Event #55: The $50,000 Poker Players' Championship Day 2 | 2013 World Series of Poker

07-01-2013 18:15 UTC-7

Grospellier Gets Some from Song

Shamus

Level 8

No-Limit Hold'em

Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier just earned a boost to his stack following a no-limit hold'em hand with Kevin Song. The pair traded bets to fourth street and with the board showing Song check-called a bet by Grospellier, building a pot of around 80,000.

The river brought the and another check from Song, and this time Grospellier bet 33,000. Song thought for a while before folding, and after being down for a while ElkY has nudged his stack back up close to the 150,000 with which he started the tournament yesterday.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Song	232,000 2,000	2,000

Bertrand Grospellier	145,000 40,000	40,000

Tags: Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier Kevin Song

07-01-2013 18:23 UTC-7

Ashton vs. Volpe

Chad Holloway

Level 8

No-Limit Hold'em

Action folded to Paul Volpe in the hijack and he raised to 3,500. The cutoff folded, Matthew Ashton called from the button and both blinds got out of the way. When the flop came down , Volpe bet 5,200, Ashton called and the dealer burned and turned the .

Volpe led out for 13,600 and Ashton took a long time before raising to 32,400. It was enough to get the job done as Volpe tossed his cards to the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Volpe	251,000 -29,000	-29,000

Matthew Ashton	250,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Matthew Ashton Paul Volpe

07-01-2013 18:29 UTC-7

Zeidman Down

Shamus

Level 8

Omaha-8

Cory Zeidman just saw his Event #55 run end here during the first part of Level 8. He'd returned from the break to a short stack, then lost the last of it in an Omaha-8 hand versus Cole South to be eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cole South	235,000 40,000	40,000
Cory Zeidman	Busted

Tags: Cole South Cory Zeidman

07-01-2013 18:34 UTC-7

Two in a Row for Smith; Ivey and Yitzhaki Knocked Back

donpeters

Level 8

No-Limit Hold'em

From under the gun, Jason Mercier raised to 4,000. George Danzer called in the cutoff seat, Justin Smith called from the button, and Phil Ivey called from the big blind. On the flop, Ivey led for 10,000 with roughly 50,000 behind. Mercier and Danzer folded, then Smith raised all in to put Ivey to the text. Ivey folded, and Smith won the pot.

On the very next hand, Roman Yitzhaki opened to 4,000 from early position, and Smith reraised from the cutoff seat to 12,000. Yitzhaki made the call, and the dealer spread out the on the flop. Yitzhaki checked, Smith bet 13,000, and Yitzhaki called.

The turn was the , and Yitzhaki checked. Smith fired 26,000, and Yitzhaki folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Justin Smith	465,000 65,000	65,000
George Danzer	390,000 -10,000	-10,000

Jason Mercier	265,000 3,000	3,000

Roman Yitzhaki	152,000 47,000	47,000
Phil Ivey	50,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: George Danzer Jason Mercier Justin Smith Phil Ivey Roman Yitzhaki

07-01-2013 18:40 UTC-7

Recent Eliminations

Chad Holloway

Level 8

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	Busted

Sergii Baranov	Busted
Ram Vaswani	Busted

07-01-2013 18:45 UTC-7

Thuritz Takes from Hellmuth

Shamus

Level 8

No-Limit Hold'em

After a cutoff raise by Mikael Thuritz, Phil Hellmuth defended his big blind and then checked in the dark before the dealer spread the flop. Thuritz checked behind, then the turn brought the and another check from Hellmuth. This time Thuritz bet 14,500, and after leaning forward and examining the situation for a few moments Hellmuth called.

The river was the . Hellmuth quickly checked, and Thuritz set out chips to bet 41,000. Hellmuth rocked back and forth in his seat as he began muttering to himself, then as he folded the muttering continued until rising up to a more audible "good hand, sir." Thuritz said thanks as he collected chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Hellmuth	136,000 -24,000	-24,000

Mikael Thuritz	132,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Mikael Thuritz Phil Hellmuth

07-01-2013 18:48 UTC-7

Lindgren Gives It Up to Hang

Chad Holloway

Level 8

No-Limit Hold'em

Tommy Hang opened for 4,000 from the hijack and Erick Lindgren called him from the button. The blinds folded, the flop fell and Hang led out for 6,500. Lindgren made the call and then watched Hang fire out 18,000 more on the turn. Lindgren thought for a bit before tossing in a call and the completed the board on the river. Hang kept the pressure on and Lindgren thought for about a minute before conceding the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erick Lindgren	250,000 -24,000	-24,000

Tommy Hang	160,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Erick Lindgren Tommy Hang

07-01-2013 18:50 UTC-7

More Shots from the Day 2 Field

Chad Holloway

07-01-2013 19:00 UTC-7

"One Hand Every Hour"

Chad Holloway

Level 8

Omaha-8

Doyle Brunson, who is playing in his first tournament of the summer, opened for 6,000 under the gun. Allen Kessler called from the cutoff and then Andrey Zaichenko came along from the big blind making it three-way action to the flop.

Zaichenko checked, Brunson bet 3,000 and two calls followed. When the turned, two checks put action on Kessler and he bet 6,000. Zaichenko and Brunson made the call and then both checked the river. Kessler bet another 6,000 and this time both his opponents folded.

"One hand every hour," Kessler said as he stacked his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrey Zaichenko	220,000 -34,000	-34,000

Allen Kessler	177,000 27,000	27,000

Doyle Brunson	142,000 -60,000	-60,000

Tags: Allen Kessler Doyle Brunson Andrey Zaichenko

07-01-2013 19:11 UTC-7

Lindgren Over Hansen

Shamus

Level 8

Stud

Phil Ivey was just moved over to an empty seat on Table 359, one that just happened to be situated in between Erick Lindgren (on his left) and Gus Hansen (on his right).

Recently a stud hand developed between Ivey's two neighbors and he watched from his seat in between. The pair had reached sixth street, with Hansen betting out while showing and Lindgren calling with .

"Ahh… what do I have to beat?" said Hansen after seeing Lindgren call him again in the hand. The seventh street cards were then dealt, and after looking his over for a few seconds Hansen checked and Lindgren checked behind.

Lindgren then tabled his down cards — for jacks and tens — and Hansen studied all seven of his for awhile before sliding them forward face down. The dealer was about to take them and he stopped her for a moment.

"Wait," said Hansen. "Is it high-low?" He looked at the placard indicating the game was high only, and with a grin Hansen said "damn" and at last gave up his cards.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erick Lindgren	135,000 20,000	20,000

Gus Hansen	108,000 -22,000	-22,000

Tags: Erick Lindgren Gus Hansen