Southern Comfort 100 Proof National Championship
Day 2 Started
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's New Orleans
Southern Comfort 100 Proof National Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Harrah's New Orleans
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,270,000
Entries
126
Level
25
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Seat Draw
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| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | 1 | David Nicholson | 32,400 |
| 35 | 2 | --empty-- | N/A |
| 35 | 3 | Stephen Hesse | 78,500 |
| 35 | 4 | David Baker | 19,900 |
| 35 | 5 | Jonathan Chehanske | 27,700 |
| 35 | 6 | Joseph Mckeehen | 26,500 |
| 35 | 7 | --empty-- | N/A |
| 35 | 8 | Joshua Reichard | 73,100 |
| 36 | 1 | Kevin Eyster | 75,400 |
| 36 | 2 | --empty-- | N/A |
| 36 | 3 | Joe Kuether | 53,900 |
| 36 | 4 | Dung Nguyen | 52,000 |
| 36 | 5 | Mark Bonsack | 16,100 |
| 36 | 6 | Dominik Nitsche | 72,000 |
| 36 | 7 | Jeremy Ausmus | 109,200 |
| 36 | 8 | John Bowman | 35,200 |
| 37 | 1 | Robert Panitch | 71,400 |
| 37 | 2 | --empty-- | N/A |
| 37 | 3 | Pedro Rios | 58,700 |
| 37 | 4 | Ari Engel | 113,800 |
| 37 | 5 | Jonathan Tamayo | 22,500 |
| 37 | 6 | Andrew Robinson | 117,900 |
| 37 | 7 | Brent Hanks | 74,000 |
| 37 | 8 | Foster Hays | 21,300 |
| 38 | 1 | Quan Nguyen | 12,100 |
| 38 | 2 | --empty-- | N/A |
| 38 | 3 | Valentin Vornicu | 203,000 |
| 38 | 4 | Travell Thomas | 28,200 |
| 38 | 5 | Nicolas Vaca-Rondon | 97,200 |
| 38 | 6 | Jonathan Hilton | 85,000 |
| 38 | 7 | Austin Apicella | 17,000 |
| 38 | 8 | Joshua Pender | 26,100 |
| 41 | 1 | Pavlin Karakikov | 22,700 |
| 41 | 2 | --empty-- | N/A |
| 41 | 3 | Jarod Ludemann | 128,100 |
| 41 | 4 | Joey Weissman | 29,700 |
| 41 | 5 | Kyle Julius | 87,500 |
| 41 | 6 | Jeffrey Gibralter | 62,600 |
| 41 | 7 | Blake Barousse | 111,000 |
| 41 | 8 | Wade Woelfel | 95,800 |
| 43 | 1 | Nancy Birnbaum | 37,200 |
| 43 | 2 | --empty-- | N/A |
| 43 | 3 | Jim Willerson | 91,100 |
| 43 | 4 | Alexander Bylicki | 50,400 |
| 43 | 5 | Austin Buchanan | 27,800 |
| 43 | 6 | Jason Koon | 31,000 |
| 43 | 7 | Douglas Mackinnon | 48,900 |
| 43 | 8 | Allan Farber | 55,000 |
| 44 | 1 | Brock Parker | 133,900 |
| 44 | 2 | --empty-- | N/A |
| 44 | 3 | Max Steinberg | 69,300 |
| 44 | 4 | Krzysztof Stybaniewicz | 62,900 |
| 44 | 5 | Samuel Panzica | 51,600 |
| 44 | 6 | Josh Palmer | 42,700 |
| 44 | 7 | Nathan Bjerno | 69,500 |
| 44 | 8 | Jeffrey Gross | 117,000 |
| 46 | 1 | Douglas Carli | 14,900 |
| 46 | 2 | --empty-- | N/A |
| 46 | 3 | Roland Israelashvili | 67,700 |
| 46 | 4 | Ryan Riess | 30,500 |
| 46 | 5 | Shawn Daniels | 19,900 |
| 46 | 6 | Sandra Wong | 42,300 |
| 46 | 7 | Rex Clinkscales | 80,200 |
| 46 | 8 | Chris Parsons | 133,000 |
| 47 | 1 | Luke Graham | 85,100 |
| 47 | 2 | --empty-- | N/A |
| 47 | 3 | Thomas Beckstead | 8,200 |
| 47 | 4 | Adam Teasdale | 22,300 |
| 47 | 5 | Trevor Deeter | 28,000 |
| 47 | 6 | Joe Tehan | 107,600 |
| 47 | 7 | Jesse Sylvia | 57,600 |
| 47 | 8 | Ashly Butler | 36,000 |
The March to the National Championship Final Table Beings Today
Welcome back to the World Series of Poker Southern Comfort 100 Proof National Championship! Yesterday 126 players — a combination of 62 at-large bids, 38 Circuit Main Event winners and Casino Champions and 26 WSOP POY buy-ins — took to the felt at Harrah’s New Orleans to compete for the first-ever WSOP bracelet to be awarded on American soil outside of Las Vegas. Today, the surviving 62 players, as well as any late entries (i.e. Jason Mercier), will return to play down to the final table, which will be filmed by ESPN and broadcast on Tuesday, July 30.
