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

Rabinowitz Can't Beat Flush Or Quads

Level 6 : 100/200, 25 ante

Darren Rabinowitz pushed all in for 1,575 on a flop of {k-Spades}{q-Spades}{3-Spades}. He got two callers. The turn came the {k-Hearts}. Both remaining players checked. The river came the {5-Diamonds} the first player checked, the second bet 1,500 and the first called.

Rabinowitz said, "Good luck guys" even before the other two turned their hands over. He couldn't win as he had {j-Spades}{10-Diamonds} for a missed straight draw. He did not realize how far dead he was even on the flop as one opponent had {a-Spades}{8-Spades} for the flopped nuts, and the second guy had the nuts of {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds} for turned quads.

Rabinowitz is out but we are sure we will see more of this 7th place finisher from Event 3.

Player Chips Progress
Darren Rabinowitz us
Darren Rabinowitz
Busted

Level: 6

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

Leah Takes Them Down

Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

We witnessed a pot with Mike Leah, who seems to be accumulating chips as fast as he is final tables. Leah opened the betting for 400 in early position, and was raised around 1700 (all-in) by his neighbor on the left. Leah snap called, showing {Q-}{Q-}.

The board came {7-Diamonds}{j-Spades}{j-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{6-Spades}, and Leah's queens held up for yet another knockout, increasing his chip stack to around 24000.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
24,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Mike Leah

Cody On Top, Benger is Busy

Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

Jake Cody is on top of our latest list but just about 25,000 in chips. On the bottom of our list is Griffin Benger who is busy with other things than poker at the moment.

Player Chips Progress
Jake Cody gb
Jake Cody
25,000
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
9,500
5,000
5,000
WSOP 2X Winner
Shawn Buchanan ca
Shawn Buchanan
8,050
WSOP 1X Winner
Carter Phillips us
Carter Phillips
8,000
3,500
3,500
WSOP 2X Winner
Jonathan Little us
Jonathan Little
5,100
1,200
1,200
Griffin Benger ca
Griffin Benger
4,025
-200
-200

Tags: Griffin BengerJake Cody

Shulman Doubles Up

Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

We picked up an interesting hand where Allyn Shulman was involved with a 2-bet pot in the big blind. Later saying she thought her opponent was on a bluff, Shulman 3-bet all-in and was called. She flipped over {q-Clubs}{q-Spades}, and her opponent showed {k-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}.

The board came {5-Clubs}{8-Spades}{a-Spades}{q-Hearts}{4-Clubs}, and Shulman took down a pot of around 17,000. Shulman is moving up the leader board chasing the second bracelet of her career.

Player Chips Progress
Allyn Shulman us
Allyn Shulman
17,000
6,800
6,800
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Allyn Jaffrey Shulman

Rast Exited

Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

On a board of {10-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} Brian Rast moved the rest of his chips in against his opponents {j-Spades}{10-Spades}. He knew he needed help as he said to his opponent, "This must be your lucky day" as he flipped up the {6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} for a flush draw. The turn finished it for Rast as it came the {9-Spades} giving his opponent a full house. The meaningless {7-Clubs} on the river sent Rast to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Brian Rast us
Brian Rast
Busted
$25K Fantasy
WSOP 6X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
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