Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #17: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$2,841,750
Entries
2,105
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Last Break of the Night
![[user217354]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
With 28 players left we are going on our last 20 minute break of the night. We need to bust one more and then we will have our final three tables
Joseph Michael the (A)rch(A)ngel
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
With the board reading 
, a player fired a small bet of 20,000 into a pot of over 80,000, and Joseph Michael responded by sliding a stack of twenty orange T5000 tournament chips forward.
Put to a test for a large portion of his stack, Michael's opponent went into the tank, thinking for a minute or so while asking the classic question all poker players in a tough spot want to know.
"Are you showing if I fold?" he asked, while Michael sat still as a stone, staring intently while trying on his toughest poker face.
Eventually, curiosity got the better of Michael's opponent, and he announced a call, but his cards went quickly into the muck when Michael rolled over the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
575,000
518,200
|
518,200 |
Balsiger Done
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Jake Balsiger pushed all in from early position with the 
. Manuel Mutke looked him up with 
.
The board ran out 
and with that Balsiger was sent to the pay out desk. He will take home $15,317 for his 30th place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000
105,000
|
105,000 |
|
Busted |
Wake and Bake(s)
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
With his stack dwindling to just over 12 big blinds, Jacob Schindler shoved all-in from under the gun. The table folded around to David "Bakes" Baker in the cutoff, and after squeezing his cards slowly, he forcefully announced a call.
Bakes had woke up with 
, which left him flipping a coin against Schindler's 
.
With a serene look on his face, Baker watched the flop fall 
, and although Schindler picked up additional outs to the wheel straight, the turn (
) and the river () brought no further help.
Bakes offered Schindler a sincere "good game" while the pot was pushed his way, and after another player at the table commented on Baker's ability to run good, he responded simply by saying "I haven't lost a race in a month, why start now?"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
748,000
133,000
|
133,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
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Greenstein Catches Runner-Runner
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Barry Greenstein pushes all in and gets called from the small blind raiser. Greenstein has 
and his opponent has 
. They see the flop of 
. This put Greenstein in a tough place because he would have to catch runner-runner to beat his opponents flopped set.
The turn, the , giving Greenstein straight outs.
The river, the and Greenstein did it! He came from behind to bust his opponent with a runner-runner straight. He is smiling while stacking his healthy stack of 425,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
425,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
||
Joe Cada Running Pure
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Joe Cada just got a double knockout when his 
beat out his opponents' 
and 
. Cada sits with a healthy 455,000 and it seems he can not lose.
Recent Eliminations
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Recent bustouts include
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
Big Sharks in a Little Pond
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
With just 37 players remaining in the field as Day 2 soldiers onward, a scan around the Amazon Room's Tan section shows that each of the five remaining tables is home to a world renowned poker pro.
At Table #347, Athanasios Polychronopoulos and Amnon Filippi are competing for the right to dominate their table, not to mention the contest over whose name is more difficult to spell. Both of these payers are experienced circuit veterans with major titles to their credit.
Sitting quietly at Table #354, last year's 3rd place finisher in the WSOP Main Event, Jake Balsiger, is patiently waiting for his chance to double his currently short stack. If last year's final table run is any indication, the young Arizona State Student is more than capable of waiting out a bad run of cards.
A man who happened to finish off his own Main Event run, Joe Cada, is sitting just a few feet away at Table #360, and with his stack approaching double the average amount, he is poised to put the hurt on his awestruck amateur opponents.
David "Bakes" Baker has set up shop at Table #353, and he continues to push towards the chip lead by using his stack aggressively in timely spots.
Finally, sitting at Table #359 right along the rail is Barry Greenstein, one of poker's sages and a legend here at the WSOP.
All told, the remaining field here at this $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em event has a higher per capital presence of poker skill than the average event, which means tomorrow's Day 3 action promises to be a star studded affair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000
-15,000
|
-15,000 |
|
||
|
|
615,000
240,000
|
240,000 |
|
|
||
|
415,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
||
|
275,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
250,000
107,000
|
107,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
120,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
Ray Beats Jarvis in Battle of Aces
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
In late postion Brian Ray raised to 12,000. Action folded to Matt Jarvis on the button and he re-raised to 27,500. Action being back on Ray and he tanked then re-raised up to 54,000. Jarvis then had a real decision. He tanked again for a few minutes. Then he came out with 81,500 for another raise. Now Ray thought even longer then before and he finally moved all in. Jarvis called and the cards were flipped.
Jarvis: 
Ray: 
Jarvis was in good shape to take the lead but the flop changed everything. 
. Jarvis would need a king but the and gave Ray the winning flush. Jarvis has shot down to 71,000 while Ray shines with 618,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
618,000
553,600
|
553,600 |
|
|
71,000
-202,000
|
-202,000 |