Main Event Day 1b | 2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Horseshoe Hammond

10-20-2012 23:36 UTC-5

Player	Chips	Progress
Blair Hinkle	250,000 142,000	142,000

Action folded to Kathy Liebert on the button, and she raised to 4,000. The small blind called, and the flop came down . After the small blind checked, Liebert fired 5,000. Her opponent check-raised to 13,000, and Liebert folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kathy Liebert	86,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: Kathy Liebert

10-20-2012 23:57 UTC-5

Bluff from Ochana

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The cutoff seat opened with a raise to 4,000 before Eddie Ochana fired in a reraise from the small blind to 11,800. The big blind flatted, then the cutoff seat called as well.

The three players saw the flop come down , and Ochana bet 13,200. Both of his opponents folded, and Ochana won the pot. He showed the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Eddie Ochana	168,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Eddie Ochana

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

10-21-2012 00:03 UTC-5

Some of the Big Stacks

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10-21-2012 00:19 UTC-5

Julius Doubles

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Ryan Julius was all in preflop for a little under 50,000 with pocket aces against and opponent's pocket nines. The aces held up for Julius, allowing him to double to over 90,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ryan Julius	95,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Ryan Julius

10-21-2012 00:20 UTC-5

Bondi Jams

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When we reached the table, Bob Bondi was all in for 67,000 with about 30,000 in the middle. The flop had already fallen , and the action was on Travis Lauson. Faraz Jaka was also in the hand.

Lauson was deep in the tank, and eventually called the clock on himself. You aren't allowed to call the clock on yourself however, so Jaka did the honors. Lauson took an extra 45 seconds to fold, and Jaka quickly folded behind him.

Bondi flashed the a few times then tabled both of his cards: .

Player	Chips	Progress
Travis Lauson	170,000 -30,000	-30,000
Bob Bondi	105,000
Faraz Jaka	95,000 -73,000	-73,000

Tags: Bob Bondi Faraz Jaka Travis Lauson

10-21-2012 00:27 UTC-5

Mendes With a Monster

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There was over 200,000 in the middle when we reached Chris Moon's table, and two people were all in. Moon still had cards, but there was a player to act in front of him.

"I'll tell you what happened after," Moon assured us.

The player in the tank begrudgingly folded, and Moon quickly folded behind him. The player who was all in and at risk is named Porfiro Mendes, and according to Moon he open-jammed 92,000 into a pot of around 18,000. The player on his direct left re-shoved, having Mendes covered.

Mendes:
Re-Shover:

The turn and river came , , and Mendes doubled to more than 200,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Porfiro Mendes	205,000

Tags: Porfiro Mendes

10-21-2012 00:36 UTC-5

Seven More Hands

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

Each table will play out seven more hands before calling it quits for the night.

10-21-2012 00:52 UTC-5

Official Chip Counts from Day 1a/1b (full)

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Player	Chips	Progress
Phillip Liou	347,500
Mike Leah	276,000

Kenneth Felten	267,500
Jackson Kimball	266,000
Mukul Pahuja	261,400
Nicola DiTrapani	259,400
Ashly Butler	255,800
Anthony Bizzoni	254,000
Cheryl Snedden	246,100
Ronald Lee	236,900
Porfirio Mendez	226,000
Filip Jabbour	215,000
Brian Odonoghue	214,000
Kyle Bowker	209,800 129,800	129,800

Nick Grippo	205,800
Travis Lauson	203,500 -26,500	-26,500
Kennii Nguyen	203,000
Blair Hinkle	200,900 200,900	200,900

Matthew Schwarmann	200,200
Jacob Bazeley	199,200
Ping Liu	196,400
Pedro Rios	193,200
Herb Heidbrick	189,700
Kalpesh Shah	186,300
Joshua Williams	183,400