Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:08 PM Local Time
Cuz we've got some counts from Amazon Blue
| Narendra Banwari | 400,000 | 96,000  |
| Ryan D'Angelo | 318,000 | 62,000 |
| Ashley Mason | 300,000 | 20,000 |
| James Ruszkiewicz | 280,000 | |
| Jonas Entin | 240,000 | -44,000  |
| Chad Batista | 212,000 | 26,000 |
| Javier Martinez | 198,000 | 66,000 |
| Kevin MacPhee | 195,000 | -5,000 |
| - | 190,000 | -23,500 |
| Paul Volpe | 185,000 | 15,000 |
| Leif Force | 170,000 | 5,000 |
| - | 156,000 | 30,000 |
| Thomas Keller | 155,000 | 33,000 |
| Jean-Robert Bellande | 150,000 | -6,000 |
| Luke Vrabel | 145,000 | 45,000 |
| Robert Croak | 140,000 | 35,000 |
| Minh Nguyen | 135,000 | 40,000 |
| Bryan Colin | 128,000 | -18,000 |
| David Sands | 125,000 | 40,000 |
| David Williams | 125,000 | -20,000 |
| Jonathan Spinks | 100,000 | |
| Sam Trickett | 90,000 | -23,000 |
| Sandra Naujoks | 67,000 | 21,000 |
| Greg Mueller | 65,000 | 22,000 |
| Steven Kelly | 59,000 | -99,000 |
| Jeffrey Gross | 58,000 | -15,000 |
| Jorge Arias | 57,000 | -20,000 |
| Berry Johnston | 35,000 | 0 |
| Huck Seed | 34,000 | -11,000 |
| Tommy Chen | 30,000 | 7,500 |
| Arthur Walker | 30,000 | -10,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:05 PM Local Time
| Ben Lamb | 475,000 | 0 |
| Dan Kelly | 300,000 | 50,000 |
| Tony Hachem | 220,000 | -15,000 |
| Garry Gates | 216,000 | -4,000 |
| Jared Hamby | 210,000 | |
| Victor Ramdin | 180,000 | 45,000 |
| Andrew Chen | 175,000 | 20,000 |
| Lyle Berman | 150,000 | 45,000 |
| Taylor Caby | 145,000 | 20,000 |
| Richard Lyndaker | 135,000 | 89,000 |
| Lars Bonding | 120,000 | 15,000 |
| Matt Savage | 115,000 | 30,000 |
| Derek Pasquarella | 115,000 | -25,000 |
| Will Souther | 105,000 | 49,000 |
| Daniel Suied | 105,000 | 20,000 |
| David Chiu | 105,000 | -20,000 |
| Martin Hruby | 105,000 | 15,000 |
| Amanda Musumeci | 105,000 | 12,000 |
| Bryan Devonshire | 100,000 | 42,500 |
| Emil Patel | 100,000 | 9,600 |
| - | 100,000 | -50,000 |
| Bryan Micon | 90,000 | -2,000 |
| Allen Cunningham | 90,000 | 10,000 |
| Robert Varkonyi | 90,000 | 15,000 |
| - | 85,000 | -17,000 |
| Noah Boeken | 70,000 | 10,000 |
| Amit Makhija | 60,000 | 38,000 |
| Isabelle Mercier | 55,000 | |
| Lee Watkinson | 50,000 | -1,000 |
| Tim West | 46,000 | -8,400 |
| Dax Mellon | 40,000 | 0 |
| David Bach | 39,000 | 8,000 |
| Vanessa Rousso | 38,000 | 7,000 |
| - | 30,000 | 10,000 |
| David Levi | 18,000 | -52,000 |
| Mike Carson | 0 | -140,000 |
| Andrew Lichtenberger | 0 | -30,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:56 PM Local Time
We don't know exactly what the series of events that lead up to this, but when we got to the table Eric Mizrachi was all in against an opponent on a flop.
