2012 World Series of Poker

Rubie Doubles

gepostet 2012-06-15 19:11 GMT-6

Brendon Rubie found himself sitting on a much shorter stack than he was an hour ago. We caught up to the action to see his opponent call Rubie's all in.

Rubie:
Opponent:

We were off to the races but Rubie jumped way ahead when the flop fell . The board finished with the and the and Rubie was able to double up and is currently sitting on a stack of about 240,000.

Chipcounts
Brendon Rubie			240,000	131,000

Tags: Brendon Rubie.

PokerStars Presents Half Price Sunday

gepostet 2012-06-15 19:05 GMT-6 von Chad_Holloway • Level 15: 1,200-2,400, 300 ante

The buy-ins for several major PokerStars tournaments are being cut in half on Sunday, June 17 for Half Price Sunday, including the most affordable Sunday Million that PokerStars has ever run. The huge prize pool guarantees stay fixed, so you get to play for a share of millions in cash prizes for less than ever before!

We have 10 tickets to give away for the Sunday Million in the following tournament:

Tourney ID #573942652 (Live now)

Name: PokerNews - Half Price Sunday Million
Date: June 16
Time: 14:00 ET
Buy-In:  $3 + .30
Password:  StarsHPSM
Prizes: 10 Bonus Half Price Sunday Million tickets (for June 17 only) will be awarded to the top 10 finishers on top of the cash payout.

All players are eligible who pay the buy-in fee and register with the password, which will be distributed in PokerNews editorials and the live reporting pages.

Tags: PokerStars Half Price Sunday.

Recent Eliminations

gepostet 2012-06-15 19:04 GMT-6

E-Fro Goes Runner Runner at New Table

gepostet 2012-06-15 19:01 GMT-6 • Level 15: 1,200-2,400, 300 ante

Eric Froehlich just got moved to a new table, for the third time, and it's a quite a table. Froehlich joined Anthony Gregg, Tony Dunst and Sam Stein.

Froehlich played the first pot in the big blind against Sam Stein in the small blind. They checked all the way to the river on a . Froehlich tabled for two pair and Stein mucked.

Tags: Eric Froehlich, Sam Stein.

Some Chip Counts

gepostet 2012-06-15 18:59 GMT-6

Chipcounts
Anthony Gregg			450,000	230,000
Tony Dunst			230,000	-45,000
Brian Rast			205,000	23,000
Sam Stein			185,000	-65,000
Joe Tehan			170,000	82,000
Mickey Petersen	PokerStars Team Online		150,000	65,000
Eric Froehlich			117,000	-18,000
Brendon Rubie			109,000	-261,000
Jeff Madsen			95,000	44,500

Cards Back in the Air

gepostet 2012-06-15 18:48 GMT-6 • Level 15: 1,200-2,400, 300 ante

Cards are back in the air following the break.

Level 15 begonnen

gepostet 2012-06-15 18:47 GMT-6

Charania Doubles Last Hand Before Break

gepostet 2012-06-15 18:34 GMT-6

Mohsin Charania opened the action to 4,200 to find his opponent on the button three-bet to 15,000. Charania made it 37,000 and his opponent moved all in. Charania called with and was crushing his opponent's .

The queens failed to improve and Mohsin Charania is now sitting on a stack of 306,000.

Chipcounts
Mohsin Charania			306,000	171,000

Tags: Mohsin Charania.

Break Time

gepostet 2012-06-15 18:26 GMT-6 • Level 14: 1,000-2,000, 300 ante

Players are now on their second 20-minute break of the day.

Dunst Back In it

gepostet 2012-06-15 18:21 GMT-6

It seems that over the past level Tony Dunst's stack was on a gradual decline. However, as of late Dunst has gone on a surge and built his stack up to one of the largest in the room.

Dunst recently took to Twitter to show his joy.

Bond_18 Tony Dunst Fell to 175 but then won a bunch of hands off @KingKobeMVP, including quads on 4c7cJs4dKh that got three streets: 275k June 15 2012

Chipcounts
Tony Dunst			275,000	90,000

Tags: Tony Dunst.