Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - River Rock
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - River Rock
Buy-in
$1,675
Prize Pool
$1,548,000
Entries
1,032
Level
37
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
50,000
Overdijk Leads Top 59 From Day 1a
Level 15
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Day 1a of the 2012-13 WSOPC Main Event at the River Rock Casino came to a close on Friday night. A total of 294 players paid $1,675 to participate in the first of three day 1 flights, and at the end of the night only 59 remained. The man sporting the biggest stack at the end of the night was Norman Overdijk with 242,000. He was trailed closely by John Cracic (231,000) and Sean Hwang (207,700).
Hwang managed to build a significant portion of his stack during a confrontation with poker pro Jason Koon shortly before the dinner break. Koon opened to 1,300 only to have Hwang three-bet to 3,100. Koon moved out a four-bet to 7,100 and Hwang called. The flop was and Koon open-shipped all in for his last 24,500. Hwang called with for an open ended straight draw, and Koon was surprised to find that his was actually in the lead on the flop. The on the turn meant nothing, but the on the river sealed Koon's fate as Hwang was able to make his straight. That hand boosted Hwang up to 100,000, which was the chip lead at the time, but he was overtaken by Overdijk near the end of the day.
While Overdijk is on top, there are many players who will also bring sizable stacks into play on Day 2. Among them are Cary Marshall (204,000), Noah Vaillancourt (172,100), Tyler Lee (167,000), 2012 WSOP bracelet winner Ashkan Razavi (155,400), Scott Stanko (120,000), Paul Nguyen (111,200), Matt Jarvis (94,600), and Braden J. Hall (94,600).
While those players thrived, several notables were unable to advance to Day 2. Huy Nguyen, Scott Clements, Matt Affleck, Doug Lee, Kevin MacPhee, Adam Levy, and Amit Makhija are just a few of the players who were eliminated before play ended. Those players will have the option to re-enter the tournament on Day 1b and, if that doesn't work out, they will have one final chance on Day 1c.
Day 1b will begin at 12:00 PM PDT in the River Rock Theatre. Be sure to follow our coverage here at PokerNews as we track both new entrants and those eliminated from Day 1a that seek redemption on the felt.
End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
242,000 | |
|
|
231,700 | |
|
|
207,700 | |
|
204,000 | |
|
187,400 | |
|
|
185,700 | |
|
|
177,800 | |
|
176,000 | |
|
172,100 | |
|
171,200 | |
|
167,100 | 100 |
|
|
165,600 | |
|
|
164,900 | |
|
161,200 | 50,000 |
|
155,400 | |
|
|
124,000 | |
|
121,000 | |
|
120,000 | |
|
|
115,800 | |
|
|
113,600 | |
|
|
109,400 | |
|
|
100,200 | |
|
96,700 | |
|
|
95,700 | |
|
|
94,900 |
Big Stacks at the End of the Night
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
207,700 | -22,300 |
|
|
204,000 | |
|
|
172,100 | 2,100 |
|
|
167,000 | 71,000 |
|
|
155,400 | 5,400 |
|
|
120,000 | |
|
|
111,200 | |
|
94,600 | 6,600 |
|
|
86,200 | -3,800 |
End of the Day
Level 15
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Players are bagging and tagging for the end of the night now.
Vaillancourt Climbing High
Noah Vaillancourt has had a stellar last couple of levels and he's been able to increase his stack to about 170,000.
The player in the hijack raised the action before the flop and his only caller was Vaillancourt from the cutoff. The duo saw a flop of 
and the hijack checked. Vaillancourt fired 4,200 only to have his opponent raise to 9,300. Vaillancourt called and the 
paired the board on the turn. Vaillancourt's opponent moved all in and Vaillancourt snapped him off.
Vaillancourt: 
Opponent: 
The river was of no help to Vaillancourt's opponent and Vaillancourt was able to score the knockout and boost his stack to 170,000 in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000 | 120,000 |
Hall Sends Her Home
We caught up to find Braden J. Hall call the all in of an opponent. Hall's opponent was all in for her tournament life holding 
, but unfortunately was crushed against Hall's 
.
The board came down 
and Hall's aces were able to hold as he reduced the field by one more player.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000 | 20,000 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Recent Eliminations
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Razavi Makes Great River Call
We caught up to see a complete board of 
. Ashkan Razavi checked to Tyler Lee who shot out a big bet of 51,000. Razavi went into the tank for quite some time before finally plopping out a call. Razavi showed 
for tens and treys and Lee flung his cards into the muck.
With this win, Razavi is now sitting on about 150,000 while Lee has fallen to 96,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
150,000 | 96,000 |
|
|
96,000 | -64,000 |