Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
The final table intros have been made, and the cards are once again in the air.
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 56: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 3
Event Info
These are the stacks for the remaining nine players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,445,000
1,295,000
|
1,295,000 |
|
||
|
2,241,000
141,000
|
141,000 |
|
1,664,000
-236,000
|
-236,000 |
|
1,246,000
461,000
|
461,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,212,000
-88,000
|
-88,000 |
|
1,148,000
-552,000
|
-552,000 |
|
799,000
-146,000
|
-146,000 |
|
779,000
129,000
|
129,000 |
|
773,000
208,000
|
208,000 |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Table 2
| Seat 1 | Andrew Taylor | |
| Seat 2 | Steven Goldberg | |
| Seat 3 | Donald Vogel | |
| Seat 4 | David Borg | |
| Seat 5 | Peter Eastgate | |
| Seat 6 | Tomas Trampota | |
| Seat 7 | Eliyahu Levy | |
| Seat 8 | Tomas Junek | |
| Seat 9 | Bassel Moussa |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
The nine remaining players are taking a 20 minute break while the tournament staff collects chip counts for everyone left.
Action folded all the way around to Gianluca Mattia in the small blind, and he limped in. Eliyahu Levy was in the big blind, and he quickly tossed out a raise of 50,000 more. It was back to Mattia, and after about 30 seconds of thought, he moved all in. Levy SNAP called, and he saw that he was in great shape.
Levy: 
Mattia: 
The flop looked scary for Levy, but it was safe, coming 
. The 
on the turn kept Levy out front, and the river came the 
. Mattia was sent to the rail, and in a flash, we have reached out final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 4,000 ante
Table 2
| Seat 1 | Andrew Taylor | |
| Seat 2 | Steven Goldberg | |
| Seat 3 | Donald Vogel | |
| Seat 4 | David Borg | |
| Seat 5 | Peter Eastgate | |
| Seat 6 | Tomas Trampota | |
| Seat 7 | Gianluca Mattia | |
| Seat 8 | Eliyahu Levy | |
| Seat 9 | Tomas Junek | |
| Seat 10 | Bassel Moussa |
Alexander Queen managed to get all in and at risk up against Tomas Junek. Queen held 
while his opponent, Junek had 
The 
flop seemed fairly tame, but the on the turn gave Junek the advantage. A 
river completed the hand, with Junek holding the best of it. Queen is out 11th place finisher and leaves today with a $38,037 pay day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
We don't know exactly how the action went, but we do know Michael Graydon managed to get all in and at risk by the likes of Steven Goldberg.
Goldberg:
Graydon: 
The board came out 
giving Goldberg a rivered straight and the best hand. Graydon was near the top of the chip leaders, but a small fall from grace caused him to move into the middle of the pack. Once there Graydon managed to get it all in with his eights, and leave as our 12th place finisher.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,300,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
Busted |
After a series of raises Dmitrii Valouev managed to get all in and at risk by Tomas Trampota. Valouev held 
while his opponent Tampota tabled 
.
The board came 
awarding Trampota the pot as his hand came out the best. Valouev makes his exit in 13th place and walks away with $29,803.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,100,000
625,000
|
625,000 |
|
Busted |
Bastian Fischer open shoved all in for 350,000 in early position, and Eliyahu Levy, who was next to act, moved all in over the top. Everyone else got out of the way, and the cards were tabled.
Levy: 
Fischer:
Pretty much all the suspense was taken out when the dealer fanned out a flop of 
. Any miracle Fischer could catch when out the window when the hit the turn. The meaningless river was the , and Levy collected the chips, while Fischer was sent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
900,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
Busted |