2012 World Series of Poker

Event 52: $2,500 10-Game Mix - Six-Handed
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
7x5x4x3x2x
Prize
$244,259
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$957,775
Entries
421
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0

Event 52: $2,500 10-Game Mix - Six-Handed

Day 2 Completed

Selbst Looking for Second Career Bracelet

Level 18
Can Vanessa Selbst win her second career bracelet?
Can Vanessa Selbst win her second career bracelet?

Day 2 of Event 52: $2,500 10-Game Mix Six-Handed began with 167 of the original 421 entrants, and after ten hours of play, 19 remain. Our chip leader, Vanessa Selbst, rocketed to the top of the charts after dinner break, and is our end-of-day chip leader with 346,900 chips. Joining her at the top of the counts are Michael Saltzburg (286,700), Matthew Ashton (285,600), and Julien Renard (283,000).

Selbst will be looking to capture her second career WSOP bracelet tomorrow – her first came in a $1,500 PLO event in 2008 – and Vincent van der Fluit is looking to take down his second WSOP event this year – he won Event 11: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha. Chris Bjorin, Bryn Kenney, Lee Goldman, Can Kim Hua, James Mackey, and Thomas Chambers have all made final tables here at the 2012 WSOP, with Bjorin finishing runner-up in Event 4: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better.

Plenty of notables bowed out before the money bubble burst, including Eli Elezra, Daniel Idema, Hasan Habib, Jason Potter, Joe Tehan, Joe Kuether, Greg Mueller, Paul Volpe, George Danzer, Yuval Bronshtein, Alex Dovzhenko, Michael Binger, Owais Ahmed, and our bubble boy; John D’Agostino. D’Agostino was eliminated in a hand of No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw, where he and Mike Gorodinksy both drew one card. Gorodinsky’s {j-}{7-}{5-}{4-}{2-} bested D’Agostino’s {j-}{10-}{6-}{5-}{2-}, eliminating him one spot shy of the money.

Among the 29 players who cashed but didn’t make it to Day 3 are Mike Matusow, Marco Traniello, Richard Ashby, Chris Wallace, Jeff Madsen, Dan O’Brien, Peter Ippolito, and Eric Wasserson.

Play will resume at 3 p.m. tomorrow, where the plan is to play until there’s a winner. We look forward to seeing you then, but for now, good night from Las Vegas!

Tags: Vanessa Selbst

End of Day Table Draw

Level 18

Table 438

SeatPlayer
1Gabriel Nassif
2Can Kim Hua
3--Empty--
4Tommy Hang
5James Mackey
6Brian Saltus

Table 439

SeatPlayer
1Mike Gorodinsky
2Julien Renard
3Vincent van der Fluit
4--Empty--
5Michael Saltzburg
6Matthew Ashton

Table 440

SeatPlayer
1Scott Clements
2--Empty--
3Lee Goldman
4Todd Bui
5Bryn Kenney
6--Empty--

Table 441

SeatPlayer
1Chris Bjorin
2Allen Chang
3--Empty--
4Mike Wattel
5Thomas Chambers
6Vanessa Selbst

End of Day Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
346,900 -13,100
Michael Saltzburg us
Michael Saltzburg
286,700 16,700
WSOP 1X Winner
Matthew Ashton gb
Matthew Ashton
285,600 35,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Julien Renard
Julien Renard
283,000 141,000
Tommy Hang us
Tommy Hang
228,900 78,900
Gabriel Nassif
Gabriel Nassif
221,500 1,500
Thomas Chambers us
Thomas Chambers
195,700 45,700
Mike Wattel us
Mike Wattel
179,900 36,900
WSOP 2X Winner
Chris Bjorin se
Chris Bjorin
152,400 62,400
WSOP 2X Winner
Vincent van der Fluit nl
Vincent van der Fluit
137,600 -47,400
WSOP 1X Winner
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
135,400 5,400
WSOP 3X Winner
Lee Goldman
Lee Goldman
128,400 28,400
James Mackey us
James Mackey
119,400 -10,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Bryn Kenney us
Bryn Kenney
118,600 55,600
WSOP 1X Winner
Mike Gorodinsky us
Mike Gorodinsky
116,800 -48,200
WSOP 3X Winner
Brian Saltus us
Brian Saltus
109,000 -1,000
Allen Chang us
Allen Chang
91,200 -18,800
Can Kim Hua
Can Kim Hua
25,200 -30,800
Todd Bui us
Todd Bui
8,800 -44,200
WSOP 1X Winner

Chang Calls Clements

2-7 No-Limit Single Draw

Allen Chang raised under the gun to 5,400 and Matthew Ashton called directly to his left. Scott Clements was in the small blind and he called as well.

Clements took one, Chang took one and Ashton took two cards.

Clements lead out for 14,000 and Chang called pretty quickly. Ashton tanke for a good minute before releasing his hand.

Clements turned over {K-}{9-}{6-}{4-}{2-}, but that was no good against Chang's {9-}{7-}{6-}{4-}{2-}. Chang took a nice profit but is still trailing Ashton by a big margin, he's managed to chip up big and is one of the chip leaders.

Player Chips Progress
Matthew Ashton gb
Matthew Ashton
250,000 129,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
130,000 -8,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Allen Chang us
Allen Chang
110,000 50,000

Tags: Matthew AshtonScott ClementsAllen Chang

Nassif Makes Nut-Flush

Limit Hold'em

When we reached Table 409, the board read {4-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{10-Hearts}. Brian Saltus bet, Gabriel Nassif raised, and Saltus made it three bets. Nassif made it four bets, and Saltus called.

The {3-Spades} completed the board, and Saltus checked. Nassif slid out a bet, and Saltus made a crying call. Nassif tabled {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts} for the nut-flush, and Saltus unhappily mucked his hand.

Player Chips Progress
Gabriel Nassif
Gabriel Nassif
220,000 145,000
Brian Saltus us
Brian Saltus
110,000 -53,000

Tags: Brian SaltusGabriel Nassif

Mackey Busts Wong

Limit-Hold'em

Fu Wong raised and the action was folded to James Mackey who three-bet from the big blind. Wong called.

On the {3-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{J-Spades}{3-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} board Wong ended up calling Mackey down, and on the river he was all in. Mackey turned over {9-Clubs}{9-Spades} and busted Wong who flashed his {A-}{K-}.

Right when this was going down we also lost Chris Wallace. The field is now down to 19 players.

Player Chips Progress
James Mackey us
James Mackey
160,000 52,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Fu Wong us
Fu Wong
Busted
Chris Wallace us
Chris Wallace
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Chris WallaceFu Wong