Event 31: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Started
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 31: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,794,850
Entries
2,811
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 16,000
Ante
20,000
Day 2 Begins With 331 In the Hunt
Welcome to our coverage of Day 2 of Event 31: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. Yesterday saw 2,811 entrants whittled down to 331. That means we're just 34 eliminations away from the money where each player remaining is guaranteed $2,770.
Leading the pack at the end of play yesterday was Cherish Andrews who is sitting on a massive stack of 225,990. Wai Cheng is the second biggest stack with 153,000. Rounding out the top three is 2010 November Niner Soi Nguyen who has 135,200.
There are several notable names returning to the felt today. Among those to vie for a World Series of Poker cash today are Dwyte Pilgrim, Erik Cajelais, Mike McDonald, John Juanda, Lauren Kling, and 2009 WSOP Main Event champion Joe Cada.
We expect to reach the final three tables by the end of the night. Regardless we will be playing a full ten levels today.
Stay tuned as we keep you up to date with all of the latest action from the tournament floor!
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cherish Andrews | 225,900 |
| 2 | Wai Chen | 135,200 |
| 3 | Soi Nguyen | 135,000 |
| 4 | Robert Tepper | 114,900 |
| 5 | Bernard Lee | 105,600 |
| 6 | Cesar Garcia | 103,400 |
| 7 | Maximilian Lehmanski | 99,400 |
| 8 | William Reynolds | 96,600 |
| 9 | Evan Clotworthy | 92,500 |
| 10 | Erik Cajelais | 91,700 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Good Start For Holloway
After Chad Holloway raised in middle position to 3,000, James Kendrick moved all in for roughly 9,000 from late position. Action folded back to Holloway who called after a few moments with 
.
Kendrick was slightly ahead with 
, but fell behind when the flop came down 
. Kendrick found no help from the 
turn and 
river to exit early on Day 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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33,000 | 13,600 |
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Busted |
Early Bustouts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
JayBone in the Field
While we approach the money in today's event, one player still alive in the field is Jack King, also known as JayBone or Mr. Jr. Bacon Lover, a legend in PocketFives OT.
King is currently sitting on a short-stack of about 16,000. For those of you watching along from PocketFives, photos will be along shortly. JayBone seems very confident but still seems to be missing some "sweetness", even though those watching along have yet to find out exactly what that means.
Maridu Mayrinck is keeping a close eye on JayBone and providing us with the latest updates on his status in today's event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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16,000 | -1,300 |
More Eliminations
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
On The Bubble
The board currently reads 299 players, meaning we are two players away from the money. Here are a few more recent eliminations.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
We are in the Money!
Benjamin Marsh's 
fell to David Chase's 
when the board rolled out 
.
And with that, we are in the money!
Nick Guagenti's 
fell to a Valentyn Shabelnyk's 
when the board ran out 
shortly thereafter, earning him a 297th-place finish and a min cash.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
146,000 | 56,200 |
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125,000 | 80,700 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Guillen Crippled
Action folded around to Angel Guillen on the button and he made it 2,500 to go. The big blind three-bet all in over the top for 25,200 total and the short-stack big blinded decided to ship in his stack of 6,000 as well.
Action came back to Guillen and he sat pondering for over a minute. He eventually dropped the chips in the middle and the three hands were tabled:
Guillen: 
Small Blind: 
Big Blind: 
The dealer spread out a wonderful flop for Guillen, showing 
, giving him top pair and four to the flush. The turn paired the board, bringing the .
And then came the river that caused all three players to get there. The . The big blind made his straight and Guillen made his flush, but it was the player in the small blind benefited most, making his full house on the river.
After that hand Guillen was crippled, his stack now sitting at 5,700.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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5,700 | -33,000 |