2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Caesars Atlantic City

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Caesars Atlantic City

Final Results
Winner
Joe McKeehen
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
$174,150
Event Info
Prize Pool
$810,000
Entries
540
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Double Bubble... They're in the Money!

Level 19 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

The bubble has burst, and to add further drama two players have busted simultaneously on separate tables.

One one table, Lana O'Brien raised to 13,000, Joe Steur reraised to 30,500, O'Brien four-bet to 70,000, Steur moved all in, and O'Brien made the call.

O'Brien had {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}, but Steur had {K-Hearts}{K-Spades}. The board ran out {7-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{8-Spades}, and O'Brien was eliminated. That huge pot of around 400,000 nudges Steur up to challenge Gregory Burns for the current chip lead.

It looked as though O'Brien would be missing the money by a single spot, but on another table an all-in situation had arisen between Patrick Chan and Greg Masters. There the chips went in following a {3-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{5-Hearts} flop. Masters had {Q-Spades}{5-Spades} for trip fives while Chan was well behind with {3-Clubs}{2-Clubs}.

The {A-Hearts} fell on the turn, giving Chan a gutshot draw, but the river was the {J-Clubs} and Chan — whom Masters had only barely covered — was eliminated.

As both players were knocked out on the same hand, they'll be splitting 54th-place money, thereby earning $1,555 apiece (not quite the buy-in). That means the remaining 53 players get to go to the break all knowing they'll be cashing as well.

Player Chips Progress
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Joseph Steur
540,000
525,200
525,200
Profile photo of Gregory Masters us
Gregory Masters
480,000
149,000
149,000
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Patrick Chan
Busted
Profile photo of Lana O'Brien
Lana O'Brien
Busted

Tags: Gregory MastersJoseph SteurLana O'BrienPatrick Chan