2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Foxwoods

Main event
Day: 2
Event Info

2012-13 World Series of Poker Circuit Event - Foxwoods

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$194,178
Event Info
Prize Pool
$924,652
Entries
615
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Start-of-Day Chip Leader Crippled by Gaines

Level 15 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

A huge pot just went down at Table 16 between two of the top six chip stacks from the beginning of the day—Erek Gaines and Aryeh Cohen. The latter began as chip leader, but now he's sitting on a rather short stack.

It happened when Kurt Jewell opened the action with a raise to 4,200. Cohen responded with a three-bet to 12,500 from the hijack, the cutoff called, and then Gaines four-bet to 30,000 from the small blind. Jewell folded, Cohen shipped, and the cutoff got out of the way. Gaines, who had 109,400 total, called off.

Gaines: {Q-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}
Cohen: {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}

Cohen was crestfallen upon seeing the cards and with good reason. According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, he had just an 18.23% chance of winning the hand. That dropped to 8.38% on the {6-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{3-Spades} flop, and the {6-Spades} turn knocked it down even further to 4.55%. Cohen needed a ten on the river to eliminate Gaines and take down the monster pot, but it wasn't in the cards as the {K-Spades} peeled off.

Cohen was knocked down to approximately 45,000 on the hand while Gaines vaulted to 240,000. Meanwhile, Aaron Masey has been eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Erek Gaines
Erek Gaines
240,000
106,400
106,400
Profile photo of Aryeh Cohen
Aryeh Cohen
45,000
-110,000
-110,000
Profile photo of Aaron Massey us
Aaron Massey
Busted

Tags: Aryeh CohenErek GainesAaron Massey