2012 DeepStacks Poker Tour Mohegan Sun National Championship

Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info

2012 DeepStacks Poker Tour Mohegan Sun National Championship

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a8
Prize
$108,864
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,300
Prize Pool
$559,981
Entries
251
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Main Event

Day 1 Completed

End of Day Counts

Player Chips Progress
David Stefanski us
David Stefanski
348,100
Michael Guadano
Michael Guadano
192,000
Artyem Perlov us
Artyem Perlov
186,000
Frank Conte
Frank Conte
181,600
Michael Shail
Michael Shail
166,100
Art Pappas
Art Pappas
165,400
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
WSOP 3X Winner
162,600
Benny Bianco
Benny Bianco
161,000
William Leppert
William Leppert
159,300
Peter Jankowski
Peter Jankowski
158,900
Jared Jaffee us
Jared Jaffee
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
157,000
Marc Beaulieu
Marc Beaulieu
151,800
Greg Ostrander us
Greg Ostrander
WSOP 1X Winner
147,700 27,700
Matt Kuba
Matt Kuba
145,000
Jimmy Soleiti
Jimmy Soleiti
144,000
Jason Strasser us
Jason Strasser
140,600
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
WSOP 4X Winner
140,200
Joe Matos
Joe Matos
133,700
David Paredes us
David Paredes
WPT 1X Winner
133,700
Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
133,300
Justin Schwartz us
Justin Schwartz
129,000 31,000
Jonathan Drane
Jonathan Drane
128,000
Ian Searing
Ian Searing
122,500
Justin Pechie us
Justin Pechie
WSOP 2X Winner
120,800
Haralambos Saridis
Haralambos Saridis
118,800

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Day 2 Table Draw

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
TableSeatNameChips
11--empty-- 
12--empty-- 
13Gerard Kane70,200
14Sazan Lusha25,400
15Larry Samet70,500
16Michael Guadano192,000
17Ashton Griffin92,300
18Derek ChinDNR
19Sharon Levin58,000
    
21Steven Brackesy20,300
22Kurt Jewell78,700
23Daniel Pabon59,300
24--empty-- 
25Ian Searing122,500
26--empty-- 
27Stephen Reynolds97,200
28Adam Bitker93,900
29Marc Mercier65,800
    
31Matt Glantz83,300
32Ted Safranko66,600
33--empty-- 
34Bryan Leskowitz100,500
35Ken Frey22,200
36Nicholas Palma45,800
37Besnik Ziba71,200
38Matt Affleck133,300
39Juan Catala24,400
    
41Ken Silberstein34,100
42Michael Young100,300
43Albert Shenker30,300
44Pat White40,000
45Justin Pechie120,800
46David Paredes133,700
47Aaron MasseyDNR
48--empty-- 
49Alan Claridge107,700
    
51Darrel Dier39,900
52Vanessa Selbst162,600
53Greg Ostrander147,700
54Alexander Queen46,700
55Floyd Overton59,700
56--empty-- 
57Jean Elie Joseph66,600
58--empty-- 
59Kyle Frey34,000
    
61Haralambos Saridis118,800
62Vincent Maglio106,400
63Luke Vrabel40,100
64Denis Guidash104,500
65Jonathan Drane128,000
66Peter Gilmore58,200
67Jared Jaffee157,000
68--empty-- 
69Brent Johnson97,800
    
71Chris Dziadosz35,400
72Peter Campo114,600
73Ryan Joyce66,100
74David Stevens55,500
75Andy Stone86,800
76--empty-- 
77--empty-- 
78Ross Santos63,200
79Robert Corcione113,600
    
81Art Pappas165,400
82Mike Matusow140,200
83--empty-- 
84--empty-- 
85Yasin Ahmady68,200
86Artyem Perlov186,000
87Phil Percoco35,700
88Ben Nakhoul62,300
89Bart Guthrie43,400
    
91Michael Shail166,100
92Jimmy Soleiti144,000
93Theodoros Adalis29,700
94Jason O'Dell45,900
95Chip Jett56,600
96Nicolas Macahalani38,400
97--empty-- 
98--empty-- 
99Joe Matos133,700
    
101Peter Jankowski158,900
102Frank Conte181,600
103David Espinola114,900
104--empty-- 
105--empty-- 
106Wee Yee Tan54,300
107Maurice Paradis49,400
108John Roderiques74,400
109Vitaly Kovyazin100,600
    
111Ted Spencer42,500
112Allen Kessler38,200
113--empty-- 
114Rich Hench21,400
115Peter Halperin67,500
116Ernie Hou35,400
117Michael Dentale20,000
118Ken Hoey59,100
119Jeremy Costa48,800
    
121Fabio D'Agata77,300
122William Leppert159,300
123Russ Morazzini25,500
124Stephen McGuire104,900
125Matthew Bravliev51,100
126Robert Allain70,300
127--empty-- 
128Steve "Dakota" Happas82,100
129David Stefanski348,100
    
131Joe Sweeney108,750
132Jason Strasser140,600
133William Klevitz114,300
134Marc Beaulieu151,800
135Steven Kreinik30,000
136Robert Holtz37,600
137L. J. Sande49,600
138--empty-- 
139Daniel Spinelli52,100
    
141James Campbell73,000
142Jimmy Nunez33,300
143Richard Zisk68,200
144Jeff Blake86,400
145--empty-- 
146Andrew Sherman-Ash97,000
147Patrick Chan109,400
148Andrew Devito69,100
149  
    
151--empty-- 
152Tom Cope49,100
153Benny Bianco161,000
154Lori Bandelloni28,100
155Tristan Wade25,800
156Cory Nolan60,400
157Avdo Djokovic105,500
158Scott Davies48,100
159Michael Lavoie61,400
    
161Charles Saleba64,600
162Matthew Kuba145,000
163Chris Schonbach25,800
164Ron Gariepy69,700
165Justin Schwartz129,000
166--empty-- 
167Sherwin Agard80,000
168Scott Baumstein67,300
169Jeffrey Einsidler55,400

David Stefanski Dominates Day 1

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
David Stefanski
David Stefanski

Day 1 of the 2012 DeepStacks Poker Tour Mohegan Sun National Championship is in the books. After 10 one-hour levels, roughly 120 players remain from the 242 entrants that registered throughout the day. On top of the counts is David Stefanski, who bagged 348,100 chips. That looks to be a good 150,000 chips clear of his nearest competitor. Stefanski quietly amassed a big stack before winning a gigantic pot against fellow big stack Nesrine Kourdourli during Level 10.

