2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Foxwoods

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2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Foxwoods
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a♠k♦
Prize
$194,178
Event Info
Prize Pool
$924,652
Total Entries
615
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 615
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Reason Joins Gray Atop Leaderboard... and at Table

Level 17 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Shortly after being crippled in that huge hand against Jonathan Gray, Nesrine Kourdourli was knocked out shortly thereafter, leaving just over 100 players left in the tournament.

Meanwhile, Ben Reason chipped up some more over at the neighboring table, then that table broke and Reason was moved into a spot at Gray's table — not into Kourdourli's vacated spot, but just a couple of seats away.

All of which is to say, the two overwhelming chip leaders at the moment are seated in close proximity to one another. And considering how both have been running so far today, it'll be worth keeping an eye on what might happen next.

Tags: Ben ReasonJonathan GrayNesrine Kourdourli

The Sudden Rise of Jonathan Gray, Part 2

Level 17 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Moments after that huge hand with Nesrine Kourdourli, another big preflop raising battle broke out between Gray and the two opponents sitting to his direct right.

This one involved the button and small blind — both of whom Gray had well covered — starting the skirmish, then Gray waking up with a hand in the big blind to get involved as well.

When the dust settled, the three players showed their hands and the button had {Q-Clubs}{Q-Spades}, the super-short-stacked small blind shruggingly showed {J-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}, and Gray turned over… {K-Diamonds}{K-Hearts}!

"Wow," said a player from across the table when seeing Gray's hand. That sentiment was then repeated by others in various ways after the board rolled out {10-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}{J-Clubs}. Gray had made a king-high flush, then unlike Kourdourli before had faded the full house draw to win the hand and knock out two opponents.

On the brink of elimination with one card to come, Gray has suddenly chipped up over a half million and into first position.

Tags: Jonathan Gray

The Sudden Rise of Jonathan Gray, Part 1

Level 17 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

We can definitively report that we have a new chip leader — Jonathan Gray. Indeed, the last ten minutes or so have been fairly remarkable for Gray, thanks to two huge hands in close succession.

The first one saw Gray and his neighbor to the left, Nesrine Kourdourli, get into a preflop raising war that eventually saw Kourdourli all in and Gray tanking for some time before calling for about 160,000 total. The two had begun the hand nearly even, with Kourdourli having had Gray covered by a small amount.

The pair tabled their cards, and Gray showed {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts} while Kourdouli turned over {A-Spades}{K-Spades}.

The dealer then spread the flop… {2-Spades}{8-Spades}{Q-Spades}! "Oooohhh," said the table at the sight of the three spades to give Kourdourli the flush as well as the queen to give Gray a set. The turn then brought the {7-Spades}, keeping Kourdourli in front.

Then came the river… {2-Diamonds}!

"Oooohhh," said the table once more, this time a little louder, as Gray had filled up to make a full house and better Kourdourli.

As mentioned, the drama would continue shortly thereafter… as will be revealed in part 2.

Tags: Jonathan GrayNesrine Kourdourli

Birnbaum vs. Buck

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway
Level 17 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante
Nancy Birnbaum
Nancy Birnbaum

Over on the feature table, a pot developed between Buck Ramsay and Nancy Birnbaum that saw the latter drop a bit in chips.

We picked up the action with around 20,000 in the pot and a board reading {j-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{X-}. Ramsay led out for 10,500, Birnbaum called, and then both players checked the {Q-Hearts} river. Ramsay tabled the {J-Hearts}{8-Hearts} for two pair, and it was good as Birnbaum simply sent her hand to the muck.

Tags: Buck RamsayNancy Birnbaum

Updated Chip Counts

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway
Level 17 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Level: 17

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

Prize Pool and Payout Information

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway
Level 16 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The tournament officials have just released the official numbers of the first-ever WSOP Circuit Foxwoods Main Event. All told 615 entries were made into the tournament, which has created a prize pool of $924,652. That will be distributed to the top 63 players as follows:

WSOP Circuit Foxwoods Main Event Payouts

PlacePrize
1st$194,178
2nd$119,742
3rd$87,842
4th$65,096
5th$49,007
6th$37,356
7th$28,664
8th$22,654
9th$18,031
10th-12th$14,425
13th-15th$11,836
16th-18th$9,801
19th-21st$8,229
22nd-24th$6,935
25th-27th$5,918
28th-30th$5,178
31st-33rd$4,438
34th-36th$3,976
37th-45th$3,606
46th-54th$3,329
55th-63rd$3,051

Frankenberger Busted

Chad Holloway
Chad Holloway
Level 16 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Andy Frankenberger on Day 1a of the 2013 WSOP Circuit Foxwoods.
Andy Frankenberger on Day 1a of the 2013 WSOP Circuit Foxwoods.

Andy Frankenberger stopped by the media desk and informed us of his untimely demise. The two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner started the day with a decent amount of chips, but he was never able to get anything going.

According to Frankenberger, he shoved the button for 44,000 with {A-}{7-} only to run into another player's {A-}{10-}. The board ran out {a-}{4-}{4-}{9-}{3-} and a disappointed Frankenberger took his leave from the Foxwoods Main Event.

Tags: Andy Frankenberger

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