2012 DeepStacks Poker Tour Mohegan Sun National Championship

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 DeepStacks Poker Tour Mohegan Sun National Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$108,864
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,300
Prize Pool
$559,981
Entries
251
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Main Event

Day 2 Completed

Day 2 Ends With Kuba on Top

Level 17
Matt Kuba - Chip Leader
Matt Kuba - Chip Leader

After just over six levels of play, we are down to 36 players in the 2012 DeepStacks Poker Tour Mohegan Sun National Championship, and your overnight chip leader is Matt Kuba (777,000). Biting at his heels is Nicholas Palma (765,000), and players that are within striking distance include Charles Saleba (538,000), Carlo Sciannameo (538,000), and Artyem Perlov (430,000).

Day 2 began with David Stefanski head and shoulders above the entire field, and while he was quiet today, fireworks exploded all around him. In the first big hand, Luke Vrabel and Peter Gilmore were all in and at risk preflop holding {a-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} and {9-Clubs}{9-Spades} respectively. Jonathan Drane had them both dominated with two black aces, and held as the board ran out {j-Clubs}{8-Spades}{2-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{6-Spades}. His stack ballooned to 190,000 chips, but like Vrabel and Gilmore, he failed to survive the day.

Allen Kessler also busted on Day 2. On a flop of {q-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{3-Spades}, he ran {a-Hearts}{a-Spades} into the {q-Spades}{j-Hearts} of Peter Halperin. Halperin held as the turn and river produced the {10-Clubs}, and the {9-Spades}, leaving Kessler with just a few thousand chips. He moved all in a few hands later with {q-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}, and ran into an opponent’s pocket sevens. The sevens held.

As the day progressed, several notables began climbing the counts. In fact, going into the dinner break, Mike Matusow, Vanessa Selbst, and Kurt Jewell were among the leaders. Well, the next 70 minutes or so were unkind to all three, because the entire trio exited.

Jewell won a nice-sized pot right after the dinner break, turning a set against Saleba. Jewell received three streets of value, and increased his stack to 415,000 chips. He then doubled Art Pappas after check-jamming with second pair on a flop of {j-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}. Pappas called with two kings, and held.

A few hands later, Jewell and Saleba tangoed again. Jewell opened to 8,500 from the hijack seat, and Saleba three-bet to 34,000 from the big blind. Jewell four-bet to 59,500, and Saleba called.

The flop fell {7-Hearts}{9-Spades}{j-Diamonds}, and Saleba quickly moved all in for 209,000. Jewell snapped it off instantaneously.

Saleba: {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}
Jewell: {k-Spades}{k-Hearts}

Jewell held an overpair, but Saleba could double with a ten or an eight. The turn was another jack - the {j-Spades} - and the {8-Clubs} spiked on the river to give Saleba a straight.

He doubled to 545,000 chips, while Jewell was left with just 76,000.

Jewell's roller coaster came to a crashing end in the same orbit, when he cold four-bet jammed with two aces. DeepStacks Pro Chip Jett, who was the three-bettor, called with kings, and hit a king on the river to eliminate Jewell.

On an adjacent table, Selbst lost a massive pot to Kuba. Selbst opened to 9,000 from the cutoff seat, Kuba three-bet to 22,000 from the small blind, and Jason Strasser cold four-bet to 58,000 from the big blind. Both Selbst and Kuba called.

The dealer fanned {5-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{a-Spades}, Kuba checked, Strasser checked, and Selbst bet 43,000. Kuba check-raised to an even 100,000, Strasser folded, and the action was back on Selbst.

She silently riffled chips with one hand, then doubled-fisted 226,000 into the pot. Kuba examined the board, looked at the bet, studied Selbst, then moved all in.

Selbst snap-mucked, and Kuba raked in the pot.

A few hands later, Selbst busted. According to Perlov, he opened to 11,000 from under the gun, Jean Elie Joseph called in the cutoff, and so too did Selbst in the big blind.

The flop fell {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}, Selbst checked, Perlov fired 22,000, and Joseph called. Selbst moved all in for around 135,000, and Perlov made the call.

Selbst: {k-}{j-}
Perlov: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}

The turn and river came {10-Hearts}, {4-Spades}, and Selbst was eliminated.

For Matusow, we didn't catch all of the details, but what we do know is that the flop was {6-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}. Matusow was all in for 135,000, there was a mountain of chips in the middle, and Nicholas Palma was tanking.

Palma eventually called, turning over {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}, and Matusow unhappily flipped over {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}.

"I knew he had it," Matusow sighed.

Neither the turn ({5-Clubs}), nor the river ({2-Diamonds}) improved Matusow's hand, and he was eliminated.

With that, Day 2 is in the books. The remaining 36 players will return tomorrow at noon local time and play down to a six-handed final table. The top 25 players will receive a minimum of $5,600, but everyone still alive is eying the $162,390.

Until then, good night from Mohegan Sun!