Mizrachi:
Opponent:
Mizrachi would need an ace or running spades to stay alive. He received no such luck as the last two cards came out and Eric Mizrachi was eliminated in the last level of the night.
| Eric Mizrachi | 0 | -35,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:55 PM Local Time
Joe Hachem has been eliminated from the 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event. We saw him walking away from his table, and asked Paul Taylor, the man who busted, how it went down. According to Taylor, the two got all the biscuits in preflop, and Taylor's queens bested Hachem's ace-jack.
"I don't play many live tournaments," Taylor told his table after the hand. "But that's the third time I've busted him."
| Joe Hachem | 0 | -45,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:51 PM Local Time
The announcement was just made that the Day 2b field has been shrunk to 1,160, meaning the overall number of players still alive in the 2011 WSOP Main Event has fallen under 2,000.
"Let's do it! 2,000-way chop! Who's down?" came the cry from Table 354. That would work out to better than $32,000, if such a deal were made, only better than 352nd-place money.
Less than a third of the remaining players will make the money, as the top 693 will make the cash.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:49 PM Local Time
With the board reading , Kevin Saul checked to his opponent who fired out a bet of 4,500. Action came back around to Saul who deliberated for a bit before deciding to put in a check-raise, making it 12,500 to go. His opponent made the call and the two saw a turn.
Fourth street brought the and Saul continued out for 19,700. His opponent called rather quickly and the river came . Saul once again took a while before pushing out a stack of 100,000. His opponent had 73,500 behind so this bet was for his tournament life. His opponent looked incredibly defeated as he mucked his hand after about a minute and a half worth of contemplation.
Kevin Saul, on the other hand, is our new chip leader with 495,000.
| Kevin Saul | 495,000 | 114,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:46 PM Local Time
| Josh Gibson | 330,000 | 330,000 |
| - | 300,000 | 20,000 |
| Patrik Antonius | 295,000 | 35,000 |
| Guillermo Ramirez | 285,000 | -20,000 |
| - | 220,000 | -15,000 |
| David Vamplew | 200,000 | 25,000 |
| - | 180,000 | -40,000 |
| Erick Lindgren | 165,000 | 35,000 |
| Young Phan | 140,000 | 5,000 |
| Rupert Elder | 125,000 | -30,000 |
| Ray Henson | 110,000 | 5,000 |
| Blair Hinkle | 90,000 | -10,000 |
| Todd Brunson | 70,000 | -8,000 |
| Carlos Mortensen | 60,000 | 12,000 |
| Jennifer Harman | 45,000 | 22,000 |
| Jamie Gold | 36,000 | -7,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:41 PM Local Time
Derek Lerner raised to 2,800 in the hijack and was called Dmitry Savelyev in the small blind as well as by the player in the big blind. On the flop, it was checked to Lerner who led for 4,300. Savelyev came back with a check-raise to 10,300 which got the big blind out of the way. Lerner waited for a bit before he flicked his cards into the muck which gave the pot to Savelyev.
After the hand, Savelyev said, "I had a really good song going, Candle in the Wind, I had to win" and Lerner asked Savelyev if that meant he was bluffing. Savelyev responded by asking Lerner why he keeps on making him out to be a bluffer and the big blind noted that he hadn't seen Savelyev miss yet. Lerner chimed in again saying Savelyev did bluff and Savelyev said he just wanted to know where he has at and would have folded if Lerner re-raised. In any case, Savelyev took down the pot to hit the 300,000 chip mark.
| Dmitry Savelyev | 300,000 | 8,000 |
| Derek Lerner | 37,000 | -9,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:40 PM Local Time
Amanda Musumeci began the day with an above-average stack, but she has been unable to gain any momentum here on Day 2a. First, she doubled a short-stacked Donny Mizrachi when she jammed from the small blind with only to have Mizrachi snap her off with .
A short time later, an under-the-gun player raised to 2,800 and found callers in an early-position opponent and Musumeci in middle position. It was three-way action to the flop, which saw the original raiser bet 4,100. The middle-position player folded, Musumeci called, and the hit the turn.
