Event 50: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-29-2012 19:05 UTC-6

Lew Takes Out Eastgate

Dan O'Hair

2008 Main-Event Champion Peter Eastgate pushed all in for his last 22,600 from the hijack seat. Action folded around to Randy "Nanonoko" Lew in the big blind, who asked for a count. After deliberating for a while, Lew committed calling chips to put Eastgate at risk.

Eastgate: {J-Spades} {8-Hearts}
Lew: {A-Diamonds} {5-Hearts}

The {4-Clubs} {5-Spades} {10-Hearts} {6-Spades} {3-Diamonds} board left Lew with a pair of fives, which was good for the knockout.

Lew is up to 175,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Randy Lew	175,000 120,000	120,000

Peter Eastgate	Busted

Tags: Peter Eastgate Randy Lew

06-29-2012 19:11 UTC-6

One for Vedes

Chad Holloway

With about 10,000 in the pot and a flop of {A-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} {A-Clubs} , Tommy Vedes checked and allowed Aurelien Guiglini to bet 4,000. Vedes, who was enjoying a salad, thought for a moment and check-raised to 10,5000 before returning to the salad.

As Vedes was chowing down, Guiglini picked up his cards and tossed them to the muck. It wasn't much of a hand, but gave us a good excuse to tell you that Vedes is eating a salad and sitting on a stack of about 90,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tommy Vedes	90,000 15,000	15,000

Tags: Tommy Vedes Aurelien Guiglini

06-29-2012 19:19 UTC-6

Count Updates

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Player	Chips	Progress
William Pierron	265,000 18,500	18,500
Foster Hays	230,000 -5,000	-5,000

Joseph Cheong	230,000 10,000	10,000

Jordan Morgan	220,000 115,000	115,000

Galen Hall	205,000 50,000	50,000

Alexander Kravchenko	175,000 43,000	43,000

JP Kelly	165,000 73,000	73,000

Dan Smith	156,000 58,000	58,000

Cary Katz	130,000 44,000	44,000

Matthew Brady	130,000 40,000	40,000
Ashley Mason	128,000 53,000	53,000
Michael Katz	120,000
Chris McClung	105,000 2,700	2,700
Jonathan Aguiar	91,000 25,000	25,000

Gavin Smith	86,000 -9,000	-9,000
Kyle Julius	80,000 -35,000	-35,000

Brendon Rubie	80,000 51,000	51,000
Nick Maimone	78,000 -87,000	-87,000

David Williams	77,000 33,000	33,000

Shawn Buchanan	74,000 32,000	32,000

Ana Marquez	72,000 17,000	17,000

Matt Gianetti	55,000 8,000	8,000

06-29-2012 19:25 UTC-6

Le Sliding

Dan O'Hair

Nam Le has been struggling these past two levels.

In a recent hand, Le opened to 6,000 from under-the-gun and found one caller in Jason Mann in the cutoff position.

The flop came {3-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} {J-Spades} and Le fired 7,000 into the middle. Mann called to see a turn, which brought the {A-Diamonds} .

Le fired again for 15,000 and Mann again called.

Le slowed down and checked on the {Q-Hearts} river and, after some thought, Mann checked behind and announced that he held an ace. Le didn't show and Mann flipped over {A-Spades} {8-Spades} for a pair of aces. Le took one last peak at his cards and mucked.

Le is down to his last 38,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nam Le	38,000 -72,000	-72,000

Tags: Jason Mann Nam Le

06-29-2012 19:29 UTC-6

Nishijima Knocks Out Zajdner to Get Up to 200K

Chad Holloway

Thiago Nishijima opened for 5,300 from middle position and was met with a three-bet to 12,000 by Brian Yoon in the cutoff. Mark Zajdner was next to act on the button and opted to move all in for right around 90,000.

After the blinds got out of the way, Nishijima took his time before moving all in. Yoon folded and it was off to the races for a 200K pot.