DeepStacks Pro was well represented in the field today as Mike Matusow (140,200), Chip Jett (56,600), Darrel Dier (39,900), and Tristan Wade (25,800) all made it through on their first buy-in. Arguably the biggest DeepStacks name, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, went 0-for-3 today but with the option to re-enter until the beginning of Day 2, we expect Mizrachi back on the felt tomorrow.

Other notables who will be back in action on Sunday include Vanessa Selbst (162,600), Jared Jaffee (157,000), David Paredes (133,700), Matt Affleck (133,300), Aaron Massey (100,300), Ashton Griffin (92,300), Matt Glantz (83,300), Kurt Jewell (78,700), and Scott Baumstein (67,300).

Among those who busted on Day 1 and opted not to re-enter were Amnon Filippi, Daryl Jace, Victor Ramdin, Brian Lamanna, and Dave Inselberg.

Day 2 will begin at noon local time tomorrow, so be sure to keep it here at PokerNews for all of the exciting action. Until then, good night from Connecticut!

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End of Day Counts

Player Chips Progress
David Stefanski us
David Stefanski
348,100 18,100
Artyem Perlov us
Artyem Perlov
186,000 2,000
Michael Shail
Michael Shail
166,100 -900
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
WSOP 3X Winner
162,600 15,600
Benny Bianco
Benny Bianco
161,000
Peter Jankowski
Peter Jankowski
158,900
Jared Jaffee us
Jared Jaffee
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
157,000 3,000
Matt Kuba
Matt Kuba
145,000 78,000
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
WSOP 4X Winner
140,200 70,200
David Paredes us
David Paredes
WPT 1X Winner
133,700 26,700
Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
133,300 8,300
Justin Pechie us
Justin Pechie
WSOP 2X Winner
120,800
Denis Gnidash us
Denis Gnidash
105,000 10,000
Bryan Leskowitz us
Bryan Leskowitz
100,500 500
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
100,300 25,300
Ashton Griffin us
Ashton Griffin
92,300 -2,700
Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
83,300 5,300
Kurt Jewell us
Kurt Jewell
78,700 44,700
Scott Baumstein us
Scott Baumstein
67,300 -2,700
Chip Jett us
Chip Jett
56,600 24,600
Luke Vrabel us
Luke Vrabel
40,100 -7,900
Darrel Dier
Darrel Dier
39,900 -10,100
Tristan Wade us
Tristan Wade
WSOP 1X Winner
25,800 12,800

A Set for Leskowitz

James Campbell and Bryan Leskowitz were heads up on a board of {9-Spades}{2-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{k-Spades}. Campbell checked, and Leskowitz tossed out 12,600. Campbell tanked for the better part of 90 seconds, then flashed {a-}{j-} before folding.

"All I do is flop sets," Leskowitz said, grinning.

He showed two nines, and raked in the pot.

Player Chips Progress
James Campbell us
James Campbell
106,000 -9,000
Bryan Leskowitz us
Bryan Leskowitz
100,000 32,000

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Stefanski Wins Massive Pot; Busts Kourdourli

David Stefanski before the big pot
David Stefanski before the big pot

As we were watching the action at another table, Nesrine Kourdourli came over to a friend. "I'm out," she said.

"Really??" he replied.

Having counted her at about 165,000 not long ago, somebody at her table was going to have a good amount of chips. David Stefanski, who had a healthy stack of about 150,000 last time we counted him, now had about 330,000 in front of him and was kind enough to give us the details.

After a player in early position opened to 2,200, Stefanski called in the cutoff. Kourdourli called from the button, Mike Dentale called from the big blind, and the flop came down {K-}{6-}{2-} with two clubs. Dentale checked to the original raiser who bet 3,800. Both Stefanski and Kourdourli called, Dentale folded, and the {Q-Spades} hit the turn, putting two spades on the board as well.

The original raiser checked, Stefanski bet 10,500, but Kourdourli raised to 24,000. The original raiser ducked out of the way and Stefanski near clicked it back to 38,000. A call from Kourdourli landed the {A-Spades} on the river where Stefanski bet about 28,000, leading to a Kourdourli shove for roughly 115,000.

Stefanski called with {6-}{6-} for a set, besting Kourdourli's hand to win the massive pot.

Player Chips Progress
David Stefanski us
David Stefanski
330,000 178,000
Nesrine Kourdourli
Nesrine Kourdourli
Busted

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"I Missed"

Mike Matusow takes one down
Mike Matusow takes one down

Three players, including DeepStacks Pro Mike Matusow, saw a flop of {8-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{q-Spades}. The trio checked, and the turn brought another queen - the {q-Clubs}. Matusow led out for 4,200, and only one player called.

The turn was the {7-Spades}, Matusow checked, and the player behind him checked as well.

"I missed, Mike," he announced, tabling {k-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}.

"Wow," Matusow said, tabling {5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}. "That's a f***ing lot to miss."

Matusow raked in the pot, and is now up to around 70,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
WSOP 4X Winner
70,000 38,000

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