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

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Mueller	94,600 4,600	4,600

Slavko Todorovic	64,000 27,000	27,000
Brent Wheeler	57,500

Ronnie Bardah	54,800 14,800	14,800

Vincent Gironda	49,100
Justin Bonomo	46,600 7,600	7,600

Brock Parker	46,100 -100	-100
Mike Leah	42,700 21,700	21,700

Jeff Shulman	42,200 7,200	7,200
Todd Witteles	38,200

Chris Kwon	37,400 -7,600	-7,600
Michael Moore	37,300 -10,700	-10,700
Robert Como	35,100 35,100	35,100

Brian Meinders	34,500 18,000	18,000

Joe Cassidy	33,200 -1,800	-1,800

J.J. Liu	33,100 -1,400	-1,400
David Chiu	32,400 5,400	5,400

Antoine Saout	32,100 32,100	32,100
Ron Burke	31,500 16,500	16,500
Ben Yu	30,300 -4,700	-4,700

Barry Greenstein	29,600 9,600	9,600

Mohsin Charania	27,700 6,700	6,700

Ben Stark	26,100 7,600	7,600
Joseph Cheong	25,900 1,900	1,900

Matt Lefkowitz	25,900 -3,100	-3,100

Player

Chips

Progress

Greg Mueller

94,600

4,600

Slavko Todorovic

64,000

27,000

Brent Wheeler

57,500

Ronnie Bardah

54,800

14,800

Vincent Gironda

49,100

Justin Bonomo

46,600

7,600

Brock Parker

46,100

-100

Mike Leah

42,700

21,700

Jeff Shulman

42,200

7,200

Todd Witteles

38,200

Chris Kwon

37,400

-7,600

Michael Moore

37,300

-10,700

Robert Como

35,100

Brian Meinders

34,500

18,000

Joe Cassidy

33,200

-1,800

J.J. Liu

33,100

-1,400

David Chiu

32,400

5,400

Antoine Saout

32,100

Ron Burke

31,500

16,500

Ben Yu

30,300

-4,700

Barry Greenstein

29,600

9,600

Mohsin Charania

27,700

6,700

Ben Stark

26,100

7,600

Joseph Cheong

25,900

1,900

Matt Lefkowitz

25,900

-3,100

The 2013 World Series of Poker continued Thursday evening with the start of Event #37: $5,000 Limit Hold'em. The tournament attracted 170 runners—up four from last year's field of 166—and created a prize pool of $799,000. That will be distributed to the top 18 players with the eventual winner taking home $211,743. The man best positioned to make a run at the top prize of the 103 surviving players is monster chip leader Greg "FBT" Mueller, who finished with 94,600 after eight one-hour levels of play.

Given that it was a limit event, it took awhile for the action to heat up. When it did, the defending champ, Benjamin Scholl, was among the first to go. Last year Scholl could do no wrong as he captured the gold bracelet and accompanying $206,760 first-place prize. Five days ago, Scholl's run good continued as he finished runner-up to Tom Schneider in Event #29 $5,000 H.O.R.S.E. for $197,228. Unfortunately Scholl's momentum came to a screeching in the fourth level of the day.

It happened when Scholl, who had dwindled down to 800, raised to 600 from the cutoff. Sean Chen responded with a three-bet to 900 from the small blind, and after the big got out of the way, Scholl called off.

Scholl:
Chen:

Scholl seemed a bit frustrated, and understandably so as he was having the polar-opposite experience than a year ago. With that said, he was drawing to live cards. According to the PokerNews Odds Calculator, Scholl had a 30.98% of surviving the hand, though that dropped to 16.36% on the flop. Scholl was looking for some help on the turn, but instead the left him drawing dead as Chen improved to trips. The meaningless was run out on the river for good measure as Scholl made a beeline for the exit.

Others who joined him over the next five levels were Micah Raskin, John Hennigan, Carlos Mortensen, John Monnette, Mothel Santoro, Andy Bloch, Josh Arieh, Dan Kelly, JC Tran, Sam Grizzle, Maria Ho and Nick Abou Risk.

Not everyone was as unlucky as the aforementioned. Among the notables who survived the day were Todorovic Slavko (64,900), Brent Wheeler (57,500), Ronnie Bardah (54,800), Justin Bonomo (46,600), Brock Parker (46,100), Mike Leah (42,700), Jeff Shulman (42,200), Todd Witteles (38,200), Terrence Chan (35,000), Joe Cassidy (32,200), David Chiu (32,400), Ben Yu (30,300), Barry Greenstein (29,600), Mohsin Charania (27,700), Phil Ivey (24,200), Alexander Kostritsyn (17,000) and Daniel Negreanu (15,900).

Day 2 action is set to begin at 14:00 PST, so join us then as we bring you all the limit hold’em action you can handle from the Amazon Room inside the Rio All-Suite Casino in Las Vegas!

Tags: Benjamin Scholl Greg Mueller Justin Bonomo

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Mueller	94,600

Slavko Todorovic	64,100 100	100
Brent Wheeler	57,500

Ronnie Bardah	54,800

Brian Aleksa	54,400 54,400	54,400
Vincent Gironda	49,100
Jeffrey Yass	48,200 48,200	48,200
Justin Bonomo	46,600

Brock Parker	46,100
Juha Helppi	43,600 11,600	11,600

Mike Leah	42,700

Jeff Shulman	42,200
Brian Tate	42,100 42,100	42,100
Tam Hang	42,000 42,000	42,000

Ray Dehkharghani	38,400 38,400	38,400

Todd Witteles	38,200

Chris Kwon	37,900 500	500
Michael Moore	37,300
Paul Sokoloff	35,700 8,700	8,700
Danny Warchol	35,500 35,500	35,500
Matthew Schreiber	35,400 35,400	35,400

Robert Como	35,100

Dom Denotaristefani	34,900 34,900	34,900
Brian Meinders	34,500

Marwan Abdelal	34,100 34,100	34,100

Player

Chips

Progress

Greg Mueller

94,600