Event #57: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 2013 World Series of Poker

07-05-2013 16:09 UTC-7

All In and Chop; Double For Berkey

MrCleverFox

Level 28 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #53: From the small blind, Randal Flowers raised to 120,000. Matt Perrins gave up his big blind and Flowers took down his second pot in a row.

Hand #54: Seth Berger opened the pot with a raise to 110,000. In the next seat over Thomas Muehloecker moved all in for a total of about 500,000. Action folded all the way back around to Seth Berger who thought about his decision for a bit before making the call.

Muehloecker:
Berger:

The board ran out allowing both players to chop up the pot with the same hand.

Hand #55: Matt Berkey moved all in and recieved a call from Antonio Buonanno from the small blind.

Berkey:
Buonanno:

The flop came down giving Berkey a load more outs than he began with. The turn was the , giving no improvement to Berkey but the on the river was one of the cards he needed to improve to the best hand and double with a pair of eights.

Level: 28

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 5,000

07-05-2013 15:50 UTC-7

Flowers Doubles Through Berkey

Mateusz_Pater

Level 27 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #50 Matt Perrins opened to 80,000, which was enough to take down the blinds and antes.

Hand #51 The action folded around to Seth Berger, who opened to 90,000 from the button, before taking the pot.

Hand #52 Matt Berkey opened from the small blind, before Randal Flowers moved all in from the big blind for an unknown amount. He was called, as both players tabled their cards.

Flowers:
Berkey:

Flowers was the short stack, and at risk, but he was able to hold as the board ran out to double, and stay alive.

07-05-2013 15:45 UTC-7

Buonanno Takes Down Two

Mateusz_Pater

Level 27 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #45: Matt Perrins opened the pot with a raise and was able to take it down when everyone folded.

Hand #46: Matt Berkey limped into the pot from the button. Randal Flowers completed the blind and Perrins checked his option. On the flop action checked to Berkey on the button who fired out 80,000 and that was enough to take down the pot.

Hand #47: From under the gun, Antonio Buonanno raised to 80,000. Only Arthur Pro called from the big blind. The flop came down and Pro decided to lead out with a bet of 110,000. Buonanno opted to reraise to a total of 275,000. Pro folded and Buonanno raked in the pot

Hand #48: Action folded around to Randal Flowers who moved all in from the cutoff. Action folded to Antonio Buonanno who showed then folded allowing Flowers to grab the pot.

Hand #49: Thomas Muehloecker opened with a raise to 80,000. Antonio Buonanno reraised to 245,000. Muehloecker folded allowing Buonanno to take the pot.

07-05-2013 15:41 UTC-7

Perrins Extending His Lead

Mateusz_Pater

Level 27 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #40 Seth Berger opened to 85,000 from middle position, as the action folded around to Matt Perrins in the small blind. He thought about his decision for a moment, before making the call, as did Arthur Pro from the big blind. The flop came down , as both players in the blinds checked their options. Berger then quickly reached for chips, and threw out a continuation bet of 135,000, which was instantly called by Perrins. Pro then stared down both players, before opting to fold.

The fell on the turn, as both players checked, before the fell on the river. Perrins sat motionless for a minute, before reaching for his chips, and sliding out 280,000 in chips. Berger tanked over his decision for over a minute, before releasing his hand, as Perrins took down another big pot.

Hand #41 The action folded around to Randal Flowers in the cut-off, who opened to 80,000. Antonio Buonanno made the call from the big blind, before the flop came down . Both players checked their options, as the fell on the turn. This time Buonanno reached for his chips, before betting out 100,000, which was enough to take down the pot.

Hand #42 Matt Perrins opened to 80,000 from the cut-off, which was enough to take down the blinds and antes.

Hand #43 The action folded around to Matt Perrins in the hijack, who made it 80,000 to go. Arthur Pro was in the cut-off, and raised it up to 200,000. The decision was back on Perrins after a string of folds, and he thought for over a minute, before bumping it up to 455,000, which was snap called.

