Shortly after play resumed, Bobby Corcione knocked out a short-stacked David Coppersmith in 63rd, and Coppersmith becomes the first player to cash in the 2012-13 WSOP Circuit Main Event at Foxwoods.
A couple of hands later at the same table, Christopher Dibiase was all in with against an opponent's , and when the board came they were down to 61.
Frederick Kammerer got his short stack of around 45,000 all in preflop holding the and was racing against the of Paul Snead. Kammerer got it in good, but the flop gave Snead an open-ended straight draw to go with his overs. The turn paired one of Snead's overs, though it did give Kammerer a flush draw. Unfortunately for him, the would blank on the river and he would exit in 61st place for $3,051.
Meanwhile, Leonard Sande was eliminated in 60th place for the same amount.
The historic first event of the World Series of Poker Asia-Pacific reached a final table late last night at Crown Casino in Melbourne, Australia. The first-ever AUD$1,100 No-Limit Hold'em Accumulator final table will be led by Bryan Piccioli, who went on an incredible rush to finish Day 2 with 790,000 in chips.
Piccioli will be joined at the final table by well-known poker pros Jeremy Ausmus (447,000), Jonathan Karamilikis (296,000) and 2010 WSOP Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel (537,000). Long-time pro Graeme "Kiwi G" Putt (216,000) has also made the final table, as well as Iori Yogo (138,000), who could easily become the next big breakout youngster in 2013.
To read about how the final table was reached and how the players stack up in contention for the AUD$211,000 top prize, check out the full recap here.
Aditya Prasetyo won Foxwoods Event #7 $365 NLHE. Photo courtesy of WSOP.
After Albert Smith fell in 59th place, Aditya Prasetyo was sent to the rail in 58th place. Earlier in week Prasetyo won Event #7 $365 No-Limit Hold'em for $21,624 and his first WSOP Circuit ring, and now with his min-cash in the Main Event, he has 55 points in Casino Championship race. That puts him in the lead with just 2.5 points more than Aaron Massey.
They have been hitting the rail in rapid order during the first half-hour of Level 20. Three more short-stacked players have fallen, each of whom earned a minimum-cash of $3,051.
Matthew Silotro (57th), Tim Reilly (56th), and Shawn Driscoll (55th) have all left us, and with the breaking down of a table the field is now gathered around just six nine-handed tables.
After Lawrence Greenberg had opened under the gun for 13,000 and John McNabola three-bet to 33,000 from middle position, a short-stacked Jimmy Seaver moved all in for 43,000 from the cutoff. Greenberg got out of the way and McNabola made a quick call.
McNabola:
Seaver:
"I need an ace," Seaver pointed out. Indeed he did, but he would be left wanting as the board ran out a dry . Seaver was eliminated in 54th place for $3,329 while McNabola chipped up to 350,000.
Following a raise to 20,000 from the UTG player, a middle position player flatted behind, then Kevin Saul also called from the button. The action reaching Cory Waaland in the big blind, he pushed all in for 147,000 total, enough to force the original raiser and first caller out of the hand.
Saul considered for a while, and after a bit of table talk from Waaland finally made the call. Waaland stood up in response as he tabled his hand — . He then leaned forward to get a better look at what Saul had called with — .
"Come on… no two-outer!" said Waaland.
"Why not?" said Saul hopefully.
The board rolled out , and an elated Waaland sat back down to scoop his winnings, saying he never thought Saul was going to be calling in that spot after the way the action had gone.
Steven Dare just claimed another elimination, knocking [Removed:541] out in 51st place when the latter got the last of his chips in on a flop with and had run into Dare's set with .
The turn was the and river the , and [Removed:542] was out. Meanwhile, Dare pushes past everyone up over 650,000 chips with that one.
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against an opponent's 
, and when the board came 
they were down to 61.
and was racing against the 
of Paul Snead. Kammerer got it in good, but the 
flop gave Snead an open-ended straight draw to go with his overs. The 
would blank on the river and he would exit in 61st place for $3,051.
, and an elated Waaland sat back down to scoop his winnings, saying he never thought Saul was going to be calling in that spot after the way the action had gone.
flop with 
and had run into Dare's set with 
.
and river the 
, and [Removed:542] was out. Meanwhile, Dare pushes past everyone up over 650,000 chips with that one.
