Event #12: Limit Hold'em

After nine levels of one-hour blinds, it is Kevin Erickson at the top of the chip counts of Event #12: $1,500 Limit Hold'em with 1,435,000 in chips. Mike Lancaster enjoyed his day at the felt, courtesy of bagging 1,240,000. Erickson started his day playing a memorable three-bet hand against Joe McKeehen and continued amassing chips throughout the tournament until ultimately coming out as the overall chip leader.

Erickson's road to victory will not be easy, with two bracelet winners remaining in the field. Yuval Bronshtein and Jorden Fox bagged 770,000 and 300,000 stacks, respectively. Both players are both looking to add a second bracelet to their resume. Tina Tateossian bagged up 700,000 chips and is looking to become the first woman to win a limit hold'em bracelet since Kathy Liebert in 2004.

After a slightly delayed start, the tournament played nine one-hour-long levels. Many well-known players busted before the money, including Barry Greenstein, Yuri Dzivielevski, Terrence Chan, and Joseph Cheong. Once the money bubble burst, players rapidly busted, including the start-of-the-day chip leaders Jeremy Maher and Anthony Zinno and former Main Event champion Joe McKeehen.

The final 16 players return to their seats at 2 p.m. on October 7; they come back to blinds of 30,000-60,000. The players are all guaranteed $4,232 but are each battling it out for the $124,374 top prize, a World Series of Poker gold bracelet, and the title of champion. That champion will be crowned on October 7.

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Play has ended for the day and the remaining 16 players have bagged and tagged and will play down to a winner tomorrow.

Kevin Erickson	1,435,000	-175,000
Mike Lancaster	1,240,000	240,000
Tony Nasr	885,000	515,000
Guy Cicconi	830,000	470,000
Ian Glycenfer	795,000	140,000
John Bunch	795,000	170,000
Tom McCormick	775,000	-85,000
Yuval Bronshtein	770,000	-100,000
Tina Tateossian	700,000	-190,000
Anh Van Nguyen	685,000	-135,000
Kerry Welsh	425,000	-275,000
John Elliott	355,000	-25,000
Jorden Fox	300,000	110,000
Gregory Pinsonneault	250,000	181,000
Zachary Gruneberg	179,000	65,000
Adam Tyburski	140,000	-310,000

Rep Porter had gotten coolered for most of his chips when his full house ran into the quads of Tom McCormick.

Porter was all in, but there was side action between Adam Tyburski and Yuval Bronshtein.

Tyburski and Bronshtein both held ace-king on the       board, which was good to chop. Porter's hand hit the muck and he left the tournament area.

Yuval Bronshtein	870,000	20,000
Tom McCormick	860,000	610,000
Adam Tyburski	450,000	-300,000
Rep Porter	0	-500,000

Tina Tateossian had two pair versus Christopher Adams who had lost a significant pot earlier against Kevin Erickson. Adam's whole stack went in the middle and his hand was mucked as he left the tournament.

Tina Tateossian	890,000	530,000
Christopher Adams	0	-400,000

On a board of    , Christopher Adams bet in the cutoff and got two callers including Kevin Erickson in the small blind.

The   turn saw Erickson check-raise and only Adams continued.

The   completed the board and Erickson led with a bet and was called.

Erickson showed    for a boat while Adams had to throw his    into the muck.

Kevin Erickson	1,200,000	350,000
Christopher Adams	400,000	-550,000

The players have gone on their final 15-minute break of the night. The remaining players will play one more level after the break.

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Arthur Cole lost most of his chips when holding    against    on a board of      .

Soon after, he got the rest of his chips in blind versus blind.

Arthur Cole:   
Kerry Welsh:   

The board ran out       and Cole was eliminated from the tournament.

Kerry Welsh	700,000	300,000
Arthur Cole	0	-85,000

Anh Van Nguyen raised under the gun and Christopher Adams three-bet, which folded out the rest of the table except Nguyen who called.

The flop came    . Nguyen bet, Adams raised, and Nguyen called.

The turn came an   and Nguyen check-raised a bet from Adams, and Adams called.

The   river checked through and Adams showed   . It was no good against    of Nguyen who took the pot down.

Anh Van Nguyen	820,000	150,000
Christopher Adams	800,000	-70,000