2012 World Series of Poker

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

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q♦j♣9♥8♥
Prize
$1,451,527
Event Info
Buy-in
$50,000
Entries
108
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Event 45: $50,000 Poker Players Championship

Day 2 Started

Day 2 Seating Assignments and Chip Counts

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TableSeatPlayerChips
3501Bruno Fitoussi189600
3502Chad Brown238000
3503Allen Bari91800
3504Huckleberry Seed212400
3505Bryn Kenney102000
3506William Chen195600
3507David Benyamine152700
3508Jesse Martin139200
    
3525George Danzer150000
3541Jonathan Turner82100
3542Michael Sexton175100
3543Michael Glick141800
3544Phillip Hellmuth170500
3545David Grey111000
3546Daniel Fuhs181900
3547Brett Richey162000
    
3551Daniel Alaei246800
3552Ville Wahlbeck168200
3553Anton Allemann65400
3554Gustav Hansen141400
3555Matthew Glantz310700
3556Brian Rast119200
3557Daniel Negreanu137200
3558Phil Ivey57200
    
3561Michael Matusow152500
3562Matthew Hawrilenko69000
3563Christopher Klodnicki57000
3564Minh Ly224200
3565Johnson Juanda119100
3566Naoya Kihara58000
3567Daniel Kelly178600
3568Nicholas Schulman65300
    
3571Doyle Brunson166900
3572Jeffrey Lisandro254600
3573Hasan Habib141500
3574Andrew Brown183100
3575Charles Pacheco126900
3576Andrew Bloch265600
3577Cory Zeidman85600
3578Scott Clements138100
    
3581Keith Gipson281500
3583Antony Lellouche193000
3584Benjamin Yu242900
3585Lee Goldman30400
3586David Baker111900
3587Cary Katz120900
3588Eric Rodawig79200
    
3591Eric Cloutier106900
3592Eugene Katchalov97500
3593John Hanson218300
3594Jonathan Spinks254000
3595Richard Ashby195400
3596Chris Lee129500
3597Hoi Cheung169800
3598Greg Mueller159200
    
3601John Dagostino121600
3602Nikolai Yakovenko157500
3603Stephen Mack147600
3604Joshua Arieh162000
3605Carl Blom231700
3606Abraham Mosseri169200
3607Ali Eslami286900
3608Shaun Deeb118000
    
3611Barry Greenstein82700
3612Alexander Kravchenko260700
3614Patrik Antonius168800
3615David Baker257000
3616Todd Brunson125200
3617Owais Ahmed105300
3618Michael Binger165100
    
3621Qushqar Morad175800
3622George Lind70900
3623Brian Hastings123300
3626Lukas Schwartzorbach196100
3627Arturo Diaz89900
3628John Hennigan195600
    
3631Scott Seiver73800
3634Frank Kassela102700
3635Allen Kessler118500
3636Rami Boukai161200
3637Robert Mizrachi163300
    
3641Roland Israelashvili127000
3642Matthew Russell159100
3643Thomas Chambers190400
3644David Chiu161300
3645David Steicke125800
3646Michael Wattel127600
3647Jared Bleznick197100
3648John Monnette151200
    
3651Lyle Berman275200
3652Bertrand Grospellier33500
3653Justin Bonomo13000
3654Marco Johnson60100
3655Jason Mercier201000
3656Shawn Buchanan126100
3658Allen Cunningham140800
    
3661Joseph Cassidy252400
3662Daniel Shak140200
3663David Bach139100
3664Stephen Chidwick160100
3665Vladimir Shchmelev74200
3666Michael Mizrachi174000
3667Justin Smith174000
3668John Esposito112500

Glantz Leads Into Day 2

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Matt Glantz
Matt Glantz

Welcome back to Event 45: $50,000 Poker Players Championship. Today, 103 players will return for Day 2 action after taking to the felt yesterday. There should also be a few late registrants as players are allowed to sign up until the start of today's play. Once those players roll in, we'll let you know who they are and where they're seated.

Matt Glantz was the man who bagged up the most chips at the end of the night on Day 1. He finished on 310,700 and was the only player to eclipse the 300,000-chip mark. Coming in behind Glantz are Ali Eslami, Keith Gibson and Lyle Berman.

