Event #42: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-24-2013 17:08 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Murariu	280,000 30,000	30,000

David Chiu	250,000 30,000	30,000

Norbert Szecsi	210,000

Mike Ellis	180,000
Benjamin Luhr	160,000 10,000	10,000
Jake Balsiger	145,000 110,000	110,000
Damian Salas	105,000 8,000	8,000

Tony Dunst	85,000 31,000	31,000

Brian Friefeld	48,000 19,000	19,000

Germanos Busts Petros

Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Mike Germanos and Zennawi Petros got all but Petros' last T1,000 chip in before the flop.

Germanos tossed a yellow chip out after the flop, and Petros called after Germanos gave him a good-natured, "You're pot-committed."

Petros:
Germanos:

The nines held up for Germanos, who says it's his first time in Las Vegas and his first poker tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Germanos	120,000 103,300	103,300
Zennawi Petros	Busted

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06-24-2013 16:51 UTC-8

Poker's Back

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

Level 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Two more levels will be played before the dinner break.

Level: 16

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

06-24-2013 16:23 UTC-8

Second Break

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

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

Players are on a 20-minute break. Black T100 chips are being raced off.

06-24-2013 16:13 UTC-8

Grafton Eliminated

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

Sam Grafton got involved in an all-in prefrlp confrontation with Dan Murariu. Murariu had the bigger stack, and turned over . Grafton held . The board ran out , and Murariu won the pot, eliminating Grafton.

Player	Chips	Progress
Samuel Grafton	Busted

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06-24-2013 16:11 UTC-8

Chiu Stacking Up

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

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

We arrived at Table 442 just in time to see the dealer sweeping up the cards of two all in players. One of them held , and we didn't catch the other hand, but neither could beat David Chiu's .

Player	Chips	Progress
David Chiu	280,000 210,000	210,000

Tags: David Chiu

06-24-2013 16:05 UTC-8

Balsiger Cripples Engel

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

In three hands, Ari Engel went from having a big stack to being knocked out of the tournament.

In the first hand, Jake Balsiger raised to 5,000 from the button, and Engel called from the small blind. The flop came . Engel checked, and Balsiger continued for 4,500. Engel called, bringing the on the turn. Engel checked again, and Balsiger bet out for 9,000. Engel again called, and the dealer completed the board with the . Engel checked a third time, and Balsiger bet out for 14,000. Engel called again. Balsiger turned over for a pure bluff. Engel had snapped it off with . After the hand, Balsiger was down to 118,000, while Engel had 123,000.

On the very next hand, Balsiger again opened the action with a raise to 5,000. Engel three-bet to 12,700 from the small blind. Balsiger then four-bet to 21,500. Engel thought for a few moments, and put in a re-raise to 35,000. Balsiger then six-bet shoved all-in, and Engel went into the tank. He looked like he wanted to call, but was hesitant, and at one point he even said, "I'm taking a minute to compose myself." He did eventually make the call, turning over . Balsiger showed , and he would need help. The board gave it to him, running out , giving him two pair.

The stacks were very close, and the dealer counted out Balsiger's remaining stack as 97,800. It turned out Engel had him outchipped by 7,000, but Engel was now severely crippled.

Engel had the button on the next hand, and everyone folded around to him. He min-raised to 4,800, leaving himself just a little behind. Sergey Tikhonov in the small blind was the only caller. Tikhonov mistakenly thought Engel was all in (the dealer was seated between them) and exposed his cards, showing . The floor ruled that the hand would continue, and the last of Engel's chips went in the middle on the queen high flop. Engel showed , and Tikhonov won the pot with his pair of queens.

Engel was eliminated, Tikhonov is up to 135,000, and Balsiger climbed to 255,000 after his double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jake Balsiger	255,000 95,000	95,000
Sergey Tikhonov	135,000 106,100	106,100
Ari Engel	Busted

Tags: Ari Engel Jake Balsiger

06-24-2013 16:03 UTC-8

Mathews Flops Outs, Hits

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

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

Rory Mathews got it all in before the flop against an opponent who held . Mathews was trailing with , but a flop of improved his position considerably. The turn brought a , leaving Mathews' opponent drawing dead, and Mathews had him covered.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rory Mathews	108,500 67,900	67,900

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06-24-2013 15:51 UTC-8

Nishijima Takes Massive Chiplead in Biggest Pot Yet

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Mohammed Nuwwarah

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

Thiago Nishijima opened for a raise in early position, and a fellow big stack to his left reraised him. Nishijima made the call, and the two saw a flop heads up.

Nishijima checked, and his opponent came out with 13,200. Nishijima raised to 30,000, and his opponent came back over the top with 50,000. Nishijima pushed all in and was called immediately.

Nishijima:
Opponent:

Nishijima held a gutshot straight draw and a flush draw, while his opponent had flopped a set of queens. The turn was the , completing Nishijima's straight, but he still had to fade a pair on the board. The river came a , and Nishijima pumped his fist in celebration. He's now the overwhelming chipleader.