2012 World Series of Poker

Event 43: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
44
Prize
$654,380
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$3,739,500
Entries
2,770
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
15,000

Lew Times Two

John Nelson opened to 33,000 from early position, and the action folded to Randy "nanonoko" Lew who three-bet jammed for 298,000. The action folded back to Nelson, who tank-called.

Nelson{6-Spades}{6-Hearts}
Lew{a-Hearts}{q-Hearts}

The {2-Spades}{q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs} flop was great for Lew, and the {a-Spades} on the turn had Nelson drawing dead. The river was a meaningless {5-Clubs}, and Lew successfully doubled.

Player Chips Progress
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John Nelson
995,000
-305,000
-305,000
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Randy Lew
625,000
223,000
223,000

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Heated Discussion Between Channing & Effel

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Neil Channing wasn't all smiles moments ago.
Neil Channing wasn't all smiles moments ago.

WSOP TD Jack Effel and Neil Channing just had a very heated discussion on the floor. Channing was upset with the coloring up procedure and may have used some foul language directed at the staff.

Effel very candidly explained some operational procedures to Channing. They came to a mutual understanding after a couple minutes and Channing returned to his seat at the table.

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Carl DiVeglia III Eliminated in 18th Place ($23,372)

Carl DiVeglia III - 18th Place
Carl DiVeglia III - 18th Place

The action folded to Carl DiVeglia III, who open-shoved for his last 300,000 or so. Henry Lu immediately three-bet jammed behind him, and the action folded behind him.

DiVeglia III{a-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Lu{a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}

The board ran out {7-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{2-Clubs}{k-Clubs}, and DiVeglia III was eliminated.

Player Chips Progress
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Henry Lu
805,000
232,000
232,000
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Carl DiVeglia III
Busted

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Two Table Redraw

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

The field has been trimmed to 18 players and they have done a complete table redraw.

Table 445

SeatPlayer
1James Mackey
2Neil Channing
3Daniel Zeihen
4Francois Dur
5Balazs Botod
6Jared Rosenbaum
7Cary Marshall
8Michael Judge
9Zach Clark

Table 446

SeatPlayer
1Henry Lu
2Michael Morgousky
3John Nelson
4Tom Alner
5Hovan Nguyen
6Jesse Yaginuma
7Mark Ketteringham
8Randy Lew
9Carl DiVeglia III

Adam Foster Eliminated in 19th Place ($18,735)

The action folded to Adam Foster, who moved all in for just under 300,000 from the button. John Nelson asked for a count from the big blind, and after Foster gave an approximation, Nelson called.

Showdown
Foster: {6-Spades}{6-Hearts}
Nelson: {7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}

The sevens held as the board ran out {2-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}, eliminating Foster in 19th place.

The remaining 18 players are currently redrawing to two tables. We will have a full seat draw for you shortly.

Player Chips Progress
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John Nelson
1,300,000
281,000
281,000
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Adam Foster
Busted

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All In and Chop

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Cary Marshall opened to 32,000 from under the gun, Neil Channing called on his direct left, and the action folded to John Nelson, who defended his big blind.

The flop fell {6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{3-Spades}, and the action checked to Channing who fired 36,000. Only Marshall called. Both players knuckled after the {3-Clubs} turned, and the {2-Hearts} completed the board. Marshall thought for a moment, then tossed out what looked like 80,000. Channing, who is still stacking his chips, grabbing a tower of orange T5,000 chips and green T25,000 chips, and raised to around 200,000.

Marshall tanked, then moved all in. Channing quickly called.

Channing tabled {5-Diamonds}{5-Spades} for a straight, and Marshall showed {a-Diamonds}{5-Hearts} for the same hand. The two chopped the pot.

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Level: 22

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

Clark, Botond & Channing Lead Final 20 Players

Neil Channing will be looking for his first gold bracelet.
Neil Channing will be looking for his first gold bracelet.

Day 3 is set to begin for Event 43, $1,500 No Limit Hold'em, of the World Series of Poker. Just 20 players remain of the 2,770 that began and Zach Clark leads them all. But he's in a virtual three-way tie with Balazs Botond and Neil Channing.

Barely two big blinds separate the leaders and James Mackey is being chased by John Nelson. RandyLew, Jesse Yaginuma, Henry Lu and Mark Ketteringham have plenty of chips to make a move up the counts.

After just two eliminations the field will have a total redraw and then again when the field combines to one ten-handed final table.

The large field generated a juicy prize pool and big money is up for grabs. A big money jump comes at nine players, more than twice what each player is guaranteed at this point.

We'll play to winner tonight, hopefully ending before ten levels - which would require a fourth day of play. Follow all the WSOP action to see who grabs the gold bracelet on PokerNews.com.