Main Event
Day 3 Started
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - River Rock
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - River Rock
Buy-in
$1,675
Prize Pool
$1,548,000
Entries
1,032
Level
37
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
50,000
Final 30 Return To Contend For Final Table Seat
Welcome back to our coverage of the 2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit River Rock Main Event. Yesterday's play saw the 246 players from the three starting days combine to create the Day 2 field. At the end of the day a mere 30 participants remained with Sonny Sekhan leading the field with a stack of 1.762 million.
Yesterday's play saw a slew of notable faces return to the felt for their shot at poker glory. Unfortunately for some, they were unable to gain any momentum and busted before the field made the money. Alex Sutherland, Noah Vaillancourt, Greg Mueller, Mark Bonsack, and Matt Jarvis were just some of those players.
The money bubble was popped roughly halfway through the day once the field was whittled down to the final 108 players. Some of those to find their elimination after cashing were Darren Kennedy (107th), Daniel Idema (103rd), Day 2 chip leader Jingjing Liu (79th), Scott Stanko (69th), Scott Stiglitz (67th), Kelly Kellner (54th), Joel Micka (42nd), and Isaac Baron (37th).
Today has the possibility of being a comparatively quick day as play will stop once the final table is reached. Be sure to stay tuned to our coverage as we remain on hand for the players' quest to the final table!
Top Ten Chip Counts
| Place | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sonny Sekhon | 1,762,000 |
| 2 | Ryan Biermann | 1,576,000 |
| 3 | David Pecaski | 1,455,000 |
| 4 | Nick Halvorsun | 1,271,000 |
| 5 | Mark Potovsky | 1,091,000 |
| 6 | Norman Overdijk | 1,083,000 |
| 7 | Tyler St. Clair | 901,000 |
| 8 | Andrew Tai | 801,000 |
| 9 | Michael Collins | 773,000 |
| 10 | Justin Ciolfitto | 766,000 |
Level: 26
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Shuffle Up And Deal!
Level 26
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
The final 30 players have taken their seats. The quest for the final table has official begun.
Anderson KO's Martin
Ryan Biermann opened with an early position raise to 40,000. Trevor Martin looked at his cards and three-bet all in from two seats over and it folded to Calvin Anderson's button. Anderson four-bet all in over the top and Biermann released his hand.
Anderson: 
Martin: 
The board fell 
and Anderson's set of queens was able to eliminate Martin from play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000 | 179,000 |
|
Busted |
Lim Doubles Through Gunnarsson
David Lim got his short stack all in before the flop and was called by Christopher Gunnarsson.
Lim: 
Gunnarsson: 
Lim was in dire need of help and luckily he found it on the 
flop, giving him a set of deuces. The turned which meant that a five would chop the pot and Gunnarsson could still hit a seven for the win. The river was the 
and Lim was able to score the double to about 360,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
610,000 | -142,000 |
|
360,000 | 76,000 |
Huang Eliminated; Seating Re-Draw
Kevin Huang was just eliminated from play. His elimination means that there are 27 players left. The final 27 are now doing a complete seating re-draw. We'll have the seating chart momentarily.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Final 27 Re-Draw
Level 26
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Table 42
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | David Pecaski |
| 2 | Mal Hagan |
| 3 | Christopher Gunnarsson |
| 4 | Justin Ciolfitto |
| 5 | Lawrence Iampen |
| 6 | John Crncic |
| 7 | Tyler St. Clair |
| 8 | Robert Berglund |
| 9 | Richard En |
Table 43
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Collins |
| 2 | Calvin Anderson |
| 3 | David Lim |
| 4 | Sonny Sekhon |
| 5 | Norman Overdijk |
| 6 | Steven Schartner |
| 7 | Edmond Liu |
| 8 | Douglas Wasyk |
| 9 | Andrew Tai |
Table 44
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Biermann |
| 2 | Mark Potovsky |
| 3 | Shreeniwas Kelkar |
| 4 | Glenn Sullivan |
| 5 | Brian Scott |
| 6 | Nick Halvorson |
| 7 | Seth Maretz |
| 8 | Jamie Youngman |
| 9 | Afshin Majidi |
Pecaski Pushing
David Pecaski opened to 43,000 only to have Justin Ciolfitto slide out a three-bet to 125,000. Pecaski went into the tank for about a minute before announcing that he was all in. Pecaski put Ciolfitto to the test for all of his chips and after another minute Ciolfitto decided not to put in his remaining 640,000.
With this pickup, Pecaski is now sitting on about 1,500,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,500,000 | 45,000 |
|
|
640,000 | -126,000 |
Wasyk Falls To Lim
Douglas Wasyk open shoved all in for his last 104,000 before the flop and it folded to David Lim in the big blind. Lim called and the hands were tabled:
Lim: 
Wasyk: 
Wasyk was in the lead and stayed that way by pairing his ace on the 
flop. The 
on the turn gave Lim some hope of scoring the knockout and he hit his miracle when the 
rolled off on the river.
Wasyk was eliminated in 27th place while Lim has boosted his stack to about 470,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
470,000 | 110,000 |
|
|
Busted |