Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
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
Pandya Cracks Gilbert's Aces
Preflop action left four players still in the hand when the first three community cards came 
. Konstantinos Angelos (small blind) checked, then Jim Gilbert (big blind) bet 3,000. Michael Kemeter (middle position) called Gilbert's bet, then Ketan Pandya (late position) raised to 8,000.
Angelos stepped aside, but Gilbert came back with a reraise to 48,000 total. Kemeter folded, but Pandya called with the 32,575 he had left.
Gilbert showed 
for an overpair. However, Pandya had flopped a set with his 
. The turn was the 
and river the 
, and Pandya has chipped up over 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
45,000
-31,000
|
-31,000 |
|
|
17,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
15,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
Chadha-Villamarin Busts Bianco
With the board reading 
, Ben Bianco and Carlos Chadha-Villamarin went back and forth with a few raises, culminating with Bianco all in with 
. Chadha-Villamarin was ahead with 
and took it down when the 
hit the river.
Chadha-Villamarin entered (and busted) twice yesterday, but is off to a fine start on Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Hoynowski Out
Anthony Messina just took the last of Matthew Hoynowski's chips in a hand that saw the latter push his short stack all in on a 
flop, Messina reraise all in behind, and a third player stepping aside. Messina had 
, better than Hoynowski's 
, and when the turn and river came 
, Hoynowski was out.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
52,000 | |
|
|
Busted |
More Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
76,000 | |
|
|
54,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
53,000
23,000
|
23,000 |
|
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
|
36,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
30,000 | |
|
||
|
|
28,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
24,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
20,000 | |
|
|
20,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
|
18,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
7,200
-20,800
|
-20,800 |
|
|
3,000
-3,500
|
-3,500 |
Quads for Fratzola
A big three-way hand to report here at the start of Level 3, one involving Frank Fratzola, Kenneth Longacre, and Michael Raymond.
With the board showing , Longacre had bet 1,700 and Raymond raised to 5,000. The action was on Fratzola, and while he was in the tank Longacre accidentally set out the calling chips out of turn, not realizing Fratzola hadn't acted. Fratzola then called, and Longacre called as well.
The turn brought the 
and when Longacre checked, Raymond declared he was all in for the 46,000-plus he had left. Fratzola called all in for less, and after some thought Longacre let his hand go.
Raymond showed 
for top pair plus both flush and straight draws, while Fratzola tabled for a set of jacks. The river then brought the to give Fratzola quads and the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
82,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
|
24,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
|
18,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Chip Counts From Around the Room
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
64,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
||
|
63,000
2,850
|
2,850 |
|
55,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
||
|
52,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
|
39,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
36,200
6,200
|
6,200 |
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
34,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
31,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
28,000
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
|
27,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
23,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
|
||
|
17,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
Let's Play Some Cards
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Players are back in their seats and Level 3 of Day 1b is underway.
The big board is showing 104 entries thus far today, above the 70 we saw on Day 1a. Late registration (as well as the ability to re-enter) remains available through the end of Level 5.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Break
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
The players are on their first 15-minute break of the day.