$500,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2012 Sands Bethlehem DeepStack Extravaganza
$500,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 Sands Bethlehem DeepStack Extravaganza
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
188
Level
24
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
3,000
Raskin Takes the Overall Chip Lead into Day 2
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
After 10 levels of action, Day 1b of the 2012 Sands Bethlehem DeepStack Extravaganzana Main Event has reached its end. A total of 118 entries were in play today and combined with Day 1a's 70 entrants, the total field size is 188. Roughly 45 players survived Day 1b and on top of the counts by a healthy margin is Micah Raskin with 346,900.
Raskin is followed by Tam Minh Nguyen (190,800), Brian Shaw (152,400), Edward Pham (145,600), and William Tonking (144,800). Others who survived the day include Pradeep Deshpande (83,100), Vinny Pahuja (77,400), and Matt Brady (20,500).
Among those who showed up only for Day 1b but won't be returning tomorrow are Andy Frankenberger, Todd Terry, Shawn Busse, and Craig Bergeron. Several players gave it a second and third try on Day 1b, but fell short of making Day 2 - Matt Glantz, Dan Buzgon, and Theo Tran to name a few.
The remaining 70 players or so will be back at it tomorrow at noon local time and will play until a final table of nine is reached. Thanks for keeping it here at PokerNews and be sure to check back with us tomorrow.
Until then, good night from Bethlehem!
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
The Day 2 seat draw will be done at random shortly before Day 2 begins.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
346,900 | |
|
190,800 | |
|
152,400 | |
|
145,600 | |
|
144,800 | |
|
133,400 | |
|
|
126,300 | 26,300 |
|
115,900 | 115,900 |
|
111,100 | 111,100 |
|
109,700 | -100 |
|
107,800 | -2,200 |
|
104,200 | -3,800 |
|
101,100 | |
|
99,800 | 51,800 |
|
91,300 | 300 |
|
|
91,200 | |
|
|
87,600 | 87,600 |
|
|
83,100 | 11,100 |
|
|
78,100 | 78,100 |
|
77,400 | |
|
69,700 | -35,300 |
|
|
65,400 | 28,400 |
|
63,500 | 63,500 |
|
61,400 | 61,400 |
|
|
60,900 | 60,900 |
Day 1b Chip Leaders
Compliments of Joe Giron.
McColgan Chipping Up
Kevin McColgan opened to 2,000 on the button and was called by the player in the big blind.
The flop came down 
and McColgan's opponent check-called 1,700 to see the 
turn. It was checked to McColgan again who bet 3,500, but was faced with a raise to 8,000. A call from McColgan landed the 
river where his opponent bet 5,000.
McColgan called with 
, besting his opponent's 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
91,000 | 18,000 |
McColgan Picks Off D'Angelo's Bluff
Picking up the action in a three-handed pot with the board reading 
, the player in the big blind checked to Kevin McColgan who bet 2,400. Ryan D'Angelo was the lone caller to see the 
turn which McColgan bet 5,300 at. D'Angelo called again, landing the 
river.
McColgan slowed down and checked this time, leading to a D'Angelo bet of 15,500 after about two minutes. McColgan mulled it over for about 60 seconds before calling.
D'Angelo tabled 
for a missed straight draw, while McColgan turned over 
to take down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
73,000 | 25,000 |
|
48,000 | -31,000 |
Tran, Palmeroni Out
Theo Tran has been eliminated here near the end of the night. He'd been felted earlier in the day by J.J. Palmeroni, had re-entered, then saw his tourney run end for good just now.
Palmeroni would follow Tran to the rail shortly thereafter in a three-way hand with Anthony Messina and Jeanette Baudouy.
Preflop action over at Table 33 saw Palmeroni all in with his short stack, Messina almost all in as well, and Baudouy having both players covered.
There had been a little confusion regarding the sequence of betting — Messina had apparently tried to declare himself all in out of turn — but after the floor was called and all was resolved, the flop was dealt 
.
Baudouy checked, Messina pushed his last chips in, and Baudouy called.
Palmeroni: 
Baudouy:
Messina: 
The turn was the 
and river the 
, Messina's queens held, and Palmeroni was out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
64,000 | 8,000 |
|
|
58,000 | 6,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
357,000 | -3,000 |
|
|
115,000 | 115,000 |
|
|
110,000 | -26,000 |
|
|
108,000 | 17,000 |
|
|
105,000 | -3,000 |
|
|
100,000 | -5,000 |
|
|
79,000 | -16,000 |
|
66,000 | 11,000 |
|
60,000 | -28,000 |
|
|
56,000 | 2,000 |
|
51,000 | 8,000 |
|
|
48,000 | -28,000 |
|
|
37,000 | -3,000 |
|
|
30,000 | -76,000 |
|
|
29,000 | 12,000 |
|
28,000 | -30,000 |
|
26,000 | 7,000 |
Pahuja Doubles
Vinny Pahuja just earned a needed double-up here at the start of Level 10. After Pajuha had opened with a raise to 2,500, he saw an opponent reraise to 6,000 from the button. Pahuja reraised again almost all in, his opponent shoved, and Pahuja called.
Pahuja was in good shape with 
versus his opponent's 
, and when the board rolled out nine-high — 
— Pahuja had survived.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
58,000 | 41,000 |
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100