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

06-26-2013 23:25 UTC-7

Lindgren's Day is Done

Chad Holloway

Level 9 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

With around 110,000 in the pot and a board reading , two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Erick Lindgren checked from middle position and Dan Kelly, who has nine cashes thus far at the 2013 WSOP, moved all in.

Lindgren had 112,500 behind and thought for a solid two minutes before dropping his chips in the pot. Kelly immediately rolled over the for a flopped flush and Lindgren simply said, "Nice hand."

Lindgren then flashed the for two pair, wished his table good luck and then exited the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Kelly	530,000 230,000	230,000
Erick Lindgren	Busted

Tags: Dan Kelly Erick Lindgren

06-26-2013 23:18 UTC-7

Counts from the Feature Table

[user101598]

Level 9 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

By knocking out Freddy Deeb in an unknown hand, Phil Ivey has rocketed back up to the starting stack here in the $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold'em.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	330,000 249,500	249,500

John Juanda	318,000 18,000	18,000

Bill Chen	305,000 -41,000	-41,000

Masa Kagawa	290,000 -110,000	-110,000
Justin Bonomo	245,000 -85,000	-85,000

Shaun Deeb	205,000 35,000	35,000

Marvin Rettenmaier	167,000 -43,000	-43,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

06-26-2013 22:56 UTC-7

Chip Counts

Mickey Doft

Level 8 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Farshad Fardad	961,000 271,000	271,000
Matt Glantz	894,000 -6,000	-6,000
Patrick Madden	790,000 790,000	790,000
Gus Hansen	650,000 350,000	350,000

Timothy Adams	600,000 290,000	290,000

Chris Lee	585,000 220,000	220,000
Fabian Quoss	560,000 45,000	45,000
Tuan Le	460,000 -35,000	-35,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko	370,000 -50,000	-50,000
Igor Kurganov	360,000 90,000	90,000

Greg Merson	340,000 95,000	95,000

Matt Marafioti	285,000 -40,000	-40,000
Dan Perper	270,000 -40,000	-40,000
Dimitar Danchev	255,000 -8,000	-8,000

Andrew Lichtenberger	250,000 92,000	92,000

Mikael Thuritz	235,000 -65,000	-65,000
Christian Harder	225,000 -90,000	-90,000
Jonathan Duhamel	155,000 -255,000	-255,000

06-26-2013 22:48 UTC-7

Final Break of the Night

donpeters

Level 8 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

The players are on their final 20-minute break of the night. See you back here in a short bit.

06-26-2013 22:41 UTC-7

Steven Binks a Two-Outer to Bust Dwan

[user101598]

Level 8 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Tom Dwan raised to 7,800 from under the gun, Roger Sippl called in the hijack seat, and Brandon Steven three-bet to 32,000 on the button. Dwan called, and Sippl folded.

"How much you got there?" Steven asked Dwan. "Like One-Sixty?"

"No," Dwan responded. "It's like three-hundred."

Steven was surprised by this.

The flop fell . Dwan checked, Steven fired out 37,000, Dwan check-raised to what looked like 94,000, Steven put in a re-raised, and Dwan moved all in. Steven called.

"You have a set of jacks?" Steven asked.

Dwan shook his head, revealing for a pair of aces.

"Damn," Steven sighed, showing . "But I got a backdoor flush draw."

Steven's hopes of a flush were dashed when the turned, but the spiked on the river to give him a set of queens and eliminate Dwan from the tournament.

"Wow," Steven said, sincerely. "I'm sorry, man."

"It's OK," Dwan shrugged, getting up to leave. "Put those to good use."

After the hand, Steven explained that Dwan's chip count threw him off.

"I thought he had a lot less," Steven admitted. "I would've played the hand completely different."

Over at the feature table, Freddy Deeb was eliminated with unknown action.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Steven	1,100,000
Freddy Deeb	Busted

Tom Dwan	Busted

Tags: Brandon Steven Tom Dwan

06-26-2013 22:40 UTC-7

The Unabomber Knows What to Do

Chad Holloway

Level 8 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Anton Morgenstern opened for 7,000 and received a call from Johnny Chan. Phil "The Unabomber" Laak then three-bet to 19,500 from the small blind, both his opponents called and the flop came down .

Laak led out for 18,200, Morgenstern called and Chan got out of the way. After the dealer burned and turned the , Laak checked and Morgenstern fired out 50,000.

"I know it's the correct play to shove it, but I might fold it anyway," Laak said as he leaned back in his chair. "I know what you have young man."

Laak continued to lean back and appeared as if he was going to give up on the hand. Before he could do so, he started to shove his stack of about 220,000 in the middle and said, "Ok, I'm doing it. I believe it's correct."

Indeed it was as Morgenstern snap-folded. "Your speech made me fold a good hand there," he added.

Meanwhile, Bill Klein has been eliminated from the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnny Chan	630,000 117,000	117,000

Anton Morgenstern	375,000
Phil Laak	360,000 39,800	39,800

Bill Klein	Busted

Tags: Anton Morgenstern Bill Klein Johnny Chan Phil Laak

06-26-2013 22:35 UTC-7

Chip Counts

Mickey Doft

Level 8 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vivek Rajkumar	800,000 40,000	40,000
Martin Finger	765,000 -45,000	-45,000

Vanessa Selbst	735,000 10,000	10,000

Antonio Esfandiari	620,000 -47,000	-47,000

Nick Schulman	595,000 67,000	67,000

Jean-Robert Bellande	550,000

Bobby Baldwin	540,000 160,000	160,000

Martin Jacobson	480,000 30,000	30,000

Dani Stern	455,000 55,000	55,000
Tobias Reinkemeier	430,000 -130,000	-130,000
David Sands	420,000 -34,000	-34,000
Anthony Gregg	365,000 43,000	43,000

Erik Seidel	315,000 10,000	10,000

Brian Hastings	315,000 38,000	38,000

Jason Somerville	305,000 -30,000	-30,000

Tom Marchese	295,000 50,000	50,000

Bertrand Grospellier	260,000 -5,000	-5,000

Noah Schwartz	255,000 5,000	5,000

Ben Lamb	230,000 -145,000	-145,000

Jason Mercier	180,000 -85,000	-85,000

Steve O'Dwyer	140,000 -110,000	-110,000
Keith Lehr	130,000 64,000	64,000

Sorel Mizzi	50,000 40,000	40,000

06-26-2013 22:25 UTC-7

Peters Jams the River

[user101598]

Level 8 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Daniel Alaei raised to 7,500 from under the gun, David Peters called in middle position, and Keven Stammen three-bet to 21,500 on the button. Only Peters called.

The flop fell , Peters checked, and Stammen fired out 26,000. Peters check-raised, making it 62,500, and Stammen called.

A repeat five - the - turned, and Peters led out for 66,000. Stammen called. Peters then went all in for effectively 184,000 when the completed the board, and Stammen folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Peters	630,000 207,000	207,000

Keven Stammen	184,000 -157,500	-157,500

Tags: Daniel Alaei David Peters Keven Stammen

06-26-2013 22:18 UTC-7

Double for Dwan

[user101598]

Level 8 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

Three players took a flop of , including Tom Dwan, Alex Venovski and Roger Sippl. Dwan checked, Venovski fired out 14,000, and Sippl raised to 40,000. Dwan moved all in for 123,900, Venovski folded, and Sippl called.