2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Tunica

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Tunica

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
107
Prize
$204,795
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,675
Prize Pool
$999,000
Entries
666
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
70,000 / 140,000
Ante
20,000

A Look Back: Event #5

Level 16 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

WSOP Circuit Harrah’s Tunica Ring Event #5 No-Limit Hold’em

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$300+$65300$90,000
PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1John LoiacanoMooresville, NC$21,595
2Carter MyersBreckenridge, MI$13,349
3Marc NellistLoganville, GA$9,686
4Robert HankinsMurfreesboro, TN$7,146
5Nicholas MelvilleN/A$5,360
6Erin SlaughterRowlett, TX$4,084
7Nicolas Vaca-RondonBogota, Colombia$3,161
8Ricky StantonBolivar, MO$2,484
9Ronald BowersCape Girardeau, MO$1,982

Strickland Powers Through

Level 16 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Jamie Strickland, Clint Fawcett, and John Short were looking down at a flop of {K-Hearts}{J-Spades}{8-Spades}. Strickland tapped the table and Fawcett led at the pot for 9,300. Short flat called and Strickland tanked for a bit before moving out a raise to 30,300. Fawcett thought for a moment before releasing and Short followed suit. Strickland showed {Q-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} and let out a sigh of relief. With this pot he's now sporting a stack of about 115,000.

Player Chips Progress
Jamie Strickland us
Jamie Strickland
115,000 35,000

Tags: Jamie StricklandClint FawcettJohn Short

Level: 16

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

Brewington Rockets Into Chiplead

Level 15 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Action folded to the button who raised to 4,300. Carl Brewington called from the big blind and the dealer spread a flop of {7-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{9-Hearts}. Brewington checked and his opponent continued for 5,200.

"I'm all in," said Brewington.

His opponent looked a bit stunned by the bet. "Alright, I call," he replied, showing {A-Hearts}{j-Hearts} for top pair and the nut flush draw. He was behind, however, as Brewington flopped two pair with {9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}.

Brewington's opponent had a lot of outs to improve but did not hit them as the turn and river came {5-Diamonds} and {K-Diamonds} respectively. Brewington's opponent, stunned, quickly exited the tournament area while Brewington stacked his newly earned chips. He's currently sitting on about 310,000. After the hand, Brewington wanted us to make sure that we posted that he's doing so successful because of his lucky wife.

Player Chips Progress
Carl Brewington us
Carl Brewington
310,000 184,000

Tags: Carl Brewington

Ace-High Is Good For Martin

Level 15 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Action folded around the player in the cutoff and he made it 4,200 to go. David Martin called out of the big blind and the flop brought {2-Clubs}{J-Hearts}{9-Clubs}. Martin checked and the raiser checked behind to see the {5-Spades} hit on fourth. Once again two hands tapped the table and the {2-Spades} paired the board on the river.

Action went check-check and Martin's opponent rolled up {K-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} for king-high. Martin held {A-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} for ace-high, though, and was able to pick up a small pot.

Player Chips Progress
David Martin us
David Martin
110,000 15,000

Tags: David Martin

Rios Climbing

Level 15 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

Four players including Pedro Rios, Nancy Todd, and BJ McBrayer entered a raised pot and saw a flop of {K-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{8-Clubs} fall. The player in the big blind checked to Rios and he shot out a bet of 11,000. McBrayer folded and Todd followed suit. Eventually, the big blind also relented and Rios took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Pedro Rios us
Pedro Rios
155,000 65,000

Tags: BJ McBrayerNancy ToddPedro Rios

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

McBrayer Doubles Up Short Stack

Level 14 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

A short-stacked player got his last 29,100 all in against BJ McBrayer. McBrayer was behind going to the flop.

McBrayer: {9-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}
Opponent: {Q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}

The board ran out {Q-Spades}{K-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{10-Clubs} and McBrayer's opponents quads were more than enough to score a double up. This cut out enough of McBrayer's stack to bring him down to about 115,000.

Player Chips Progress
BJ McBrayer us
BJ McBrayer
115,000 -23,000

Tags: BJ McBrayer