Event #16: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Dia 2 | 2013 World Series of Poker

2013-06-08 13:53 UTC-7

Day 2 of Event #16, the $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship Enters the Round of 32

Phil Hellmuth Headlines Day 2 of the $10k Heads-Up Championship

After full day of heads-up action here at the Rio pared the field from 162 players to the Round of 32, we are set to begin Day 2 of the the $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship. Many of the most respected pros in the game entered this event with hopes of proving their heads-up mettle, and with a $331,190 prize awaiting our winner, every one of them brought their best game.

Among the notable names to fall on Day 1 were Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Vanessa Selbst, Jonathan Duhamel, Tom Marchese, Dario Minieri, Ben Lamb, and Paul Volpe. The fact that so many decorated pros of this stature came up short speaks to the high level of skill that this event attracts every year, and today's Round of 32 will feature many of the best players in the world today.

Headlining the fourth round of competition today will be the WSOP's all-time bracelet winner, and poker's most polarizing personality, Phil Hellmuth. Looking to add another gold bracelet to to his record setting haul, Hellmuth is just five heads-up matches away from his ultimate goal.

There are several other top-flight professionals joining Hellmuth in the Round of 32, including Jason Mercier, Phil Galfond, Michael Mizrachi, Melanie Weisner, Sam Trickett, and Justin Bonomo.

The full table draw can be found below, and for the 16 to players who emerge from this extremely tough segment of the tournament bracket, a cash of $26,237 awaits. From there the payouts will double each time the field is halved, until our last two competitors sit across the table to play for a gold bracelet, and $331,190 in prize money.

Round of 32

Player	vs.	Player
AP Phahurat	-	Melanie Weisner
Fabrizio Gonzalez	-	Randy Lew
Phil Galfond	-	John Parker
Ben Sulsky	-	Michael Mizrachi
Micah Raskin	-	Craig Bergeron
Ali Eslami	-	Don Nguyen
Bryan Pellegrino	-	Markus Gonsalves
Keith Block	-	Sean Winter
Justin Smith	-	Alexander Venovski
Ankush Mandavia	-	Mark Radoja
Thiago Nishijima	-	Phil Hellmuth
Marc-Andre Ladouceur	-	Sam Trickett
Russell Rosenblum	-	Joel Micka
Sam Stein	-	Davidi Kitai
Warwick Mirzikinian	-	Keven Stammen
Justin Bonomo	-	Jason Mercier

Stay with PokerNews throughout the day as we play from 32 to our final four, here at one of poker's most prestigious heads-up tournaments in the world.

2013-06-08 14:48 UTC-7

Hellmuth Haranguing All Who Will Hear Him

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With a swarm of Brazilian media members assembled to watch their countryman Thiago Nishijima play his Round of 32 matchup, Phil Hellmuth has grown quite agitated by repeated intrusions into his personal bubble.

After asking the floor to direct the press to stand behind Nishijima, rather than hovering over his own shoulder, Hellmuth recently made his opinion clear in the only way he knows how.

"This is ridiculous!" he thundered to a tournament director, "We're playing a heads-up match here. Nothing against Brazil, but start taking press passes away and I bet they'll listen."

After "Red Bull" Robbie Thompson assembled a phalanx of chairs to protect him from the press, Hellmuth has returned his focus to the task at hand, taking a small pot recently after showing down the winner.

2013-06-08 14:55 UTC-7

An Eight-Bet Shove and a Call

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When we reached the table, there was a four-bet of 30,000 sitting in front of Randy "nanonoko" Lew. Fabrizio Gonzalez proceeded to five-bet, making it 52,000, Lew tanked before six-betting to 80,000, and Gonzalez quickly seven-bet to 111,000.

Lew tanked for 30 seconds or so, then put in the eight bet, moving all in for 230,000. Gonzalez quickly called.

Lew:
Gonzalez:

The flop gave Gonzalez a freeroll, and the on the turn kept his flush odds alive, but the bricked on the river, and the two chopped the pot.

All of the chips are on the table in this match.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Fabrizio Gonzalez	250,000 90,000	90,000
Randy Lew	230,000 -90,000	-90,000

Tags: Fabrizio Gonzalez Randy Lew

2013-06-08 14:57 UTC-7

Mizrachi's Bluff Sniffed Out by Sulsky

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Michael Mizrachi just tried to run a bluff on Ben Sulsky, representing either a full house of a high flush on the board.

After firing a bet of 26,000 at Sulsky, Mizrachi watched the young online pro, who is better known as "sauce123" on the virtual felt, looked him up with .

Mizrachi could only offer a "nice call" in response, telling Sulsky he had only queen-high.

2013-06-08 15:06 UTC-7

Melanie Weisner Whisks Past AP Phahurat

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We watched Melanie Weisner call AP Phahurat's all-in move with , and she was off to the races against his .

The dealer spread a flop of across the felt, and Weisner took the lead with her pair of kings. When no sixes arrived on the turn , or river , the match was won, and Weisner's ticket to the Round of 16 was stamped.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Melanie Weisner	480,000 240,000	240,000
AP Phahurat	Eliminado

2013-06-08 15:39 UTC-7

Sulsky Spikes Quads to Double Through Mizrachi

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Michael Mizrachi just shipped 80,000 chips to Ben Sulsky, after the latter made quads on the river.

Holding , Sulsky's hand connected perfectly with the final board of , and he has regained his footing somewhat after falling into a deep heads-up hole.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Michael Mizrachi	320,000 80,000	80,000

Ben Sulsky	160,000 -80,000	-80,000

2013-06-08 16:03 UTC-7

Justin Bonomo Bounces Jason Mercier

Nível 6 : 4,000/8,000, 0 ante

Justin Bonomo Has Advanced to the Round of 16

With his stack sitting at less than 20 big blinds, Jason Mercier watched Justin Bonomo set him all-in before the flop. Mercier squeezed his cards one by one, and after finding the a pained expression came over his face, but he decided to make the call and hope to hit.

Mercier would need to catch up against Bonomo's , but a flop put him in a deep hole. When a came on the turn, Mercier gained a lifeline in the form of four outs to a straight, but no queens could be found on the river.

Bonomo will return to play his Round of 16 match against Warwick Mirzikinian.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Justin Bonomo	480,000 288,400	288,400

Jason Mercier	Eliminado

2013-06-08 16:12 UTC-7

No Block Party This Winter

Nível 7 : 5,000/10,000, 0 ante

Sean Winter has become the latest player to advance when he was able to defeat Keith Block in their heads up match. Winter will play the winner of the Bryan Pellegrino v. Markus Gonsalves match.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Sean Winter	320,000 80,000	80,000
Keith Block	Eliminado

Tags: Keith Block Sean Winter

2013-06-08 16:21 UTC-7

Davidi Kitai Cuts Down Sam Stein

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Davidi Kitai was the latest player to advance to the Round of 16, after his bested the held by Sam Stein.

The final board ran out , giving Kitai a pair of threes and the win here in one of the round's longest matches.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Davidi Kitai	480,000 160,000	160,000

Sam Stein	Eliminado

2013-06-08 16:41 UTC-7

Hellmuth Overcomes Nishijima; Moves on to Sweet Sixteen

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Phil Hellmuth has defeated Thiago Nishijima to advance to the next round.

On the final hand, the two players got it all in for Nishijima's tournament life with Hellmuth holding over Nishijima's .

The flop brought and Nishijima was left calling for a ten. He did not find it as the paired the board on fourth street. Ultimately, Hellmuth clinched victory as the finished off the board.