Main Event
Day 1ab Completed
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - The Lodge Casino
Main Event
Day: 1ab
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - The Lodge Casino
Entries
421
Level
31
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
Ross Lecavalier Dominates After Day 1
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
It was a long day at the Lodge Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado for Day 1a and 1b of the 2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event, but play is in the books after 15 hours of play. Leading the way is Ross Lecavalier, who bagged up a whopping 211,700 from Day 1b's flight. From there, we look to Day 1a to get our next big stacks, Ki Nam with 150,300 and Derrick Yamada with 149,600.
A handful of notable faces come through the doors of the Lodge Casino, but many of them walked away empty-handed. Amongst the busted notables who fired two bullets today were Jeff Fielder, Chris Tryba, Nathan Bjerno and Kevin Boudreau.
On Tryba's second elimination of Friday, his 
went down to an opponent's 
during Level 7 with the blinds at 200/400/50. After an early-position limp, Tryba moved all in for his last 6,800 from behind. Play folded back to the limper, and he made the call with a dominating hand. Things were quick and easy with the board running out 
to bust Tryba.
We lost a few other notables today, but the following only fired one bullet and therefore can come back Saturday for Day 1c or Sunday morning before the start of Day 2 to re-enter. That list includes David “ODB” Baker, Carter Phillips, Seneca Easley, Ryan Lenaghan and current WSOP National Championship Leader Board frontrunner Rex Clinkscales.
It wasn’t all bust outs for the notables, however. From the Day 1a flight, the following players advanced: Andy Hwang (78,000), Justin Gardenhire (68,400), Ting Ho (56,000) and Ray Henson (23,700). We also had a family affair, as brothers Ralph Massey (128,500) and Aaron Massey (37,300) both advanced to Day 2.
From the Day 1b flight, Raymond Dandrea (113,600), Chris Karambinis (96,700), Ryan Riess (42,300), Jared Ingles (37,100) and Allen Kessler (34,800) advanced.
All of the surviving players will enjoy a much needed day off in the mountains tomorrow, while Day 1c takes place at the Lodge Casino. The cards will be in the air at 11 a.m. local time, and play should end around 7:30 p.m. that night. Once the day is completed, the survivor will join those from Friday on Sunday when they will all be in the same room.
Be sure to tune into Pokernews all tournament long, as we will be bringing you the action from Day 1c and on. Until then, goodnight from Colorado!
Three More Hands
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Just like 1a, we will play three more hands here before we bag and tag for the night.
Karambinis Coming Back
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Chris Karambinis got moved shortly after losing a chunk of his stack to Raymond Dandrea, and he just got a good portion of it back just now after a huge flop.
That flop was 
. Karambinis and another player got all the money in, and Karambinis had flopped the mortal nuts: 
. Despite flopping the boat, he wasn't out of the woods just yet, as his opponent held 
.
The 
was the only card that would deny Karambinis the hand, but the turn came the 
, and the river the 
. Karambinis stacked up his new chips, and after that pot, he is back up to 92,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
92,000 | 38,000 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Action Flop Sends Parsons Packing
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Chris Parsons raised it up to 2,200 in middle position, and it folded around to Jared Ingles, who defended his big blind. The flop came down 
, and Ingles checked to Parsons, who bet out 2,000. Ingles wasted little time in check raising to 4,200, and it was back to Parsons. He peaked down at his hole cards, stacked the rest of his chips into a tower, and slid them in. Ingles instantly made the call.
Ingles: 
Parsons: 
Ingles was looking for a second pair or diamond to win the hand, and while the turn brought the 
, the on the river completed his flush.
Parsons was sent to the rail, while Ingles bumped his stack up to 101,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
101,000 | 43,000 |
|
Busted |
Final Three Tables
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The eliminations have slowed down a bit here in the latter parts of the night, but that hasn't stopped us from losing another table of players. We are down to 27 players tonight, and we still have more then a level to play.
Dandrea Doubles Through Karambinis
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
We caught up with the action on the flop, which read 
. Raymond Dandrea and Chris Karambinis were heads up, and Karambinis checked to Dandrea, who fired out 3,500. Karambinis responded with a check raise to 8,000, and it was back on Dandrea.
After about 15 seconds of thought, he announced "raise", and threw out a bet of 14,500. As soon as the bet was place, Karambinis took some chips off his stack of yellow T5,000 chips, grabbed those chips, and dropped them into the middle, moving Dandrea all in.
This caused Dandrea to sit back in his chair, letting out a deep breath in the process. However, after only about 10 seconds of tanking, he announced "call".
Dandrea: 
Karambinis: 
It was a great call by Dandrea, and he was rewarded for it, as the board completed 
and , giving him an unnecessary full house. Dandrea collected a pile of chips in the pot, doubling him up to 119,000, while Karambinis dropped down to 54,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
119,000 | 46,000 |
|
|
54,000 | -44,000 |
Riess Loses A Big One
Level 11
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
There was already 14,000 in the middle on a board that read when we got to the table. Ryan Riess was heads up with another opponent, and Riess checked it to her. She fired out 10,000, and Riess tanked for about 30 seconds before calling.
The river brought the 
, and after Riess checked, his opponent quickly checked behind and tabled 
. Riess let out a chuckle, rechecked his cards, shook his head, and mucked his hand.
Riess was as high as 83,000 earlier, but after that pot, he's back down to 42,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
42,000 | -41,000 |
Level: 11b
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100