Event #47: $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-26-2013 13:13 UTC-7

Pocket Tens for Peters

Chad Holloway

Level 1 : 300/600, 100 ante

Action folded to David Peters in the cutoff and he min-raised to 1,200. Jeff Gross, who was next to act on the button, responded with a three-bet to approximately 2,500, which pushed both the blinds out of the pot. Peters made the call and then checked the flop.

Gross took the opportunity to bet 3,500, Peters called and then both players checked the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Peters thought for about 45 seconds before betting 5,700. Gross made a quick call but quickly mucked when Peters rolled over the .

Player	Chips	Progress
Jeff Gross	313,000 -7,000	-7,000

David Peters	310,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Jeff Gross David Peters

06-26-2013 13:05 UTC-7

Rybin Hits His Set

Webjoker

Level 1 : 300/600, 100 ante

We picked up the action at the turn with | on the table. Russian player Alexey Rybin had checked from the under-the-gun position and his next door neighbor, Elio Fox, had bet 10,000. Ryben made a check-raise to 25,000 and after some thinking, Fox made the call. The river paired the board with the and Rybin tossed in another 25,000 chip. Fox made the call, this time without much thinking. Ryben showed his and Fox slid his cards into the muck.

Tags: Elio Fox Alexey Rybin

06-26-2013 13:03 UTC-7

Mueller and Benyamine Clash in Another Big Pot

[user101598]

Level 1 : 300/600, 100 ante

Five players took a flop of , and the action checked to David Benyamine (the original raiser), and he fired out 3,500. Only Greg Mueller called near the button.

The turn was the , Benyamine led out for 6,800, and Mueller raised to 24,000. Benyamine called.

The completed the board, Benyamine checked for the first time, and Mueller tossed out 59,000. Benyamine check-raised to 160,000, and Mueller slid his Bose Headphones off of his right ear.

"How much?" he asked the dealer, who confirmed the amount. "What a cooler situation."

He called, and Benyamine flipped his cards over one-by-one, first showing the , then revealing the . Mueller ripped over for a better full house, and raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Greg Mueller	475,000 165,000	165,000

David Benyamine	115,000 -195,000	-195,000

Tags: David Benyamine Greg Mueller

06-26-2013 12:59 UTC-7

Late Arrivals

Mickey Doft

Level 1 : 300/600, 100 ante

Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi, Jake Cody, Phil Laak, Freddy Deeb, and Kyle Julius are among the late arrivals who are in the process of taking their seats.

06-26-2013 12:59 UTC-7

Seiver vs. a Six-Time WSOP Bracelet Winner

Chad Holloway

Level 1 : 300/600, 100 ante

Over at Table 447, Scott Seiver opened for 2,200 from middle position only to have six-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Layne Flack, who finished sixth last night in Event #43: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball, three-bet to 6,500 from the cutoff. The button and both blinds folded, Seiver called and it was heads-up action to the flop.

Seiver proceeded to check-call a bet of 12,200 from Flack and then both players checked the turn. When the completed the board on the river, Seiver checked and Flack wasted little time in firing out a bet of 26,000. Seiver took about five seconds and then flicked his cards to the dealer.

Player	Chips	Progress
Layne Flack	319,000 19,000	19,000

Scott Seiver	281,000 -19,000	-19,000

Tags: Layne Flack Scott Seiver

06-26-2013 12:51 UTC-7

Players Starting Out Cautiously

Webjoker

Level 1 : 300/600, 100 ante

The tournament is well underway but we haven't seen a single pot worth mentioning yet. The players seem to be cautious early on, all careful not to spew off their 300,000 stack.

06-26-2013 12:49 UTC-7

Feeling Blue

[user101598]

Level 1 : 300/600, 100 ante

Feature Table:

Seat	Player
1	Antonio Esfandiari
2	Keith Lehr
3	David "Doc" Sands
4	Philipp Gruissem
5	Lee Markholt
6	Richard Yong
7	Vivek Rajkumar
8	Frank Kassela

Table 453

Seat	Player
1	Bill Klein
2	David Benyamine
3	Bill Perkins
4	David Peters
5	Jeff Gross
6	Greg Mueller
7	Keven Stammen
8	Trevor Pope

Player	Chips	Progress
Keith Lehr	300,000 300,000	300,000

David Sands	300,000 300,000	300,000
Philipp Gruissem	300,000 300,000	300,000

Lee Markholt	300,000 300,000	300,000
Antonio Esfandiari	300,000 300,000	300,000

Richard Yong	300,000 300,000	300,000
Vivek Rajkumar	300,000 300,000	300,000
Frank Kassela	300,000 300,000	300,000

