Event #10: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed Ziua 2 | 2011 World Series of Poker

Nivel: 15

Blinduri: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

2011-06-08 02:54 UTC

We're Back!

Nivel 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The players have all refueled and the cards are now back in the air!

2011-06-08 03:03 UTC

In one of the first hands after the dinner break, the action folded to Alexandre Gauron who raised to 5,000 before the flop before Alexander Wice reraised to 13,000. Gauron quickly pushed all in and Wice snap-called, showing down {A-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} against Gauron's {A-Clubs} {10-Clubs} .

Gauron took the lead after the dealer spread the flop of {A-Spades} {10-Hearts} {2-Hearts} , but Wice picked up the outs to the Broadway straight with the {Q-Clubs} on the turn. As it turned out, he didn't need them, because he binked the {J-Diamonds} on the river for the bigger two pair.

Wice is now up to 214,000 in chips while Gauron is gone-ski.

Taguri: Alexander Wice Alexandre Gauron

2011-06-08 03:13 UTC

Chip Leader after Dinner

Nivel 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Coming back from the dinner break, it appears that Bryan Colin is our chip leader with 334,000. Chase Bianchi is right on his heels with 330,000.

There are currently 65 players remaining.

Taguri: Bryan Colin Chase Bianchi

2011-06-08 03:17 UTC

Stout With a Huge Double Up

Nivel 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

From under the gun Matt Stout made it 4,800, Sean Grover reraised to 12,000 from early position and Mazin Khoury raised to 28,000 from the button. Stout snap shoved all in for about 88,000 and Grover then reraised all in for his massive stack. Khoury flashed two queens and sighed as he announced his fold.

Stout showed {A-Clubs} {K-Spades} and Grover showed {Q-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} . Luckily for Stout (and Khoury who folded) the door card was a king on the {K-Diamonds} {4-Hearts} {7-Spades} flop. Since Khoury already showed the other two queens, Grover was drawing dead and Stout took down the enormous pot.

Stout moved up to 208,000 and Grover down to 170,000

Taguri: Matt Stout Mazin Khoury Sean Grover

2011-06-08 03:25 UTC

Who's Bringin' Home the Bacon?

Nivel 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

There was a steady steam of eliminations leading up to the dinner break, but with the players starting to settle down, we've now been able to catch up on all those who have made some bread - figuratively speaking.

Place	Name	Country	Amount
67	Alexandre Gauron	Canada	$4,898
68	Dennis Beres	United States	$4,898
69	Ervin Tormos	United States	$4,898
70	Bryan Paris	United States	$4,898
71	Marc Blais	Canada	$4,898
72	Mark Bryan	United States	$4,898
73	Alex Santiago	United States	$4,898
74	Jacob Toole	United States	$4,898
75	Fabio Coppola	Italy	$4,898
76	Timothy Clark	United States	$4,898
77	Oscar Castagna	United States	$4,898
78	Victor Ramdin	United States	$4,898
79	Clayton Newman	United States	$4,510
80	Paul Loh	United States	$4,510
81	Alexander Venovski	United States	$4,510
82	Clayton Prinster	United States	$4,510
83	Bryan Horist	Canada	$4,510
84	Chris Klodnicki	United States	$4,510
85	Jacob Naquin	United States	$4,510
86	Grant Hinkle	United States	$4,510
87	Seth Hilleren	United States	$4,510
88	Alexander Barlow	United States	$4,510
89	Joseph Stefan	United States	$4,510
90	Ian Gillespie	United States	$4,510

The remaining players are now guaranteed at least $5,313 in prize money.

2011-06-08 03:35 UTC

Papola Punts Mandavia

Nivel 16 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Although we missed the action, right before the break Ankush Mandavia was eliminated from the tournament by Jeffrey Papola. The board read {j-Hearts} {7-Hearts} {3-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {k-Hearts} and Papola had the {a-Hearts} {k-Spades} which rivered a king to beat Mandavia's {9-} {9-} .

After the hand Papola's stack was up to 425,000 and he is easily one of our chip leaders at the moment. It seems six-handed events are Papola's bread and butter as last year he took second place in the $2,500 six-handed event #26 and then went on to win a bracelet in the $5,000 six-handed event #32.

Is another bracelet in Papola's future? Stay tuned!

Taguri: Ankush Mandavia Jeffrey Papola

2011-06-08 03:44 UTC

Update to Payouts

Nivel 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

After consulting with the WSOP Media Team here at the Rio, we've been able to confirm that there was an error in the payout list, which has now been rectified. Mark Flowers was listed earlier as having placed in both 117th and 118th place, which is of course impossible, unless Flowers has managed to master the science of human cloning in the last 24 hours.

We can confirm though that Flowers has placed 117th in this tournament, while Micah Hendrix has been confirmed as the 122nd place finisher. All the other positions have been adjusted accordingly - but to save the hassle of having to list them again, you can check out the updated payout list here.

Taguri: Micah Hendrix Mark Flowers

2011-06-08 03:45 UTC

Only the Men Remain

Nivel 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Our last woman standing, Melanie Weisner, has just been eliminated from the tournament. We weren't able to witness the hand, but we were told that Gregory Dyer raised under the gun with {a-} {10-} and Weisner called from the big blind with {j-} {10-} . The flop came {10-} {7-} {4-} and they got all the chips in the middle. Weisner was unable to catch up and she was sent to the rail.

After the hand Gregory Dyer had around 180,000.

Taguri: Gregory Dyer Melanie Weisner

2011-06-08 03:48 UTC

Brave Effort from Benoit

Nivel 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

You would have never heard of Benoit Albiges, nor would you have noticed him all that much, as many players who find it difficult to negotiate the long, cavernous hallways and ballrooms here at the Rio revert to using electric scooters.

The only difference is that unlike those lazy sods, Albiges needs them, because the 32-year-old Frenchman is quadriplegic, having been paralyzed from the neck down after a diving accident 18 years ago. Still, it doesn't stop him and his fiance Valerie from playing poker, and they both love it.

When we asked them during the second break of the day if they were planning on doing anything else apart from gambling here in Las Vegas, their answer was simple: "We're only playing poker!"

Unfortunately though, Abiges is no longer with us after being busted at the hands of Ryan Welch. Benoit got the last of his money into the middle before the flop with {7-Hearts} {7-Spades} , only to run into Welch's {A-Spades} {A-Hearts} , with neither hand improving on the board of {K-Spades} {2-Clubs} {J-Spades} {6-Hearts} {10-Clubs} .

Taguri: Benoit Albiges