Both players checked the turn and then the UTG fired out 15,200 on the river. Musumeci quickly folded, dropping to 93,000 in the process.
| Amanda Musumeci | 93,000 | -47,000 |
| - | 20,000 | 6,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:39 PM Local Time
Kevin MacPhee is over the 200,000 mark after he won several small pots and then rivered a gutshot holding on a board - getting paid off to the tune of 11,000 on the end.
| Kevin MacPhee | 200,000 | 34,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:37 PM Local Time
David Baker opened to 2,600 from the cutoff, Shankar Pillai three-bet to 6,200 on the button, and Baker four-bet to 16,100. Pillai tank-called.
The dealer fanned , and both players checked. The turned, and Baker led for 18,200. Pillai called.
The river was the , Baker checked, and Pillai tossed out 22,700. Baker looked unhappy, but made the call anyway. Pillai rolled over two black kings, Baker mucked, and Pillai pulled in the pot.
| Shankar Pillai | 150,000 | 65,000 |
| David Baker | 64,000 | -58,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:34 PM Local Time
From under the gun, 2011 World Series of Poker Main Event third-place finisher Joseph Cheong raised to 2,700. A player in middle position called and everyone else folded.
The flop came down and Cheong checked. His opponent checked behind to see the land on the turn. Cheong reached for chips and casually tossed out 4,300. HIs opponent released his hand and Cheong won the pot. He's up to about 135,000 now.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:31 PM Local Time
We weren't there for the action, but when we recently walked by Tony Hachem's table we noticed he had a lot of chips in front of him all of a sudden. We asked the table what occurred and this is what we were told.
A player in early position preflop bet out, and received two callers. Action then made it to Hachem who grabbed a stack of orange chips and plopped them down in the middle of the table. The initial raiser then snapped all in. The other two players who were in the hand scattered away folding as quickly as they could and Hachem made the call. Hachem held and his opponent tabled . The flop, turn, and river blanked out for both players and it was Hachem's pair of aces that came out ahead. Crossing the 200,000 mark Tony Hachem is quickly making his presence known here as they day comes to an end on Day 2B.
| Tony Hachem | 235,000 | 140,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:31 PM Local Time
Joe Hachem has been moved over to Doug Lee's table, taking a seat just to the left of Lee.
The two were in conversation when a hand arose in which it folded around to Hachem on the button, and Hachem raised to 2,500. The small blind folded, and as the short-stacked player on the big blind tanked a photographer started taking pictures of Hachem. Lee cheekily held up two fingers for rabbit ears behind Hachem for a moment, getting a brief laugh from the others and a grin from the 2005 WSOP Main Event champ.
Finally the big blind pushed all in for about 30,000, and Hachem said "yeah, yeah, whatever" as he tossed his cards in.
On the next hand, Lee raised to 2,800 from the hijack seat and only Hachem called from the cutoff. The flop came , and when Lee continued with a bet Hachem folded his face up. Lee showed one card -- the -- and collected the small pot.
