Main Event
Day 1 Completed
2012 DeepStacks Poker Tour Mohegan Sun National Championship
Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 DeepStacks Poker Tour Mohegan Sun National Championship
Buy-in
$2,300
Prize Pool
$559,981
Entries
251
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
348,100 | |
|
|
192,000 | |
|
186,000 | |
|
|
181,600 | |
|
|
166,100 | |
|
165,400 | |
|
162,600 | |
|
||
|
|
161,000 | |
|
|
159,300 | |
|
158,900 | |
|
157,000 | |
|
||
|
|
151,800 | |
|
147,700
27,700
|
27,700 |
|
|
||
|
145,000 | |
|
|
144,000 | |
|
140,600 | |
|
140,200 | |
|
||
|
133,700 | |
|
133,700 | |
|
||
|
133,300 | |
|
129,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
|
128,000 | |
|
122,500 | |
|
120,800 | |
|
||
|
|
118,800 | |
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
| Table | Seat | Name | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | --empty-- | |
| 1 | 2 | --empty-- | |
| 1 | 3 | Gerard Kane | 70,200 |
| 1 | 4 | Sazan Lusha | 25,400 |
| 1 | 5 | Larry Samet | 70,500 |
| 1 | 6 | Michael Guadano | 192,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Ashton Griffin | 92,300 |
| 1 | 8 | Derek Chin | DNR |
| 1 | 9 | Sharon Levin | 58,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Steven Brackesy | 20,300 |
| 2 | 2 | Kurt Jewell | 78,700 |
| 2 | 3 | Daniel Pabon | 59,300 |
| 2 | 4 | --empty-- | |
| 2 | 5 | Ian Searing | 122,500 |
| 2 | 6 | --empty-- | |
| 2 | 7 | Stephen Reynolds | 97,200 |
| 2 | 8 | Adam Bitker | 93,900 |
| 2 | 9 | Marc Mercier | 65,800 |
| 3 | 1 | Matt Glantz | 83,300 |
| 3 | 2 | Ted Safranko | 66,600 |
| 3 | 3 | --empty-- | |
| 3 | 4 | Bryan Leskowitz | 100,500 |
| 3 | 5 | Ken Frey | 22,200 |
| 3 | 6 | Nicholas Palma | 45,800 |
| 3 | 7 | Besnik Ziba | 71,200 |
| 3 | 8 | Matt Affleck | 133,300 |
| 3 | 9 | Juan Catala | 24,400 |
| 4 | 1 | Ken Silberstein | 34,100 |
| 4 | 2 | Michael Young | 100,300 |
| 4 | 3 | Albert Shenker | 30,300 |
| 4 | 4 | Pat White | 40,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Justin Pechie | 120,800 |
| 4 | 6 | David Paredes | 133,700 |
| 4 | 7 | Aaron Massey | DNR |
| 4 | 8 | --empty-- | |
| 4 | 9 | Alan Claridge | 107,700 |
| 5 | 1 | Darrel Dier | 39,900 |
| 5 | 2 | Vanessa Selbst | 162,600 |
| 5 | 3 | Greg Ostrander | 147,700 |
| 5 | 4 | Alexander Queen | 46,700 |
| 5 | 5 | Floyd Overton | 59,700 |
| 5 | 6 | --empty-- | |
| 5 | 7 | Jean Elie Joseph | 66,600 |
| 5 | 8 | --empty-- | |
| 5 | 9 | Kyle Frey | 34,000 |
| 6 | 1 | Haralambos Saridis | 118,800 |
| 6 | 2 | Vincent Maglio | 106,400 |
| 6 | 3 | Luke Vrabel | 40,100 |
| 6 | 4 | Denis Guidash | 104,500 |
| 6 | 5 | Jonathan Drane | 128,000 |
| 6 | 6 | Peter Gilmore | 58,200 |
| 6 | 7 | Jared Jaffee | 157,000 |
| 6 | 8 | --empty-- | |
| 6 | 9 | Brent Johnson | 97,800 |
| 7 | 1 | Chris Dziadosz | 35,400 |
| 7 | 2 | Peter Campo | 114,600 |
| 7 | 3 | Ryan Joyce | 66,100 |
| 7 | 4 | David Stevens | 55,500 |
| 7 | 5 | Andy Stone | 86,800 |
| 7 | 6 | --empty-- | |
| 7 | 7 | --empty-- | |
| 7 | 8 | Ross Santos | 63,200 |
| 7 | 9 | Robert Corcione | 113,600 |
| 8 | 1 | Art Pappas | 165,400 |
| 8 | 2 | Mike Matusow | 140,200 |
| 8 | 3 | --empty-- | |
| 8 | 4 | --empty-- | |