The flop came down , as Perrins quickly threw out a continuation bet of 365,000. Pro stared him down, before reaching for his chips, whilst never taking his focus off Perrins. Picking up the call in his hand, he played around with the chips, before finally opting to lay down his hand.

Pro asked if Perrins could show, and he obliged, by rolling over the .

Hand #44 Seth Berger opened to 85,000 from the button, which was enough to take down the pot.

Tags: Antonio Buonanno Arthur Pro Matt Perrins Randal Flowers Seth Berger

07-05-2013 15:26 UTC-7

Joe Serock Eliminated in 8th Place ($76,164)

MrCleverFox

Level 27 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #36: Thomas Muehloecker limped in from the small blind. From the big blind, Matt Berkey raised it up to 140,000 total. Muehloecker took a second look at his cards before folding.

Hand #37: Antonio Buonanno raised to 180,000 from the hijack seat. Everyone folded and Buonanno took down the pot.

Hand #38: First to act, Matt Perrins opened to 80,000. Everyone folded and Perrins was awarded the pot.

Hand #39: From the button, Joe Serock opened to 90,000. From the big blind Matt Perrins reraised all in. Serock snap called.

Serock:
Perrins:

The flop came down putting Perrins in a commanding postion, leaving Serock only drawing to a chop and backdoors. The came on the turn, materializing some of those draws, but the blank on the river was no help, eliminating Serock from the tournament in 8th place.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joe Serock	Busted

07-05-2013 15:17 UTC-7

Buonanno and Pro Getting Active

Mateusz_Pater

Level 27 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Hand #31 Buonanno started things off with an open to 80,000 from under the gun plus one, before getting called by Matt Berkey in the cut-off. Matt Perrins looked over at Berkey’s stack, before also making the call from the big blind. The flop came down the , as Perrins checked his option. Buonanno threw out a continuation bet of 225,000, which was enough to take down the pot, as his two opponents opted to fold their hands.

Hand #32 The action folded around to Matt Perrins in the small blind, who made the call, before Arthur Pro made it an additional 80,000 to go. Perrins made the call, as both players saw the flop come . Both players checked their options, as the fell on the turn. Perrins thought for a moment, before throwing out a bet of 130,000, as Pro stared the bet down. He then bumped it up to 380,000, which was too much for Perrins, who quickly mucked his hand.

Hand #33 The action once again folded around to the blinds, as Arthur Pro bet out 80,000. Buonanno made the call from the big blind, as the flop came down . Pro quickly threw out a continuation bet of 105,000, which brought and instant muck from his opponent.

Hand #34 Arthur Pro opened to 100,000 from the button, before being met with a raise to 250,000 from Antonio Buonanno on the small blind. Seth Berger folded his big blind after a short pause, before Pro asked for a count of Buonanno’s stack. He made the call, as both watched the flop come . Buonanno quickly reached for his chips, and placed out a continuation bet of 325,000, which was enough to take down the pot, after Pro pondered over his decision for a minute.

Hand #35 Randal Flowers moved all in from late position, and took down the blinds and antes.

Tags: Antonio Buonanno Arthur Pro Matt Berkey Matt Perrins Randal Flowers Seth Berger

07-05-2013 14:58 UTC-7

Return to Action

MrCleverFox

Level 27 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Cards are now back in the air for the remaining 8 players.

Level: 27

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 5,000

07-05-2013 14:47 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts During the Break

Mateusz_Pater

Level 26 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Perrins	2,695,000 749,000	749,000

Arthur Pro	2,145,000 535,000	535,000
Seth Berger	2,070,000 372,000	372,000
Antonio Buonanno	1,430,000 245,000	245,000
Matt Berkey	1,050,000 -535,000	-535,000
Thomas Muehloecker	1,010,000 -424,000	-424,000
Joe Serock	690,000 -521,000	-521,000

Randal Flowers	650,000 31,000	31,000