2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit - Horseshoe Hammond

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit - Horseshoe Hammond

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j3
Prize
$393,584
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,349,825
Entries
1,615
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Vornicu Captures Ring in Event #4

Level 3 : 75/150, 0 ante

WSOP Circuit Hammond Ring Event #3 NLHE

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$1,000+$100202$195,940
PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Valentin VornicuSan Diego, CA$50,943
2Duy TranBrentwood, TN$31,470
3Michael SouzaSan Diego, CA$22,723
4Scott SchwalichWest Carrollton, OH$16,688
5Nachman BerlinBrooklyn, NY$12,468
6Mark KroonMadison, WI$9,474
7Kyle CartwrightBartlett, TN$7,318
8Chad HahnWestfield, IN$5,747
9Pradeep BuddharajuHouston, TX$4,585

Mmmmmm Bop . . . Hanson Eliminated

We saw that Mike Hanson's seat was empty and he was conversing on the rail. We made our way over and discovered he had been eliminated, and he was kind enough to relate his elimination hand. According to Hanson a player in early position raised to 400 and received on call. Hanson came along for the ride from the hijack with {K-}{J-}. From there, one of the blinds three-bet to 1,200, and only the original raiser and Hanson called.

The {10-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{5-} flop saw the player in the blind lead out for 2,000, which the EP player folded and Hanson called. When the dealer burned and turned the {J-}, Hanson's opponent fired out 5,000, a call ensued, and a {10-} hit the river. This time the aggressor checked, Hanson moved all in for 11,600, and his opponent snap-called with {A-}{A-}. That was the end of Michael Hanson.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Hanson
Mike Hanson
Busted

Tags: Mike Hanson

Big Hands, Small Pot

Jake "PSUTennis" Toole opened for 400, Matthew Chang - fresh off a WSOPC ring victory at Southern Indiana - called from the small bind and Faraz Jaka called from the big blind. The flop came {10-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} and all three players checked. The turn came {3-Clubs} and all three players checked. The river was the {J-Spades} and, wait for it, all three players checked.

Chang showed {K-} {Q-} for two pair but Jaka had him beat, tabling {10-Clubs} {10-Spades} for a full house. Toole smiled and mucked, visibly relieved he didn't take a shot at the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
23,000
3,000
3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Matthew Chang
Matthew Chang
18,000

Tags: Faraz JakaJake TooleMatthew Chang

Kroon Loses a Small One; Still Doing Better than Yesterday

With 1,000 in the pot and a board reading {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}{8-Spades}, the small blind bet a modest 175 and found a caller in Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon. The dealer then revealed the {3-Diamonds} on the river, and again the small blind bet, this time a single purple T500 chip.

"500?" Kroon asked. "Call." The small blind then rolled over {A-Spades}{9-Diamonds}, which prompted the former online pro to slide his cards to the muck. Kroon is still doing much better than he did on Day 1a, when he was eliminated on the third hand after his pocket aces got crack pocket kings, as he is still in and sitting with 21,500.

Player Chips Progress
Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon us
Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon
21,500
1,500
1,500

Tags: Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
John Land us
John Land
28,000
8,000
8,000
Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
27,000
10,300
10,300
WSOP 1X Winner
Kyle Cartwright us
Kyle Cartwright
25,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Stephen Kats
Stephen Kats
24,000
4,000
4,000
Steve Verrett
Steve Verrett
22,000
2,000
2,000
Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon us
Mark "P0ker H0" Kroon
22,000
500
500
Ben Wiora us
Ben Wiora
22,000
2,000
2,000
Nadya Magnus us
Nadya Magnus
21,000
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
21,000
1,000
1,000
$25K Fantasy
StakeKings
Micah Raskin us
Micah Raskin
20,700
700
700
Faraz Jaka us
Faraz Jaka
20,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Jake Toole us
Jake Toole
18,000
-500
-500
Tim Vance us
Tim Vance
18,000
-2,000
-2,000
Preston Derden
Preston Derden
18,000
-2,000
-2,000
Kathy Liebert us
Kathy Liebert
13,000
-2,000
-2,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Matt Lawrence
Matt Lawrence
10,700
-9,300
-9,300
Matt Kirby us
Matt Kirby
7,200
-12,800
-12,800
La Sengphet us
La Sengphet
3,600
-4,400
-4,400
Robert Cheung ca
Robert Cheung
2,000
-18,000
-18,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Raskin At Risk

Level 4 : 100/200, 0 ante

As we were making our last round, we spotted a hand in progress that saw 10,700 in the pot with a board reading {A-Spades}{3-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}. Micah Raskin had moved all in for his last 10,000, putting the pressure on his opponent in the hijack. Eventually Raskin's opponent laid down the hand, allowing the pro to take down the pot and get back up to the starting stack.

Tags: Micah Raskin