2012 World Series of Poker

Event 45: $50,000 Poker Players Championship
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj98
Prize
$1,451,527
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Entries
108
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Current Table Draw

Level 10

With the elimination of Andrew Robl, only nine tables remain. Here is the current table draw:

TableSeatPlayer
3541Brian Hastings
3542John Esposito
3543Michael Glick
3544Phil Hellmuth
3545David Grey
3546Danny Fuhs
3547Brett Richey
3548Matthew Russell
   
3551Daniel Alaei
3552Ville Wahlbeck
3553Justin Smith
3554Hasan Habib
3555Matt Glantz
3556Brian Rast
3557Daniel Negreanu
3558Phil Ivey
   
3561John Monnette
3562Matt Hawrilenko
3563Chris Klodnicki
3564Minh Ly
3565Luke Schwartz
3566Joe Cassidy
3567Dan Kelly
3568David Steicke
   
3581Keith Gipson
3582David Benyamine
3583Antony Lellouche
3584Ben Yu
3585Huck Seed
3586Andy Bloch
3587Mike Wattel
3588Michael Mizrachi
   
3591Jason Mercier
3592John Hennigan
3593John Hanson
3594Jon Spinks
3595Richard Ashby
3596Doyle Brunson
3597Stephen Chidwick
3598Greg Mueller
   
3601John D'Agostino
3602Nikolai Yakovenko
3603Charles Pacheco
3604Roland Israelashvili
3605Viktor Blom
3606Abe Mosseri
3607Ali Eslami
3608Shaun Deeb
   
3611Barry Greenstein
3612Alexander Kravchenko
3613Bruno Fitoussi
3614Patrik Antonius
3615David "ODB" Baker
3616Qushqar Morad
3617Jared Bleznick
3618Michael Binger
   
3631David Oppenheim
3632Jonathan Duhamel
3633George Danzer
3634David Chiu
3635Allen Kessler
3636Rami Boukai
3637Robert Mizrachi
3638Bill Chen
   
3651Lyle Berman
3652Tom Chambers
3653Allen Bari
3654Marco Johnson
3655Jeff Lisandro
3656Dan Shak
3657Scott Clements
3658Chad Brown

Justin Smith Busts Wahlbeck

There are no details about how this happened, but Ville Wahlbeck just got eliminated by Justin Smith in Razz.

Wahlbeck has a high reputation when it comes mixed games, and he just barely missed out on the 2009 World Series of Poker Player of the Year title. Jeff Lisandro won three bracelets in 2009, earning him 355 points, and Wahlbeck came in second with 320, which he collected in these four events.

EventPlacePrize
$10,000 8-Game1st$292,384
$10,000 2-7 No Limit Single Draw2nd$172,863
$10,000 Seven Card Stud3rd$152,914
$50,000 H.O.R.S.E.6th$219,655
Player Chips Progress
Ville Wahlbeck fi
Ville Wahlbeck
Busted

Tags: Ville WahlbeckJustin Smith

Berman Hits River To Bust Johnson

Lyle Berman
Lyle Berman

Pot-Limit Omaha

From under the gun, Marco Johnson limped in and action folded to Lyle Berman on the button. He raised the pot and made it 10,800 to go. The blinds folded and then Johnson made the call.

The {9-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} rolled out on the flop and Johnson checked. Berman tossed out 25,200 and Johnson took a minute to make the call. From there, the {5-Diamonds} landed on the turn. After another minute of thought, Johnson moved all in for approximately 71,000. Berman quickly called.

Johnson: {5-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{3-Clubs}
Berman: {A-Spades}{A-Hearts}{8-Spades}{7-Hearts}

Johnson had flopped a straight and flush draw, but turned a set to take the lead. Berman needed a six or a heart on the river to win the pot and bust Johnson, but Johnson did have some blockers against Berman's draw.

The river completed the board with the {Q-Hearts} — it was red and it was a heart. Berman nailed his flush and won the pot, sending Johnson out the door and moving up to 325,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Lyle Berman us
Lyle Berman
325,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Marco Johnson us
Marco Johnson
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Lyle BermanMarco Johnson

The Main Event Champ is Gone

World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel has just been eliminated. Duhamel bought in on day two, but he couldn't get anything going.

No Limit Hold'em
Duhamel first managed to double up when he got his final 20,000 chips into the pot with {K-Spades}{3-Spades}. Rami Boukai made the call from the big blind and showed {A-Spades}{7-Spades}. The board ran out {3-Diamonds}{A-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{3-Hearts} giving Duhamel trips on the river in order to survive.

Not too long after this hand it was David Oppenheim who beat Duhamel for his final chips in Seven Card Stud as we are down to 68 players.

Player Chips Progress
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
Busted
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: David OppenheimJonathan Duhamel

Doyle Runs into Ashby's Aces

Doyle Brunson
Doyle Brunson

No-Limit Hold'em

We just heard that Richard Ashby managed to double his stack to the expense of Doyle Brunson.

In a blind battle all the chips went in, and Ashby showed {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}. Brunson turned over {A-Spades}{Q-Spades} and couldn't catch up as the board ran out {9-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{8-Clubs}{5-Clubs}.

Brunson is knocked back down to 88,000 while Ashby is right around starting stack.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Ashby gb
Richard Ashby
149,000
44,000
44,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Doyle Brunson us
Doyle Brunson
88,000
-32,000
-32,000
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer

Tags: Doyle BrunsonRichard Ashby

Eslami Takes Some From Blom

Pot-Limit Omaha

Viktor Blom was near the top of the standings a few hours ago, but he just lost a pot to Ali Eslami knocking him down to under twice the starting stack.

Blom raised from late-position and Eslami made the call from the button. The flop came down {A-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} and both players checked.

The turn was the {2-Hearts}, and Blom bet 12,600. Eslami made the call, and the river was the {3-Spades}. Blom fired out 26,000 this time, and Eslami called him right away. Blom mucked his cards, and Eslami showed {A-Spades}{J-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{9-Hearts} for top two pair to take down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ali Eslami us
Ali Eslami
291,000
146,000
146,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Viktor Blom se
Viktor Blom
278,000
-79,000
-79,000

Tags: Viktor BlomAli Eslami