Event #54: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Day 1 | 2013 World Series of Poker

06-30-2013 16:52 UTC-7

Break Over

MrCleverFox

Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

Players are now back from their 20-minute break and are in action. The next break in two hours will be a 90-minute dinner break.

06-30-2013 17:03 UTC-7

Notable Chip Counts For Section Gold

MrCleverFox

Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Cherish Andrews	14,000 2,000	2,000
Matt Matros	12,200 -900	-900

Bill Fagerbakke	12,000 9,000	9,000
Robert Cheung	9,500 6,500	6,500

Scott Baumstein	4,300
James Dempsey	4,300

Erik Seidel	2,700

06-30-2013 17:08 UTC-7

Player	Chips	Progress
Dwyte Pilgrim	4,850 -2,850	-2,850
Erica Sands	4,400 4,400	4,400
Jesse Sylvia	4,100
Melanie Weisner	3,000 3,000	3,000
Shane Schleger	Busted
Ken Griffin	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Kathy Liebert	23,900 10,100	10,100

Nick Binger	13,500

J.C. Tran	10,300
Taylor Paur	7,500

Paul Lieu	7,500 4,500	4,500
Amanda Musumeci	7,500 500	500
Victoria Coren	7,000 4,000	4,000

Tony Dunst	3,500 500	500

Victor Ramdin	3,300 -2,200	-2,200
Joe Serock	Busted

Greg Raymer	Busted

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryan Devonshire	6,000 3,000	3,000

Keven Stammen Looking for His Fourth Cash of the WSOP

[user253757]

Level 5 : 100/200, 0 ante

Keven Stammen (Seen Here Competing in the Big One for One Drop High Roller Event)

With three cashes to his credit here at the 2013 World Series of Poker, including a final table appearance at Event #4 ($1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed), pro Keven Stammen is here today looking to add to that impressive showing.

Currently, Stammen sits on a stack of about 5,100, but with his edge in terms of experience over this largely amateur field, we expect to see him making moves throughout this first day of play.

Player	Chips	Progress
Keven Stammen	5,100

Tags: Keven Stammen

Level: 6

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25

06-30-2013 18:01 UTC-7

If the Schu(maker) Fits

[user253757]

Level 6 : 100/200, 25 ante

We saw a disappointed Steve Schumaker standing to make his exit from the table, but after the dealer burned and turned the river card, he was summoned back to the table.

"Chop chop!," announced his opponent. "You're still in the game!"

After getting the last of his chips into the middle holding , Schumaker was called down by a player with .

While the flop of came clean for Schumaker, the on the turn was a dagger through the heart. That's when Schumaker stood to make his departure, and he didn't even see the river come .

"Suck and a re-suck," declared one of his tablemates. "You gonna write that one down?"

Indeed we are, and after the come from ahead chop, Schumaker has a story to write home about too.

06-30-2013 18:06 UTC-7

The Old King Four Is Good Again

MrCleverFox

Level 6 : 100/200, 25 ante

We caught Victoria Coren involved in a big pot heading to the river. There was already more than 4,000 in the pot and when the dealer put out the on the river, the board read .

"That'll work too," Coren said, putting out a bet of 2,000. Her opponent thought about it briefly before turning up his and folding.

Coren only opened one of her cards, the .

"The old king-four is good again!" Coren said after the hand, as she laughed and collected the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victoria Coren	12,500 5,500	5,500

06-30-2013 18:22 UTC-7

King of the Hill

[user253757]

Level 6 : 100/200, 25 ante

We noticed Dwyte Pilgrim's seat was empty, and his former neighbor George Hill trying to organize a truly enormous pile of chips.

After a bit of investigation, we discovered that Hill ended Pilgrim's tournament by making a full house.

When asked if he obtained the massive stack by eliminating the dangerous Pilgrim, Hill answered simply "not all of them."

We watched Hill play a small pot, after a player holding the button raised his big blind to 600. Hill flatted to defend, but he quickly folded to a c-bet on the flop. Despite the small loss, Hill holds the largest stack we've seen so far today, and we will make sure to track his progress throughout the day to see if he ends the day near the top of the counts.