2012 Sands Bethlehem DeepStack Extravaganza

$500,000 Guaranteed Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2012 Sands Bethlehem DeepStack Extravaganza

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
74
Prize
$135,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Entries
188
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
12,000 / 24,000
Ante
3,000

Coury Mascagni Eliminated in 4th Place ($37,500)

Coury Mascagni - 4th place
Coury Mascagni - 4th place

Coury Mascagni raised to 40,000 from the button, then Edward Pham three-bet to 105,000 from the big blind. Mascagni responded by shoving all in for approximately 830,000, and Pham was quick with the call.

Mascagni: {7-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}
Pham: {A-Hearts}{A-Clubs}

Mascagni needed help, but the flop came {Q-Clubs}{A-Spades}{K-Spades} to improve Pham further to a set, and the {8-Diamonds} turn made the {8-Clubs} river no matter.

"How many times have you had aces?" asked Chris Klodnicki afterwards. "And won with them?" he added.

Indeed, we've seen Pham knock out another opponent with pocket aces already (Joseph Tracy in sixth), and double through Micah Raskin earlier with aces, too.

Player Chips Progress
Edward Pham us
Edward Pham
2,900,000 900,000
Coury Mascagni us
Coury Mascagni
Busted

Tags: Coury MascagniEdward Pham

Klodnicki Over Mascagni

With the board showing a highly coordinated {7-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{6-Spades} and a medium-sized pot already developed, Chris Klodnicki pushed out a bet of 50,000 and his lone opponent, Coury Mascagni, made the call. The river then brought the {3-Clubs} to put a straight on the board, and Klodnicki again bet, this time 125,000. Once more Mascagni called.

Klodnicki showed {8-Spades}{5-Hearts} for an eight-high straight, and Mascagni mucked.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
WSOP 2X Winner
1,580,000 241,000
Coury Mascagni us
Coury Mascagni
910,000 -225,000

Tags: Chris KlodnickiCorey Mascagni

William Tonking Eliminated in 5th Place ($28,000)

William Tonking - 5th place
William Tonking - 5th place

On the very first hand of Level 23, Richard Allen opened for 50,000 from the button, then Coury Mascagni folded his small blind. William Tonking then checked his cards, and without much hesitation declared he was all in for his last 450,000 or so, and Allen didn't wait long to make the call.

Tonking: {6-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}
Allen: {A-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}

The flop came {K-Spades}{10-Spades}{A-Hearts}, and Tonking was looking for one of the two remaining sixes to save him. But the turn was the {9-Spades} and river the {2-Clubs}, and suddenly they are down to four.

Player Chips Progress
Richard Allen
Richard Allen
1,200,000 475,000
William Tonking us
William Tonking
Busted

Tags: Richard AllenWilliam Tonking

Level: 23

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

Take 15, Fellas

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

The final five have made it to the end of Level 22 and are off taking another 15-minute break. We'll update those counts shortly.

Klodnicki vs. Tonking

The pace has definitely slowed here during the latter part of Level 22, although there was some action just now in a hand pitting William Tonking against Chris Klodnicki.

In that one Tonking opened to 32,000 from the cutoff and Klodnicki called from the button. The dealer spread the flop {7-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}, and when Tonking continued for 40,000, Klodnicki stuck around. The turn was the {9-Diamonds}, and this time both players checked.

The river brought the {3-Diamonds} and another check from Tonking. Klodnicki took the opening to bet 75,000, and Tonking thought a short while before folding.

Player Chips Progress
Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
WSOP 2X Winner
1,290,000 140,000
William Tonking us
William Tonking
430,000 -135,000

Tags: Chris KlodnickiWilliam Tonking

Tonking Takes a Couple

It folded to William Tonking on the button and he min-raised to 32,000, then watched Edward Pham reraise to 81,000 from the big blind. Tonking looked across the table, then announced he was reraising all in, and Pham folded.

Not long after that hand, Pham was raising to 35,000 from the cutoff, and Coury Mascagni called from the small blind. Tonking then reraised to 120,000 from the big blind, getting both Pham and Mascagni to fold.

Player Chips Progress
Edward Pham us
Edward Pham
1,600,000 -100,000
Coury Mascagni us
Coury Mascagni
1,165,000 -91,000
William Tonking us
William Tonking
565,000 165,000

Tags: Edward PhamWilliam TonkingCoury Mascagni

Pham Earns a Fold, Grabs Lead

Edward Pham
Edward Pham

William Tonking opened for 32,000 from the cutoff and picked up three callers in Chris Klodnicki (button), Edward Pham (small blind), and Richard Allen (big blind).

The quartet saw the flop come {A-Hearts}{7-Spades}{2-Spades}, and it checked to Tonking who bet 69,000. Klodnicki raised to 150,000, and Edward Pham called the raise from a seat over before both Allen and Tonking folded.

The turn brought the {6-Spades} and a leading bet of 200,000 from Pham. Klodnicki considered for nearly a minute before finally raising his eyebrows and shrugging slightly as he folded his hand.

Pham has now grabbed the chip lead from Klodnicki with about half an hour left in Level 22.

Player Chips Progress
Edward Pham us
Edward Pham
1,700,000 200,000
Chris Klodnicki us
Chris Klodnicki
WSOP 2X Winner
1,150,000 -420,000
Richard Allen
Richard Allen
800,000 -21,000
William Tonking us
William Tonking
400,000 -135,000

Tags: Chris KlodnickiEdward PhamJoseph Tracy

Joseph Tracy Eliminated in 6th Place ($23,000)

Joseph Tracy - 6th place
Joseph Tracy - 6th place

Chris Klodnicki began the hand with a minimum-raise to 32,000 from under the gun, then Edward Pham made it 77,000 from middle position. It folded back around to Joseph Tracy in the big blind and after a pause to consider the situation Tracy four-bet to 171,000. Klodnicki looked things over himself for a short while before folding, then Pham took about a half-minute before calling.

The flop brought three big cards — {Q-Diamonds}{A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} — and Tracy responded by pushing all in for about 430,000. Pham didn't take too long before calling, and Tracy flipped over {K-Spades}{6-Hearts} for a pair of kings. Meanwhile Pham tabled {A-Diamonds}{A-Spades} for a set of aces, and after the {6-Clubs} turn and {8-Hearts} river, Tracy was on the rail.

Pham is still organizing his chips, but he appears to have around 1.5 million or so, a stack challenging Klodnicki's for the lead with five players remaining.

Player Chips Progress
Edward Pham us
Edward Pham
1,500,000 480,000
Joseph Tracy
Joseph Tracy
Busted

Tags: Chris KlodnickiEdward PhamJoseph Tracy