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Event #48 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em


$2,000 No-Limit Hold'em at Noon

It's another midday start for a big-field event at the Rio on Friday. Today brings the noon start of Event 48, $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em, which will take up almost all available space in the Convention Center. Last year's edition of this event drew 2,038 entrants, and was taken down by Blair Rodman, in a victory worth $707,898.

You'll see plenty of big-name players in this one, so stop back at the crack of noon for live updates from the floor of the Rio.
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Day 1 Chip Counts

After the opening day's action in Event 48, $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em, 198 players remain, all of whom have now made it into the money. Day 2 will see the winnowing down of the field to the final table, with Eric Crain a leg up on the other 197 would-be finalists. Craig is stacked at 253,500 in chips entering Day 2 play. Here are the top ten players from Day 1 action:

Eric Crain 253,500
Sergey Rybachenko 214,700
Sean McCabe 206,600
Vincent Dulac 181,100
Denis Limon 178,000
Kham-Ar Aythavone 131,300
Gerald Watterson 126,600
Marco Johnson 124,700
Van Dung Nguyen 123,900
Guy Gorelik 120,000
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We Are in the Money!!!

In a shocking display of reckless aggression at the bubble, the following hand occurred:

An early-position player raised to 4,400 and Vincent Dulac raised to 16,400. Dulac\'s opponent then reraised all in and Dulac instantly called.

Dulac held and his opponent held .

The board came and Dulac\'s opponent went home as our bubble boy.

After the hand, Dulac moved up to 180,100 in chips.

There are two sayings that are very applicable to poker. The first is, \"Aggressive poker is winning poker.\" The other is, \"Speed kills.\"
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David Pham Eliminated

Sometime during the last rush of eliminations, David "The Dragon" Pham was all in and didn't survive. He was eliminated from today's event in 157th place.
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Sunny Chattha Eliminated in 18th Place ($25,301)

Marco Johnson raised it up preflop to 51,000 before Sunny Chattha raised it an additional 105,000. Johnson then announced he was all in, and Chattha called tabling to be well ahead of the of Johnson.

The flop came to give Chattha top two pair but Johnson picked up a royal flush draw. The turn was the to give Johnson additional outs, and remarkably the river fell the to complete a full house to Johnson to send Chattha to the rail in 18th place in amazing circumstances.
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The Final Table is Set

We now have our final nine players for this $2,000 buy-in NL Holdem event. Chip counts, as well as the final table seat assignments will be posted sometime in the morning.
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Final-table Seat Assignments

WSOP officials have now released the final-table lineup for Event 48, $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em. With seat numbers, hometowns and chip counts, these are the nine finalists:

Seat 1: Dan Rome (Millington, Illinois) -- 650,000
Seat 2: Ryan D'Angelo (Blacksburg, Virginia) -- 520,000
Seat 3: Marco Johnson (Walnut Creek, California) -- 2,135,000
Seat 4: Kirill Gerasimov (Moscow, Russia) -- 1,145,000
Seat 5: Robert Brewer (Sherman Oaks, California) -- 1,050,000
Seat 6: Gabe Costner (Long Beach, Mississippi) -- 1,475,000
Seat 7: Alan Cutler (Vernon Hills, Illinois) -- 535,000
Seat 8: Alexandre Gomes (Curitiba, Brazil) -- 1,075,000
Seat 9: Sverre Sundbo (Oslo, Norway) -- 685,000
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Kirill Gerasimov in 6th Place ($177,111)

Ryan D\'Angelo raised to 150,000 preflop and Kirill Gerasimov moved all in. D\'Angelo made the call.

Gerasimov:
D\'Angelo:

The flop of and the turn of the helped neither player, but the on the river made Kirill Gerasimov our 6th place finisher. He will take home $177,111.
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Marco Johnson Eliminated in 2nd Place ($491,273) - Alexandre Gomes Wins!

Alexandre Gomes raised it up to 300,000 and Marco Johnson moved all in for approximately 3,000,000. Alexandre Gomes instantly made the call.

