Event #32: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed) Day 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-18-2013 13:14 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Negreanu	15,000

Jason Koon	15,000 15,000	15,000

Joe Cada	15,000 15,000	15,000

Jake Cody	15,000 15,000	15,000

After making a deep run through Event #16 ($10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em) earlier in this 2013 World Series of Poker, where he finished in 2nd place to Mark Radoja, Don Nguyen is here today trying his hand in yet another big buy-in event.

Unfortunately for Nguyen, he was unable to recapture the magic of his heads-up run in a recent hand, dropping nearly half of his starting stack in the process.

We caught the action on the flop, with the board reading , and Ron Minnis with a bet of 700 in front of him. Nguyen thought things over for a moment, before calling to see the arrive on the turn. Minnis immediately led out again, this time for 1,000, and again Nguyen called.

On the river, Minnis rolled a bet of 4,000 into the pot, and Nguyen went into the tank, counting his stack and looking across the table with a quizzical expression.

"You can fold," said Minnis, leaning back in his chair. "You're making my heart pump over here."

With this apparent tell motivating him, Nguyen elected to look Minnis up, but he quickly mucked when he saw the for a full house on the river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Don Nguyen	7,500 7,500	7,500

Tags: Don Nguyen

06-18-2013 13:06 UTC-7

Williams Goes For It Early

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By the looks of it, David Williams has come in gunning in today's tournament. We caught a hand with Williams heads up against an opponent. There was 7,000 already in the pot when the flop came .

After his opponent checked, Williams snap-shoved all in. His opponent thought about it for a second, quickly glanced at his chips, then folded. Williams didn't show the winner as he collected a nice pot in during the first level.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Williams	20,000 20,000	20,000

Tags: David Williams

06-18-2013 12:55 UTC-7

All in the Game (of Thrones) Yo, All in the Game

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With best friends Phil Laak and Antonio Esfandiari sitting one table apart, the conversation has been free flowing to begin this first day of six handed action.

During a recent hand involving Laak and an unknown opponent, the "Unabomber" three-bet to 425 from the button, after the other player opened for 175 in the cutoff. On the flop of , the opponent checked to Laak, and then called the longtime pro's bet of 625, bringing the to the table on the turn.

Around that time, Laak's partner in crime sauntered over to the table, ostensibly to ask how Laak was progressing in his binge watching sessions of HBO's hit series and pop culture sensation Game of Thrones.

"You made it to Season 3 yet?," he asked, while Laak contemplated a sudden lead out of 1,100 by his time wizened opponent. "It's the greatest show of all-time."

Thinking the two were talking about HBO's other critically acclaimed series, fellow pro Shannon Shorr chimed in, saying "The Wire is the best."

Perhaps distracted by pondering the similarities between Westeros and Baltimore, both places of extreme danger where the wrong choice can result in death, Laak elected to surrender the hand, his conversation with Esfandiari never skipping a beat even as he tossed his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Laak	13,475 -1,525	-1,525

Tags: Antonio Esfandiari Phil Laak Shannon Shorr

06-18-2013 12:38 UTC-7

And They Just Keep Coming

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Player	Chips	Progress
René Angélil	15,000
Cherish Andrews	15,000
Eddy Sabat	15,000
Dan O'Brien	15,000
Konstantin Puchkov	15,000

Artem Litvinov	15,000
Chris Moorman	15,000

Isaac Baron	15,000

Jeremy Ausmus	15,000

Manuel Bevand	15,000
Fabrizio Gonzales	15,000
Eugene Katchalov	15,000

Dominik Nitsche	15,000

Amanda Musumeci	15,000
Justin Young	15,000
Joseph Elpayaa	15,000
Chance Kornuth	15,000

Ben Lamb	15,000

Ognjen Sekularac	15,000
Jeff Gross	15,000
Kevin Vandersmissen	15,000
Toby Lewis	15,000

Kyle Bowker	15,000

Sorel Mizzi	15,000
David Paredes	15,000

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06-18-2013 12:20 UTC-7

Silver Surfers

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The Brasilia Room's Silver section is home to the following players.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Kelly	15,000 15,000	15,000
Phil Laak	15,000 15,000	15,000

Antonio Esfandiari	15,000 15,000	15,000

Shannon Shorr	15,000 15,000	15,000

Luca Pagano	15,000

Erick Lindgren	15,000 15,000	15,000

Eugene Katchalov	15,000 15,000	15,000

Ludovic Lacay	15,000 15,000	15,000
Olivier Busquet	15,000 15,000	15,000
Josh Arieh	15,000 15,000	15,000

T.J. Cloutier	15,000 15,000	15,000

Ben Lamb	15,000 15,000	15,000

Tony Dunst	15,000 15,000	15,000

Greg Merson	15,000 15,000	15,000

06-18-2013 12:19 UTC-7

Early Notables

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Here's a list of some of the early notable faces in the field. RIght now, many tables are playing with just two or three players as they wait for others to arrive. The board currently reads that 315 players have registered.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Meyers	15,000 15,000	15,000
Joe Kuether	15,000 15,000	15,000
Mike Sowers	15,000 15,000	15,000
Sam Cohen	15,000 15,000	15,000
Pratyush Buddiga	15,000 15,000	15,000
Andrew Lichtenberger	15,000 15,000	15,000

Foster Hayes	15,000 15,000	15,000
Michael Benvenuti	15,000 15,000	15,000
Timothy Adams	15,000 15,000	15,000

Naoya Kihara	15,000 15,000	15,000

Hafiz Khan	15,000 15,000	15,000
AP Phahurat	15,000 15,000	15,000
Dan Smith	15,000 15,000	15,000

Galen Hall	15,000 15,000	15,000

Blake Purvis	15,000 15,000	15,000
Kevin MacPhee	15,000 15,000	15,000

Matt Jarvis	15,000 15,000	15,000
Christian Harder	15,000

Jonathan Jaffe	15,000
Joseph Cheong	15,000

Roberto Romanello	15,000

Steve O'Dwyer	15,000 15,000	15,000
Chris Oliver	15,000 15,000	15,000
Taylor Paur	15,000

Mack Lee	15,000 15,000	15,000

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06-18-2013 12:16 UTC-7

Brasilia Bronze Bombers

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The following pros are playing in the Brasilia Room's Bronze section to start the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brock Parker	15,000
Dan Cates	15,000

Stephen Chidwick	15,000

David Vamplew	15,000
Matt Berkey	15,000
Manig Loeser	15,000

Emil Patel	15,000
Eric Baldwin	15,000

Max Steinberg	15,000

Todd Terry	15,000
Micah Raskin	15,000
Jonathan Aguiar	15,000

Cary Katz	15,000

Matt Stout	15,000 15,000	15,000
Victor Ramdin	15,000 15,000	15,000

Jennifer Tilly	15,000 15,000	15,000

Gaelle Baumann	15,000 15,000	15,000

Andy Frankenberger	15,000 15,000	15,000

Bryn Kenney	15,000

Mohsin Charania	15,000

Ana Marquez	15,000
Matt Brady	15,000
Hans Winzeler	15,000
David Peters	15,000 15,000	15,000