The man best positioned to make the final table is Harrah’s Rincon Casino Champion Valentin Vornicu, who bagged up 203,200 and finished as the Day 1 chip leader, which is quite a bit ahead of the next closest competitor, two-time WSOP bracelet winner Brock Parker (133,900).
Others who enter Day 2 with big stacks are The Lodge Casino Champion Chris Parsons (133,000), at-large qualifier Jarod Ludemann (128,100), “Professional Best Friend” Jeff Gross (117,100), National Points leader Ari Engel (113,800) and October Niner Jeremy Ausmus (109,200).
In addition, there are plenty of other story lines to keep an eye on. In fact, pretty much everyone in the field has a story to tell thanks to the unique way they qualified for one of the year’s most prestigious tournaments. Rest assured, we’ll be following as many of them as we can as the day progresses.
Action is set to kick off at noon CST. Registration closes at the start of play, which means we’ll have final numbers, including the total field size and prize pool, relatively quickly. Be sure to check back then for all the latest and greatest from the Southern Comfort 100 Proof National Championship!
Level: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Palmer and Beckstead Eliminated
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
We arrived a bit too late to catch all the details, but we do know that Josh Palmer was just eliminated over at Table 44. We're not sure of when the money went in, or even what the board ran out, but we do know Palmer held the 
while Sam Panzica, who won the pot, had the 
.
Meanwhile, Thomas Beckstead has also been eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000 | |
|
Busted |
Koon Crippled Then Eliminated
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
On the first hands of the day, Austin Buchanan opened to 2,400 from under the gun. Jason Koon moved all in for 30,000 on his direct left, and the action folded back to Buchanan, who snap-called for 27,400.
Koon: 
Buchanan: 
Buchanan held as the board rolled out 
, and Koon was left with just 600 chips.
He tripled up the next hand with 
against Buchanan, who held 
, but was soon eliminated by Nancy Birnbaum. Birnbaum had aces this time, holding , which crushed Koon's 
. The aces held as the flop, turn, and river produced 
, and Koon was out.
"Mercier, man," Koon sighed after he was crippled on the first hand. "I booked a last long with Mercier."
Jason Mercier, who just sat down, has already won that bet, and now he's looking to build.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000 | 24,200 |
|
40,000 | 1,000 |
|
Busted |
Bonsack Refuses to Go Down
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
Mark Bonsack, who qualified for this event after finishing as the Casino Champ at the Horseshoe Council Bluffs, seems to have nine lives.
After he got his short stack all in preflop holding 
and ran into Jeremy Ausmus' , Bonsack got lucky and chopped the pot.
Not long after, Bonsack got his last 15,000 all in preflop holding the 
and was once again dominated by Ausmus, who held the . "I can't do it twice," Bonsack said as he stood from his chair.
The 
flop gave Bonsack running straight opportunities, but the 
turn closed the door on them. Bonsack needed an eight on the river to survive, and he just so happened to find it when the spiked. Bonsack couldn't seem to believe his luck, which he attributed to the "lucky raccoon penis" he bought at a New Orleans voodoo shop yesterday.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
82,000 | -27,200 |
|
30,000 | 13,900 |
A Couple Eliminations
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
We missed the details but we can confirm Doug "Rico" Carli has been eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted |
Enter Mercier
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
One player registered on Day 2 of the Southern Comfort 100 Proof National Championship, and that was Jason Mercier. Mercier, the proud owner of two World Series of Poker bracelets, will have to find a way to captain a 25 big blind-stack, but with the run he's currently on anything is possible.
Mercier just crushed the EPT Grand Final, winning a €2,000 Open-Face Chinese side event, finished seventh in the Main Event, and finished runner-up in the €100,000 Super High Roller. After busting the WPT World Championship and the $100,000 Super High Roller (twice), the American is here in NOLA, looking for WSOP bracelet number three.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000 | 30,000 |
Kuether Over the Century Mark
Level 10
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
We're not sure of the preflop action but we do know a blind-versus-blind battle resulted in Adam Teasdale being all in for roughly 30,000 holding the against the 
of Joe Kuether. Both players paired their ace on the 
flop, but Kuether's king kicker had him firmly in the lead.
The 
turn meant Teasdale needed a jack on the river to survive, but it was not meant to be as the 
peeled off. With that, Kuether is now over 100K in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
105,000 | 51,100 |
|
Busted |