Event 43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Completed
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 43: $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
$3,739,500
Entries
2,770
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000
Day 2 Ends with 20 Players, Zach Clark Holds Small Lead
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Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Day 2 of Event 43, $1,500 No Limit Hold’em, of the World Series of Poker has wrapped up after ten action-packed levels. There were 320 runners that returned for the day and only 20 remain. Zach Clark leads the field after bagging up 1.342 million.
Chasing Clark are Balazs Botond (1.32m), Neil Channing (1.319m) and James Mackey (1.074m). John Nelson is the only other player over seven figures with 1.019m. Jesse Yagninuma, Henry Lu, Mark Ketteringham and Randy Lew remain in the field..
Many notable players found the rail today, including; Marvin Rettenmaier, Tommy Vedes, Andrew Lichtenberger, Alex Masek, Angel Guillen, Cherish Andrews, Ryan Tepen, Pius Heinz, Jordan Morgan, Alex Outhred, Jordan Young, Andy Frankenberger, Chino Rheem, Huy Nguyen and Matthew Affleck.
Channing spent time on the leaderboard and was running well, but really hit his stride in a hand against Rodrigo Caprioli. Channing held 
and was up against 
. The board ran 
and Channing took the chip lead at the time with 884,000.
Rettenmaier spent most of the afternoon near the top of the leaderboard. He lost a key hand against Carl DiVeglia III where DiVeglia’s outran his pocket tens. He was reduced to about twelve big blinds and then chipped up through Henry Lu. His luck would not last though; he was eliminated after the last break of the evening.
Zach Clark won a giant hand three-way pot where his pocket queens flopped a set. He went from around average to one of the tournament leaders when he walked away from that hand with over 750,000.
Day 3 will have cards in the air at 1:00 p.m. PST and should play down to a winner. It could be a close call with X players remaining. Follow all the WSOP action live on PokerNews.com.
Official Full Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,342,000
607,000
|
607,000 |
|
1,320,000
740,000
|
740,000 |
|
1,319,000
-61,000
|
-61,000 |
|
1,074,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
||
|
1,019,000
-341,000
|
-341,000 |
|
709,000
69,000
|
69,000 |
|
621,000
621,000
|
621,000 |
|
573,000
158,000
|
158,000 |
|
525,000
80,000
|
80,000 |
|
502,000
177,000
|
177,000 |
|
420,000
-330,000
|
-330,000 |
|
402,000
-108,000
|
-108,000 |
|
||
|
381,000
201,000
|
201,000 |
|
371,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
366,000
-206,000
|
-206,000 |
|
359,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
322,000
-48,000
|
-48,000 |
|
305,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
291,000
91,000
|
91,000 |
|
249,000
-101,000
|
-101,000 |
Three More Hands
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
The tournament clock has reached the ten minute mark and they will play three more hands before bagging and tagging.
Nelson KOs Vegas
We had a preflop all in showdown between Karim Vegas and John Nelson.
Nelson: 
Vegas: 
The board ran 
and Vegas was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,360,000
460,000
|
460,000 |
|
Busted |
Phillips Runs Big Slick into Aces
Zack Clark opened for 29,000, Carter Phillips raised to 78,000 and Clark re-raised to 158,000. Phillips shoved for over 500,000 and Clark called.
Clark:
Phillips: 
The board ran 
and Phillips was eliminated in a shocking fashion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,250,000 | |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Channing Pulling Away
We missed the preflop action but Julian Herold was all in against Neil Channing.
Channing: 
Herold: 
The board ran 
and Channing retook the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,380,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
Busted |
Full Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,030,000
688,000
|
688,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
980,000
96,000
|
96,000 |
|
|
900,000
608,000
|
608,000 |
|
|
750,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
|
735,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
|
695,000
695,000
|
695,000 |
|
|
580,000
138,000
|
138,000 |
|
580,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
572,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
|
|
540,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
510,000
412,000
|
412,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
445,000
334,000
|
334,000 |
|
|
415,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
|
|
374,000
-56,000
|
-56,000 |
|
|
370,000
-145,000
|
-145,000 |
|
|
350,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
|
335,000
245,000
|
245,000 |
|
|
330,000
-135,000
|
-135,000 |
|
|
325,000
125,000
|
125,000 |
|
310,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
285,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
200,000
-165,000
|
-165,000 |
|
|
200,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
195,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
180,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
New Seating Assginments
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
Table 439
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cary Marshall | 180,000 |
| 2 | Neil Channing | 980,000 |
| 3 | Karim Vegas | 200,000 |
| 4 | Carl DiVeglia III | 285,000 |
| 5 | William Dannels | 95,000 |
| 6 | Adam Foster | 330,000 |
| 7 | Julian Herold | 195,000 |
| 8 | Tom Alner | 350,000 |
| 9 | John Nelson | 900,000 |
Table 441
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francois Dur | 325,000 |
| 2 | Zach Clark | 735,000 |
| 3 | Jesse Yaginuma | 374,000 |
| 4 | Shankar Pillai | 310,000 |
| 5 | Michael Benvenuti | 695,000 |
| 6 | Carter Phillips | 540,000 |
| 7 | Michael De Gilio | 82,000 |
| 8 | Mark Ketteringham | 445,000 |
| 9 | Daniel Zeihen | 200,000 |
Table 443
| Seat | Player | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Randy Lew | 510,000 |
| 2 | Kevin Song | 580,000 |
| 3 | Jared Rosenbaum | 750,000 |
| 4 | James Mackey | 1,030,000 |
| 5 | Andres Sanchez | 572,000 |
| 6 | Henry Lu | 415,000 |
| 7 | Balazs Botond | 580,000 |
| 8 | Michael Judge | 370,000 |
| 9 | Hovan Nguyen | 335,000 |
Final Three Tables Redraw
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
The field has reached 27 players and the clock has been paused for a complete redraw. We'll have it posted shortly.