2012 World Series of Poker

WSOP National Championship
Day: 1
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

WSOP National Championship

Day 1 Completed

Brian Rast Leads 39 Players to Day 2 in National Championship

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante
Brian Rast leads the field to Day 2.
Brian Rast leads the field to Day 2.

After a full year in the making Day 1 of the WSOP National Championship has come to a close. Almost all of the 100 WSOPC qualifiers showed up to play and 57 WSOP POY qualifiers forked over the $10,000 entrance fee to play. Leading the remaining 39 players is Brian Rast with 248,000.

On Rast’s heels are Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier (231,500) and Matt Keikoan (228,500). Notables David “ODB” Baker, Eugene Katchalov, Sam Stein, Fabrice Soulier, Chris Tryba and Chris Moorman still remain.

WSOPC standouts Drazen Ilich, Aaron Massey, Amanda Musumeci, Ryan Eriquezzo, Chris Conrad, Jamie Kerstetter, Huy Nguyen and Jacob Naquin remain in the field. Only two WSOPC Main Event champions remain – Eriquezzo and Jerry Monroe.

A total of 19 tables began play and eliminations were swift throughout the day. By the dinner break that number had been halved and by night’s end only five tables remained.

Plenty of notables that paid $10,000 did not survive the day including; Michael Mizrachi, Tristan Wade, David “Doc” Sands, Jeffrey Papola, Pius Heinz, Christian Harder, John Racener, Matt Glantz, Allen Bari and Phil Hellmuth.

Some of the WSOPC qualifiers that didn’t survive the day included; Freddy Deeb, Alex Masek, Kurt Jewell, Tripp Kirk, Kyle Cartwright, AP Phahurat, Tuan Phan, Drew Dumanski, Daniel Lowery, Raj Kattamuri, Charles Moore and Jennifer Parrish.

The structure has been kept the same as WSOPC Main Events with 40-minute levels on Day 1 and levels bump up to 60 minutes during Day 2. The third and final day of play will have 75-minute levels.

Day 2 will resume at 1 p.m. PST in the Gold Section of the Brasilia Room. The field will play down to a final table of eight players. Follow all the WSOP National Championship action live on PokerNews.com.

End of Day 1 Counts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
248,000
78,000
78,000
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
Profile photo of Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
231,500
11,500
11,500
Profile photo of Matt Keikoan us
Matt Keikoan
228,500
83,500
83,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Drazen Ilich us
Drazen Ilich
227,000
122,000
122,000
Profile photo of David ODB Baker
David ODB Baker
212,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
207,500
47,500
47,500
Profile photo of Hao Le
Hao Le
192,000
130,500
130,500
Profile photo of Justin Gardenhire us
Justin Gardenhire
192,000
118,000
118,000
Profile photo of Huy Quach
Huy Quach
165,500
20,500
20,500
Profile photo of Jerry Monroe us
Jerry Monroe
160,000
13,000
13,000
Profile photo of David Peters us
David Peters
155,000
55,000
55,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Jonathan Sorscher
Jonathan Sorscher
154,000
72,000
72,000
Profile photo of Stephen Kats
Stephen Kats
153,500
142,500
142,500
Profile photo of Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
141,500
108,500
108,500
Profile photo of Amanda Musumeci us
Amanda Musumeci
138,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Mitch Schock us
Mitch Schock
130,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ryan Eriquezzo us
Ryan Eriquezzo
129,500
49,500
49,500
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Sam Stein us
Sam Stein
128,000
73,000
73,000
Profile photo of Mark Bonsack us
Mark Bonsack
121,000
55,000
55,000
Profile photo of Josh Tieman us
Josh Tieman
115,000
35,000
35,000
Profile photo of Nikolas Stone us
Nikolas Stone
107,000
18,000
18,000
Profile photo of Jamie Kerstetter us
Jamie Kerstetter
95,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
89,500
41,500
41,500
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Chris Tryba us
Chris Tryba
88,000
62,000
62,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Dejuante Alexander us
Dejuante Alexander
81,000
5,000
5,000
WSOP 1X Winner

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Mercier Busts On Last Hand Of Night

Jason Mercier open shipped from early position for his last 35,000, and it folded around to Mark Bonsack, who instantly made the call.

