2013 World Series of Poker

Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2013 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
$518,755
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,841,750
Entries
2,105
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Cada Gaining Momentum

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante

Could Joe Cada be on his way to another bracelet? We walked into the hand after all the action was completed, where Cada and his opponent were all-in.

Cada: {a-Clubs}{6-Clubs}
Opponent: {k-Clubs}{10-Clubs}

Board: {6-Spades}{7-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}

We didn't get the amount of the pot, but Cada's chip count is around 62,000, putting him towards the top of the leader board and in contention for another bracelet.

Tags: Joe Cada

Peters Ace Gets Him the Triple

Level 10 : 400/800, 100 ante
David Peters
David Peters

David Peters was all in against Alex Masek and also a third opponent. When they got all the money in the three flipped over their cards.

Peters: {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
Masek: {9-Clubs}{9-Spades}
Third Opponent: {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

The Tens were in the lead until... the flop of {6-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}. Peters took the lead. He only needed to avoid nines or tens. The turn came the {6-Diamonds} and the river the {2-Clubs}. Peters tripled up and eliminated Masek in the process. Peters is up to 56,100.

Player Chips Progress
David Peters us
David Peters
56,100
37,400
37,400
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner
Alex Masek us
Alex Masek
Busted

Tags: David Peters

Level: 11

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Cada vs Engel: Tank It Out

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante
Ari Engel
Ari Engel

We just witnessed one of the biggest and longest pots of the tournament, ending in a 10 minute tank-fold by Ari Engel against Joe Cada.

The action started preflop, where Cada raised for 1,600 and Engel called.

The flop came {7-Spades}{3-Hearts}{9-Clubs}, and Cada bet out around 25,000 and Engel called. The turn was the {k-Clubs}, and Cada lead out again with an 8,000 bet--Engel called again.

The river was a confusing {5-Clubs}, since Cada checked, Engle now bet 6,800, and Cada reraised 42,000 all-in. Engel tanked for at least 5 minutes before finally releasing the hand, losing nearly 40,000 chips in the process.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
80,000
16,000
16,000
Ari Engel ca
Ari Engel
46,000
2,000
2,000
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 2X Winner

Eric Baldwin's Look-Alike

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

We noticed a fellow wearing an Arizona Diamondbacks hat and rocking a nice stashe. We wanted to say hi to Eric Baldwin but realized it was none other then Ryan Welch. We are not sure whether he lost a prop bet or he just admires Baldwin's looks. Either way we got to see him knock out an opponent.

It wasn't easy as he had to call a fairly large all in bet pre flop. After a while he made the call and was delighted to his opponent holding {k-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}. Welch had his man trumped by having the {k-Clubs}{q-Hearts}.

The board held five cards lower to the jack and Welch knocked out his opponent. The
Baldwin look-alike is stacking and stashing 50,000.

Player Chips Progress
Ryan Welch us
Ryan Welch
50,000
-9,600
-9,600
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Eric BaldwinRyan Welch

Wang Pulls A Straight Flush on the River

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

We ran over to a table after we heard a loud screech, only to find Yi Wang will all his chips in the middle with {6-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}. The board read {5-Diamonds}{a-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{7-Diamonds}, giving Wang a straight flush to the eight. We can only speculate about his opponent's hand, a possible ace-high flush, but we know that Wang hit the money one-outer on the river to take down a 25,000 pot and increase his stack to around 50,000.

Player Chips Progress
Yi Wang cn
Yi Wang
50,000

Our New Chip Leader

Level 11 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Levon Khachatryan is now by far our chip leader. He is siting with 166,000 courtesy of cracking an opponents {k-Diamonds}{k-Spades} when he flopped a set with his {q-Clubs}{q-Spades}. Khachatryan already had a big stack but now he is really rolling as the massive chip leader.

Player Chips Progress
Levon Khachatryan us
Levon Khachatryan
166,000