Event 37: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix Day 1 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-20-2012 01:56 UTC-6

Crain Makes Nice Call to Send Chen to the Rail

Chad Holloway

No Limit Hold'em:

With 5,500 in the pot and a board reading {9-Spades} {2-Spades} {10-Hearts} {4-Hearts} , Bill Chen moved all in for 7,375, putting the pressure on Eric Crain. The latter, who had the bigger stack, looked a bit perplexed by the bet, and after a little thought, he made the call.

Showdown
Crain: {A-Clubs} {10-Spades}
Chen: {J-Spades} {10-Diamonds}

"Wow," Chen said with a hint of surprise in his voice. "Good call."

"We'll see," Crain said in anticipation of the river. Indeed it was a good call as the {7-Hearts} blanked and he laid claim to the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Crain	22,000 13,000	13,000
Bill Chen	Busted

Tags: Bill Chen Eric Crain

Level: 8

Blinds: /

Ante:

06-20-2012 02:03 UTC-6

The Last Level

Happy_Freaked

Level 8

With 264 players remaining we have reached the last level of the day.

06-20-2012 02:08 UTC-6

Chip Counts from the Tan Section

Chad Holloway

Player	Chips	Progress
Ylon Schwartz	30,000 16,000	16,000

Gavin Griffin	29,000 -2,500	-2,500

Dan Kelly	28,000 18,500	18,500
Eric Crain	26,000 4,000	4,000
Barry Greenstein	25,000 8,000	8,000

Daniel Idema	25,000 8,000	8,000

Jameson Painter	22,500 6,500	6,500
Greg Mueller	21,500 16,100	16,100

Brett Richey	13,000 3,500	3,500
Todd Brunson	13,000

Gavin Smith	12,000 3,800	3,800
Stephen Chidwick	11,000 -3,000	-3,000

Men Nguyen	9,000 3,000	3,000

Bryan Micon	9,000 2,500	2,500
Tommy Vedes	8,150 -3,850	-3,850
John Monnette	7,500 -4,500	-4,500

Victor Ramdin	7,500

Brock Parker	7,000 2,000	2,000
George Danzer	Busted

06-20-2012 02:20 UTC-6

A Few More Eliminations

Chad Holloway

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabriel Nassif	Busted

Xuan Liu	Busted

Men Nguyen	Busted

Erick Lindgren	Busted

Martin Staszko	Busted

Mike Matusow	Busted

06-20-2012 02:31 UTC-6

Katz Getting Back in There

Happy_Freaked

2-7 Triple Draw

We missed most of the pre flop action, but from the looks of it Cary Katz was all in for his final 600 chips after a raise to 500 and a call from David Chiu. Katz was in the big blind and both his opponents called the 100 extra chips.

Katz and the initial raiser took two cards each, and Chiu only needed one.

The initial raiser bet 500, Chiu raised to 1,000 and his opponent called. Katz had picked up his cards from the table and Daniel Negreanu looked at them. By the looks of it Negreanu seemed happy for Katz who patted after which his opponents both took one card.

"I was kinda worried there for a second," Katz laughed right after Chiu took another card, since he had raised after the first draw. Katz felt a lot better now that Chiu didn't had a made hand yet.

Katz turned his cards over and Negreanu quickly grabbed them and pointed out there was going to be another draw. Katz seemed a little embarrassed, but in the end it didn't matter. Both his opponents took one more card and checked it down.

Katz turned over {8-} {7-} {6-} {5-} {2-} and won the hand, the initial raiser had paired up and Chiu fell short with {J-} {7-} {6-} {3-} {2-} .

On the very next hand Negreanu raised on the button and Katz three-bet from the small blind to 1,500. Negreanu called and both players took two cards.

"It's 500 right?" Katz asked the dealer who confirmed and Negreanu replied right away.

"It's 500 or check," the Canadian super star said, implying that checking was also an option. Katz ended up checking and Negreanu checked behind right away.

Both players took two cards again, "Shocker," Negreanu said smiling after which Katz flicked out 1,000. "I'm just gonna let you have it," he added and Katz seemed a bit disappointed.

"Just keep drawing!" he said with a smile while the dealer pushed the pot towards him. Katz is back up to 5,100 chips and still one of the short stacks in the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cary Katz	5,100 -3,500	-3,500

Tags: Cary Katz Daniel Negreanu David Chiu

06-20-2012 02:36 UTC-6

"Tequila for All My Boys, Baby!"

Chad Holloway

Scotty Nguyen was recently moved to a new table, which just so happens to be along the rail. As such, he's acquired quite a few railbirds who're eager to watch him work his short stack.

Nguyen is quite excitable, chatting it up with the rail, and generally entertaining anyone and everyone in the vicinity. "Cocktail," Nguyen said to the waiter a few tables over. "It's now or never," he added as he spiked his last 2,000 in after action folded around to him on the button in no limit hold'em.

"Tequila for all my boys, baby," Nguyen said without noticing both blinds folded. While that was good news, the waiter informed the former Main Event champ that he could only server players currently seated in the tournament. "No, no," Nguyen responded. "You go tell you boss, baby."

"Ok," the waiter responded before asking, "What's you name?"

Player	Chips	Progress
Scotty Nguyen	2,000 -5,500	-5,500

Tags: Scotty Nguyem

06-20-2012 02:39 UTC-6

#TeamRunGood

Chad Holloway

After taking a hit earlier, Ryan Tepen seems to be headed in the right direction:

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