Event #50: $2,500 10-Game Mix (Six Handed)
Day 2 Started
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #50: $2,500 10-Game Mix (Six Handed)
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$846,300
Entries
372
Level
27
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Back in the Mix: Day 2 Awaits
If you are a poker fan who enjoys variety, you've found the right place. Welcome back to Day 2 of Event 50: $2,500 10-Game Mix (Six-Handed), the most varied event on the WSOP schedule that requires players to rotate through 10 different poker variants — no-limit hold'em, razz, limit hold'em, Badugi, seven-card stud, 2-7 no-limit single draw, Omaha hi-low, pot-limit Omaha, 2-7 fixed-limit triple draw, and seven-card stud hi-low.
Yesterday's Day 1 saw 372 players sit down to play all 10 games against one another, and by night's end less than half of them — 146 — still had chips. Of those Howard Smith had collected the most of the coveted round discs during the eight one-hour levels of play, ending the evening having grown his starting stack of 7,500 up to 61,625.
Others returning to big stacks to start play today include Bruno Fitoussi, currently in second position. Fitoussi is in search of his first WSOP bracelet although the Frenchman has several deep finishes in mixed game tournaments to his credit, including a runner-up in the 2007 $50K H.O.R.S.E. championship and an eight in last year's $50K Poker Players Championship (an 8-game event). Meanwhile, Trai Dang, Christopher George, Marcel Luske, Scotty Nguyen also have more than twice the average at present.
There's still a long way to go, however, as the challenge of handling a table full of opponents and constantly changing games continues for this stack field. Play resumes at 2 p.m. local time, so come back here then for continuing coverage as we find out together who will capture the next World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
Meanwhile, to catch you up on all of the action both yesterday and today, here's Sarah Grant with the June 28th update:
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Tournament staff has drawn No-Limit Hold'em as the starting game and cards are officially in the air!
Level: 9
No-Limit Hold'em - Razz - Limit Hold'em - Badugi LIMIT 300 600 600-1,200
Stud - NL 2-7 Draw - Omaha 8 100 200 600 600-1,200
PLO (No Ante) - 2-7 Triple Draw - Stud 8 NL/2-7/PLO 75 150 300
Early Eliminations
Level 9
No-Limit Hold'em
By Day 2 starting with no-limit hold'em, that gave some of the short stacks an opportunity right away to double up and improve their status or make a short day of it. We just saw three players take their chances with their short stacks at two neighboring tables and all fall quickly — Dustin Bierma, Ryan Tepen, and Greg Peters.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Clements Makes Eighty-Six
Level 9
Razz
| Scott Clements |  /    / |
| Niklas Toorell | /    / |
We picked up with the action on fourth street to see Niklas Toorell fire out a bet. Scott Clements called and each player received their new card on fifth. Toorell led out once again and found a raise from Clements. Toorll called and then led out once more on sixth after Clements paired up. Regardless of the pair, Clements called.
Toorell checked seventh which prompted Clements to shoot out one last bet. Toorell called and Clements rolled over 
for an eighty-six. Toorell tapped the table and threw away his hand, allowing Clements to drag in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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18,400
4,875
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4,875 |
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13,500
-6,500
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-6,500 |
PokerNews Podcast Episode #166: Have a Nice Trip
Level 10
In this, another abridged version of the PokerNews Podcast, Rich and Mark take a look at the bubble of the $111,111 One Drop High Roller and discuss Jack Effel's decision to halt play for the evening before the bubble could burst. The two then look at some of the recent bracelet winners and discuss the 2013 Ladies Event.
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Smith Adds Chips
Level 9
Limit Hold'em
Start-of-day chip leader just added a few more to his leading stack while knocking out an opponent in a limit hold'em hand.
There was a bit of discussion at the river as the board showed 
, Smith had bet, his opponent had raised with the last of his chips, and Smith called while tabling his hand — 
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At that point Smith's opponent had mucked his hand, but seemed to suggest that Smith had not called the raise — worth less than a big bet --but in fact was folding. The floor was called, however, and indeed it was ruled Smith had called, and thus was his opponent eliminated.
Meanwhile, Smith is now nudging up toward 70,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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68,500
2,025
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2,025 |
Seed Out
Level 9
1996 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Huck Seed began today with but 6,325 chips, and he has failed to survive the first half-hour of play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted | |
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Van Alstyne Eliminated
Level 9
Limit Hold'em
We arrived at the table to find that George Danzer had opened with a raise from the cutoff and George Linde three-bet from the button. James Van Alstyne was all in from the big blind for about 1,500 and action was back on Danzer. He made it four bets to go and Linde called.
The flop came 
and Danzer led out. Linde cut out a raise and Danzer stuck around. Both players checked the on the turn and the river brought a third heart with the . Danzer checked once more which prompted Linde to fire out a bet. Danzer took a moment before tossing out a call.
Linde showed 
for an ace-high flush which prompted Danzer to muck his hand. Van Alsyne tabled 
before standing up from the table and leaving the tournament area. Linde was able to drag in both the main and the side pot and now sits at about 30,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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30,000
15,125
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15,125 |
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24,500
-5,625
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-5,625 |
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Busted | |
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