2012 World Series of Poker

Event 2: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a10
Prize
$517,725
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,836,350
Entries
2,101
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Derek Wolters Done in 27th

He didn't enjoy the chips he won for long because Derek Wolters just left the tournament in 27th place. First he jammed from the button and Andrew Badecker called all-in for his tournament life risking 225,000 chips. The showdown went as followed.

Derek Wolters{A-Spades}{4-Diamonds}
Andrew Badecker{K-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}

The board ran out {3-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{8-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} and Badecker secured a double up. Moments later Wolters was all-in for his last 66,000 chips and Badecker called from the button as did the player in de small blind. The flop came down {6-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{K-Hearts} and Badecker got his chips all-in again.

Andrew Badecker{A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds}
Small blind{A-Hearts}{K-Spades}
Derek Wolters{A-Spades}{6-Diamonds}

The turn was the {Q-Diamonds} and the river the {8-Clubs} giving Badecker and the small blind both half the pot. Wolters is out of here and we are down to 26 players.

Player Chips Progress
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Andrew Badecker
490,000
220,000
220,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Derek Wolters
Busted

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Renaissance For Strickland

Kenneth Strickland is having a barn storming level 20. He is now up to 410,000 chips and here is how.

Ryan Schmidt raised to 21,000 in first position and Strickland called in the big blind. The flop was {Q-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {3-Hearts} and Strickland took down the pot with a 51,000 check-raise after Schmidt had c-bet for 21,000.

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Then Andrew Badecker opened up the action from the cutoff, Joseph Couden moved all-in from the button, Strickland also moved all-in from the big blind and Badecker folded. Strickland's {A-Diamonds} {K-Clubs} held true against the {A-} {Q-} of Couden and Couden was out.

Player Chips Progress
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Ryan Schmidt
570,000
-30,000
-30,000
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Kenneth Strickland
410,000
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Joseph Couden
Busted

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Wolters Doubles On The Turn

Andrew Badecker raised the action pre flop to 22,000 and got called by two players, Derek Wolters was in the big blind. The flop came down {10-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}{2-Spades} and Wolters lead out for 30,000 with just 56,000 left behind. Badecker gave it some thought and called after which the third player folded.

The turn was the {A-Diamonds} and Wolters moved all-in. Badecker wasn't happy but eventually made the call. Wolters showed {K-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} and Badecker threw his cards face down towards the muck. "He's not allowed to do that, it's an all-in pot", Dan Smith said after which the dealer retrieved the cards and showed {10-Spades}{9-Spades}. Badecker was obviously drawing dead and the river was the meaningless {10-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
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Andrew Badecker
270,000
-80,000
-80,000
WSOP 1X Winner
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Derek Wolters
240,000
65,000
65,000

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Joseph Couden Eliminates Antoine Nowak

The man who very vocally eliminated Phil Hellmuth is out himself. Joseph Couden rang the death knell in a classic coin flip situation.

Couden{10-Diamonds} {10-Hearts}
Nowak{A-Diamonds} {K-Clubs}

Board: {9-Spades} {3-Clubs} {3-Spades} {8-Clubs} {7-Hearts}

Couden, who has cashed in five previous WSOP events, now has 250,000 chips while Couden has $12,479 in prize money.

Player Chips Progress
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Joseph Couden
250,000
220,800
220,800
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Antoine Nowak
Busted

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Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000