Event 53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day 3 Started
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$4,274,100
Entries
3,166
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Twenty Eight Remain With Coren; Childs and Steinberg Looking For Victory
Day 2 of Event 53: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em began with 348 hopefuls of the original 3,166 looking to make a deep run and work their way to a final table. When all was said and done, Hugh Henderson would stand tall as chip leader with 1,168,000 in chips. Nipping at his heels is Randy Ashe with 1,150,000.
As is always true in tournament poker - there can only be one eventual winner. Day 2 began began just 24 eliminations off of the money bubble, which burst within the first level of play after six players busted on the last deal of hand-for-hand play. Others who were unable to survive into Day 3 include David Sands (237th), Cherish Andrews (187th), Martin Staszko (183rd), Day 1 chip leader Mario Nagel (170th), Matt Affleck (146th), Brock Parker (85th), Nick Jivkov (83rd) and Jonathan Little (62nd).
Of the 28 survivors of Day 2 - many eyes are sure to be on Victoria Coren (934,000) and Lee Childs (501,000). Both players are looking to add a World Series of Poker gold bracelet to their already-impressive poker resumes. Coren's biggest cash to date occurred when she took down the European Poker Tour Main Event back in 2006 for £500,000. Childs, on the other hand, may be best remembered for his seventh-place finish in the 2007 WSOP Main Event - good for $705,229.
Also in the hunt is Max Steinberg (518,000) who already won a bracelet earlier this year in Event #33: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em. A win here today would put Steinberg in an elite club of multiple bracelet winners in a single year.
Here is the seating chart going into Day 3:
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 402 | 1 | Georgios Tzimas | 349,000 |
| 402 | 2 | Marcio Cid | 572,000 |
| 402 | 3 | --Empty — | |
| 402 | 4 | Lee Childs | 501,000 |
| 402 | 5 | — Empty — | |
| 402 | 6 | Peter Kamaras | 197,000 |
| 402 | 7 | Hai Chu | 565,000 |
| 402 | 8 | Zachary Humphrey | 404,000 |
| 402 | 9 | Ryan Hughes | 832,000 |
| 403 | 1 | Vladimir Mefodichev | 802,000 |
| 403 | 2 | Matthew Sahagian | 198,000 |
| 403 | 3 | Neil Willerson | 671,000 |
| 403 | 4 | Age Ravn | 345,000 |
| 403 | 5 | Michael Batell | 269,000 |
| 403 | 6 | Frederic Soria | 653,000 |
| 403 | 7 | Bryan Piccioli | 1,097,000 |
| 403 | 8 | — Empty — | |
| 403 | 9 | — Empty — | |
| 407 | 1 | Luke Nettles | 332,000 |
| 407 | 2 | — Empty — | |
| 407 | 3 | Jeffrey Bryan | 214,000 |
| 407 | 4 | Carl Edwards | 212,000 |
| 407 | 5 | Matthew Graham | 421,000 |
| 407 | 6 | James Rann | 205,000 |
| 407 | 7 | Randy Ashe | 1,150,000 |
| 407 | 8 | — Empty — | |
| 407 | 9 | Paul Ratchford | 390,000 |
| 408 | 1 | — Empty — | |
| 408 | 2 | Victoria Coren | 934,000 |
| 408 | 3 | Max Steinberg | 518,000 |
| 408 | 4 | Darin Dawson | 232,000 |
| 408 | 5 | — Empty — | |
| 408 | 6 | Lanny Levine | 368,000 |
| 408 | 7 | Hugh Henderson | 1,168,000 |
| 408 | 8 | Getty Mattingsley | 206,000 |
| 408 | 9 | Sylvain Gonon | 470,000 |
Play is set to resume at 2:00 PM PST - where we will play down to a final table and eventual champion! Please stick with us here at PokerNews as we provide you with all the action!
Dawson Doubles Through Steinberg
Action folded around to Max Steinberg's small blind and he moved all in. Darin Dawson called for his tournament life and the hands were turned over.
