2012 Sands Bethlehem DeepStack Extravaganza

$500,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2012 Sands Bethlehem DeepStack Extravaganza

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
74
Prize
$135,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
188
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
3,000
Players Info - Day 1a

$500,000 Guaranteed Main Event

Day 1a Completed

Klodnicki Leads The Way After Day 1a

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Chris Klodnicki
Chris Klodnicki

Day 1a of the 2012 Sands Bethlehem DeepStack Extravaganzana Main Event has come to an end. Ten levels were played with re-entries allowed through Level 5 and in the end, there were a total of 70 entries. Only 25 made it through and leading the way is Chris Klodnicki with 228,000.

Klodnicki is followed by Daniel Wach (200,100) and Suraj Dalal (197,700). Others who survived the day were Tanner Millen (153,200), Scott Baumstein (111,500), and Ryan Riess (66,500).

Among those who fell short of making Day 2 were Matt Glantz, Theo Tran, Cherish Andrews, Dan Buzgon, and David Paredes. Chances are good that they will be right back at it tomorrow for Day 1b.

Thanks for keeping it here at PokerNews and be sure to follow along tomorrow for Day 1b, which is expected to gather about 100 entrants. Until then, goodnight from Bethlehem!

End-of-Day Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
WSOP 2X Winner
228,000
Daniel Wach us
Daniel Wach
200,100
Suraj Dalal
Suraj Dalal
197,700
Tanner Millen us
Tanner Millen
153,200
Alan Kraut
Alan Kraut
136,900 26,900
Richard Allen
Richard Allen
126,700 126,700
Scott Baumstein us
Scott Baumstein
115,000 3,500
Mikhail Alkhazov
Mikhail Alkhazov
104,300 104,300
Matthew Burnitz
Matthew Burnitz
100,500 100,500
Denis Gnidash us
Denis Gnidash
96,200 19,200
Dixit Patel
Dixit Patel
74,300 22,300
Ryan Riess us
Ryan Riess
WSOP Main Event Champion
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
66,500
David Manzi
David Manzi
61,200 61,200
Robert Miller us
Robert Miller
60,200 -25,800
Drew Johnson
Drew Johnson
52,700 -39,300
Dan Spanton
Dan Spanton
52,200 6,200
Jeffrey Spence
Jeffrey Spence
42,200 -29,800
Ayman Sawaged
Ayman Sawaged
40,000 40,000
Artur Kos
Artur Kos
39,800 4,800
Robert Wood us
Robert Wood
37,900 -24,100
Neal Gvansan
Neal Gvansan
34,700 34,700
Terry Feusner
Terry Feusner
25,300 25,300
Robert Colucci
Robert Colucci
23,200 -56,800
Naveen Chettipally us
Naveen Chettipally
20,300 -9,700
Matthew Diehl us
Matthew Diehl
14,400 14,400

Dalal Over 200K, Zemel at Zero

David Zemel
David Zemel

A short-stacked David Zemel pushed all in from middle position for about 8,000, another player reraised to 15,000, then Suraj Dalal reraised over the top from the blinds, forcing the third player to step aside.

Zemel showed {A-Spades}{8-Hearts} and Dalal {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}, and when the five community cards came {4-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{K-Clubs}, Zemel hit the rail as Dalal climbed up over the 200,000-chip mark.

Player Chips Progress
Suraj Dalal
Suraj Dalal
210,000 35,000
David Zemel
David Zemel
Busted

Tags: Chris KlodnickiSuraj Dalal

Chettipally Doubles Through Patel Again

Naveen Chettipally awaiting the outcome of the hand
Naveen Chettipally awaiting the outcome of the hand

Chris Klodnicki raised to 2,000 in the cutoff and Dixit Patel three-bet to 7,000 on the button. Naveen Chettipally four-bet all in for 13,225, chasing Klodnicki out. Patel called and they were off to the races.

Patel: {J-Hearts}{J-Spades}
Chettipally: {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts}

The board ran out {A-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{7-Spades}{A-Hearts} as Chettipally made trips to double through Patel once again.

Player Chips Progress
Dixit Patel
Dixit Patel
52,000 -18,000
Naveen Chettipally us
Naveen Chettipally
30,000 9,000

Tags: Chris KlodnickiDixit PatelNaveen Chettipally

Baumstein and Dalal Clash

Scott Baumstein opened to 2,100 from early position and found calls from three players.

The flop fell {K-Spades}{Q-Spades}{7-Clubs} and action checked to Suraj Dalal who bet 5,100. The next player to act called, Alan Kraut check-folded, and Baumstein put in a check-raise to 15,000. Both of his opponents called to see the {7-Diamonds} turn where Baumstein bet 17,000. Dalal raised to 37,000, forcing a fold from the third player still in the pot.

"I can't see how you have a seven here," said Baumstein, "but I don't see how my king is good."

Baumstein flashed the {K-Hearts} as he folded his hand, while Dalal showed the {K-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Suraj Dalal
Suraj Dalal
165,000 51,000
Scott Baumstein us
Scott Baumstein
150,000 -45,000

Tags: Scott BaumsteinSuraj Dalal

Level: 10

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100