2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit - Horseshoe Hammond

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2011-12 World Series of Poker Circuit - Horseshoe Hammond

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j3
Prize
$393,584
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,349,825
Entries
1,615
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Level: 20

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Jack on the River Sends Snitkin Home

David Snitkin stopped by our table to tell us his tale of elimination. According to him, an under-the-gun player shipped his stack with {J-}{J-} and action folded to Snitkin in the small blind. He peered down at {A-}{A-} and made the easy call. The two players were dead even in chips, meaning one would be eliminated while the other would jump up to the chip average.

Unfortunately for Snitkin, a jack on the river would put an end to his Main Event in 132nd place.

Player Chips Progress
David Snitkin
David Snitkin
Busted

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Dillon Moving Up

Level 20 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Bryan Dillon opened for 40,000 and the player in the small blind shoved for 140,000 more. Dylan called and the hands were tabled.

Dillon: {J-Spades} {J-Clubs}
Small Blind: {A-Hearts} {K-Hearts}

The board ran {9-Spades} {10-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} {4-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} and Dillon moved to within shouting distance of one million chips.

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Crain Gets It in Good and Loses

Action folded to Eric Crain in the cutoff and he put in a raise, which ended up being three-bet all in by the big blind, who had 120,000 total. Crain made the call and liked his position.

Showdown
Crain: {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}
Big Blind: {9-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}

While Crain was ahead preflop, the {8-Spades}{7-Clubs}{9-Spades} flop changed that. "I never win when I get it in good," Crain observed. Sure enough, the {3-Diamonds} turn and {K-Spades} river saw the pot shipped to his opponent. Crain is still healthy with 700K.

Player Chips Progress
Eric Crain us
Eric Crain
700,000

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Orr Eliminated

Earlier today we reported on Wisconsin poker player John Orr, who hit an early rush to vault toward the top of the chip counts. Unfortunately, Orr's heater came to an end and he fell card dead for about 3.5 hours. Before making his way to the payout desk, Orr told us he had shipped {10-}{10-} into pocket aces. He managed to hit a ten on flop, but his opponent also caught an ace.

Player Chips Progress
John Orr
John Orr
Busted

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Crain Eclipses the Million Chip Mark

Eric Crain
Eric Crain

Eric Crain raised to 18,000 from the hijack and was soon met with an all-in reraise to 130,000 by the player in the small blind. The big blind got out of the way and Crain made the call.

Showdown
Crain: {K-Spades}{K-Hearts}
Small Blind: {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts}

Crain was way ahead and looking to dodge a queen, which is exactly what he did as the board ran out {6-Hearts}{2-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{K-Clubs}. With that, Crain is over a million in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Eric Crain us
Eric Crain
1,250,000
550,000
550,000

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