Event #27: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em (Mixed Max) Day 2 | 2013 World Series of Poker

Event #27: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em (Mixed Max)

Day 2 Completed

06-15-2013 22:37 UTC-8

Day 2 in the Books; Cantu Leads Final 32 Going into Heads-Up Play

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

Event 24: $3,000 Mix-Max No-Limit Hold’em resumed Saturday with 181 hopefuls gunning for the top prize of $372,387. Action shifted from nine-handed play to six-handed on Day 2, and the money bubble burst midway through the day with 68 players locking up a minimum cash of $4,694. The dynamic will shift again tomorrow when the remaining 32 players will face off in a heads up format until there is a winner.

The chip leader going into heads-up play was none other than Brandon Cantu, who bagged up 519,600. He was followed by Jeremy Ausmus with 471,400 and Isaac Hagerling with 453,500. Ausmus had the chip lead for much of the day despite only starting the day with 15,000. His rise to the top was propelled when he eliminated David Sands earlier in the day when he got his in against Sands' for a massive preflop pot. His kings held, and for the rest of the day he crushed everyone in his path.

Another big story was the emergence of Barry “Big Dog” Lang. He may have been an unknown coming into the day, but his relentless battling and big bark gave people a reason to remember him. He even tripled up with jack-deuce to keep him alive. He will enter Day 3 with 124,300.

Several notables fell short of advancing to the heads-up round, including Jason Mercier (63rd), Tommy Vedes (56th), Daniel Negreanu (49th), Martin Staszko (43rd), and Sean Jazayeri (33rd).

For a full look at tomorrow's heads-up bracket, check out the table below.

Play will resume at 1:00 p.m. PST tomorrow and they will play until at least the final four players. There is a lot of play left with many players still deepstacked. They will battle it out with 22:22 left in Level 15. Be sure to tune in to PokerNews to follow all the heads-up action in Event #27 as we get closer to crowing a champion.

06-15-2013 22:33 UTC-8

Heads-Up Matches

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

Below is a list of the first-round match-ups. If you want to view the entire bracket, .

Seed	Player	Country	Chips
1	Brandon Cantu	USA	519,600
32	Govert Metaal	Monaco	23,600

16	Alexander Lakhov	Russia	108,600
17	Daniel Buzgon	USA	107,300

9	Ariel Celestino	USA	237,200
24	Frank Rusnak	USA	70,000

8	Max Steinberg	USA	264,500
25	David James	USA	68,500

5	Mike Watson	Canada	332,700
28	Mazin Khoury	USA	40,400

12	Jason Koon	USA	185,100
21	Taylor Paur	USA	85,100

13	Barry "Big Dog" Lang	USA	124,300
20	Dario Sammartino	Italy	88,200

4	Dan Healey	USA	365,600
29	Massimo Mosele	Italy	27,600

3	Isaac Hagerling	USA	453,500
30	Markus Gonsalves	USA	27,400

14	Dominik Nitsche	Germany	120,800
19	Nick Binger	USA	90,400

11	Yorane Kerignard	France	195,800
22	Pedro Fernandez	Mexico	80,200

6	Yevgeniy Timoshenko	USA	332,100
27	Paul Lieu	USA	46,200

7	Oleksandr Gnatenko	Ukraine	271,200
26	Ognjen Sekularac	Serbia	66,200

10	Chris Johnson	USA	225,600
23	Matt Waxman	USA	72,800

15	Justin Conley	USA	117,200
18	Josh Hillock	USA	94,400

2	Jeremy Ausmus	USA	471,400
31	Giacomo Fundaro	Italy	24,400

06-15-2013 22:32 UTC-8

Miss Anything This week?

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If you missed anything that happened in the world of poker this week, have no fear, the PokerNews girls have all the details in the latest PokerNews Weekly.

06-15-2013 22:08 UTC-8

Official End-of-Day Counts (full)

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Cantu	519,600 -10,400	-10,400

Jeremy Ausmus	471,400 1,400	1,400

Isaac Hagerling	453,500 -16,500	-16,500

Dan Healey	365,600 112,600	112,600
Mike Watson	332,700 22,700	22,700

Yevgeniy Timoshenko	332,100 56,100	56,100
Oleksandr Gnatenko	271,200 11,200	11,200
Max Steinberg	264,500 24,500	24,500

Ariel Celestino	237,200 186,175	186,175
Chris Johnson	225,600 38,600	38,600
Yorane Kerignard	195,800 -24,200	-24,200
Jason Koon	185,100 -59,900	-59,900

