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

Main Event
Day: 1c
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

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Gavin Smith us
Gavin Smith
95,000
80,000
80,000
Justin Leeson
Justin Leeson
42,000
4,000
4,000
Mark Bonsack us
Mark Bonsack
28,500
8,500
8,500
Sean Giesbrecht
Sean Giesbrecht
25,000
5,000
5,000
Adrienne Rowsome
Adrienne Rowsome
19,500
-500
-500
Anthony Mar ca
Anthony Mar
19,000
-1,000
-1,000
Doug Lee ca
Doug Lee
17,500
-2,500
-2,500
Robert Cheung ca
Robert Cheung
17,000
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
14,000
-500
-500
Jeff Blenkarn us
Jeff Blenkarn
13,500
-2,500
-2,500
Vince Ruocco
Vince Ruocco
12,500
-7,500
-7,500
Flemming Lund
Flemming Lund
Busted

Upcoming WSOPC Events

Level 3 : 75/150, 0 ante

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DateEvent Location
Nov. 8-19, 2012Harveys Lake Tahoe
Nov. 29 - Dec. 10, 2012Harrah’s Atlantic City
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April 4-15, 2012Harrah’s Cherokee (North Carolina)
April 11-April 22, 2013Horseshoe Council Bluffs (Iowa)
April 25 - May 6, 2013Harrah’s Philadelphia
May 9 - May 20, 2013Harrah’s New Orleans
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Affleck Lays Down Flush

We caught up to find the board reading {9-Spades}{5-Spades}{2-Spades}{10-Hearts} and Matt Affleck heads up in a pot. Affleck's opponent bet 2,350 and Affleck pondered his action for roughly thirty seconds before flat calling.

The board paired with the {5-Diamonds} on the river and Affleck's opponent moved his entire stack all in. Affleck shook his head and slapped his cards into the muck.

"You lay down a flush?" asked someone from across the table.

Affleck nodded and looked down to riffle his chips as the pot was pushed to his opponent.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
14,500
-5,500
-5,500

Tags: Matt Affleck

Level: 3

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

Leeson Scores Knockout In Crazy Hand

We were not on hand to catch exactly how the hand played out and the exact details were hard to gather with several players attempting to recap the hand at the same time, but here is what we can gather went down:

After a series of bets and raises involving four players before the flop, one player eventually five-bet shoved all in before the flop. Justin Leeson called this bet and Gavin Smith and a fourth player at the table got out of the way.

Leeson: {K-}{K-}
Opponent: {A-}{K-}

The fourth player told the table that he folded pocket nines and was kicking himself after the flop came down {9-}{9-}{K-}. Leeson, however, was celebrating as he flopped a full house and was ultimately able to score a knockout and almost double his starting stack. He's currently sitting on 38,000.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Leeson
Justin Leeson
38,000

Tags: Justin Leeson

Smith's Ace-High Is Better

Gavin Smith raised to 250 from early position and was called by the players on the button and the big blind. The flop was {10-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{9-Clubs} and all three players tapped the table to see the {6-Hearts} hit on fourth street. The big blind checked once more and Smith tossed out 400. The player on the button stayed in while the big blind folded.

The two saw the {J-Clubs} completed the board. Both players checked their option one last time.

"Ace-high," said Smith's opponent.

Smith rolled over {A-Hearts}{k-Hearts} for the best ace-high and he was able to scoop up this pot.

Player Chips Progress
Gavin Smith us
Gavin Smith
15,000
2,000
2,000

Tags: Gavin Smith

Trips For Blenkarn

Jeff Blenkarn opened with a raise to 250 and was called by the cutoff, the button, and the small blind.

The flop came {7-Spades}{3-Spades}{7-Diamonds} and it checked around to the button who bet 450. His only caller was Blenkarn and the two players saw the {5-Clubs} hit the turn. They both checked to see the {K-Hearts} fall on the river. Blenkarn wasted no time leading for 650 and his opponent called. Blenkarn showed {9-Spades}{7-Hearts} for flopped trips and took down the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Blenkarn us
Jeff Blenkarn
16,000
2,000
2,000

Tags: Jeff Blenkarn

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0

A Look Back: Event 1

Level 1 : 25/50, 0 ante

WSOP Circuit River Rock Ring Event #1 No-Limit Hold’em

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$300+$65410$123,000
PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Mike KimSurrey, BC$27,059
2Charles “Woody” MooreLas Vegas, NV$16,722
3Glenn LandCoquitlam, BC$12,219
4Chen YongRichmond, BC$9,072
5Evan ThomasVictoria, BC$6,841
6Jeremy HoweDelta, BC$5,236
7Nguyen PhanVancouver, BC$4,066
8Curtis BerntsenVancouver, BC$3,203
9David RogueVancouver, BC$2,558