Level: 31
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 10,000
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Foxwoods
Main event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Foxwoods
Prize Pool
$924,652
Entries
615
Level
32
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
Level 30
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
The seven remaining players are now off to take a 10-minute break after which the blinds move up to 30,000/60,000 and the antes get doubled to 10,000.
Level 30
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,750,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
|
|
2,250,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
2,045,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
1,685,000
-255,000
|
-255,000 |
|
1,595,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
||
|
1,100,000 | |
|
870,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
Level 30
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
In the final hand of Level 30, Kevin Saul opened to 100,000 from under the gun, and it folded around to Paul Snead on the button who flatted. It then folded to Pete Campo in the big blind who reraised all in for 650,000, and after a bit of a think Saul let his cards go.
Snead promptly counted down the calling chips, put them in a single column, and set them forward. Campo then tabled 
while Snead shoed 
.
The flop came 
to pair Snead once, then the 
turn gave him a second pair. The river was the 
, and after that long stretch with no eliminations we've seen two in consecutive hands.
Meanwhile, what a wild last few minutes of the level for Snead — going from first to nearly last, then quickly back up over 2 million again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,045,000
985,000
|
985,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 30
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
It took about two hours of play at the final table for a player to fall, and that man was Stephen Dare. It happened when he shipped all in for 480,000 from middle position and received a call from Paul Snead, who barely had him covered.
Snead: 
Dare: 
It was a classic flip, and Dare just needed to avoid big cards and diamonds to stay alive. He managed to do it on both the 
flop and turn, but Snead could still win with either an ace, queen or ten on the river. The dealer burned and delivered what would be the last card Dare would see in the tournament, the . Snead hit his ace to eliminate Dare in ninth place for $18,031.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,060,000
555,000
|
555,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 30
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
They're approaching the end of Level 30, and while we've yet to see a bustout during the almost two-and-a-half hours the final table has lasted thus far, we did just see a major chip swing in a hand involving the chip leader Paul Sneed and Lall Bharat.
It began with Bharat opening big from under the gun for 175,000 and Snead calling from a seat over. The others folded, then the flop came a coordinated 
.
Bharat led for 200,000, then Snead fairly promptly raised to 500,000. Snead hesitated for a few beats, then announced he was reraising all in and Bharat quickly called, creating a pot of more than 2.8 million.
Bharat turned over 
for the overpair while Snead had 
for an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the 
and river the 
, and Bharat exhaled and looked up through the glass-ceilinged roof above into the newly-darkened evening sky.
When he looked back down at the brightly-lit table, the chips were being counted and pushed his way. He assumes the top spot in the counts with that hand, while Snead goes from the top to near the bottom of the counts as he tumbles to about a half-million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,860,000
1,230,000
|
1,230,000 |
|
|
505,000
-1,295,000
|
-1,295,000 |
Level 30
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Stephen Dare opened for 110,000 and received calls from Paul Snead and Bobby Corcione in the the hijack and big blind respectively. All three players checked the 
flop and then Dare bet 125,000 after Corcione checked the 
turn. Both Snead and Corcione called, and then the latter checked for a third time on the 
river.
Dare opted to bet again, this time 200,000, and Snead quickly called. Corcione then contemplated what to do from the big. He seemed a bit suspicious and it appeared he was replaying the hand in his head. Eventually he made the call too and was glad he did as his 
was better than Snead's 
and Dare's 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,300,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
|
1,800,000
-450,000
|
-450,000 |
|
|
530,000
-460,000
|
-460,000 |
Level 30
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Paul Snead has been picking up a few more chips during the last orbit, adding further to his currently leading stack.
One hand saw another limped pot involving four players, with Snead playing from the blinds. The flop came 
, and when Kevin Saul led at it, Snead check-raised him and it was enough to win the pot.
Soon after that came a hand in which Lall Bharat opened from the cutoff for 115,000, then Snead three-bet him to 275,000 from the button. The blinds got out, and Bharat soon stepped aside as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,250,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Level 30
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Paul Snead opened for 125,000 from early position and Stephen Dare flatted from the button. The blinds folded, the flop came down 
, and Snead led out for 150,000. Dare wasted little time in moving all in for 390,000 more and Snead hit the tank.
He thought for a solid minute before folding, and with encouragement from the entire table Dare showed the 
for an open-ended straight draw. "I'm ok with that," Snead admitted before claiming he had folded a small pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,950,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
|
990,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
Level 30
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
After Kevin Saul did something a bit out of the ordinary — he limped in from under the gun — lots of other unusual things happened. Bobby Corcione and Ethan Foulks (both in middle position) limped, too, as did Lall Bharat from the cutoff. Then Paul Snead, playing from the button, checked his cards, and he limped, too, by which point the whole table was starting to chuckle at the turn of events.
Ben Reason looked at his cards in the small blind and decided to step aside, then the action was on Pete Campo in the big blind. "I'm too afraid to try anything," he cracked, and tapped the felt to check.
Thus did six players still have cards when the flop came 
. It checked around to Bharat who bet 75,000, and of the others Campo and Saul called. The turn then brought the and a bet of 210,000 from Campo, and only Bharat stayed in the hand.
The river was the . This time Campo checked, and Bharat promptly pushed out a bet of 325,000. Campo sat muttering a little, appearing somewhat exasperated at the spot he was in, then finally he tossed his cards.
It started out slowly, but not counting Bharat's last bet he'd claimed a nearly 1 million-chip pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,630,000
480,000
|
480,000 |
|
|
785,000
-430,000
|
-430,000 |