2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Resort Atlantic City

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's Resort Atlantic City

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
94
Prize
$194,040
Event Info
Prize Pool
$924,000
Entries
616
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Brian Nguyen Eliminated in 23rd Place ($6,902)

Brian Nguyen battled for a few hands with his short stack, but has finally fallen in 23rd place.

After going all in and chopping one hand, Nguyen then found himself all in again against Pete Rios, with Nguyen holding {7-Hearts}{4-Hearts} and Rios {K-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}. The board came {J-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{8-Spades}{5-Hearts}, and Nguyen survived with fours and fives.

That brought Nguyen up to 133,000, but soon Rios was raising to 33,000 from the hijack seat, Nguyen was reraising all in from the cutoff, and Rios called.

Rios held {A-Spades}{3-Hearts} this time while Nguyen had {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}. The flop came {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} to put Rios in front. The turn was the {8-Spades} and river the {9-Clubs}, thereby ending Nguyen's WSOP Circuit Harrah's Resort Atlantic City run.

Player Chips Progress
Pete Rios
Pete Rios
840,000 -21,000

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Michael Pariso Eliminated in 22nd Place ($6,902)

Michael Pariso and Sung Kim had built a pot of about 130,000 between them by the time the flop had arrived {4-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{6-Clubs}, at which point a series of raises back and forth ultimately saw Pariso all in for about 380,000.

Pariso had {7-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} and hopes for a straight, but Kim's {6-Spades}{4-Spades} meant he'd already made a full house, thus leaving Pariso all but drawing dead. The {10-Diamonds} fell on the turn, which did make the river {J-Diamonds} no matter, and Pariso was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
Sung Kim us
Sung Kim
960,000 629,000

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Level: 25

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

Overton Doubles Through Kim

The table folded around to Aaron Overton on the button who checked his cards, then pushed all in for 302,000. Sung Kim called the raise from the small blind, the big blind folded, and the players tabled their hands.

Overton: {K-Clubs}{J-Spades}
Kim: {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}

Overton needed help to survive, and the flop brought some by coming {3-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{5-Diamonds} to pair Overton's jack. The turn was the {6-Clubs} and river the {10-Diamonds}, and Overton doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Sung Kim us
Sung Kim
684,000 -276,000
Aaron Overton us
Aaron Overton
632,000 242,000

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Jeffrey Einsidler Eliminated in 21st Place ($8,150)

When folded to Jeffrey Einsidler raised to 41,000 from the button, then Cathy Dever reraised all in from the small blind. The big blind folded, and Einsidler tanked for some time before finally calling all in for 259,000 total.

Einsidler held {A-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} and was looking for hearts, a queen, or some other combination of favorable community cards to help him overcome Dever's {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}. But the board came {A-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{J-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{9-Spades}, and Einsidler hits the rail.

Just 20 players remain.

Player Chips Progress
Cathy Dever us
Cathy Dever
790,000 250,000

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Bluffs Abound

A couple of interesting hands just occurred in which players bluffed, were successful, and subsequently showed.

In one, Cathy Dever opened for 37,000 from middle position, Feming Chan called from the cutoff, then Aaron Overton reraised to 102,000 from the small blind. Dever got out of the way, but Chan stuck around.

The flop came {6-Clubs}{K-Spades}{2-Hearts}, and Overton led for 100,000. Chan made it 222,000 to go, and Overton responded by shoving all in, thereby forcing a fold from Chan.

Overton then showed his hand… {10-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}. "Let's go!" said Overton.

In the other hand, Jack Thomas started things with a raise to 45,000 from under the gun and got a single caller in Pete Rios playing from the hijack seat. The flop came {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{6-Clubs} and both players checked. The turn brought the {5-Diamonds} and another check from Thomas, and Rios responded with a bet of 55,000. Thomas then check-raised to 200,000, and Rios called.

The river was the {6-Spades}. Thomas led with a bet of 200,000 this time, and Rios came back with an all-in reraise, which caused Thomas to fold.

Rios then showed his hand… {4-Hearts}{4-Spades}! He'd been counterfeited on the end and had pushed with his four kicker.

Player Chips Progress
Pete Rios
Pete Rios
1,180,000 340,000
Aaron Overton us
Aaron Overton
1,045,000 413,000
Jack Thomas us
Jack Thomas
460,000 -533,000
Feming Chan
Feming Chan
455,000 -515,000

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William Galler Eliminated in 20th Place ($8,150)

William Galler has fallen in 20th, his end coming via two hands in quick succession.

In the first, Patricia Cahill — one of two remaining women in the field (along with Cathy Dever) — open-raised all in for 171,000 from under the gun, and Galler called the raise from the big blind. Cahill had {Q-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} and Galler {A-Hearts}{K-Clubs}, and when the board came {3-Clubs}{2-Spades}{3-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{10-Diamonds}, Cahill's queens were best and Galler was down to just 40,000.

All in soon thereafter with {J-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} against Ed Modlin's {Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}, queens again proved Galler's undoing as the board ran out {K-Clubs}{7-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}{5-Hearts}.

Player Chips Progress
Ed Modlin
Ed Modlin
490,000 251,000
Patricia Cahill us
Patricia Cahill
364,000 238,000

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Travell Thomas Eliminated in 19th Place ($8,150)

Travell Thomas's Main Event run has ended in 19th, as has a remarkable comeback that saw him begin Day 2 with just 13,300 chips, then survive all of the way to the final three tables and very nearly the chip lead.

The last hand for Thomas began with Adam Teasdale opening for 35,000 from the cutoff seat, Thomas reraising to 100,000 from the small blind, Teasdale four-betting to 280,000, Thomas shoving for 863,000 total, and Teasdale calling to leave himself just a little behind.

Teasdale: {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}
Thomas: {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts}

It was the biggest pot of the tournament thus far, and after the {J-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{5-Diamonds} flop Thomas was still ahead and primed to take over the chip lead. But the {Q-Clubs} fell on the turn to give Teasdale a Broadway straight, and after the {10-Diamonds} river Thomas was out.

The final 18 players are now redrawing for seats around the last two tables. We'll get you their new seating arrangement shortly.

Player Chips Progress
Adam Teasdale us
Adam Teasdale
1,800,000 850,000

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Seating Assignments for the Final Two Tables

Level 25 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Just 18 players remain. We'll have full chip counts for everyone at the next break.

TableSeatPlayer
621Terry Grimes
622Douglas MacKinnon
623Sung Kim
624Brandon Fish
625Wade Woelful
626Gregory Fishberg
627Trevor Deeter
628Ed Modlin
629Mark Warren
   
641Aaron Overton
642Pete Rios
643Cathy Dever
644Barry Leventhal
645Feming Chan
646Patricia Cahill
647Adam Teasdale
648Jack Thomas
649Jeffrey Wicker