Level: 8
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Horseshoe Hammond
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Horseshoe Hammond
Buy-in
$1,675
Prize Pool
$2,304,000
Entries
1,536
Level
41
Blinds
250,000 / 50,000
Ante
50,000
Raghavan Gone
Ravi Raghavan called an opponent's all-in bet for 12,000 with the 
. Unfortunately for him, his hand couldn't beat the 
as the board ran out 
. After sending over the chips, Raghavan was left with just 2,100. He was then eliminated shortly after in unknown action.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
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Updated Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
25,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
16,000
-4,000
|
-4,000 |
|
||
Sunny Makes Quads
Hiren "Sunny" Patel was faced with a bet of 11,000 on a board of 
. After tanking for the better part of a minute, he grabbed a tower of yellow T1,000 chips and orange T5,000 chips, and slid it forward, moving all in.
His opponent sat back in his chair, and re-checked his cards. Crossing his arms, he stared at the board thoughtfully, then eventually pushed forward the remainder of his stack.
Patel turned over 
for quad jacks, and his opponent could only smile. Patel offered a handshake to the eliminated player, then began stacking his newfound chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Updated Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
54,000
54,000
|
54,000 |
|
48,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,000 | |
|
34,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
30,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
23,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
23,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
8,200
-9,300
|
-9,300 |
|
|
||
Elpayaa Busts Holloway
Action folded to the hijack seat, and that player raised to 1,125. Blair Hinkle flat-called from the cutoff seat, then Joseph Elpayaa reraised to 3,400 on the button. PokerNews' own Chad Holloway reraised all in from the small blind for 8,225, and action folded back to Elpayaa. He called with the 
and held the same suit as Holloway's 
.
The flop gave Elpayaa three queens when the 
fell and vaulted Elpayaa into the lead. The turn was the and river the , which eliminated Holloway here on Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
34,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Jaka Drops One
From the button, Faraz Jaka raised to 1,100. The big blind made the call, and the dealer dealt the 
flop. On the flop, the big blind checked, Jaka bet 600, and the big blind called.
The was added to the board on the turn, and the big blind checked. Jaka bet 1,050, and the big blind called. The river was the , and both players checked.
The big blind showed the 
for a turned pair of eights, and Jaka mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
86,000
-16,000
|
-16,000 |
|
|
||
Ramdin Out
We unfortunately missed the details, but Victor Ramdin, who has over $3.6 million in career live tournament earnings, has been eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Kessler Makes History Against Gaspard; Gaspard Then Busts
Walking by Allen Kessler's table, he informed us that he just beat former World Series of Poker Circuit champion Jean "Prince" Gaspard out of a hand for "the first time ever!" Kessler said he had pocket fours on a board of 
and that Gaspard claimed to have two jacks.
Gaspard then got his last 10,000 or so in on the 
flop with the 
. His opponent held the 
for a weaker flush draw, but after a run out of the on the turn and the 
on the river, Gaspard had lost to his opponent's ten-high straight and was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
38,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
Busted | |
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