Event #35: $5,000 Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Dia 2 | 2014 World Series of Poker

2014-06-17 18:01 UTC-7

Duhamel Cracks Kings to Eliminate Mizzi

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Nível 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

We saw Sorel Mizzi making a hasty exit from the tournament area, and by the time we arrived at his former table action was complete. However, we were able to catch the cards and some players helped us piece together what went down.

As it was related to us, 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champ Jonathan Duhamel opened with a raise and then called when Mizzi three-bet. Duhamel then checked the flop, Mizzi bet, and Duhamel check-raised. Mizzi proceeded to move all in and Duhamel called him.

Mizzi:
Duhamel:

Mizzi had pocket cowboys, but Duhamel had gotten lucky to flop two pair. The turn didn't help Mizzi, and neither did the river. That is the story of Mizzi's demise.

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Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Jonathan Duhamel	280,000 182,500	182,500

Sorel Mizzi	Eliminado

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2014-06-17 17:10 UTC-7

Cousineau Doubles; Mizrachi Eliminates Chidwick

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Nível 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Action folded around to Eric Baldwin on the button and he asked Tony Cousineau and Greg Ostrander how much they had in the small and big blind, respectively. Upon ascertaining that information, Baldwin announced that he was all in.

Cousineau squeezed out his cards and then announced that he, too, was all in. Ostrander folded from the big blind.

Baldwin:
Cousineau:

Cousineau had woken up with the right hand at the right time, and was rewarded after the board ran out a safe .

Meanwhile, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi had eliminated Stephen Chidwick from the same table a few minutes before. Unfortunately we missed the hand, but we do know it helped Mizrachi increase his stack to 240,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Michael Mizrachi	240,000 80,000	80,000

Eric Baldwin	92,000 -55,000	-55,000

Tony Cousineau	70,000 32,000	32,000
Stephen Chidwick	Eliminado

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2014-06-17 17:06 UTC-7

Bowker Busts Selbst in 250K Pot

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Nível 14 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

From the cutoff seat, Kyle Bowker raised to 4,500. After the player in the small blind made the call, Vanessa Selbst reraised to 16,200 out of the big blind. Bowker requested to see how many chips Selbst had behind. After doing so, Bowker announced that he was all in. The player in the small blind folded, and Selbst called to put herself at risk for around 122,000 or so.

Selbst tabled the and was dominating the for Bowker.

On the flop, Bowker took the lead when the fell. The turn was the and the river the . Selbst finished second best to Bowker in the hand, and he had her covered. With that, Selbst was out the door short of the money while Bowker catapulted himself into the chip lead with 287,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Progresso
Kyle Bowker	287,000 97,000	97,000

Vanessa Selbst	Eliminado

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2014-06-17 14:04 UTC-7

Kerr's Kings Send Kurganov to the Rail

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Nível 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

In one of the last hands of Level 10, we happened upon a hand in progress with around 30,000 in the pot and a board reading . Igor Kurganov was in the cutoff debating what to do, and that's because Canadian Steven Kerr had the all-in button out in front of him on the button.

Kurganov had about 35,000 in his stack, and he thought long and hard before committing it to the pot.

Kurganov:
Kerr:

Kurganov had made the wrong decision, but he could still win with either a jack or ten on the river. The dealer burned one last time and put out the . Close, but no cigar for Kurganov.

"Good luck guys," he offered before collecting his things and exiting the tournament area. With that, Kerr is now up to 200,000.

2014-06-17 11:48 UTC-7

Sam Trickett, Josh Arieh & Dan Smith Lead Charge on Day 2

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Dan Smith starts the day third in chips.

Welcome back to the 2014 World Series of Poker Event #35: $5,000 Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold'em. Yesterday this tournament attracted 550 of the best players in the world, which created a prize pool of $2,585,000. Today, 170 of those players will return for 10 more one-hour levels of play, during which time they hope to crack the top 56 players to make the money with the hope of making it all the way to the $633,341 first-place prize.

The man best positioned to make a run at it is none other than 2012 WSOP $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop runner-up Sam Trickett, who will begin today as the chip leader with 172,000. Josh Arieh (151,200), Dan Smith (144,400), Steven Kerr (123,900), and Fred Kulikowski (122,500) round out the top five big stacks.

Others returning today include Jeff Madsen (114,500), Chris Tryba (111,900), Sorel Mizzi (84,000), Jason Somerville (78,200), Dan Shak (77,000), Mike “Timex” McDonald (51,000), Vanessa Selbst (39,500), Igor Kurganov (39,200), Jennifer Tilly (36,200), Philipp Gruissem (28,700), John Juanda (25,200), and Jason Mercier (18,200).

Day 2 action is set to get underway at 1 p.m. local time, which is about an hour from now. Stay tuned as the PokerNews Live Reporting Team brings you all the latest and greatest from Event #35: $5,000 Eight-Handed No-Limit Hold'em.

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