Level: 20
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Tunica
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Tunica
Buy-in
$1,675
Prize Pool
$999,000
Entries
666
Level
35
Blinds
70,000 / 140,000
Ante
20,000
Break and Race Off
Level 19
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Tournament staff is now coloring up and racing off the purple t500 chips. After that players will be on a 15-minute break.
Massey Scores a KO
Level 19
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Action folded to Aaron Massey who popped it up to 12,000 from the button. The player in the big blind went into the tank and that's when Massey began talking. Although Massey admitted afterward that he was trying to talk him into folding, his opponent moved all in for not too much more.
Massey let out a sigh followed by a laugh, looked at the clock to make sure he did his math right, and then announced a call. Massey showed 
and was live against his opponent's 
.
The board came down 
and Massey's pair of queens ended up as the best hand. His opponent solemnly walked toward the payout desk while Massey stacked chips. He's now sitting around 265,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
265,000 | 95,000 |
Maletic Sends Pate Packing
Level 19
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
On a flop of 
, Mark Maletic led out with a bet of 18,500. Patricia Pate made it 37,000 to go only to have Maletic come back over the top with an all in bet. Pate thought for about thirty seconds before calling off her tournament life.
Maletic: 
Pate: 
The turn and river brought the 
and the 
, allowing Maletic's kings to hold and sending Pate packing. Maletic is now sitting on 360,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
360,000 | 220,000 |
|
Busted |
Engel Pushes Out Short
Level 19
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Ari Engel opened to 11,500 from the button and the small blind folded. John Short peered down at his cards from the big blind and cut out a three-bet to 30,000.
Action was back on Engel and he eventually opted to move out a four-bet, making it 55,500 to go.
"Is that the only way you can win?" asked Short.
Short ended up giving up his hand and awarding Engel the pot. Engel is now sitting on roughly 200,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
215,000 | -50,000 |
|
200,000 | 10,000 |
Bubble Has Burst! We're In The Money!
Level 19
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
The bubble has burst here on the first hand of hand for hand play. As tables around the room were being instructed to hold up after this hand, action was brewing at another table.
After a series of raises, Greg McCurry moved the rest of his stack in against Emmit Humphrey on a board that read 
. Humphrey called it off and showed 
for top pair. McCurry, however, was leading with 
for top-top.
The turn was the 
, keeping McCurry in the lead. The river, however, brought the 
, securing the highest two pair for Humphrey and allowing him to win the hand. A visibly upset McCurry quickly exited the tournament area while Humphrey stacked his new chips. He's now sitting on about 415,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
415,000 | 210,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Some Counts From the Floor
Level 19
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
475,000 | -15,000 |
|
300,000 | -21,000 |
|
290,000 | -12,500 |
|
275,000 | -20,000 |
|
|
265,000 | -11,500 |
|
255,000 | -33,000 |
|
240,000 | 52,500 |
|
225,000 | -3,500 |
|
220,000 | 108,500 |
|
|
190,000 | 190,000 |
|
|
190,000 | 72,000 |
|
180,000 | -4,500 |
|
|
170,000 | 66,000 |
|
165,000 | -47,000 |
|
|
155,000 | 73,500 |
|
|
140,000 | -54,000 |
|
|
140,000 | -9,000 |
|
85,000 | 85,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Maletic Doubles
Level 18
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
We missed the hand, but according to details from Mark Maletic's Twitter, he moved his short-stack all in before the flop holding 
. His opponent called with 
and the pocket nines were able to hold. Maletic is now sporting a stack of about 149,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
149,000 | 80,000 |
Cartwright Busts Wallace
Level 18
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Norman McKeldin opened to 8,500 from UTG+1. It folded around to Patricia Pate who called from the button. Kyle Cartwright flat called from the small blind and Chris Wallace in the big blind three-bet all in for about 51,000. McKeldin thought for a minute before calling and Pate mucked her cards.
Cartwright riffled chips for a moment before announcing that he was all in over the top. McKeldin shook his head and threw his hand into the middle. The cards were turned up.
Cartwright :
Wallace: 
Cartwright flopped a set on the flop and never relinquished his lead through the 
turn and the river. He's now sitting on right around 295,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
295,000 | 133,500 |
|
Busted |