 13700 |
| 421 | 3 | Christopher Roth | 25300 |
| 421 | 4 | Dilyan Kovachev | 17500 |
| 421 | 5 | George Lind | 17800 |
| 421 | 6 | Giovanni Di Donato | 22700 |
| 421 | 7 | Steven Merrifield | 47400 |
| 421 | 8 | Brant Hale | 47400 |
| 422 | 2 | Matthew Perrins | 85600 |
| 422 | 3 | Nick Grippo | 27200 |
| 422 | 4 | Joshua Gibson | 62000 |
| 422 | 6 | Walter Fisher | 49000 |
| 422 | 7 | Vadzim Kursevich | 92400 |
| 422 | 8 | Erik Seidel | 22200 |
| 422 | 9 | David Ashby | 24300 |
| 423 | 1 | Mike Gorodinsky | 67100 |
| 423 | 2 | Quentin Lae | 80700 |
| 423 | 3 | Philippe Plouffe | 34800 |
| 423 | 4 | Romik Vartzar | 37000 |
| 423 | 5 | Sampsa Hytonen | 18000 |
| 423 | 6 | Thomas Marks | 29500 |
| 423 | 8 | Ryan Young | 21100 |
| 423 | 9 | Igor Sharaskin | 69500 |
| 424 | 1 | Tim West | 12500 |
| 424 | 2 | Brent Roberts | 44800 |
| 424 | 3 | Jaspal Brar | 58200 |
| 424 | 4 | John Riordan | 45200 |
| 424 | 5 | DID NOT REPORT | 1 |
| 424 | 6 | Grayson Nichols | 7200 |
| 424 | 8 | Paul Taylor | 15500 |
| 424 | 9 | Kory Kilpatrick | 24000 |
| 425 | 1 | Lee Thomas | 35600 |
| 425 | 2 | Juan Ramirez | 26400 |
| 425 | 3 | Tristan Clemencon | 66000 |
| 425 | 4 | Jonas Klausen | 18100 |
| 425 | 6 | Joshua Field | 49100 |
| 425 | 7 | Jered Bettencourt | 16400 |
| 425 | 8 | Stephen Su | 8000 |
| 425 | 9 | Robert Williamson III | 24200 |
| 426 | 1 | Anthony Gargano | 36600 |
| 426 | 2 | Robert Toye | 17700 |
| 426 | 3 | Matt Graham | 22400 |
| 426 | 4 | Michael Kamran | 35000 |
| 426 | 5 | Oleksii Kovalchuk | 26500 |
| 426 | 7 | Emil Patel | 32100 |
| 426 | 8 | Ronit Chamani | 41100 |
| 426 | 9 | Tex Barch | 57300 |
| 427 | 1 | Scott Stanko | 60300 |
| 427 | 2 | Huykhiem Nguyen | 51900 |
| 427 | 3 | Sil Basile | 32700 |
| 427 | 4 | Arthur Mouchel | 18000 |
| 427 | 5 | Sam Chartier | 31100 |
| 427 | 6 | Jan-Peter Jachtmann | 58600 |
| 427 | 7 | Brian Roberts | 25900 |
| 427 | 9 | Kevin Boudreau | 27100 |
| 428 | 1 | George Lampert | 28000 |
| 428 | 2 | Charles Kassin | 15800 |
| 428 | 3 | Darryll Fish | 21800 |
| 428 | 4 | Dmitrii Valouev | 52500 |
| 428 | 5 | Isaac Haxton | 32800 |
| 428 | 6 | Miltiadis Kyriakides | 30500 |
| 428 | 7 | Calvin Anderson | 53400 |
| 428 | 8 | Michael Benvenuti | 21800 |
| 429 | 1 | Dorian Rios | 31000 |
| 429 | 2 | Todd Barlow | 20600 |
| 429 | 4 | Joseph Ressler | 122100 |
| 429 | 5 | Elie Payan | 19200 |
| 429 | 6 | Viacheslav Igin | 90300 |
| 429 | 7 | Adam Heger | 58200 |
| 429 | 8 | Sandeep Pulusani | 59000 |
| 429 | 9 | Olegs Pavlucuks | 22300 |
| 430 | 1 | Corey Burbick | 38600 |
| 430 | 3 | Stjepan Jokic | 55100 |
| 430 | 4 | Ryan Franklin | 82700 |
| 430 | 5 | Dominique Mosley | 51600 |
| 430 | 6 | Mikhail Semin | 13500 |
| 430 | 7 | Matthew Vengrin | 12400 |
| 430 | 8 | Phil Ivey | 700 |
| 430 | 9 | Galen Kester | 111000 |
| 431 | 1 | Arthur Morris | 25300 |
| 431 | 2 | Zaher Sayegh | 10900 |
| 431 | 3 | Donnacha O'Dea | 49200 |
| 431 | 4 | Manig Loeser | 55100 |
| 431 | 5 | Andrew Watson | 31400 |
| 431 | 7 | Jose Nacho Barbero | 61300 |
| 431 | 8 | Lee Watkinson | 12400 |
| 431 | 9 | Dutch Boyd | 14200 |
| 432 | 1 | Jamie Robbins | 77000 |
| 432 | 2 | Shawn Buchanan | 32000 |
| 432 | 4 | Guillaume Darcourt | 75500 |
| 432 | 5 | Philippe Boucher | 26100 |
| 432 | 6 | Chino Rheem | 25100 |
| 432 | 7 | Jerome Bradpiece | 15000 |
| 432 | 8 | Steve Gross | 32200 |
| 432 | 9 | Shreeniwas Kelkar | 58000 |
| 433 | 1 | John Racener | 45900 |
| 433 | 2 | Steven Gorder | 32200 |
| 433 | 3 | Paul Dlugozima | 7000 |
| 433 | 5 | Annette Obrestad | 11000 |