Lee has 136,000 now, while Hachem has 40,000.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:30 PM Local Time
| - | 325,000 | 10,000 |
| Paul Spitzberg | 310,000 | 20,000 |
| Sam Simon | 290,000 | 45,000 |
| John Racener | 266,000 | -4,000 |
| T.K. Miles | 260,000 | |
| Joe Tehan | 210,000 | 10,000 |
| Robert Cheung | 200,000 | 70,000 |
| Claudia Crawford | 176,000 | -20,000 |
| Shawn Keller | 170,000 | 20,000 |
| Mark Kroon | 170,000 | 0 |
| Doug Lee | 155,000 | 17,000 |
| Matt Matros | 151,000 | 86,000 |
| Chris Lindh | 144,000 | 38,000 |
| Jeff Bryan | 140,000 | 17,000 |
| Freddy Deeb | 139,000 | -6,000 |
| Joseph Cheong | 134,000 | 13,000 |
| Matt Stout | 126,000 | 1,000 |
| David Baker | 122,000 | -14,000 |
| Galen Hall | 114,000 | -25,000 |
| Anthony Rivera | 110,000 | -19,000 |
| Scott Palmer | 108,000 | 28,000 |
| - | 106,000 | -24,000 |
| - | 93,000 | 27,000 |
| Scott Clements | 92,000 | -24,000 |
| - | 88,000 | 8,000 |
| Shankar Pillai | 85,000 | 10,000 |
| Leo Fernandez | 84,000 | -7,000 |
| - | 76,000 | -9,000 |
| Ricky Fohrenbach | 70,000 | -50,000 |
| - | 66,000 | -9,000 |
| - | 54,000 | -36,000 |
| Eric Siegel | 54,000 | 22,000 |
| - | 50,000 | 12,000 |
| Rayan Nathan | 45,000 | -6,000 |
| Joe Hachem | 45,000 | 5,000 |
| Jamil Wakil | 45,000 | -8,000 |
| Jake Cody | 38,000 | -5,000 |
| Erik Cajelais | 22,000 | -2,000 |
| Mike Leah | 21,000 | -46,000 |
| Patrick Eskandar | 21,000 | -31,000 |
| Mathieu Clavet | 0 | -23,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:29 PM Local Time
We just picked up the ever so notable Patrik Antonius (and his masseuse) in the tan section of the Amazon Room. We came in on a hand where on a board of and with about 15,000 in the pot, a player in the cutoff bet out for 3,500. Antonius made a big raise to 16,700, and after some thought, the player folded to him. Antonius began stacking his chips and the player asked him, "Did you have it? Did you have anything at all?" Antonius smirked a little bit and one of the players on the table called out, "Aww look he's trying so hard not to laugh but he can't." Antonius then gave a laugh and said to them, "I don't want to lie, but you're going to make me lie" which gave the table a good laugh. He is up to 260,000.
| Patrik Antonius | 260,000 | 55,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:27 PM Local Time
There was already around 28,000 in the pot with the board reading when Ryan D'Angelo bet 18,000 on the river from under the gun. Jean-Robert Bellande popped it to 47,000 in middle position which got D'Angelo to fold as Bellande won the latest battle between the two.
| Ryan D'Angelo | 256,000 | -37,000 |
| Jean-Robert Bellande | 156,000 | -4,000 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:26 PM Local Time
When we got to the table Emil Patel was heads up with an all in player with , Patel's opponent held for a very favorable advantage preflop. The flop came and Patel had flopped a straight. Patel's opponent would need a queen in order to steal the pot back. He received no such luck as the turn came the and the river fell the .
| Emil Patel | 90,400 | 20,400 |
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:21 PM Local Time
Greg Mueller raised to 3,000 from early position and Jonas Entin was the only caller to a flop. Mueller fired out 3,100 and Entin casually called before the pair checked down the turn and river.
Mueller flipped but was a little annoyed that he had to split with his opponent, the latter showing .
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:18 PM Local Time
| Dan Kelly | 250,000 | -7,000 |
| Joshua Tieman | 185,000 | 20,000 |
| Victor Ramdin | 135,000 | 10,000 |
| David Chiu | 125,000 | -5,000 |
| Lyle Berman | 105,000 | 12,000 |
| - | 102,000 | -33,000 |
| Brian Roberts | 92,000 | |
| Darus Suharto | 83,000 | 17,000 |
| Robert Varkonyi | 75,000 | -18,500 |
| Kristy Gazes | 75,000 | 11,000 |
| Bryan Micon | 72,000 | 19,000 |
| Emil Patel | 70,000 | -14,000 |
| Noah Boeken | 60,000 | 8,000 |
| Bryan Devonshire | 57,500 | -3,700 |
| Tim West | 54,400 | -5,600 |
| Lee Watkinson | 51,000 | -4,000 |
| - | 40,000 | -92,000 |
| Vanessa Rousso | 31,000 | -25,000 |
| Andrew Lichtenberger | 30,000 | -70,000 |
| - | 14,000 | 2,900 |