2012 Sands Bethlehem DeepStack Extravaganza
Players are back in their seats and Level 13 is underway. There are 46 players left gathered around six tables at the moment.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Another selection of photos from Day 2.
Players have made it through two 75-minute levels and are now enjoying the first 15-minute break of the day.
A big hand just occurred over at Table 38 involving Joseph Tracy and Anthony Messina. We arrived on the turn to see a board of ![]()
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and Tracy having made a substantial bet. Messina, who began the hand with more than 100,000, responded by shoving all in, and Tracy called right away.
Messina had ![]()
for a five-high straight, but Messina had him beat with ![]()
for a six-high straight. The river was the
, and Messina was eliminated.
Tracy is still stacking his chips, but it appears that hand catapults him up into the top five.
"I would appreciate a fold," said Ryan Riess with a grin. "Or you can call... it's up to you."
His words were directed toward John Chapman, who was contemplating those two options across the table. The board read ![]()
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. With about 55,000 in the middle, Riess was all in for about 30,000 and Chapman — who didn't have a lot more than that — was trying to decide was to do.
Finally Chapman called, and Riess showed his ![]()
for two pair. Chapman had ![]()
for both a flush draw and an open-ended straight draw, and Riess immediately acknowledged that the call was worth making. The river then brought the
to complete a straight for Chapman, and Riess shook Chapman's hand before departing.