2012 World Series of Poker

WSOP National Championship
Day: 3
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kj
Prize
$416,051
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,570,000
Entries
157
Level Info
Level
28
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Stein Hits the Board

Level 25 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Ryan Eriquezzo opened for 40,000 and Sam Stein called from the big blind. The flop came {4-Clubs} {Q-Spades} {K-Diamonds}, Stein checked and Eriquezzo bet 45,000.

Stein called and the turn came {Q-Clubs}. Both players checked to the {5-Hearts} river and Stein bet out 88,000. Eriquezzo called and then mucked when Stein tabled {Q-Diamonds} {J-Spades} for trip queens.

Tags: Ryan EriquezzoSam Stein

Current 2012 WSOP Player of the Year Standings

Level 25 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

Current 2012 WSOP Player of the Year Standings

PlacePlayerPoints
1Phil Ivey568.70
2John Monnette524.25
3Phil Hellmuth500.70
4Antonio Esfandiari488.10
5Michael Mizrachi486.20
6Gregory Merson481.13
7David “ODB” Baker433.38
8Andy Frankenberger406.66
9Andy Bloch405.30
10Vanessa Selbst388.17

Level: 25

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

Tens Do It for Keikoan

Ryan Eriquezzo raised to 32,000 under the gun and cleared the field all the way around to Matt Keikoan, who made the call from the big blind. The latter proceeded to check-call bets of 38,000 and 88,000 on the {A-Spades}{7-Hearts}{10-Clubs} flop and {3-Spades} turn respectively, before both players checked the {J-Spades} river.

Keikoan rolled over {10-Hearts}{9-Clubs} for a pair of tens, which proved enough to win as Eriquezzo sent his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Matt Keikoan us
Matt Keikoan
WSOP 2X Winner
750,000 150,000
Ryan Eriquezzo us
Ryan Eriquezzo
WSOP 3X Winner
530,000 -107,000

Tags: Ryan EriquezzoMatt Keikoan

Stone Takes Monster Pot from Keikoan

Nikolas Stone opened the action for 37,000, Matt Keikoan called and Andy Hwang called from the big blind. The flop came {4-Hearts} {K-Spades} {10-Spades} and Keikoan bet 70,000 when it was checked to him. Hwang folded and Stone re-raised to 170,000.

Keikoan called and the turn came {8-Hearts}. Both players checked and the river came {3-Hearts}. Stone checked and Keikoan bet 200,000 after some long thought. Stone called, Keikoan tabled {Q-Spades} {9-Spades} for a missed straight-flush draw and Stone held {K-Clubs} {J-Hearts}.

Stone took the pot and the chip lead after that hand.

Player Chips Progress
Nikolas Stone us
Nikolas Stone
1,200,000 481,000
Matt Keikoan us
Matt Keikoan
WSOP 2X Winner
600,000 -400,000

Tags: Matt KeikoanNikolas Stone

Stone's Still Here

Level 24 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Nikolas Stone opened for 36,000 and Andy Hwang called from the big blind. The flop came {J-Spades} {Q-Hearts} {5-Hearts}, Hwang checked, Stone bet 38,000 and Hwang called. The turn came {8-Clubs}, Hwang checked and Stone bet 100,000. Hwang held his cards for a moment before folding.