Level: 23
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 41: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$3,000
Prize Pool
$3,805,620
Entries
1,394
Level
31
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Cards Back in the Air
Level 21
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Players have taken their seats and cards are back in the air!
Break Time!
Level 21
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Player are now on their first 20-minute break of the day.
Ronconi Doubles Through Nguyen
We caught up with the action on a 
flop. Darryl Ronconi checked to his lone opponent - Peter Nguyen, who fired 53,000 into the middle. Ronconi then check-raised all in for 393,000 and Nguyen tank-called.
Nguyen: 
for aces with a jack kicker.
Ronconi: 
for two-pair.
The 
turn and 
river changed nothing and Ronconi doubled through to 830,000. Nguyen slipped to his last 165,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
830,000 | 500,000 |
|
165,000 | -525,000 |
Hortin Makes Tough Call to Climb Over 1 Million
On a completed board reading 
, we found Dylan Hortin in a heads-up pot against Elio Fox. Hortin had a 135,000 bet in front of him and was left with a decision to call, as Fox had raised to 330,000.
Hortin fell deep into the tank, but eventually announced a call.
Fox tabled 
and Hortin flipped over 
for tens and sevens and scooped the pot.
Hortin is up to 1,280,000 while Fox has slipped to 420,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,280,000 | 450,000 |
|
420,000 | -365,000 |
Puccini Doubles Through Patel
We caught up with the action on a 
flop, where Mario Puccini had his entire stack of 378,000 in the middle against Hiren Patel.
Patel: 
for an open-ended straight draw and flush draw.
Puccini: 
for a set of nines.
The 
turn and 
river left Puccini with nines-full of queens and he doubled through Hiren, who was knocked down to 100,000.
Puccini is up to 820,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
820,000 | 420,000 |
|
100,000 | -430,000 |
Daniel Buzgon Eliminated in 20th Place ($22,377)
We caught up with the action after Daniel Buzgon was already all in preflop against Roger Fontes.
Fontes: 
Buzgon:
The 
board left Fontes with seven-full of fives and Buzgon was sent to the rail in 20th.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
425,000 | 160,000 |
|
Busted |
Karim Lehoussine Eliminated in 21st Place ($22,377)
Karim Lehoussine went all in for his last 130,000 from the hijack position and was called by Jackie Glazier from the button. Everyone else got out of the way and hands were revealed.
Glazier: 
Lehoussine: 
The board ran out 
, leaving Lehoussine with trip kings, but Glazier with a superior fours-full of kings.
Lehoussine will take home $22,377 for his efforts, while Glazier is up to 1,260,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,260,000 | 140,000 |
|
Busted |
Tables and Chips
| Table | Player (chip count) |
|---|---|
| 446 | Dylan Hortin (830,000) |
| 446 | Kyle Frey (1.16 million) |
| 446 | Greg Ostrander (770,000) |
| 446 | Joseph Chaplin (1.2 million) |
| 446 | Scott Montgomery (460,000) |
| 446 | Morten Mortensen (450,000) |
| 446 | Elio Fox (785,000) |
| 447 | Karim Lehoussine (130,000) |
| 447 | Fabrice Soulier (250,000) |
| 447 | Jackie Glazier (1.2 million) |
| 447 | Darryl Ronconi (330,000) |
| 447 | Jason Koon (660,000) |
| 447 | Peter Nguyen (690,000) |
| 447 | William Givens (300,000) |
| 448 | Roger Fontes (265,000) |
| 448 | Daniel Buzgon (160,000) |
| 448 | Mario Puccini (400,000) |
| 448 | Kevin Schaffel (560,000) |
| 448 | Hiren Patel (530,000) |
| 448 | JP Kelly (520,000) |
| 448 | Paul Vas Nunes (800,000) |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,200,000 | 270,000 |
|
1,160,000 | -10,000 |
|
|
1,120,000 | |
|
|
830,000 | -65,000 |
|
800,000 | 800,000 |
|
|
785,000 | -295,000 |
|
770,000 | 250,000 |
|
|
690,000 | 10,000 |
|
660,000 | -80,000 |
|
560,000 | 150,000 |
|
|
530,000 | -250,000 |
|
520,000 | -20,000 |
|
460,000 | 90,000 |
|
450,000 | -130,000 |
|
|
400,000 | -5,000 |
|
|
330,000 | -290,000 |
|
300,000 | -10,000 |
|
|
265,000 | |
|
250,000 | -40,000 |
|
|
160,000 | -15,000 |
|
|
130,000 | -30,000 |
John Hice Eliminated in 22nd Place ($22,377)
We missed the exact details, however, after a series of preflop raises and re-raises, John Hice found himself all in with 
against the of Kyle Frey.
The board ran out 
and Frey's pair of kings sent Hice to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,170,000 | 270,000 |
|
Busted |