2012 World Series of Poker

Event 40: $2,500 Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed
Day: 2
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Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♥4♠
Prize
$182,088
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$687,050
Entries
302
Level Info
Level
26
Limits
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0

Event 40: $2,500 Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed

Day 2 Started

Day 2 Seating Assignments and Chip Counts

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TableSeatPlayerChips
4201Michael Reed56800
4202--empty----
4203Jacob Petersen19000
4204Robert Redman8700
4205Jason Tompkins23400
4206Kenny Hsiung15200
    
4211Gabriel Nassif19100
4212Jeffrey Jerome15400
4213Rep Porter14700
4214Matts Quiding7900
4215Jeff Thompson9900
4216Steven Werdehoff27200
    
4221Tyler Bonkowski11800
4222Michael Shelton13400
4223Brandon Bregman14100
4224Brandon Wong24100
4225Brian Meinders34600
4226Vincent Gironda60400
    
4231Alessio Isaia23300
4232Michael Scarborough6700
4233Devon Miller26200
4234Chad Brown46300
4235John Monnette5600
4236Daniel Idema1800
    
4241Richard Lewis24300
4242Dan Kelly35900
4243Andrew Le37500
4244Eugene Katchalov20600
4245Matt Keikoan1800
4246Sok Cheng39800
    
4251--DID NOT REPORT--1
4252Benjamin Scholl23800
4253Shane Douglas30600
4254Balazs Biri11000
4255Joe Cassidy24600
4256Brad Libson37600
    
4261Jason Vanstrom14500
4262Jimmy Shultz38200
4263Maria Ho31200
4264Daniel Makowsky1100
4265Bill Chen16600
4266John Hennigan45300
    
4271Christopher Roth20700
4272Brent Wheeler9600
4273Mark Dickstein5000
4274Andre Akkari50800
4275Charles Townsend20800
4276Jason Manger33100
    
4281Steven Kelly19300
4282Mark Radoja22000
4283Jeff Lisandro25200
4284Ruslan Dykshteyn18700
4285Ray Sumon21200
4286Hans Minocha29100
    
4291Steven Schlesinger23100
4292Jon Turner36500
4293David Chase22300
4294Christopher Hartman8800
4295Charles Indyg16000
4296Sorel Mizzi43000
    
4301Yosuke Sekiya12800
4302Holger Lindemann19700
4303Scott Fischman24600
4304Benjamin Lazer20900
4305Joseph Dressner14300
4306Ryan D'Angelo38500
    
4311Harold Lilie7200
4312Rabih Abouezzi3700
4313Charles Kassin16100
4314Philip Tom13600
4315Mitch Mitchener22800
4316Marco Johnson26700
    
4321Jordan Cairns35700
4322Terrence Chan50700
4323Maxi Mueller24700
4324Shahryar Eslami11400
4325Harrison Wilder31800
4326Arkadiy Tsinis29500
    
4331Frank Major7200
4332Andrew Badecker2700
4333Victor Ramdin13700
4334Michael Parizon26300
4335Ayman Qutami17700
4336Kyle Bowker21400
    
4341Ronnie Bardah23900
4342Dan Alspach20800
4343Zach Clark30300
4344Brandon Young8100
4345Richard Pyne22600
4346Matt Grapenthien26500
    
4351Richard Alsup25700
4352Nicholas Abourisk8900
4353James Demartini7000
4354Jay Zimmet15600
4355Scott Seiver43900
4356Daniel Shak12600
    
4361Humberto Brenes37100
4362Michael Senter46300
4363Jared Woodin29200
4364Ian Johns8500
4365Andrew Brussard12800
4366Clayton Newman15200

Players with a "1" as their chip count did not report their count.

101 Return for Day 2

Shamus
Shamus
Terrence Chan looks to add yet another cash -- and perhaps a first WSOP bracelet -- in Event 40
Terrence Chan looks to add yet another cash -- and perhaps a first WSOP bracelet -- in Event 40

Welcome back to Day 2 of Event 40: $2,500 Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed!

