2012 World Series of Poker

Event 9: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry
Day: 3
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Ashkan Razavi
Winning Hand
k10
Prize
$781,398
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$4,595,400
Entries
3,404
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Razavi Doubles Up Le

Ashkan Razavi raised to 48,000 only to find Dien Le three-bet to 107,000. Razavi called and the two saw a flop of {J-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{2-Spades}. Razavi checked to Le who fired out 176,000. Razavi announced all in and Dien snap called with {A-Diamonds}{A-Hearts}.

The turn and river did not help Razavi and Le was able to score a double up.

Player Chips Progress
Dien Le us
Dien Le
1,300,000
420,000
420,000
Ashkan Razavi ca
Ashkan Razavi
1,160,000
-340,000
-340,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Ashkan RazaviDien Le

Musumeci Jumps to Second in Chips

With the board reading {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{2-Spades}{2-Clubs}, Amanda Musumeci pushed out 164,000 and Giorgio Medici casually threw out a call. The river brought the {Q-Spades} and Musumeci carefully counted out 327,000 and moved the stack into the middle.

Medici once again looked quite casual as he quickly counted out his chips and and threw in a call. Musumeci tabled {K-Diamonds}{J-Spades} for a flopped two pair.

Medici flashed the {K-Spades} to Musumeci and she slyly replied merely with an "I know". Musumeci is now the second biggest stack in the room.

Player Chips Progress
Amanda Musumeci us
Amanda Musumeci
2,300,000
1,125,000
1,125,000
Giorgio Medici us
Giorgio Medici
430,000
-485,000
-485,000

Tags: Amanda MusumeciGiorgio Medici

Medici Saved By Musumeci's Fold

Amanda Musumeci opened to 52,000 in late position, Giorgio Medici three-bet jammed for 430,000 behind her, and Brian Rast cold-called from the blinds. Musumeci unhappily mucked, and the hands were opened.

Medici{a-Hearts}{j-Spades}
Rast{a-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

The board ran out {k-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{3-Clubs}, and Medici doubled.

"I had you both," Musumeci told them.

"You would've called?" Rast asked.

"Yeah," Musumeci replied. "Small pair."

Player Chips Progress
Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
1,710,000
-395,000
-395,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings
Giorgio Medici us
Giorgio Medici
775,000
345,000
345,000

Tags: Amanda MusumeciBrian RastGiorgio Medici

Medici Gets It In, Again

A short while ago we told everyone how Giorgio Medici shoved for three times the pot on the flop. Well, he has just done the same thing and taken a whole bunch of Brian Rast's chips.

The hand began with Medici opening the pot to 55,000 from the hi-jcak seat. Rast made the call on his direct left and the blinds got out of the way.

Flop: {q-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}

As soon as the dealer had finished spreading the three cards on the flop, Medici announced "all in." Rast almost immediately called and the two players turned their hands over.

Medici: {a-Spades}{q-Spades}
Rast: {a-Clubs}{4-Clubs}

It was top pair for Medici and a flush draw for Rast. The turn and river bricked out and Rast would send around 650,000 of his chips to Medici.

Player Chips Progress
Giorgio Medici us
Giorgio Medici
1,600,000
825,000
825,000
Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
880,000
-830,000
-830,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings

Tags: Brian RastGiorgio Medici

Break It Up

Level 24 : 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante

The remaining players have been sent on a 20-minute break. In other news, the tournament staff have just colored off the 1,000-denomination chips.

Chip Counts at the Break

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Olisar us
Ryan Olisar
2,375,000
-275,000
-275,000
Amanda Musumeci us
Amanda Musumeci
2,275,000
-25,000
-25,000
Giorgio Medici us
Giorgio Medici
1,380,000
-220,000
-220,000
Benjamin Reinhart us
Benjamin Reinhart
1,325,000
-45,000
-45,000
Duy Ho us
Duy Ho
1,300,000
-450,000
-450,000
Dien Le us
Dien Le
1,260,000
-40,000
-40,000
Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
1,075,000
195,000
195,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
StakeKings
Ashkan Razavi ca
Ashkan Razavi
1,000,000
-160,000
-160,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Greg Mueller ca
Greg Mueller
785,000
-20,000
-20,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Stephen Reynolds us
Stephen Reynolds
750,000
-550,000
-550,000
Aviraham Lovton
Aviraham Lovton
705,000
155,000
155,000
Derrick Huang us
Derrick Huang
340,000
-260,000
-260,000
Andrew Rennhack us
Andrew Rennhack
240,000
-425,000
-425,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Level: 25

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 5,000

Andrew Rennhack Eliminated in 13th Place ($36,303); Giorgio Medici Eliminated in 12th Place ($46,413)

Ryan Olisar - The Four Million Dollar Man
Ryan Olisar - The Four Million Dollar Man

Ryan Olisar opened to 60,000 only to have short stacked Andrew Rennhack moved all in for about 240,000. Giorgio Medici peered down at his cards and announced that he was all in over the top for about 1,200,000. All eyes were on Olisar and he stunned the table by announcing a call.

Olisar: {A-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
Medici: {J-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}
Rennhack: {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

Olisar found a monster draw on the flop of {4-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} and got there with the {3-Diamonds} turn. The {4-Clubs} completed the board and Olisr was able to skyrocket above the field and send us two more eliminations closer to the final table.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Olisar us
Ryan Olisar
4,070,000
1,695,000
1,695,000
Andrew Rennhack us
Andrew Rennhack
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner
Giorgio Medici us
Giorgio Medici
Busted

Tags: Andrew RennhackGiorgio MediciRyan Olisar

Stephen Reynolds Eliminated in 11th Place ($46,413)

Stephen Reynolds was recently left with a pittance of his stack when he rumbled with Dien Le in a fairly big pot. He then managed to gain a few back, but has just been eliminated from this tournament as we are now down to our "unofficial" final table of ten.

The last hand of Reynold's night was a three-way all-in preflop. Benjamin Reinhart was the player who had Reynolds and Derrick Huang at risk.

Reynolds: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}
Reinhart: {a-Hearts}{k-Spades}
Huang: {6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}

Huang had the worst hand and the smallest stack at this stage, but he was still alive. Reynolds however was struggling and would need plenty of help to survive in this tournament.

The {8-Hearts}{4-Spades}{4-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{9-Clubs} board was a great one for Huang as the short stack doubled through, but it wasn't the same story for Reynolds as he exited the tournament in 11th place. And with that, just 10 players remain. We will have the seating draw for the unofficial final table up shortly.

Player Chips Progress
Stephen Reynolds us
Stephen Reynolds
Busted

Tags: Benjamin ReinhartDerrick HuangStephen Reynolds

Unofficial Final Table Draw

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
SeatPlayer
1Amanda Musumeci
2Aviraham Lovton
3Benjamin Reinhart
4Greg Mueller
5Ashkan Razavi
6Brian Rast
7Derrick Huang
8Ryan Olisar
9Duy Ho
10Dien Le