Paul Wasicka knows a thing or two about going deep in large no-limit hold'em field; after all, he did finish runner-up to Jamie Gold back in the 8,773-player strong 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event for $6,102,499. Wasicka barely missed out on his first gold bracelet then, and his hopes of attaining it now, seven years later, has come to an end.
It happened when he moved all in from the cutoff with and was called by Cole Jackson, who held in the small blind. The board ended up containing three paint cards, but they were all jacks. Jackson made jacks full of fours to send Wasicka to the rail.
Jacob Beck went all in from middle position for about 86,000 holding . Brent Hanks immediately called from the button and Beck saw the bad news when Hanks turned over .
The board improved both hands but it was not quite enough of an improvement for Beck and he is eliminated in 34th place.
We came up to table #441 with a flop of and a pot of around 35,000.
Michael Doucette, the big blind, checked the turn and Matthew Waxman bet 18,000 from under the gun. Doucette called and a river card was dealt.
Doucette checked over to Waxman again, who bet 36,000. Doucette ended up calling but not until he spent a few minutes analyzing the situation. Doucette sent his cards to the muck after seeing Waxman's .
Matt Waxman has been on an up-and-down ride throughout Day 2, but it just hit a high note when he cracked Jose Nadal's pocket queens.
It happened when Waxman opened for 8,000 from early position only to have Nadal three-bet all in for 51,000 from the cutoff. The button and blinds folded, Waxman called and the cards were turned up.
Waxman:
Nadal:
It was a flip, and according to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Nadal had a 56.55% chance of surviving the hand. With that said, Waxman had a 43.03% chance of winning the hand so it was essentially a flip.
The flop was disaster for Nadal as it took his lead away by pairing Waxman's ace. Nadal's chances of survival dropped to a meager 8.78%, and went down to 4.55% when the dealer burned and turned the . Nadal needed a queen on the river to stay alive, but it wasn't in the cards as the peeled off.
and was called by Cole Jackson, who held 
. Brent Hanks immediately called from the button and Beck saw the bad news when Hanks turned over 
.
board improved both hands but it was not quite enough of an improvement for Beck and he is eliminated in 34th place.
turn and Matthew Waxman bet 18,000 from under the gun. Doucette called and a 
river card was dealt.
flop was disaster for Nadal as it took his lead away by pairing Waxman's ace. Nadal's chances of survival dropped to a meager 8.78%, and went down to 4.55% when the dealer burned and turned the 
. Nadal needed a queen on the river to stay alive, but it wasn't in the cards as the 
peeled off.
