Event #61:$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day 3 Started
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #61:$10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 World Series of Poker
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$3,628,400
Entries
386
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
0
Day 3 Seat Draw
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| Room | Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon | 347 | 1 | Andy Miller | 261,000 |
| Amazon | 347 | 2 | Michael Schwartz | 204,000 |
| Amazon | 347 | 3 | Tom Marchese | 304,000 |
| Amazon | 347 | 4 | Mike Watson | 773,000 |
| Amazon | 347 | 5 | Mihails Morozovs | 140,000 |
| Amazon | 347 | 6 | Tony Cousineau | 131,000 |
| Amazon | 347 | 7 | --empty-- | |
| Amazon | 347 | 8 | Joseph Cheong | 89,000 |
| Amazon | 347 | 9 | [Removed:146] | 327,000 |
| Amazon | 353 | 1 | Johannes Strassmann | 744,000 |
| Amazon | 353 | 2 | Stephen Chidwick | 255,000 |
| Amazon | 353 | 3 | --empty-- | |
| Amazon | 353 | 4 | Morten Stenheim | 182,000 |
| Amazon | 353 | 5 | Rickie Vedhara | 148,000 |
| Amazon | 353 | 6 | James Wiese | 271,000 |
| Amazon | 353 | 7 | Gjergj Sinishtaj | 478,000 |
| Amazon | 353 | 8 | Jonathan Duhamel | 664,000 |
| Amazon | 353 | 9 | Daniel Alaei | 676,000 |
| Amazon | 359 | 1 | Mark Davis | 301,000 |
| Amazon | 359 | 2 | Sean Dempsey | 207,000 |
| Amazon | 359 | 3 | --empty-- | |
| Amazon | 359 | 4 | Nacho Barbero | 315,000 |
| Amazon | 359 | 5 | Nadar Kakhmazov | 692,000 |
| Amazon | 359 | 6 | Jared Bleznick | 100,000 |
| Amazon | 359 | 7 | Yevgeniy Timoshenko | 250,000 |
| Amazon | 359 | 8 | Nicolas Faure | 680,000 |
| Amazon | 359 | 9 | Lasell King | 70,000 |
| Amazon | 360 | 1 | Oleksii Kovalchuk | 408,000 |
| Amazon | 360 | 2 | Numit Agrawal | 275,000 |
| Amazon | 360 | 3 | Alex Kravchenko | 399,000 |
| Amazon | 360 | 4 | Alexey Rybin | 970,000 |
| Amazon | 360 | 5 | Daniel Merkus | 296,000 |
| Amazon | 360 | 6 | Jan Collado | 238,000 |
| Amazon | 360 | 7 | Rory Rees Brennan | 136,000 |
| Amazon | 360 | 8 | --empty-- | |
| Amazon | 360 | 9 | Philippe Clerc | 406,000 |
32 Players, One Bracelet: Day 3 Awaits
It was a long Day 2 yesterday in Event #61: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha, and with 32 players still with chips it promises to be another long one today as those remaining battle to determine a winner. The last WSOP gold bracelet to be awarded this summer awaits the champ, with the Event No. 62: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event not finishing up until November.
A dozen different countries are represented among the final 32, with the Russian Alexey Rybin returning to a stack of nearly 1 million to lead all. Mike Watson (Canada), Johannes Strassmann (Germany), Nadar Kakhmazov (Russia), and Nicolas Faure (France) all have lots of chips as well to begin the third day of play.
Daniel Alaei — who won this same event back in 2010 — also currently has an above-average stack, as does Jonathan Duhamel who of course won the WSOP Main Event that same year. There are a host of other familiar names still in the hunt, too, including Alex Kravchenko, Tom Marchese, Nacho Barbero, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Stephen Chidwick, Tony Cousineau, Jared Bleznick, and Joseph Cheong.
Many have big stacks, but the blinds are getting big as well, which suggests we'll see a fast pace especially early on today. The schedule calls for them to play down to a winner today, although if they can't get to a winner after 11 one-hour levels, they'll stop the tourney, take tomorrow off (allowing players still in to play the last Main Event flight), and return on Tuesday to settle matters.
Play resumes at 2 p.m. local time, so return then for start-to-finish coverage of Event #61. As we await the tourney's restart, here's Lynn Gilmartin to get us caught up with all of the action currently happening at the WSOP:
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Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 0 ante
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Level: 19
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante:
Alaei Claims Chidwick's Chips
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Soon after play began, Stephen Chidwick found himself in a preflop battle with Daniel Alaei in which the latter was playing from the button and Chidwick from the blinds.
Having committed significant chips before the 
flop, Chidwick got the rest of his stack in at that point with 
, but unfortunately for him Alaei had flopped a flush with 
.
Chidwick was drawing especially thin, and after the 
fell on the turn there were no river cards that could save him, making the fifth street 
just a final bit of trivia as Chidwick hits the rail in 32nd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
910,000 | 234,000 |
|
Busted |
Massive Start for Bleznick
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Despite writing "100,000" on his bag last night, and nodding fervently when our reporter asked him if this number was correct, Jared Bleznick began Day 3 with 226,000 chips. On the very first hand, he three-bet to 88,000 after Nacho Barbero had opened to 24,000 in early position. Barbero called.
The flop fell 
, Barbero checked, and Bleznick moved all in for 139,000. Barbero snap-called.
Bleznick: 
Barbero: 
Both players had flopped a set, but Bleznick's set of aces was higher. He held as the turn and river bricked off , 
respectively, and doubled to 454,000 chips. Barbero was crippled to 85,000.
A few hands later, after a series of preflop raises, Bleznick was all in and at risk again. Barbero called all in for much less, and Nadar Kakhmazov had both players covered.
Bleznick: 
Barbero: 
Kakhmazov: 
"S***!" Bleznick said at the sight of Barbero's aces.
Not to fret, both players' hands held as the board ran out 
, and Bleznick began to celebrate.
"Yes baby!" he shouted, high-fiving a friend. "Yes!"
He doubled once again, and now sits with 815,000 chips, while Barbero is still short with 130,000 and Kakhmazov dropped down to 220,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
815,000 | 715,000 |
|
220,000 | -472,000 |
|
130,000 | -185,000 |
Marchese on the March
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Tom Marchese opened with a raise from the button, Mike Watson three-bet from the small blind, and before the pair were done Marchese was all in before the flop for his last 319,000.
Marchese held 
and Watson , and after the 
flop Marchese's prospects appeared dim. But the fell on the turn to give him a leading set, and after the river Marchese had doubled back while Watson slips to below 450,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
655,000 | 301,000 |
|
415,000 | -358,000 |
Nice Spot for Stenheim
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Morten Stenheim just enjoyed a double-up through Daniel Alaei after getting the last of his stack in on the turn in a favorable spot.
At the moment Stenheim committed his stack the board read 
and he held 
for top set. Meanwhile, Alaei had 
for two pair and no outs available to him to catch up. The river was no matter, then, and Stenheim earned the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
790,000 | -310,000 |
|
325,000 | 143,000 |
Barbero Busts
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
Nacho Barbero was all in and at risk preflop holding 
against the 
of Yevgeniy Timoshenko. The board rolled out 
, and Barbero was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
345,000 | 86,000 |
|
|
Busted |