2012 World Series of Poker

Event 31: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
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Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
$664,130
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,794,850
Total Entries
2,811
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 16,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 2,811
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Pastura Nears 500K

Action folded to Giuseppe Pastura in the hijack and he raised to 8,500. The player in the cutoff went all in for just a little bit more and when action folded back to Pastura, he made the easy call.

Pastura tabled {A-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}, leading his opponent's {Q-Spades}{9-Spades}. The board rolled out {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} to give Pastura the pot.

Tags: Giuseppe Pastura

Nguyen Doubles In Dramatic Fashion

We found the aftermath of a hand that caused some commotion here in the Amazon Room. Soi Nguyen was all in and at risk before the flop and was called by another player. Terrence Chan opted to fold pocket queens for his tournament life in this situation. After the hands were turned over and Chan saw that he was ahead of Nguyen's {A-Clubs}{K-Spades} and the other player's {J-Hearts}{J-Diamonds}, he walked away from the table.

The flop came {K-Clubs}{3-Clubs}{A-Diamonds} and Nguyen jumped into the lead.

"It's okay bro," called Nguyen to Chan. "You made the right decision."

Before the words could even finish leaving Nguyen's lips, the {Q-Spades} peeled off on the river and the entire table let out collective gasps and shrieks that carried through the Amazon Room. Chan, who was on the other side of the tournament at this point, immediately knew what this meant. The {4-Diamonds} completed the board and Nguyen was able to enjoy his double up thanks to his flopped top two pair.

Tags: Soi NguyenTerrence Chan

Cajelais Falls a Bit

Last time we checked in with Erik Cajelais he had well over the 300,000 mark. This time however, we have seen his stack dwindle a bit.

In one specific instance, we saw Cajelais raise to 8,000 from under the gun. He received a middle position caller and the rest of the table folded. The flop was {10-Spades}{Q-Spades}{A-Diamonds} and Cajelais checked. His opponent 13,000 and Cajelais called. Fourth street was the {5-Hearts} and Cajelais checked once again. His opponent pushed out 23,000 and Cajelais quickly mucked his hand.

Tags: Erik Cajelais

103rd - 118th Place Finishers

Each earned $4,174.

Aron Busts Smith To Grab The Chip Lead

Michael Aron just took over the chip lead after busting two opponents. Dan Smith had opened the action with a raise to 9,000 in early position and the next player to act shoved for 48,000. Aron was in late position and re-raised all in with the biggest stack of the bunch. The button and blinds folded, Smith called, and the cards were on their backs.

Smith: {K-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}
Aron: {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}
Third Player: {7-Spades}{7-Clubs}

The flop came down {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}{10-Clubs}, keeping Smith in the lead.

"If you are going to bust me, might as well be with quads," said Smith.

The {9-Hearts} turn kept Smith ahead, but the {A-Spades} hit the river to give Aron tens full of aces to win the pot and up his stack to about 570,000-ish in the process.

Tags: Dan SmithMichael Aron

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Falling Stacks in the Forrest

A shorter stacked player moved all in before the flop for 51,000 from middle position. It folded to Ted Forrest in the cutoff who riffled chips for a bit before announcing a call. The rest of the table folded and the hands were shown:

Forrest: {A-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}
Opponent: {K-Hearts}{J-Spades}

The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{K-Spades}{8-Spades} and Forrest was forced to ship chips across the table to his opponent.

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Some Chip Updates

119th - 135th Place Finishers

Each takes home $4,174.

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