Event 54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2012 World Series of Poker

07-02-2012 16:43 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Heishman	Busted
Brian Benhamou	Busted
Seth Davies	Busted

Adam Nattress	Busted
Kazuya Ogino	Busted
Zoran Andric	Busted
Wendy Rubin	Busted
Todd Barrett	Busted
Attila Kovesi	Busted
Yann Brosolo	Busted
Owen Crowe	Busted
Alex Outhred	Busted
Jeff Schachter	Busted
Chadwick Wise	Busted
Danny Mizrachi	Busted
Steven Mccartney	Busted
Michael Kennedy	Busted
Reginald Caymol	Busted
Pratyush Buddiga	Busted
Michael Craig	Busted
Scott Zakheim	Busted
Debra Terryah	Busted
Jens Hansen	Busted
Mark Miller	Busted
Rodrigo Caprioli	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Grise	210,000 30,000	30,000
Bryan Paris	111,000 32,500	32,500

David Singontiko	64,000 64,000	64,000

Jean-Philippe Rohr	61,000 23,300	23,300

Buddiga Crippled

A player in late position raised it up to 4,000, and Pratyush Buddiga three-bet to 10,700 from the button. The late position player made the call and both players were allowed to see the flop.

The board came {8-Spades} {2-Hearts} {10-Clubs} and the late position player checked to Buddiga. Buddiga took this opportunity to bet out 12,200. Buddiga's opponent countered by throwing out a bet of 20,000. The late position player needed to raise it to 24,400 though and did just that. Buddiga's response was to move all in, and the late position player snap called.

Buddiga: {Q-Spades} {j-Diamonds}
Opponent: {8-Hearts} {8-Clubs}

Buddiga was going to need a nine if he wanted to survive. He didn't receive a nine on the turn, but he did receive a good card. The {a-Spades} on the turn allowed for a king to be a potential out going to the river. The {6-Clubs} on the river though brought everything crashing down, and Buddiga was crippled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pratyush Buddiga	2,500 31,400	31,400

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07-02-2012 16:31 UTC-7

Demers & Libson Double and Kravchenko Doesn't

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We have just seen Gionni Demers and Brad Libson win some chips and Alex Kravchenko lose some.

In the first hand we saw Demers all-in holding {K-Hearts} {J-Clubs} against the {K-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} of a short stack. The board ran out {5-Hearts} {2-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {A-Clubs} and Demers was up to 130,000.

Then we saw the after effects of a pre flop argument between Brad Libson and Alex Kravchenko. Libson was holding {5-} {5-} and Kravchenko had {A-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} . The board ran out {7-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {J-Hearts} and Libson had doubled up. Kravchenko, who started the day as one of the chip leaders, now has 50,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gionni Demers	130,000 88,400	88,400
Brad Libson	89,000 4,800	4,800
Alex Kravchenko	50,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: Alex Kravchenko Brad Libson Gionni Demers

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

07-02-2012 16:07 UTC-7

Five More Eliminations

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Player	Chips	Progress
Hayden Fortini	Busted
Jose Perez	Busted
Robert Hwang	Busted
Fernando Del Valle	Busted
Eugene Du Plessis	Busted

07-02-2012 16:04 UTC-7

Owen Crowe Eliminated by Brett Shaffer

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We are midway through level fourteen and we have squeezed the field down to one hundred and twenty four players. One of the casualties of poker warfare has been Owen Crowe. Crowe has come so close to earning himself a gold bracelet, on several occasions, but today is not his day.

We didn't see his exit but the table have told us that the action folded around to Crowe in the cutoff, and he moved all-in for around 16BB holding {10-} {8-} suited and Brett Shaffer called holding pocket tens.

Shaffer, who also has WSOP final table experience, then went from being up to being down when he ran pocket nines into pocket queens, and his opponent hit quads to reduce Shaffer to around 20,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brett Shaffer	20,000 12,900	12,900

Owen Crowe	Busted

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07-02-2012 15:57 UTC-7

Triple Up for Mishra

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Allan Mishra started the action off in a recent hand by moving all in. A player in middle position then moved all in, and the big blind did the same. Everyone else folded and cards were exposed.

Mishra: {A-Diamonds} {Q-Spades}
Middle Position: {10-Diamonds} {10-Spades}
Big Blind: {K-Diamonds} {k-Spades}

The flop came {5-Diamonds} {4-Spades} {2-Spades} giving Mishra hope that a three could save him. The {a-Clubs} on the turn was enough and Mishra shot out of his chair in excitement. The {q-Diamonds} on the river put an end to things. Mishra had the big blind covered, and possessed 600 less chips than the middle position player, so he was still clinging to life.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allan Mishra	98,000 74,600	74,600

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07-02-2012 15:54 UTC-7

John Eames Doubles Up Through Joseph Kuether

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John Eames is a UK Pro with close to $1.5 million in tournament earnings. His impressive results include a 3rd place finish at the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Copenhagen in 2011 for $257,011 and two World Series of Poker (WSOP) final tables that include Event #5: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em where he finished in 8th place for $18,529 just a few short weeks ago.

Earlier we brought you news that Eames had fallen to just 5,000 before spinning it up to 50,000. That was when he was plying his trade in the Tan Section over at Table #354. That table has just broke and Eames was shifted to the nearby Table #353 and this happened in his very first hand.

Joseph Kuether raised to 4,000 from under the gun and Eames three-bet from position. A few folds later and Kuether announced he was all-in and Eames called instantly.

Eames
Kuether

The board ran out {8-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {2-Spades} and the total count of Eames stack was 78,700. A setback for Kuether, but great news for Eames.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Eames	160,000 86,000	86,000
Joseph Kuether	100,000 80,000	80,000

Tags: John Eames Joseph Kuether

07-02-2012 15:46 UTC-7

Kuether Climbing

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Joseph Kuether now has ten World Series of Poker (WSOP) cashes after getting through the money bubble in the early hours of this morning, half of which have come during this year. So the man is on form and his 180,000 stack is testament to that fact. Here is Kuether winning another pot.

Kuether made a standard raise from the cutoff and the big blind defended before leading on all three streets on a board of {Q-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} {J-Spades} {2-Hearts} . The betting amounts were 6,000, 7,000 and approx. 15,000. The bets were rapid as were the calls by Kuether. The big blind turned over {Q-Clubs} {4-Clubs} for two pair (queens and jacks) and Kuether turned over {A-Diamonds} {A-Spades} for a higher two pair (aces and jacks). The big blind was eliminated not soon after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benjamin Grise	240,000 177,400	177,400
Joseph Kuether	180,000 85,400	85,400
John Eames	74,000 24,000	24,000
Owen Crowe	38,000 39,000	39,000
Justin Schwartz	22,000 48,600	48,600