Almost exactly one-third of the 302 players who entered this event survived yesterday's eight one-hour levels to return to chips today. Among the 101 players still alive, Vincent Gironda, Michael Reed, Andre Akkari, and Terrence Chan return to the biggest stacks, although there remain many challengers only a few small and big bets away from catching the leaders.

The top 36 finishers make the money in this one, earning the right to divide up the $687,050 prize pool. We'll likely reach the money at some point this afternoon or early evening as players work their way through today's schedule of 10 one-hour levels. First cashers will earn $4,046 for their efforts, but all are still eyeing that $182,088 first prize up top.

Play is set to commence about a half-hour from now at 2 PM local time. Come back then as we track the gradual slimming of the field as Event 40 marches toward the final table.

Level: 9

Limits: 600/1,200

Ante: 0

Chin Up, Then Chip Up

Shamus
Shamus
Level 9 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

Some of those returning to super-short stacks today have already hit the rail during the first few hands of play, Daniel Makowsky among them. Meanwhile Daniel Idema just survived an all in to improve his status slightly, although he remains in the danger zone with less than 5,000 chips.

His table mate Chad Brown is providing encouragement, however. Brown started the day with a top five stack of 46,300, and still sits with about that amount.

"Keep on doing that," said Brown of Idema's double-up, "and before you know it they'll have to go all in against you."

Tags: Chad BrownDaniel Idema

Gironda on the Go

Shamus
Shamus

Vincent Gironda began today as our chip leader, and during the early going he's already added a few more to his first-place stack.

Just now came a hand in which Gironda raised from under the gun and got a single caller in Brian Meinders in the big blind. Meinders check-raised the {2-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} flop, and Gironda called. Gironda also called Meinders' turn bet after the {2-Spades} fell.

A third deuce — the {2-Diamonds} — came on the river, and this time Meinders checked. Gironda took the opening to fire a bet, and Meinders let his hand go.

Player Chips Progress
Vincent Gironda
Vincent Gironda 		65,000 4,600
Brian Meinders us
Brian Meinders
WSOP 1X Winner
32,000 -2,600

Tags: Brian MeindersVincent Gironda

Early Casualties

Shamus
Shamus

Table 423 just saw a couple of short stacks felted.

First it was John Monnette, Event #10: $5,000 Seven Card Stud champion, who after grabbing a couple of small pots early was eliminated. And after scoring that double-up early — and despite Chad Brown's encouraging words — Daniel Idema (another WSOP bracelet holder) finally ran out of chips as well.

Player Chips Progress
John Monnette us
John Monnette
WSOP 5X Winner
Busted
Daniel Idema ca
Daniel Idema
WSOP 3X Winner
Busted

Tags: Daniel IdemaJohn Monnette

Ace-High Good for Hennigan

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Shamus
John Hennigan
John Hennigan

John Hennigan opened with a raise from middle position and got a single caller in Jimmy Shultz on the button. The action went check-bet-call on all three streets as the board came {4-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{9-Clubs}, then {4-Hearts}, then {K-Diamonds}.

When Hennigan called the river, Shultz nodded in acknowledgement, tabling {10-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for a couple of unrealized draws. Hennigan showed {A-Hearts}{J-Spades} and dragged the pot with his ace-high.

Player Chips Progress
John Hennigan us
John Hennigan
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
58,000 12,700
Jimmy Shultz us
Jimmy Shultz
WSOP 1X Winner
34,000 -4,200

Tags: Jimmy ShultzJohn Hennigan

Aces Good to Dan Kelly

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Dan Kelly got off to a poor start in the first level of Day 2, but he just collected some ammunition after taking a pot against Andew Le. Kelly, who began the day with more than 35,000, was down to around 15,000 when he opened with a raise from the cutoff. Le three-bet on the button, and action folded back to Kelly, who four-bet. Le called and then called bets on every street of a {7-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{6-Clubs} board. Kelly tabled {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds} for two pair, and Le mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Le
Andrew Le 		46,000 8,500
Dan Kelly us
Dan Kelly 		18,000 -17,900

Tags: Dan Kelly

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