Event #29: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em Day 2 | 2017 World Series of Poker

06-16-2017 16:28 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Ernest Smith	400,000 60,000	60,000
Linglin Zeng	310,000 2,000	2,000
Eddy Sabat	280,000 38,500	38,500
Tom Thomas	268,000 37,000	37,000
Jeffrey Gregg	260,000 50,000	50,000
Jamie Armstrong	255,000 65,000	65,000
Raul Martinez Requena	250,000 130,000	130,000
Pedro Cabeca	210,000 102,800	102,800
Thom Werthmann	195,000 145,000	145,000

Giuseppe Pantaleo	190,000 120,000	120,000

Matthew Bucciero	190,000 130,000	130,000
John Monnette	180,000 153,100	153,100

Jason Koon	130,000 25,000	25,000

Seth Berger	78,000 32,000	32,000
Christopher Frank	61,000 16,000	16,000

Players and Payouts from 153rd-127th Place, Each Receiving $3,876

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rudolph Martinez	Busted
Roger Hammond	Busted
Blake Bohn	Busted
Allen Pock	Busted
Chris Hammett	Busted
Adrian Mateos	Busted

Jesse Yaginuma	Busted

Nick Jivkov	Busted

James St Hilaire	Busted
Daniel Buzgon	Busted
Michael Martin	Busted
Kristen Bicknell	Busted

Jason Wheeler	Busted

James Hughes	Busted
Manig Loeser	Busted

Reinaldo Troconis	Busted
Shannon Shorr	Busted

Clyde Walters	Busted
Kenneth Fusca	Busted
Huey Hulin	Busted
Michel Leibgorin	Busted
Ivan Neytchev	Busted
Justin Adams	Busted
Timothy Miles	Busted
Ryan Arguello	Busted

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06-16-2017 16:16 UTC-8

Bandy and McEwan Double

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

At almost the same time and on neighboring tables, Matthew McEwan and Nate Bandy locked up doubles to stay in contention.

Bandy got there for his last 35,000 with against the of Justin Liberto after spiking a nine on the flop of a board .

McEwan got into a raising war with table neighbor Daniel Wagner and the latter flipped over . McEwan had a coin flip with and the board came to give McEwan a full house.

Player	Chips	Progress
Matthew McEwan	220,000 101,000	101,000
Nate Bandy	75,000 30,900	30,900
Justin Liberto	70,000 45,000	45,000

Daniel Wagner	30,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Daniel Wagner Justin Liberto Matthew McEwan Nate Bandy

06-16-2017 16:12 UTC-8

Down to One Section in Brasilia

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Four different tournaments kicked off in Brasilia today and Event #29: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em took the lion's share of the tables at noon when Day 2 kicked off. Since, an entire section broke and the remaining field of less than 120 players is all in the same section.

06-16-2017 16:12 UTC-8

Maturi Holds Against Flush Draw

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

With about 25,000 in the pot and the board reading , Alex Maturi was in the small blind and heads up against Everett Carlton in the big blind. Both players got it in on the flop with Maturi covering Carlton's stack of 123,500 by 2,000.

Maturi tabled for a set of two's and Carlton showed for a flush draw.

The board bricked off with the and , sending the pot to Maturi and eliminating Carlton.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Maturi	275,000 191,300	191,300
Everett Carlton	Busted

Tags: Alex Maturi Everett Carlton

06-16-2017 16:04 UTC-8

Karlins Busts Rhodes

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

"Now I have the big stacks here," Marvin Karlins joked after having just busted Phillip Rhodes when his held up against the of Rhodes. Karlins wasn't referring to himself as the chip leader, but he instead faces Jonathan Abdellatif from one seat over and Ernest Smith, who he shared a table with before already.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ernest Smith	340,000 40,000	40,000
Jonathan Abdellatif	310,000 15,000	15,000
Marvin Karlins	105,000 15,000	15,000
Phillip Rhodes	Busted

Tags: Marvin Karlins

06-16-2017 16:01 UTC-8

Hall Makes a Good Fold

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Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Gary Hansen was in middle position and raised to 7,500. Galen Hall was in the small blind and called, as did the big blind.

The flop was and Hansen bet 8,500. Hall called and the big blind folded.

The turn was the and Hall check-called Hansen's bet of 12,000.

The river was the and Hansen verbalised all in out of turn. Hall then said, "Ok, I'll check." Hansen then said, "I'm still all in." Which was for about 70,000. Hall went into the tank with 51,000 remaining, saying out loud, "How do I fold this?" After deliberating for a couple of minutes, Hall folded, showing his opponent . Hansen then tabled his hand which was pocket sevens for a rivered set and began to collect his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gary Hansen	146,000 76,800	76,800
Galen Hall	51,000 27,000	27,000

Tags: Galen Hall Gary hansen

06-16-2017 15:56 UTC-8

Big Double for Brown

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

On the three-way flop of , Chad J Brown moved all in for 66,500 and Jed Friedman pushed over the top to force out Mike Vanier next to Brown.

Brown tabled for the gutshot and flush draw while Friedman had the . The turn immediately improved Brown to an unbeatable straight while the on the river was a mere formality.

Chad Holloway sits at the same table with a stack of around 70,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chad J Brown	170,000 120,300	120,300
Jed Friedman	90,000 3,500	3,500
Mike Vanier	82,000 73,000	73,000
Chad Holloway	70,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: Chad Holloway Chad J Brown Jed Friedman Mike Vanier

06-16-2017 15:44 UTC-8

Erlandsson KO's Semin and Arguello

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 15 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Mikhail Semin pushed for 22,000 from under the gun and Daniel Erlandsson called on the button before Ryan Arguello called all in for less from the small blind.

Semin:
Arguello:
Erlandsson:

The in the window was followed by the and the , and the turn and river changed nothing to result in yet another double elimination. Manig Loeser headed to the payout desk at the same time after running out of chips on a different table.