Brian Meinders Wins Event no. 25 ($116,118)
Jun 14, '12
Level: 8
Blinds: 10,000-20,000
Limits: 20,000-40,000
Brian Meinders Wins Event no. 25 ($116,118)
Darin Thomas Eliminated in 2nd Place ($71,704)
Brian Meinders began heads-up play with the chip lead and never gave it up. On the final hand, Meinders opened the button for a raise to 40,000 and Darin Thomas called from the big blind.
The flop came 10
8
6, Thomas checked, Meinders bet 20,000, Thomas raised to 40,000, Meinders three-bet, Thomas got it all in and Meinders called.
Thomas was all in for his tournament life and led on the flop with Q
6
for bottom pair against Meinders’ flush draw with 53.
The turn and river were the 4 and the 7, giving Meinders a flush on the river to win tournament. Darin Thomas was eliminated in 2nd place ($71,704) as Brian Meinders wins Event no. 25, taking home the $116,118 grand prize and the twenty-fifth gold bracelet of the 2012 WSOP.
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Player Tags: Darin Thomas, Brian Meinders
Level 7 Update: Meinders Leads Thomas Heads-Up; Vitch 3rd ($51,861)
Jun 14, '12
Level: 7
Blinds: 8,000-15,000
Limits: 15,000-30,000
Players Remaining: 2 out of 366
Average Chip Count: 823,500
Chip Counts:
Seat no. 1 — Darin Thomas — 530,000
Seat no. 8 — Brian Meinders — 1,120,000
Players Eliminated:
Christopher Vitch — 3rd Place ($51,861)
Live Updates:
Christopher Vitch Eliminated in 3rd Place ($51,861)
Christopher Vitch opened the button, Darin Thomas reraised from the big blind, Vitch four-bet to 60,000, Thomas five-bet and Vitch called all in.
Vitch led before the flop with K5 against Thomas’ J2.
The board came Q1026Q, giving Thomas a pair of deduces on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Christopher Vitch in 3rd place ($51,861). That hand put Thomas up to 440,000, though still on the short stack going into heads-up play.
With the elimination of Christopher Vitch in 3rd place ($51,861), Brian Meinders took the chip lead going into heads-up play with 1,200,000 to Darin Thomas’ 440,000.
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Player Tags: Darin Thomas, Brian Meinders, Christopher Vitch
Action Begins, Final Table Now Underway
Jun 14, '12
The final table of Event no. 25 ($1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout) is now underway, and Card Player will be posting level-by-level updates with all of the action, current chip counts, and prize distributions.
The Shootout tournament features a different format than a traditional Hold’em event in that players must win their table before moving on. As players win their individual tables, they take those chips with them to the next round where they must win another table and so on, until the final table is reached. With the elimination of Daniel Walker in 11th Place ($3,088), the final table is now set. Play will begin in Level 8 with blinds of 1,500-3,000 and limits of 3,000-6,000, and will continue until a winner is determined.
With cards now back in the air, here is a look at the final table and how these players match up:
Seat no. 1 — Darin Thomas — 155,500
Seat no. 2 — Preston Derden — 157,500
Seat no. 3 — Christopher Hartman — 162,500
Seat no. 4 — Victor Ramdin — 165,500
Seat no. 5 — Brock Parker — 164,500
Seat no. 6 — Christopher Vitch — 162,000
Seat no. 7 — Sean Rice — 160,000
Seat no. 8 — Brian Meinders — 162,400
Seat no. 9 — Ian Johns — 159,000
Seat no. 10 — Matthew Schreiber — 154,500
While only 10 remain, this event gathered 366 players, creating a total prize pool of $494,100. Here is a look at the final payouts:
1st Place — $116,118
2nd Place — $71,704
3rd Place — $51,861
4th Place — $37,897
5th Place — $27,986
6th Place — $20,886
7th Place — $15,747
8th Place — $11,992
9th Place — $9,225
10th Place — $7,164
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Player Tags: Victor Ramdin, Brock Parker, Darin Thomas, Ian Johns, Preston Derden, Sean Rice, Brian Meinders, Christopher Hartman, Matthew Schreiber, Christopher Vitch
