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

06-25-2012 16:40 UTC-6

Who's Got Who Crushed?

donpeters

No-Limit Hold'em

Action folded to Phil Hellmuth on the button and he raised to 4,000. David Grey three-bet to 13,500 from the small blind. Danny Fuhs four-bet from the big blind to 30,000.

Hellmuth tanked for a bit, stood up and gave his Hellmuth antics before folding. He showed half of the table that he laid down ace-king, while the other players were still to act. Grey tanked for just under 50,000 behind and eventually folded, giving Fuhs the pot.

Hellmuth piped up and said he would have shoved on Grey if Fuhs folded, saying that he laid down ace-king, which half the table could vouch for. Grey pointed at Fuhs and said, "I didn't have him crushed," before pointing at Hellmuth and saying, "But I had you crushed."

The table got a bit of a laugh from that comment as Fuhs raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Danny Fuhs	215,000 35,000	35,000
Phil Hellmuth	198,000 17,000	17,000

David Grey	49,600 -20,900	-20,900

Tags: David Grey Danny Fuhs Phil Hellmuth

06-25-2012 16:42 UTC-6

Negreanu and Ivey Hurting

Happy_Freaked

Stud-8

Daniel Negreanu	/ /
Phil Ivey	/ /

Even though both players are in dire need of a double up, Daniel Negreanu just managed to win some chips of his rival Phil Ivey. Negreanu completed the action, Ivey raised and Negreanu called.

On fourth street Negreanu called Ivey's bet. Negreanu bet on fifth street and Ivey called. On sixth street Ivey called a bet, and he folded on seventh street.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	75,200 -62,000	-62,000

Phil Ivey	21,200 -36,000	-36,000

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Phil Ivey

06-25-2012 16:45 UTC-6

Break

Happy_Freaked

Level 6

We will be back in 15 minutes with the second level of the day.

Level: 7

Blinds: /

Ante:

06-25-2012 17:19 UTC-6

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad Brown	257,000 19,000	19,000

Bruno Fitoussi	231,300 41,700	41,700
John Hennigan	230,000 8,000	8,000

Minh Ly	225,000 800	800
Luke Schwartz	220,000 23,900	23,900

Qushqar Morad	176,000 28,000	28,000
Huck Seed	165,000 -47,400	-47,400

Bill Chen	143,000 -52,600	-52,600

Matt Hawrilenko	135,000 66,000	66,000
Dan Kelly	130,000 -48,600	-48,600
Jesse Martin	130,000 -9,200	-9,200

Brian Hastings	127,000 3,700	3,700

David Oppenheim	123,000

Bryn Kenney	108,000 1,700	1,700

Nick Schulman	104,000 38,700	38,700

Allen Bari	98,200 4,600	4,600

Mike Matusow	82,900 -69,600	-69,600

John Juanda	74,000 16,800	16,800

Naoya Kihara	70,000 -6,000	-6,000

Arturo Diaz	65,500 -10,500	-10,500
Chris Klodnicki	46,600 -30,400	-30,400

George Lind	38,300 -32,600	-32,600

06-25-2012 17:20 UTC-6

Ship it to Doyle

Happy_Freaked

If you would ask this field; Who would you most want to see win this event besides yourself, there's a good chance many players will pick Doyle Brunson. The Godfather of Poker is still in this event on day two, and he just took down a pot in No Limit Hold'em.

No Limit Hold'em

Brunson raised to 2,500 from the cutoff and Jeff Lisandro called on the button. Hasan Habib defended his small blind, after which Andrew Brown called from the big.

The flop came down {9-Spades} {5-Spades} {2-Spades} and all four players checked. The turn was the {8-Spades} and Habib lead out for 4,000. Brown quickly folded and Brunson grabbed some chips. He raised it up to 14,000 and Lisandro folded right away. Habib gave it some thought but also folded giving Brunson the pot.

Brunson cashed the first edition of this event back in 2006 when he finished in eight place cashing $274,560. His last World Series of Poker cash dates back to 2009 when he finished seventh in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud hi/lo event for $62,234.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hasan Habib	216,000 74,500	74,500

Doyle Brunson	150,000 -16,900	-16,900

Tags: Hasan Habib Doyle Brunson

06-25-2012 17:29 UTC-6

Scooper For Greenstein

Happy_Freaked

Omaha-8

Barry Greenstein raised from the button and Alexander Kravchenko three-bet from the small blind. Greenstein called, and the flop came down {6-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} {4-Clubs} . Kravchenko bet and Greenstein called.

The turn was the {9-Spades} and Kravchenko bet again. This time Greenstein raised it up and Kravchenko called. The river was the {10-Spades} and both players checked.

Greenstein turned over {A-Clubs} {3-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} {Q-Spades} and took down the pot. There was no low possible and Greenstein's pair of queens were enough to win.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Kravchenko	213,700 -47,000	-47,000

Barry Greenstein	98,000 15,300	15,300

Tags: Alexander Kravchenko Barry Greenstein

06-25-2012 17:32 UTC-6

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Glantz	353,000 42,300	42,300
Daniel Alaei	291,000 44,200	44,200

Jeff Lisandro	235,000 -19,600	-19,600

Hasan Habib	225,000 9,000	9,000

George Danzer	212,000 62,000	62,000

Scott Clements	198,000 59,900	59,900

Andy Bloch	195,000 -70,600	-70,600

Doyle Brunson	185,000 35,000	35,000

Allen Kessler	183,000 30,000	30,000
Rami Boukai	180,000 18,800	18,800

Robert Mizrachi	152,000 -11,300	-11,300
Brian Rast	142,000 22,800	22,800

Gus Hansen	137,000 -4,400	-4,400

Andrew Brown	135,000 -48,100	-48,100
Ville Wahlbeck	114,000 -54,200	-54,200

Jonathan Duhamel	88,000

Cory Zeidman	87,000 1,400	1,400

Charles Pacheco	65,000 -61,900	-61,900
Daniel Negreanu	61,800 -13,400	-13,400

Frank Kassela	55,000 -47,700	-47,700

Scott Seiver	50,000 -16,000	-16,000

Anton Allemann	46,300 -19,100	-19,100
Phil Ivey	45,000 23,800	23,800

06-25-2012 17:37 UTC-6

Seat Open with Brett Richey

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Level 7

Have you ever wondered how Brett Richey got his start in poker? Or what he was doing before playing high-stakes poker events such as this one? Find out in the first of this two-part Seat Open series.

Tags: Brett Richey

06-25-2012 17:40 UTC-6

Sexton Drops Down

Happy_Freaked

Omaha-8

Mike Sexton raised from late-position, and Phil Hellmuth three bet him from the button. Sexton called, and the flop came down {J-Spades} {4-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} . Sexton check-called a bet and the turn was the {10-Diamonds} . Both players checked, and the {q-Hearts} on the river was checked as well.