Day 3 of the 2012 DeepStacks Poker Tour Mohegan Sun National Championship is set to begin in 30 minutes or so, and the chip leader of the remaining 36 players is Matt Kuba. Kuba won a nice-sized pot without a showdown against Vanessa Selbst before she busted on Day 2. Kuba bagged 777,000 chips, leading Nicholas Palma, who busted Mike Matusow during the last level of play, by just 12,000 chips.
Joining Kuba and Palma on Day 3 are Jared Jaffee and Chip Jett. Jett, who has over $2.1 million in career live tournament earnings, bagged just 125,000 chips, while Jaffee, who has just over $700,000 in career live tournament earnings, bagged 319,000.
Another notable still remaining is Aaron Massey. Massey, who enters Day 3 with 170,000 chips, recorded his biggest score of his career this year, winning the 2012 The River Guaranteed $4,000,000 Poker Series ($651,559).
The plan is to play until we have an official, six-handed final table. There are 49 minutes and 34 seconds remaining in Level 17.
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Moments ago, Peter Jankowski started shouted wildly at the feature table. When we headed over to the table, we saw the dealer muck ace-king. The board was , and Jankowski had sitting in front of him.
The unlucky victim was Aaron Massey.
"I had ace-king," he confirmed, as he stood up from the table. "All in on the flop."
After celebrating, Jankowski apologized to Massey, saying what he did was out of line. Jankowski now has around 775,000 chips.
Nicholas Palma opened to 16,000 from the cutoff seat, and Jared Jaffee moved all in for around 125,000 on the button. Palma made the call, and begged to hold "just this one time."
Palma:
Jaffee:
The board ran out , and Palma indeed held.
Jaffee is out in 27th place, and we are now on the stone bubble.
Nicholas Palma raised to 19,000 from the small blind, Ken Silberstein defended his big blind, and the dealer fanned . Palma led out for 15,000, Silberstein raised to 35,000, and Palma re-raised to 85,000. Silberstein called.
The turn was another three - the - and Palma checked. Silberstein moved all in for around 200,000, and Palma called.
Palma:
Silberstein:
Palma needed either the board to pair or to hit one of the three remaining queens in the deck, and low and behold the spiked on the river. Silberstein was eliminated on the stone bubble, while Palma is now above 1 million chips.
The remaining 25 players are now guaranteed $5,600.
Justin Schwartz opened to 17,000 from the cutoff seat, William Klevitz three-bet jammed for 86,000 on the button, and both Art Pappas and Artyem Perlov cold-called from the blinds. Schwartz mucked.
The dealer fanned , and Pappas checked. Perlov tossed out 125,000, and Pappas folded.
Perlov:
Klevitz:
Neither the turn (), nor the river () improved Klevitz's hand, and he was eliminated.
Nicholas Palma opened on the button, Charles Saleba called out of the small blind, and the flop came . Saleba checked, Palma bet, and Saleba moved all in for what looked like 320,000. Palma called.
Palma:
Saleba:
Palma's set turned improved to a full house when the turned, and the completed the board. Saleba earns $5,600 for 21st place, while Palma is up to 1.62 million chips.
Timothy Reilly open-shoved his last 180,000 from the cutoff seat. Carlo Sciannameo called out of the small blind, and David Stefanski re-shipped for 378,000 from the big blind. Sciannameo called.
Reilly:
Sciannameo:
Stefanski:
Despite flopping a flush draw when the dealer fanned , Sciannameo called for "no diamond."
The dealer obliged, and the turn and river came , respectively.
Reilly is eliminated, while Stefanski is flirting with 1 million chips.
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sitting in front of him.
, and Palma indeed held.
. Palma led out for 15,000, Silberstein raised to 35,000, and Palma re-raised to 85,000. Silberstein called.
- and Palma checked. Silberstein moved all in for around 200,000, and Palma called.
spiked on the river. Silberstein was eliminated on the stone bubble, while Palma is now above 1 million chips.
) improved Klevitz's hand, and he was eliminated.
, and Schwartz was eliminated.
. Saleba checked, Palma bet, and Saleba moved all in for what looked like 320,000. Palma called.
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