Event #44: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-25-2013 16:40 UTC-7

Ian Simpson Looking to Make His Mark on Vegas

tayke2

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

If I ask you who Ian Simpson is, chance are his name probably won't ring a bell. Simpson has amassed over $500,000 in live tournament earnings, but all of them have come in events abroad. However, if you ask someone over in the United Kingdom who he is, you will likely get a long story of all the success he has enjoyed over there.

Simpson burst onto the scene in 2012 when he final tabled the biggest event in Ireland, the Irish Poker Open. He finished 4th at that final table for $141,623. He enjoyed some moderate tournament success the rest of the year, but never came close to matching that score, until 2013. Earlier this year, he just so happened to final table the Irish Poker Open Main Event...again. This time around, he topped his fourth place finish by winning the event for $339,604. But that wasn't the only highlight of the day.

Mere seconds after winning the event, he pulled his long time girlfriend Emma towards the table, and got down on one knee to purpose. She said yes, tying up a perfect day the likes of which have rarely been seen. Well now Simpson has come out to Las Vegas, hoping to make a name for himself in the biggest poker city in all of the world, and he's well on his way to securing his first WSOP cash with an above average stack as we approach the money today. The question is, if he does find a way to win this event, what we will he do to top his last big win celebration?

Tags: Ian Simpson

06-25-2013 16:25 UTC-7

Simpson Takes One From Kling

[user250068]

Level 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Lauren opened in early position with a bet to 3,200. Ian Simpson from the middle position and the player in the small blind call.

The flop came and both the small blind and Kling check. Simpson made it 7,800 and only Kling would come along.

Both players check the turn and the river. Simpson being in position was waiting for Kling to table her hand. She said "Have a nine" but did not turn over her hand. When it was clear she didn't want to, Simpson finally tabled .

Another player asked Simpson if the 7,800 bet on the flop was intentional. Simpson looked confused and it was pointed out that 78 made the nuts on the flop.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Simpson	127,000
Lauren Kling	23,000	-17,000

Tags: Lauren Kling Ian Simpson

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

06-25-2013 16:17 UTC-7

Seewald Busts Duhamel

tayke2

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

We missed the hand as it happened, but table mate Tyler Cornell was kind enough to let us know what happened. Action folded to Jonathan Duhamel in the cutoff, and he open shoved for his last 32,000 with . Unfortunately for him, Joel Seewald woke up with in the small blind, and the 2010 Main Event Champion was never able to catch up. Seewald collected the knockout, upping his stack to 125,000.

Before he busted, our Kristy Arnett caught up with Duhamel to talk about life in Las Vegas outside of the Rio.

https://www.pokernews.com/video/wsop-2013-jonathan-duhamel-thinks-vegas-can-be-a-distraction-7945.htm

Player	Chips	Progress
Joel Seewald	125,000	125,000
Jonathan Duhamel	Busted

Tags: Jonathan Duhamelm Joel Seewald

06-25-2013 16:01 UTC-7

de Meulder Eliminated

[user250068]

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Matthias de Meulder moved all in for is final 14,000 with from late position. He found one caller was happy to see it was a race after his opponent tabled .

There was help on the flop for de Meulder and his hand would hold through the turn. The river would knock him out of the lead and out of the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthias de Meulder	Busted

Tags: Matthias De Meulder

06-25-2013 15:57 UTC-7

More Chippies

tayke2

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Here are some counts from the other half of the room.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Kelly	122,300	-4,700
Noah Vaillancourt	108,000
Sorel Mizzi	97,000	30,000
Joseph McKeehen	85,000
Thayer Rasmussen	81,000
Bart Hanson	70,000
Levi Berger	68,000
Jason Mercier	66,000	900
Faraz Jaka	58,000	27,000
Dominik Nitsche	55,000	-10,000
Randy Lew	48,000	-19,700
Maria Ho	25,000	-27,000
Sam Stein	20,000

06-25-2013 15:44 UTC-7

Some Chippies!

tayke2

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Gaelle Baumann	95,000	800
Mark Radoja	69,000	62,500
Pedro Rios	66,000	26,000
Eddy Sabat	65,000	-4,600
Joe Kuether	62,000
Samantha Cohen	61,000	-53,000
Anton Makiievskyi	50,200	13,200
Lauren Kling	40,000	-13,100
Carlos Mortensen	32,000	-8,000
Jonathan Duhamel	27,000	-38,700
Ismael Bojang	24,000	-16,000
Matt Marafioti	20,000

06-25-2013 15:41 UTC-7

Baumann Doubles

[user250068]

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

A middle position player raised to 3,200 and Eddy Sabat called from the hijack seat. The player in the cutoff raised to 8,100 and that was followed by the all in of Gaelle Baumann from the button for her final 42,100.

The middle position player immediately folded and Sabat thought for a few seconds and also folded. The player in the cutoff took a bit more time to think about things and ended up making the call.

Baumann:
Cutoff:

Baumann was ahead going to the flop and secured her lead when the came down. The turn opened up a few outs for her opponent but none would materialize when the river gave Baumann the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gaelle Baumann	94,200	61,000

Tags: Eddy Sabat Gaelle Baumann

06-25-2013 15:29 UTC-7

Le Loses Some

tayke2

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

Not long after Nam Le won a nice pot off of Tyler Cornell, we saw him lose some back after losing a race. Le and a short stack of about 16,000 got all in the money in preflop. Le held and his opponent had . The flop came all hearts, , and though Le had a heart in his hand, his opponent had a better one. The on the turn sealed the double up for his opponent, and the meaningless river was one more heart, the .

Le is still doing fine for himself after that loss, as he has around 60,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nam Le	60,000	-20,000

Tags: Nam Le

06-25-2013 15:22 UTC-7

Back At It

tayke2

Level 13 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

The players have returned from break, and we are getting underway again. Shortly, we will walk through the floor and grab updated counts for the notables still in.