Showdown
Nishijima: {J-Spades} {J-Clubs}
Zajdner: {A-Hearts} {K-Spades}

It was a tense moment, but it all disappeared when the flop came down {3-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} to give Nishijima a set. Zajdner shook his head and knew he would need runner-runner straight cards to stay alive. The {4-Clubs} turn gave him a sliver of hope to a five, but while the {4-Hearts} river was close, it was not what he needed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thiago Nishijima	200,000 32,000	32,000

Mark Zajdner	Busted

Tags: Thiago Nishijima Mark Zajdner Brian Yoon

06-29-2012 19:34 UTC-6

These Guys Have Been Eliminated

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The following players are no longer involved in this tournament. There are currently 127 players remaining, which means we are one table break away from the bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Zajdner	Busted
Chris Bell	Busted
Jose Delaguardia	Busted
Anthony Gregg	Busted

Mike Leah	Busted

Xuan Liu	Busted

06-29-2012 19:40 UTC-6

Movagharian Doubles Through Hall

Dan O'Hair

We caught up just as Galen Hall said, "I know you're ahead, but I call," against Edwin Movagharian, who had moved all in for his last 42,000.

Hall: {9-Hearts} {9-Spades}
Movagharian: {A-Spades} {A-Hearts}

Indeed, Movagharian was ahead.

The board ran out {4-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} {3-Spades} {10-Hearts} {3-Hearts} and Movagharian doubled through Hall - knocking him back down to 145,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Galen Hall	145,000 -60,000	-60,000

Tags: Edwin Movagharian Galen Hall

Level: 16

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

06-29-2012 19:44 UTC-6

Wheeler Defies the Odds to Double on the River

Chad Holloway

We're not sure of the betting action, but we do know a big pot developed just before the level up with Jason Wheeler getting all in for 58,000 preflop, Erik Aude calling him, and another player folding {A-} {K-} .

Showdown
Aude: {A-Spades} {Q-Clubs}
Wheeler: {K-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds}

The player who folded big slick was understandably upset as he folded the best hand, but as it was Aude's hand was out in front; in fact, the PokerNews Odds Calculator tells us that Aude was a 58.42% favorite to win the hand against Wheeler, who stood a 41.14% chance of surviving.

The {10-Diamonds} {A-Clubs} {4-Clubs} flop was kind to Aude as it gave him top pair and made him a 83.64% favorite. With that said, Wheeler did have a 16.36% chance of winning, with a queen his best option as it'd make him a straight. The {2-Spades} turn increased Aude to a 93.18% favorite, meaning Wheeler had just a 6.82% chance to survive.

While a victory by Aude was seemed guaranteed, the {Q-Diamonds} spiked on the river to allow Wheeler to defy the odds and double to 130,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Aude	131,000
Jason Wheeler	130,000 72,000	72,000

Tags: Erik Aude Jason Wheeler

06-29-2012 19:50 UTC-6

A Few Counts

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As you can see, Joseph Cheong has managed to accumulate a huge amount of chips and is easily the chip leader in the field at the moment.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Cheong	450,000 220,000	220,000

Amir Lehavot	310,000 84,000	84,000

Jason Deutsch	285,000
Thiago Nishijima	255,000 55,000	55,000

Brock Parker	203,000 3,000	3,000
Randy Lew	190,000 15,000	15,000

Will Failla	185,000 50,000	50,000
Brian Yoon	180,000 -30,000	-30,000

Gordon Vayo	125,000 -20,000	-20,000
Andrew Lichtenberger	120,000 25,000	25,000

Tommy Vedes	110,000 20,000	20,000
Stephen Chidwick	110,000

Allen Kessler	110,000 -5,000	-5,000

Neil Channing	95,000 -35,000	-35,000
Michael Drummond	80,000 -57,000	-57,000

Eric Cloutier	80,000 -135,000	-135,000
Dutch Boyd	44,000 -38,500	-38,500

Nam Le	26,000 -12,000	-12,000