2012 DeepStacks Poker Tour Mohegan Sun National Championship

Main Event
Day: 3
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

The Bubble Hath Burst

Ken Silberstein - Bubble Boy
Ken Silberstein - Bubble Boy

Nicholas Palma raised to 19,000 from the small blind, Ken Silberstein defended his big blind, and the dealer fanned {6-Spades}{3-Clubs}{8-Spades}. 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 {3-Spades} - and Palma checked. Silberstein moved all in for around 200,000, and Palma called.

Palma: {q-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}
Silberstein: {10-Spades}{7-Spades}

Palma needed either the board to pair or to hit one of the three remaining queens in the deck, and low and behold the {q-Spades} 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.

Player Chips Progress
Nicholas Palma us
Nicholas Palma
1,090,000
405,000
405,000
Ken Silberstein us
Ken Silberstein
Busted

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Jaffee Joins Massey on the Rail

Jared Jaffee - Eliminated
Jared Jaffee - Eliminated

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: {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}
Jaffee: {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

The board ran out {9-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{6-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}, and Palma indeed held.

Jaffee is out in 27th place, and we are now on the stone bubble.

Player Chips Progress
Nicholas Palma us
Nicholas Palma
685,000
214,000
214,000
Jared Jaffee us
Jared Jaffee
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner

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Massey Can't Fade; Busts

Aaron Massey (Day 1)
Aaron Massey (Day 1)

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 {j-Clubs}{k-Spades}{7-Clubs}{4-Spades}{2-Clubs}, and Jankowski had {q-Clubs}{9-Clubs} 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.

Player Chips Progress
Peter Jankowski
Peter Jankowski
775,000
380,000
380,000
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
Busted

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Kuba Leads to Start Day 3

Matt Kuba
Matt Kuba

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.

Kuba has seen success here at Mohegan Sun - he won Event #1 of the Summer Showdown series here in August.

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.

Be sure to stay tuned for all of your live up-to-the-minute updates from Mohegan Sun!

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