Main Event
Day 3 Started
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit - Harveys Lake Tahoe
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit - Harveys Lake Tahoe
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$475,785
Entries
327
Level
32
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
The Final Countdown
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Today is the final day of the World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event here at Harveys Lake Tahoe.
From our starting field of 327 players, just 11 have made it this far. They're just a couple knockouts away from a WSOPC final table, and there's a six-figure top prize and a shiny diamond ring waiting for our eventual champion. In addition, the lucky winner will punch their ticket to the season-ending National Championship in Las Vegas where $1 million and a bracelet will be up for grabs.
Our final eleven chairs are mostly filled with relative unknowns, but we do have a two-time Circuit champ with us. David "DC" Clark's most recent victory came right here in Lake Tahoe when he took down Event #1 for close to $20,000. He's parlayed that cash into a deep run here in the Main, and he'll likely be the betting favorite to win this thing today. His short stack is a mark against him, though; Clark begins the day near the bottom with 445,000. It's less than 30bb, but it's well within striking distance.
The big stack sits at 892,000 to begin play, and those chips belong to Ron Segni. Courtesy of a monster three-way pot, Segni skyrocketed his way to the top of the counts last night, and he's kept himself perched there since. The pack is finally closing in on him now, though, and both Dennis Pevarnick and Hank Czarnecki both begin the day with more than 850,000 as well.
Play is set to get under way in less than an hour, and we've got a ringside seat for the action. There are two tables in play for now, but it likely won't be long before they reconvene around the final, live-streaming table.
Don't wander off; we've got a champion to crown here in Lake Tahoe today!
Almost Underway
The players have taken their seats and are filling out their bio sheets. Play should be underway shortly.
Level: 24
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Lowery Gets Called
Level 24
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
"All right, which one of you was it?"
That's how Daniel Lowery greeted his table this afternoon, and he continued his inquiry. "Which one of you looked up my room and had your buddies crank call me all night?" It was in good spirits, and the table all shared a chuckle as they asked for details.
It seems that Lowery had some trouble sleeping last night thanks to a string of misdirected phone calls to his hotel room. It ended up that he had to take his phone off the hook in order to get any sleep. He's chuckling about it now, and he doesn't look much worse for the wear, but we'll have to wait and see how his stamina holds up as the day drags on.
David Clark Doubles Through Pevarnick
Dennis Pevarnick opened for 50,000 from the cutoff and David Clark raised to 113,000 on the button. The blinds released and Pevarnick called. The flop came 
and Pevarnick check-called 107,000. The turn produced the 
, Pevarnick checked again and Clark moved all in after a few moments of thought.
Pevarnick asked for a count, sat motionless then quietly announced a call.
"Got a set?" Clark asked as he tabled 
.
"No," Pevarnick said as he turned over 
. The river fell 
and he counted out the call, shipped it over and slid down the counts as Clark rocketed up the leaderboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
850,000 | 405,000 |
|
350,000 | -520,000 |
Czarnecki Pips Into the Lead
Just a small pot here, but it appears to have changed the hands of the chip lead.
It began with Ron Segni raising to 35,000 in middle position, and Hank Czarnecki called to defend his big blind. The dealer spread out 
, and Czarnecki check-called a bet of 45,000. They both checked through the 
turn, and the 
filled out the board on the river. Czarnecki led out with a small bet of 22,000, and he was quickly called.
Czarnecki turned up 
, and top pair was good enough to earn him the pot and the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
925,000 | 74,000 |
|
800,000 | -92,000 |
Ron McMillen Eliminated in 11th Place ($8,360)
Under the gun, Ron Segni opened the pot to 35,000, and the table passed around to the big blind. There, Ron McMillen was down around 225,000, and he three-bet shoved with 
. Segni quickly called with 
, and the race was on. Both men wished each other luck, and McMillen seemed content to flip his short stack for double or nothing.
It would be nothing. The board ran 
, and Segni's aces up give him the pot. With it comes a boost up over the million-chip mark and the elimination of McMillen in 11th place. He'll take home more than $8,000 for his work here this week.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,025,000 | 225,000 |
|
Busted |
Dennis Pevarnick Eliminated in 10th Place ($8,360)
Just moments after Ron McMillen busted, David Clark and Dennis Pevarnick locked up in another huge hand. Pevarnick open-shoved from the cutoff for 328,000 and David Clark sat motionless on the button.
After a short period of thought Clark announced call and the blinds couldn't get out of the hand fast enough. The hands were tabled with the final table bubble on the line.
Pevarnick: 
Clark:
The board ran 
and Clark's full house gave us an official final table of nine players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,150,000 | 300,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Final Table Set
Level 24
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
The introductions have been made and wer're about cards are in the air. You can watch all the final table action on the WSOP livestream on WSOP.com.