Event #61:$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha | 2013 World Series of Poker

07-07-2013 17:32 UTC-7

Bleznick Flops Quads; Gets Three Streets of Value

[user101598]

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Jared Bleznick raised to 35,000 in the cutoff, Jonathan Duhamel called on the button, and both blinds released. The dealer fanned , Bleznick tossed out 20,000, and Duhamel called.

The turn was the , Bleznick led out for another 65,000, and Duhamel called.

The completed the board, and Bleznick emptied the chamber, firing a third and final bullet worth 110,000. Duhamel called, and Bleznick sent spinning across the felt face up for quad sixes.

Duhamel dropped to 90,000 chips, while Bleznick is above two million.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Bleznick	2,100,000 390,000	390,000
Jonathan Duhamel	90,000 -205,000	-205,000

Tags: Jared Bleznick Jonathan Duhamel

07-07-2013 17:21 UTC-7

Merkus Doubles Through Clerc

Shamus

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Philippe Clerc opened with a raise to 30,000 from late position, then Daniel Merkus set out a raise to 80,000 from one seat over. It folded back to Clerc who sat for a few seconds, then declared he was reraising the pot, and Merkus quickly called with his remaining chips.

Clerc:
Merkus:

The first four community cards came , filling a wheel for Merkus although Clerc could still make a flush. The then fell on fifth street, and Merkus survived.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Merkus	460,000 25,000	25,000
Philippe Clerc	125,000 -391,000	-391,000

Tags: Daniel Merkus Philippe Clerc

07-07-2013 17:13 UTC-7

Redraw

[user101598]

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Table	Seat	Player
353	1	Jonathan Duhamel
353	2	Tom Marchese
353	3	Oleksii Kovalchuk
353	4	Philippe Clerc
353	5	Daniel Merkus
353	6	Lasell King
353	7	Sean Dempsey
353	8	Rory Rees Brennan
353	9	Jared Bleznick

347	1	James Wiese
347	2	Johannes Strassmann
347	3	Michael Schwartz
347	4	Tony Cousineau
347	5	Gjergj Sinishtaj
347	6	Daniel Alaei
347	7	Alexey Rybin
347	8	Alex Kravchenko
347	9	Numit Agrawal

07-07-2013 17:08 UTC-7

Mihails Morozovs Eliminated in 19th Place ($26,124)

[user101598]

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

When we arrived at the table, Mihails Morozovs' hand was being scooped into the muck, and his entire stack was being pushed towards Oleksii Kovalchuk. We caught with two diamonds for Morozovs. The board read , and Kovalchuk had .

Morozovs had flopped multiple backdoor draws, and turned a diamond flush draw only for Kovalchuk to make a full house on the river. Morozovs was eliminated in 19th place, earning $26,124, while Kovalchuk now has 655,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Oleksii Kovalchuk	655,000 365,000	365,000

Mihails Morozovs	Busted

Tags: Mihails Morozovs Oleksii Kovalchuk

07-07-2013 16:57 UTC-7

Morten Stenheim Eliminated in 20th Place ($26,124)

Shamus

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Preflop action between Morten Stenheim and Johannes Strassman ended with Stenheim nodding and calling his remaining chips, and continuing to nod further as he saw his opponent's hand and recognized he was behind.

Stenheim had and was saying "aces" even before Strassmann tabled his . The board came , bringing no improvement to Stenheim's hand and sending the Norwegian out in 20th place.

Nineteen players remain, meaning one more elimination and they'll be redrawing to the final two nine-handed tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johannes Strassmann	625,000 190,000	190,000
Morten Stenheim	Busted

Tags: Johannes Strassmann Morten Stenheim

07-07-2013 16:57 UTC-7

Updated 2013 WSOP POY Leader Board (7-7-13)

Chad Holloway

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Current 2013 WSOP Player of the Year Standings

Place	Player	Points
1	Matthew Ashton	649.75
2	Daniel Negreanu	598.34
3	David “Bakes” Baker	475.35
4	Don Nguyen	466.13
5	Marco Johnson	439.38
6	Tom Schneider	438.51
7	Chris Klodnicki	400.80
8	Jared Hamby	395.73
9	Anthony Gregg	390.00
10	Steve Sung	369.50

07-07-2013 16:50 UTC-7

Yevgeniy Timoshenko Eliminated in 22nd Place ($26,124); Joseph Cheong Eliminated in 21st Place ($26,124)

Shamus

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

Further proof of the wild, swingy nature of pot-limit Omaha was provided in a big three-way all-in hand that just developed between Jared Bleznick (small blind), Joseph Cheong (middle position), and Yevgeniy Timoshenko (cutoff).

Preflop action between the trio saw Cheong committing his entire stack of around 300,000, Timoshenko likewise all in for a little less than that, and Bleznick having both players covered.

Bleznick:
Cheong:
Timoshenko:

The dealer delivered the community cards swiftly, and as they came , then , then , all of those diamonds added up to a winning ace-high flush for Bleznick and spelled the end of the road for both Timoshenko and Cheong — the second double-knockout since the redraw to three tables.

As Cheong had a little more than Timoshenko to start the hand, he takes 21st place while Timoshenko ends in 22nd, although both earn the same reward of $26,124 for their finishes.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jared Bleznick	1,710,000 710,000	710,000
Joseph Cheong	Busted

Yevgeniy Timoshenko	Busted

Tags: Jared Bleznick Joseph Cheong Yevgeniy Timoshenko

07-07-2013 16:41 UTC-7

Rybin Check-Jams the Turn

[user101598]

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 0 ante

James Wiese raised to 35,000 from middle position, Tom Marchese called on the button, and Alexey Rybin called out of the small blind. The flop fell , Rybin and Wiese checked, and Marchese fired out 55,000. Only Rybin called.

The turn was the , Rybin checked again, and Marchese tossed out 95,000. Rybin announced that he was all in (the pot was 421,000), and Marchese folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexey Rybin	780,000 249,000	249,000
Tom Marchese	595,000 -185,000	-185,000

Tags: Alexey Rybin Tom Marchese James Wiese

Level: 21

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante:

07-07-2013 16:23 UTC-7

Updated Chip Counts; 22 Remain

Shamus

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Alaei	1,945,000 -5,000	-5,000

James Wiese	1,320,000 50,000	50,000
Jared Bleznick	1,000,000 150,000	150,000
Tom Marchese	780,000 125,000	125,000

Gjergj Sinishtaj	620,000
Alexey Rybin	531,000 -349,000	-349,000
Philippe Clerc	516,000 110,000	110,000
Alex Kravchenko	495,000 96,000	96,000

Lasell King	460,000 205,000	205,000
Johannes Strassmann	435,000 -309,000	-309,000
Daniel Merkus	435,000 139,000	139,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko	385,000 40,000	40,000
Mihails Morozovs	350,000 40,000	40,000
Joseph Cheong	330,000 -420,000	-420,000

Jonathan Duhamel	295,000 -369,000	-369,000

Sean Dempsey	290,000 30,000	30,000

Oleksii Kovalchuk	290,000 20,000	20,000

Morten Stenheim	255,000 -70,000	-70,000
Numit Agrawal	205,000 -70,000	-70,000
Tony Cousineau	165,000 34,000	34,000
Michael Schwartz	138,000 -66,000	-66,000
Rory Rees Brennan	135,000 -120,000	-120,000