Level: 11
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - River Rock
Main Event
Day: 1c
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
Giesbrecht On Fire
Sean Giesbrecht has managed to build a massive stack since we last checked on him. He's currently sitting on about 120,000 after winning the following hand:
On a flop of 
, a player checked to Giesbrecht and he fired 4,000. His opponent called and the turn was the 
. They both checked to see the 
hit the river. Giesbrecht's opponent shot out 5,600.
"How much? Alright, the flush is good," said Giesbrecht as he called.
"I don't have a flush," said his opponent who showed 
for a pair of aces.
Giesbrecht, however, tabled 
for a rivered wheel and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
88,000
|
88,000 |
Bonsack Bests Gong
We caught up to find the board reading 
. Mark Bonsack and Jiachen Gong were heads up in the hand with well over 30,000 already in the pot. The river, however, turned out to be rather anti-climactic as Bonsack checked and Gong tapped the table behind.
Bonsack showed 
for kings and deuces with a queen and Gong mucked his hand. Bonsack is now sitting on about 75,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
96,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
75,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
Glass Wins The Flip
We found a player all in and at risk holding 
against the of Jay Glass.
"This is exactly how I busted last night," said Glass' opponent. "My jacks into ace-king."
It seems that this would be how he busted tonight as well, as Glass paired up on the 
flop. Fourth street brought the and fifth street the 
, giving Glass the best of it and sending his opponent packing. Glass is currently sitting on about 47,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
47,000 |
Amin Sends One Packing
Ahmed Amin called the all in of a short stacked player holding 
. His opponent held 
and was looking for some help.
Amin paired up on the 
flop and never relinquished his lead as the turn was the and the river the . With this win Amin is up to about 115,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000
65,500
|
65,500 |
Level: 12
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
A Look Back: Event 4
Level 12
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
WSOP Circuit River Rock Ring Event #4 No-Limit Hold’em
| Buy-in | Entrants | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|
| $1,000+$125 | 354 | $354,000 |
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew O’Brien | Ottawa, ON | $81,422 |
| 2 | Charles Shapiro | West Vancouver, BC | $50,335 |
| 3 | Keith Wintermans | North Vancouver, BC | $36,720 |
| 4 | Duck-Sin Jong | Burnaby, BC | $27,327 |
| 5 | Shane Sandhu | New Westminster, BC | $20,518 |
| 6 | Douglas Lamson | Abbotsford, BC | $15,693 |
| 7 | Adam Cummings | Victoria, BC | $12,178 |
| 8 | Andy Le | Mount Lake Terrace, WA | $9,586 |
| 9 | Anthony Kook | North Vancouver, BC | $7,653 |
Jang Soars; Cheung Crippled
Robert Cheung and James Jang saw a flop together in a raise pot. The flop was brimming with paint as it fell 
. The action at this point is unknown, but the two ended up getting it all in with Jang being at risk.
Cheung:
Jang: 
Both players flopped two pair but Jang's were better than Cheung's. The 
turned and the 
rivered, causing Cheung to ship over 50,500 to Jang, thus crippling Cheung down to about 8,000. Jang, however, is now well into the six digits.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
105,000 | |
|
8,000
-42,000
|
-42,000 |
|
||
Gigliotti Breaches 100k
A middle position player opened to 2,300 and it folded around to Jason Gigliotti who three-bet to 5,600 from the small blind. Action folded back to the original raiser and he flat called to see a flop.
The dealer faned 
on the felt and Gigliotti fired out a c-bet of 6,700. His opponent folded face up and Gigliotti tapped the table as he dragged in his latest pot. He's current representing a stack of about 106,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
106,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
Cheung Eliminated For Third Time
Robert Cheung fired his third bullet in this event by participating in play today. Unfortunately for Cheung, he was not able to get anything going and has been eliminated from play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
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