Boy is Nicholas Rampone running hot. He has raised every time it has gotten to him preflop for two or three rounds, even if that means three betting.
That is why Denis Gnidash never really stood a chance in this hand. He raised from the cutoff to 26,000 and Rampone again three bet to 60,000. It folded back around to Gnidash who went all in for about 250,000 and Rampone immediately called.
Rampone:
Gnidash:
The board ran a clean and Gnidash's day is done. Rampone has now emerged with a 1.54 Million chip stack and is becoming not just the chip leader, but a dominant one at that. He already has twice the second stack and over a quarter of all the chips in play.
1. Nicholas Rampone
2. David Diaz
3. Justin Sternberg
4. Matthew Henson
5. Andrea Dato
6. Steven Watts
7. Anders Meli
8. Bill Chen
9. Corey Hastings
10. Richard Trigg
Once again, Nicholas Rampone opened the action with a raise to 23,000. Justin Sternberg made the call from the big blind and the two saw a flop heads up.
was checked by Sternberg and Rampone fired out 35,000. "Lets make it $135,000," Sternberg said to no one in particular. After a minute or two, Rampone moved Sternberg all in and he called. They shared the same hand, for two pair and chopped the pot.
After the hand the two gave each other playful grief for playing a hand such as Five-Four. All fun and games when you're playing for over $350,000 and a bracelet.
The ten minute mark has been reached and the tournament director has drawn cards. He announced that seven more hands will be played before the remaining players bag and tag their chips.
Day 2 of the $1,500 No Limit Hold’em Triple Chance ended with ten players moving on to Day 3 from 156 that started the day. Nicholas Rampone leads the way with 1.5 million, followed by Anders Meli and Bill Chen.
Moving on to Day 3 are Andrea Dato, David Diaz and Steve Watts. Players were busting quickly near the end of play making it possible to begin Day 3 close to the final table. When there were two levels left in the night the field still had 27 players.
Not surviving the day were J.C. Tran, Cliff Josephy, Andy Black, Carlos Mortensen, Ted Forrest and Andy Frankenberger.
Jerry Wong busted on the bubble in a particularly brutal fashion. He picked up pocket aces and ran into Justin Chan’s . Chan caught a king on the flop and paired his queen on the turn sending Chan home.
Play resumes at 2:30 p.m. PST and we’ll crown a winner. Be sure follow all the action on PokerNews.com.
Final Table Seat Draw and Chip Counts
1. Nicholas Rampone - 1,500,000
2. David Diaz - 324,000
3. Justin Sternberg - 737,000
4. Matthew Henson - 101,000
5. Andrea Dato - 613,000
6. Steven Watts - 439,000
7. Anders Meli - 658,000
8. Bill Chen - 610,000
9. Corey Hastings - 546,000
10. Richard Trigg - 454,000
With two day ones, two day twos, an unofficial final table and a heads-up match, June 9th is shaping up to be another exciting day at the 2011 WSOP.
and Gnidash's day is done. Rampone has now emerged with a 1.54 Million chip stack and is becoming not just the chip leader, but a dominant one at that. He already has twice the second stack and over a quarter of all the chips in play.
and Smith's tournament was over.
for two pair and chopped the pot.
. Chan caught a king on the flop and paired his queen on the turn sending Chan home.