Main Event | 2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - The Bicycle Casino

01-14-2013 21:25 UTC-8

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Varela	3,235,000 835,000	835,000
Zhong Chen	2,330,000 -785,000	-785,000

Chavaillaz In Cruise Control

Kevin Taylor

Baptiste Chavaillaz has been the most aggressive of the three remaining players all day, and that has not slowed down since we got to three handed.

Zhong Chen raised it up to 185,000 on the button, and Eric Varela called. Chavaillaz was in the big blind, and he put in a three bet to 300,000. Both players called, and the flop came down . When it was checked to Chavaillaz, he fired out 370,000, and both his opponents quickly folded.

After that pot, Chavaillaz is pushing nine million chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Baptiste Chavaillaz	8,910,000 335,000	335,000
Zhong Chen	3,115,000 -720,000	-720,000
Eric Varela	2,400,000 350,000	350,000

Tags: Zhong Chen Baptiste Chavaillaz Eric Varela

Level: 33

Blinds: 50,000/100,000

Ante: 10,000

01-14-2013 21:04 UTC-8

Updated Chip Counts For The Final Three

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MrCleverFox

Player	Chips	Progress
Baptiste Chavaillaz	8,575,000 200,000	200,000
Zhong Chen	3,835,000 -310,000	-310,000
Eric Varela	2,050,000 -150,000	-150,000

01-14-2013 21:00 UTC-8

Jared Ingles Eliminated in 4th Place ($73,270)

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MrCleverFox

We have just lost Jared Ingles at the hands of Baptiste Chavaillaz.

Preflop action folded to Chavaillaz who raised to 170,000. Zhong Chen folded his small blind and action was on Ingles who made a reraise to 420,000. Chavaillaz made the call, and then it was off to the flop.

Flop: .

Action started on Ingles who made a bet of 280,000. After processing this, Chavaillaz put in a reraise to 800,000. It didn't take too long for Ingles to make the decision to move all in, and this sent Chavaillaz into the tank.

"Do you really have aces or kings?" he muttered to himself.

After a few minutes of thinking, he found a call, and it was the right call.

Baptiste:
Ingles:

Chavaillaz picked off Ingles bluff with just top pair, and he couldn't have asked to see a better hand. Ingles was drawing dead to running outs.

The turn was the and that card put a lock on the hand for Chavaillaz. The river was just formality as Ingles hit the rail in 4th place for $73,270.

With that hand, Chavaillaz now has an overwhelming chip lead with 8,375,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Baptiste Chavaillaz	8,375,000 3,250,000	3,250,000
Jared Ingles	Busted

Tags: Baptiste Chavaillaz Jared Ingles

01-14-2013 20:45 UTC-8

What Are You Raising With?

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Kevin Taylor

Zhong Chen started the action by raising to 160,000. Eric Varela and Baptiste Chavaillaz came along in the blinds, and the three of them went to a flop. Everyone checked on all three streets of a board, and Varela rolled over for ten high. Amazingly, ten high was good as both Chavaillaz and Chen mucked.

"What are you raising with?!" Chavaillaz asked Chen in a jovial manner. Varela took the small pot to up his stack to 2.2 million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Varela	2,200,000 430,000	430,000

Tags: Zhong Chen Baptiste Chavaillaz Eric Varela

01-14-2013 20:25 UTC-8

Chavaillaz Wins a Monster, Takes Chip Lead

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MrCleverFox

The chip lead has been traded several times over the course of four-handed play. Now it's Baptiste Chavaillaz taking the lead again.

In the hand, Jared Ingles raised 160,000 from the button. Only Chavaillaz called from the big blind.

On the flop of , Chavaillaz checked. Ingles bet out 130,000. Chavaillaz then put in a check raise to 300,000. After a while, Ingles called.

The turn was the . Chavaillaz bet out 400,000 and was called by Ingles again.

The river was the , completing a straight draw. Chavaillaz put out a huge bet of 800,000 and was snap called by Ingles. Chavaillaz showed and his boat was enough to gain the chip lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Baptiste Chavaillaz	5,125,000 950,000	950,000
Jared Ingles	2,905,000 -1,415,000	-1,415,000

Tags: Baptiste Chavaillaz Jared Ingles

01-14-2013 20:04 UTC-8

Ingles Retakes Chip Lead

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Kevin Taylor

On the first hand back from dinner, Jared Ingles opened the action to 160,000, and Zhon Chen defended his big blind. When the flop came down , Chen check called a bet of 150,000 from Ingles.

The turn brought the , and Chen checked again. Ingles kept the aggression up with a bet of 285,000, and that was good enough to get Chen to fold.