Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #5: €10,450 Mixed Max - No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€10,450
Prize Pool
€921,600
Entries
96
Level
23
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
3,000
Players Left 1 / 96
Filter
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The players are on a 20-minute break. We'll have full chip counts upon our return.
Chance Kornuth was recently moved to Brandon Cantu's table and we found Kornuth engaged in a pot with the current chip leader.
The board read 
and Cantu checked. Kornuth fired out 6,300 and Cantu called. The 
rolled off on the river and they both checked.
"Pair," said Cantu.
Kornuth let out a laugh. "I mean, that could mean a lot of things, man". He showed 
and Cantu mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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70,000
12,000
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12,000 |
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There's cooler hands, and then there's this hand.
Brandon Cantu opened to 3,500 from under the gun and was three-bet to 9,000 from Ognjen Sekularac. Andy Frankenberger was on the button and took his time before he shoved for 43,000 chips. Cantu and Sekularac both snap committed their stacks and the cards were on their backs and everyone was in disbelief.
Cantu: 
Sekularac: 
Frankenberger: 
The board ran 
to see Cantu scoop the lot. That put him up to 340,000 chips!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
340,000
213,200
|
213,200 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Action folded to Robert Buckenmayer's small blind and he raised to 2,100. Phil Hellmuth peeked at his cards in the big blind and called.
The flop was a monotone 
. Buckenmayer continued for 2,200 and Hellmuth called. The 
turned and the action slowed with both players checking.
A fourth club rolled off on the river - the 
- and Buckenmayer moved 4,300 into the middle. Hellmuth looked his opponent up and down before calling the bet.
Buckenmayer showed 
for a pair of deuces and Hellmuth showed the 
accompanied with the 
.
"I'm not the easiest guy to bluff," Hellmuth proclaimed to the table as he scooped up the pot.
He's currently sporting about 115,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
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Jonathan Duhamel has doubled up Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and is now firmly in trouble.
The Canadian raised from under the gun and ElkY defended his big blind to see a 
flop.
Duhamel continued for 2,100 and then shoved when ElkY check-raised to 4,500. ElkY snap called with 
for a flopped flush. Duhamel still had hope though he flipped up 
.
The help failed to come for the former WSOP Main Event champ as the board ran out .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
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14,000
22,300
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22,300 |
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Jonathan Aguiar opened to 2,000 only to find Chance Kornuth three-bet to 4,800 from the cutoff. It folded back to Aguiar and he moved out a call.
The dealer produced a flop of and Aguiar checked. Kornuth continued out for 3,200 and Augiar replied by moving all in for 21,100. Kornuth released his cards and Aguiar picked up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
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Matt Stout was short when he three-bet over an opening raise from David Peters. The latter was priced in and made the call.
Stout: 
Peters:
The board ran 
to pair Peters' ten.
Stout wished everyone well and made his exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000
2,800
|
2,800 |
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Busted | |
Marc-Andre Ladouceur, Noah Schwartz, and Marvin Rettenmair all saw a flop of 
and they all checked their option.
The came on the turn and Marc-Andre Ladouceur quickly announced that he was all in. A shorter-stacked Noah Schwartz moved all in as well and action was on Rettenmaier. He shrugged, gave a smile, and plopped down chips in the middle of the table to call.
Rettenmaier: 
Ladouceur:
Schwartz:
Rettenmaier's set of treys took down the pot and he forced two players to see the rail. With this win, Rettenmaier's stack has increased to about 118,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
118,000
12,900
|
12,900 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
