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Level 15
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
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2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Choctaw Durant
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Choctaw Durant
Buy-in
$1,675
Prize Pool
$1,710,000
Entries
1,140
Level
35
Blinds
70,000 / 140,000
Ante
20,000
Hansel Doubles Through Kirby
Terry Hansel got his short stack of 28,500 all in preflop holding 
and was well out in front of Matt Kirby's 
. Unfortunately for Kirby, who recently did an in-depth interview with PokerNews, he wouldn't get lucky as the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000 | -30,000 |
Ilich "Almost Folded"
Drazen Ilich and an opponent were heads up on a board of 
. Ilich's opponent led out for 16,500, and Ilich scrunched his face. He eventually reached for chips, and tossed out enough to make the call.
His opponent rolled over 
for effectively ace-high, and Ilich had to sit up to see that it was air. He then turned over 
for eights and fours, and raked in the pot.
"Nice bet," Ilich said after the hand. "S***, I almost folded."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000 | 115,000 |
"Choctaw" Wins a Race to Stay Alive
Action folded around to an unknown player on the button and he put in a raise. Hometown favorite Justin "Choctaw" Kruger then moved all in from the small blind for 31,100, and after the big blind folded, the original raiser made the call.
Kruger: 
Opponent: 
It was a flip, and the PokerNews Odds Calculator tells us that Kruger was actually favored slightly with a 50.30% chance of winning the hand. The 
flop hit Kruger and saw his chances of survival jump up to 91.21%, and the 
turn bumped it up even more to 95.45%.
Kruger just needed to dodge a seven on the river to keep his tournament hopes alive, and that's exactly what he did as the 
peeled off the deck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000 | 38,900 |
Keep Diggin, Watson
Andrew Watson has suddenly shot up the charts, and has over 200,000 chips. He almost had more, but he just had his pocket aces cracked by an opponent's .
Watson opened to 4,000 in middle position, a player three-bet jammed for 17,500 on his left, and Watson snap-called.
Watson: 
Opponent:
"You deserve one," Watson said, alluding the the fact that he's been running hot.
The flop was an interesting one: 
. It gave Watson a set of aces, but his opponent now had a flush draw. The on the turn was a brick, but the 
slammed on the river, doubling Watson's opponent.
Watson laughed the bad beat off and he has good reason to smile - he has around 205,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000 | 125,000 |
One Sick Stack
Kevin "1SickDisease" Eyster and an opponent were heads up on a board of 
. The player checked, and Eyster fired 38,000 into a pot of around 70,000. His opponent tanked for the better part of two minutes, then folded.
Eyster, who just won two gold jerseys in FTOPS XXI and has nearly $3 million in online tournament earnings, raked in the pot and now has around 220,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000 |
Missing in Action
Jonathan Hill is no longer occupying Seat 9 at Table 6, signifying that he has been eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Crouching Cody Hidden Chip Stack
When we reached Table 6, Cody Crouch had just doubled with 
against an unknown hand from an unknown opponent. The board was 
, and there were chips everywhere.
After the dealer cut down all of Crouch's stacks, he determined that the all-in bet was for 77,000. Crouch now has around 150,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000 |
Mader Sets Up Johnico
Felicia Johnico opened for 3600 from early position and received a call from Phil Mader in middle position. Bobby "Shooter" Hempkins then called from the big blind, and three players took a flop of .
Hempkins checked, Johnico bet 4,200, and only Mader called, bringing about a turn of 
. This time Johnico slowed down with a check, but then she sprung to life by check-raising all in after Mader bet 6,000. Mader quickly called off for 35,900 and tabled 
, which had Johnico's drawing dead. The meaningless was put out on the river for good measure, and Johnico watched a good portion of her chips sent to Mader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
75,000 | 11,000 |
|
|
30,000 | 2,000 |