2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - River Rock

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - River Rock

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$286,382
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,675
Prize Pool
$1,548,000
Entries
1,032
Level Info
Level
37
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
50,000

Kellner's Bluff Doesn't Work

On a board that read {7-Spades}{6-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{7-Clubs} and with about 16,000 already in the pot a player checked to Kelly Kellner who fired out a bet of 10,000. Kellner's opponent thought for a while before finally making the call.

"You've got it," said Kellner, showing {K-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} for merely king-high. His opponent tabled {9-Spades}{2-Hearts} for a pair of nines which was enough to take down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Kelly Kellner ca
Kelly Kellner
65,000 -20,300

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Level: 14

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

More Bad News For Keo

We recently wrote about Amarith Keo having his aces cracked for the second time today. It seems that Lady Luck is not smiling upon Keo this level, as we found him calling the all in of a shorter stack player only to find that he was behind.

Keo: {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}
Opponent: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}

The board fell {K-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{4-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} and Keo was unable to improve to crack the queens. He's currently fallen to about 22,000.

Player Chips Progress
Amarith Keo
Amarith Keo
22,000 -19,000

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Wong Doubles Dramatically

We missed the hand, but Sandra Wong and her table mates attempted to recap the action for us. From what we can gather, Wong was all in and at risk with {A-Spades}{10-Spades} against a bigger stacks {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}. Another player that was shorter than the other two was also all in holding pocket eights.

Wong was able to overcome her opponents to scoop the pot and double up. She's currently sitting on about 72,000.

Wong recently took third in a ring event here at River Rock Casino.

WSOP Circuit River Rock Ring Event #6 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$300+$65381$114,300
PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Victor ChenVancouver, BC$25,143
2Terry ChenVancouver, BC$15,539
3Sandra WongBurnaby, BC$11,355
4Ian ModderNorth Vancouver, BC$8,431
5Tony FazeliRichmond, BC$6,357
6Richard GettyBurnaby, BC$4,866
7Wipada ButwongVancouver, BC$3,779
8Ping HuangCoquitlam, BC$2,976
9Liying ZhangVancouver, BC$2,377
Player Chips Progress
Sandra Wong
Sandra Wong
72,000 40,000

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Keo's Aces Get Cracked

We caught up to find Amarith Keo bet enough to put his lone opponent in the hand all in before the flop. His opponent called and showed {6-Hearts}{6-Clubs}. Keo tabled {A-Spades}{A-Hearts} and walked away from the table.

"I don't want to have my aces cracked again," said Keo.

The deck, however, did not oblige to Keo's request, as the {6-Spades} was the door card. The {10-Hearts} and {10-Clubs} finished the flop and suddenly Keo was rooting to come from behind. Unfortunately for him, the turn and river were the {5-Clubs} and the {3-Clubs}, ensuring his opponent's victory.

All the while, Keo's opponent put on his coat, grabbed his bag and started for the exit.

"Hey, you won, buddy!" said someone from the table and he promptly returned and took his coat right back off.

With this loss, Keo is now sitting around 41,000.

Player Chips Progress
Amarith Keo
Amarith Keo
41,000 -55,000

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Level: 13

Blinds: 700/1,400

Ante: 200

Clements Doubles Short Stack

A middle position player opened to an unknown amount and it folded around to Scott Clements who moved all in from the small blind for about 35,000. The big blind moved all in as well for 14,400 total and the original raiser folded. The cards were tabled to find Clements behind.

Clements: {J-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}
Opponent: {A-Hearts}{k-Diamonds}

There was much hope for Clements in the flop of {4-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{8-Clubs}. However, Clements failed to pair up or hit the open ended straight draw as the {4-Hearts} fell on fourth and the {6-Clubs} on fifth. With this hit Clements is down to 21,000.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Clements us
Scott Clements
WSOP 3X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
21,000 -5,000

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