Barry "Big Dog" Lang	124,300 14,300	14,300
Dominik Nitsche	120,800 -9,200	-9,200

Justin Conley	117,200 68,175	68,175
Alexander Lakhov	108,600 -6,400	-6,400
Daniel Buzgon	107,300 63,300	63,300
Josh Hillock	94,400 -35,600	-35,600
Nick Binger	90,400 30,400	30,400

Dario Sammartino	88,200 65,900	65,900

Taylor Paur	85,100 -6,900	-6,900

Pedro Fernandez	80,200
Matt Waxman	72,800 -2,200	-2,200

Frank Rusnak	70,000
David James	68,500 50,750	50,750

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06-15-2013 21:34 UTC-8

Rose and Jazayeri Bust; Done for the Day

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

Mark Rose was all in and at risk preflop holding agains the of Jeremy Ausmus. Ausmus held as the board came , and Rose hit the rail.

There was another elimination to bring us to 33 players, and then Sean Jazayeri exited in 33rd-place. Jazayeri was all in with on a jack-high board with two hearts, and Dan Healey held . The turn and river were both bricks, and Jazayeri was eliminated.

We are now down to 32 players, and after the stacks are verified, we will bring you full counts and the heads-up bracket. Play has concluded for the evening.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Ausmus	470,000 40,000	40,000

Sean Jazayeri	Busted

Mark Rose	Busted

Tags: Jeremy Ausmus Mark Rose Sean Jazayeri

06-15-2013 21:31 UTC-8

Hagerling Wins Massive Pot

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

Isaac Hagerling and Thomas Fuller were up against each other on the board of and Fuller had a bet of 8,800 out in front. Hagerling decided to push Fuller all in. Fuller made the call and tabled . The kings were no good as Hagerling showed . The river came the and Hagerling eliminated Fuller.

Player	Chips	Progress
Isaac Hagerling	470,000 210,000	210,000

Thomas Fuller	Busted

06-15-2013 21:31 UTC-8

Steinberg and Cantu Clashing

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

Max Steinberg raised to 7,000 in the hijack seat, Brandon Cantu called on the button, and both blinds released. The flop fell , Steinberg led out for 9,000, and Cantu called.

The turn was the , Steinberg checked, and Cantu fired out 23,000. Steinberg called.The completed the board, Steinberg checked again, and Cantu tossed out 50,000. Steinberg folded.

A few hands later, Cantu three-bet Steinberg, and Steinberg folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Cantu	530,000 105,000	105,000

Max Steinberg	240,000 -50,000	-50,000

Tags: Brandon Cantu Max Steinberg

06-15-2013 21:27 UTC-8

Nitsche Doubles

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

Chris Johnson opened for a raise on the button, and Dominik Nitsche moved all in for 62,900 in the big blind. Johnson called.

Johnson:
Nitsche:

Nitsche took the lead when the dealer fanned to give him a pair of nines, and the German held as the turn and river bricked , respectively. Nitsche now has 130,000 chips, while Johnson slipped to

Player	Chips	Progress
Chris Johnson	187,000 -63,000	-63,000
Dominik Nitsche	130,000 104,000	104,000

Tags: Chris Johnson Dominik Nitsche

06-15-2013 21:17 UTC-8

Counts

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeremy Ausmus	430,000 95,000	95,000

Mike Watson	310,000 3,000	3,000

Max Steinberg	290,000 12,000	12,000

Oleksandr Gnatenko	260,000 45,000	45,000
Dan Healey	253,000 -52,000	-52,000
Chris Johnson	250,000 25,000	25,000
Jason Koon	245,000 -30,000	-30,000

Yorane Kerignard	220,000 -10,000	-10,000
Alexander Lakhov	115,000 2,000	2,000
Pedro Fernandez	113,000 -7,700	-7,700
Barry "Big Dog" Lang	110,000 70,000	70,000
Taylor Paur	92,000 2,000	2,000

Ognjen Sekularac	90,000 36,000	36,000
Sean Jazayeri	82,000 50,500	50,500

Matt Waxman	75,000 9,000	9,000

Frank Rusnak	70,000 -17,000	-17,000
Nick Binger	60,000 -37,000	-37,000

Thomas Fuller	53,000 17,000	17,000
Mazin Khoury	43,000 -103,000	-103,000
Govert Metaal	34,000 -23,000	-23,000
Dominik Nitsche	26,000 -39,000	-39,000

Eddy Sabat	24,000 -1,600	-1,600