Event #34: $1,000 DOUBLE STACK No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2018 World Series of Poker

06-18-2018 18:54 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Del Vecchio	398,000 28,000	28,000
Tristan Wade	270,000 168,000	168,000

Felipe Ramos	87,000 22,000	22,000
Francois Pirault	43,000 5,300	5,300
Ralph Massey	30,000 38,000	38,000
Dan Heimiller	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Rocha	172,000 112,500	112,500

Griener Eliminates Hallaert

Aaron McBride

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Jared Griener raised to 10,000 from under the gun and Kenny Hallaert moved all in for 72,900 from middle position. The rest of the players folded and Griener made the call.

Jared Griener:
Kenny Hallaert:

Board:

Griener took the lead on the flop with top pair and also had the nut flush draw, the gave Hallaert a few more outs, but the on the river was not one of them, despite hitting a set, Griener improved to a straight, and the Belguim 2016 November Niner was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Griener	170,000 112,000	112,000
Kenny Hallaert	Busted

Tags: Jared Griener Kenny Hallaert

06-18-2018 19:09 UTC-8

Lampropulos Keeps Climbing

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The action folded to Calvin Anderson who limped from the button. The player in small blind raised it to 14,000 and after some thought, Maria Lampropulos made the call from the big blind. Anderson quickly folded.

The flop fell and both players checked. On the turn, the initial raiser bet 22,000 and Lampropulos called once more. The river was a and after a check, Lampropulos bet 40,000. Her opponent snap-folded.

Lampropulos's stack keeps growing and she has now around 450,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Maria Lampropulos	450,000 180,000	180,000
Calvin Anderson	65,000 30,000	30,000

Tags: Maria Lampropulos

06-18-2018 19:20 UTC-8

Pauli Finds a Miracle River

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Aaron McBride

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

German professional Sebastian Pauli was on the verge of being eliminated after getting all his chips in on the turn, but a miracle card on the river saved him and moved him above average stack.

Pauli was in the big bind and up against the player on the button. On the flop, Pauli check-raised his opponent's 11,000 bet and was called.

The turn came the , and Pauli moved all in for around 35,000. His opponent snap-called and Pauli was in bad shape.

Sebastian Pauli:
Opponent:

River:

Pauli was behind with two pair versus a set of eights, and just as he half stood up from his chair, the ace-of-spades hit the river to give him a full house, and with a surprised look on his face he sat back down to rebuild his new stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sebastian Pauli	170,000 104,000	104,000

Tags: Sebastian Pauli

06-18-2018 19:26 UTC-8

Hajiyev Grows His Stack

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

In a raised pot and with the flop showing , Ramin Hajiyev bet 8,500 and his opponent situated on the button made the call.

The turn was a and Hajiyev check-called when his opponent bet for 28,000. On the river, Hajiyev checked and after some reflection, his opponent did the same. Hajivev tabled for a pair of tens and it was enough to make his opponent muck his hand.

Hajiyev, who started the day with 20,600, is now up to 285,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramin Hajiyev	285,000 264,400	264,400

06-18-2018 19:34 UTC-8

Morris Moves to 400k

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Aaron McBride

Level 17 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The player in the cutoff raised to 9,000, before Steven Morris, in the small blind, and the player in the big blind called to see a flop. The action was checked by the blinds, and a continuation bet of 13,000 came in before Morris raised to 37,000. The big blind opponent folded, but it went heads-up to the turn after the cutoff called.

The came down, and Morris sized up his chips before betting around 60,000, to which his opponent snap-folded and Morris picked up a nice pot to put him just over the 400,000 mark.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Morris	405,000 125,000	125,000

Tags: Steven Morris

Level: 18

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

06-18-2018 19:46 UTC-8

Some Updated Chipcounts

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 18 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Varano	315,000 267,300	267,300
Lily Kiletto	260,000 128,000	128,000
David Peters	98,000 48,000	48,000

Lexy Gavin	85,000 52,000	52,000
Calvin Anderson	42,000 23,000	23,000

Rick Alvarado	36,000 2,000	2,000

06-18-2018 20:02 UTC-8

Massey Climbs Up

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Gaelle Jaudon

Level 18 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Ralph Massey opened from the hijack to 12,000 and it was called by the players in small and big blind. The flop came and they all checked. On the turn, the players in the blinds checked again and Massey bet 15,000. Only the small blind player made the call.