Event 45: $50,000 Poker Players Championship Day 2 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-26-2012 00:33 UTC-6

The Main Event Champ is Gone

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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	Busted

Tags: David Oppenheim Jonathan Duhamel

06-26-2012 00:32 UTC-6

Berman Hits River To Bust Johnson

donpeters

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	325,000	30,000
Marco Johnson	Busted

Tags: Lyle Berman Marco Johnson

06-26-2012 00:29 UTC-6

Justin Smith Busts Wahlbeck

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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.

Event	Place	Prize
$10,000 8-Game	1st	$292,384
$10,000 2-7 No Limit Single Draw	2nd	$172,863
$10,000 Seven Card Stud	3rd	$152,914
$50,000 H.O.R.S.E.	6th	$219,655

Player	Chips	Progress
Ville Wahlbeck	Busted

Tags: Ville Wahlbeck Justin Smith

06-26-2012 00:26 UTC-6

Current Table Draw

Mickey Doft

Level 10

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

Table	Seat	Player
354	1	Brian Hastings
354	2	John Esposito
354	3	Michael Glick
354	4	Phil Hellmuth
354	5	David Grey
354	6	Danny Fuhs
354	7	Brett Richey
354	8	Matthew Russell

355	1	Daniel Alaei
355	2	Ville Wahlbeck
355	3	Justin Smith
355	4	Hasan Habib
355	5	Matt Glantz
355	6	Brian Rast
355	7	Daniel Negreanu
355	8	Phil Ivey

356	1	John Monnette
356	2	Matt Hawrilenko
356	3	Chris Klodnicki
356	4	Minh Ly
356	5	Luke Schwartz
356	6	Joe Cassidy
356	7	Dan Kelly
356	8	David Steicke

358	1	Keith Gipson
358	2	David Benyamine
358	3	Antony Lellouche
358	4	Ben Yu
358	5	Huck Seed
358	6	Andy Bloch
358	7	Mike Wattel
358	8	Michael Mizrachi

359	1	Jason Mercier
359	2	John Hennigan
359	3	John Hanson
359	4	Jon Spinks
359	5	Richard Ashby
359	6	Doyle Brunson
359	7	Stephen Chidwick
359	8	Greg Mueller

360	1	John D'Agostino
360	2	Nikolai Yakovenko
360	3	Charles Pacheco
360	4	Roland Israelashvili
360	5	Viktor Blom
360	6	Abe Mosseri
360	7	Ali Eslami
360	8	Shaun Deeb

361	1	Barry Greenstein
361	2	Alexander Kravchenko
361	3	Bruno Fitoussi
361	4	Patrik Antonius
361	5	David "ODB" Baker
361	6	Qushqar Morad
361	7	Jared Bleznick
361	8	Michael Binger

363	1	David Oppenheim
363	2	Jonathan Duhamel
363	3	George Danzer
363	4	David Chiu
363	5	Allen Kessler
363	6	Rami Boukai
363	7	Robert Mizrachi
363	8	Bill Chen

365	1	Lyle Berman
365	2	Tom Chambers
365	3	Allen Bari
365	4	Marco Johnson
365	5	Jeff Lisandro
365	6	Dan Shak
365	7	Scott Clements
365	8	Chad Brown

06-26-2012 00:23 UTC-6

Doyle Makes the Wheel

donpeters

Omaha-8

Doyle Brunson raised from middle position and Charles Pacheco called from the button. Andy Bloch called from the small blind and David Oppenheim called from the big blind.

With four players in action, the dealer dealt the {10-Clubs} {5-Spades} {2-Hearts} flop and action checked to Brunson. He bet and Pacheco folded. Bloch called, then Oppenheim folded.

Two players stayed in until the turn, which brought the {A-Hearts} . Bloch checked and Brunson bet. Bloch called.

The river completed the board with the {J-Clubs} and Bloch led out. Brunson raised and Bloch called.

Brunson showed the {K-Clubs} {K-Spades} {4-Spades} {3-Spades} for the wheel and Bloch mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andy Bloch	515,000	22,000
David Oppenheim	174,000	27,000
Charles Pacheco	141,000	-24,000
Doyle Brunson	120,000	57,000

Tags: Charles Pacheco Doyle Brunson Andy Bloch David Oppenheim

06-26-2012 00:22 UTC-6

Chen Pulls The Trigger

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No-Limit Hold'em

We just saw fireworks on the first hand of No-Limit Hold'em between Bill Chen and George Danzer. The action was folded to Chen who raised to 6,500 from the button. Danzer was in the big blind and he made the call.

