Event #5: €10,400 No-Limit Hold'em (Split Format) Day 2 | 2011 World Series of Poker Europe

10-13-2011 23:01 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Roger Hairabedian	360,000 154,000	154,000

Brian Powell	352,000 8,000	8,000
Michael Mizrachi	315,000 115,000	115,000

Brian Hastings	270,000 20,000	20,000

Shawn Buchanan	265,000 15,000	15,000

Dmitry Motorov	245,000 110,000	110,000
Noah Schwartz	231,000 1,000	1,000

Kent Lundmark	185,000 5,000	5,000

Dan Fleyshman	182,000 3,000	3,000
Alexander Roumeliotis	180,000 11,000	11,000
Bryn Kenney	175,000 15,000	15,000

Jason Mercier	173,000 52,700	52,700

Erik Seidel	165,000 117,000	117,000

Jonathan Aguiar	139,000 11,000	11,000

Matt Waxman	132,000 27,000	27,000
Joel Nordkvist	119,000 64,000	64,000
Anatolii Ozhenilok	110,000 19,000	19,000
Vladimir Shchemelev	92,000 63,000	63,000

Table	Seat	Player
74	1	Noah Schwartz
74	2	Bryn Kenney
74	3	Roger Hairabedian
74	4	Michael Mizrachi
74	5	Dan Fleyshman
74	6	Erik Seidel

77	1	Matt Waxman
77	2	Shawn Buchanan
77	3	Jonathan Aguiar
77	4	Kent Lundmark
77	5	Jason Mercier
77	6	Vladimir Shchemelev

79	1	Anatolii Ozhenilok
79	2	Brian Powell
79	3	Dmitry Motorov
79	4	Brian Hastings
79	5	Alexander Roumeliotis
79	6	Joel Nordkvist

Seidel Doubles; Victory Now Almost Certain

We say that tongue-in-cheek, of course, but Seidel does appear to be well on his way toward the final table after a big double a moment ago.

We were looking the other way during the preflop action, but the pot and the positions allow us to infer that Michael Mizrachi opened with a raise, and Seidel three-bet him in position. Heads up, they saw the dealer spread out {6-Spades} {9-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} , and Mizrachi checked it over. Seidel stacked out 24,000 into the pot, and Grinder quickly announced an all-in check-raise.

Seidel let out a mumbled curse word and a wry smirk, and he double-checked his cards to make sure before making the call for his last 139,500. Seidel was at risk, but he was well ahead.

Showdown
Mizrachi: {K-Clubs} {J-Diamonds}
Seidel: {A-Clubs} {A-Spades}

Despite his concerns, Seidel's rockets were out in front, and the turn {3-Clubs} and river {2-Hearts} kept them safe. Seidel has had a bit of tough going since the dinner break, but he's rebounded fully to put himself back in the top five.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Seidel	330,000 165,000	165,000

Michael Mizrachi	128,000 187,000	187,000

Tags: Erik Seidel Michael Mizrachi

10-13-2011 23:35 UTC+1

Waxman Falls Below 100K

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Donnie Peters

We picked up the action on this hand with the board reading {A-Spades} {K-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} between Shawn Buchanan and Matt Waxman. After Waxman checked, Buchanan bet 21,000. Waxman check-raised to 47,500 and Buchanan called.

The river completed the board with the {3-Hearts} . With 84,500 behind, Waxman took a few moments and then checked. Buchanan mentioned possibly betting, but then said, "I don't want to valuetown myself," and checked behind.

Waxman turned over the {10-Spades} {10-Diamonds} , but lost to Buchanan's {K-Spades} {Q-Hearts} .

Player	Chips	Progress
Shawn Buchanan	325,000 60,000	60,000

Matt Waxman	84,500 47,500	47,500

Tags: Matt Waxman Shawn Buchanan

10-13-2011 23:43 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Brian Powell	405,000 53,000	53,000
Roger Hairabedian	400,000 40,000	40,000

Shawn Buchanan	314,000 11,000	11,000

Erik Seidel	300,000 30,000	30,000

Brian Hastings	280,000 10,000	10,000

Alexander Roumeliotis	262,000 82,000	82,000
Noah Schwartz	220,000 11,000	11,000

Kent Lundmark	208,000 23,000	23,000

Bryn Kenney	185,000 10,000	10,000

Jason Mercier	177,000 4,000	4,000

Dan Fleyshman	170,000 12,000	12,000
Dmitry Motorov	159,000 86,000	86,000
Joel Nordkvist	147,000 28,000	28,000
Jonathan Aguiar	135,000 4,000	4,000

Michael Mizrachi	130,000 2,000	2,000

Matt Waxman	105,000 20,500	20,500
Anatolii Ozhenilok	80,000 30,000	30,000
Vladimir Shchemelev	76,000 16,000	16,000

10-13-2011 23:55 UTC+1

Aguiar Tanks

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Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

"I really, really have to pee," Jason Mercier said a few minutes ago.

Jon Aguiar turned to Mercier and joked, "You might not want to say that. I might need to raise on the last hand and then tank for, like, six minutes." The two shared a laugh, but that exact scene just happened to play out. On the last hand.

As the last few minutes of the level ticked off, Aguiar opened to 8,000 from middle position, and Mercier asked to see his stack. Then he three-bet shoved. Both men had a bit over 125,000, but Mercier did have the covering stack by a small margin, and his move sent Aguiar deep into the tank. It had to be about six or seven minutes for Aguiar, and if he was just acting, he was doing a damn good job. He truly looked pained by the decision, but he eventually surrendered about three minutes into the break, folding with a frustrated flick.

It's break time.

10-13-2011 23:55 UTC+1

Break

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Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

We and our 18 final players will return in 20 minutes.

10-14-2011 00:09 UTC+1

One More Round of Shots

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Some eye candy while you wait for the action to resume.

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

10-14-2011 00:11 UTC+1

Go!

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Level 17 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Another level is off and running, and we're two eliminations away from the money and the end of Day 2. It's one of the biggest bubbles in WSOPE history, though, so this might take a while.