Event 3: $3,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 2 Started
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 3: $3,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$3,000
Entries
317
Level
4
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
0
Stacked Field Returns to Play to Elite Eight
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Day 2 of the Event 3 of the World Series of Poker, $3,000 Heads-up No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha, returns with 64 players vying to be one of the eight remaining players after three rounds of action. A stacked field returns Annette Obrestad, Justin Bonomo, David Williams, John Racener, Josh Arieh and Andy Frankenberger are just a few of games most accomplished player returning.
The friendliest face in poker, Mike Sexton, will square off against one of poker's young guns, Justin Bonomo, in first round action. George Lind will have Jared Jaffe in their opening match and two of Texas' best in David Benefield and Raj Kattamuri will play each other in the opening round as well.
In the match we've dubbed "Ctrl V" is Dimitar Danchev against Yevgeniy Timoshenko. Tim West faces Scott Davies, Victor Ramdin will play Jim Collopy and Obrestad will face Ryan Franklin.
The first round is scheduled to restart at 1:00 PM PST with the later rounds starting at 4:00 PM and 7:00 PM. Follow along all the action live on PokerNews.
Matches for the Round of 64
| Table | Seat | Player |
|---|---|---|
| 412 | 1 | George Wolff |
| 412 | 2 | Massimiliano Martinez |
| 412 | 3 | Tod Holley |
| 412 | 4 | Andrew Pantling |
| 413 | 1 | Julian Powell |
| 413 | 2 | Benjamin Vinson |
| 413 | 3 | Philippe Boucher |
| 413 | 4 | Cory Wood |
| 414 | 1 | Trevor Pope |
| 414 | 2 | Sam Stein |
| 414 | 3 | David Chiu |
| 414 | 4 | Gregg Merkow |
| 415 | 1 | Vojtech Ruzicka |
| 415 | 2 | David Nicholson |
| 415 | 3 | Alexander Venovski |
| 415 | 4 | John Racener |
| 416 | 1 | Darren Kramer |
| 416 | 2 | Gordon Vayo |
| 416 | 3 | Jose-Luis Velador |
| 416 | 4 | Leif Force |
| 417 | 1 | George Lind |
| 417 | 2 | Jared Jaffe |
| 417 | 3 | Jeremy Ausmus |
| 417 | 4 | Byron Kaverman |
| 418 | 1 | Andy Seth |
| 418 | 2 | David Emmons |
| 418 | 3 | Justin Bonomo |
| 418 | 4 | Mike Sexton |
| 419 | 1 | Sampo Ryynanen |
| 419 | 2 | Joshua Pollock |
| 419 | 3 | Andy Frankenberger |
| 419 | 4 | Alan Keating |
| 420 | 1 | Jason Koon |
| 420 | 2 | Adam Kornuth |
| 420 | 3 | Jonathan Clancy |
| 420 | 4 | Matthew Bucaric |
| 421 | 1 | Eric Froehlich |
| 421 | 2 | Bryce Yockey |
| 421 | 3 | Marcello Marigliano |
| 421 | 4 | Josh Arieh |
| 422 | 1 | Sebastion Saffari |
| 422 | 2 | Thomas Gabriel |
| 422 | 3 | Matt Jarvis |
| 422 | 4 | Guillaume Darcourt |
| 423 | 1 | Annette Obrestad |
| 423 | 2 | Ryan Franklin |
| 423 | 3 | Tres Davis |
| 423 | 4 | Jarred Solomon |
| 424 | 1 | Simeon Naydenov |
| 424 | 2 | Mark Radoja |
| 424 | 3 | Ayaz Mahmood |
| 424 | 4 | Ashkan Razavi |
| 425 | 1 | Dimitar Danchev |
| 425 | 2 | Yevgeniy Timoshenko |
| 425 | 3 | David Williams |
| 425 | 4 | Kory Kilpatrick |
| 426 | 1 | Raja Kattamuri |
| 426 | 2 | David Benefield |
| 426 | 3 | Victor Ramdin |
| 426 | 4 | Jim Collopy |
| 431 | 1 | Justin Smith |
| 431 | 2 | David Schnettler |
| 431 | 3 | Tim West |
| 431 | 4 | Scott Davies |
Shuffle Up and Deal
The players are in their seats (mostly) and the clock has chimed on 1pm. Let's get this day two show on the road. Win three rounds players and we'll see you in the quarters tomorrow.
Williams Picks off Early Bluff
David Williams has taken the early advantage in his match versus Kory Kilpatrick after picking off a river bluff.
Williams called a raise before both players checked the 
flop. The turn came 
and Kilpatrick bet 1,500 when Williams checked to him. Call.
The river was 
and Williams checked and had to wait two minutes before Kilpatrick bet a chunky 4,100. He snap-called with 
, besting Kilpatrick's busted straight draw with 
.
Cashing Lammers Early
A few players have elected to use their two rebuy lammers right at the start: David Benefield, Dimitar Danchev and Jonathan Clancy. Thomas Gabriel has cashed in one of his lammers.
Level: 2
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 0
Table 426
Level 2
: 400/800, 0 ante
There's a lot a action happening over on table 426.
Jim Collopy and Victor Ramdin are having a three-bet fest pre flop. Twice in a row Collopy raised to 1,000 in NL and twice faced a three-bet to 2,500. He folded the first time but shoved the second time to take down the pot. I don't think their match will be lasting very long.
Raja Kattamuri and David Benefield are sat at the other end of the table and the former was forced to trade in his third lammer (T24k).
The two saw a 
flop in NL before all the chips flew into the middle.
Benefield: 
for trip threes.
Kattamuri: 
for a flush draw.
The board ran out a blank 
.
Raja Kattamuri has since dropped even further to 20,000 chips.
Lil' or No Chips for Nicholson
Vojtech Ruzicka has become the first player to advance after he eliminated Dave Nicholson in a battle of Europe.
Ruzicka will Czech back in a 4pm for today's second round of matches.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
144,000 | 72,000 |
|
Busted |
Dealer Change on 413
Level 2
: 400/800, 0 ante
Andy Frankenberger and Alan Keating have traded in their old dealer for a new one.
The old one still had life in her, but the PLO option wasn't working too well. She had trouble calculating the pot and was replaced after a few complaints from Frankenberger.