| 8 | 5 | Yasin Ahmady | 68,200 |
| 8 | 6 | Artyem Perlov | 186,000 |
| 8 | 7 | Phil Percoco | 35,700 |
| 8 | 8 | Ben Nakhoul | 62,300 |
| 8 | 9 | Bart Guthrie | 43,400 |
| 9 | 1 | Michael Shail | 166,100 |
| 9 | 2 | Jimmy Soleiti | 144,000 |
| 9 | 3 | Theodoros Adalis | 29,700 |
| 9 | 4 | Jason O'Dell | 45,900 |
| 9 | 5 | Chip Jett | 56,600 |
| 9 | 6 | Nicolas Macahalani | 38,400 |
| 9 | 7 | --empty-- | |
| 9 | 8 | --empty-- | |
| 9 | 9 | Joe Matos | 133,700 |
| 10 | 1 | Peter Jankowski | 158,900 |
| 10 | 2 | Frank Conte | 181,600 |
| 10 | 3 | David Espinola | 114,900 |
| 10 | 4 | --empty-- | |
| 10 | 5 | --empty-- | |
| 10 | 6 | Wee Yee Tan | 54,300 |
| 10 | 7 | Maurice Paradis | 49,400 |
| 10 | 8 | John Roderiques | 74,400 |
| 10 | 9 | Vitaly Kovyazin | 100,600 |
| 11 | 1 | Ted Spencer | 42,500 |
| 11 | 2 | Allen Kessler | 38,200 |
| 11 | 3 | --empty-- | |
| 11 | 4 | Rich Hench | 21,400 |
| 11 | 5 | Peter Halperin | 67,500 |
| 11 | 6 | Ernie Hou | 35,400 |
| 11 | 7 | Michael Dentale | 20,000 |
| 11 | 8 | Ken Hoey | 59,100 |
| 11 | 9 | Jeremy Costa | 48,800 |
| 12 | 1 | Fabio D'Agata | 77,300 |
| 12 | 2 | William Leppert | 159,300 |
| 12 | 3 | Russ Morazzini | 25,500 |
| 12 | 4 | Stephen McGuire | 104,900 |
| 12 | 5 | Matthew Bravliev | 51,100 |
| 12 | 6 | Robert Allain | 70,300 |
| 12 | 7 | --empty-- | |
| 12 | 8 | Steve "Dakota" Happas | 82,100 |
| 12 | 9 | David Stefanski | 348,100 |
| 13 | 1 | Joe Sweeney | 108,750 |
| 13 | 2 | Jason Strasser | 140,600 |
| 13 | 3 | William Klevitz | 114,300 |
| 13 | 4 | Marc Beaulieu | 151,800 |
| 13 | 5 | Steven Kreinik | 30,000 |
| 13 | 6 | Robert Holtz | 37,600 |
| 13 | 7 | L. J. Sande | 49,600 |
| 13 | 8 | --empty-- | |
| 13 | 9 | Daniel Spinelli | 52,100 |
| 14 | 1 | James Campbell | 73,000 |
| 14 | 2 | Jimmy Nunez | 33,300 |
| 14 | 3 | Richard Zisk | 68,200 |
| 14 | 4 | Jeff Blake | 86,400 |
| 14 | 5 | --empty-- | |
| 14 | 6 | Andrew Sherman-Ash | 97,000 |
| 14 | 7 | Patrick Chan | 109,400 |
| 14 | 8 | Andrew Devito | 69,100 |
| 14 | 9 | ||
| 15 | 1 | --empty-- | |
| 15 | 2 | Tom Cope | 49,100 |
| 15 | 3 | Benny Bianco | 161,000 |
| 15 | 4 | Lori Bandelloni | 28,100 |
| 15 | 5 | Tristan Wade | 25,800 |
| 15 | 6 | Cory Nolan | 60,400 |
| 15 | 7 | Avdo Djokovic | 105,500 |
| 15 | 8 | Scott Davies | 48,100 |
| 15 | 9 | Michael Lavoie | 61,400 |
| 16 | 1 | Charles Saleba | 64,600 |
| 16 | 2 | Matthew Kuba | 145,000 |
| 16 | 3 | Chris Schonbach | 25,800 |
| 16 | 4 | Ron Gariepy | 69,700 |
| 16 | 5 | Justin Schwartz | 129,000 |
| 16 | 6 | --empty-- | |
| 16 | 7 | Sherwin Agard | 80,000 |
| 16 | 8 | Scott Baumstein | 67,300 |
| 16 | 9 | Jeffrey Einsidler | 55,400 |
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Day 1 of the 2012 DeepStacks Poker Tour Mohegan Sun National Championship is in the books. After 10 one-hour levels, roughly 120 players remain from the 242 entrants that registered throughout the day. On top of the counts is David Stefanski, who bagged 348,100 chips. That looks to be a good 150,000 chips clear of his nearest competitor. Stefanski quietly amassed a big stack before winning a gigantic pot against fellow big stack Nesrine Kourdourli during Level 10.
