Event 27: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.
Day 2 Completed
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 27: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$1,200,150
Entries
889
Level
31
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Schwartz Leads After Day 2
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Level 20
Today was Day 2 of the $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. event, numbered 27 on the WSOP schedule this year. A day prior, 889 people turned up with their entry tickets in hand. By the time the clock ticked down through Level 20 tonight, just 18 remained in contention for the title. Ylon Schwartz will take the big stack of 416,000 into tomorrow's finale, and he'll be the betting favorite to capture the top prize of $267,081 and the gold bracelet. Those prizes will be handed out tomorrow.
When the 165 Day 2 starters returned this afternoon, the field still needed to be reduced by almost half to break the money bubble. Some of the notables to drop out empty handed include Alex Bolotin, Jason Mercier, Frank Kassela, Bryan Devonshire, Christian Harder, Marcel Luske, and David Sklansky.
With 97 players left, Andrew Prock got himself all in during Stud with 
. His trip aces were in trouble against Anthony Dick's 
, and he needed to fill up to avoid a particularly untimely exit. A blank 
on seventh ended his day as the last non-paid finisher, and the 96 players who outlasted him began the procession to the payout desk.
Dan Heimiller was the first to trade paperwork with the cashier, and he was followed by the likes of Linda Johnson, Brent Wheeler, Jacobo Fernandez, "Miami" John Cernuto, and 2011 Main Event runner-up, Martin Staszko. Others to meet their demise as the night wore on included Mike DeGilio, Justin Young, Eli Elezra, Steve Landfish, Tristan Wade, and Huck Seed.
Chris Bell took a bad beat on seventh street to bust in 37th place, and One Dropper Cary Katz outlasted him by just a few spots. At that stage, there was just one lady left standing, but Maria Mayrinck didn't have long left in her tournament life, either. The last of her chips left her in the Omaha Hi/Lo round when her pocket jacks were out-flopped by Jason Brown's ace-king-ten-four. Brown ended up with fours full of kings, and Mayrinck's exit left 29 men battling for the title. Yuval Bronshtein and Sam Grizzle were the next two to fall.
Chips were awfully slippery in the room today, and only a few men were able to hang onto them from start to finish. David Williams had a particularly swingy day at the H.O.R.S.E. track. Williams went from chip leader to short stack and back to chip leader over the course of the first six hours, doing the most damage in Stud Hi/Lo and Razz. In one specific Stud/8 pot against Tom Schneider, Williams' board showed 
against Schneider's 
up. Williams bet seventh dark, then saw his own river card for the first time as he rolled over 
. That flush was the pot that put Williams back in the chip lead, but it wasn't to last. The final two levels of the night were disastrous, and Williams was run out of the room just before the bag-and-tag.
In fact, the only guy we can think of that was never really in any danger today was Schwartz. Highlights of his day included crippling Matthew Ashton in a big Razz pot, and eliminating one-time big stacks Nick Kost and David Williams right at the end of the night. A read back through the blog finds that he was pretty active in pots today, and he'll return tomorrow in the best position for the win.
Bryce Yockey, Cliff Josephy, Stephen Chidwick, Zimnan Ziyard, Allen Cunningham, Rep Porter, and Chiu round out the list of notables among the 18 who survived this brisk Day 2.
The final day is scheduled for 1:00 PM tomorrow, and we'll be back to play this thing out. We hope you'll join us right back here to crown a champion for the 27th time this summer. Until then, all that's left is goodnight.
End of Day 2 Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
416,000 | 116,000 |
|
368,000 | -77,000 |
|
353,000 | 213,000 |
|
315,000 | 105,000 |
|
285,000 | |
|
282,000 | |
|
267,000 | 181,000 |
|
265,000 | -26,000 |
|
220,000 | 60,000 |
|
218,000 | 18,000 |
|
204,000 | 44,000 |
|
149,000 | 4,000 |
|
141,000 | 106,000 |
|
131,000 | 21,000 |
|
129,000 | -71,000 |
|
128,000 | 18,000 |
|
72,000 | 39,000 |
|
|
60,000 | 25,000 |
Jett-isonned
Chip Jett has been just eliminated here at the tail end of the night. He'll take 19th-place money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Schwartz Eliminates Kost
Stud:
A quick turn of events left Nick Kost on a short stack and he got it all in right off the bat against Ylon Schwatz.
Kost: 
/ 
Schwartz: 
/ 
The first three cards of each players got jumbled together, but as you can see above, Schwartz's queens and jacks was the best hand. Kost made a beeline to the payout desk in 20th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Final Four
Level 20
It's Magic Hour inside the Rio. We've hit the 10-minute mark, and the clock has been paused. We'll play four more hands at each table before calling it a night.
Schneider Eliminated
Tom Schneider was just eliminated in Stud.
Brandon Guss is the one doing all the work right now, and his chip stack has soared to 445,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
445,000 | 245,000 |
|
Busted |
Straight Over Straight Eliminated Madeiros
Stud:
We didn't catch the betting but we do know Dan Madeiros got the last of his chips in on seventh and was called by Elior Sion. "Straight," Madeiros said.
"Me too," Sion replied.
Madeiros: (x-x) / 
/ (x) ()
Sion: (x-x) / 
/ (x) (
)
As you can see, Sion's straight proved the better of the two and Madeiros hit the rail in 22nd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Williams Falls
It's been a quick, hard tumble from the top of the leaderboard for David Williams. He's out.
Razz:
Williams got himself all in on third street with 
. He was up against the 
of Ylon Schwartz, and things did not go well for Williams.
Schwartz ran out a board of 
, making his eighty-seven on seventh. With one to come, Williams was showing 
(x). Things really turned sour after fourth, and now Williams needed to find an out to double up. he could not. He received a , then flung it right back to the dealer and into the muck.
Williams has been eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000 | 175,000 |
|
Busted |
The David Williams Saga
It's been quite a day for David Williams. He shot out to the chip lead in the early going, then dropped all the way back to one of the short stacks. Then, a couple hours later, he was the chip leader again, and he maintained that top spot for a long while.
It appears the roller coaster is heading into the station. Williams broke tables with 110,000 in his rack, and he's just folded in a couple pots to drop all the way down under 40,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
35,000 | -230,000 |