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

07-02-2012 17:43 UTC-6

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

Tikhonov Collects

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A short stacked opponent moved all in for the cut-off and Sergey Tikhonov three-bet all in for more from the button. The blinds released and cards were flipped over.

Tikhonov: {Q-} {Q-}
Opponent: {8-} {8-}

The board came {10-} {7-} {6-} {6-} {6-} and despite an initial scare of a possible straight Tikhonov held the best hand and was awarded the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergey Tikhonov	60,000 18,000	18,000

Tags: Sergey Tikhonov

07-02-2012 18:10 UTC-6

Sometimes It's Smart to Take on Risk

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David Smart has just doubled up through Nick Abou Risk. We caught the action on a flop of {7-Hearts} {7-Spades} {3-Hearts} , Smart had bet 10,000 from mid-position and Risk had made a raise from late position. Smart moved all-in, Risk called and we had a showdown with Smart at risk of elimination (so many risks!)

Smart
Risk

So Smart was in the lead with trip 7's but he had a lot of cards to fade. The dealer put the {5-Spades} and the {8-Diamonds} on the board and Smart won the hand with a full-house.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Smart	150,000 109,400	109,400
Nick Abou Risk	80,000 -4,300	-4,300

Tags: David Smart Nick Abou Risk

07-02-2012 18:14 UTC-6

The Clock Tiks On

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John Eames raised from early position and the table folded around to the blinds who both called. The flop came {7-Spades} {5-Diamonds} {3-Spades} prompting a check from the small blind and a check from Sergey Tikhonov in the big blind. Eames bet out 6,500 and the small blind folded. Tikhonov took his time deciding what he wanted to do and in the end made the call.

The {3-Clubs} on the turn paired the board and again Tikhonov checked. Eames fired out 13,200 which prompted the rest of the table to play the waiting game, as Tikhonov went deep into the tank. A couple of minutes went by of Tikhonov measuring out chips before eventually putting out a min raise. Eames thought for awhile then folded his cards.

After the hand Eames pleaded to see one card. All Tikhonov could do was show his dismay that a call wasn't made. Tikhonov even went on to say "call.. call.. call..", causing the rest of the table to comment that that's the most Tikhonov has said in the past two days.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergey Tikhonov	80,000 20,000	20,000
John Eames	75,000 -85,000	-85,000

Tags: John Eames Sergey Tikhonov

07-02-2012 18:15 UTC-6

Justin Schwartz Has Been Eliminated by Jonathan Ko

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We have just seen Justin Schwartz asking if he can late reg the $1,500 after being eliminated. His table told us that a short-stacked Schwartz ran {A-} {10-} into {9-} {9-} and despite hitting his ace on the flop, Ko also hit a nine for a set.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jonathan Ko	80,000 74,800	74,800
Justin Schwartz	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Ko Justin Schwartz

07-02-2012 18:20 UTC-6

The Sporting Andrew Dean

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There was an early position jam from a short stack and Andrew Dean took his time before also moving all-in. Dean turned over {A-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} and explained that he took his time so his opponent could ladder if he lost - nice chap. His opponent did turn over the weaker hand - {A-Spades} {4-Spades} - and the board of {Q-Diamonds} {10-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} {3-Spades} confirmed Dean's victory

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Dean	90,000 -49,800	-49,800

Tags: Andrew Dean

07-02-2012 18:22 UTC-6

Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Prince Cassell	150,000 96,400	96,400
Gianluca Rullo	125,000 106,600	106,600
Katherine Dozier	80,000 69,900	69,900
Brett Shaffer	54,000 34,000	34,000

Sofia Lovgren	45,000

07-02-2012 18:23 UTC-6

Break Me Off

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Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Players are on their second 20 minute break of the day.

Level: 16

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

07-02-2012 18:59 UTC-6

Weissman Gone

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We do not know how the action went preflop, but we know some kind of raising went down between Joey Weissman in the small blind and Ken VanHo in the big blind. Once that was settled both players were witness to the {a-Hearts} {3-Clubs} {8-Hearts} flop.

It was here on the flop that Weissman bet out 6,500. VanHo countered by raising it up to 17,000. Weissman than announced "all in" for his remaining 65,000 and VanHo went into the tank. After a few moments went by Vanho made the call and cards were tabled.

Weissman: {K-Hearts} {9-Hearts}
VanHo: {A-Diamonds} {2-Spades}

Weissman needed any heart to fall on the turn or the river in order to snatch the hand away. The {10-Clubs} on the turn was not the answer, and neither was the {4-Diamonds} on the river.

Weissman was subsequently eliminated, and his hunt for bracelet number two came to a halt today.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kent VanHo	220,000 167,200	167,200
Joey Weissman	Busted

Tags: Joey Weissman Kent VanHo