Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Dia 2 | 2013 World Series of Poker

Nível: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

2013-06-09 22:54 UTC-7

Last Break of the Night

Nível 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

With 28 players left we are going on our last 20 minute break of the night. We need to bust one more and then we will have our final three tables

2013-06-09 22:53 UTC-7

Joseph Michael the (A)rch(A)ngel

Nível 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

With the board reading , a player fired a small bet of 20,000 into a pot of over 80,000, and Joseph Michael responded by sliding a stack of twenty orange T5000 tournament chips forward.

Put to a test for a large portion of his stack, Michael's opponent went into the tank, thinking for a minute or so while asking the classic question all poker players in a tough spot want to know.

"Are you showing if I fold?" he asked, while Michael sat still as a stone, staring intently while trying on his toughest poker face.

Eventually, curiosity got the better of Michael's opponent, and he announced a call, but his cards went quickly into the muck when Michael rolled over the .

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Joseph Michael	575,000 518,200	518,200

2013-06-09 22:43 UTC-7

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Manuel Mutke	400,000 105,000	105,000
Jake Balsiger	Eliminado

With his stack dwindling to just over 12 big blinds, Jacob Schindler shoved all-in from under the gun. The table folded around to David "Bakes" Baker in the cutoff, and after squeezing his cards slowly, he forcefully announced a call.

Bakes had woke up with , which left him flipping a coin against Schindler's .

With a serene look on his face, Baker watched the flop fall , and although Schindler picked up additional outs to the wheel straight, the turn () and the river () brought no further help.

Bakes offered Schindler a sincere "good game" while the pot was pushed his way, and after another player at the table commented on Baker's ability to run good, he responded simply by saying "I haven't lost a race in a month, why start now?"

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
David "Bakes" Baker	748,000 133,000	133,000

Jacob Schindler	Eliminado

Tags: David "Bakes" Baker

2013-06-09 22:26 UTC-7

Greenstein Catches Runner-Runner

Nível 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Barry Greenstein pushes all in and gets called from the small blind raiser. Greenstein has and his opponent has . They see the flop of . This put Greenstein in a tough place because he would have to catch runner-runner to beat his opponents flopped set.

The turn, the , giving Greenstein straight outs.

The river, the and Greenstein did it! He came from behind to bust his opponent with a runner-runner straight. He is smiling while stacking his healthy stack of 425,000.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Barry Greenstein	425,000 175,000	175,000

Tags: Barry Greenstein

2013-06-09 22:18 UTC-7

Joe Cada Running Pure

Nível 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Joe Cada just got a double knockout when his beat out his opponents' and . Cada sits with a healthy 455,000 and it seems he can not lose.

2013-06-09 22:17 UTC-7

Recent Eliminations

Nível 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Recent bustouts include

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Stephen Baldwin	Eliminado
Levon Khachatryan	Eliminado
Jonas Wexler	Eliminado

Matt Jarvis	Eliminado

2013-06-09 22:15 UTC-7

Big Sharks in a Little Pond

Nível 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Main Event Champion Joe Cada May Not Be the Most Famous Player Left in This Pro-Packed Field

With just 37 players remaining in the field as Day 2 soldiers onward, a scan around the Amazon Room's Tan section shows that each of the five remaining tables is home to a world renowned poker pro.

At Table #347, Athanasios Polychronopoulos and Amnon Filippi are competing for the right to dominate their table, not to mention the contest over whose name is more difficult to spell. Both of these payers are experienced circuit veterans with major titles to their credit.

Sitting quietly at Table #354, last year's 3rd place finisher in the WSOP Main Event, Jake Balsiger, is patiently waiting for his chance to double his currently short stack. If last year's final table run is any indication, the young Arizona State Student is more than capable of waiting out a bad run of cards.

A man who happened to finish off his own Main Event run, Joe Cada, is sitting just a few feet away at Table #360, and with his stack approaching double the average amount, he is poised to put the hurt on his awestruck amateur opponents.

David "Bakes" Baker has set up shop at Table #353, and he continues to push towards the chip lead by using his stack aggressively in timely spots.

Finally, sitting at Table #359 right along the rail is Barry Greenstein, one of poker's sages and a legend here at the WSOP.

All told, the remaining field here at this $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event has a higher per capital presence of poker skill than the average event, which means tomorrow's Day 3 action promises to be a star studded affair.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Athanasios Polychronopoulos	750,000 -15,000	-15,000

David "Bakes" Baker	615,000 240,000	240,000

Joe Cada	415,000 210,000	210,000

Amnon Filippi	275,000 70,000	70,000

Barry Greenstein	250,000 107,000	107,000

Jake Balsiger	120,000 -70,000	-70,000

Tags: Amnon Filippi Athanasios Polychronopoulos Barry Greenstein David "Bakes" Baker Jacob Balsiger Joe Cada

2013-06-09 22:02 UTC-7

Ray Beats Jarvis in Battle of Aces

Nível 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

In late postion Brian Ray raised to 12,000. Action folded to Matt Jarvis on the button and he re-raised to 27,500. Action being back on Ray and he tanked then re-raised up to 54,000. Jarvis then had a real decision. He tanked again for a few minutes. Then he came out with 81,500 for another raise. Now Ray thought even longer then before and he finally moved all in. Jarvis called and the cards were flipped.

Jarvis:
Ray:

Jarvis was in good shape to take the lead but the flop changed everything. . Jarvis would need a king but the and gave Ray the winning flush. Jarvis has shot down to 71,000 while Ray shines with 618,000