Event 9: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry Day 2 | 2012 World Series of Poker

06-04-2012 18:55 UTC-6

Juanda and Marchese Exchange Chips

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When we arrived at Table 428, John Juanda and Tom Marchese were deeply involved in a hand. At this point there was a flop showing {a-Clubs} {6-Hearts} {9-Clubs} and it was on Marchese to act. He opted to check and sent the play to Juanda. A carefully cut out bet of 6,200 was slid forward and Marchese thought hard before making the call.

A {q-Hearts} was dealt on the turn and Marchese again opted to check. Juanda then cut down his stack several time before deciding on the perfect amount - 14,800. Marchese immediately flicked his cards into the muck and Juanda took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Juanda	120,000 -13,000	-13,000

Tom Marchese	95,000 -45,000	-45,000

Tags: John Juanda Tom Marchese

06-04-2012 19:00 UTC-6

Juanda on a Roll

Dan O'Hair

John Juanda has been on quite a hot-streak as of late.

In a recent hand, Juanda opened to 4,600 from middle position and found one caller from the player in the hijack position. The blinds folded and it was heads up to the flop.

Flop: {Q-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds}

Juanda checked and his opponent checked behind to see a turn, which brought the {3-Clubs} . This time, Juanda led out for 5,400 and got a call from his opponent.

The river fell the {5-Spades} . Undeterred, Juanda fired once again - this time for 10,500. His opponent quickly called and Juanda flipped over {J-Diamonds} {J-Spades} , which was good as his opponent mucked without showing.

Juanda is up to 150,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Juanda	150,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: John Juanda

06-04-2012 19:06 UTC-6

Some Chips

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Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Idema	155,000 35,000	35,000

Ben Mintz	145,000 20,000	20,000
Giorgio Medici	125,000 25,000	25,000
Ryan Olisar	100,000 -35,000	-35,000
David Benyamine	85,000 -6,000	-6,000

James Akenhead	75,000 33,300	33,300
Ari Engel	72,000 -58,000	-58,000
Greg Mueller	60,000 -58,000	-58,000

Brian Roberts	45,000 1,000	1,000
Tony Dunst	40,000 -6,000	-6,000

Allen Kessler	27,000 -17,000	-17,000

Liv Boeree	22,000 -24,000	-24,000

06-04-2012 19:11 UTC-6

Benyamine Goes for KO; Settles for a Chop

Dan O'Hair

A player in early position open-raised all in for his last 26,000 and action folded around to David Benyamine on the button, who called. The blinds folded and hands were revealed.

Benyamine: {Q-Spades} {Q-Hearts}
Opponent: {9-Hearts} {9-Spades}

Benyamine was in great shape to knock out his opponent, however, the flop came {9-Clubs} {7-Hearts} {6-Spades} , propelling his opponent into the lead with a set of nines. The turn came a {10-Diamonds} , which was no help to Benyamine, however, a {8-Clubs} river meant that both players played the straight on board. It was a chop pot.

"That's fair, that's fair," Benyamine playfully remarked.

Benymaine is sitting on 75,000 at the moment.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Benyamine	75,000 -10,000	-10,000

Tags: David Benyamine

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

06-04-2012 19:19 UTC-6

Home Time

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Here are some of the recent notable eliminations.

Player	Chips	Progress
Toby Lewis	Busted

Tom Middleton	Busted
Jason Koon	Busted

06-04-2012 19:25 UTC-6

Seiver Gets Slammed by River

Dan O'Hair

We caught up with the action on the turn with the board reading .

Scott Seiver was heads up against a lone opponent and was faced with an over 60,000 bet - nearly four times what was already in the pot. Seiver tanked hard, but eventually announced, "Call," and flipped over for a pair of jacks.

"Good call," his opponent said - revealing the for an over-card and a flush draw.

Seiver was in great shape to knock out his opponent, however, the river gave his opponent a flush and he scooped the pot.

scott_seiver Scott Seiver Just lost 200k pot had to fade 1 card. Didn't fade it. Called a 4x pot allin on turn with practically nothing and was right. Still have 120k June 04 2012

Player	Chips	Progress
Scott Seiver	120,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Scott Seiver

06-04-2012 19:30 UTC-6

Juanda Crushing Souls

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John Juanda is currently stacking up plenty more chips to add to his stack. He is quite easily the chip leader in the room right now. A large portion of his chips came when Tom Marchese stacked off holding {a-} {q-} against Juanda's {a-} {k-} .

Could this event be Juanda's 6th WSOP bracelet? It's early days, but he is on the right track.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Juanda	240,000 90,000	90,000

Tom Marchese	Busted

Tags: John Juanda Tom Marchese

06-04-2012 19:39 UTC-6

Idema Cruising Through

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We haven't been able to catch Daniel Idema in a hand today, despite the fact that every time we walk past his table his chip stack has grown larger. His stack is currently one of the biggest in the field and we can only assume that he has slowly been chipping away at his table. Readers may remember Daniel Idema from when he was the final table bubble boy at the 2012 Aussie Millions Main Event just a few months ago. Don't forget that Idema also took down the WSOP bracelet in the $10,000 Limit Holdem Championship last year. Clearly he has some skills and so he is definitely one to watch here in Event 9.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Idema	205,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Daniel Idema

06-04-2012 19:43 UTC-6

Juanda Losing Steam?

Dan O'Hair

We know there have been quite a few John Juanda posts already - but he keeps getting involved in huge pots.

Here's another that did not go in Juanda's favor, for a change.

On a flop reading {J-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} , Juanda led out from the small blind for 20,700. His lone opponent shoved all in from middle position for nearly 90,000 and Juanda quickly called.