Level: 21
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
2012 World Series of Poker
WSOP National Championship
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$1,570,000
Entries
157
Level
28
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
PokerNews Podcast Episode #108
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Level 20
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Eugene Katchalov joined the PokerNews Podcast to talk about the infamous quads vs. straight flush hand in the $1 Million Big One for One Drop, how to deal with a down year, and the 25K Fantasy League.
Dinner Break
Level 20
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Players are now on a one-hour dinner break.
Hao Le Eliminated in 16th Place ($22,278)
Hao Le opened for 25,000 and Justin Gardenhire raised to 52,000 behind him. The blinds released and Le called.
The flop came 
, Le moved all in and Gardenhire called.
Gardenhire: 
Le : 
The board completed 
and Le was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Two Table Redraw
Level 20
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Table 19
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justin Gardenhire | 257,000 |
| 2 | Nikolas Stone | 219,000 |
| 3 | Brian Rast | 204,000 |
| 4 | Eugene Katchalov | 70,000 |
| 5 | Sam Stein | 250,000 |
| 6 | David Peters | 305,000 |
| 7 | Amanda Musumeci | 260,000 |
| 8 | Hao Le | 235,000 |
Table 14
| Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Bonsack | 110,000 |
| 2 | Yung Hwang | 770,000 |
| 3 | Ryan Eriquezzo | 300,000 |
| 4 | Huy Nguyen | 580,000 |
| 5 | Matt Keikoan | 540,000 |
| 6 | David “ODB” Baker | 265,000 |
| 7 | Drazen Ilich | 245,000 |
| 8 | Nick Binger | 70,000 |
Jonathan Sorscher Eliminated in 17th Place ($22,278)
Jonathan Sorscher was eliminated by Amanda Musumeci. Sorscher held pocket jacks and Musumeci held 
.
The flop came 
and Sorscher never improved and hit the rail in 17th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
The Ladies Like Ilich
Drazen Ilich got his stack of 122,000 all in preflop and was at risk against Nikolas Stone.
Showdown
| Ilich |   |
| Stone |   |
The board held no surprises as it ran out 
and Ilich doubled through Stone.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
254,000 | 119,000 |
|
208,000 | -207,000 |
Allen Kessler Eliminated in 18th Place ($22,278)
Allen Kessler got his short stack all in preflop against Yung Hwang.
Hwang: 
Kessler: 
The board ran 
and Kessler was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Schock Bubbles National Championship
After two and a half hours of hand-for-hand play, the bubble has finally burst. It happened when Matt Keikoan raised to 18,000 from the hijack and Mitch Schock moved all in from the big blind for 34,000 total. Keikoan made the call and the cards were turned up:
Showdown
Keikoan: 
Schock:
"Queen's coming," Keikoan said with a smile as the table waited for the cameras to get into position. There was a lot on the line, which was reflected on Schock's face when he closed his eyes and awaited the flop . . . .
A visible rush of disappoint came over Schock as Keikoan had paired his queen to take the lead. Schock would need the last six in the deck to stay alive, but it was not meant to be as the 
appeared on the turn followed by the 
river. With that, Schock finished as the 2012 WSOP National Championship bubble boy while the remaining 18 players are guaranteed $22,278.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
530,000 | 34,000 |
|
Busted |
Sorscher Comes From Behind
Action folded to Jonathan Sorscher on the button and he moved all in for 58,000. Allen Kessler made a quick called from the small blind, and after the big got out of the way, the cards were turned up.
Showdown
Sorscher: 
Kessler: 
Sorscher was in about a bad a spot as he could be, but that changed on the 
flop when he paired his king and picked up a flush draw to boot. Just like that Kessler was drawing to two outs, which would come as the 
appeared on the turn followed by the on the river.
With that, Sorscher doubles and the bubble continues.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
126,000 | 68,000 |
|
|
75,000 | -53,000 |