With two previous final tables in this event from 2008 and 2011, Glantz is now the early favorite in the field. Still, it's very early in the event and anything can happen. Today is going to be an important day on the felt for all players, especially the ones who couldn't get much going on Day 1.

Of those to finish Day 1 with short stacks are Justin Bonomo, Lee Goldman, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Chris Klodnicki. It's a new day, though, and there's still plenty of time for them to turn it around.

Also still left in the field are Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu and Jason Mercier. Mercier bagged up the most chips of those three at 201,000.

Play is scheduled to kick off at 2:00 PM and PokerNews will have all of the live updates that you won't want to miss!

In the meantime, Lynn Gilmartin spoke with some of the pros before they took their seats last night, which you can watch here:

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Level: 6

Blinds: /

Ante:

Goodbye Bonomo

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Justin Bonomo
Justin Bonomo

Omaha-8

On the hand first of play the first player got eliminated. Justin Bonomo was all in against both Bertrand Grospellier and Lyle Berman.

The board read {2-Spades}{4-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{K-Spades} when Grospellier tabled {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{5-Spades} for the nut low and two pair, and Bonomo mucked his cards. Berman showed {2-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{7-Hearts} and his hand was no good either.

Bonomo is the second player to be eliminated after David Singer lost his chips early on day one.

Player Chips Progress
Lyle Berman us
Lyle Berman
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
268,000 -7,200
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
WSOP 2X Winner
PokerStars
50,000 16,500
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
WSOP 3X Winner
Busted

Tags: Bertrand GrospellierJustin BonomoLyle Berman

Kihara Takes One from Klodnicki

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Omaha-8

From early position, Chris Klodicki limped in. Naoya Kihara raised from the cutoff seat and action folded back to Klonicki. He called and took the {J-Clubs}{4-Spades}{4-Hearts} flop. Klodnicki checked and Kihara bet. Klodnicki called.

The turn was the {J-Spades} and put another pair on board. Klodnicki checked and Kihara bet. Klodnicki gave it a minute of thought, then folded and Kihara won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
WSOP 2X Winner
77,000 20,000
Naoya Kihara jp
Naoya Kihara
WSOP 1X Winner
76,000 18,000

Tags: Chris KlodnickiNaoya Kihara

Hellmuth Takes One in Razz

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Razz

Michael Glick{x-}{x-} / {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts} - Fold
Phil Hellmuth{x-}{x-} / {3-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}{A-Clubs} / {x-}
David Grey{x-}{x-} / {a-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{5-Hearts} / {x-}

Michael Glick started bij completing the action and Phil Hellmuth raised it up. David Grey made the call and Glick called as well. On fourth street Grey had the betting lead and bet out, Hellmuth called. Grey stayed out in front on fifth and bet again, Hellmuth called. On sixth street Hellmuth bet and Grey called.

Seventh street was checked by both players, and Hellmut tabled {8-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} for an eight-six-three-deuce-ace low. Grey mucked his cards and Hellmuth profits early on.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Hellmuth us
Phil Hellmuth
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 17X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
181,000 10,500
David Grey us
David Grey 		81,000 -30,000

Tags: Phil HellmuthDavid Grey

Elky in Trouble

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Razz

After winning a pot early on in which he busted Justin Bonomo, Bertrand Grospellier is now in real danger of getting eliminated himself.

Bertrand Grospellier{x-}{x-} / {A-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{4-Spades}{5-Clubs} / {x-}
Lyle Berman{x-}{x-} / {Q-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}

On fifth street Grospellier bet 4,000 and Berman raised it up to 8,000. Grospellier called and on sixth street Grospellier bet 4,000 again. Berman hesitated, and opted to make the call. Seventh street was dealt face down and both players checked.

Berman turned over {5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{2-Clubs}, for an eight-seven-six-five-deuce low, and Grospellier mucked his cards in frustration.

Player Chips Progress
Lyle Berman us
Lyle Berman
WSOP 3X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
300,000 32,000
Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
WSOP 2X Winner
PokerStars
32,000 -18,000

Tags: Lyle BermanBertrand Grospellier

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