Bonsack: {a-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}
Mercier: {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}

Of course no matter how far ahead you are, it's never easy to bust Mercier. The flop came down {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}{10-Clubs}, giving Mercier a jack for a straight to win the pot. The {9-Clubs} hit the turn, giving Mercier additional flush draw outs. But it all missed, as the {10-Diamonds} hit the river. Mercier quickly made his exit, as he was off to finish the last two levels of the 2-7 event. There will be no Day 2 for Mercier. #justbadluck

Player Chips Progress
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Jason Mercier
Busted

Tags: Jason Mercier

Five More Hands

Level 15 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

The clock has reached the ten minute mark and the field will play five more hands before bagging and tagging for the evening.

Late Night Counts

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Justin Gardenhire us
Justin Gardenhire
310,000
10,000
10,000
Profile photo of Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
250,000
1,000
1,000
Profile photo of Bertrand Grospellier fr
Bertrand Grospellier
220,000
82,000
82,000
Profile photo of David ODB Baker
David ODB Baker
220,000
50,000
50,000
Profile photo of Jerry Monroe us
Jerry Monroe
173,000
49,000
49,000
Profile photo of Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
160,000
17,000
17,000
Profile photo of Josh Tieman us
Josh Tieman
150,000
30,000
30,000
Profile photo of Huy Quach
Huy Quach
145,000
7,000
7,000
Profile photo of Matt Keikoan us
Matt Keikoan
145,000
75,000
75,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Amanda Musumeci us
Amanda Musumeci
145,000
19,000
19,000
Profile photo of Chris Conrad us
Chris Conrad
116,000
6,000
6,000
Profile photo of Mitch Schock us
Mitch Schock
110,000
27,000
27,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jamie Kerstetter us
Jamie Kerstetter
105,000
4,000
4,000
Profile photo of Drazen Ilich us
Drazen Ilich
105,000
5,000
5,000
Profile photo of David Peters us
David Peters
100,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
90,000
17,000
17,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Arkadiy Tsinis ua
Arkadiy Tsinis
85,000
32,000
32,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Ryan Eriquezzo us
Ryan Eriquezzo
80,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 3X Winner
Profile photo of Dejuante Alexander us
Dejuante Alexander
76,000
11,000
11,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Paul Sokoloff gb
Paul Sokoloff
76,000
21,000
21,000
Profile photo of Mark Bonsack us
Mark Bonsack
66,000
8,000
8,000
Profile photo of Huy Nguyen us
Huy Nguyen
60,000
3,000
3,000
Profile photo of Sam Stein us
Sam Stein
55,000
38,000
38,000
Profile photo of Jacob Naquin
Jacob Naquin
51,000
9,000
9,000
Profile photo of Allen Kessler us
Allen Kessler
50,000
13,700
13,700

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Keikoan Catches Trips, Busts LeFrancois

Action started with Matt Keikoan raising to 5,100. Pascal LeFrancois then moved all in for 15,800 from the small blind, and when it got back to Keikoan, he tossed in the call.

Keikoan: {k-Spades}{j-Hearts}
LeFrancois: {a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}

The suspense was over pretty quickly as the flop came down {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{7-Spades}. No miracles would come for LeFrancois, as the {9-Hearts} hit the turn. The meaningless river was the {9-Spades}, and Keikoan collected the bounty.

Player Chips Progress
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Matt Keikoan
220,000
20,000
20,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Profile photo of Pascal LeFrancois ca
Pascal LeFrancois
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Pascal LeFrancoisMatt Keikoan

Kerstetter Doubles Through Turner, Who Then Busts

Jon Turner- Busto
Jon Turner- Busto

Action started with an early position player raising it to 6,600. Two players called, including Jon "Pearljammer" Turner. It folded all the way around to Jamie Kerstetter in the small blind, and she shipped it all in for 46,500. The frist two players folded, but Turner made the call.

Kerstetter: {a-Clubs}{a-Diamonds}
Turner: {4-Clubs}{4-Spades}

Any miracle that Turner could hope for went virtually out the door when the flop came {6-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{a-Hearts}. Turner would need runner runner to win, but the turn came the {10-Diamonds}. The meaningless river was the {j-Diamonds}, and Kerstetter secured the double up to 101,000.

A few hands later, Turner got it all in preflop with {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds} against the {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} of Chris Moorman. The flop was a disaster for Turner, coming {2-Hearts}{6-Spades}{2-Spades}. Turner was all but dead, and he was officially drawing dead when the {3-Hearts} hit the turn. The meaningless river was the {8-Clubs}, and Turner was sent packing, while Moorman jumped up to 73,000.

Player Chips Progress
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Jamie Kerstetter
101,000
61,000
61,000
Profile photo of Chris Moorman gb
Chris Moorman
73,000
22,000
22,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Profile photo of Jon Turner us
Jon Turner
Busted

Tags: Jon TurnerJamie KerstetterChris Moorman

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