Give Me a Break
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
Player are now out of the action for break. Play will resume in 20 minutes.
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 5: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
639
Level
27
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
0
We're Back!
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 0 ante
The players are back in their seats, and we are ready to get back underway. We will play two more levels, or until we reach a final table. Whichever comes first.
Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 0
Chiang Eliminated, Down to Two Tables
We had been playing with 19 players for about 90 minutes now, but we have finally lost a player to get us down to our final two tables. The unfortunate player was Jen-Yue Chiang, who raised pot under the gun to 35,000, leaving himself just 6,000 behind. Action folded around to Thom Werthmann in the small blind, and he made the call. The big blind folded, and Chiang and Werthmann got the last 6,000 in dark. The flop came down 
, and the two revealed their cards.
Werthmann: 
Chiang: 
"Could I be in worse shape?" is all that Chiang could say when he saw the cards. He would need runner runner to survive, so of course he hit his gin card on the turn, the 
. Chiang could now catch a ten or a five to win the pot, but the 
hit the river. Werthmann collected the pot, upping his stack to 190,000.
The remaining 18 players are redrawing at the moment. We will get you a seating chart and updated chip counts asap.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
John Juanda Eliminated in 18th Place ($7,254)
We didn't catch the exact preflop action, but John Juanda found himself all in preflop against Brant Hale.
Hale: 
Juanda: 
The board ran out 
and Juanda was eliminated.
Hale is up to 315,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
315,000
135,000
|
135,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
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Final Two Tables
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
| Table | Seat | Player |
| 439 | 1 | Corey Burbick |
| 439 | 2 | Jonathan Aguiar |
| 439 | 3 | Nam Le |
| 439 | 4 | Thom Werthmann |
| 439 | 5 | Brant Hale |
| 439 | 6 | Jack Ellwood |
| 439 | 7 | Bryan Pellegrino |
| 439 | 8 | Empty |
| 439 | 9 | Daniel Negreanu |
| Table | Seat | Player |
| 441 | 1 | Steve Brecher |
| 441 | 2 | James Mackey |
| 441 | 3 | Keanu Tabali |
| 441 | 4 | Nick Jivkov |
| 441 | 5 | Mike Allis |
| 441 | 6 | Justin Gardenhire |
| 441 | 7 | John Eames |
| 441 | 8 | Kazuhito Oshima |
| 441 | 9 | Tommy Vedes |
Updated Chippies
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
335,000
-135,000
|
-135,000 |
|
|
315,000 | |
|
294,000
134,000
|
134,000 |
|
|
||
|
220,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
220,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
210,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
160,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
||
|
160,000 | |
|
142,000
-38,000
|
-38,000 |
|
||
|
130,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
130,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
||
|
110,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
105,000
44,500
|
44,500 |
|
100,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
95,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
80,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
60,000
-30,000
|
-30,000 |
Justin Gardenhire Eliminated in 17th Place ($7,254)
Justin Gardenhire raised pot from middle position and action folded around to Tommy Vedes, who re-raised pot, which was enough to put Gardenhire all in. Gardenhire made the call and hands were revealed.
Gardenhire: 
Vedes: 
The board ran out 
leaving Vedes with kings-full and the best hand.
Gardenhire will take home $7,254 for his efforts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
180,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Nam Le Eliminated in 16th Place ($7,254)
Nam Le started the action by raising pot to 35,000, leaving himself just a few thousand behind. Thom Werthmann was next to act, and he reraised all in. Everyone else folded back to Le, who made the call. The cards were tabled, and Le was in rough shape.
Le: 
Werthmann: 
The flop was safe for Werthmann, coming . The 
on the turn gave Le some outs for a chop, but he wouldn't find them on the river, as the dealer peeled off the 
. Werthmann is up to 145,000 after the hand, while Le is heading to the payout desk.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
145,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Negreanu Doubles Through Pellegrino
From middle position, Bryan Pellegrino raised to 23,000 and action folded over to Daniel Negreanu in the cutoff, who re-raised to 63,000. When it got back to Pellegrino, he announced a pot-sized raise and Negreanu quickly went all in for 146,000. Pellegrino called.
Pellegrino: 
Negreanu:
"Sorry," announced Pellegrino.
"It's not over yet," Negreanu replied.
Indeed it wasn't.
The board ran out 
and a non-nonchalant Negreanu said, "I spiked a king, didn't I?"
Yes, and Negreanu scooped the pot with kings-full.
RealKidPoker Daniel Negreanu @dnchips well that was lucky. Just ran KK into AA and hit a K on the turn for a double. 309k now 15 players left
May 31 2012
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000
158,000
|
158,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
270,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |