Event 38: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-21-2012 14:42 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Wilkerson	Busted
Kevin Miller	Busted
Timothy Adams	Busted

Jacob Brenden	Busted
Elijah Pena	Busted
Paul Renfrow	Busted
Todd Tritsch	Busted
Vince Burgio	Busted

Juan Pastor	Busted
Camile Pontillo	Busted
Richard Willoughby	Busted
Frank Vulpis	Busted
Jason Mayfield	Busted
Jeffrey Carlson	Busted
Anthony Ruffolo	Busted
Ray Foley	Busted

Dennis Yeary	Busted
Harrison Gimbel	Busted

Ross Myers	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Baldwin	Busted

Smith Slams Them Down

Dan Smith was in middle position when he opened up the pot to 3,700. The player directly on his left made it 7,000 to go and the rest of the players got out of the way, while Smith called.

The {k-Diamonds} {k-Hearts} {5-Clubs} flop would see Smith tap the table and his opponent oblige with a check behind. When the {a-Hearts} hit the turn, Smith again checked and this time his opponent went to bet. Before the player had finished reaching for his chips, Smith slammed down his {j-Clubs} {10-Clubs} hard onto the felt and the table laughed, with this apparently being a Table 431 in-joke. With that, the pot went away from Smith, while he still sits with a healthy stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Smith	90,000 4,400	4,400

Tags: Dan Smith

06-21-2012 14:21 UTC-7

More Home with Money

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Here are the next few players who have been sent home with a bit of cash for their time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Istvan Toro	Busted
Kou Vang	Busted
Gabriel Nassif	Busted
Andrew Jackson	Busted
George Broussard	Busted
Cory Carlson	Busted
Matthew Huey	Busted
Tonya Baltazar	Busted
Jacob Panzeri	Busted
Jose Ruizdominguez	Busted
Charlie Dawson	Busted

Shawn Payne	Busted
Mohsin Charania	Busted

Edward Hansen	Busted

06-21-2012 14:16 UTC-7

Kings Good, Good?

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Timothy Good has doubled up through Nicky Evans with {k-Spades} {k-Diamonds} to {a-Diamonds} {k-Clubs} .

We're not sure when the chips went in but there was 14,000 already in the middle before Good's remaining 35,800 were passed to the Brit.

The final board was {3-Spades} {2-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} .

Player	Chips	Progress
Timothy Good	76,000 29,200	29,200
Nicky Evans	50,000 58,000	58,000

Tags: Nicky Evans Timothy Good

06-21-2012 14:08 UTC-7

Haxton Knocks One Away

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The table looked in awe at Arthur Lim as he limped for 1,600 and left himself with just 2,100 behind. Michael Borovetz was in the small blind and made the call, while Isaac Haxton tapped in the big blind.

Flop: {q-Diamonds} {10-Hearts} {5-Diamonds}

Borovetz was first to act and simply folded his cards, sending the action to Haxton. A flick of 2,100 chips meant Haxton was putting Lim to a decision. Lim called pretty quickly and the two players turned their hands over.

Lim:

Haxton:

Haxton had the flush draw and then on the {10-Diamonds} turn, he had the flush. The meaningless {6-Clubs} on the river changed nothing and Lim was sent home, while Haxton raked in some chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Haxton	47,000 26,200	26,200

Arthur Lim	Busted

Tags: Isaac Haxton Arthur Lim

Level: 13

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

06-21-2012 13:57 UTC-7

The Tank Man

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Francisco Riosvallejo tangled with Gabriel Nassif and the latter took age over every decision.

We caught up with the action on the {8-Spades} {10-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} flop and Riosvallejo led out for 6,600. Nassif took about two minutes and calmly slid in the call.

The turn landed as {q-Clubs} and Riosvallejo fired for 9,400. Another two minutes of thinking and stack counting went on from Nassif before he called again. The river was the {a-Clubs} and Riosvallejo checked.

Nassif took three minutes to dwell and and counted out every one of his chips that added up to 22,200. Finally he checked behind and was shown {a-Hearts} {j-Spades} and folded.

"There are some players who wait to make hands before building pots, and there are some players who build pots while waiting for hands!" commented Layne Flack.

"I didn't say I was good," responded Riosvallejo.

"I didn't say you were bad!" Flack came back.

Player	Chips	Progress
Francisco Rios	78,000 11,600	11,600
Gabriel Nassif	22,200 10,700	10,700

Tags: Francisco Riosvallejo Gabriel Nassif Layne Flack

06-21-2012 13:48 UTC-7

First Round of Eliminations in the Money

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The eliminations have been flying fast since the bubble burst. Here are the player who have managed to go home with a minimum cash.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philip Tom	Busted

Andrew Dean	Busted
Mike Fraser	Busted
Joseph Sanchez	Busted
Carlos Heller	Busted
Tony Cousineau	Busted
Thomas Ahern	Busted
David Miscikowski	Busted

Perry Lin	Busted
Dane Canelas-Miller	Busted
Duane Yoshioka	Busted
Anthony Rubio	Busted
Christian Steen	Busted
David Levi	Busted
Bill Varga	Busted
Charles Nelson	Busted
Fred Goldberg	Busted

Martin Diaz	Busted
Stephen Graner	Busted
Jeffrey Tanouye	Busted
Gregory Marcus	Busted
Nicholas Wong	Busted
In Sun Geoum	Busted
Park Yu Cheung	Busted
David Schwind	Busted

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06-21-2012 13:35 UTC-7

Evans Wins One After the Bubble

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When we arrived at Table 439, Nicky Evans and the player to his direct left were involved in a hand with a flop showing {7-Hearts} {6-Spades} {7-Diamonds} . Evans was first to act and made it 3,600 to go. The player thought for quite some time before calling, which sent a {9-Spades} onto the felt on the turn.

This time Evans led for 9,100 and again his opponent thought long and hard before calling. On the {a-Spades} river, Evans slid out a stack of 26,000 in chips, which was enough to put his opponent all-in. The player then went into the tank for almost two minuted before letting his hand go to send the pot to Evans.