Tags: Matt Kuba

Day 3 Table Draw

Level 17
TableSeatPlayerChips
11Lori Bandelloni138,000
12Joe Matos378,500
13Aaron Massey170,000
14Patrick Chan158,000
15Charles Saleba538,000
16Peter Jankowski221,000
    
21Carlo Sciannameo538,000
22Stephen Mcguire226,000
23Ryan Moriarty271,000
24Vinny Pahuja259,000
25Fabio D'Agata389,000
26Andrew Sherman-Ash387,500
    
31David Stefanski220,500
32Ted Spencer220,000
33Joe Sweeney156,500
34Thomas Hoglund66,500
35Ken Silberstein315,500
36Andrew Devito338,000
    
41Matthew Kuba777,000
42Bryan Leskowitz47,000
43Timothy Reilly400,500
44Cory Nolan227,500
45Adam Bitker198,500
46Frank Conte258,000
    
51Justin Schwartz281,000
52William Klevitz196,500
53Art Pappas181,000
54Artyem Perlov426,000
55James Campbell133,500
56Jason Strasser313,000
    
61Justin Pechie318,000
62Jared Jaffee319,000
63Jeff Blake152,000
64Jean Elie Joseph161,500
65Nicholas Palma765,000
66Chip Jett125,000

End-of-Day Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Matt Kuba
Matt Kuba
777,000
Nicholas Palma us
Nicholas Palma
765,000
Charles Saleba
Charles Saleba
538,000
Carlo Sciannameo us
Carlo Sciannameo
538,000
Artyem Perlov us
Artyem Perlov
426,000 -4,000
Timothy Reilly us
Timothy Reilly
400,500
Fabio D'Agata
Fabio D'Agata
389,000 69,000
Andrew Sherman-Ash
Andrew Sherman-Ash
387,500 -27,500
Joe Matos
Joe Matos
378,500 98,500
Andrew Devito
Andrew Devito
338,000 108,000
Jared Jaffee us
Jared Jaffee
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
319,000 77,000
Justin Pechie us
Justin Pechie
WSOP 2X Winner
318,000 73,000
Ken Silberstein us
Ken Silberstein
315,500 55,500
Jason Strasser us
Jason Strasser
313,000 -7,000
Justin Schwartz us
Justin Schwartz
281,000 146,000
Ryan Moriarty us
Ryan Moriarty
271,000 -39,000
Vinny Pahuja us
Vinny Pahuja
259,000 29,000
Frank Conte
Frank Conte
258,000 53,000
Cory Nolan
Cory Nolan
227,500 -102,500
Stephen McGuire
Stephen McGuire
226,000 -89,000
Peter Jankowski
Peter Jankowski
221,000 6,000
David Stefanski us
David Stefanski
220,500 -149,500
Ted Spencer
Ted Spencer
220,000 188,000
Adam Bitker
Adam Bitker
198,500 23,500
William Klevitz us
William Klevitz
196,500 28,500

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Play Has Ended for the Evening

On the final hand of play on Day 2, Peter Campo and Albert Shenker were both all in and at risk against Peter Jankowski. The three hands were as followed:

Campo: {a-Hearts}{9-Hearts}
Shenker: {a-Spades}{q-Diamonds}
Jankowski: {a-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}

The board ran out {j-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{3-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}...{10-Spades}, and we were suddenly down to the quota of 36 players.

Some players requested that we continue play until the money bubble is burst, but the tournament director refused. The players are currently bagging and tagging, and we'll have official chip counts for you shortly.

Player Chips Progress
Peter Jankowski
Peter Jankowski
215,000 15,000
Albert Shenker
Albert Shenker
Busted
Peter Campo us
Peter Campo
Busted

Tags: Peter CampoPeter JankowskiAlbert Shenker

Selbst Sent Off

Vanessa Selbst
Vanessa Selbst

According to Artyem Perlov, he opened to 11,000 from under the gun, Jean Elie Joseph called in the cutoff, and so too did Vanessa Selbst in the big blind.

The flop fell {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}, Selbst checked, Perlov fired 22,000, and Joseph called. Selbst moved all in for around 135,000, and Perlov made the call.

Selbst: {k-}{j-}
Perlov: {a-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}

The turn and river came {10-Hearts}, {4-Spades}, and Selbst was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Artyem Perlov us
Artyem Perlov
430,000 175,000
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
WSOP 3X Winner
Busted

Tags: Artyem PerlovJean Elie JosephVanessa Selbst

Level: 17

This level is brought to you by Allen Kessler
Blinds 2,500/5,000
Ante 500

Matusow Out

Mike Matusow
Mike Matusow

When we reached the feature table, the flop was {6-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}, Mike Matusow was all in for 135,000, there was a mountain of chips in the middle, and Nicholas Palma was tanking.

Palma eventually called, turning over {a-Spades}{a-Clubs}, and Matusow unhappily flipped over {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}.

"I knew he had it," Matusow sighed.

Neither the turn ({5-Clubs}), nor the river ({2-Diamonds}) improved Matusow's hand, and he was eliminated.

Palma is now contending for the chip lead with around 810,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Nicholas Palma us
Nicholas Palma
810,000 660,000
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
WSOP 4X Winner
Busted

Tags: Mike MatusowNicholas Palma

Selbst Snap-Folds

Vanessa Selbst opened to 9,000 from the cutoff seat, Matt Kuba three-bet to 22,000 from the small blind, and Jason Strasser cold four-bet to 58,000 from the big blind. Both Selbst and Kuba called.

The dealer fanned {5-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{a-Spades}, Kuba checked, Strasser checked, and Selbst bet 43,000. Kuba check-raised to an even 100,000, Strasser folded, and the action was back on Selbst.

She silently riffled chips with one hand, then doubled-fisted 226,000 into the pot. Kuba examined the board, looked at the bet, studied Selbst, then moved all in.

Selbst snap-mucked, and Kuba raked in the pot.

"What are you doing?" Selbst said to Strasser after the hand, grinning.

Strasser simply chuckled.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Kuba
Matt Kuba
795,000 285,000
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
WSOP 3X Winner
165,000 -232,000

Tags: Matt KubaVanessa Selbst