Event 55: $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop Day 2 | 2012 World Series of Poker

07-02-2012 14:53 UTC-6

Banjout Plays Jacks With Caution

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Brian Rast has been the tournament chip leader for a while now, but he just lost a rare pot. Rast is still in the lead, but plenty of players are close to catching up with him.

Rast was under the gun plus one and raised it up to 175,000. Banjout was in the big blind, and called.

The flop came down {5-Clubs} {2-Clubs} {7-Hearts} and both players checked. The turn was the {8-Clubs} and Banjout lead out for 300,000. Rast called.

On the river the {4-Diamonds} popped up and both players checked. Banjout showed {J-Hearts} {J-Spades} and took down this pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Rast	10,800,000	-1,500,000
Frederic Banjout	8,400,000	800,000

Tags: Brian Rast Frederic Banjout

07-02-2012 14:50 UTC-6

Mercier Over 6MM

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Action folded to Jason Mercier on the button and he raised to 120,000. Bill Perkins reraised from the big blind to 350,000 and Mercier flatted.

After the {K-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {2-Hearts} flop, Perkins bet 350,000 and Mercier made the call. That brought the two players to the {3-Hearts} turn card and both checked. The river was the {2-Diamonds} and Perkins bet 555,000. Mercier called.

"King high," said Perkins, which confused Mercier for a second as the board was king high.

Mercier double checked his hand and then turned up the {K-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} . Perkins mucked and Mercier won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Mercier	6,300,000	1,770,000
Bill Perkins	1,700,000	-1,200,000

Tags: Bill Perkins Jason Mercier

07-02-2012 14:46 UTC-6

Marchese Chips Up

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Talal Shakerchi kicked things off with a raise to 140,000 from middle position, and it was folded to Tom Marchese in the small blind. Marchese three-bet to 450,000 and Shakerchi made the call.

The flop came down {A-Clubs} {K-Spades} {4-Spades} and Marchese bet 325,000. Shakerchi put in the call, and the turn was the {4-Clubs} .

Marchese checked the turn after which his opponent fired out a 630,000 chip bet. Marchese called.

The river was the {J-Clubs} and Marchese lead out for 1.6 million. Shakerchi snap-folded his cards, and Marchese is now close to having twice the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Marchese	5,700,000	1,550,000
Talal Shakerchi	3,820,000	-2,660,000

Tags: Tom Marchese Talal Shakerchi

07-02-2012 14:39 UTC-6

Table 446 Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Esfandiari	9,050,000	150,000
Guy Laliberté	8,100,000	1,500,000
Mikhail Smirnov	5,745,000	-55,000
Jason Mercier	4,530,000	-670,000
Bill Perkins	2,900,000	-450,000
Cary Katz	2,700,000	-150,000
Paul Newey	2,400,000

07-02-2012 14:39 UTC-6

Yong Jumps Up, Morgan Falls Down

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Chamath Palihapitiya and John Morgan during the bust out

Two big hands just made an end to John Morgan's tournament as he ran a huge semi bluff on Richard Yong. Yong was not going anywhere with his trips, and he's now one of the big stacks.

The flop read {10-Spades} {10-Clubs} {8-Clubs} when Yong bet 300,000. Morgan decided to raise it up to 900,000, but that wasn't enough for Yong who made it 1.9 million. Morgan didn't seem impressed, he moved all in, and Yong called his remaining chips off.

John Morgan
Richard Yong

Morgan was looking for a club or running straight cards in order to stay alive, and the turn was the {J-Hearts} . Morgan could still win this big pot with a seven, queen or a club, but the river was the {J-Diamonds} giving Yong a full house.

On the next hand Yong raised it up to 130,000, and John Morgan moved all in for 650,000 from the hijack. Ilya Bulychev was in the cutoff and he moved all in as well. Yong folded and we got see another heads-up showdown.

