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

06-29-2012 16:00 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Gagliano	Busted

Adam Friedman	Busted

Alessandro Longobardi	Busted
Clifford Pappas	Busted
Roger Hardy	Busted
Sam Holden	Busted

Break it Up!

Dan O'Hair

Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Players are now on their first 20-minute break of the day.

Level: 13

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

06-29-2012 16:22 UTC-6

Back in Action

Dan O'Hair

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Players have returned to their seats and cards are in the air!

06-29-2012 16:24 UTC-6

Tweets from the Break

Chad Holloway

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

xxl23 Xuan Liu doubled up a shorty first orbit today & been grinding a ss in the 5k. Need help! At least the ladies event will be open for another 90min... June 29 2012

Brendooor Brendooor Uneventful first two levels.. On 41k going into 800/1600/200 with 210 players left June 29 2012

JonathanDuhamel Jonathan Duhamel 77k after 2 levels today, right on average, 200 left #feelingood June 29 2012

Ray_Henson Ray Henson At a new table with tons of chips and good players June 29 2012

06-29-2012 16:27 UTC-6

Player	Chips	Progress
Foster Hays	193,600 81,500	81,500

Eric Cloutier	185,000
Andrea Dato	179,300
Artem Kobylynski	179,000
Nick Maimone	166,400 -30,200	-30,200
Brock Parker	156,000 36,000	36,000
Dutch Boyd	145,000 29,200	29,200

Tommy Vedes opened for 4,000 from the cutoff seat and action folded around to Mark Schmid in the big blind, who went all in for 15,000 total. Vedes asked for a count and then made the call to put Schmid at risk.

Schmid: {A-Clubs} {K-Clubs}
Vedes: {A-Spades} {7-Clubs}

Schmid had Vedes dominated and the {9-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {9-Spades} {6-Spades} {K-Hearts} board kept him in the lead, knocking Vedes down to 45,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tommy Vedes	45,000 -43,000	-43,000

Tags: Tommy Vedes

06-29-2012 16:38 UTC-6

Ronaldson Doubles Through Gohr

Chad Holloway

A short-stacked Greg Ronaldson was all in preflop for around 20,000 with {3-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} and racing against the {K-Hearts} {Q-Spades} of Sebastian Gohr. It was a precarious spot for Ronaldson, but it proved fruitful as the board ran out {5-Clubs} {8-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {A-Hearts} {6-Spades} and Ronaldson doubled.

For those not familiar with the 28-year-old from South Africa, let us fill you in. Ronaldson kicked off the year with a bang by winning the $5,300 Heads-Up Event at the 2012 Aussie Millions Poker Championship. He defeated Sorel Mizzi in the finals, and took home $80,000.

Then, in the first tournament of this year’s World Series of Poker Circuit Africa at the Emerald Casino, Event #1: $350 No-Limit Hold’em, Ronaldson made his presence known when he conquered a field of 324 players, making it the largest tournament in Africa’s history. He won his first WSOP Circuit ring and $22,842.

As if that wasn’t enough, Ronaldson went on to navigate his way through a field of 218 players to make the final table of the $3,300 Main Event. He ultimately finished in fifth place and collected $39,649.

PokerNews caught up with Ronaldson after his impressive WSOP Circuit showing, an interview you can read in its entirety simply by clicking here.

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Ronaldson	40,000

Tags: Greg Ronaldson Sebastian Gohr

06-29-2012 16:40 UTC-6

A Few Counts After the Break

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Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Aude	140,000 18,100	18,100
Thiago Nishijima	135,200

David Diaz	127,000 60,800	60,800

Michael Drummond	110,000 -48,000	-48,000

Chris McClung	102,300 -30,700	-30,700
Christian Jeppsson	97,000 -22,100	-22,100
Gordon Vayo	89,200 -58,300	-58,300
Matt Gianetti	70,000 -1,400	-1,400
Jordan Smith	66,000 -24,500	-24,500
Miguel Borrero	54,400 41,200	41,200
Chris Bell	54,000 -30,500	-30,500
Tim West	52,000 7,000	7,000
Jordan Young	51,000 -44,000	-44,000
Peter Eastgate	50,000 9,000	9,000

Micah Raskin	34,000 -61,000	-61,000
Anthony Gregg	30,000 -12,800	-12,800

06-29-2012 16:55 UTC-6

Hall Can't Call

Dan O'Hair

We caught up with the action on a {7-Spades} {K-Spades} {10-Diamonds} flop, where Galen Hall was in a heads-up pot against Garrett Levrini.

Levrini checked from the big blind and Hall checked behind in the cutoff.

The turn brought the {K-Diamonds} and Levrini led out for 5,600. Hall quickly flung in calling chips.

The {Q-Spades} completed the board and, undeterred, Levrini fired 10,800 into the middle. Hall tanked and studied Levrini for a while before eventually sliding his hand into the muck.

Hall is down to 95,000.