Event 31: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-17-2012 19:18 UTC-6

A Few Chip Counts From Around The Room

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Chambers	520,000 -10,000	-10,000
Daniel Makowsky	218,000 90,000	90,000
Joe Cada	186,000 36,000	36,000

Dan Smith	175,000 145,000	145,000

Ken Aldridge	160,000 74,000	74,000

William Reynolds	90,000 10,000	10,000
Gabriel Nassif	81,000 -12,000	-12,000
Elliot Smith	68,000 43,000	43,000
Nam Le	34,000 6,000	6,000
Soi Nguyen	27,000 -18,000	-18,000

06-17-2012 19:20 UTC-6

Another Double For Le

Mickey Doft

Tom Chambers opened to 6,500 from the hijack and the player on the button three-bet to about 17,000. Nam Le was in the big blind and he four-bet all in for 34,000. Chambers folded, the players on the button called with {Q-Hearts} {J-Clubs} , and Le tabled {K-Clubs} {K-Hearts} .

The board ran out {A-Spades} {K-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {8-Spades} as Le's flopped set dodged the broadway draw.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nam Le	80,500 46,500	46,500

Tags: Nam Le

06-17-2012 19:21 UTC-6

Moutinho Doubles Back

Josh_Cahlik

Right after losing most of her stack to Dwyte Pilgrim, Erika Moutinho got her remaining chips in the middle holding {A-Diamonds} {A-Hearts} before the flop. Moutinho was called by Jim Collopy who held {K-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} .

The flop spelled disaster for Moutinho, falling {K-Clubs} {8-Clubs} {9-Hearts} and giving Collopy two pair. Moutinho got up from her seat and began to gather her belongings as the {10-Diamonds} fell on the turn. Much to her surprise, the {8-Spades} rolled off on the river, giving her aces up and the best hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jim Collopy	190,000 -35,000	-35,000

Erika Moutinho	51,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Erika Moutinho Jim Collopy

06-17-2012 19:25 UTC-6

119th - 135th Place Finishers

Mickey Doft

Each takes home $4,174.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Chase	Busted
Conrad Monica	Busted
Armando Soria	Busted
Ryan Welch	Busted

Andrew Kerstine	Busted
Matthias Kurtz	Busted
Peter Graham	Busted
Michael Hudson	Busted
Alexandre Pinol	Busted
David Feldman	Busted
Collin Moshman	Busted
Kristian Pedersen	Busted
Daniel Furnival	Busted
Craig Rutledge	Busted
Mohammad Abedi-Arani	Busted
Jack King	Busted
Tony Dam	Busted

06-17-2012 19:46 UTC-6

Some Chip Updates

Josh_Cahlik

Player	Chips	Progress
Maximilian Lehmanski	390,000 230,000	230,000
Erik Cajelais	370,000 278,300	278,300

JC Tran	300,000 -10,000	-10,000
Cherish Andrews	185,000 -13,000	-13,000
Joe Cada	155,000 -31,000	-31,000

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

06-17-2012 19:50 UTC-6

Falling Stacks in the Forrest

Josh_Cahlik

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ted Forrest	110,000 -25,000	-25,000

06-17-2012 19:58 UTC-6

More Chip Counts

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Adam Kornuth	320,000 270,900	270,900
Carter Phillips	295,000 121,000	121,000

Dwyte Pilgrim	165,000 25,000	25,000
Ilan Boujenah	160,000 -5,000	-5,000
Jim Collopy	135,000 -55,000	-55,000

Wai Cheng	130,000 -55,000	-55,000
Terrence Chan	75,000 33,000	33,000

Chris Grigorian	62,000 11,000	11,000

06-17-2012 20:03 UTC-6

Aron Busts Smith To Grab The Chip Lead

Mickey Doft

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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Aron	570,000 516,600	516,600
Dan Smith	Busted

Tags: Dan Smith Michael Aron

06-17-2012 20:09 UTC-6

103rd - 118th Place Finishers

Mickey Doft

Each earned $4,174.

Player	Chips	Progress
Robert Tepper	Busted
Andrew Bell	Busted
Daniel Plonsker	Busted
Adolfo Monreal	Busted
James Edminister	Busted
Cludo Georgiadis	Busted
James Malone	Busted
Jeffrey Hilliard	Busted
Justin Rice	Busted
Julian Parmann	Busted
Nicholas Ricciardi	Busted
Tom Alner	Busted
Matthew Butler	Busted
Jensen Toma	Busted
Daniel Jose	Busted
Michael Stefanoff	Busted