Gomes:
Johnson:

Board:

When the final card hit the board, Gomes gallery exploded in celebration that lasted approximately five minutes. They were jumping and chanting and enjoying the fact that one of their own is a WSOP bracelet winner!

Marco Johnson is our second place finisher and will receive $491,273 for his efforts.
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1 $ 770,540 Alexandre Gomes
2 $ 491,273 Marco Johnson
3 $ 326,812 Ryan D'Angelo
4 $ 274,101 Robert Brewer
5 $ 223,497 Alan Cutler
6 $ 177,111 Kirill Gerasimov
7 $ 134,942 Sverre Sundbo
8 $ 103,315 Gabe Costner
9 $ 71,687 Dan Rome
10 $ 46,386 Sergey Rybachenko
11 $ 46,386 Eddie Kinzler
12 $ 46,386 Arne Mews
13 $ 35,843 Eric Crain
14 $ 35,843 Kenneth Shelton
15 $ 35,843 Denys Drobyna
16 $ 25,301 Dan Martin
17 $ 25,301 Darren Nelson
18 $ 25,301 Sunny Chattha
19 $ 20,241 Jim Downend
20 $ 20,241 Guy Gorelik
21 $ 20,241 Ray Foley
22 $ 20,241 Adam Markovits
23 $ 20,241 Blake Cahail
24 $ 20,241 Sean McCabe
25 $ 20,241 Adam Katz
26 $ 20,241 Robyn Hood
27 $ 20,241 Feming Chan
28 $ 16,024 Lou Esposito
29 $ 16,024 Vijayan Nagarajan
30 $ 16,024 Denis Limon
31 $ 16,024 Jeppe Mikkelsen
32 $ 16,024 Matthew Wiley
33 $ 16,024 Andrew Li
34 $ 16,024 Michel Leibgorin
35 $ 16,024 Van Dung Nguyen
36 $ 16,024 Erik Cajelais
37 $ 12,650 Sergei Veytser
38 $ 12,650 Norris Wong
39 $ 12,650 Mathias Olsson
40 $ 12,650 Jose Severino
41 $ 12,650 Ibuki Fukui
42 $ 12,650 Olivier Busquet
43 $ 12,650 Paul Testud
44 $ 12,650 Dan Swingos
45 $ 12,650 Brian Aleksa
46 $ 11,385 Tristan Wade
47 $ 11,385 David Peters
48 $ 11,385 Fu Wong
49 $ 11,385 Randy Ohel
50 $ 11,385 Justin Alexander
51 $ 11,385 Vincent Dulac
52 $ 11,385 Anthony Casale
53 $ 11,385 Kevin Iacofano
54 $ 11,385 Steven McGuire
55 $ 10,120 Nhut Tran
56 $ 10,120 Jimmy Fedorkevich
57 $ 10,120 Armen Kara
58 $ 10,120 John Bird
59 $ 10,120 Zachary Clary
60 $ 10,120 Andrew Shimer
61 $ 10,120 Roberto Truijers
62 $ 10,120 Bradley Kodesh
63 $ 10,120 David Callaghan
64 $ 8,855 Arthur Goizman
65 $ 8,855 Adam Levy
66 $ 8,855 Johan Slutter
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Alexandre Gomes Wins Event #48 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em Event ($770,540)

After a cyclonic final table, Alexandre Gomes has emerged through a field of 2,317 players to claim victory in Event 48 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em. Gomes became prominent late on Day 2 to build a large chip stack entering into today's final table.

With plenty of gusto and a lot of gamble, Gomes found luck was on his side today as he survived some amazing situations to claim victory in a tough heads up battle with Marco Johnson.

The Brasilian fans are jumping around and chanting amongst some amazing celebrations here in the Amazon Room as Gomes collects his first WSOP bracelet and $770,540 in prize money. Congratulations Alexandre!
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Event #48 is History!

2,317 players began this $2,000 NL Hold 'em Event. Over the course of three days, many challengers emerged, but it was Alexandre Gomes that wound up on top. He takes home $770,540 and the championship gold bracelet. In addition, he received the admiration of his fellow Brasillians who witnessed his triumph. Congratulations to Alexandre Gomes, $2,000 NL Holdem Champion.
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