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

Massey Can't Beat Kings

Aaron Massey and two opponents saw a flop of {7-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{2-Clubs}. The action checked to Massey, who tossed out 6,200, and one player in the small blind called. The turn was the {10-Hearts}, the player in the small blind checked, and Massey fired 7,500. The player tanked for quite some time, then check-raised to 17,000. Massey quickly called.

"I check," the player announced before the {7-Spades} completed the board.

Massey tanked for a bit, then checked behind. The player showed {k-Spades}{k-Diamonds} for kings and sevens, and Massey mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
80,000
-40,000
-40,000

Tags: Aaron Massey

Level: 7

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Blinds 250/500
Ante 50

Corcione Gives Up

Robert Corcione and two opponents saw a flop of {a-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}. A player in the blinds checked, a second player bet 1,500, and only Corcione called.

The turn was the {j-Clubs}, the player checked, and Corcione fired 2,500. The player called.

The {4-Spades} completed the board, and the player checked again. Corcione tanked for a bit, then announced, "I give up."

He checked, the player tabled {a-Hearts}{10-Clubs}, and Corcione mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Corcione
Robert Corcione
51,000
-9,000
-9,000

Tags: Robert Corcione

Chip Counts From Around the Room

Player Chips Progress
Michael Shail
Michael Shail
183,000
16,000
16,000
Matt Affleck us
Matt Affleck
120,000
-20,000
-20,000
Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
77,000
-3,000
-3,000
Mike Matusow us
Mike Matusow
72,000
6,000
6,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 4X Winner
Nesrine Kourdourli
Nesrine Kourdourli
70,000
Greg Ostrander us
Greg Ostrander
55,000
-10,000
-10,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Mike Dentale us
Mike Dentale
40,000
40,000
40,000
Tim Reilly
Tim Reilly
39,000
39,000
39,000
Luke Vrabel us
Luke Vrabel
35,000
David Paredes us
David Paredes
34,000
5,000
5,000
WPT 1X Winner
Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
33,000
-7,000
-7,000
$25K Fantasy
Justin Schwartz us
Justin Schwartz
29,000
-1,000
-1,000
Chip Jett us
Chip Jett
25,000
-5,000
-5,000
Tristan Wade us
Tristan Wade
18,500
-3,000
-3,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Matt Matros us
Matt Matros
17,800
-9,500
-9,500
WSOP 3X Winner

More Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
David Stefanski us
David Stefanski
150,000
5,000
5,000
Kurt Jewell us
Kurt Jewell
115,000
-15,000
-15,000
Ashton Griffin us
Ashton Griffin
102,000
14,000
14,000
James Campbell us
James Campbell
98,000
3,000
3,000
Matt Kuba
Matt Kuba
67,000
-25,000
-25,000
Jared Jaffee us
Jared Jaffee
65,000
26,000
26,000
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
Alex Queen us
Alex Queen
54,000
10,000
10,000
Scott Baumstein us
Scott Baumstein
46,000
9,000
9,000
Vinny Pahuja us
Vinny Pahuja
39,000
8,000
8,000
Darrel Dier
Darrel Dier
31,000
-6,000
-6,000
Dave Inselberg
Dave Inselberg
27,000
-9,000
-9,000
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
Busted
Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
Busted
$25K Fantasy

Matros Moves All In

The action folded to a player on the button, and he opened to 1,025. Matt Matros three-bet to 2,700 from the small blind, and the player called.

The dealer fanned {3-Spades}{10-Spades}{q-Clubs}, Matros led for 3,000, and his opponent quickly called. The turn was the {a-Clubs}, and Matros moved all in for 12,000. His opponent tanked for the better part of two minutes, but finally folded.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Matros us
Matt Matros
24,000
6,200
6,200
WSOP 3X Winner

Tags: Matt Matros

Glantz Trips Up Corcione

Three players saw a flop of {9-Spades}{j-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}, including Matt Glantz and Robert Corcione. The action checked to Glantz who fired 1,500, and only Corcione called.

The turn was the {2-Diamonds}, both players checked, and the {j-Spades} completed the river. Corcione led out for 4,000, and Glantz tanked for a bit before calling.

Corcione tabled {10-Clubs}{7-Hearts} for a busted straight draw, and after examining the board for a few seconds to make sure Corcione didn't make a straight, Glantz showed {j-Clubs}{8-Clubs} for trip eights.

Player Chips Progress
Robert Corcione
Robert Corcione
46,000
-5,000
-5,000
Matt Glantz us
Matt Glantz
37,000
4,000
4,000
$25K Fantasy

Tags: Matt GlantzRobert Corcione