Sayonara, Staszko
Martin Staszko who finished 2nd during the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event, has been eliminated from this field.
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Busted | |
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2012 World Series of Poker
Event 53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$4,274,100
Entries
3,166
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Jivkov Fires...A Compliment
Nick Jivkov raised to 5,500 from under the gun and was called by the player on the button.
The two saw a flop of 
and Jivkov continued out with a bet of 6,700. His opponent asked if Jivkov had any orange t5,000 chips and Jivkov replied with a no. After some pondering, his opponent mucked his hand and Jivkov was able to drag the pot.
As he was stacking his newly found chips, Jivkov said to his opponent "I like your watch"
"Thank you," his opponent replied.
"I like your muck too. I didn't want you shoving me in there," said Jivkov. Jivkov is currently sitting on a stack of 72,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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72,000
6,000
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6,000 |
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Some Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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240,000
172,900
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172,900 |
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162,000
94,100
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94,100 |
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100,000
58,100
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58,100 |
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98,000
88,000
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88,000 |
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90,000
-50,000
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-50,000 |
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85,000
17,000
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17,000 |
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Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Big Stacks In the Room
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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250,000
229,400
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229,400 |
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220,000
164,900
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164,900 |
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210,000
84,700
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84,700 |
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190,000
170,900
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170,900 |
Dannenmann Dusts One
A short-stacked player moved all in for a little over 20,000 and action folded to 2005 World Series of Poker Main Event runner-up Steve Dannenmann who moved all in over top. The rest of the table folded and the hands were revealed to find that Dannenmann was out in the lead.
Dannenmann: 
Opponent: 
The board fell 
and Dannenmann's ace-king high was able to hold, sending his opponent packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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65,000
19,000
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19,000 |
Say Adios to Affleck
We caught up to find Matt Affleck all in before the flop holding 
but was crushed by his opponent's 
.
Affleck was looking for a nine on the flop but instead was presented with . The turn was the and Affleck needed one of the two remaining nines to stay alive.
The river was four-across, but unfortunately for Affleck it was the 
, which sealed his elimination from the tournament.
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Busted |
Coren's Stack Climbing
It was folded around to the player in the button, who moved all in for his last 45,000. Immediately behind him in the small blind, Victoria Coren announced she was also all in for more. The player in the big folded and hands were revealed.
Coren:
Opponent: 
Coren was ahead and the 
board kept her in the lead for the knockout.
Coren is up to 140,000 after that one.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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140,000
55,000
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55,000 |
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Berkey Binks Full House
We caught up with Matt Berkey going heads up with an opponent to the flop. The dealer showed the two a flop of 
and Berkey checked from the big blind. His opponent bet 7,500 from the button and Berkey shuffled chips for about thirty seconds before moving a large stack of yellow t1,000 chips into the middle for a raise.
His opponent announced all in and Berkey quickly called showing for two pair. His opponent meekly tabled 
and was looking for a three to fulfill his straight. The turn, however, was the giving Berkey a full house and the winning hand. The river was in fact the but it was no use against Berkey's full house.
Berkey is now among the chip leaders with 232,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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232,000
142,000
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142,000 |
Jenner Growing
Action folded to the player in the cutoff who raised to 7,500 and [Removed:253] casually tossed out a call from the button. The blinds got out of the way and the flop came down 
.
The original raiser checked to Jenner and Jenner decided to check behind. Fourth street brought the 
and this time the cutoff decided to lead out, betting 7,000. Jenner dipped into his mountainous stack and pulled out 22,100 chips.
His opponent tanked for about a minute and a half before throwing away his hand, allowing Jenner to scoop up the chips. Jenner is now sitting at about 215,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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215,000
25,000
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25,000 |