Main Event
Day 3 Started
2012 DeepStacks Poker Tour Mohegan Sun National Championship
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 DeepStacks Poker Tour Mohegan Sun National Championship
Buy-in
$2,300
Prize Pool
$559,981
Entries
251
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Kuba Leads to Start Day 3
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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.
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Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Shuffle and Play!
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The cards are in the air, and the road to the final table starts now!
Pappas Takes from Perlov
Artyem Perlov opened to 12,500 from under the gun, Art Pappas defended his big blind, and the flop fell 
. Pappas check-called 16,500 from Perlov, and the turn brought the 
.
Pappas checked, Perlov bet 27,500, and Pappas called.
The 
completed the board, and Pappas moved all in for 125,000. Perlov folded, and Pappas raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
395,000 | -31,000 |
|
245,000 | 64,000 |
No Dough for Nolan
Cory Nolan and Timothy Reilly saw a flop of 
. Nolan checked, Reilly fired 55,000, and Nolan called. The turn was the 
, Nolan moved all in for around 130,000, and Reilly called.
Nolan: 
Reilly: 
The river was the 
, and Nolan was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
615,000 | 214,500 |
|
|
Busted |
Short Stack Update
Bryan Leskowitz and Thomas Hoglund entered the day last and second-to-last in chips respectively. For Hoglund, the day was short - he busted just moments ago, but unfortunately we missed the details.
For Leskowitz however, the door has cracked open a bit. Faced with an open from Matt Kuba, Leskowitz moved all in for 51,000. The action folded back to Kuba, who called.
Leskowitz: 
Kuba: 
The board ran out 
, and Leskowitz doubled to 112,000 chips.
Kuba, who is no longer our chip leader, slipped to 714,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
714,000 | -63,000 |
|
112,000 | 65,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Pappas Binks an Ace
Jason Strasser opened to 12,000 from the hijack seat, Art Pappas three-bet to 33,500 from the small blind, and Strasser four-bet to 70,000. Pappas moved all in for 200,000, and Strasser quickly called.
Strasser: 
Pappas:
The board ran out 
..., and Pappas doubled to 408,000 chips.
Strasser slipped to just 145,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
408,000 | 163,000 |
|
145,000 | -168,000 |
"You Win"
Nicholas Palma opened to 11,500 from the hijack seat, Jared Jaffee called out of the small blind, and Jeff Blake defended his big blind. The dealer fanned 
, and the action checked to Palma who continued for 15,500. Both players called.
The 
on the turn was an interesting card, bringing both trips and flush possibilities. The action checked to Palma once again, and he fired 30,500. This tim, only Blake called.
The river was a third jack - the - and Blake checked again. Palma bet 57,000, and Blake tank-called.
"You win," Palma announced, showing .
Blake tabled 
for an ace-high flush, and raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
640,000 | -125,000 |
|
|
505,000 | 205,000 |
Queens > Kings
Ryan Moriarty was all in preflop for his tournament life holding two kings. He was ahead of Fabio D'Agata, who held two queens, but there was a queen on the river, eliminating Moriarty from the tournament.
D'Agata now has nearly double the average stack with 625,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
625,000 | 236,000 |
|
Busted |