2012 World Series of Poker › Event 20: $5,000 Limit Hold'em

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Shulman Takes the Lead

Posted 2012-06-11 GMT-6

Terrence Chan was in late position when he opened up the pot. Shulman was in the big blind and put in the three-bet. Chan made the call and the dealer spread out a flop. Shulman led and Chan called as a hit the turn. Shulman checked and Chan led as this time Shulman put in an extra bet. Chan made the call and a fell on the river. This time Shulman would lead and then Chan would tank fold to send the pot to Shulman.

Chip Counts
Jeff Shulman			316,500	68,500
Terrence Chan		CA	223,000	-32,000

Tags: Jeff Shulman, Terrence Chan.

Three-Way Action

Posted 2012-06-11 GMT-6

Folded to Ayman Qutami on the button, he raised it up. Matt Glantz called in the small blind, as did Jeff Shulman in the big blind. The flop would see Glantz lead out and Shulman make it two bets. Qutami got out of the way and Glantz called.

An hit the turn and Glantz checked and then folded his hand as Shulman fired out a bet. As Shulman raked in that pot and we counted his chips, his father Barry Shulman could be seen peering over from the table next to him, as Barry is down to the final two tables of Event 19: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em.

Chip Counts
Jeff Shulman	248,000	28,500
Matt Glantz	162,000	-4,500
Ayman Qutami	151,000	-73,500

Tags: Ayman Qutami, Jeff Shulman, Matt Glantz.

Prock and Shei

Posted 2012-06-11 GMT-6

Andrew Prock opened from middle position holding and Kenneth Shei three-bet on the button holding . Prock simply made the call and a flop was dealt.

Prock opted to check on the flop and Shei flicked out a bet. Prock then check-raised and Shei made the call. The on the turn and Prock would lead and Shei would call. The river would see Prock again lead and this time Shei raised it up. Prock made the call and then scooped up the pot as the players turned their hands over.

Chip Counts
Andrew Prock			128,000	37,000
Kenneth Shei			86,000	4,000

Tags: Andrew Prock, Kenneth Shei.

Chan Scoops One

Posted 2012-06-11 GMT-6

Folded to Douglas Rutherford on the button, he flicked in a raise and Terrence Chan made the call in the big blind. The flop saw both players check, the same as they did on the turn. The river and Chan would lead out with a bet, with Rutherford opting to fold to send the pot to Chan.

Despite losing this small pot to Chan, Rutherford has seen his chip stack increase slightly since the start of the day's play.

Chip Counts
Terrence Chan		CA	255,000	7,000
Douglas Rutherford			52,000	20,000

Tags: Douglas Rutherford, Terrence Chan.

Raymond Wins More

Posted 2012-06-11 GMT-6

Raymond Dehkharghani recently made sure Ron Burke went home in 17th place and has continued his good streak to see his chip stack become the largest in the room.

Folded to Dehkharghani in the small blind, he put in the extra chips to make the call before Samuel Golbuff raised it up. Dehkharghani called and a flop was dealt. At this point Dehkharghani put in a check-raise and Golbuff made the call as a turn was dealt. This time Dehkharghani led and Golbuff called. The river would see both players check and then Golbuff muck as Dehkharghani tabled his .

Chip Counts
Raymond Dehkharghani			274,000	47,000
Samuel Golbuff			177,000	-54,500

Tags: Raymond Dehkharghani, Samuel Golbuff.

Ron Burke Eliminated in 17th Place ($11,071)

Posted 2012-06-11 GMT-6

Ron Burke - 17th Place

The first elimination of the day has just taken place, with Ron Burke falling to the rail in 17th place. We caught the action from the turn with a board already showing and Burke involved in the hand with Raymond Dehkharghani. Burke was busy leading on this street and Dehkharghani quickly made it an extra bet. That was enough to put Burke all-in as he committed his last 12,500 in chips.

Dehkharghani:
Burke:

Burke needed to catch some help on the river, but when a fell, it was all over for him as he goes home with a bittersweet $11,071.

Chip Counts
Raymond Dehkharghani			227,000	17,000
Ron Burke			Busted

Tags: Raymond Dehkharghani, Ron Burke.

Prock Gets Some Back

Posted 2012-06-11 GMT-6

Matt Szymaszek was in middle position when he opened up the pot. Kenneth Shei then three-bet from late position and Andrew Prock quickly threw in an extra bet from the big blind. Szymaszek got rid of his cards and Shei called as the dealer readied a flop.

Flop:

Prock led on the flop and Shei called as a was dealt on the turn. Prock again led and this time Shei raised it up. Prock then committed the last of his chips and turned over , which was ahead of Prock's , the river was a brick and Prock took down the pot.

Chip Counts
Andrew Prock			91,000	29,000
Kenneth Shei			82,000	-38,500

Tags: Andrew Prock, Kenneth Shei.

ProckDown Early

Posted 2012-06-11 GMT-6

Andrew Prock hasn't had a great start to the day and we recently watched him rumble with Terrence Chan and then with Ron Burke.

It started when Chan opened it up from middle position. Prock called in the small blind and a flop was dealt. Both players checked and a hit the turn. Woodward led and Chan called as a was dealt on the river. Both players checked and Chan's was good enough to take down the of Prock.

A few hands later and Prock would open it up from the cutoff holding and Ron Burke three-bet holding on the button. Prock called and a flop was dealt. Prock led on the flop and Burke committed his last 5,000 in chips. The players turned their hands over and the dealer slammed out a turn () and a river (), sending the pot to Burke and more of Prock's chips away.

Chip Counts
Terrence Chan	CA	248,000	10,000
Andrew Prock		62,000	-43,500
Ron Burke		55,000	4,500

Tags: Matthew Woodward, Ron Burke, Terrence Chan.

Time to Go

Posted 2012-06-11 GMT-6 • Level 19

The 17 returning players are in their seats and ready to play. We will be continuing until ten remain and then going to one table. The blinds are starting at 3,000/6,000 and the limits at 6,000/12,000. Let's Do this.