Event #40: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 2 Started
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #40: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Entries
2,161
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Nicholas Fierro Leads as We are Six From the Money
Yesterday, 2,161 players walked into the Rio to buy in for Event #40 $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em. At around 2 AM local time, only 249 were left standing. Only 243 of these players will walk away in the money, and the player who is least concerned about the money bubble is Nicholas Fierro, who came out of nowhere in the last half hour of play last night to bag up a chip leading stack of 176,500.
The next closest competitors, Jonathan Driscoll (142,000), and Jeremy Menard (141,100), were sitting side-by-side for the better half of yesterday. Rounding out the six players who ended the day above 125,000 are Ryan Spittles (139,300), Jason Wheeler (134,000), and Matt Berkey (126,600).
Some of the notables who will be coming back today to secure another cash at the WSOP are Jake Balsiger (85,600), Jeremy Ausmus (70,000), Garry Gates (51,900), Andrew Lichtenberger (47,800), Allen Cunningham (47,800), and PokerNews’s own Frank Op de Woerd, who bagged up 43,600, after being up to as much as 89,000 earlier in the day.
These players and a couple hundred more will be in the Amazon room at 1 PM today in hopes of making it to a prestigious WSOP Day 3. We will play ten levels today, and the action is set to get underway in just under an hour. Don’t go anywhere, as we will be providing you coverage all day long! Thanks for tuning in, and don’t go anywhere, because the action is just about to start!
Before we get started, let Lynn Gilmartin get you all caught up on the rest of the action from yesterday!
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The cards are now in the air here on Day 2 of Event #40: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em. In just a few eliminations we'll go hand-for-hand in an attempt to burst the money bubble.
Early Eliminations
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The following four players have hit the rail, and there might have been one other that we missed because the tournament staff have announced that the remaining players will now begin hand-for-hand play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Jacob Balsiger Busts on the Bubble
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Normally in these kind of tournaments hand-for-hand play can drag on for 30 minutes to even an hour occasionally. And sometimes, there isn't even hand-for-hand play. That was the case here, as last year's 3rd place finisher in the Main Event Jacob Balsiger busted in the hand leading up to hand-for-hand.
The action started with Balsiger raising to 2,700 from the hijack. Mathew Moore was in the small blind, and he three bet it to 6,800. Balsiger tagged along, and the flop came 
rainbow with one spade. Moore fired out 5,500, and Balsiger called. The turn brought the 
, and Moore kept up the aggression, with a bet of 11,500. Balsiger called again, and the river was the 
. Moore bet enough to put Balsiger all in, and after a few moments of thought, he called off the rest of his stack.
Moore rolled over 
, and it was good enough to beat Balsiger, as he mucked his hand. It took the floor staff a few minutes to ensure that Balsiger was the sixth player to be busted today, and sure enough he was, as he became our official bubble boy.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000 | 83,900 |
|
Busted |
Hungry... Why Wait? Grab a Snickles
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
After making the money, a short-stacked Chris Hinders moved all in for 5,200 under the gun. Action folded around to Ryan Snickles on the button and he moved all in over the top, which drove out the blinds.
Snickles: 
Hinders: 
The 
flop gave Hinders a gutshot straight draw, but neither the 
turn nor 
river were what he needed. With that, Hinders became one of the many players to bust post bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,000 | 5,000 |
|
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Busted |
No High Fives for Rakic
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Milan Rakic moved all in for 13,900 and received a call from David Wilhoit on the button. The blinds both folded and Rakic discovered the bad news.
Rakic: 
Wilhoit:
Rakic was up out of his seat even before the flop came down 
. Wilhoit spiked a set and left Rakic in need of running fives. The turn took away that possibility and the river sent Rakic out the door.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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40,000 | 13,400 |
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Busted |
Ausmus Applies Pressure
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
We happened upon a big hand over at Table 424. When we arrived there was already 80,000 in the middle with a board reading 
. We're not sure if there was prior action on the turn and some chips had been pulled in, but we do know that Jeremy Ausmus had moved all in and had about 60,000 in front of him. Zachary Guinn was his opponent and was deep in thought.
"I didn't want to do this so early," Guinn admitted. He seemed twisted as to what to do. "You're killing me man, you're killing me," he went on. After more than two minutes Guinn relinquished his hand. "Ace-king?" he inquired. Ausmus did not reply.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
140,000 | 70,000 |
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60,000 | -25,800 |
Kings Get Scott a Double Up
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Action started with Jonathan Beck raising it up to 2,600 from the hijack. It folded to Kara Scott on the button, and she cut out a three bet of 6,000, and dropped it in. When it got back to Beck, he thought for a few moments before shoving, and Scott quickly rechecked her hole cards before announcing call.
Scott: 
Beck: 
The flop brought a couple scary looking cards for Scott, but it ended up being safe as it came 
. Scott still had the lead, and she kept it through the 
turn, and the river. After winning that hand, Scott jumped up to 68,000, while Beck was crippled down to 7,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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68,000 | 31,200 |
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7,000 | -2,000 |