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

Main Event
Day: 2
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

Jablonski Bounced

Stan Jablonski has been in eliminated in 32nd place, good enough for a $4,509 payday.

Jablonski had become short-stacked a little earlier in a hand that saw him up against an opponent holding {A-Hearts}{9-Hearts} versus Jablonski's {A-}{A-}. The board brought three hearts and a flush to his opponent, sending Jablonski down around 80,000.

He'd fight back, though, and was back up around 230,000 when a hand developed in which he opened for 25,000 from middle position, then Douglas MacKinnon reraised to 60,000 from the button. The action back on Jablonski, he shoved all in and MacKinnon quickly called.

Jablonski had {A-Hearts}{K-Hearts} and was racing versus MacKinnon's {J-Spades}{J-Hearts}. The board then came {3-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}, and MacKinnon's jacks remained best.

Player Chips Progress
Douglas MacKinnon us
Douglas MacKinnon
580,000 270,000
Stan Jablonski us
Stan Jablonski
Busted

Tags: Douglas MacKinnonStan Jablonski

Will's Power

It folded around to Ryan Moriarity in the small blind, who took a look at his neighbor Will Failla's short stack and then set out a stack of gray chips for a raise, enough to put Failla all in. Failla sat back.

"Ahhh... I know you have like king-three or something," he said. Finally after about a half-minute, Failla called the raise, putting himself all in for 72,000 total.

Failla turned over {J-Spades}{10-Clubs}, and Moriarty tabled his hand... {K-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}!

"I was pretty close," cracked Failla.

The flop came {A-Spades}{2-Diamonds}{9-Spades}, then the turn brought the {J-Clubs} as if to reward Failla for his read. The river was the {7-Spades}, and Failla doubled to survive.

"Hey, at least I didn't snap call," Failla said afterwards as he was stacking his chips. "It was... sprinkly."

The table laughed in response. "You better spell that for the blog," suggested someone, and Failla obliged with a unique and wholly inaccurate spelling.

"Oh, and can you say I had jack-queen?" he added with a grin.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Moriarty us
Ryan Moriarty
345,000 -145,000
Will Failla us
Will Failla
WPT 1X Winner
150,000 80,000

Tags: Ryan MoriartyWill Failla

A Few Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Jack Thomas us
Jack Thomas
730,000 20,000
Michael Pariso
Michael Pariso
670,000 110,000
Wade Woelfel
Wade Woelfel
655,000 -105,000
Adam Teasdale us
Adam Teasdale
650,000 85,000
Brian Nguyen us
Brian Nguyen
510,000 115,000
Ryan Moriarty us
Ryan Moriarty
490,000 30,000
Gino Levrini us
Gino Levrini
470,000 -130,000
Travell Thomas
Travell Thomas
420,000 95,000
Terry Grimes us
Terry Grimes
380,000 80,000
Paul Mullins
Paul Mullins
350,000 40,000
Scott Baumstein us
Scott Baumstein
320,000 -110,000
Douglas MacKinnon us
Douglas MacKinnon
310,000 -15,000
Cathy Dever us
Cathy Dever
235,000 -5,000
Will Failla us
Will Failla
WPT 1X Winner
70,000 5,000

Kerstetter Falls to Fish

Brandon Fish opened to 23,000 from early position and Jamie Kerstetter three-bet jammed for about 120,000 from the cutoff. Action folded back to Fish who called with {A-Hearts}{K-Spades}, racing with Kerstetter's {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades}.

The board rolled out {6-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}{3-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} as Fish paired his king on the river to send Kerstetter to the rail in 34th place.

Player Chips Progress
Brandon Fish us
Brandon Fish
895,000 125,000
Jamie Kerstetter us
Jamie Kerstetter
Busted

Tags: Brandon FishJamie Kerstetter

Level: 22

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

37th-45th Place

Level 21 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

The following players each earned $3,604:

37th: Joshua Pender
38th: Sumit Kumar
39th: Bradford Albrinck
40th: Zachary Hall
41st: Kirk Shelmerdine
42nd: Archie Page
43rd: Benjamin Grise
44th: Roman Valerstein
45th: Kevin Olsta

Pender Out

Joshua Pender was just eliminated in 37th place, making him the last player to cash for $3,604.

Pender was all in on his final hand with {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds} against the {A-Clubs}{A-Spades} of Travell Thomas. The flop came {8-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds}, giving Thomas a set and reducing Pender's chances to less than slim.

But the {2-Diamonds} fell on the river. "It's not over," said a player across the table, noting the flush draw for Pender. Then came the river — the {A-Hearts}. "It's over, now," came the addendum.

With Pender's elimination, they're now down to four tables. Meanwhile, Thomas has had some day, having begun with just over 13,000 (and even considering not returning), he's now up over 320,000 and with nearly an average chip stack with 36 left.

Player Chips Progress
Travell Thomas
Travell Thomas
325,000 233,000
Joshua Pender us
Joshua Pender
Busted

Tags: Joshua PenderTravell Thomas

Fish on a Roll

Zachary Hall started the action with an all-in shove for 110,000 from the hijack. Next to act was Brandon Fish and he re-raised all in over the top. It folded to the player in the big blind who called all in for about 230,000 with {A-Hearts}{K-Spades}. Fish tabled {10-Clubs}{10-Hearts} and Hall turned over {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}.

The board ran out {K-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{A-Clubs}{3-Clubs} as Fish was out outflopped, but made a flush on the turn to score the double elimination.

To balance tables, Sumit Kumar was moved over with his stack of about 50,000. He got it in right away, but ran into Fish's pocket aces. Kumar found no help from the board to give another pot to Fish.

Player Chips Progress
Brandon Fish us
Brandon Fish
800,000 460,000
Zachary Hall us
Zachary Hall
Busted
Sumit Kumar us
Sumit Kumar
Busted

Tags: Brandon FishSumit KumarZachary Hall

Failla Hangs On

Will "The Thrill" Failla is hanging on, having just doubled up to take a few chips back from Adam Teasdale.

The hand saw Teasdale open with a min-raise to 16,000 from middle position, then Failla called from the big blind, leaving himself but 30,000 or so behind. The flop came {10-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{K-Spades}, Failla set out his remaining chips, and Teasdale called.

"Nuts," said Failla, showing {K-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} for a hand that had connected with the board. Teasdale showed {A-Clubs}{Q-Spades}, and after the {8-Diamonds} turn and {9-Spades} river, Failla survived.

Player Chips Progress
Adam Teasdale us
Adam Teasdale
565,000 -20,000
Will Failla us
Will Failla
WPT 1X Winner
95,000 54,000

Tags: Will FaillaAdam Teasdale