Event #37: $5,000 Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-20-2013 23:10 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Artem Litvinov	32,000 5,000	5,000
David Chiu	30,500 14,500	14,500

Ben Yu	29,000 -9,000	-9,000

Greg Mueller	25,000 6,000	6,000

Joe Kuether	20,000 4,500	4,500
Daniel Idema	16,500 -500	-500

Bill Chen	15,000 1,500	1,500

Eric Froehlich	14,000 -500	-500

Gabriel Nassif	13,000 -3,500	-3,500

Darin Thomas	12,000 -4,000	-4,000
Justin Smith	12,000 2,000	2,000
Dan Kelly	11,500 -3,500	-3,500
Andy Bloch	11,000 -2,500	-2,500

Jeff Lisandro	9,500 -1,500	-1,500

Steven Wolansky	6,000 1,900	1,900

We arrived at the table on the turn as Greg Mueller bet into two players with the board reading . One player folded, but Bill Chen called, and the hit the table on the river. Mueller bet out again, and Chen thought for a few moments before reluctantly pushing forward a call. Mueller tabled , for an ace kicker to go with the quad three on the board. Chen mucked his cards, and Mueller raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Mueller	19,000 -3,000	-3,000

Bill Chen	13,500 -9,500	-9,500

Tags: Bill Chen Greg Mueller

06-20-2013 22:53 UTC-7

Straight for Porter

[user253725]

Level 6 : 400/800, 0 ante

Rep Porter opened the preflop action with a raise, and JC Tran three-bet. Porter called, and the dealer spread for the flop. Porter check-called Tran's bet, then did so again on the turn. Both players checked the on the river. Porter turned over for a rivered straight, and Tran mucked.

Porter was up to 25,000 after the hand, and Tran had 9,000 in front of him.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rep Porter	25,000 17,000	17,000

JC Tran	9,000 -4,500	-4,500

Tags: JC Tran Rep Porter

Level: 6

Limits: 400/800

Ante:

06-20-2013 22:44 UTC-7

Some Chip Counts

Josh_Cahlik

Level 5 : 400/800, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Moore	35,000 -4,000	-4,000
Jeff Shulman	34,000 13,000	13,000
Justin Bonomo	31,000 7,000	7,000

Mike Leah	25,500 -4,000	-4,000

Joe Cassidy	24,000 3,500	3,500

Matt Matros	21,500 1,500	1,500

Phil Ivey	21,000 6,000	6,000

J.J. Liu	21,000 3,000	3,000
Chris Tryba	21,000 1,200	1,200

Terrence Chan	20,000 3,200	3,200

Stuart Rutter	18,500 1,000	1,000
Barry Greenstein	13,500 -8,000	-8,000

Maria Ho	13,000 1,500	1,500
Brian Meinders	12,500 -2,500	-2,500

Josh Arieh	10,000 -5,000	-5,000

Daniel Negreanu	9,500 -500	-500

Sam Grizzle	7,000

06-20-2013 22:39 UTC-7

Negreanu v. Cassidy

[user253725]

Level 5 : 400/800, 0 ante

Joe Cassidy raised raised preflop, and Daniel Negreanu made it three bets. A third player called, and Cassidy called as well. The dealer spread for the flop, and action checked to Negreanu, who bet out. Only Cassidy called. The turn was the , and Cassidy bet out. Negreanu called, and the hit the felt on the river. Cassidy bet out again, and Negreanu called. Cassidy tabled for a flush, and Negreanu mucked.

After the hand, Cassidy was up to 20,500 in chips, while Negreanu fell to 10,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Cassidy	20,500 5,500	5,500

Daniel Negreanu	10,000 -5,700	-5,700

Tags: Daniel Negreanu Joe Cassidy

06-20-2013 22:39 UTC-7

Recent Eliminations

Chad Holloway

Level 5 : 400/800, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Schneider	Busted
Barry Shulman	Busted

06-20-2013 22:29 UTC-7

Kings For Akkari

Josh_Cahlik

Level 5 : 400/800, 0 ante

Mohsin Charania opened with an early position raise only to find Andre Akkari three-bet him from a couple of seats down. It came back around to Charania who called the raise.

The flop came and Charania checked. Akkari continued out and Charania called to see fourth street. The dealer rapped the table and produced the . Charania checked again and Akkari fired out. Charania called and the finished off the board. The action went check, bet, call once more and Akkari showed for a flopped set of kings. Charania mucked his hand and Akkari dragged in the pot. The 2011 WSOP bracelet winner is now sitting on about 41,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andre Akkari	41,000 11,000	11,000

Mohsin Charania	20,000

Tags: Andre Akkari Mohsin Charania

06-20-2013 22:20 UTC-7

Monnette Busts

[user253725]

Level 5 : 400/800, 0 ante

John Monne raised preflop, and everyone folded except Faith Klimczak, who defended her big blind. The flop came , and Klimczak checked. Monnette bet, and Klimczak called to see the fall on the turn. Monnette again bet, this time for his last 700. Klimczak called, putting Monnette at risk, and the players turned up their cards:

Monnette:
Klimczak:

Monnette had the lead with his top pair, but Klimczak had a lot of outs with bottom pair and a flush draw. The river was the , giving Klimczak her flush and eliminating Monnette from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Monnette	Busted

Tags: John Monnette

06-20-2013 22:12 UTC-7

Mueller Makes a Set

Josh_Cahlik

Level 5 : 400/800, 0 ante

Greg Mueller, who late-registered and recently took his seat at a new table, is already thriving in this tournament. We arrived at the table to hear the dealer say "Three bets" in a hand between Mueller and Eric Froehlich on a flop of . Beyond that unknown action, we found the two heads up to the on the turn. Mueller checked and Froehlich fired out. Mueller immediately clicked it back and Froehlich flat called.

Mueller fired one last bet after the river and Froehlich called. Mueller showed for a set of treys and Froehlich mucked his cards. Mueller dragged in the pot and is now sitting around about 22,000.