The flop came down {9-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} , and Danzer checked to Chen who quickly threw out three chips worth 5,000 each.

"How much do you have behind," Danzer asked Chen, who did a rough count and ended up around 120,000. Danzer slid out 30,000, and his small raise was quickly answered with an all-in shove from Chen.

Danzer didn't seem pleased with this quick move, and took quite some time to make up his mind.

"I should've raised more so I would've committed myself," Danzer said as he folded his cards. "I think I was doing pretty good if you didn't have a set. Did you have a set?" he asked Chen who said he didn't.

"Did you have aces?" Danzer continued his quest for answers, and Chen also denied this guess. "Well, I guess I was getting a good price then. I had ten-eight," Danzer said.

"I bet you just had a nine, you sick gambler!" Danzer finally said, and Chen started laughing.

"Maybe I'm a sick gambler," Chen said with a smile as he stacked his new chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
George Danzer	200,000	-95,000
Bill Chen	195,000	47,000

Tags: Bill Chen George Danzer

06-26-2012 00:17 UTC-6

Pacheco Hits Trip Nines Against Clements

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Omaha-8

Scott Clements raised from the hijack seat and Doyle Brunson reraised from the cutoff seat. Charles Pacheco called from the big blind and Clements called as well.

The flop came down {7-Hearts} {7-Spades} {3-Spades} and Pacheco led with a bet. Clements raised and Brunson called. Pacheco also called.

The turn brought the {9-Spades} and Pacheco checked. Clements bet and Brunson called. Pacheco called as well.

The river was the {9-Hearts} and Pacheco checked. Clements bet, Brunson folded and then Pacheco made the call.

Pacheco showed the {A-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {4-Clubs} {2-Hearts} for three nines with an ace. Clements mucked his hand and Pacheco won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charles Pacheco	165,000	71,000
Scott Clements	112,000	-8,000
Doyle Brunson	63,000	-191,000

Tags: Scott Clements Doyle Brunson Charles Pacheco

06-26-2012 00:07 UTC-6

Shorter Stacks

Mickey Doft

Player	Chips	Progress
Barry Greenstein	83,000	10,000
Justin Smith	80,000	5,000
Allen Kessler	63,000	-17,000
Dan Kelly	62,000	-68,000
Huck Seed	54,000	-6,000
Jared Bleznick	50,000	-50,000
Hasan Habib	42,000	-77,000
Andrew Robl	31,000	-17,000

06-25-2012 23:57 UTC-6

Steicke's Bluff Fails

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David Steicke is a well known high roller who usually only shows up for the bigger buy-in events. Steicke won the $100,000 tournament during the Aussie Millions in 2009, and finished fourth in the same event in 2011. We just saw a hand develop between Steicke and this year's bracelet winner John Monnette.

On a {A-Spades} {K-Hearts} {5-Clubs} flop Steicke checked to Monnette who bet 5,900 into a 11,9,00 chip pot. Steicke tanked for a bit and called.

The turn was the {3-Diamonds} and both players checked. The river was the {A-Hearts} and Steicke quickly bet 15,100. Monnette gave it some thought and eventually flicked in the chips in order to make the call. Steicke immediately mucked his cards, after which Monnette turned over {A-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} .

Monnette is up to well over 200,000 while Steicke drops below 100,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	207,000	82,000
David Steicke	82,000	-44,000

Tags: John Monnette David Steicke

06-25-2012 23:56 UTC-6

Hennigan Busts Cloutier

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Pot-Limit Omaha

Eric Cloutier opened with a raise to 6,500 from the cutoff seat and John Hennigan called from the button. In the big blind, Jon Spinks made the call to be the third player in the hand and the flop came down {10-Spades} {7-Hearts} {2-Clubs} .

With 20,700 in the middle, Spinks checked and Cloutier bet 11,500. Hennigan announced a pot-sized raise and made it 55,200. Spinks took a little bit then folded. Cloutier thought longer, but he decided to put all of his money in for a little bit more than the raise. Hennigan quickly called.

Hennigan held top two pair and a straight draw with the {J-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} {8-Spades} {7-Clubs} . Cloutier had the {A-Spades} {A-Clubs} {5-Spades} {2-Hearts} for a pair of aces.

The turn was the {K-Spades} and river the {Q-Clubs} , leaving Cloutier's hand second best and sending him to the rail. Hennigan moved to right around 400,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Hennigan	400,000	54,500
Eric Cloutier	Busted

Tags: Eric Cloutier John Hennigan Jon Spinks