2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Tunica

Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Tunica

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
107
Prize
$204,795
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,675
Prize Pool
$999,000
Entries
666
Level Info
Level
35
Blinds
70,000 / 140,000
Ante
20,000

Main Event

Day 1b Completed

Clint Fawcett Leads 56 Runners To Advance From Day 1b

Level 17 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Ari Engel (2012 WSOP) Among Those Returning To Day 2
Ari Engel (2012 WSOP) Among Those Returning To Day 2

On Saturday, the final starting flight of the 2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Harrah's Tunica Main Event took place in the Harrah's Tunica Event Center. After 17 levels of play, the 394 players to register were whittled down to a mere 56. Leading the pack of those returning from the Day 1b flight is Clint Fawcett who will be bringing a stack of 397,500 into Day 2. Fawcett will ultimately be the second largest stack in the room when play resumes as Bryan Campanello from Day 1a will sport the biggest stack with 467,000.

Other top stacks from the second starting flight include Brian Nguyen (305,000), Carl Brewington (302,500), Steve Nussrallah (284,500), and Nathan Bjerno (278,500).

Brewington held the top chip spot for a majority of the day and only seemed to falter toward the end of the night. Brewington earned a majority of his stack in a hand that took place during the 1,000/2,000/300 level. Action folded around to the player on the button who made it 4,300 to go. Brewington flat called from the big blind and the dealer spread out a flop that read {7-Hearts}{A-Clubs}{9-Hearts}. Brewington checked his option and his opponent continued for 5,200. Brewington shocked his opponent by snap-announcing "All in" over the top. His opponent called and the hands were tabled.

Brewington: {9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}
Opponent: {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts}

Brewington was ahead with two pair but needed to dodge an ace, jack, or heart on the subsequent streets. He did exactly that as the {5-Diamonds} and the {K-Diamonds} fell, awarding him the pot. This pot boosted him to 310,000 at the time and he continued to crush as play wore on.

Other notable names to return to play on Day 2 include Chun Law (212,000), Nancy Todd (200,000), Josh Pender (170,000), Pedro Rios (126,000), and Ari Engel (114,000).

While those players were able to survive the day, others were not so fortunate. For many of the notable players this was their second and final chance to make the second day of play. Players like Bernard Lee, John Dolan, La Sengphet, AP Phahurat, Tripp Kirk, Seneca Easley, Chris Moneymaker, Mark "Pegasus" Smith, and last year's champion Kurt Jewell saw their shot at WSOP-C glory disappear when all of their chips vanished.

The 56 players to advance from Day 1b will mere with the 36 who survived Day 1a for a grand total of 93 returning Day 2 players. The field pays the top 72, so be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews as we travel through the money bubble and beyond!

Tags: Clint FawcettAri Engel

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Level 17 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Player Chips Progress
Clint Fawcett
Clint Fawcett
397,500 42,500
Brian Nguyen us
Brian Nguyen
305,000 305,000
Carl Brewington us
Carl Brewington
302,500 -137,500
Steve Nussrallah
Steve Nussrallah
284,500 284,500
Nathan Bjerno us
Nathan Bjerno
278,500 278,500
John Short us
John Short
276,500 86,500
Michael Benbrook us
Michael Benbrook
260,500 260,500
James Randolph
James Randolph
238,500 238,500
Chun Law us
Chun Law
212,000 2,000
Joe Gowder
Joe Gowder
209,000 209,000
Emmit Humphrey
Emmit Humphrey
205,000 205,000
David Lee us
David Lee
205,000 205,000
Nancy Todd
Nancy Todd
200,000 45,000
Brent Sherota
Brent Sherota
197,000 197,000
Norman McKeldin
Norman McKeldin
194,000 194,000
Josh Pender
Josh Pender
170,000 170,000
Kevin Ammerman
Kevin Ammerman
165,000 165,000
Chris Highers
Chris Highers
158,000 158,000
Kory Kilpatrick us
Kory Kilpatrick
156,500 156,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Corey Harrison us
Corey Harrison
152,500 152,500
WSOP 1X Winner
B.J. McBrayer
B.J. McBrayer
143,500 143,500
Brian Jordan us
Brian Jordan
140,500 140,500
Dan Blakeman us
Dan Blakeman
135,500 135,500
Jonathan Gaviao us
Jonathan Gaviao
130,500 130,500
James Barger
James Barger
129,000 129,000

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Three More

Level 17 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Tournament staff has announced three more hands before bagging and tagging for the night.

Lowenthal Loses Race to Bust

Level 17 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

After a series of raises before the flop, Eli Lowenthal got his entire stack in holding {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts} and was racing against an opponent's {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}.

The board came down {8-Diamonds}{A-Spades}{6-Hearts}{6-Spades}{4-Clubs} and Lowenthal was sent to the rail close to the end of the night here on Day 1b.

Player Chips Progress
Eli Lowenthal
Eli Lowenthal
Busted

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Fawcett Running Up His Stack

Level 16 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The flop read {K-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} and Clint Fawcett was heads up with an opponent. Fawcett check-called a bet of 9,000 to see a the {K-Clubs} drop down on the turn and pair the board.

Fawcett tapped the table once more his opponent shot out 13,000. Once again Fawcett opted to stick around. Fifth street brought the {4-Diamonds} and Fawcett checked for a third time. He called the 25,000 chip bet from his opponent and tabled {Q-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}. His queens and kings were the winning hand and he scooped up a pot that boosted his stack to around 355,000.

Player Chips Progress
Clint Fawcett
Clint Fawcett
355,000 65,000

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Brewington Doubles With Quads

Level 16 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

We missed the hand, but Carl Brewington was kind enough to recap the action for us. He opened with a raise holding {K-Diamonds}{K-} and was three-bet by the player in the small blind. Brewington four-bet all in and his opponent snapped him off with {A-Clubs}{A-Spades}.

Brewington flopped three diamonds, giving him flush outs, but he did not need them as the turn and river brought the two remaining kings to give him quads.

The next hand he called the all in of a short stacked player holding {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}. The short stack was ahead with queens and stayed that way through the {k-Clubs}{7-Spades}{5-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{6-Hearts} board and Brewington shipped 40,000 to his opponent. Still, after this series of hands, he's still sitting on about 440,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Carl Brewington us
Carl Brewington
440,000 130,000

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Level: 17

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

Race Off and Color Up

Level 16 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

Tournament staff is racing off and coloring up the black t100 chips. After this we will play one more level before bagging and tagging.

Gurney-Goldman Grabs It

Level 16 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The player in the cutoff popped it up to 5,600 and Steven Gurney-Goldman called from the next seat over on the button. The blinds got out of the way and the flop came {4-Clubs}{5-Spades}{K-Diamonds}. The cutoff continued with 6,500 and Gurney-Goldman flat called.

Fourth street was the {5-Clubs} and the cutoff slowed down with a check. Gurney-Goldman moved 9,100 into the center. His opponent heaved a sigh.

"Can you beat jacks?" he asked Gurney-Goldman.

Gurney-Goldman sat motionless and did not reply to the question. Roughly a minute passed before his opponent let go of his hand, awarding Gurney-Goldman the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Steven Gurney-Goldman us
Steven Gurney-Goldman
140,000 55,000

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