Event 9: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry
Day 3 Started
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 9: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry
Day: 3
Day 3 Set to Begin; Seiver and Rast Looking for Another Bracelet
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Here we are folks, getting ready to play down to a final table in Event 9: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry. It's going to be huge day of poker and definitely not something you want to miss. At the end of the day just nine players will remain. Who will they be?
One man who has a great chance of making it to the final nine is Brian Rast. Day 2 was the Rast show and with his giant chip stack, we are sure that will continue into Day 3.
A total of 32 players will be joining Rast at the felt, all vying for the chance at making a run at the title. Of those players it is Ryan Olisar and Scott Seiver who are biting at the heels of Rast. Seiver, who knows what it takes to win a WSOP gold bracelet, will start the day with the third largest chip stack and will be one to watch today.
Below is how the top five chip counts stack up:
| Rank | Player | Count |
| 1 | Brian Rast | 1,498,000 |
| 2 | Ryan Olisar | 1,080,000 |
| 3 | Scott Seiver | 1,031,000 |
| 4 | Aviraham Lovton | 872,000 |
| 5 | Jonathan Duhamel | 840,000 |
As you can see 2010 WSOP Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel is right up there in the counts and will be in with a big chance of heading to the final table. Some of the notables who round out the returning players include Paul Wasicka, Amanda Musumeci and Daniel Idema.
It all begins at 1:00 PM local time, so make sure to keep your screens locked to PokerNews as we play down to a World Series of Poker final table.
The Redraw
Table 445
| Seat | Player | Chip Counter |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Mueller | 615,000 |
| 2 | Anthony Leshnack | 177,000 |
| 3 | Amanda Musumeci | 254,000 |
| 4 | Jonathan Duhamel | 840,000 |
| 5 | Domenico Scalamogna | 452,000 |
| 6 | Gareth Teatum | 112,000 |
| 7 | Dien Le | 277,000 |
| 8 | Duy Ho | 675,000 |
| 9 | --Empty-- | N/A |
Table 446
| Seat | Player | Chip Counter |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Wasicka | 283,000 |
| 2 | Samuel Grafton | 155,000 |
| 3 | Ryan Olisar | 1,080,000 |
| 4 | Andrew Rennhack | 230,000 |
| 5 | Joshua Suyat | 189,000 |
| 6 | David Byer | 354,000 |
| 7 | Brian Rast | 1,498,000 |
| 8 | Ashkan Razavi | 614,000 |
| 9 | Roman Muravev | 235,000 |
Table 451
| Seat | Player | Chip Counter |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derrick Huang | 682,000 |
| 2 | Lee Childs | 322,000 |
| 3 | Desmond Portano | 125,000 |
| 4 | Michael Zelman | 227,000 |
| 5 | Stephen Reynolds | 226,000 |
| 6 | Dmitrii Valoyev | 266,000 |
| 7 | Aviraham Lovton | 872,000 |
| 8 | Giorgio Medici | 567,000 |
| 9 | --Empty-- | N/A |
Table 457
| Seat | Player | Chip Counter |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alan Engel | 475,000 |
| 2 | Benjamin Reinhart | 405,000 |
| 3 | --Empty-- | N/A |
| 4 | Matt Iles | 390,000 |
| 5 | Daniel Idema | 199,000 |
| 6 | Par Alexande Hilderbrand | 507,000 |
| 7 | Barry Hutter | 697,000 |
| 8 | Joseph Steur | 334,000 |
| 9 | Scott Seiver | 1,031,000 |
Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 2,000
Wasicka Busts Early
One of our prominent players has busted here early on Day 3. Paul Wasicka will be wishing he arrived late like his table-mate Brian Rast did.
Wasicka got his stack all-in preflop holding 
and was going up against Ashkan Razavi's 
. The 
flop was enough to see Wasicka start gathering his belongings. The turn and river bricked out and Wasicka was out the door, while Razavi soars up the chip leader board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
925,000 | 311,000 |
|
Busted |
Portano Doubles
Desmond Portano opened to 40,000 from under the gun, and the action folded to Derrick Huang, who three-bet to 100,000. Portano quickly moved all in for his remaining 60,000 or so, and Huang tank-called.
| Portano |  |
| Huang |   |
The 
flop gave Huang a strangle-hold on the hand, but the 
on the turn gave Portanto outs to a flush. The 
spike on the river, giving him said flush, and he doubled on one of the first hands of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
550,000 | -132,000 |
|
265,000 | 140,000 |
Mueller Has a Shnack
Duy Ho opened to 28,000 only to find Greg Mueller push out a three-bet to 78,000. A short-stacked Anthony Leshnack immediately moved all in for about 148,000 total. Ho got out of the way and Mueller called.
Mueller: 
Leshnack: 
Mueller picked up a flush draw on the 
flop and drilled it when the 
struck the turn. The 
completed the board and Leshnack was sent packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
850,000 | 235,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Gareth Gone
Gareth Teatum started the day as the shortest stack in the room, so he chose to make his move early by open shoving from under the gun. Right behind him, Dien Le moved all in over the top and the rest of the table folded.
Teatum tabled 
but was far behind Le's 
. A 
board was spread out in front of the players and Teatum was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Reynolds Gets Lucky, Doubles
Avraham Lovton opened to 25,000 from under the gun, Michael Zelman three-bet to 75,000 from the button, and Stephen Reynolds four-bet to over 150,000 from the small blind. Lovton released, Zelman moved all in for effectively 204,000, and Reynolds quickly called.
| Zelman | |
| Reynolds |  |
The 
flop was harmless, and so too was the 
on the turn, but the spiked on the river, giving Reynolds a straight. He doubled to over 450,000, while Zelman has just over 60,000 or so.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000 | 224,000 |
|
65,000 | -162,000 |
Portana Keeps It Up
Desmond Portano has had a great start to his day, seeing his stack skyrocket to almost three times what he started with.
Portano recently got his stack all-in preflop holding 
against Giorgio Medici's . The board ran out 
, not help for Medici and it was another pot for Portano.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
450,000 | 185,000 |
|
325,000 | -242,000 |