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

Level: 13

Blinds: 700/1,400

Ante: 200

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Ki Nam
Ki Nam
140,000
78,000
78,000
James Jang
James Jang
135,000
30,000
30,000
Ahmed Amin us
Ahmed Amin
125,000
10,000
10,000
Sean Giesbrecht
Sean Giesbrecht
116,000
-4,000
-4,000
Mark Bonsack us
Mark Bonsack
115,000
40,000
40,000
Lillian Chan
Lillian Chan
105,000
2,000
2,000
Jason Gigliotti
Jason Gigliotti
100,000
-6,000
-6,000
Jay Glass
Jay Glass
95,000
48,000
48,000
Jiachen Gong ca
Jiachen Gong
90,000
-6,000
-6,000
Matthew Pang
Matthew Pang
81,000
38,000
38,000
Justin Leeson
Justin Leeson
60,000
30,000
30,000
Paulo Almeida
Paulo Almeida
50,000
-46,000
-46,000
Anthony Mar ca
Anthony Mar
Busted
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
Jason Mann ca
Jason Mann
Busted

Chan Jumps Into Chip Lead

We caught up to find Lillian Chan pondering making the call of an all in player. From what we can gather Chan opened with a raise and her opponent three-bet her from the button. When she four-bet, he moved all in for his last 30,300. With well over 33,000 already in the middle, Chan announced a call.

Chan: {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs}
Opponent: {J-Hearts}{j-Spades}

The board ran out {3-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}{8-Spades}{7-Hearts}{4-Diamonds} and Chan's ladies were able to hold. With this win she has skyrocketed into the chip lead with about 200,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Lillian Chan
Lillian Chan
200,000
95,000
95,000

Tags: Lillian Chan

Taylor Survives Dramatic All In

Action opened when a short-stacked player moved all in from early position for 5,700. A middle position player flat called as did the player in the small blind. Brant Taylor then shipped all in over the top for roughly 40,000 more from the big blind. The first caller folded and the small blind called.

Taylor: {9-Hearts}{9-Clubs}
Small Blind: {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts}
Early Position: {j-Clubs}{8-Clubs}

The flop was {2-Spades}{Q-Spades}{3-Hearts} with the {10-Hearts} hitting the turn. This turn gave the small blind both heart and straight outs on top of her pair outs. Fortunately for Brant, the river was the {8-Spades} and his nines were able to hold as the best hand. He's currently sitting at about 95,000 while the early position player was eliminated and the small blind crippled.

Player Chips Progress
Brant Taylor ca
Brant Taylor
95,000

Tags: Brant Taylor

Level: 14

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

A Look Back: Event 5

Level 14 : 800/1,600, 200 ante

WSOP Circuit River Rock Ring Event #5 No-Limit Hold’em

Buy-inEntrantsPrize Pool
$500+$80347$173,500
PlacePlayerHometownPrize
1Dean EngemoenChilliwack, BC$39,903
2Carson WongVancouver, BC$24,670
3Lillian ChanVancouver, BC$17,997
4Sang Hyo ParkVancouver, BC$13,349
5Braden HallAbbotsford, BC$10,056
6Bashar RamahiSturgeon Country, AB$7,691
7Paul VassalloWhite Rock, BC$5,968
8Philip ElliottVancouver, BC$4,698
9Andre GroulxRichmond, BC$3,751

Leeson Catches Miracle To Double

On a flop of {7-Spades}{9-Spades}{8-Diamonds}, Justin Leeson led out with a bet of an unknown amount. His lone opponent slid out a raise and Leeson wasted no time shoving all in. His opponent snap called and Leeson tabled his hand to find out he was behind.

Leeson: {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs}
Opponent: {8-Spades}{8-Clubs}

Leeson's opponent's set was way out in the lead and Leeson would need a miracle to stay alive in this tournament. The {10-Hearts} on the turn gave Leeson a few more outs to make a straight. The {J-Hearts} drilled the river giving Leeson his miracle straight and the winning hand. Players shot up from the table in a frenzy as Leeson celebrated that his tournament life was no longer at risk. He's currently sitting on about 95,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Leeson
Justin Leeson
95,000
35,000
35,000

Tags: Justin Leeson

Big Hit To Gigliotti

On a board of {10-Clubs}{10-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}{A-Spades}, a player fired out a bet of 6,500 only to have Jason Gigliotti come over the top for 17,500 total. Gigliotti's opponent flat called and all Gigliotti could say was "Nice call."

Gigliotti meekly tabled {3-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} and was indeed behind his opponent's trip tens with {Kd]{10-Diamonds}. With this hit Gigliotti is now at about 65,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Gigliotti
Jason Gigliotti
65,000
-35,000
-35,000

Tags: Jason Gigliotti

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300