David Peters	300,000 300,000	300,000

Bill Klein	300,000 300,000	300,000
Jeff Gross	300,000 300,000	300,000

Trevor Pope	300,000 300,000	300,000

Keven Stammen	300,000 300,000	300,000

Bill Perkins	300,000 300,000	300,000

06-26-2013 12:47 UTC-7

Half the Blue Section

Chad Holloway

Level 1 : 300/600, 100 ante

Table 446: Brandon Steven, Blake Bohn, David Einhorn, Tom Dwan, Alex Venovski, Joe Kuether,

Table 447: Layne Flack, Erick Lindgren, Nick Wong, Dan Kelly, Talal Shakerchi, Scott Seiver

Table 452: Ami Alibay, Jean-Robert Bellande, Phillip Sternheimer, Cary Katz, Paul Volpe, Byron Kaverman, Lawrence Greenberg

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Dwan	300,000 300,000	300,000
David Einhorn	300,000 300,000	300,000
Erick Lindgren	300,000 300,000	300,000

Alex Venovski	300,000 300,000	300,000
Joe Kuether	300,000 300,000	300,000
Blake Bohn	300,000
Brandon Steven	300,000 300,000	300,000
Dan Kelly	300,000 300,000	300,000
Layne Flack	300,000 300,000	300,000

Nick Wong	300,000
Philip Sternheimer	300,000 300,000	300,000

Ami Alibay	300,000 300,000	300,000
Lawrence Greenberg	300,000 300,000	300,000
Talal Shakerchi	300,000 300,000	300,000
Scott Seiver	300,000 300,000	300,000

Jean-Robert Bellande	300,000 300,000	300,000

Byron Kaverman	300,000 300,000	300,000

06-26-2013 12:46 UTC-7

Purple Section

Mickey Doft

Level 1 : 300/600, 100 ante

Table 409: Jason Senti, Galen Hall, Sam Trickett, Andrew Robl, Chris Johnson

Table 414: Phil Galfond, Maxim Lykov, Olivier Busquet, Owais Ahmed, Amit Makhija, Faraz Jaka, Salman Behbehani

Table 425: Darren Elias, Jeremy Ausmus, Jason Somerville, Ben Lamb, Alex Kostritsyn

Table 430: Andrew Lichtenberger, Dimitar Danchev, Steven Silverman, Greg Merson, Jonathan Duhamel, Dan Perper

Table 435: Christian Harder, Elio Fox, Marvin Rettenmaier, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Alexey Rybin

Table 445: Jason Koon, Shannon Shorr, Dee Tiller, Ben Tollerene, Dan Shak, Timothy Adams

Table 448: Phil Ivey, Matt Glantz, Dani Stern, Joseph Cheong

Table 449: Don Nguyen, Bill Chen, Vanessa Selbst, Dan Smith, Steve O'Dwyer, Erik Seidel

Table 450: Daniel Negreanu, Noah Schwartz, Brian Rast

Table 451: Isaac Haxton, Mike Sexton, Haralabos Voulgaris, Cole South, Rachid Ben Cherif, Jim McCrink

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Sexton	300,000 300,000	300,000

Noah Schwartz	300,000 300,000	300,000

Jim McCrink	300,000 300,000	300,000
Haralabos Voulgaris	300,000 300,000	300,000
Steve O'Dwyer	300,000 300,000	300,000
Rachid Ben Cherif	300,000 300,000	300,000
Cole South	300,000 300,000	300,000
Daniel Negreanu	300,000 300,000	300,000

Bill Chen	300,000 300,000	300,000

Vanessa Selbst	300,000 300,000	300,000

Dan Smith	300,000 300,000	300,000

Jason Senti	300,000 300,000	300,000
Sam Trickett	300,000 300,000	300,000
Owais Ahmed	300,000 300,000	300,000

Galen Hall	300,000 300,000	300,000

Amit Makhija	300,000 300,000	300,000
Faraz Jaka	300,000 300,000	300,000

Brian Rast	300,000 300,000	300,000

Salman Behbehani	300,000 300,000	300,000
Olivier Busquet	300,000 300,000	300,000
Maxim Lykov	300,000 300,000	300,000

Andrew Robl	300,000 300,000	300,000
Chris Johnson	300,000 300,000	300,000
Phil Galfond	300,000 300,000	300,000

Erik Seidel	300,000 300,000	300,000

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06-26-2013 12:43 UTC-7

All In and a Call

[user101598]

Level 1 : 300/600, 100 ante

Bill Klein, David Benyamine, and Greg Mueller were three handed on a board of . The action checked to Mueller, who tossed out a bet. Klein folded, and Benyamine check-raised to 18,500. Mueller called.