DeepStacks Pro was well represented in the field today as Mike Matusow (140,200), Chip Jett (56,600), Darrel Dier (39,900), and Tristan Wade (25,800) all made it through on their first buy-in. Arguably the biggest DeepStacks name, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, went 0-for-3 today but with the option to re-enter until the beginning of Day 2, we expect Mizrachi back on the felt tomorrow.
Other notables who will be back in action on Sunday include Vanessa Selbst (162,600), Jared Jaffee (157,000), David Paredes (133,700), Matt Affleck (133,300), Aaron Massey (100,300), Ashton Griffin (92,300), Matt Glantz (83,300), Kurt Jewell (78,700), and Scott Baumstein (67,300).
Among those who busted on Day 1 and opted not to re-enter were Amnon Filippi, Daryl Jace, Victor Ramdin, Brian Lamanna, and Dave Inselberg.
Day 2 will begin at noon local time tomorrow, so be sure to keep it here at PokerNews for all of the exciting action. Until then, good night from Connecticut!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
348,100
18,100
|
18,100 |
|
|
186,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
166,100
-900
|
-900 |
|
|
162,600
15,600
|
15,600 |
|
|
||
|
|
161,000 | |
|
|
158,900 | |
|
|
157,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
145,000
78,000
|
78,000 |
|
|
140,200
70,200
|
70,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
133,700
26,700
|
26,700 |
|
|
||
|
|
133,300
8,300
|
8,300 |
|
|
120,800 | |
|
|
||
|
105,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
100,500
500
|
500 |
|
100,300
25,300
|
25,300 |
|
92,300
-2,700
|
-2,700 |
|
83,300
5,300
|
5,300 |
|
||
|
78,700
44,700
|
44,700 |
|
67,300
-2,700
|
-2,700 |
|
||
|
56,600
24,600
|
24,600 |
|
40,100
-7,900
|
-7,900 |
|
|
39,900
-10,100
|
-10,100 |
|
25,800
12,800
|
12,800 |
|
|
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Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
The clock is paused and the players have been informed that six more hands will be dealt until they bag and tag.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
184,000 | |
|
|
154,000
29,000
|
29,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
147,000
41,000
|
41,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
125,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
|
120,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
107,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
98,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
|
95,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
|
78,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
75,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
James Campbell and Bryan Leskowitz were heads up on a board of 
. Campbell checked, and Leskowitz tossed out 12,600. Campbell tanked for the better part of 90 seconds, then flashed 
before folding.
"All I do is flop sets," Leskowitz said, grinning.
He showed two nines, and raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
106,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
|
100,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
As we were watching the action at another table, Nesrine Kourdourli came over to a friend. "I'm out," she said.
"Really??" he replied.
Having counted her at about 165,000 not long ago, somebody at her table was going to have a good amount of chips. David Stefanski, who had a healthy stack of about 150,000 last time we counted him, now had about 330,000 in front of him and was kind enough to give us the details.
After a player in early position opened to 2,200, Stefanski called in the cutoff. Kourdourli called from the button, Mike Dentale called from the big blind, and the flop came down 
with two clubs. Dentale checked to the original raiser who bet 3,800. Both Stefanski and Kourdourli called, Dentale folded, and the 
hit the turn, putting two spades on the board as well.
The original raiser checked, Stefanski bet 10,500, but Kourdourli raised to 24,000. The original raiser ducked out of the way and Stefanski near clicked it back to 38,000. A call from Kourdourli landed the 
on the river where Stefanski bet about 28,000, leading to a Kourdourli shove for roughly 115,000.
Stefanski called with for a set, besting Kourdourli's hand to win the massive pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
330,000
178,000
|
178,000 |
|
Busted |
Three players, including DeepStacks Pro Mike Matusow, saw a flop of 
. The trio checked, and the turn brought another queen - the 
. Matusow led out for 4,200, and only one player called.
The turn was the 
, Matusow checked, and the player behind him checked as well.
"I missed, Mike," he announced, tabling 
.
"Wow," Matusow said, tabling 
. "That's a f***ing lot to miss."
Matusow raked in the pot, and is now up to around 70,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000
38,000
|
38,000 |
|
|
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