John Morgan
Ilya Bulychev

The board ran out {5-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} {2-Hearts} {J-Spades} {Q-Spades} , and Bulychev's pair held up. Morgan was knocked out and we are down to 28 players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Yong	8,700,000	4,200,000
Ilya Bulychev	2,300,000	700,000
John Morgan	Busted

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07-02-2012 14:34 UTC-6

Shakerchi Busts Ruffin

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Talal Shakerchi put out a bet that was large enough to put Phil Ruffin all in on the turn with the board reading {10-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {3-Spades} {9-Hearts} . After a minute, Ruffin called and showed the {J-Spades} {J-Diamonds} . His overpair was currently no good against the {10-Hearts} {9-Clubs} for Shakerchi, who had turned two pair.

The river completed the board with the {A-Clubs} and Ruffin whiffed. He was eliminated from the event while Shakerchi increased to 6.48 million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Talal Shakerchi	6,480,000	3,550,000
Phil Ruffin	Busted

Tags: Phil Ruffin Talal Shakerchi

07-02-2012 14:27 UTC-6

Hall Monitor Mercier

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Level 11 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

Paul Newey raised from early position to 125,000. Bill Perkins called from the big blind and the flop came down {6-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} . Perkins fired 100,000 and Newey began to tank. Perkins stood up when he heard there was an all in at another table and began to walk over to watch it.

"Can you just hold the action for one minute?" said Perkins as Newey folded his hand.

Cary Katz and Jason Mercier were the only other two at the table as everyone, including Newey, left to watch the all in. They both said you couldn't hold up the action and everyone had to come back to the table.

"Hall monitor Mercier," joked Perkins.

Tags: Jason Mercier Bill Perkins Paul Newey Cory Katz

07-02-2012 14:23 UTC-6

Esfandiari on a Tear; Reinkemeier Out

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In back-to-back hands we just saw Antonio Esfandiari take pots down with pre-flop three bets. On the third hand he knocked out German pro Tobias Reinkemeier.

First Cary Katz attacked the blinds from the cutoff and Bill Perkins called his raise from the button. Guy Laliberté was in the small blind, he folded, and Esfandiari put in a three-bet. Both Katz and Laliberté laid it down, and Esfandiari showed the {K-Hearts} .

On the second hand Jason Mercier raised to 120,000, and this time Esfandiari three-bet to 400,000 from the small blind. Mercier double-checked his cards, and tossed them into the muck.

Esfandiari took down consecutive pots, and when it got folded to him on the button he raised once more making it 150,000. Reinkemeier was in the small blind, he looked down at this cards and moved all in for 1,2550,000. Mikhail Smirnov folded his big blind, and Esfandiari made the call.

Antonio Esfandiari
Tobias Reinkemeier

The window card was the {K-Spades} , but Reinkemeier was drawing very slim when the {Q-Hearts} and {5-Spades} showed up. Esfandiari had made a set, and Reinkemeier needed running cards to stay alive. The turn was the {A-Diamonds} , and he had some hope as a ten would give him a winning straight. The river was the {Q-Spades} , and Esfandiari made quads.

Reinkemeier shook some hands, and left the tournament as Esfandiari is now one of the chip leaders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Esfandiari	8,900,000	2,200,000
Tobias Reinkemeier	Busted

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07-02-2012 14:15 UTC-6

Table 448 Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Rast	12,300,000	1,590,000
Phil Hellmuth	9,400,000	1,005,000
Rick Salomon	5,560,000	-540,000
David Einhorn	5,400,000	1,605,000
Philipp Gruissem	3,800,000	200,000
Gus Hansen	3,550,000	-450,000
Phil Ivey	2,300,000	-540,000
Haralabos Voulgaris	1,500,000	-750,000

07-02-2012 14:12 UTC-6

Table 449 Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Lamb	7,400,000	1,630,000
Sam Trickett	5,900,000	-800,000
Brandon Steven	4,700,000	-70,000
Tom Marchese	4,150,000	410,000
Phil Ruffin	2,970,000	-780,000
Dan Shak	2,960,000	-230,000
Talal Shakerchi	2,930,000	170,000
Roland De Wolfe	2,200,000	-760,000