| 433 | 6 | Ted Lawson | 50000 |
| 433 | 7 | Justin Conley | 78300 |
| 433 | 8 | Brett Richey | 29500 |
| 433 | 9 | Victor Saedon | 25500 |
| 434 | 1 | James Manning | 15500 |
| 434 | 2 | Raul Paez | 66800 |
| 434 | 3 | Ryan D'Angelo | 53100 |
| 434 | 4 | Ilkka Heikkila | 63000 |
| 434 | 5 | Kyle Bowker | 59100 |
| 434 | 6 | Kevin Saul | 58100 |
| 434 | 7 | Milad Jorshari | 33500 |
| 434 | 8 | Nam Le | 42100 |
| 434 | 9 | Steven Kelly | 36000 |
| 435 | 1 | Isaac Hagerling | 95500 |
| 435 | 2 | Jeff Littlefield | 14100 |
| 435 | 3 | Lucille Cailly | 5700 |
| 435 | 5 | Jon Hoellein | 49900 |
| 435 | 6 | Tom Chambers | 80100 |
| 435 | 7 | [Removed:321] Abedi-Arani | 43200 |
| 435 | 8 | Christophe Lachave | 46700 |
| 435 | 9 | Tyler Denson | 35600 |
| 436 | 1 | Max Kruse | 26600 |
| 436 | 2 | Dallas Wottlin | 24200 |
| 436 | 3 | Vladyslav Semenenko | 32600 |
| 436 | 4 | Padraig Parkinson | 22200 |
| 436 | 5 | Geoffrey Grover | 40800 |
| 436 | 6 | Scott Eskenazi | 22000 |
| 436 | 7 | Thomas Pettersson | 1 |
| 436 | 8 | Austin Scott | 42300 |
| 436 | 9 | Sam Stein | 48300 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 0
Shuffle Up And Deal!
Level 9
: 400/800, 0 ante
The cards are in the air for Day 2 of Event 26.
Ivey Eliminated
Phil Ivey made it to Day 2 of this event without ever playing a hand on Day 1. The reason? He was busy working his magic over in Event 24: $5,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8-or-Better where he finished the day as the chip leader with 27 players left.
Because he was simply blinded off all day yesterday, Ivey made Day 2 with just 700 in chips. He never showed up today, either, as he's over in the other event, but his 700 in chips were put in when it was his turn to be the big blind. As soon as the dealer pitched out all the cards, his hand was mucked and his chips pulled into the pot. So much for that $3,000 investment.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
Two Women Fall
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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Busted |
Williamson III Doubles
There was about 13,000 already in the pot going to the 
flop between Lee Thomas and Robert Williamson III. Thomas bet 5,200 and Williamson raised to 12,800 and was all in. Thomas called.
Williamson: 
Thomas: 
When the money went in, Thomas held two pair and a straight draw. Williamson had top pair, a straight draw and overs. The turn 
gave Williamson a better two pair and the river 
gave him a jack-high straight. Williamson won the pot and doubled up to almost 40,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,600 | 14,400 |
|
|
11,300 | -24,300 |
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Darcourt Beaten By The Flush
We joined the action on a flop of 
and with three players in the hand including Shreeniwas Kelkar (BB) and Guillame Darcourt (EP). The action checked through to the turn where we saw the , the player in the small blind checked, Kelkar bet 3,200 and Darcourt called. So two players left to see the river and the 
. Kelkar made a small 2,200 bet and Darcourt made the call. Kelkar tabled 
for the flush and Darcourt mucked his hand.
Shreeniwas Kelka has 6 World Series of Poker (WSOP) cashes to his name including 1 in this format. Guillaume Darcourt has 3 WSOP cashes to his name and 1 in this format.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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92,000 | |
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64,000 | -11,500 |