2012 World Series of Poker

Event 46: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aq
Prize
$694,609
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$3,655,925
Entries
1,607
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Big Winner

Ryan D'Angelo
Ryan D'Angelo

A player from early position started this wild hand off by raising it up to 6,500. The table folded around to Ryan D'Angelo on the button who made it 14,000. Pascal LeFrancois was up next and he four-bet to 29,500. The early position player got out of the way and we were back to D'Angelo who took a few moments before announcing "all in", he was quickly called by LeFrancois. D'Angelo was the one with more chips, so it was LeFrancois who was at risk.

D'Angelo: {J-}{j-}
LeFrancois: {Q-}{Q-}

D'Angelo was in bad shape and looked like this hand would take the chip lead away from him, but anything can happen.

The flop came {8-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{8-Spades} and D'Angelo was still well behind. The {A-Spades} on the turn and the {4-Spades} on the river were of no help, and D'Angelo shipped over large portion of his stack to the ever resourceful LeFrancois.

Player Chips Progress
Pascal LeFrancois ca
Pascal LeFrancois
430,000
364,000
364,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Ryan D'Angelo us
Ryan D'Angelo
210,000
-230,000
-230,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Ryan D'AngeloPascal LeFrancois

Akenhead Doubles Up Speranza

The action folded around to Alessandro Speranza, who was seated on the button, and he moved all-in for 38,000. The small blind folded and James Akenhead was next to act in the big. He nonchalantly peeled over one card, and then the next, before his head moved upwards in that oh crap type of motion. He made the call but you could tell he didn't like it.

Speranza{A-Spades} {7-Spades}
Akenhead{K-Diamonds} {9-Hearts}

The flop was {K-Hearts} {J-Spades} {6-Clubs} and Akenhead took the lead. The turn {4-Hearts} kept him there, but the {A-Hearts} on the river drew noises of pain from the Akenhead rail.

Player Chips Progress
Alessandro Speranza it
Alessandro Speranza
78,000
42,000
42,000
James Akenhead gb
James Akenhead
49,000
-155,000
-155,000

Tags: Alessandro SperanzaJames Akenhead

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

Selbst Rights the Ship

Vanessa Selbst
Vanessa Selbst

The board read {Q-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{8-} and Vanessa Selbst managed to get her shorter stacked opponent all in and at risk.

Selbst: {q-Spades}{10-Spades}
Opponent: {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}

Selbst had her opponent in a bad place and he needed to hit a nine. The {j-Spades} on the turn gave Selbst's opponent a gut-shot straight draw, but the {k-Spades} on the river sealed the deal and Selbst's opponent was sent packing.

Player Chips Progress
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
180,000
80,000
80,000

Tags: Vanessa Selbst

Double for Pillai

A player in middle position made it 6,000 and Shankar Pillai three-bet to 12,000 from the hijack. Action then folded over to the big blind who four-bet to 29,000. The middle position player folded and Pillai moved all in. The big blind quickly made the call and cards were turned over.

Pillai: {K-Clubs}{k-Hearts}
Big Blind: {J-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}

The board came {A-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{7-Clubs}{2-Clubs} and Pillai came out the other side with the best of it and was awarded a double up.

Player Chips Progress
Shankar Pillai us
Shankar Pillai
150,000
-24,000
-24,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Shankar Pillai

Another Double for Pillai

Shankar Pillai seems to be on quite the heater, walking by his table we saw he was in the process of being delivered a large pot from yet another double up.

We don't know exactly how the action went, but what we do know is Pillai managed to get all in and at risk holding {Q-}{k-}, his opponent possessed {A-}{k-}.

The board came {2-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{9-Spades}{Q-Spades} and Pillai has now crossed the 200,000 mark, and has moved into the top chip counts.

Player Chips Progress
Shankar Pillai us
Shankar Pillai
240,000
90,000
90,000
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Shankar Pillai

Akenhead & Zolotow Are Out; Heinz and Reynolds Moving Upwards

Pius Heinz is making waves
Pius Heinz is making waves

There are seventy-eight players left with forty-minutes to go before the dinner break and here is a news update for you.

The big success story of the level has been William Reynolds. Reynolds has over $1.5 million in live tournament earnings and has so far cashed in 3 events this Summer. Reynolds is currently sitting on a stack of 500,000.

Another shaker during the previous few levels is our World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event Champion. Pius Heinz is sitting on 300,000 chips despite just doubling-up Joseph Gualtieri {A-Clubs} {J-Clubs} v {9-Hearts} {9-Clubs}.

We reported earlier how James Akenhead had doubled Alessandro Speranza, well Akenhead is now out. He got it in with {10-} {10-} v {J-} {J-} of Daichi Oda and Oda's hand stayed strong. Joining Akenhead on the rail is our two-time WSOP bracelet holder Steve Zolotow. We didn't see how the action unfurled but we do know that Zolotow held {K-Clubs} {J-Clubs} and Steve Schwann held {A-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} to eliminate him.

Finally, Fernando Brito has doubled up to 108,000 after winning a flip {9-} {9-Diamonds} v {A-Hearts} {J-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
William Reynolds us
William Reynolds
500,000
432,000
432,000
Pius Heinz de
Pius Heinz
300,000
170,000
170,000
Gerardo Luba
Gerardo Luba
290,000
290,000
290,000
Daichi Oda us
Daichi Oda
225,000
89,000
89,000
Burt Boutin us
Burt Boutin
200,000
168,000
168,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Frank Rusnak us
Frank Rusnak
180,000
-55,000
-55,000
Derrick Yamada us
Derrick Yamada
170,000
148,500
148,500
Jason Wheeler us
Jason Wheeler
145,000
88,000
88,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Nicholas Augustino us
Nicholas Augustino
115,000
-82,000
-82,000
Fernando Brito pt
Fernando Brito
108,000
41,000
41,000
Joe Gualtieri ca
Joe Gualtieri
100,000
67,000
67,000
David Elyashar il
David Elyashar
98,000
23,000
23,000
Steven Schwan us
Steven Schwan
90,000
-51,500
-51,500
James Akenhead gb
James Akenhead
Busted
Steve Zolotow us
Steve Zolotow
Busted
WSOP 2X Winner

Tags: Fernando BritoJames AkenheadPius HeinzSteve ZolotowWilliams Reynolds

Hunter Becomes the Hunted

Hunter Frey started out a recent hand by making it 8,000 from the button. The small blind made the call, while the big blind opted to move all in for about 75,000. Action found its way back to Frey who took his time before announcing all in himself for around 200,000. The small blind then seemed visible distraught and took plenty of time off the clock deciding the best course of action. In the end though he gave a struggled fold and cards were tabled.

Frey: {A-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}
Big Blind: {A-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}

The board came {3-Clubs}{2-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{k-Hearts}. With the six on the turn the big blind took the lead and never gave it back. Frey now sits with around 150,000 after losing the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Hunter Frey us
Hunter Frey
150,000
-125,000
-125,000

Tags: Hunter Frey