WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. Day 2 Live Update - At A Glance

[snoopy1239]

Shortstack Howard Lederer is now officially OUT.

[snoopy1239]

$2,500

Just spoke to Joe Beevers, who seems pretty pleased with his performance and appears confident for tomorrow.

40 left, with the average around 45k. Joe is on 50k after a couple of interesting hands.

On an agressive table in which the predominant move is the all-in reraise to an initial preflop raise, Joe finds A-Q and makes a raise. Mateyboy reraises and Joe moves all-in. Mateyboy calls and shows pocket tens.

Board is an exciting one!

A-J-6-T-K

Phew, Joe survives and doubles up.

Then, with the blinds at 600/1200 with a 200 ante, Jo limps with pocket sixes (realising that a raise could induce an all-in reraise from a hand like A-T, A-J, etc). The big blind checks.

Flop = A-6-T

Joe prays for a Mateyboy Ace rag hand.

Turn = rag

Joe bets 5k, Mateyboy calls.

River = J

Joe bets again, this time 10k, and Mateyboy calls... again.

Joe wins with a set versus Mateyboy's top pair. Ace-x


So, Joe's above average and in with a great shout of scooping a big prize. He seems happy with his game and is comfortable with his table. He's been dealt no Aces, Kings, Queens, or Jacks, but is still running strong.

Good luck to Joe, nice to see a Brit reaching the nitty gritty.

[snoopy1239]

Some good news now.

They've just created a rail at the back, which means I can get round to Greenstein's table and obtain some chip counts, piccies, etc

The breaking news though has to be that I was able to spot a hand.

Tomko = ? ?

Antonius = ? ?

The game is Stud.

Tomko sticks in a bet, Antonius reluctantly folds, but shows a Queen in the process.

[snoopy1239]

Joe Cassidy -- 202k
Levi -- 620k
Patrik Antonius -- 610k
Ly -- 85k
Bloch -- 135k
Greenstein -- 283k
Cloutier -- 262k

[snoopy1239]

Captain Tom Franklin is OUT.

Antonius put him down to the felt and Andrew Bloch laid on the finishing touches.

[snoopy1239]

Caught the end of an Eight or Better Stud hand.

On their backs.

Mateyboy =

Cong Do =

Gavin Smith =

Smith takes the high with a pair of queens, whilst the low goes to Cong Do with A-3-5-7-8

[snoopy1239]

23 players left

Barry Greenstein -- 320k
Chip Reese -- 680k
Rafael Perry -- 330k
Thung -- 102k
Gavin Smith -- 485k
Dewey Tomko -- 247k
Patrik Antonius -- 660k
Andrew Bloch -- 205k
Allen Cunningham -- 135k
Jim Betchel -- 690k
Erik Seidel -- 125k

[snoopy1239]

19 players left

He're a few chippy counts:

Rafael Perry -- 426k
Jim Betchel -- 835k
Barry Greenstein -- 268k
Gavin Smith -- 612k
Dewey Tomko -- 215k
David Levi -- 370k
Chip Reese -- 647k
Patrik Antonius -- 403k
Andrew Bloch -- 505k

[snoopy1239]

Phil Ivey -- 290k
Robert Williamson III -- 295k
David Singer -- 690k

[snoopy1239]

Just witnessed an interesting Omaha Hi-Lo hand.

Board =

Greenstein =

Perry-- ?

Greenstein bet every street, and preflop. Perry flatcalled each time, including a 20k bet on the river.

Greenstein takes the high with a boat and Perry the low with A-3, but he was clearly disappointed as he turned the wheel and had Greenstein in a spot of bother.

[snoopy1239]

Onto Razz now and the shortest stack, Allen Cunningham, doubles up courtesy of Cong Do.

Cunningham moves in 15k preflop, Do raises to 30k, Cunningham calls.

All the chips went in by the second exposed card.

(couldn't quite see all seven cards, but it was clear that Do had made a low by the penultimate card.

Cunningham =

Do =

Cunningham is now up to 120k.

[snoopy1239]

Double up for Cunningham after allowing himself to drop down to just 13k.

Action came in the form of Rafael Perry.

Perry =

Cunningham =

The bracelet winner survives.

[Djinn]

And we have the 18th finisher - Allen Cunningham who'd dwindled past the danger point and was all-in, with a stud hand of K 3 2 3 10 8 (which actually wouldn't have turned into a good hand in any of the Seven-carders) and he quietly stood up, saying, "Well, I guess that's the end of me..."  A very restrained exit, when Andy Bloch had just said a few minutes earlier in astonishment, "There are actually people here who aren't even getting paid!  Well, maybe they all have a piece of someone..."

In any case it's probably a very tired Allen Cunningham who relinquished the last of his chips with no obvious hard feelings, as Cong Do stacks them.

[snoopy1239]

Your final 16:

Rafael Perry -- 160,000
Patrik Antonius -- 630,000
Andrew Bloch -- 420,000
Barry Greenstein -- 250,000
Robert Williamson III -- 195,000
Phil Ivey -- 305,000
David Singer -- 710,000
TJ Cloutier -- 485,000
Doyle Brunson -- 715,000
Chip Reese -- 750,000
Dewey Tomko -- 255,000
Congo Do -- 105,000
Jo Cassidy -- 320,000
Jim Betchel -- 1,010,000
Gavin Smith -- 525,000

[snoopy1239]

David Singer has just eliminated Congo Do.