Steinberg: 
Dawson: 
Steinberg was in need of some help to eliminate Dawson and did not find it when the board ran out 
. Steinberg was forced to ship a majority of his chips the way of Dawson.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
490,000 | 258,000 |
|
270,000 | -248,000 |
Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Final Three Tables
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Table 402
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Lee Childs |
| 2 | Matthew Graham |
| 3 | Luke Nettles |
| 4 | Georgios Tzimas |
| 5 | Getty Mattingsley |
| 6 | Neil Willerson |
| 7 | Max Steinberg |
| 8 | Michael Batell |
| 9 | Marcio Cid |
Table 407
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Peter Kamaras |
| 2 | Victoria Coren |
| 3 | Age Ravn |
| 4 | Lanny Levine |
| 5 | -empty- |
| 6 | Hugh Henderson |
| 7 | James Rann |
| 8 | Darin Dawson |
| 9 | Hai Chu |
Table 408
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Zachary Humphrey |
| 2 | Bryan Piccioli |
| 3 | Paul Ratchford |
| 4 | Ryan Hughes |
| 5 | Frederic Soria |
| 6 | Vladimir Mefodichev |
| 7 | Randy Ashe |
| 8 | Sylvain Gonon |
| 9 | Carl Edwards |
Levine Busts Ravn
We caught up to the action to see Age Ravn all in against Lanny Levine. In front of Ravn was 
while Levine held 
.
The board read 
and Ravn got up from his seat and headed to the rail while his chips were pushed the way of Levine.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000 | 345,000 |
|
Busted |
Willerson Sends Steinberg to the Rail
It was folded around to Neil Willerson in the small blind, who completed. Max Steinberg checked his option for a heads-up pot.
The flop came 
and Willerson checked to Steinberg, who fired 20,000 into the middle. Willerson responded by check-raising to 125,000 - which was just under Steinberg's remaining stack of 170,000. Steinberg thought it over before pushing all in and Willerson snap-called to put Steinberg at risk.
Steinberg: 
for a pair of aces.
Willerson: 
for two-pair.
The 
turn and 
river kept Willerson in the lead and Steinberg was sent to the rail.
Willerson is up to 750,000 as a result of the knockout.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000 | 79,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Mattingsley Doubles Through Henderson
Getty Mattingsley open-shoved all in for his last 210,000 and was called by Hugh Henderson from the button. The blinds got out of the way and the hands were shown:
Mattingsley: 
Henderson: 
Mattinsgley was ahead and stayed that way through a 
flop and the 
and on fourth and fifth streets. Mattingsley is now on a stack of roughly 470,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000 | -68,000 |
|
470,000 | 264,000 |
Piccioli Takes Massive Pot Off of Hughes
We caught up with the action on a flop of to see Bryan Piccioli check to Ryan Hughes who bet 80,000. Piccioli took some time before announcing a call and the two were off to fourth street.
The turn was the 
and Piccioli checked for a second time. Hughes dipped into his stack and moved 151,000 into the middle. Piccioli called a bit quicker on this street to see the 
hit the river. Piccioli checked for a third time and Hughes moved a massive bet of 450,000 into the middle. Piccioli announced a snap call and Hughes triumphantly showed 
but was behind Piccioli's 
for trip jacks.
Hughes jumped up from the table and did a lap while muttering obscenities about his fortune in the hand. Piccioli, however, quietly stacked his newly found chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,900,000 | 803,000 |
|
375,000 | -457,000 |
Kamaras Triples Up
Hugh Henderson opened to 40,000 from the hijack seat and directly behind him in the cutoff, Darin Dawson flatted. Action then folded around to Peter Kamaras in the small blind, who pushed all in for his last 130,000. Both Henderson and Dawson called to put Kamaras at risk.
Both players proceeded to check down the flop and turn, however, when the landed on the river, Henderson led out for 75,000. Dawson mucked and Kamaras triumphantly tabled 
for a rivered pair of kings. Henderson rapped the table and mucked - conceding the sizable pot to Kamaras.
Kamaras is now up to 420,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
420,000 | 223,000 |